Mount Carmel High School - Sibylline Yearbook (Mount Carmel, IL)

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i t Jo Swninra ROBERT BERRY I am a wealthy importer of billiard tables Cheese molds, crepe-de-chine ear muifs, And patent bachelo1 s buttons. LELA SCHRODT Her hail' was long, her foot was light, And her eye was mild. MAYNARD C. RISLEY In the spring a young man's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of matrimony. DOROTHY I. WIRTH True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed. ADAH LOUISE WILCOX Why worry? Let the old world coast. 26

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, ., , ' V u T Y 1 Svrninrn THELMA C. STEIN Of tender joy wilt thou remember me. EARL EUGENE STORCKMAN Every woman's heart grows bigger When she sees his manly figure. BERNADINE THRAPP She walks in beauty like the night Of clouclless climes and starry skies. GLADYS FERN WHEELHOUSE Her eyes say, Come hither! LYMAN DAVENPORT WHITE Oh Mischief! Thou art swift to enter the thoughts of desperate men. in Q0 49 25 l i

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,f X A is , , f :. f.-t,,,f,g aQ,.Mw- t N-rm -. 1.4 We W ,, is ff. :ga sl, s.. ., ,. ,,.. Q ll 1 Q ii! A A ..,: gssyqzzg :., . y Gllami llliutnrg - On the 9th of September, 1917, one hundred and twelve new recruits enlisted at the Mt. Carmel Naval Station. We joined the good fleet, Mt. C. H. S., which consisted of four ships, flying maroon and gold flags. We were assigned to the vessel of fourth and lowest rank of the fleet and we, as new recruits, were called Freshmen. We were carefully drilled by and under the authority of the regular officers. Besides the maroon and gold flag on our ship, we also flew a green flag on the main mast, and the people from the other vessels generally ignored the Freshies, as we were some- times called. We were allowed to organize and elect three minor officers of our vessel which was against the naval rulings of previous occupants of the ship. The ofncers were: Robert Nation, Captain, Robert Berry, First Mate, and Paul Schrader, Second Mate. At length after nine months of hard training we were given a three months' furlough which we were very glad to get. At the end of the three months, early in September of 1918, we were promoted to the sec- ond ship of the fleet and were here called Sophomores, but there were only ninety-five on this ship. Some of the missing ones had been reported miss- ing in action the year before, but many were just absent without leave . The officers elected while on this ship were: Thelma Stein, Captain, Dor- othy Wirth, First Mate, and Ted Reyman, Second Mate. We were al- lowed to have several social gatherings and sometimes we invited the peo- ple from the other ships to come and be merry. We passed the nine months of training very successfully and were allowed another three months' fur- lough. At the beginning of our third year in September of 1919, we were promoted to the third ship, which ranked second in the fleet, and here we were known as Juniors. Our number had again decreased, numbering on- ly sixty-three. These appalling losses troubled us some but our grief was not of long duration, for were we not to occupy the main ship the next year and to be looked upon as experienced seamen? Our experiences on this ship were more interesting than had been the rule on the ships of lower rank. We were allowed to have great feasts, one was the Junior-Senior banquet, when we invited the Seniors from the main vessel to dine with us. We also had several joy-making occasions. Our officers on this ship were as follows: James Schucker, Captain, Eleanor Litherland, First Mate, and Carroll Mayne, Second Mate. We spent nine months of train- ing on this ship and were again allowed a three months' furlough. Early in September of 1920, we returned from our vacation and were promoted to the main ship. We were at last Seniors. We passed many islands during these three years of training and many experienced sea- men from other ships decided they liked the Mt. C. H. S. fleet and joined our ship increasing our number to seventy. We were granted more privileges while on this ship, and were allowed 27