Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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Elva Terrell Fred Melby Lyle Brown Paul Nelson Leora Bishop Marie Seavey Viola DuFrain

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Gerald Manzer Florence Bright Dorothy Styles Martha Searls Fay Ault Hazel Taylor Clara Dixon Joe Fingerhut Mildred Storrs

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Junior Class Prophecy. By PAUL NELSON. It had been fourteen years since the Wilds of Alaska had attracted me to that far-away region of the goldfields. One day there came the longing to visit my home town and learn of my former classmates. Although I had kept in touch with the home news, I was not prepared for the great changes that had taken place during my absence. Arriving at the Momence station, I took the street car to the center of the bustling city. From the car window I recognized Florence Bright as the woman who was sweeping the walks of a cozy looking bungalow. I also saw a large billboard advertising “Ault’s Big Circus,” which was to be in town that very day. Since I knew that he was experienced with animals on a farm, I was deter¬ mined to see his show. After the close of the afternoon performance, I had a visit with him and learned from him the whereabouts of the members of my class of 1916. He informed me that Dorothy Styles and Viola DuFrain were managing a young ladies’ seminary in California, which had a reputation equal to that of Vassar college. While he was traveling with his circus through the West, he came to an Indian Reservation, where there was a great commotion. This was caused by three suffragettes, who were trying to pro¬ mote the cause of Woman’s Rights among the Indians. They did not, however, take to this form of civilization. These women, who were Mildred Storrs, Elva Terrell and Leora Bishop, had to seek other fields for the advance¬ ment of their ideas. While Ault’s show was in the East, he saw a tall gen¬ tleman feeding peanuts to his elephants. On closer in¬ spection he found him to be Fred Melby, who told him that he and Gerald Manzer were conducting one of the largest sardine factories of the world. He learned from him that Marie Seavey and Joe Fingerhut were traveling as musicians for the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, while Clara Dixon accompanied as soloist. Martha Searls and Hazel Taylor, who always had ambi¬ tions to go abroad, were now fashion experts in Paris. Lyle Brown was the teacher of mathematics at Yale. I was pleased to find that all my classmates were pros¬ perous and had lived up to their motto, “Success means Sacrifice.”