Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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I b fam.: ,J The Senlor class was composed of fifty one who lntended to flnrsh then hrgh school course However some fell along the roadsrde For an or ganrzatron to accomplrsh anythrng It must have hard work rng oflicers wrth both executrve and Judrcral abrlrty lf possrble There foie the first event worthv of record was the electron of dependable o cers Shortly after the begrnnrng of the term we put on the Senlor Crrcus It was a success 1n ev ery lrne and returned an ample financral reward In all undertakrngs rn the field of athletrcs and varrous contests we seemed to be the nucleus of the school ia gr eat honor for any class! We affarn presented a class play late IH the term then prepared for graduatron Just before Commencement we were royally entertarned at the Junror Senror banquet Our great accompllshments were not due alone to the excellent officers chosen but also to the ambrtlous class bodv Several toiled farthfully wrth lrttle or no recognrtron because they loved the T1 rbe of 26 Dear schoolmates let each of us hope health prosperrty and success for the other success measured not by the amount of money or popularrty gained but by the ratro of what we have done to what we could have one JAMES A DUCEY 26 1926 Cl ASS PROPHECY We sat rn the moonlrght together my car and I Some how on thrs partlcular ev enrn I was thoughtful a new and pleasrng experrence for dream Wrth all my fame and my mrllrons my lrfe was not happy Gladly would I grve them all for just one day of school lrfe a0'a1n My thoughts were arrested at thrs pornt bv the approach of a stranger a knlght of the road He was shabbrly dressed and had about a month s growth of beard on hlS lean face Somehow he looked strangely famllrar Srt down I commanded He oblrffed wrth a weary srgh and I notrced hrm eyemg me rntently Fmallv he spoke Beg pardon S11 but arent you the renowned radro krng M1tchell'7 Upon my replyrng affirmatrvelv he exclarmed Well shake hands wrth an old schoolmate Im Hale Valentrne I shook h1s hand and questroned hlm thus Explarn vourself' What are vou dorng runnrng around the country rn thrs manner 'V It s a long story but an old one I was drsappornted rn love he rn formed me I was eager to learn hrs story so I followed up my lead And who was the unwrse dame? Here a look of mrngled sadness and regret filled hrs eyes Mardell Conrad he answered haughtrly But surely she was punlshed for her mrstake I ventured A look of fiendrsh glee came ov er hlm She was She surelv was She marrred Lyman Watts Tu enty seven D K R U 1 . ' l 1 ' 'Y ' D 1 l ' , L . ' 1 r. - 7 ' 1 ' v ' , . ' . y L 1- , . O . I . 1 3 .1 ' 1 y Y . . Y i ! . ' Y ' 7 6 ! . I 'I . ' ! ' Y 7 Y 9 I 9 J . r . gl -T ' :I i me. I wandered back to my schoolboy days, when lrfe was one contrnuous D . - , u 1 . 1 . 3 . ' , U ' . ' L K . 7 , ' ' 4 CL ' . 7 if 1 , 1 . 4 . . f . C ' ! I ' ' KC ,, ' ,, Y , , ' .1 ' y 7 v. . ,, i . 1 . . N y v , v 1 . ' , x ' H , . ' ' ' u ' , , C . 7 l 1 1 V ' ,. ' . ' ' . 79 'H , V. v . k . ' . U . . , ' , - ' ' 1 Y IK ' 77 . '- , ' as 7! ' U , , . U . ' - . ' v 77 v , . . 7 . ,, . ' H . I . , .

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else! HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 26 In the fall of 92 S1Xty thlee of us Freshmen entel ed the Hlgh School To become a member of thls lllustllous lnstltutlon of leal nlng the oldel students deemed It necessaly to lnltlate the IIGWCOITIBIS befole acceptlng them as assoclates As a lesult the upper classmen had the pleasure of cuttlnv the boys hall These unllcensed barbers dld not do V615 sklllful ln ork for many shax ed heads appeal ed IH the assembly the next mornlng Wlth such a receptlon we began ln a lathel heS1t3tlDg and t19fl'1l1l0LlS manner to cllmb the second lung of the educatlonal laddel O such D001 creatul es' We seemed to be afrald of each othel but most of all the fac u 1 Wele ue as U1 een as F1 eshnlen usually 3169 No vne xx ele not Nelther dld we dlsplal that last amount of stupldlty whlch lS usually at tllbuted to F1 eshmen At the close of th1S yeal fifty foul thl ew oft the Fleshman lobes f01 we had been deemed vsolthy to become Sophomol es The second yeal we sw ele better acqualnted Wlth the actlvltles and customs of the school Moreox er there was a dearth of that pecullar tlmldlty Wh1Ch had been plevalent the year before We felt qulte WISQ we no longel held the faculty ln awe we felt Just as lmportant as the upper classmen an as fO1 the Freshmen how superlor were We to them' Money ' Money' Money' We became awale of a pecunlaly deficlency selllng hot dogs and candy at the football games As a class we contlnued to malntaln oul unusual scholarshlp whlch had been dlsplayed the precedlng yeal Some of the students who took palt ln 3thl6t1CS oratorlcal contests et cetera deserxe lemembrance lt vs as they who held up the hlffh standalds of the school standards whlch haxe SIHCS been honorably and falthfully kept Flfty seven ellglble students came the next year to make up the JUH101 class Th1S V931 an honor loll fol hlgh scholarshlp was placed on the bulletln board exery SIX vseeks ThlS ostentatlous show polnted out the ax 61 age percents of the classes wlth the Junlor class headlng the race Tlue vse had some lazy students who W919 always on another 11St fthe one opposlte the honor lolll Several lntelllgent members took palt ln the O1atO11C3l and essay contests Blrch MO1g3H won fllst place IH Boys Olatlon ElS19 Doss second IH G11lS Declamatlon and Charles Branch fl1St ln Lodge s Essay Contest Just bl mentlonlng the names of Nlg Catlln Speed Lang Fat Dlals and a few othels all vslll recall the palt we took IH athletlcs At the t61I1'11Hat1OI1 of the Junlor year we plesented Wlth a vsonderful success lt was Sald fmodesty forblds our telllng how unusually well we lnterpreted the play! the class play Seventeen Wlth the money from thls functlon and othel sources vse treated the Senlors to a banquet Thls p9110d of oul hlstoly would have been VS01thV of record had It not been f01 the flunkels It seems that some always have to spoll the good Now SIHCQ the Senlor yeal must be looked upon wlth austele C'O11Sld G1 atlon 1 vslll drop all foollshness and become SGIIOUS Tu early slx f' 'Shi .UF 'I F 5 9. 7 ' ' 4 ' -' 9 ' K . , . , , - , ' . I . . I , o ' - l ' Y 7 v 4 . 7 ' ' N' y ' . ', , - ltj. A Y f. v D - . V7 . . A , , v . D -- . . 7 v . . . . Y - ' 7 1, - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 7 Y 1 '. . . ' ' ' ' ' ' 3 therefore a small sum was accumulated by holdlng a bakery sale, and by ' Cl 7? , 1 . . Q . . , . t , ' , . . . Y Q 3 . 1 , . 1 . ' -4 Q . . Y 1 7 1 . . ! 1 1. . . fs v 1 ' Y 1 . I . A .D . I- , . 1 s f' v v I 1 y ' ' K6 ' 77 ' 66 73 CK Y! 1 I' - , . . , . . . , . t, , . y 1 Y . , A Y 7 ' ll Y! ' . 1 , ' ' . , , . u 1 Y. s m. I , .

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549'- I l f- a.,A f I VS1SlI6d to COI1S0l6 my folmel classmate so I COHtlI'lLl9d But SUIQIX YOUI occupatloll has some ady alltages you must be happy Well on all my tlayels I have had one pleasule whlch lepays lne fO1 my QfI'O1t I haxe walked all oy 91 the countly and met all my IOIHIQI classmates Ploceed I 'IIISVSQIQCI gleefully If thele s any thlll lll the wolld I w ant to know lts what s become of my fO1IY161 frlends VS ell he began I met Mlldled Hefnel the Othel day She belollgs to the Saly atlon Al my And speaklng of the 31 my Ralph D1 als ls a sol dlel He IS elthel a 09116131 O1 a CO1p01al I folget whlch He s lesldlnff at FOlt Leay enw O1 th now Ly ervtlme I thlnk of Ralph It b11llgS HIGHIOIIQS of Ruth Caldwell Ruth belongs to the Zelgfeld Follles Shes l63CllII0f lady and qulte a hlt I undel stand Edw 111 Cole IS a gl eat sclentlst He s wol klno on a compound to feed cattle If he succeeds they ll glye home blew lnstead of mllk Lyle Cllne has lolned a fleak slde show Velta Hoslel IS stlll coultlllg Leo Roche Bllch NIOIg3lI IS scheduled fO1 a fifteen lound bout Wlth Dempsey on Aplll Fool s day Sam AlmSNXO1th IS a famous halfback on the I HIXQI slty of Ixentuckv s team EISIC Doss IS an old mald school teachel llvlng IH Montlcello But Evelett Messner IS the gleatest dlsappolntment of all He dlsglaced the whole school by golng to Bement to llye Wavne Honselmall IS a wealthy bootleggel supplylng klndelffalten students wlth llquol Russell Duncan IS buslly engaged IH manufactullng second hand automoblles Bel H109 Zlndals and Mallan Zvbell ale IILIISGS IH the 'Xlacon county h0SDltdl Way ne Dux all mallled a Russlan countess It SQ1X9d hel llght Challes Blanch IS a gleat poet so he says Hls latest YXOllx IS called Thlee Roads from Paladlse Roscoe Bladham IQ a famous IHOV19 actol He doubles fol Lon Chaney Lynn Mltchell lulls a lunch stand ln Whlte Heath He ffaye me a sandwlch the last tlme I was thele I ney 81 w ent back Ethel Albert IS a famous cook Hel IGCIDCS appeal annually ln some of the leadlng papels of Platt county Halold Lang IS on allothel one of hls famous Polal expedltlons It s hlS ambltlon to be the flll st whlte man to cllmb the South Pole Rov Perklns IS a deep sel dly 91 He holds the w Ol ld s IQCOI d fO1 dlllllg On one attempt he made he canle xely neal leaclllng the bottom of Lake D6CatU1 The othel day he IOVS ed out ln 1 boat by hlmsell and dlved He s been down two dlys so fal John Stanley IS a pleachel IH Boston He sulely has preached lots of dlffel ellt places It seems that aftel he pleaches at one place he goes alld finds 3.I10th91 yob Ilwln Tlmmons has flnlshed hls latest book A Necessaly Evll Ralph Wllkerson IS Chlef of pollce at Montlcello Hls men C0lIS1St chlefly of James Ducey Laura Pelklns lecently won gleat lenown by swlmmlng the Engllsh channel She attllbutes hel success to eatlng Flelschman s Yeast Elma Scott has mallled Rudolph Valentlon alld they seem to be get tlllg' along nlcely Rudy has done some of h1S best works due to hlS wlfe s 1l'lSp113tl0I1 MHFJOIIG Sealles IS now plesldent of the Unlted States be lng the fll st woman to ey 61 assume that hlgh posltlon Mlldred Nesgard IS a famous alchltect who adylses all Ollls to entel some occupatlon Helen Peck IS a mlsslonaly who has done much to ChllStl3I1l78 the lnhabltants of the Phlllpplnes Twenty ezght D H I , . I v' Y I I ' U . . K .1 K V . I I ' I K -I 7 77 KK v v In v s 7 ' 1 vw 1 I' K ' - ' I I, . l v Y. . I C V . .J , . -Y . . 1 u I . n as n 9 , ' . ' I Y . v I , U Y . r 4 V ' . as - 9 ' - - an Y Y Y Y ' ' c , I L . A6 7 u , as ' , , , , , v , I - - v . Y. A I y . I R X - . 9 I l . l 1 u r 4 n n u v ' 7 I I ' ' ' o 9 ' o I , Y y . Y 1 . . . v . . , . . I . O H Y. . ' . . , Y ' . Q ' 1:- Y' ' Y - ' Y A 7 A . . Y' . I . ' I I ' , . - I ' 7 I I I t , f I' 7 I . I v I ' I I Y ' v . x .Y u DI 1 - . 7 ., , . . . ' . . I A . I . II, Y u ' L. ' L ' -I 7 v ' ' V ff ' ' . , 2 . - - . . I K -f . s cl Y. . . . . . . I h I . - C, ' u l . 1 1' 1 n . x . I y . v 7 I I A . , . . , - ' , ss , , ' 71 , ' 4 , I . I - . v I - . . v Y. . r ' cp . v . , , . 1 ' 1 . L . . 1 . . . ' . 1 . . , . . . I . l I . t I I ' I ' - u - 1 , u . u . . I r . I ' . v n v I w u K 1 1 f . I ' I y ' ' ' v 7 v . vw c . . ct I A -I if y . A ' z 1 ' 1 I 1 Q 1 ' 1 , , ' ,, ' ' ' KK . - . 2 . , - 1 R ' . . . V. Y Y . . . '. i G . . . , I . as , ,' ' - . - , s . y . A V , - . h Y 7 ' . . . . I . . u . 7 7. b. j . . I D . . . . i V Y Q. . . . . A