Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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h-i 19 14 - A Cycle of Ten Years Since We Were Juniors. NE warm summer afternoon, while sitting on the piazza of my summer home, a gypsy came up to me and asked to tell my past, present and future. I told her that it was not of myself I wished to hear, but of the members of the Junior Class of ’14. After cross¬ ing her palm with a silver coin, she revealed to me the following careers of my old classmates: James K. is the world’s famous bare-back rider, now in Ringling Brothers’ circus. Margaret G. is the snake charmer and sword swallower in the same show. Both having made their fortunes are expecting to retire soon. Aimee B. and Gertrude S. are on a concert tour, and at the present time are playing in the Chicago Auditorium, in which theatre Edgar J. is selling peanuts and chewing gum. Pauline N. and Clay H. are missionaries who are dis¬ tributing hymn books and religious tracts among the Igo- rotes in the Philippines. Philip S., who was for several years the leading come¬ dian in many extravaganzas, has made his millions and is now studying government methods at the North Pole re¬ gions. Lora S., an emotional fancy dancer, has appeared be¬ fore all the chiefs of the Sandwich Islands, and is on her way to America to fulfill vaudeville engagements. Catherine P. is a celebrated dancing teacher, and gives private lessons to many of New York’s Four Hundred. A few years ago Lucy B. fell heir to a large fortune from a distant relative. Consequently she has many ad¬ mirers and has turned out to be quite a heart breaker. Lucille P. has become a very prominent movie actress, and her principal role is in the guise of an old maid. Robert D. still resides in Momence, and holds the re¬ sponsible position of fire chief of that city’s volunteers. Ruth H. and Elva D. have opened a dressmaking estab¬ lishment in New York, and as a specialty are making ki- monas for the patients of the insane hospital. Charles S. has become a noted artist. He is engaged most of the time drawing posters for a fake medicine company. Margaret N. is the only one of the old class that has been lucky in finding a man, and besides enjoying a hap¬ py home life she has entered society and become one of its gay devotees. After giving me all of this information concerning all of my old classmates, the gypsy smiled and passed on, leav¬ ing me alone with my cats and to my own reflection. x Appreciative. Plumber—“1 ain’t artistic rneself, but me wife’s got a cousin in a picture frame store an’ a brother that’s draw¬ er for a wholesale paint concern.

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lillp HIGH SHOOL ORCHESTRA

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ISA. . I —l . 9 14 - Sophomore Class Roll. OFFICERS. Glenn Clark, Dorothy Styles, Gladys Jackson, Martha Searls, President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Leora Bishop Florence Bright Alta Carse Clara Dixon Viola DuFrain Elva Turrell MEMBERS. Gladys Jackson Irene Lunt Martha Searls Dorothy Styles Hazel Taylor Marie Seavey Mildred Storrs Colors—Old Rose and Ivory. Flower—Lily of the Valley Motto—Strive Ever to Improve Yours.