Nokomis High School - Old Nokomis Yearbook (Nokomis, IL)

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19234 SENIDR CLASS PROPI-IECY QA11 account from the diary ul' lhe huusier aml si-lmol ieaclmer, Miss Mannj Friday, May 13, 1933. Tmiiglit I am very tired. 'feacliing Hislm-y lm' su many years gels so firesoiue. Think l'll go lu sleep aml get up early tn prepare quizz questions. Saturday, May 14. Hail a pleasant' surprise lwalay when I reall l'1'um the lll'2lIllllll!N ui' the Chicago paper something like this: i'lV01'lll'S faslesi writer lhalolpli Kra- vanya wlm highest' rec-orfl at' llll0l'll2llilUllRll 'l'ypewrilii1g3 Cmllesl' ali Swil- ZCl'lilllfl, writing 100 more words per minuie than Heurg'e Hussfielfl wrute in 1923.9 Ili sfuunenl me for a secuml hui' then l 1:el'levle4l. he always was a clever chap. Monday, May 16. Edward Davis informefl CTivic's class io-day 'thai' Ohlmau hafl finally become lllCUl'1J0l'2lll'4l, aml had seal' In Nnlmrnis 'fur Willmri' S1-liroealel' to acl' as firsf Mayor. This is a great 2l1lV2llli'0lllCll1 aml will help him in his ambiiion to become Supreme -Tusiiee oi' ll. S. Tuesday, May 17. lwffilll' lo 'the show al' Holmes Opera Tlrmse in-niglilx Was most' pleas- esl in see Velma Hill in The Blonde Vampire. She llRlSll,l' 1-hanged one hii. 1 c-an rememher how she usecl fo roll her eyes ai' iihe lmys in assembly. Thursday, May 19. News iielegxraplieml here fo-day lhal the clecisimi ol' the Slain Simrmne Court was renflerecl in the case ul' Fa rl Hl'2llCOl1ll0fli. He was lrim-ll in the lower courts for the olnmxinus hahii nl' Chewing gmn in pahlic- plaves anrl his Case finally reached the supreme hemfll. He was very poliie ai' trial. Hop- ing' in make a 'favoralmle impression he sairl To the -lmlge. How are you this lll0l'11lllg?7l Judge auswerecl, Fine, ?ll4250.llll. Friday, May 20. I am Very tired to-nigliij so l'll try in fiml sulave in Rrown's pnelriv. Thomas Brown has bei-mae a womlerful pixel. l l'0lllCllllK'l' how he usefl in rhapsoflize in school. OLD NOKOMIS

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1923 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY We, the I l'CSlllllilll Clnss of ltlltl, 11un1l1eri11g sixty-tliree, were as llUllll'l0HS Ul'Illl5lllS', for tI1e first two or three lll01ll'llS of school. wandering l'l'tllll one huildingg to ainother for our 1'ecit':1tio11s. lYe were sorely tried, and about to give up tl1e struggle when life nssunieil 11. ln-igl1ter aspect and we entered tI1e lI0illll'll'lll, newly erected high school huilding. Here we were lll'lll0ll with due respect t?l, ns all Fl'0Slllll0ll ure, but iQ.fIltPI'lllQ the tzlunts und jihs hurled :lt us we rose in respect und lil'tl1lllll0llCQ. The re- sult ol' our 1-lnss Ul'gillllZillltlll wus i':llll'l',V -lnyne tlzitel' Wilhurt' SClll'UCtlGl'l, Ill'USllll'IllQ Alvin ltnnilles, N'iCC-lJl'QSltlClll'Q Hilda Na.111lces, Secretary treas- urer: 1-lziss colors, hlue :ind white, Zllltl our lllllllll, We wish, we can, we will. these are tl1e three lftlllll-Ul'l' notes to victory. We ent'erta1i11ed and were t'lllt'I'l'illllt'tl :ind soon our life ns t'2ll'Gl'l'00 Fl'GSllllllfll ended. 'Phe second 'vein' the gi-enter lllllllllltl' ot' ns VG-CIll0l'Ctl as wise Sopho- niores, :ind utter we haul heconie ilCCllSl'tblllCtl to our routine ot' study and il2ll'il work, we helieveml that enjoy111e11t' .lllC'l'U2lSl'tl with the years. Our only dil't'icult,v wus 4-l1oosi11g il president. it being uliuost llCCCSS2ll'j' to introduce the clark horse l'illlt'lltlill't' syst'en1. Fiimlly Alfred Mefjaslin was chosen l.'residenl'g tlzirl liI'2lli0Illlt'l'l:l', Vice-presidentg Hilda Nnntkes, S6Cl'Ci'2l.l'j'- l'l'02lNlll'0l'Q :ind Miss Lillnrd, cluss ndvisor. Our half of the usseinhly room wus IIUNV tll't'lIIlll'tl hy the new Fl'0Slllll0ll and we looked ll2'lCli with deep sat- isfzlelion 'tlml' we could not have been as 'tverdainti' as they. 'l'he Junior your proved to he quite us successful as the two previous years with the exception ol' tl1e death ot' il dear class-nmte, Mildred Gray. 'Uniler the Sllll0l'l'lSltlll ol' our l'tlllIll0lfClll' class advisor. Mr. Crepin, and the lvozird of directors, tlenevieve Ronelietti, President, Everett filfly, Vice- president, :ind Ilertlm Hari-ison. S0t'1'0f?llj'-l'l'CilSl11'9l'. we resolve to lllilliii our iiresence known :ind felt: 2ll'C'tll'tllllQ,'ly, we won second place in the In- lCl'ClilHH 'l1tllll'll5lllll'lll und several oi' our hors scored high i11 the High School Q2llllt'S. lVe were Ttlyillly Glll0l'liilll'lt'tl by the Seniors und 1'Cl'll1'IlQCl ll1e t':1vor ul' the -'lunior-Senior h:u'1quei'. ln tl1is our i'0lll'lll und lust LVli2ll'. our .little hand numbers but thirty- UIIU, tl1e others llilVlllg.f gJfl'ilt'lllilll'Y lel'l' us during.: tl1e first: three years. lVe huve tried ll2ll'll to live up to our title, dignfifical t?l Seniors, and feel that we llill'l' l'0Zlllj' :1ceo111plisl1ed Stllllltllllllg worth wl1ile tll,ll'lllg our four years sojourn here, :uul ihzit our llllfllltllzl' will l'orever renuiin i11 tl1e hulls ot' Fzuue. Our cluss tll'lIIllllZilllUIl resulted i11 'l'ho11111s HVUXVII, Presideutg Everett liI'ilj', V'lt't'-lll'l'SltAll'lllQ Alvin llundles, SCl'l't'l'flI V2 Milton Bollnmn, Busin- ess dltlllil,2f0I'. :ind Mr. 'l'll2lCliI'l' :ind Mr. Crepiu, class advisors. lVe hnve scored i11 Hi,egh School, behind the t'ootliegl1ts. i11 zlll school zictivities und IIOXY look l'Ul'XV2ll'tl to f'0lllllll'llt'l'lll9'llli :md to the IlllllllC'ill'lflll ot' our annual. H. M. N. OLD NOKOMIS

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1923 Monday, june 1. I .Xli1'11 hl':111sl'i11l1I is l1:11'k i11 Nokoniis 'I'111' 21 visit. I talked to her for a- 11'l1il1- illltl 11sl1111l 1Y1l2l1 sho was 1loi11g'. She 8:1111 she was going to ll1kl1'1'j' -l:111111s M111-111111 111111 11111 1111til 1111 l1z11I 111111111 il I'o1-l111111. Tlmt young Illilll is 1-li111l1i11g 1111 tho 11111111-1' 1111-1-1' 1l:1y, lo 11211111 QIXVIIIIIQS, 111111 it will not Ill? long 1l01'1II'0 his 1'tll'1llIll' is :1111:1ss111l. Wednesday, June 3. Il s S1'I'ilIl,2't' I 5111111111 I111111- so 111111'l1 ot the class of '21 The other day I was 11111111511-1l hy :1 I2Il'gl' 1'1-1111'1l 1111 tho k'U1'll0I' ol' 1111111 Street. I sl11p11e11 111111 IIl'ill'tI l'11I111- tIio1-I11-Ili 1l11li1'1'1- il 111o1'i11g Slllltltfll, i11 11lea11li11g tones urg- ing 11111 11111111111 I11 81111111 1111 for their rigllts. lilo has s11cceo11e11 lgllgtfllli Y. 110118218 Soviailist I111111l111'. I'1'1t11'2lIWil.VS was il gi-11:11 one t'o1' ilI'QlI1llg in llislory for 11111111le'N 1'ig.fl1ts. X Wednesday, June 10. 1'111111111-111'1-1111111I 1'1Kt'I'l'1NUS to-night. I was literally 111ov111I to 'tems by tho :11l1I1'1-ss gin-11 hy 1 1'11I'1'sso1- 1il'llI'Ql,' Iilllllllilll when ho l'Ql'1lII9f1 So 11'1:111y to111:l1i11g.r i111-i1l1111ts ol' his svhool 1l11ys 111' X. T. H. S. Thursday, june 11. 011 11111 1l'2llll going IIOIIIQ. H1111 il little S111111-ise when the train stopp- 1e1l 2111 01111111111 211111 I'I1lw:11-1'l 11111-t11li11o 11111 1111. He 1-11cog111iz111l 11111 a111I i11l'111f111- 1-11 11111 111211 1111 was 111i1111- 111111111111-1' ol' the Illinois 1'o11l I'111-p111'11ti1111 211111 I1':11'1-ll111l :1 good 1l1-111, 11s111-1-ially 111 l1'1'i11g1g wl1111'1e he visits il loyal girl. llll the 11'illll I 111111-l1:1s1-11 :1 111:1g:1zi1111. 'I'h11 1-ov111' 211' 1111119 iII'I'QS1QC-1 my :1ll1111tio11 51111-1 I saw ll1:1t it was t1l'ZlWll 111' Foy l1:111t. I 1'1-1111111111111 11'I11111 she was 111:11'1'i1-11 INI1' was 111-l111'111i11e1'l lo go 1111 with I1111' work. I11 the SZIIIIG 11111g':1zi1111 I 1'1-1111 Il 1':1ll11-1' I'i111',v 1ll'11t'1l! 1111 'l'l111 tI1'11z1l111111s ol' Itltlgill' A111111 11,410.77 I was IIU1' llllIl'Il s111'l11'is111l wl11111 I saw the z111tl1111- was .'l:11111t 1IQGl11115, l'o1' I 1-1'-11111111l1111' 111111' S1111 1111111111 ol' 11i111 at S1-hool. Wednesday, Aug. 3. Hot I11'I'1Il:l l4l':1,1'1'is1111 i11 St. l'1o11is to-1I:1.v. S1111 has 1-I1111-1119 of El I11'1111ti- l'11l l1i111l1e1'g:11'11111 111111 is V111-,1' s111'1-ossflil i11 I1111- woi-lc. S1111 i11I'111-111011 1111- that 111111 11f11e1' pupils was 1111111-vi111'11 I1llllf'Ilf'11'1.N lilll1- girl. G1e11evi11v1e was Ill1ll'1'lClI. n 'tow Qv1'111's 2l'1'1'1'I' g1'111l11:11io11 111111 111:1k11s il most 1111111-1111111 little wife. 1it!l'1Il2l tol1l 1111+ tl1:1'l' 1111111 1l2lI'I't1IIjIIl was 1'1'2li'1lIII5f I111ti11 111 111111 ol' the hig: 1'oll11g1fs, 111111 1Csll1111- U'llo11111ell was with il I.,1'1'1111111 as 11lo1'11ti1111ist. OLD NOKOMIS