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

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1924 One evening in a hotel lobby I, was glancing over the advanced fash- ions. I scarcely believed my eyes when I saw the name of the designer of the women's fashions to be Charles Rhodes. I can just see how your eyes are fairly popping. Everybody urged me to try Monsieur Charles if I were in need of new frocks. I am wearing one of his creations at my engage- ment tomorrow night, and it is a beauty. I had to laugh to myself all the time he was explaining the advantages of hoop skirts and carrying kittens, for this persuasive artist was so remote from our old idea of Floppie. VVhile I was in Manchester, England, my carriage couldn't get the right-of-way near an old coffee-house. I caught a glimpse of a woman wildly gesticulating and talking imploringly to an immense crowd. Her voice sounded familiar, but I did not identify her until I picked up the Manchester Times the following day, and read that an American, Jennie jachino, had delivered a stirring address on doing away with the House of Lords so that the women might enter the Upper I-Iouse. She is said to be touring England and drawing large crowds. The boat back to America sighted the immense trans-Atlantic bridge and I had quite an exalted feeling every time I viewed it to think that Kenneth Buel had been the architect to draw up its plans. At mid-ocean we stopped along side the bridge and here came Ethel Turk who was walk- ing from New York to Liverpool. She reported that as yet she hadn't been sea-sick and would cable when she landed. The cable came at noon today announcing her safe arrival. Be sure to order an Qld Nokoinisn this year because I'Ve just run on to Ilda Bernardini in the Sheffee Tea Room and she tells me that she has sent several sketches back to N. T. H. S. which will appear in this year's. publication. She has asked me to drop into her studio and I'm planning to do so real soon. I can scarcely wait to hear how she is having ti1ne to draw cartoons for the New York Times, covers for the Literary Digest and ever so many other things. Students back in N. T. H. S. ought to enjoy the Literary Digest now that they know that their Alumna is on the magazine staff. All of the old girls are so terribly busy now and still we dearly love to keep in touch with each other. XVhy not write Round Robin letters? It would be a time saver. I am traveling west in june and I may be able to drop in a few hours at Nokomis. It seems ages since I was there. . As ever, Velma Hardy OLD N OKOMIS

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1924 Scene III. - Seniors in uproar over class officersg result: re-election. President, Ethel Turk. Vice President. Alfred Green. Secretary and 'l'reasurer, Annetta Reincke. Business Manager. Harold Kettelkamp. Sponsors, Miss Yackle and Mr. Crepin. Everything now runningsmoothly. Scene IV. Usual social functions. Scene V. Seniors just learned that they had to give URA'lflONS before they could graduate. Sadness and despondency prevails. Many have gone so far as to order their coffins. Scene VI. School closes-Seniors bid a sorrowful farewell to the dear old N. T. H. S. ,At .gt ,st SENIOR PROPHECY Hotel Astor New York City llilarch 17, l934 Dear Betty: ' I have just returned to good old America. England is all right but there is too much fog in the city streets during the winter months. It is more interesting to sing before American audiences in one's home land than before a sprinkling of Americans, English, Russians, French, etc., in a foreign ball-room. Little did I know when we were in the N. T. I-I. S. choruses building air castles of becoming prima donnas. that I would ever tour this country and abroad singing. I had been booked to appear before only English audiences, but I could not let the temptation slip to fly to Paris and see that gay city. I had heard that Lottie Jones was in Paris and I had some trouble finding her. Finally the wife of the American ambassador sent word that she had found a Beauty Shop in Paris, where the proprietor, the Madamoiselle Lottie. could speak English and she highly recommended the establishment to me. I dropped into the shop the following day and there was our old Lottie. She was quite light hearted and very prosperous. just a hint. Betty, Lottie says that curls are to be the advance style and she herself is attempting to grow her old curls back. OLD NOKOMIS

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1924 Nokomis, Illinois Dear May: March 20, 1934 The most wonderful suggestion has come to me in my last letter from Velma, that we write Round Robin letters. Velma may think that she leads a busy life now that she is a famous singer, but poor little me is so ex- ceedingly busy looking after my four responsibilities-a husband and the three four-year-old sons. I don't believe that I will ever forgive jack for keeping me at home so that I can't deliver my address on women's rights to the women at Coalton and VVenonah. Velma Elvers is in VVashington as secretary to the President. Oh, why didn't I take a business course, too, so that I could see some of the world instead of being tied down at home with three children. My only consol- ation is that I don't have to be a secretary to a Republican president. How I long for some Paris frocks, but the best I can do is to go to WVitt and have Viola johnson sew up a gown for me. Everybody goes to Viola. but if I had my way I would go to New York to shop. There now, Tommy upset my ink bottle. He is the naughtiest boy. What he doesn't think of, then Dickie or I-larry will, They drive me dis- tracted and still jack just thinks that it is all right, Sometimes I just want to elope. I can't keep a maid because the boys run a maid crazy in one day's time, and again I have to do all my work. They are wild to get hold of my new Hunter. By the way if Lydia hadn't invented that combined sweeper and duster I don't know how I would ever keep house. I have to keep it under lock and key and keep it away from the boys. Town is full of the talk of the achievement of Leonard Morgan. I-Ie has just completed a new state dance hall at Springfield and laid more bricks per day than any other Workman did in a similar building constructed at the same time by a private concern. He ought to try out for honors as a national bricklayer. It is the funniest thing to go down Main street and see the brilliant signs put up by the two opposing candy shops. Gertrude Satterlee and Albert Viola are terrible rivals. Their stores are opposite each other and they are jealous if one gets one more customers than the other. It is a wonder that they don't go bankrupt, for they outbid each other in special- ties to catch trade. Wlieii the boys go shopping with me Tommy sets up a howl to go to the Greek's as soon as we come to town, and Dickie to Satterlee's, and Harry to neither place, and I just can't do anything when they are along. Williain McCaslin came into town yesterday. He is very fat and still makes eyes. and oh girls, he wears slashed trousers, no collar, a red ban- dana around his neck, a barber-pole shirt, and a green plug hat. He went out to N. T. I-I. S. today and can't you just hear those infants reeling with laughter? Is that the specie of farmer they grow out in Kansas? No doubt you are leading a life of ease down there in Florida and I only wish that I were any place but here in dead Nokomis. ' Lovingly, Betty Christian. OLD NOKOMIS