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

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Old 9lofeomis — —i SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY You have all heard of new inventions, no doubt, but the newest one to my knowledge, is the prophoscope. As I was sailing on the S. S. Leviathan, I met a man who told me he had invented a machine that would prophecy the future of people. As 1 named over mv schoolmates, he told me briefly what each would do in ten years from now, and here is an account of what he said: Harold Harms will be the coach at Nokomis High School. Spruill Battles will make his lectures so real that farmers will be convinced that chinch bugs are their best friends. Frances Goesman will be private secretary to Principal D. E. Zook. Orville Rhodes will star in “He-Man” with Mary Pickford. Anna Studnick will reform and become a prim old maid. Her dearest possessions will be her cat and her spectacles. Donald Calihan and Maynard Bridwell will go treasure hunting in the South Sea Islands. The prophoscope says they will return with as much money as Captain Kidd did. Alta Baxter will be the Domestic Science teacher in the Raymond High School for one year, after which she will settle down in Chicago with one of our 1926 basketball champions. Lester Schneipp will be the quarterback on the all-star American football team. Erma Cavaletto, the basketball champion of the girls at the Nokomis High School, will become gymnastic teacher in the University of North Carolina. Gladys Wright will continue to work on history, but she will become a noted teacher in New York and will write histories. Rosse Rhine will be the most valuable man on the University of Illinois' basketball team—a six-foot center. Florence Stapleton will appear as the main vaudeville feature at the Palace Theater—it seems the girl with a giggle will become the girl with a wiggle. She will be accompanied on the piano by Irwin Singler, noted pianist. Edna Stolte will tour Montgomery County, lecturing on woman’s rights. Ralph Kettlekainp will contribute jokes to the “Judge.” That's not saying how many of them will be accepted. Madeline Ronchetti will teach English in the Peoria High School for several years, but the saying that school teachers are old maids will not hold true in her case. Elma Wittnam and Frank Wright will star in “Love’s Turmoil.” Williard Morgan will become useful. He will hold the baby while “mamma” goes calling. Marian Robertson will spend her honeymoon in Chicago, after which she will be at home to her friends in Decatur. John Cuthbertson will be the world’s champion prize-fighter, with Lawrence Vernetti as his sparring partner. Page twenty three

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Old 9lokomis We, Anna Studnick and Florence Stapleton, bestow upon Alice Mae Pan-vvitt and Laura Green our coquettish ways. L Irvin Singler, leave inv habit of grinning at all the girls to Charles Folkerts. I, irginia Kettelkamp, leave the love 1 have for my brother to any one who doesn’t know him as well as I do. We, Spruill Battles and Lawrence Vernetti, do bequeath our Cave-man tactics with the girls to George Evans and Albert Sanuskar. I, Arthur Zimmerman, do bequeath my position as business manager to anyone who can till my shoes—only one foot to a shoe. I, Irma Cavaletto. leave my quiet and extremely feminine ways to Marie Jenkins. I, Harold Harms, leave my bashfulness around the girls to Rudolph Kettelkamp. I, Frank Wright, do bequeath my tennis championship to Frank Rakes, my name-sake, better known as “Fat.” I. Ralph Kettelkamp, do bequeath the love which Mrs. Moody has for me to some poor Senior of 1928. I further wish it understood, that if any beneficiary of this document should attempt to dispute or set aside any legacy herein mentioned, he shall immediately be cut off from all provision of said document, and be “cast into the outer darkness” of the unmentioned ones. Hereunto have I set my hand and seal, knowing that all the provisions herein proclaimed are as unalterable and indissoluble as the famous laws of the Medes and Persians. CLASS OF 1927. HIGH SCHOOL DAYS Early that September morn. In the year of twenty-three, We entered in N. T. H. S. As green as we could be. We were welcomed by the Soph’mores Who smeared our faces red, And when we heard the big bell ring We entered the hall with dread. Next year we were Soph’mores wise And tried our skill at art; Rut the thoughts of being Juniors Were those next to our hearts. Alas! we are upper classmen Pressing on with all our might. Hoping at last to reach our goal And to be Seniors bright. Nineteen hundred and twenty-six, The last year has opened its gate; And if we pass our English Four Promotion and success await. But are we joyful after all To leave this school forever more? Oh ! just to be a green “Freshie” And live these four years o’er. —V. T. Page twenty-two

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Old 9lokomis Olga Frederick and Then DeWitt will he famous New York society leaders. They will entertain former classmates on Christmas day, 1935. Paul Fisher will be a member of the House of Representatives. Evelyn Johnson will manicure nails—in a hardware store. James Jachino will be the owner of an extensive factory, where he will manufacture fleece-lined shoestrings. Norma Henkel w ill be a second Florence Nightingale in a coming war. James Young will be a barber, and his wife, Margaret, will be his manicurist. Vi Bertsch, the little flapper, will settle down, but not in Ohlman—in Rosamond. John Jachino will be a dealer in antiques, and will sell 1915 model Fords. There will be a special at the Orpheum Theater in St. Louis—a three-ring circus, with Mabel Hieronymus as bareback rider, Mae Gray as elephant rider, and Ida Howell, blower of the calliope. Garrelt Brown will be the leader of a Socialist party in New York. Mary Luschnig will be the pianist for Peabody’s Symphony Orchestra. Vein Grabbe will be Governor of Illinois—if his opponent doesn’t beat him. Virginia Kettelkamp will be a popular magazine writer. Her article will be “Why Isn’t Kissing Healthful?” Arthur Zimmerman will be a famous doctor. He will be able to cure any disease except Love. Vinita Tindle will be the only member of the Class of ’27 to get into the Follies—nearly every other girl in the class will try, but fail. E. J. SENIOR YELL S—S—SEN I—I—IOR SENIOR—SENIOR—SENIOR WHO? SENIOR WHO? SENIOR WHO? SENIOR—SENIOR—SENIOR Page twenty-four