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

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Junior Class History Time: 1936. Act I Place: N.T. H. S. Characters: Major: Edward Pilgrim, president. William Richardson, vice-president. Wanda Hinton, secretary and treasurer. Miss Pircher, sponsor. Minor: Eighty-one other green freshmen. Scene I On a hot September day eighty-four small, bashful but conquering freshmen came upon the scene of action here at N. T. H. S. Scene II Late in October we entertained the faculty and ourselves at a masquerade party. Time: One year later. Act II Place: N.T. H. S. Characters: Major: John Gent, president. Dorothy Pullen, vice-president. Elsie Gronewald, secretary end treasurer. Mr. Priddle, sponsor. Minor: Sixty-eight other sophisticated sophomores. Scene I Hallowe'en just couldn't go by without our having a party, so we entertained the freshmen, faculty and ourselves with a hilarious party in the gym. Scene II We left our sophomore year to go on eagerly into our junior year. Time: One year later. Act III Place: Still here. Characters: Major: William Richardson, president. George Pepas, vice-president. Aimee McNeil, secretary and treasurer. Miss Bright and Mr. Bertoglio, sponsors. Minor: Fifty-nine other jolly juniors. Scene I Again we celebrated Hallowe’en—this time with a Harvest Dance for the school. Sue Ciberey was chosen Harvest Queen. Scene II We, as upper classmen, gave a play, entitled Tomboy. It was a great success and was enjoyed by everyone. Scene III We were wholesomely entertained by the seniors at a Christmas party which included dancing and, of course, Santa Claus. Scene IV Our year's climax came with our entertaining the seniors at a formal dinner dance, where the guests spent an enjoyable evening. We have one ambition—to perform the fourth act even better than our predecessors, the seniors of '39. Sponsors: Mr. Bertoglio and Miss Bright Colors: E. K. and J. G. Pink and Silver Motto: Teamwork Brings Success Flower: Pink Rose PAGE 20

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Juniors JOHN KACURA MARIAN KETTELKAMP ELLEN E. KIEFER MR. BERTOGLIO. Sponsor DOROTHY KIESLAR MARGARET LAYER CLETUS LEHMAN MARGARET MICHALOWSKI LETA MARIE NORTHCRAFT HELEN NUSSMAN MARION O’MALLEY CURZIO PAESANI JOE A. PASDECK EDWARD F. PILGRIM CATHERINE PINI MARIE KATHRYN PREVEDEL DOROTHY PULLEN KENNETH E. REINCKE VIRGINIA LEE SCHAEFER LEORA SCHAPER RALPH SCHELLER NADINE SHARP KENNETH SINGLER WILLIAM STAUDER MILDRED SWARBRICK THERESA F. TOSSI DWIGHT WEEKS ROBERT O. WHITE AUDREY CLEO WILSON BRUCE WOODHOUSE THOMAS WUNDERLICH PAGE 19

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Sophomore Class History Little did we dream when we entered the N.T. H. S. on September I, 1937 that such good times and opportunities were in store for us. The majority of the sixty-eight of us were much too apprehensive; not green, you understand! As we became adjusted to the change, we organized our class, electing Edwin Johnson, president; Eilene Johnson, vice-president; and Virginia Schroeder, secretary-treasurer; Mr. Cox, sponsor; we later chose Miss Ruby to act in his place, due to the fact that Mr. Cox left us. The sophomores gave us a Hallowe'en party with all the fixins —a haunted hall, and decorations. Our advent into the social life of N. T. H. S. was a great success. Under the capable direction of Miss Ruby we gave the sophomores an April Fool party. Lester Livingston was one of the managers of the football team of '37-'38. Before we realized it, school was out, our summer vacation was over and we were back at the now familiar N. T. H. S. bearing the title and responsibility of sophomores. This year there were sixty-seven in the class. We elected Edwin Johnson, president for the second time; Virginia Schroeder, vice-president; and Rowena Christy, secretary-treasurer. This year we chose Mr. Bertolino as our sponsor. We gave the freshmen a dance on the night of December 19, 1938. This was the first strictly social event of the year and we were the first sophomore class ever to give a dance in the N.T. H. S. gym. The sophomore class is well represented in our school with Virginia Schroeder, Eilene Johnson, Edward Bald, Robert Watne, Edwin Johnson, and Bob Peel in the orchestra; Dale Browning and Bob Peel, football lettermen; Steve Furimsky, football manager; Eilene Johnson, carnival queen (the first sophomore to be in many years); and the sophomore girls’ basketball team came in second in the Girls' Community Tournament. We are looking forward to becoming juniors next year and it will be one more step up the long ladder of education. M. E. K. and E. J. Sponsor: Mr. Bertolino Colors: Yellow and Violet Motto: Ever Onward Flower: Yellow Tulip Sophomore on Honor Roll seven consecutive quarters: Lillian Rya