Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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In the year of our Lord 1939, a cor respondent for the Chxcago Trrbune went out to Hollywood to get the low down on all the movle stars She trled to see Greta Garbo and fa1l1ng', declded to mtervlew Greta's double HaV1Hg b tn admltted to the presence of that PPI sonage she scanned her face wlth eager eyes It seems to me that I hate seen x before Mav I ask from what tow n you came' ' Gretas double was wastly amused I I6COg'IllZCtl you the mlnute I lard eyes on you I mlght have know you d turn our to be a reporter you always were nosey Well, who are you to act that wa I used to be Mary Ahce McClu1e But I marrled Robert Body from B ment and changed my name I wasnt satrsfied wlth that name elther, so Y U here I am Oh ses, I understa d bay, I heard that Harold Chambers w as out here too ls that true? Well yes I date hlm qulte regu larly and lm well Im rather expect mg h1m to propose any tlme now he -1 so tlmltl He has a blg lead ln Wlld West talkxes that throaty vomcel 'Oh yes, speaklng of Pete Chalrbers remlnds me of Kent Clark You know he always had a suppressed de lre 'o rule on Merry Go Rounds, and now he s selllng ammals for chlldren You re member how Mxss McM1llan once sa rl h suppressed desires were sweetest? 'Ralph Fowler has a pickle shop ll h1s home town Ralph has attracted quxte a trade as he sells lug pmcl les, ht tle pickles, sweet plckles, sour plcklcs, smooth and warty ones However, he lg very unhappy because he ls stlll wlth out a companion of the opposlte sex And you remember Sarah Catherine Il ghton always had an ambition to mal ry a bootleggfer However, Bxlly Holmes was too young for and now she has de was too voung for her, now she has d It s all along' the same lme, you know And speakmc, of Sarah Catherme re mmds me of poor dear Wllbur Hawbak He and Sarah Cather-me were for ever argulng and one day Wllbur went ravmg crazy over the questlon of wheth er a moron was a type of lI1SH.I11ty feeblemlndedness, and now he s at Jack sonvllle 1n a strarght Jacket and a pad ded cell Mary Mlller rs one example of what pure, unadulterated educatlon can do She conducts the chlldrens hour at the Ifleld Museum and then goes home and sup untends another sesslon ' Helen Wa ts has for some years be actlng as house mother an divers frster n1 res Rec n ly, however, she has been cha-.mg Lvle McFeeters all over the ers Marvyle Davxs IS traxelllrg over the country ur, ng umversal peace S e has numerous secretarles and admxrers or her traxl Iester Barnes has been del :el second Ollver Wendell Holmes In ad KIIIOII to h1s 15 poems about our class of 1929, he has wrltten numerous sketch es whlch reveal hls humor Th s l s mentxoned wlll no doubt am hrm an everlastmg reputat1on m the hterary he d Bill Hubbell, who for ten years h starred as l1ttle Eva ln Uncle Tom s Cabm, has gxven up the stage and cloped wlth Nellxe Jones ' Frances Maler, Stella Farrow d Bermce Nelson are jonft froprmetors of a home for the demented By their own confession, they know nothing of treat ment for the vrolent, but they say It is uc fun to watch the poor th1ng's Velena Conrad, after doing extra work for years, has flnally entered the 1 9 3 9 ! V . ' - ' J . e- ' - I ' 'I ' In s . . , I H , 4 of ' - ' ' ' . . ' ex ' ' 1 - ' .Y .II en - I - v' 'I ' , ' v Y rt ' ' I , u. .I .. ,, ' . I ou ' s ' ' CI' . . ' v ' -P ' '- I I . . I . . , v , -on 'H I , ' I , A u . ' ' . , I I . ' I . v 1 - ' l ll W' a I U , , V.,,, r 2 ' , ,f . - ' .' if ' X I 2 . 611 . I 6- ' II L ' ' . - v 'e t ' killed Bob with my little hatchet, and mrtif, trymg to convince hm that hc ls I h .. cc , I . n I W . . as I , . ' ' , ' I ' 1 Q ' s , . 'rl ' :' ' . 21 ' as 1 ' -1 I - I - In ' - - ' - . . . Q 1. 4 a. . , . W , I . I II . I- . ,, , . I ' l ' . ' ' . i mt 1 I ' I ' I ' ' ' V 3 ' . 1 l . ' ' ' . - l as . .I . I , . . I , t at ' ' ' ' , ,I . I I . . I, ' . I I ' ' K an V I . I I I l r u ' ' ' I ' I , I ' . s h ' . f 1 ' v V. K , A I

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Be that as IU may, so let If be Before we knew xt, there was Old lllan Clrcus mght before us shoutlng for r cognxtzon Wlth a llttle anlmos ty, we set about and xmmedl ztely thele mme folth 1n the halls of M C H S the Worlds Greatest Show fAt least the b st yet put on ln our vlllagej Be rdes clearmg a neat llttle sum uf 8st21bllQl16Cl the precedent of admlttmg absolutely flee of charge all performers, a deed almost unheard of before tl1 s 111116 Our envlable athletlc reputatxon was splenchdly upheld all durmg foot erm Cvsell we wont then,J of the num berous track meets Af Cl observlng wlth arrused con tempt the efforts of the Jumors to put on a play, we 6Xlllb1t8ll the 'Poor Nut Only the Senloxs could haue done th xt fHey Ed J Then we attended the alleged banquet glwen by the Junlors for us It was al T1 ht of course, hut not up to the stan dard we had set, not neaxlx Then we dropped our 11 ht heartedness and be came ser1ous for Just a short whlle The occaslon for thxs, I mlg-ht add, was th Commencement CXQTCISQW We wore black gowns, and caps and proudly car Tl l hr me a sleepskm 1l'lQlI'1b6ll Whom lt mav Concern An Honorable K S CLARK, M A, Lltt D1 R F FOWILR M S Ph D 'Till 'lv TO IHE CLASS Ol 29 I ve no words to tell the glory That 1s thme Ive no words to slng your prmso Oh Class of mme' Fvur years you defended your colors You were true to the purple and gold Ylu were fan' to both fuencl und znal A warrlors Jn days of old The fr1endsh1ps folmed ne Lt1 these col ors Wlll warm our hearts llke an flame And glve us courage 1n wears to como When plavmg l1fe's Kllffllllllt game bor weve lesrnf d other thmgs bLN1Kl9r4 books lo ourselves we have learned to be true And lf future years treat us unkmlly Well smlle and Just see them through Tho pralse may never be yours Tho glory may never be thme Well be loyal to the best that rs ln us, Dear class of '29 M. Davis A .. ll ll ll ll l gg ' , ' ry - L. ' S . ' , Y , , ' ' I 77 3 . . I , , . A 7 Q , - ' 'Q , .ki Y , I 1 , 15. D ig , -L , C - 2 ' ' ' ' . ' ' Q ' I I 13 'E - .. Q 'L W ' ' . . I 5 l . , : '- vt . ' . y Q - - ' 'er 1 .wc , , ' ,' ' : To ball and basket ball season, to say noth- fllSCh211'Hf2ll1 35 it Were- ' cr ' ' ' l - . 5 1 1 1 I 0 In n, ' l ' , A A ' . 4. J X , - ., , . , ,dll ' - 'll ' ' P , X .Y - is 5 1. l 7 1 v A 1 7 . . ' v ' 2 . - 1 f '1 BAL I 3 . 5 A 1 L 7' I :1 ' . ' . . 1 , ' . ' 1 A ' 2 l '. -1 1 1 . E: A ' : 11 I l I ,' 4 'l ' ' 71 C x 1 ' S xp If , ' v . ' . ' x , , . . I . l ' l '. ' . l a G

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talkles 'Her splendld vorce rs Just thn thmg says Clliford Starkey, the dlrec tor husband 'Velena always has regretted tha h turned down V1rg1l Rawlmgs Aft r starrmg upon the track team at Yale, he became a coach in a leadxng unlversltx He IS the coed's ldea of a perfect man 'And B1lly McCann hves 1n Colorado All day he vamly pans for gold urged on by the xndommtable sp1r1t of Howard crazy but Howard explains that it ls thelr art1stic temperamen s expressmfr themselves But-sad to relate the everlastmg: love for snakes has finally overpowered Frances Caldwell She has spent the last five ears ln Afmca lookma for a reptxle whlch would be a worthy com panlon 'Bob Heath gave the town a sh k After bemg faxthful to 'his Corneha' for many a moon, he suddenly threw her r and ran away with LOIS Bradham This Heath Bradham affair mad: Billy Cofhn just slck You see, hed been engaged to Lols, but now he is em ployed 1n the rum runnmg buslness on the Canadlan border He says its all her fault that he has strayed from the straight and narrow path Despite the almost unlversal be uf the brlllxance of Leland I'oster's mlnd I have Just heard that he has been con verted mto a Morman To date his col lectlon conslsts of Opal Doss and Mary Allen It seems that he 1s not even thf head of his household J1m Armsworth 15 posing for the pl tures of Prlce Ta1lors and Company The buxom shape comes easy he says 'Lester Albert and Archie L1lly are the world's greatest ven rlloqulsts A1 chle bemg the dummy ' Ralph Baker finally d1d marry the caretaker s daughter ithe red haired one, you knowj after a long, lon coultshlp And Paul Mullvam has been the greatest surprise After going ln ffr' sculpturin,-2: he has become the most el1g1ble bachelor in Greenw ch Vlllage He says that he w11l devote his life to hls art I guess that's all of our 0 d dass t a I know anything about And now you must excuse me If you hear anythln else of our former classmates, please let me know ' Wxth thxs, my mtervmew with Mary Alxte was terminated and I went away feeling more satisfled with lt than if Greta's double had glven me a story which would have made my name in the newspaper world . , . , ' , , , Q , l . , , - 77 ' , 4 ' A t S Q . . ' ' . - - v . K Y! ' 5 ' ' . A ' . 'C- ' u 1 - p ' v . . U ,. 4 , . , . .. r 0 V n 4 4 Doss. One would think they both were , , ' J L '- ' f , 1 ' 5 D H I ' , . t' ' I W, I I ox 1 y, a 5 A ' h K I I ' Y I d I I I 4, V L ' U I F I I v 1 oc . , A . h' ove ' . 1 .- A , 1 - e .'