Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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WE SENIORS OF I939 PresldenT John Brown Vnce PresldenT Norma Norrns SecreTary Mary Townsend Treasurer C l-l Summers Way baclc In T935 a shy group oT Freshmen swarmed across The Threshold oT M C l-T S The lads wuTh Their new sTyled haurdress and The blushung lasses seemed a hope less Task To The unsTrucTors OT The learned ATTer growing accusTomed To The aronuc sTares and cusToms of The school we plunged In To show our abnlnlry WnTh C I-T Summers presiding as presndenT The TursT year we sTruggled Through To become sophss TucaTed Sophomores Agaun we were guided by The experT managnng oT C H Sum mers who was appounTed as head oT The class As Juniors we made our debuT an The annual Junior Play l-TearT Trouble By Thus Tame The bashTul group had now become auThoruTues and were considered as a class To loolc up To AlberT Mohler presuded as presudenT wmTh The assusTance oT Sally Phrllxps vlce presudenT Blossom Bacopulos secre Tary and ErnesT Lohr Treasurer ATTer careful and elaboraTe preparaTlon The annual Junior and Sensor BangueT proved successful benrg carried ouT nn a Mexncan sTyle noT To menTnon The Bug Apple We lnved up To our name oT Jolly Junuors and our aTTnTude remanned ThaT way BuT alas our Senior year came Too soon' We began To Teel lulce we were really aT The head oT The classes buT yei' drd noT Teel superior To The oThers As sponsorers ol The l-lomecomung Dance we agann emerged vncTorvous and sTowed away a sum oT money IH The class Treasury Tor TuTure use Two class parhes removed a small amounT oT Thus John Brown proved a successful presndenT and had such helpers as Norma Norrus vnce presndenT Mary Townsend secreTary C l'l Sum mers Treasurer I6 I . ' . T1 rl . . T - I 4 ' I I ' I - 1 T - I . , . - v T ' . T T - - ' , .

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NORMA NORRlS C H QUMMERS OUTSTANDING SENIORS We presenl lo you lhe oulslandung sensor glrl and sensor boy of rhe class of I939 as Chosen by lhe sludenl body of lhe Monhcello Communuly Hfgh School A lnllle laler lhe Mxchlgan Club wall honor lhear choice and also honor wall be pald lo lhe sensor who has mal Warned fhe hughesl scholashc slandmnq durung has lour years nn hugh school In fhese cases however lhe chouce w II be lhaf of adulrs and Cold grades Bur our offering lS lhe choice of fhe sludenls lhemselves NORMA NORRIS AND C H SUMMERS In lhf selechon a prenmlnary urvey of opnnnon was made mln every member o me sensor class bennq presenled for consloerahon As a resulr of 'rhus vole 'four qlrls and four boys were presenled for hnal selechon If as srqmhcanf Tha? bofh hmes lered almosl every sensor bennq someone s cholce NVhen lhe second vole was 'rallied however They were lhe very evuoenl cholce of lhelr colleagues We feel lhal lhe sludenl body maoe a very w se and 'rhouqnllul chouce Norma has been very achve durmg her four years parhcularly an G A A and Commerclal worlc She also has aopeared ur bolh lU1IOV' and sensor plays and operehla G A A demon sfrahon and speech plays Her popularufy was evidenced an her elechon as Home comlng queen C H has prevvously demonsfraled nas vole gelhng abnllly havung been lwnce presudenl of has Class and once lreasurer presldenl of F F A and M Club and secrelary and freasurer ol lhe Bald He has played loolball and appeared an fhe operelra and senlor play The luden hody has srolcon and wc, are 1 roud lo qlve you fr-ear choice I 7 Norma and C. H. headed fhe lisf. However lhe firsl lime rhe voling was very scaf- N I A ' l . I Y ,nsu 1 ' . , . , .. .