Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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CLASS PHOPHECY The door fo fhe fufure ns locked buf as fhe old saynng goes Where fhere ns a wnll fhere may be a keyhole So here s peeknng af fhe balmy fufure The class of 39 fnffeen years hence When Blossom and I were fournng fhe counfry nn I954 we decnded fo look up Eleanor Smnfh whom we found nn New York Cnfy nn a large hospnfal freafnng an over grown poodle for nndngesfnon whnch nf had acqunred from eafnng foo many of nfs mnsfress chocolafes In spnfe of fhe facf fhaf a blnzzard was forecasf we charfered a plane from New York fo Chncago Whnle we were wanfnng around af fhe sfafnon for fhe plane fo come nn we nofnced a group of gnrls sfandnng near us and one of fhem happened fo glance our way af fhe same fnme She recognnzed us and came over and we knew af once fhaf nf was our old frnend and classmafe Norma Norrns She had been nn New York covernng a very nmporfan frnal nn whnch she nnformed me Alberf Mohler anofher of our flock was fhe defendnng lawyer and donng a very good 'ob foo Fnnally nf was fnme for fhe plane fo leave and Norma leff us fo refurn fo her snsfer reporfers Jusf as we were geffnng comforfably seafed and fhnnknng over old fnmes who should come up and lay some magaznnes on fhe fable besnde us buf Rufh Denney' She had fulfnlled her ambnfnon and was now an anr hosfess on one of fhe greafesf anr lnnes nn fhe counfry To make fhe fnme fly she funed nn on her favornfe hns beaufnful vonce agann we dnd nof nofnce fhaf fhe sform was grownng worse and fhe wnndows were now enfnrely covered wnfh a frosf maknng nf nmpossnble fo see ouf Rufh came back and fold us nof +o be alarmed buf 'rhaf we were gonng fo make a forced landnng The plane landed nn a snow clad fneld a shorf dnsfance from whnch a brnghf lnghf shone nn a farm house Nof long affer fhe plane landed The male occupanf of fhe house came fo see whaf fhe frouble was and nnqunred nf he could be of any assns fance The pnlof asked nf fhe passengers mnghr be able fo fnnd rooms for fhe nnghf close by The farmer sand fhere was a vnllage abouf fen mnles away and he could keep a couple al' hns home unfnl fhe blnzzard sfopped or fhe pnlof fhoughf nf besf fo resume flnghf We all walked up fo fhe farm house fo gef warm and a sweef lnffle woman opened fhe door 'ro greef us lf was LaVerne Ellns or af leasf fhaf was her manden name who had always sand she would marry a farmer She had a cozy lnffle home and as she could only accommodafe fwo she asked nf Blossom and l would nof lnke fo sfay fhere for fhe nnghf We gladly accepfed and ennoyed a very comforfable evennng and nnghf fhere The resf of fhe passengers wenf fo +he vnllage nn a fruck whnch LaVerne s husband furnnshed We learned fhe nexf mornnng fhaf nf had sfopped snownng abouf one o clock and fhe pnlof fhoughf fhaf we would be able fo go on as fhe weafher was so much beffer Before leavnng LaVerne fold us fhaf her snsfer Marne had marrned a mnlkman and fhey were lnvnng very happnly nn a ln++le fown nn Wnsconsnn She sand she had affended Beafrnce Brady s weddnng fen years before and fhaf she had marrned a very prosperous farmer Thelma Rannwafer had marrned a welder Affer a very unevenfful flnghf from fhe small vnllage we arrnved n Chncago We fook 77 I radio singer whom she knew would be ours foo-Jesse Hickman. In our joy af hearing . . . I . I

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Jack Muse beguealh my blush lo yuan ar Norma Norras leave lo slarl houselceepang Leland Perlcans leave my abalaly ol beang Caesar Il lo J K Eells Sally Phallaps leave my paslame ol doang lhe donkey wallc lo lhe mosl allarmed of Democrals Julaa Rose Salyers Maman Paall leave some ol my heaghl' lo Eleanor Jane Bushee Jean Rrosch wall my abalaly lo argue lo Bob Clarlc Thelma Raanwaler w II my love lor alhleles lo Mr Bergeson Joe Rannebarger wall my madgel lorm lo Eranlc Lohr Gladys Reason beguealh my bland 'rresses lo Kalherane Cam Marguerale Rhodes leave my seal an Ha lory Class lo Audrey Warlh Howard Shaler wall some ol my allalude lo Earl Perlcans Eleanor Smalh beguealh my love lor aolqes lo Paulane Tmmble James Somers leave my guael ways lo Alace M ller Bally Sprague leave my deep bass voace lo Max Hency C H Summers do wall and bequealh my green oullal lo lhe Ireshmen John Tammons wall my abalaly lo sleep an class lo Erancas Whale Mary Townsend leave my love lor aallerbugs lo Helen Wadaclc Jack Warner leave my paper roule lo Dwaghl Maclcey Lewas Whasnanl leave my handball lechnague lo Doc: Saevers I939 SYNTHETIC GIRL I939 SYNTHETIC BOY Haar Norma Norms Eyes Bealrace Brady Slcan Mary Ellen Cox Smale LaVerne Ellas Eagure Thelma Raanwaler Clolhes Mame Ellas Personalaly Rulh Braghlon Sangang Myrlle Caan AC ang Sally Phallaps Poase Sylvaa Mae Blaclcer Dasposalaon Eleanor Smalh Braans Mary Townsend Wal Gladys Reason Dancang Blossom Bacooulos Sponlanealy Jean Prosch Pep Marguerale Rhodes Haar James Somers Eyes Earl LeVecI4 Slcan Leland Granl Smale Jael: Warner Eagure Howard All n Clolhes Ernesl Lohr Personala+y C H Summers Popularaly John Brown Sargang Bally Sprague Aclang Payne Harras Poase Lewas Whasnanl Dasposalaon Joe Rannebarger Braans Max Haell Wal Howard Shafer Dancang Alberl Mohler Sponlanealy Davad Earebaugh Pep Leland Perlcans I. . ' T' a .. I, 'a ' . I, I ' . I . I' I . .. ' I, ' , I . . I, , ' ' . I, , ' I . I, ' , A 's ' . Iv I . . . l I, , ' ' I . I, ' , ' . I, . ' . . L . ' L Q +. Q .. .I - i 26

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a Tax: To The TrerghT depoT where we had our coupe senT Trom New York Drnvnng down a beauTuTuI avenue we saw a sTruknng Tuneral home wuTh The sign Earl I.eVeck UnderTaker We had hardly ThoughT he would Tollow hns ambuTlon Tor we could never Tell when he was Teasung or when he was sersous BuT I guess he was In Tull earnesTness when he Told us hls ambrTlon was To be a greaT underTaker ATTer securing our car we wenT sTraughTway To our hoTel and reglsTered and prepared To Take In an aTTernoon ball game The UnuversuTy oT Chicago was playrng The UnuversuTy OT Illnnols and we were very much nnTeresTed an The game Tor Two oT our cIassmaTes were The coaches oT The Two Teams Dewey Chambers was The coach oT The UmversaTy oT Chncago Team and Frank Dubree Tor The lllnnons Team IT was mp and Tuck all The way Through one Team benng ahead and Then The oTher The score aT The end benng 45 To SI The vucToruous Illnnn wnnnnng only by The vaIuanT endeavors puT TorTh by Theur IeTT Tackle Max I-IneTT We dad noT geT To see Frank and Dewey excepT Trom The bench because They were boTh surrounded by Tans and auTograph hounds aTTer The game buT we were saTusTred wuTh lusT seemg ThaT They had succeeded an Thenr game wuTh luTe Blos som who had been hearnng Trom John Brown TrequenTly IH These IasT TnTTeen years wanTed To vnsuT has oTTuce so we drove There Tor a Tew mrnuTes aTTer The game We wenT unTo a business looking buuldung and enTered a room on The mann Tloor aTTer seeung The words CerTaTled Publuc AccounTanT on The door To The mann oTTlce John was busy aT The momenT ducTaTnng To his mann sTenographer Murella BenneTT When he saw us Though he dismissed her and unvuTed us To ssT down and chaT Tor a whale We asked hum :T he knew anyThung abouT any oT The members oT our class and he Told us ThaT The only ones he had come IU conTacT weTh were Mary MargareT BaTes Mar compTomeTrnsT and RuTh BrughTon and Mary Ellen Cox bookkeepers I'Ie had come To Tnnd oT Their whereabouTs and occupaTlons Through execuTuves wuTh whom he Trans acTed and by occasaonal meeTungs on The sTreeT Sunce John had an apponnTmenT rnghT away we drd noT bo+her hum any longer and made our deparTure We spenT a deIughT Tul evennng aT WGN sTudlos InsTenung To Jack Muse s yodelung We dnscovered aTTer a brneT vusuT waTh hum ThaT he was havung has TlrsT auduTnon wuTh Thus sTuduo Sunce I have always been lnTeresTed an nursung I suggesTed we spend our IasT day aT Mrchael Reese hospnTal where much To our surprxse we were 1nTroduced To The super:nTendenT oT nurses and Tound her To be Mary Townsend She Took us Through The surgical pedraTrncs and maTermTy wards all under The supervusnon oT Three oT our cIassmaTes Gladys Reason Frances Gorrell and Maruan PsaTT respecTuveIy RegreTTung very much ThaT we had To leave Chncago so soon we neverTheless sard Tarewell To all our Trrends and proceeded waTh our lourney NoT wnshung To pass up our home Town we headed our coupe Tor Monhcello We hardly recognized Thus beauTuTul well popuIaTed cnTy as ThaT whuch we had IeTT so long ago Our TursT desnre was To vnsaT dear old M C T-I S where we had spenT so many happy years We were glad To Tand :T The same excepT Tor The adduTron oT Two new buuldungs designed and erecTed by Jack Warner eTTncrenTIy assusTed by Bully Sprague NoT daring To Tarry any longer we pushed on To Omaha Nebraska We engoyed Thus sTaTe ch1eTIy because oT :Ts agrnculTuraI acTnvnTnes wnTh whnch we were noT well acguannTed We Tound a 28 gueriTe Rhodes, Sylvia Mae Blacker, MargareT Denison, secreTaries: and Jean Prosch,