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

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Senror Class Prophecy It had been ten years srnce I was graduated from N T H S There I vras happrly marrred w1th my srx fine chrldren but what had become of the rest of the class of 427 My only classmate lrvrng rn the same crty was Merwyn Preper who told fortunes down town under the name of Madam Peeper the Seer I went down to talk over old trmes w1th Merwyn We looked mto the crystal ball to see what our classmates vxere dorng The crystal ball frrst took us far up rnto the forest wrth a book entrtled Lrvc Alone and classmate anelda Holmes lrvrng alone deep rn a forest wrth a book entrtled Lrve Alone and Lrke It Next we hopped down the coast to New York Crty and were taken rnto the Metropolrtan Opera There on the stage was our old classmate Clara lena now a famous opera star Playrng opposrte her was Floyd Bevrll the greatest tenor of the day Poor Floyd has taken up srngrng to take hrs nund off hrs one and only love Jane Lee who jrlted hrm the day after graduatron and marrred George Moos George finds rt a hard task to provrde for therr seven chrldren drrvrng a truck for Mrlnot Strll rn New York we were taken to the re hearsal of a musrcal comedy The brg stormrng producer Henry Wexstten was smokrng hrs crgar and growlmg at the comedy team Kates 81 Mor ell successors to Abbot 81 Costello The Turchr srsters Enes and Rena went mto therr Ballet Moderne followed by a lrttle Boogre Woogre by Eva Arkebauer Also rn New York were two more classmates Leland Smalley who won the Natronal Hog call rng Contest several years ago and IS strll defend mg hrs trtle and Julro Pellegrrnr who has broken the record rn speed typrng by poundmg out an all trme hrgh of 240 words per mrnute The crystal ball took another hop and we found ourselves rn Washrngton rn the Whrte House The Presndent of the Unrted States was entertarn rng Upon lookrng closer we found the Presr dent to be Lours Rerncke and hrs guests were Senator Lester Lehnen and Secretary of the Treas ury Paul Bauman Paul always so crazy about bookkeeprng rs novr pugglmg the books for Uncle Sam The Frrst Ladv the former Lucra Marley was playrng the role of the perfect hostess Off vue vrent to Phrladelphra where vue peeked rn at Carnegre Hall We saw Maestro Anton Masrlonus and hrs Symphony Orchestra Speak rng of bands Mrckre Wattjes has taken over Gene Krupa s outht Up rn Detrort we found Leon Compton work rng rn the research laboratory at Ford s He rn vented the Odor motor vshrch runs on the odor of lrmburger cheese to save gasolrne and has rmproved knee actron to such an extent that our cars now run on legs rnstead of wheels to save rubber trres In Chrcago vue find Freda Petra and Irene Hardy who left Nokomrs and went to Chrcago rn search of therr fortune They are now Walt resses rn a leadmg restaurant there Darlynn Preper IS also rn that erty creatmg a sensatron wrth her bubble dance Paul DeWerff who got so much fun out of curlmg hrs harr rn hrs hrgh school days rs now a French harr stylrst rn an exclusrve salon rn 1 We saw a sad srght down at the State Sam tarrum Poor Betty Woodhouse who could have been a good stenographer grggled so much they threw her rn the nut house Down rn Champargn me saw the famous hrs torran Dorthea Luce lecturrng at the Unrversrty of Illrnors A slrght change of the crystal ball and we found Harry 81 Larry Smrth rn Sprrngfield They are now dorng a rushrng busrness sellrng vacuum cleaners Larry sells all hrs cleaners to Harry then Harry sells them back to Larry They re berng kept qurte busy We next vrsrted the old home town Nokomrs Illmors rn our vrsronary journey Many of our classmates have marrred and settled down there We saw Shrrley Mrller who marrred Ivan so she wouldnt have to change her name Brll Pepas gave up hrs athletrc career and bought a farm so Norma Croon would marry hrm Gebo Guyot and hrs wrfe the former Mary Ellen Hanrsko had just finrshed the mrlkrng and were gorng over to 'EIB' C . . . Y . Y . 3 Y . . . . . . . . . , , . I , , 9 s y . V 7 . l V . u Q Q . 7 r , , . . , . . - ll gy . , . . U . . ,, . . . . 7 7 . , Y . , - ' . . , . - y r . . ,, . l I ' ' 9 x 9 J 9 9 ' , ' - - f r . . ,, . l 9 9 , ' l, . - Y 7 9 9 - , y ' ' 9 1 ' - ' 9 - . 3 1 1 9 1 , 9 . H ,, . . . . . u ' 99 ' Ch. , . . 9 ' - 9 ' - 9 s , , ' ' ' - u 99 9 1 r ' - , - . . V . - , . . . . . 1 9 - . . . ,K - 9 r - 37 ' li ' ' D! 9 ' 1 ' s 9 9 , 3 ' ' ' . Y , . . . , r 1 . . . . 9 7 , . 9 . x ' 9 . . . , . - - Y .- . . ' 1 ' ' ' ' Q! Q7 9 . ' ' 9 s 9 ' 9 ' ' 20 ..-

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KI. Pellcgrini F. Petra P. Schaefer L. Smalley M. XVattjcs I-I. W'exsttcn LARRY I. SMITH S1lliily Nl 'rcii I I Class President lg Circulation Blanagcr of Old Nokomisn 45 Gym Show l, 25 c.UlI1IT1L1!1lly iliotzrnanient l, 2. 3, 4. Nlll.DRlfIj SNIQLI. Mill, january 6 Home lic Club 1, 33 G. A. A. 2, 3. MARVIN STAUDITR SluIllf1'r April 8 If. F. A. l, 2, 3, 4g Judging Team l, 2, Ag Softball l, 2, 3, 4, Ag Basket- ball 3, 4: Gym Show 1, 25 Community Tournament 3, 4. NIYRA STllfHl. Max' 30 Typist of Old Noltomisu 4g Something Old, Something New 3, Carnival lg Cfomniercinl Contest 35 G. A. A. l, 2, Cllmeer l.c.ttler 3, Community Tourna- ment l, 2, 3. lNl S Xl. 'I'L'RClHl lim June 9 G. A. A, l, 2. D. Pieper L. Smith B. VVoodhouse RIENA TURCHI nSb0Yfil'n December 8 Home lic Club 23 G. A. A. l, 2, 3 Gym Show 1, 25 Community Tourna- ment 3. MILDRED WATTAIIZS Mirkiv January ll Class Secretary and Treasurer lg G. A. A. 3, 4: Gym Show 2. HENRY VVEXSTTIQN W'ax'ir january 6 F. F. A. 2, 3, 41 judging Team 2, 3, 4 Gym Show 1, 2: Community Tourna ment 1. Z, 3, 4, Ag Softball 3, 4g Ag Basketball 3, 4g Football 4. BIQTTY WOODHOUSE November 29 Home Fc Club 2, 3: G. A. A. 1, 2, 3 4, Gym Show l, 25 Community Tour- nament 1, 2, 3. -...E+19F,,.- A L Ah All Y' 1 X L14 Ein M fl llx Martin Lcnich George Moos

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the enkms farm to see Bull and Hortense W slw lohn Kosko who had married Htggre and broken hzlf a dozen gurls hearts Out rn Coalton we found oe Pehamch who rs now Presldent of the Nokomls Chapter of the Order of the Rmky Dlnks Wnsh you could have seen Coach Lean Ryan at N T H S gxvmg the boys the once over before a bug football game Also at N T H S spred Dr Ioseph Secburger renowned lecturer gxvmg a talk on How to Mrlk a Cow Prompt mg hrm behmd the stage was hns stooge Tom Keller who gave oe hrs first lessons m mnlkmg Clifford Kaprlla the once woman hater now known as Kxller He slays the women courts no less than a dozen at a tame Paul and Charles Johnson after thelr famous debate on whrch IS the best make of car have reconcnled and bought a Ford agency ln Nokomrs To be dnfferent they vt named t Johnsons Garage Irene Gabor Dngman was havmg a brrthday refreshments by the former Jean Engelman who had marrned Loren Nxehaus proprnetor of the Forum Cafeterra We left Nokomns and went to St Louns There we saw Paulme Klrkpatrrck She had recently won the txtle of Amerncas tallest model She plans to send for Frank who IS strll at home on the farm as soon as she gets enough money to support them Betty Pechnrk landed her rrch boss as secre tarres should and IS now havmg trouble wnth hubby s new secretary Marnlou Colomus We saw Cletus Marley who lS tourmg the coun try gnvmg lessons on How to Woo Dogpateh Style He uses Franees Kettelkamp for demon stratnon Also nn St Louns we saw the head of the Kroger Company Arno Lehtnbauer We left St Louns and moved westward to Denxer There we found Anna Burcar who IS now a bare back rnder wnth Rmglev Bros In the Colosseum there we saw the great wrestler Lorrame Engelhart gnmg a thrnllmg ex hnbmon of her skrll We also saw Morlene Rhodes and Mildred Snell m Denver They are malung a fortune wnth the Nrghr Club of the Arr a new and novel rdea of havrng a super de luxe mght club on an rm mense arrplane We left the crty for the desert and found Betty Pyle and Vxvnan Buchholz on a dude ranch Vnvran IS a champnon rough rider of the West and her bonsterousness somewhat dnsgusts Betty who rs of a more qunet nature We looked nn on Myra Stnehl who lS rn Reno gettmg a divorce from her fifth husband Play boy Mart1n Lemch on the grounds of mental cruelty Also rn Reno was Vanda who has started a home for lrttle boys over 21 after gettmg her drvorce from George Wheres George? Why he has taken over Dad Compagm s shoe shop Cn down to Hollywood the crystal ball took A glance rn an art studno showed us Ben Downs who has become a famous cartoomst through has comnc stnp about a modern Super We were taken mto a bug movle set where we saw Andy Cnbulka the blond bombshell and heart throb of American women makmg a plc ture co starred wrth Roberta Durban who rs fol lowmg nn the footsteps of her famous cousm Deana A wnld dash across the ocean and we found ourselves rn war torn Chma where Mary Ruta Beeler rs a Red Cross Nurse Also m Chma we saw Marvm Stauder an army pllot Merle Kott wxtz a naval oihcer and the crack reporter Robert Foster On around the world to Afrrca we spred Clar ence Flemmmg down on the Sahara Desert Broken hearted because Bettne left hrm for the West he joined the Foreign Legxon A minute later we found ourselves m London We saw ean Davndson Hulbert and husband Bull who are on then' second trrp around the world Brll rs makmg obserx atron trips for Curtis Wrnght The crystal ball went blank We had seen all of our classmates We would lnked to have setn them personally but maybe some day we ll all be together agam f21l ' . ,, I . ,, . ' . . .Q K , , - . . , J ' , - . . . ., n ' m 1 ' V . . . . . . . W6 r - . 0 A I , 1 ' . . ,, . ,, . . . . ' ' s . . , . , . , . . Y Q , J . . . . . . . , - - .. ,, - , - rs - .. . ,, I - ' , 9 Y X . A . , . . ' 3 9 ' ' ' , I ll ll 'U , . . , t 4 . g , - , - .. , . . , x . 1 us. ,, . ' 1 party for Ralph, Jr. She was assisted with the man, for which Walter Middleton acts as model. y . . . , . . . ' ll ,D 1 , , 4 u - . , . . - . , I . . d . . , . i . . , . , . . . , , . - . , . . . . . . , . I , ' . 9 l l ' . , . . . . , 3 , , . . , . . , . . - . , . - , , , . . ,, ' - I .1 I . . , . . , . I , I , X U J . , , . v . , . , , . . 1 I ' s . . . . . , 2 I 1 I . 1 V ' ' ' . ' . ' . P. S.