Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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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,

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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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group of successful young ag enguneers exoermenfnng wnfh dufferenf fyces of soul eros on ferfulnzahon and urrugafnon problems A few of fhese brnlllanf young men were Joe Keller J m Somers Roberf Moore C l'l Summers and Leland Perlcuns all graduafes of fhe same unuversufy Wanfnng a fasfe of fhe Wesfern afmosphere we consfdered Wyomung our besf bef for a day s resf Upon aslcung fhe oounlon of our fax: drnver for a good place fo eaf he referred us fo Sam s resfauranf The chap seemed famnlnar and fxnally Blossom recognuzed hum as Leland Granf l-le had recog nlzed us af fhe sfafron buf had lcepf hrs udenfsfy fo hrmself fo see nf we would lcnow hum Upon leavlng Sam s resfauranf we were hauled by a fall lanlcy cowboy advancung foward us ln has same lovlal manner John Tummons warmly welcomed us fo Wyomung Feellng fhaf we owed our evening fo an old acquaunfance we placed our evening af hrs dnsposal l-le fold us fhaf In hrs many wandernngs he had come across Ernesf Lohr a slculled archufecf repaurnng fhe damage done fo Boulder Dam by a cerfaun l939 foofball feam Tourung on fowards Callfornua we found our radio fhe only means of amusemenf SALL an Ufah a fobacco aucfuoneer was lusf leavlng fhe anr and we gof a lock ouf of fhe announcemenf fhaf fhas was David Fnrebaugh California proved fo be even more delxghfful fhan we had fhoughf possible l l-lollywood we by chance came upon Myrfle Cam a Teacher In fhe school for moyne sfars chlldren She fold us fhaf fhe mann camera man for MGM sfuduos was none ofher fhan l-loward Shafer Homeward bound we decided fo hrf some of fhe Soufhern sfafes Arizona was our fnrsf choice and sfoppung af Tuscon we could nof resusf vusnfnng fhe Unmversufy We phoned ahead of fume fo see uf fhus was permrssable We gave fhe professor s sfen ographer our names and addresses and fhe nexf d y we re greefed by fwo more of our fellow classmafes Lewns Whusnanf dean of men and Joe Rannebarger professor of psychology We fraveled day and nnghf falmng furns af fhe wheel IU order fo reach Alabama ln fume fo wufness fhe final baslcefball game of fhe year an which Alabama was fo come up agalnsf Soufhern Callfornua The game proved excsfung since fwo of our former baskefball heroes were fughfnng agaunsf each ofher on opposufe feams They were Howard Allen and Payne l'larrns We Thoroughly enloyed our vacafuon and fhe oppor funnfy 'ro meef our lvl C l-l S pals 29 for we had no Time fo sfop af fhe ofher high lighfs of fhe Wesf. Tuning In on Sfafion . . . . G n