Monticello High School - Memories Yearbook (Monticello, IL)

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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

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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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SENIOR ACTIVITIES ERT ABNER F F A 4 holo CI b 4 Ba d 2 Fool M qe J Pa nsor Play 4 HOWARD ALLEN F F A 2 3 b Bas 3 4 Foofb BLOSSOM BACOPULOS Glee Club I 3 Pholo Club 4 Slenographsc Club 4 Jr Sr Comms? fee 3 Annual Slalf 4 Class Secrelary 3 Junlor Play 3 Operefla 3 Sensor Play 4 MARGARET BATES T Iono Hsqh School I 2 3 MURELLA BENNETT Home Ec Club 3 4 Slenoqraphsc Club 4 SYLVIA BLACKER Glee Club 3 BEATRICE BRADY Glee Club 3 4 R GI-ITON B nd I 2 4 Glee C Slenoqraphsc Club 4 Annual Sfall 4 Operella 3 N BROWN B nd 4 Foo 4 Class Pressdenf 4 DEW AMBERS F F A M Cu Foosball 4 MYRTLE CAIN Tolono I-Isqh School I 2 3 Sersso Play 4 MARY ELLEN OX ee Club 3 Slenoqraphsc Club 4 G A A 3 Jr Sr Commsflee 3 Annual Stall 4 Jun or 3 Sen or a 4 RUTH DEN Y G A H me E Club I 3 4 Pholo Club 4 Operefla 3 Sensor Play 4 FRANK DUBREE M Club 3 4 Foolball 3 4 LAVERNE ELLIS Glee Club 2 3 Home EC Club 3 MARIE ELLIS Glee Club 2 3 Home EC Club 3 DAVID FIREBA H Urbana Hsqh School I 2 Charnpalqn Hsqh 3 Annual SI'aII 4 M Club 4 Foofball 4 FRANCIS RRELL Glee Club I 3 H E Club 3 Senso a 4 LELA D GRANT F F as elball 4 AYNE HARRIS Mash Honor Socsely I 2 3 4 M CI b 2 ass Treasurer 2 Foolball Manager 3 4 B lclball 4 Traclr 2 4 Ann Ed 4 Jun r 3 e a AN 3 4 Baslrefball er 2 nor y erelfa en or a an Jr Sr om ee 3 M Club 3 4 Phofo nnual SI If 4 oolball Seno Pla A KELLER F Jr Sr Commsllee 3 Sen or Play 4 EARL LEVECK none EARNEST LOHR M h Honor I 2 3 4 Pholo Club 3 M Club 4 Class Treasurer 3 Baslrefball unsor Play 3 Sensor Play 4 ALBERT MOHLER Ar? Club 3 4 Ph To Club 4 B d I 2 Glee Club 2 3 Annual Slall 4 Class Secrelary I Pressdenl ol Class 3 Junsor Play 3 Operella ensor Play 4 ROBERT MOORE F F A I 2 3 Foolball 4 M Club 4 Baslcefball Mana r ensor Play 4 CK MUSE Tolono I-Isqh I a orus h 4 Sensor MA NORRIS Glee Club I 3 G A A u n Cornrnlllee 3 Class Vice Pressdenl 4 Annual Sfafl 4 D A R Cslszenshsp Award 4 Homecomsng en 4 J or Pl y rella 3 e I a RKINS lub 4 oolball 4 ALI.Y PHILLIPS G A A ee ub 2 3 Ho Ec Club Knslfsnq Club 4 Jr Sr Conrsmslfee 3 Sfenoqraphsc Club 4 Annual SIaIlI 4 Class Vlce Pressdenf 3 Junsor Play 3 Opere-lla 3 Sensor Play 4 MARIAN PIATT ee Club I 2 3 Ho EC ensor Play 4 JEANE PROSCI-I Glee Club I 3 G 4 Phofo Club 4 Ann Slafl 4 Junsor Play 3 Operelfa 3 THELMA RAINWATER Glee Club I 2 Jr Sr Comrnsllee 3 Operefla 3 GLADYS REASON Csco Hsqh I 2 3 Glee Club 4 MARGUERITE RHOADES Glee Club I 2 3 4 Ho E CI b I 3 4 Operella 3 Semor Play 4 HOWARD SHAFER M u 3 ball ELEA M TI-I Glee Club I-Io C u 4 Jr Sr om ee 3 G S oono Hsqh u S nor P J RANNABARGER Cusco I-Isqh I 2 3 WILLIAM SPRAGUE Glee Club I 2 3 Sens r a 4 S an M Clu 3 4 Cslszenshsp Aw ass Pressdenl I urer o a O re a S nsor P 4 JO TIMMONS F F A 3 4 M Club 4 Foosball 4 MARY A TOWNSEND Glee Club I 3 Pho? u 4 G A 3 4 Arl Club 3 Jr Sr Comrnsllee 3 Class Vlce Pressdenf 2 Class Secre a 4 JA K WARNER AI Cluo 4 holo Club 4 LE S WI-IISNANT Cusco I Ban 4 Sensor Play 4 30 RQB - , . ., 7 P u , 7 n , I, 7 ball ana r, 27 unior I y, 3: Se I , . - . . ., I, , , 47 M Clu , 2, 3, 47 kelball, 2, , 7 all, 4. - o I ,,,. -- . , , 7 I 1 1 f , , 4. - . . . UTH BRI - a , , . 3, 7 lub, 37 I , 7 , 7 , . JOH - a , I, 2, 3. 7 Iball, 3, 47 M Club, 3, 7 I , . EY CI-I - . . ., I, 2, 37 I b, 47 , . - ' , , , 7 I r , , C fGl I 3 ' I 5 U 7 H 7 47 .- . I , 7 , 7 I Play, 7 I PI y, . NE 4 . . A., I, 2, 3, 47 Glee Club, 2, 3, 47 Band, I, 2, 3, 47 o . C. , , , 7 , 7 , 7 . , . - , , 7 . , . UG - GO - , , 7 orne C. , , 47 I r PI y, . N - . . A., 47 B Is , . P - I .,., 7 u , , 3, 47 Band, I, 2, 3, 47 Cl V Z I I I as e , 7 , , 3, 7 ual Ilor, 7 Io Play, 7 S nior PI y, 4. JESSE HICKM -F. F, A., 37 Glee Club, I, 2, , 7 Man- aq , 7 Ju I Pla , 37 Op , 37 S I PI y, 4. MAX HIETT-B d, I, 2, 3, 47 .- .C - mill , 7 1 1 1 Club, 37 A a , 7 F , 3, 47 Traclc, 47 I r y, 4. JOE . - . F, A., I, 2, 3, 47 .- . I , 7 I , . , . ' A ef .... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4: J I , 7 I , . - , , 7 o , 7 an , , , 3, 47 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 1 31 S I 1 . - . . .1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I ge , 41 S I , . JA - I 1 1 2: S d I-Iiq , 37 F. F. A., 7 I Play, 4. NOR - , , 7 . . ,, I, 2, 3, 47 Pholo CI b, 47 Ba cl, I, 2, 3, 47 Jr.-Sr. Oue , 7 uni a , 37 Ope , 7 S nIor PI y, 4. LELAND PE -F. F. A., I, 2, 3, 47 M C , 7F , . S - . . ,, 2, 47 GI CI , I, , 7 me . , 47 ' , 7 , 7 I , . -GI , , , 7 me . Club, 47 S I , . - , , 7 . A. A,, I, 2, 3, 7 1 I ual , , - I I , , , 7 , 1 - , , , , 7 me C. u , , , 7 , 7 I , . - CI b, , 47 Baslcel , 3, 4. NOR S I -- , I, 27 me Ec. I b, 7 .- . C - rnIII , 7 . A. A., 4. JAMES SOMER -T l I 7 I, 2, 37 Glee CI b, 47 enI lay, 4. OE - I I .... - 1 1 1 I Io Ply, . C. H. SUMMER -B CI, I, 2, 3, 47 F. F. A., 3, 47 b, , 7 II I ard, 37 CI I , , 27 Class Treas , 47 Fo Ib II, 3, 47 pe H , 37 e I lay, . I-IN W 1 . .1 , 7 . 7 , . . - . , 7 o Cl b, 7 . . A., 2, 1 I 1 : .- . I , 7 I - I , 7 - I ry, . C - r I, 7 P , . WI - I , , 2, 37 d. 1 I . .