Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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IH hifi? 27 en to the publlc on March 19th 1926 Needless to say thls was well llked by everyone By taklng advantage of ev ery opportun ty dm ng the year we accumullted a large sum of money so that when we leached our senlorlty so much work would not be necessary On May twenty e1ght we entertamed the upper classmen wlth the usual farewell banquet After a stop at Senxor Isle brlefer than usual It seemed we started desperately for our goal never to return agaln Thls year we had twenty nvne members aboard and It was neces sary for us to do our wolk 1n a bus1ness llke manner Our sh1p s ed1 torlal staff ass1sted by the rest of th crew had the great task of put mg out a good annu ml Our flrst movement toward thls was the pre sentatlon of our Sen or c1rcus whlch brought ln great f1nanc1al reward Later 111 the year after all of the other work was cleared away we gave our class play and then looked forward to graduatlon Just be '016 Commencement we were klndly entertalned at a last farewell on Shlp board by the Junlors four year s travel we were one of the essent1 ml Sh1pS 1n the M C H b lleet In every event we had the talent to make It a success In ath let1cs our crew stood Wlth the rest havlng Noel Plke Louxe Hammer schmldt Lynn Markland Kenneth Jones and W1ll1am Anderson Now generous sa1lors of the sh1p MEMORIES let us contmue to steer our good sh1p on and let us hope for each others good health success and good luck forever and forever LYLE BARNHART 27 Prophecy o the Class o 27 Loule and I were speed1ng along at the rate of seventy m1les pel hour leanlng back 1n the large soft cushlons of our prlvate car We were at peace wlth the world Our Job gave us twelve month s vaca tlon every yeal and plenty of travel and experlences But alas our puvate car was a box car and our large SDHCIOUS cushlons were plles of straw Nevertheless we were care free kmghts of the road At the next stop one of our fellowm n boarded our car and we admltted h1m 1nto our den because at the fust look we recognlzed hllfl to be or e of our old mates when the dear old crew of 27 plloted the good Shlp MEMORIES on 1ts long yourney Thls person was Joe Plankenhorn We were surprlsed at Joe s cond1t1on because 1n the old days It had been publlc op1n1on that he would some day be a great man but he told us Wlth tears 1n hls eyes that the Indlana women had been hls downfall In h1s sadness Joe had wandered far and wlde and had met all of the rest of the crew of the sh1p MEMORIES We entreated h1m to tell us about them and thls IS what we heard ffffk 4' 'J f 'm-5591 5-A ptr MLN: wi.: ' 4 - 'w 1 . c . , . . , l .- , . . 2 T , . , . . . ,' - -I . , W . 1 u S h c I . I , c A. , . C , 1 'y ' . . . f ' . -. - ' . , . .. . D u . , K . NJ , . - z . s - ' x v C I a ' , ' c . - 1 ' , I k In spite of the fact that our crew had several shirkers during our ' , z . . . '. . I ' .. . c ' 1 A , - u , - L' , , s , - p c . . . A , . ' 9 9 9 k , I c . I 'Ly f f , , c l . Y 1 1 . .l I K . . I . . ' , - ' 1 Q Q . A . a , , a , u A Q kg, ' L. , r ' 7 0 ' ' . ' T . . . k I- . l N k c A . , . , . . . . 9 ' 7 A . ' . , Q V L , Q 1 , . . I , . Page Twenty-nme

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Q21 M History o the Voyade o the Class o 27 In September 1923 thlrty elght of us terror str1cken youngsters went aboard the good Shlp MEMORIES at Freshman Isle Vw e began our career the next morn1ng w1th the customary uneven halrcuts whlch he upper classmen had glven us the mght before Along vslth tnls however the upper classmen showed thelr respects by g1v1ng us a nice leceptlon Nevertheless we were afrald of the faculty and l1te1ally at sea not knowmg what to do or where to go Early ln the year our class orgamzed under the dlI'CCt10I1 ol llhss Morrls who had been chosen to pllOt us on the f1rst knot of our Journey Later as the days went by and after we had become better ac quamted the determmed wlnds of the sea caught ln the sa1l of ou1 ll p and made our golng more smooth After maklng a brlef study of other freshmen classes It was lound that we were not hke most Freshm n classes our shxp MILMOR IES was not gulded by the crew wlth a rovlng lazy movement l1ke other vessels but with a steady stralghtforward motlon Whlbh seemed to part the waters to let us tmough The flrst extra currlculal actlvlty Wa the operetta Once ln -1 Blue Moon 1n whlch many of our members took part Our bank account was opened wlth the proceeds from the sale of At the last party of the year we estabhshed 1 reputatlon for our cleverness 1n a stunt lmltatlng the faculty Fmally after the year s hard to l was over we land d 'mt Sopho more Isle where we anchored for over two months to supply the shlp When we were loaded wlth rest and vltallty we agaln went aboard our dear old shlp to brave our way through the cold waters f0l another year '1h1s tlme however two of our crew were ITllSSlHg' leav mg thlrty slr, members to carry the great burden Also at thls peuod It was necessary to become accustomed to our new pllot Mlss Mlldred I lemmg Under our new p1lot we were proud to be upper clfxssmen and could look down on the poor mnocent Freshmen We were hlndercd by the gods Latln and Geometry who sent a storm upon us The monstrous waves of destru tlon swept over us Ifor a tlme It looked as though our v ssel would be destroy ed but due to great skill on the part of the faculty our good shlp was saved After the battles wlth ou1 enem1es were over we landed at Jun lor Isle from Where after a short lntermlsslon ou1 great 0I'g,3Yl1Z3tlOll departed At thls tlme we had thlrty two members on board foul hav 111 been taken by the hlgher seas the year before Because we now reahzed that lt would not be long untll we were b8lll0I'S we settled down to work ln earnest Agam under the dlrec tlon of Mlss Flemlng we presented a blgger undertaklng than ever be lore the Junlor class play Come out of the Kltchen vxhlch was Q'lV ,Q , 2 ' IPI I T - .2-Yiizifyl X. D 9 v v' U ' ' . v x uf t . . i y. , .u , A' . . . . ' a ' ' ' o 1 ' 1 an Y -, . t , . 1 , 1 ., Y c 1 - - . , . , S 1 . ' . 1 , ' 4 1 . ' Q . ' 'Y A I- I x L , . ' 7 3 Q 7 9 I . V . Q . . N ,C . , S , 4 77 ' ' , . candy, hot dogs, etc., at athlet1c games. , , ' K ' ' , '. ' , . e . l - , . . Q . 3 1 . K. .wV'. n L y 9 xr , ' 'N 7 L . S 1 1 . ' , 1' ' 1 I X I. Ls K , . . , I , . . c '. , . . P V . Y u A A , , . . Q . , . - Y . .7 . 9 ' . ,- . . '- , ' c ll . f D 9 ' I. , . X u a ' . - 7 - I ' ' ' cz ' H y - - , .. , , d , , - Page Twenty-eight

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