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

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OLD NOKOMIS 19 3 4 Senior Class Prophecy Telepathy is a wonderful thing. Everyone knows what it is, but no one understands it. In my work as a metaphysist, I am constantly subject to it. Because of my sensitiveness to thought waves, I once made a remarkable discovery. I was working in my laboratory, compounding a mixture of dynamite, carbon, and sulphur. A passerby threw a lighted match into the room through an open window, and it fell into my compound. There was a sudden, blinding flash, the sound of an explosion. Naturally, I thought my doom was upon me. Happily, however, I had accidentally stumbled upon a magic formula which needed only the touch of a match to set it off. In the middle of the room there appeared a man dressed in the strangest of clothes. He did not speak, but I intercepted his thought waves. He was thinking: What queer people these were, to be sure. Little does this mortal before me guess that I am a creature from twenty years hence in this world’s future. For instance, no one living in this age knows that Viola Becker will become foreign minister to Pana from Nokomis. John Blasko and Henry Giorgis will be rivals in a circumatmospheric race in a craft invented by the master inventor, or should 1 say inventrix, in that line, Wilda Hunter. The outcome of the race will be a tie in which all former records will be broken. Daniel Bost will write and draw caricatures of his famous classmates. Vernon Buescher will marry one of his old girl-friends and settle down to flying rocket ships. Anita Calihan will invent some perpetual chewy chewing-gum. John Chabala will become famous for his chain of suspender counters. John Cibulka will be a traveling salesman on Uranus. Angeline Costa will be the leading American lady naturalist and will marry the ' tread banker of an international banking establishment. Dominick Costa win invent a system by which one may sleep his way to wisdom. Marvin Dahlilr will become a whale of a man in the whale oil industry. Angelo Dal Piaz will astonish the world by the brilliance of his special brand of air-plane gilt. Louise Davis will marry a wholesale producer of packages for condensed roast beef dinners. Eileen Deitz will surprise everyone by a marvelous invention that even in my time is only now being patented. The millinery turned out under the skillful fingers of Annamae Easterday will bring immeasurable pencuniary compensation. Helen Eckhoff will explore the realm of domestic science with great success. Charlotte Epstein will make a startling discovery concerning the time needed to jell jell-o and reduce that time by 10 minutes, 4 2 seconds. Lena Florini will become renowned in eleven planets for her dark beauty. Estel Lea Fogle will have long since changed her name to one that suits her better and will assist her husband, a noted surgeon. Sarah Fogle will become a professional zebra rider in interplanet rodeos. John Forgacs will manufacture perforated colanders. Mary4 Furimsky will be chief manager of a corporation for amusing languid wealthy people known as the TIN EARS CO., CORP. Winifred Geiss will direct non-malleable, pure silver spoon manufacturing. Wesley Gordish will be engaged in cellophane curtain manufacturing. Charles Grimes will be an authority in the field of rocket exploding. Lucille Husman will be the junior partner in the firm of FLORINI AND FLORINI. Harriet Irwin will be an instructor in Techno-English in a school as famous in that time as Prince Henry’s school of navigation was long ago. Joy Isbell will be hostess in a renowned Parisian hotel. Twelve

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Grads Bequeath To Lesser Mortals Arlow Julian My cave-man tactics to Wendell Buescher. Ruth Kanke- My wisdom to Puddinhead” Jones. Charles Keller........My signature to the Halls of Fame. Lorna Kettelkamp My social status to Florence Hoffman. Michael Kramer My inferiority complex to an egotist. Elizabeth Lenart -My abruptness to Margaret Middleton. Marguerite Lenzi - My shorthand book to my sister. Josephine Marley My modesty to Mr. Stumm. Grace Michalowski Part of my hair to Mr. Rademacher. Bruno Monti — -My brother Morris to my brother Walter. Earl Moos .... -------My knowledge of bugs to my brother Raymond. Tommy Mulholland My come-hither” look to Monroe Berns. Andrew McQuiston . -,My fame to Sammy Sneddon. Mildred Neudecker ....My little-girl” ways to Lucille McKenna. Wesley Oakley --------- My heart to Ruth Engelman. Leora Pocock --------- The music I’ve worn out to Mr. Rademacher. Mike Popovich My curling fluid and irons to Mr. Myers. Hazel Read------------ -My pep to Ann Obregar. Lorcne Reisacher A package of gum to Ruth Hippard. John Sabol Myself to anyone who wants me. Vladimir Sanuskar A self-pronouncing copy of my name to Mr. Ferguson. Berneice Stanley......My red fingernail polish to Ruth Wieneke. Lila Stivers My book reports to Miss Ronchetti. Helen Suslje My personality to Anna Suslje. Harold Taylor -—A set of low calibers” to some regular guy. Grace Thompson--------A wet blanket” sign to Edward Davis. Nelinda Tosetti The family traditions to Armand Tosetti. Mary Varda------------My persistency to Mrs. Eekhoff. Edmond Vandever My lip-stick to Bill Schneider. Joseph Vercellotti My presuming attitude to John Lapansky. Geno Vighi---------My mysterious personality to a future movie star. Dorothy Wieneke My pull with the teachers to Ruth Wieneke. Wilber Wilson Arranging of the music chairs to Mr. Rademacher. Carl Wright The way to school to Dominick Rigoni. We, the Senior Class of 1934, being of sane mind and sound body, do hereby affirm and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament and declare any former statements null and void. We have dispensed with our property in this manner trusting that it will be gratefully received, and fully realizing in some cases how much it is needed. We, do hereby set our hand and seal, SENIOR CLASS Attorney, Grace Thompson Witnesses, { iss ackle I Mr. Barth Attending Physician, Mr. Ferguson. Eleven OLD NOKOMIS 19 3 4

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John Jachino will succeed Henry Ford in the manufacturing of Ford cars and will be successful in driving his competitors out of business. Pete Jachino N will be coach of mid-air athletics in San Francisco. Pete Jachino W will give to the world an authentic definition for inferiority complex. Norman Johnson will find romance and success in business in Alaska. Arlow Julian will become enamoured with a rosy maiden, and captain under-water expeditions on the moon. Ruth Ranke will gain great recognition in advancing a new theory on trigometric formula. Charles Keller will organize a world-famed device for the elimination of drafts in hot-houses. In spite of her matrimonial duties, Lorna Kettelkamp will find time to devise beautiful Japanese designs for tapestry and ornaments. Michael Kramer will organize a society for the protection of worn-out Santa Clauses. Elizabeth Lenart and Marguerite Lenzi will together found bakeries that specialize in pastry that melts just before mouth temperature. Josephine Marley will realize all her secret ambitions. Grace Michalowski will marry a very rich widower. Bruno Monti will convince Mae West that Nokomis is as far west as she cares to go, unless accompanied by him, of course. Earl Moos will climb to unthinkable heights in the world of artistry and, when at the height of his career, will refer to N.T.H.S. as his inspiration. Tommy Mulholland will cnange his mind, decide that girls, and one girl in particular, are a pretty good thing after all, and take the one of his choice on his trip to an island where he will find hidden treasure. Andy McQuiston will compose Scotch songs and sing them to a blond lady. Mildred Neudecker will be the greatest ever in the greatest of all screen successes Why Millie Is Loved. Her husband will co-star with her in the picture. Wesley Oakley will invent an electrical French harp, and be offered five million dollars for its patent. Leora Pocock will be the best-loved prima donna on Venus. Mike Popovich will be president of a satellite of Saturn. Hazel Read will be the most popular girl in the universe and will become especially famed for her top-record number of proposals. She will also be financially successful. Lorene Reisac.her will write scenarios that will be spontaneously successful and will never lose their popularity. John Sabol will discover another color to add to those already known that will in no way resemble any of them and will call it sabo. Vladimir Sanuskar will be offered the rule of Jupiter, but will refuse it in lieu of the dictatorship of Mercury. Berneice Stanley will be a flourishing politician on Mars. Lila Stivers will have unprecedented success in the making of corrugated celoplata, an clement to be used in the manufacture of platinum door knobs. Helen Suslje will be unusually talented in candy making and will be given medals for distinguished service by the rulers of every planet and satellite. Harold Taylor will establish a world record for eating. Grace Thompson will become metamorphosed and after that remain in seclusion. Nelinda Tosetti will be the subject of all the popular novels, pictures, and songs and will be known as The All-Popular Girl. Mary Varda will meet with every success in the writing of dramatizations on the action of atomic matter. Edmond Vandever will be affectionately called The World’s Dandiest Dandy and will be swamped with fan mail. Joseph Vercellotti will be the luckiest, pluckiest of all pilots of atmospheric devices. Gf.no Vighi will completely outfizzlc former managers of bottling works. Dorothy Wieneke will be the bride of the handsomest of all agriculturists and will be famed for her entertaining. Wilber Wilson will manufacture a new kind of varnish for musical instruments. Carl Wright will entertaint millions with his production of a famous musical comedy written by Charles Hinkle. Another flash—He was gone. Ah, Telepathy—There’s a racket! Thirteen OLD NOKOMIS 19 3 4