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

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QLD NOKOMIS We took a motor trip to Hollywood where we met Esther Johnson and Olive Belle, the two noted actresses who starred in that famous play, “When Women Are Men’s Wives”. From Hollywood we went to a boarding house conducted by Clara Nollman. She has finally learned to talk above a whisper. W'e found this out when we tried to take a second piece of pie. Our vacation days being numbered, we were forced to leave Los Angeles the next day as we wished to stop off at Denver. We visited the airport and learned that Wayne Wamsing was chief of the propeller-testing department. He had been employed because he had developed great windpower. This did away with the necessity of buying a giant air pump. While we were in Denver, we visited a great, new theatre, said to be the largest in the world. Here we saw that Lucille Loomis was chief organist, while Kenneth Anderson was master of ceremonies. As we were enjoying the program, we heard a great applause. Looking around, we saw that Yvonne Dahler, the first woman governor of Colorado, had entered. When we returned to our hotel, we learned that Lillian Holmes was chief lady detective of the hotel. While on our way to Kansas City the next morning, we saw Mary Havera, who told us that she was a traveling saleswoman for Heinz “57” varieties. On our stay in Kansas City we were arrested for speeding. We inquired for a good lawyer to represent us. W’e were recommended to Hippard Company, Lawyers. We found, upon inquiry, that Ethel Hippard was head of this company. We were extracted from our trouble with little difficulty because our prosecutors did not have a chance to get a word in edgeways. We then continued on to St. Louis, where, on reading the sports section of a large paper, we learned that Frank Studnick had won the world’s wrestling championship the night before. After a short visit in St. Louis, we continued on to our homes where we rested after our journey and reflected over our adventures. W. M. J. E. A SENIOR’S LAMENTATIONS There’s nothing left for me Of days that used to be; I live in memories of years gone by Of happy hours spent, in learning and intent On being a dignified Senior by and by. Now that I’ve reached that goal. I no more long to strive To become great and famous, to quit our dear, old High, But as commencement comes, I cannot help tut hum Our song of lovalty to N. T. H. S. MRS - 27 -

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OLD NOKOMIt;- SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY In the year 1940, we, the aristocratic hobos of Class ’29, decided to buy a ticket on the round-the-world plane, “Sky Pilot”. We boarded the plane, and whom do you suppose our pilot was? None other than Louis Klancnik. the pilot of that famous Class of ’29, of that wonderful school, Nokomis Township High. Our first stop was in London. On going to Westminster Abbey, we found Arthur John Husma’n looking over the inscriptions on the tombs. He told us he was professor of English literature at Harvard University. In Paris we attended one of the famous revues, where we found Ruth Schell-haus was billed as a Spanish dancer. Our next stopping place was Berlin. Here we were told that Louis Buech-senschuetz had been elected president of Germany because he had a high-sounding German name. Engine trouble forced us to land on an Arabian desert where a party of scientists was excavating. The leader, a big, bespectacled fellow, seemed familiar, and on questioning,-we found he was Floyd Barnstable. His middle name, Oliver, sounded so professor-like that he became head of a famous institute of ancient history. At a small Chinese town we found Genevieve Kroeger doing missionary work for the poor Chinese people. Stopping off at Honolulu, we attended a dance of hula-hula girls. The master seemed familiar and suddenly his name came to our minds. He was George Sale. He had been so attracted by a native that he had settled down and married her. The longest leg of the flight took us to Nome, Alaska. Here, William Brockman had “struck it” rich and found the soil so fertile that he had started an organization for the raising of oranges in Alaska. Our airplane having broken down, we had to hire a big “he-man” to take us to the capital city. He was none other than George Evans. Can you imagine? On the front page of an Alaskan daily paper we saw the following headline: “Charles Lindbergh to marry Edith Carrol of Atlantic City Bathing Beauty fame.” Mary Mehochko and Edna Hulbert, who are the best of friends again, invited us to attend a lecture they were giving on the subject of “Friendship”. During our stay in Alaska we also found that Adolph Klancnik was coach of basketball, and that he was a champion tennis player. Leland Rhine, we found, was teacher of agriculture in the Alaskan Agricultural College. Next day we took a ship to Vancouver. Mary Kirkland was the ship’s cook, and could she cook ? Don’t ask. Arriving at Vancouver, we were just in time to see the opening of a school for children under six. George Hill, our famous “math” shark, was to teach these little children how to count. Our next stop was at Los Angeles. Here we were agreeably surprised to learn that Irene McLean had married and settled down to a peaceful and happy life. - 26

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