O'Fallon Township High School - Panther Yearbook (O'Fallon, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 136 of the 1926 volume:

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Theodore Warm� .Melanie Ver Cammen Business Manager Editor in Chief Anita Meyer Music and Intellectual Vera Kampmeyer Jokes Norman Stites Calendar Frances Mitchell Social Vera Oechsle Snaps Vivian Taylor Ass’t Business M r. 92« OUR SCHOOL HOME Page Nine HOARD OF INDI CATION I E. II. T. BECHTOLD, PRESIDENT MEMINI J. E. HINCHCL1FF Southern Illinois State Teachers’ College University of Illinois University of Chicago Principal BUNETA BOWEN Kureka College B. S. University of Chicago Instructor of Domestic Science MILDRED WIIITIS Washington University- Instructor of History and Economics l’n� ;e Fifteen 0’ FALLON PUPI 10 LIBRARY MEMINI E. H. RUNKWITZ McKendree College M. S. Instructor of Science and Latin MARGUERITE CAMPBELL Illinois Woman’s College Illinois Business College Instructor of Commercial Science JENNIE L. ROEHM Washington University A. B. Instructor of English Allison Robert McGuire “Al Horn: O’Fallon, 111., March IS, l!)0s. Class Pres. ’26; Treas. ’25. Basketball ’24, '25, ’26. Tennis ’25, ’26. Glee Club ’23, ’24, ’25. Superior. Characteristic: Dancing. “Oh! Honey.” SENIORS 1926 Class Colors: Pink and Green. Class Flower: Pink Carnation. Motto: ‘‘On the Threshold.” President Vice-President Secretary President Vice-President Secretary ............... President Vice-President Secretary ...... President1 ............... Vice-President Secretary ....... —...... 1926 Allison McGuire ......... Gerold Poser .................... Mildred Whobrey 1925 Alice Murphy Fred Lienesch Allison McGuire 1924 Elton Remelius Vivian Taylor Edna Schildknecht 1923 1 926 .... Gerold Poser Raymond Hartman Fred Lienesch I'ajce Twenty-one M E MINI Vera Mae Oechsle Born: O’Fallon, 111., Feb. 12, 11)01). Class Secy. ’25; Reader, ’24, ’25; Glee Club, ’23, ’24, 25; Characteristic: Jol- ly; “Oh; Bologna.” Norbert Louis Thomas “Norb” Born: Belleville, 111., Aug. 11, 1908; WJvttier Vice-Pres. ’20; Basket- ball, ’20; Baseball, ’25, 20; Glee Club, ’23, ’21; ’25; Characteristic: Al- ways ready to help. “All Right.' Nellie (’. Kckert “Nae” Born: O’Fallon, 111., July 13, 1908; Omega; Glee Club, ’23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Talking. “Where’s Alice?” Harold Evans “Nick” Born: O’Fallon, III.. July 8, 1907; Basket- ball, ’20; Superior; Characteristic: Acting foolish; “You don't say.” Alice E. Mtirphv “Al” Born: O’Fallon. 111., Sept. 13, 1907; Class Pres., 25; Yeti I ider, ’23, ’24, ’20; Omega; Glee Club, ‘23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Missing Typing; “You’re full of hops.” Edward George Boyce “Boycie” Born: O’Fallon 111., Aug. 17, 1908; Whitti- er; Track ’24, ’25, ’20; Basket Ball ’20; Ten- nis, ’20; Characteristic: Playing a uke. “All right you.” MEMINI Not man Berry Stites Born: Belleville, 111., Oct. 25, 1901� ; Glee Club, '24, ’25; Quar- tette, ’25, ’20; Soloist, ’25, ’20; Superior; Characteristic: Dream- ing; “So’s your old man.” Melanie Ver Cam men “Mel” Born: Chatlineau, Belgium, July 4, 1907; Glee Club, ’23; Superior Secy., ’20; Reader, ’23, ’25; Memini Editor; Characteristic: Always dependable; “Oh you illy thing.” Gerold Edward Poser “Desa” Born: O’Fallon, 111., April 21, 1907; Omega; Basketball, ’24, ’25, Capt. ’20; Baseball, ’25, ’20; Track, ’24, ’25, ’20; Class Pres. ’23; Vice- Pres. ’20; Characteris- tic: Doing the right thing at the wrong time. “I’ll bet you will nnur Vivian Taylor “Yiv” Born: O’Fallon, 111., May 13, 1908; Asst. Business Mgr., ’20; Class Vice-Pres., ’24; Omega; Characteristic: Ready to help. “Oh, you kids cut it out.” Theodore Warm a “Ted” Born: O’Fallon, 111., May 13, 1908; Glee Club, ’23, ’24, ’25; Quartette, ’20; Whitti- er Secy., 25, Pres., ’20; Baseball, ’25; ’26; Bus- iness Mgr., ’20; Char- acteristic: Bossing. Mildred FemeWhobrev “Mim” Born: O’Fallon, HI., May 17, 1908; Class Secy,. ’20; Omega; Glee Club, 23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Slow. “Oh, you’re crazy.” 1 9 2 0 I ’jijj� Twonty-three E MINI Ruby Emerald Songer “Ruby Ann’ Born: Huntingburg, Ind.f Nov. 17, 1907; Whittier; Glee Club, '23, ’24, ’25; Character- istic: Disparaging her own ability. “My land.” Bessie Conklin ‘Bess’’ Born: O’Fallon, 111., Sept. 11, 1907; Whitti- er; Glee Club, ’23, ’21. ’25: Soloist, ’24; Char- acteristic: Gentle. “Oh Gee!’’ I ago Twenty-four Elton Richard Remelius “Dick’’ Born: O'Fallon, 111., Apr. 30, 1907; Omega Pies., ’25; Glee Club, 28, 24, ’25; Track, '23, '24, ’25, ’20; Character- istic: Knows just what to say. “Take it for granted.” 1 92« Homer Bernard Marxer “Lena” Born: O’Fallon, III., July 10, 190S; Basket- ball, ’26; Superior; Characteristic: Reading novels. “Just for that I will.” Dorothea Marie Wilhite “Tubby” Born: O’Fallon, 111., Aug. 18, 1907; Omega; Characteristic: Very emphatic. “Gosh I had the swellest time.” Virginia Elsie Mantle “Ginny” Born: Belleville, 111., Sept. 9 ,1908; Superior; Glee Club, ’23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Affec- tionate. “I don’t know.” Louis Fred Lienesch “Fritz” Born: O’Fallon, 111., Class Vice-Pres., '25; Secy., ’24; Basketball, ’25, ’26; Omega; Char- acteristic: Grumbling. “Aw, Good-Nite.” Frances Kileen Mitchell “Mick” Born: O’Fallon, 111., Oct. 19, 1908; Omega Secy., ’26; Characteris- tic: Friendly. “My land.” Truman Ira Bailey “Tick” Born: O’Fallon, 111., March 28, 1908; Track, ’23 , '25; Whittier; Characteristic: Always late. “Yes you will.” Alvina Seibert Born: Shiloh Valley, 111., Jan. 13, 1907; Whittier; Characteris- tic: Studious. “ I don’t know.” Kenneth Arthur Ashby “Ken” Born: Danville, 111., Jan. 15, 1909; Whittier; Track, ’26, Capt., ’25; Essayist, ’25, ’26; Or- chestra, ’26; Character- istic: Writing poems. “You don’t say.” Anita Georgiana Meyer “Net z” Born: Shiloh, 111., Sept. 21, 1908; Quar- tette, ’23, ’24, ’25; Solo- ist, ’23, 24, ’25; Ome- ga; Glee Club, ‘23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Practicing. “You do, huh?” 1 926 Helen A. C. Schilling “Helena” Born: Shiloh, Valiev, 111., Aug. 5, 1909; Whit- tier; Glee Club, 23; Characteristic: Talking. “Oh, craps. Victor Langhorst “Vic Born: Platsmouth, Nebr., Oct. 23, 190X; Orchestra, 26; Reader, [25; Omega; Character- istic: Very short. “Give me that nickle you owe me. Vera Selina Kampmeyer Born: O’Fallon, 111., Mar. 7, 1908; Omega; (flee Club, ’23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Doubt- ing. “Who told you?’ Richard Schaeffer “Rich” Born: Shiloh Valley, 111., Jan. 21, 1909; Ome- ga; Track, ’26; Charac- teristic: Bashful. “Wo- men belong in the kit- chen.” Laura Wilhilmine Suever “Larry” Born: O’Fallon, 111., Jan. 14, 1909; Omega; Glee Club, ’23, ’24, ’25; Characteristic: Study- ing. “Oh kid, you know what?” Ralph Bert Brown “Red Born: St. Frances- ville, 111., April 22, 1907 Track, ’24, ’25, ’26; Basketball, ’26; Superior; Characteris- tic: Barbe ring. “Nev- er mind.” 1 926 Twenly-Hix SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September first, 1922, a group of shy little Freshmen entered the assembly of the O. T. II. S. Of course, as is expected of all Freshies, we were green and frightened. After a few days, however, we lost our self- consciousness and soon gained the friendship of the upper classmen. Although we were considered a pleasure loving group, our lessons were never neglected, for we all wished some day to attain the places which were then held by the dignified Seniors. During our first year, as well as the three years which followed, we took an active part in athletics and intellectuals, for our class contained many talented pupils. The second year, although our number was slightly decreased, we were still striving to reach our goal and working diligently to gain honors for our class and the Blue and Old Gold. At the close of the third year with the kind help and advice received from the faculty, each one felt that he was able to take his respective place the foyowing year. After spending three years in the old school building it seemed as though we were beginning again when we entered our last year in a new building, with entirely different surroundings. We are now as our motto states: “On the Threshold” leaving the 0. T. II. S., but taking with us memories that will long lie cherished in our hearts. Page Twenty-seven MEMINI CLASS WILL We, the class of ’26, in the school district 203, county of St. Clair, being of sound mind and clear judgment, do hereby will and bequeath the designated heirs. To the class of ’27 our privileges which were ours as Seniors and our front seats in the Assembly. To the students as a whole, we leave our love and friendship. The following individual students with grace and reverence hereby kindly bequeath the following personal properties, to-wit: I, Elton Remelius will my historical knowledge to George Kuse. I, Truman Bailey will my jigging ability to Harold Kimmle. I, Alvina Seibert will my studious ways to Nina Heitman. I, Fred Lienesch have so much to leave that space cannot be spared to print it. I, Vivian Taylor leave my ability of chewiqg gum to Herman Miller. I, Edward Boyce will my recipe for breaking hearts to Raymond Depril. I, Victor Langhorst will my small stature to Armin Niederecker. I, Vera Oeschle will my charming giggle to Verla Yearwood. I, Norman Stites bequeath my dreamy eyes to Orville Ayers. I, Frances Mitchell will my ability of writing up history notes to Dorothy Weichert. I, Anita Meyer will my ability of raving about what happens to Norma Zottman. I, Alice Murphy, will my winning ways to Ida Mae Llewellyn. I, Mildred Whobrey will my habit of coming to school late to Marjorie Flood. I, Vera Kampmeyer will my quiet disjjosition to Alma French. I, Melanie Ver Camman will my attitude toward business to Nonna Kimes. I, Theodore Warma will my line of chatter to Edward Pfeiffer. I, Ralph Brown, will my trade as a barber to Raymond Heitman. I, Bessie Conklin will my good grades to Naomi Guest. I, Richard Schaeffer will my bashfuWss to Ralph Greene. I, Virginia Mantle will my morning and evening ride on the street car to Florence Llewellyn. 1, Helen Schilling will my ability to make friends to Grace Rhodes. 1, Nellie Eckert will my brilliant smile to Loretta Rapp. I, Kenneth Ashby will my poetic ability to Edward Creed. I, Norbert Thomas will my basket ball skill to Joseph Mach. I, Ruby Songer will my shorthand ability to Ann Greenall. I, Gerold Poser will my derby to Charles McKinley. I, Laura Suever will my ability to teach the first grade to Nora Mc- Nulty. I, Dorthea Wilhite will my good times to Alice Barbee. I, Harold Evans will my ability to talk in different voices to Edward Lemen. I, Allison McGuire will my entertaining capacity to Albert Muelchi. I, Homer Marxer will my love for novels to John Litherland. THE CLASS OF ’2fi. WITNESSES: The decendants of William the Conqueror. Twonty-fi ht 1 926 I a re Thirty-one MEMINI m Norma Zottman Tillie Kauffman Harold Wachtel Lillian Owens Robert Southers Velma Asbury Mildred Campbell Joseph Harris Puko Thirty-two ptmmrrtii uiniunLiiiuiiuu'jpp MEMINI ptt: uiiutnxaagtpiunniiunina' Joseph Mach Edris Ledford Rita Hemmer Bernard Funk Abba Brown Curtis Muelchi Laurette Schildknecht Wilbur Heien 1 926 Page Thirty-three Ruth Anheuser La Verna Schroeder George Reniick ( arrie Harrow Claude Martin Dorthy Heidorn Walter Batty Elizabeth Harris JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY On a bright September morn in the fall of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, our class of embarrassed and bashful Freshmen entered the O’Fallon Township High School. We entered all sports and got our lessons with vigor and vim, which we continued during the entire year. We entered on the second year of our High School career, intending to do better this year than we had done the previous year. We took an active part in the intellectual contest and as a result of this, two girls were chosen in the girls’ quartette and one boy in the boys’ quartette. This year we entered high school as “Jolly Juniors,” and as such we are known to the students and faculty. As we draw nearer, day by day to the close of this year, we feel assured that we shall soon gain our goal and be known by that most admirable name—“Seniors.” I’ape Thirty-flve Page Thirty-six SOPHOMORES 1928 Class Colors: Yellow and White. Class Flower: Red Rose. Motto: “Onward Is Our Aim. President Vice-President Secretary .... 1926 ......... Henry Hesse Marcella Rheinhardt Beatrice Brockhahn 1925 President Vice-President James Barrow .... Herman Miller Marcella Rheinhardt Page Thirty-nine SOPHOMORE GIRLS Alice Barbee Edith Bevirt Edna Bevirt Beatrice Brockhahn Viola Brewer Helen Dove Maida Fix Helena Friedewald Alma French June Gartside Anna Greenall Naomi Guest Estelle Kampmeyer Beulah Bailey Isabelle Klucker Florence Llewellyn Ida Mae Llewellyn Norma Kimes Pearl Lacquet Marcella Rheinhardt Kathryn Proffitt Annette Scheibel Zula Scott Marie Votrain Helen Warhoover Verla Yearwood Gladys Yates Cleola Meyer Anita Reuss rty jEnmininmirr TR I J pri-iEUXTiuaj-iitjaa] SOPHOMORE ROYS Orville Ayers James Barrow Roger Batty Stanley Beedle Herbert Bergman Adam Becherer Russel Conklin Raymond Depril Wilford Eckert Albert Fix Herbert Glenn Howard Glenn Rex Glenn Henry Hesse Omer Higgins James Holliday Ralph Greene 1 926 Sylvan Hartman Clifton Joseph Edward Lemen John Litherland Edward Lilly Herman Miller Floyd Morgenstern Albert Muelchi Edwin Rasp Robert Schaeffer Kermit Rieder Edward Pfeiffer Gaylord Songer Oren Wachtel Clarence Weidemann Glenn Willman Henry Goehner MEMINI HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1928. One bright September morn in the year nineteen hundred and twenty- four, our class of seventy-eight Freshmen—the largest class that has ever enrolled—entered the doors of the O’Fallon Township High School. Though timid and green, we managed to find our way to the large auditorium, where we received our first lecture from Mr. Ilinchcliff. These words not only lightened our path for that day, but also through the four years which were to come. We then started out with great ambition to overcome the handicaps along our way and after many months of hard and constant labor, we were assured that our first year had proved successful. We returned this year with a few members missing, which caused us to work harder to make up for the lost ones. We have taken part in liter- ary programs, showing great talent which we never before had known we possessed. We have three girls bn the girls quartette and one boy on the boys’ quartette. We are well represented in the intellectual contest and hope to bring honors to our class. Many of our boys have been training in basketball, having one star upon the regular team; but we expect a larger turnout in the track this spring. We have shown great success in everything we have taken upon our- selves and in years to come will strive to keep the honors of “Blue and Old Gold” and carry out our motto “Onward Is Our Aim.” Page Forty-two 1926 M£N o. f. % Tage Forty-flvc MEMINI Evelyn Asbury Ellen Behrens Florence Thomas Mildred Trippel Louise Thompson Blanche Votrain Annice Willard Josephine Willard Agnes Povilaitis Erma Hanlan Fern Copeland Lillian Ellison Marjorie Flood Eleanor Schaepperkoetter Florine Gieser Wilhelmina Goehner Nina Heitman Willou Holliday Marie 11s Vera Klein Nora McNulty Arline Morgan Loretta Rapp Helen Reichhold Grace Rhodes Flora Schneider Valeria Seibert Elizabeth Stock M E M IN I Orville Able Lloyd Lilly Arthur Begole Allyn Litherland Delbert Bertram William Lambert Paul Bernhardt Charles McKinley Clarence Bell Oakley McKinley William Brannon Charles Muelchi Edward Creed Armin Niederecker Lawrence Dame Leander Nowland Clarence Distler Floyd Oechsle Harold Kimmle Walter Proffitt Wesley Knight Morris Roberts Adolph Kraske Kenneth Strattman Joseph Kauffmann Henry Schwarz Lawrence Karius Arthur Schroeder George Zimmerman 1926 rage Forty-seven MEMINI FRESHMEN CLASS HISTORY In the tall of ’25, the present Freshmen class was honored as being the first Freshmen class in the new high school. About one week before the beginning of the new school term the enrollments were made. The beginners were all at a loss of what to do. September 4th, sixty-seven new pupils marched into the auditorium. Upon the opening day we were given a welcoming address by our superin- tendent, Professor J. E. Hinchcliff. The first few weeks were the hardest as we were not yet well acquainted with our surroundings and fellow stu- dents, but before long we were accustomed to our daily routine. We were chosen for the literary societies and many have appeared on the programs. It was found that there was much talent among the new pupils. At any rate their being freshmen did not hinder them from enter- ing the various activities of the school. We were glad to see one of the girls and one of the boys get into the quartette. In the annual intellectual contest-we hope many will be awarded hon- ors as it is known many have entered for the preliminaries. The class motto is, “Work and Win.” We are certain that if we live up to our motto we will some day sit in the seats that the present Senior class is occupying. I }� : Forty-oiKht 1 926 CAPTAIN POSER Captain Poser was an exceptional player an l filled his position as cap- tain in an excellent way. COACH WALBAUM Coach Walbaum, wlio has been with us for only a year has done his utmost to letter our team in every respect We are grateful to our coach for his diligent work and we hope that he will remain with us next year to guide and help us. BASKET-BALL SCHEDULE Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. I ec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 23 O. T 30 0. T 7 0. T 13 O. T 20 0. T 27 0. T 1 O. T 4 0. T. 11 O. T. 18 O. T. 19 0. T. 8 O. T. 15 0. T. 19 0. T. 22 O. T. 27 O. T. 29 0. T. 5 0. T. County 10 0. T. 11 O. T. 11 0. T. 12 O. T. 19 0. T. 26 0. T. H. S. 20;... II. S. 25; . II. S. 16; . H. S. 10; . H. S. 7; . H. S. 17; . H. S. 15; H. S. 8; H. S. 13; H. S. 13 ; H. S. 6; H. S. 3; H. S. 11; H. S. 14; H. S. 17; H. S. 20; H. S. 22; . H. S. 15; Tournament- H. S. 21; H. S. 8; H. S. 29; II. S. 15; H. S. 15; H. S. 17;... Class of ’25, 11. Mascoutah 12. Lebanon 34. Baldwin 11. Marissa 11. ......... Brighton 21. ........... Baldwin 11. Lebanon 29. • Granite City 15. Madison 15. Marissa 15. Edwardsville 18. Belleville 22. ............Trenton 16. ............ Jersevville 25. ....... Belleville 30. Alton 16. ......... Wood river 21. -McKendree College Dupo 13. ........... Lebanon 15. ............Freeburg 19.. Mascoutah 25. .......... Trenton 28. Collinsville 24. At O’Fallon At O’Fallon At O’Fallon At Baldwin At Marissa At O’Fallon .....At O’Fallon At O'Fallon At Granite City At O’Fallon At O’Fallon At Edwardsville _____At O’Fallon At O’Fallon At Jersey ville At Belleville At Alton At O’Fallon At McKendree At McKendree At McKendree At Mascoutah At Trenton At Collinsville 1 926 I’age Fifty-one .M I1] .MINI GERALD POSER (Captain). “Desa” with his “never-say-die” spirit, was a true captain and general. Although not always leading in points, he was a consistent scorer, and could always be found in the thick of the fight. HOWARD TAYLOR. “Domie” was easily the high point man of the season. Around him the whole team worked. A fighter, in the truest sense of the word. WILBUR HEIEN. “Wib” played regular only the last few games, but proved his worth then. An easy player, an accurate shot and a “bear'’ under the basket, describes “Heiensie” to perfection. HERMAN MILLER. “Shovel” alternating at guard and forward was worth a great deal to the team. Generally high in the scoring and always there on defense. He has two more years in school, so we’re expecting big things from him. BERNARD FUNK. “Rusty” playing his first year of basketball, was a whole defense in himself. Few were the plays that could pull him out of position, and many those that he broke up. ROBERT SOI THERS. “Bob” was handicapped greatly by illness right in the middle of the season. A game little player, with a deceptive left that counted many times under the basket. FRED LIENESCH. “Fritz” playing only the last half of the season played a good defensive game and added much to the offensive play of the whole team. .ISON McGUIRE. “Al” only played the first half of the year, but proved self a consistent scorer and a “heady” player. mnaainmmmuiuumnnmraramnamnrmiTiin: MEMINI “Coach” “Desaw Capt. Rusty “Boo I ajre Fifty-three “Shovel' m k i “Wib” 4 “Domie” MEMINI BASKETBALL SQUAD Coach Walbaum made his first call for candidates for basketball in September. A large number reported but after a few practices the squad was cut to eleven. The surviving ones being, Norbert Thomas (Norb), Bernard Funk (Rusty), Wilbur Heien (Wib), Allison McGuire (Al), Ralph Brown (Red), Henry Hesse (Heine), Robert Southers (Bob), Gerold Poser (Desa), Howard Taylor (I)omie), Herman Miller (Shovel) and Harold Evans (Nick). I'jik� rilty-lom BASEBALL SQUAD The baseball players who are to represent the Blue and Old Gold at home and away from home this year are: Omer Higgins, Robert Southers, Herman Miller, Norbert Thomas, Harold Wachtel, Howard Taylor, Wilbur Heien, Theodore Warma, Edward Pfeiffer, Gerold Poser, Albert Muelchi and Adam Becherer. BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 23—Friday Belleville There April 27 Tuesday Alton Here April 30—Friday .Wood River Here Mav 7—Friday Mascoutah There Mav 11—Tuesday Madison There May 11—Friday Granite City Here May 21—Friday Edwardsville There May 2:1—Tuesday East St. Louis Here May 28—Friday Collinsville There Pni?c Fifty-five TRACK As usual the annual goes to press before the track season gets under way, so we shall have to tell you of what happened last year. Our team made the best showing in track that they have made in years, so you see we are getting back to ourselves. Being accepted into the S. W. C. we were invited to the track meet at Wood River. In this meet the boys showed their best. Captain Ashby did his very best to set a good example for his team. We were awarded three first prizes, and five fourth prizes. “Domie” Taylor was awarded first in javelin; “Fritz” Brewer first in discus and “Sweeney” Morgan first in shot put. “Tub” Taylor took fourth in javelin; “Sweeney” fourth in discus and “Ken” Ashby fourth in the 220-yard hurdles, fourth in relay and fourth place of the meet. So we think that we are coming back to the old days. And with our fine new track and Coach Walbaum we ought to develop a wiz team this year. Here’s hoping. Taylor took his Finnish birch in his mighty right hand and cast it out into the heavens for a distance of 151 feet and 2 inches. Brewer took the flattened dish and hurled it to the length of 100 feet and 4 inches. He was also awarded the gold medal. Morgan then went out for his prize. He juggled the old iron cannon ball, and tossed it for 39 feet and 10 inches. And the rest of the gang did their best. The Relay team was composed of Taylor, Ashby, Remelius and Hesse. We also placed at Troy. Morgan received second in shot; Howard Taylor third in javelin and Ashby fourth in mile. But we were unable to place any one at McKendree. But we hope to do so this year. M E MINI manning SOCIAL NOTES Senior Wiener Roast On October 9th, the Seniors journeyed to the home of Norman Stites where they indulged in a Wiener Roast. The participants met at the waiting room where they caught the seven o’clock car to Pontiac. After arriving there it was necessary to walk some little distance to Norman’s home. While waiting for the fire to burn more rapidly a number of the par- ticipants went to get some apples. It is reported they found nothing but rotten ones. After some entertainment, they roasted the wieners and crammed themselves to their fullest capacity. The rest of the evening was spent in playing games. On leaving the merriment the Seniors declared Norman the host of hosts. Junior Wiener Roast On November 24 the Juniors accompanied by Miss Glenn, Miss Whitis and Mr. Van Houten journeyed to the home of Curtis Muelchi where they partook of a wiener roast. The first part of the evening was spent in roast- ing wieners and marshmallows. After the eatables had vanished they all went in the house where there was candy and pop corn awaiting. At a late hour all departed assuring the host that they had a wonder- ful time. 1 926 Patre Fifty-nine Anita’s Party The first high school function of the year, the Senior party, was given at the home of Anita Meyer, September 21, in honor of her 17th birthday. The Seniors accompanied by Miss Whitis and Miss Rhoem met at the school. After all arrived the party set out for the Meyer home where they pleasantly surprised Anita. The evening was spent in dancing and playing games. About eleven o’clock a delicious luncheon was sei-ved. Finally the gay crowd departed assuring the hostess they had had a most delightful evening. Al’s Party On Tuesday March 16, the Seniors were entertained at the home of Allison McGuire in honor of his 18th birthday anniversary. The house was decorated in green in honor of Saint Patrick’s day. The first part of the evening was spent in playing flea. Afterwards a delicious luncheon was served. The guests departed at a late hour assuring the host that they had had a most enjoyable time. 1926 I INTERIOR OF AUDITORIUM The following boys are members of the boys’ quartette: Curtis Aluel- chi, first tenor; Norman Stites, second tenor; Theodore Wanna, bass; Adam Becherer and Lawrence Dame as baritones. Two of the boys were on the quartette last year which won first place in Lebanon and Troy Intellectual Meets; they are Norman Stites and Cur- tis Muelchi. The following girls are members of the girls’ quartette: Norma Kimes, Flora Schneider, Alice Barbee and Beatrice Brockhahn. The last two named are not on the picture due to the fact that Carrie Barrow and Rita llemmer were on the quartette at the time the picture was taken. A short time afterwards Alice Barbee and Beatrice Brockhahn were added, Carrie Barrow’s place being taken by Beatrice. 192 MEMINI MUSIC Undor the direction of Professor J. E. Hinchcliff the high school, for the first time in its history, undertook this year the organization of an orchestra. Although very few of its members are players of experience, each has performed his part in the orchestra with untiring enthusiasm. A number of very creditable performances speak eloquently of the success of their efforts. The first appearance of the high school orchestra was in the auditor- ium. Assisted by other musical performers from the student body, they presented a short program in honor of Messrs. W. R. Dorris and E. H. Smiley, who had recently presented to the high school a clock and Jessie- French concert grand piano. This program was later supplemented by other numbers and presented to the public as a benefit concert. The proceeds were given to the Women’s Committee in charge of the improving and beautify- ing of the high school grounds. The orchestra has furnished the music for numerous entertainments throughout the year, including the Spanish Operetta, in which the music was one of the many pleasing features. The members of the orchestra are: Conductor, Professor J. E. Hinch- cliff; pianist, Carrie Barrow; saxophones, Howard Glenn, Norman Mein- koth, and Morris Greiner; alto horn, Kenneth Ashby; cornets, Rex Glenn, and Victor Langhorst; clarinets, Herman Miller, Orville Ayres and William Koch; violins, Vera Klein, Tillie Kauffman, Joe Kauffman, and Herbert Glenn; marimba, Russel Joseph; drums, Russell Lesher. 926 I’age Sixty-five MEMINI DRAMATICS On December 16th, 1925, the high school presented to the people a Spanish Operetta entitled, “The Toreadors.” The building of the scenery was directed by Messrs. Walbaum and Van Ilouten. The dancing was conducted by Misses Roehm and Whitis. The costuming was planned by Miss Bowen. The coaching and planning of the scenery was done by Misses Glenn and Campbell. Mr. Hinchcliff took charge of music and sing- ing. The principals of the play were: Theodore Warma, Curtis Muelchi, George Remick, Norman Stites, Herman Miller, Carrie Barrow, Mildred Tripple, Anita Meyer, and Beatrice Brockhahn. The Lyceum Course was sponsored by the Senior class. The first performance was given by the Caveny Company, the second was by Mr. and Mrs. Boyd and Katherine Gutchell, the third a lecture by I)r. S. G. Hubert, the fourth by the De Willo Concert Company, the fifth and last by the Entertainer from Kentucky. All of these numbers were enjoyed by those who attended. 19 1‘niee Sixty-nix MEMINI IN I ELLEt’TUAL NOTES In the local Intellectual Contest held at Taylor Opera House last year, the participants were as follows: Girl Soloists: Carrie Barrow, Lillian Ed- wards, Rita Hemmer, Norma Kimes, Anita Meyer and Margaret Schuetz. Boy Soloists: Fred Brewer, Omer Higgins, Wilbur lleien, Curtis Muelchi, Julius Runkwitz, Harold Taylor and Norman Stites. Pianists: Constance Glenn and La Verna Schroeder. Girl Readers: Beatrice Brockhahn, Vera Oechsle, Marie Votrain, Melanie Ver Cammen and Gladys Yates. Boy Readers: John Dove, Melvern Hemmen, Felton Koch and Victor Langhorst. Girls’ Quartette: Anita Meyer, Margaret Schuetz, Carrie Barrow and Rita Hemmer. Boys’ Quartette: Curtis Muelchi, Norman Stites, Julius Runk- witz and Harold Taylor. Essayists: Kenneth Ashby, Edward Boyce, Fel- ton Koch, Evelyn Lauerman and Joe Mach. The winners in last year’s contest were: Girl Soloists: first place, Margaret Schuetz; second, Carrie Barrow; third, Lillian Edwards. Boy Soloists: first, Jul’us Runkwitz; second, Curtis Muelchi; third, Harold Taylor. Girl Readers: first place, Melanie Ver Cammen; second, Marie Votrain; third, Gladys Yates. Boy Readers: first place, Felton Koch; sec- ond, Victor Langhorst; third, Melvern Hemmen. Pianists: first place, Constance Glenn; second, La Verna Schroeder. Essayists: first place, Kenneth Ashby; second, Felton Koch; third, Joe Mach. Those who were winners of first place in the O’Fallon meet were sent to Lebanon, and later to Troy. At Lebanon the following placed: Boys’ Quartette, first place; Felton Koch, third place for Boys’ reading. After the Lebanon meet the contestants were entered in the Troy Intellectuals where the following took prizes: Margaret Schuetz, first place for girl’s solo; Julius Runkwitz, third place for boy’s solo; Felton Koch, second place for boy’s reading; Constance Glenn, first place for piano solo; Melanie Ver Cammen, third place for girl’s reading; Boys’ Quartette, first place, and Girls’ Quartette second place. Pago Sixty-seven This year the contest will vary in its order from other years. The preliminaries will be held here at the O’Fallon school in the morning where the out-of-town judges will give their decisions. The three con- testants judged the best in each event of the preliminaries will compete in the evening at the Opera House where the final awards will be made. The following people will take part in this year’s preliminary contest: Girl Soloists: Beatrice Brockhahn, Abba Brown, Rita Hemmer, Norma Kimes, Flora Schneider and Mildred Trippel. Boy Soloists: Adam Bech- erer, Lawrence Dame, Theodore W’arma, Curtis Muelchi and Norman Stites. I’ianists: Russell Joseph, Hoyd Morgenstern, La Verna Schroeder, and Annice Willard. Girl Readers: Ellen Behrens, Beatrice Brockhahn, Eliza- beth Harris, W'illou Holliday, Vera Oechsle, Marie Votrain, Mildred Who- brey and Josephine Willard. Boy Readers: Edward Boyce, Edward Creed, Leonard Hall, Henry Hesse, Victor Langhorst, John Litherland, Edward Lillie, Joe Mach, Howard Taylor, and Theodore Warma. Essayists: Ken- neth Ashby, Edward Boyce, Clifton Joseph, Evelyn Lauermann and Joe Mach. , The winners will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals at the final meet held at the Opera House. The winners will represent O’Fallon at Lebanon and Troy as in former years. SUPERIOR SOCIETY Faculty Advisors I Miss Mildred Whitis I Mr. S. C. Van Houten President Vice-President Secretary George Remick OFFICERS ....................Herman Miller ......._............ Howard Taylor Melanie Ver Camman Program Committee Vera Oeschle Allison McGuire MEMBERSHIP Ruth Anheuser Dorthy Heidorn Marcella Reinhardt Clarence Bell Wilbur Heien George Remick Alice Barbee Raymond Heitmann Helen Reichhold James Barrow Henry Hesse Kermit Reider Carrie Barrow Marie I Is l oretta Rapp Beulah Bailey Russell Joseph Grace Rhodes Stanley Beedle George Kuse Anetta Scheibel Ralph Brown Estelle Kampmeyer Zula Scott Edith Bevirt Pearl Lacquet Robert Southers Edna Bevirt Florence Llewellyn Arthur Schroeder Irene Bertram Charles Muelchi Gaylord Songer Edward Creed Virginia Mantle Norman Stites Mildred Campbell Homer Marxer Mildred Trippel Lillian Ellison Allison McGuire Howard Taylor Wilford Eckert Oakley McKinley Blanche Votrain Harold Evans Leander Nowland Harold Wachtel Marjorie Flood Vera Ceschle Verla Yearwood Bernard Funk Floyd Oeschle George Zimmermann Maida Fix Edwin Pfeiffer Herman Miller Leonard Hall Walter Proffitt Melanie Ver Cammen 1 926 1'uKe Sixty-nine MEMINI timnmnnganmuminmuiiiuimummuumunmmmmmn OMEGA SOCIETY Faculty Advisors President Vice-President Secretary ..... Curtis Muelchi Dorothy Weichert Evelyn Asbury Velma Asbury Orville Ayers Roger Batty Walter Batty Arthur Begole Paul Bernhardt Herbert Bergman Delbert Bertram Ralph Blackett Beatrice. Brock ha hn Arba Brown Fern Copeland Lawrence Dame Clarence Distler Waiter Fischer June Gartside Herbert Glenn Howard Glenn Rex Glenn Wilhelmenia Goehner Ralph Greene OFFICERS Program Committee MEMBERSHIP Elizabeth Harris Joseph Harris Sylvan Hartman Henry Hildebrand Nina Heitman Clifton Joseph Vera .vampmeyer Lawrence Karius Tillie Kauffman Harold Kimmle Norma Kimes Vera Klein William Lambert Victor Langhorst Edward Lemen Fred Lienesch Allyn Litherland Anita Meyer Curtis Muelchi Charles McKinley Alice Murphy Albert Muelchi Frances Mitchell I Miss Buneta Bowen I Miss Jennie Boehm James Holliday Curtis Muelchi Frances Mitchell Vivian Taylor Orville Ayres Nora McNulty Lillian Owens Gerold Poser Katherine Proffitt Elton Remelius Morris Roberts Anita Ruess Richard Schaeffer Lauretta Schildkneeht Flora Schneider Valeria Seibert Kenneth Strattman Laura Suever Vivian Taylor Louise Thompson Oren Wachtel Helen Warhoover Dorothy Weichert Mildred Whobrey Dorothea Wilhite Glenn Willman James Holliday V MEMINI %’ WHITTIER SOC IETY Faculty Advisers OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary ______________ i Miss Violet Glenn i Miss Marguerite Campbell Theodore Warma Norbert Thomas Rita Ilemmer MEMBERSHIP Willou Holliday Floyd Morgenstern Josephine Willard Arm in Niederecker Arline Morgan Edward Lillie La Verna Schroeder Truman Bailey Alvina Seibert Wesley Knight Ruby Songer Robert Schaeffer Marie Votrain Lionel Gartside Helen Dove Florine Gieser Lloyd Lillie Gladys ates Clarence Wiedemann Theodore Warma 1926 Norma Zottman Agnes Povilaitis Mildred Creed John Litherland Cleola Meyer Joseph Mach Ida Llewellyn Albert Fix Helena Friedewald Adam Becherer Bessie Conklin Raymond Deprill Nellie Eckert Edris Ledford Edwin Rasp Evelyn Lauermann Kenneth Ashby Henry Goohner Rita Hemmer rapo Seventy-one PROGRAM COMMITTEE Edris Ledford Truman Bailey La Verna Schroeder Annice Willard Omer Higgins Viola Brewer Edward Boyce Ellen Behrens Elmer Hesse Alma French William Brannon Florence Thomas Joe Kauffmann Naomi Guest Adolph Kraske Helen Schilling Norbert Thomas Elizabeth Stock Orville A hie Annie Greenall Claude Martin Annice Willard Henry Schwarz M E M I N I THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS WERE RENDERED BY THE SUPERIOR SOCIETY Song by the school, page..................................... 21(i StM’.v Marjorie Flood Piano Solo Carrie Harrow Quartette Norman Stites, Geoige Remick, Howard Taylor, Herman Miller Reading- Vocal Solo Paper Editor Athletic Notes Girls’ Notes Boys’ Notes Jokes Current Events Marimba Solo Critic Vera Oechsle Mildred Trippel Florence Llewellyn Henry Hesse Loretta Rapp James Barrow Harold Wachtel Clarence Bell Russell Joseph Mr. llinchcliir Score—90.48. Song by the school, page Paper Editor Ass’t Editor Girls’ Notes Boys’ Notes Athletic Notes Jokes Play 317 Mildred Campbell Estelle Kampmeyer Beulah Bailey Edwin Pfeiffer Homer Marxer Gaylord Songer Floyd Oechsle “Soap Suds” Norman Stites Verla Yearwood ... Vera Oechsle Edith Bevirt, Pearl Lacquel Alice Barbee Ruth Anheuser, Mildred Trippel, Marjorie Flood Gold Dust Twins Marcella Rheinhardt, Blanche Votrain Ivory Loretta Rapp Waiters Allison McGuire, Harold Evans, Henry Hesse Accompanist ......................... Carrie Barrow Song by school, page 166 Critic Mr. RunkwitZ Score—89. Current Events Life Buoy Woodbury Spanish Castile Old Dutch Cleansers Jap Roses B.'inumi i nummrmgi MEMINI PROGRAMS RENDERED 15V THE OMEGA SO('IETY THIS YEAR Song by school, page 1 'lay Reading Violin Solo Mrs. Smith Dunham Elaine Accompanist Editor Ass’t Editor Paper Mandolin Solo Essay Song by school, page Critic I ’nper Play Critic 176 Beatrice Brockhahn Kenneth Stratmann Dorthy Weichert Victor Langhorst Vera Klein Norma Kimes Alice Murphy Frances Mitchell Walter Batty Helen Warhoover 166 Mr. Hinchcliff Score 90.04. Editor................. Ass’t Editor........... Boys’ Notes............. Athletic Notes__________ Gills’ Notes............ Jokes.................. Current Events Platform Supt. Secy, of Chautauqua Committee Royal Entertainers of Ireland. Manager O’Connor’s Symphony Orchestra. Leary O’Connor—Clarinet O’Hara—Saxophone Dollivan—Violinist McLowan—Violinist O’Lerk—Violinist ......... McGinnit.v—Cornet McDonald—Cornet Mike O’Rourke—Irish Historian Mrs. O’Brein—Reader and Pianist Mrs. Ryan—Lecturer Biddy McAree—Soprano Pat. Flaghtery—Tenor ....... Ballet Dancers—Murphv O’Malley Mulligan ..... O’Calligan Debate Team—McKensie McDougal Sullivan O’Larrie 92.84. 19 2 6 Walter Batty Vivian Taylor Richard Schaeffer Clifton Joseph Abba Brown Evelyn Asbury Katherine Proffitt Elton Remelius Frances Mitchell James Holliday Orville Ayres Howard Glenn Tillie Kauffman Vera Klein Herbert Glenn Rex Glenn Victor Langhorst Oren Wachtel Beatrice Brockhahn Mildred Whobrey Anita Meyer Curtis Muelchi Flora Schneider Albert Muelchi Henry Hildebrand Nina Heitman Alice Murphy Velma Asbury Charles McKinley James Holliday Mr. Runkwitz I Seventy-three THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS WERE RENDERED BY THE WHITTIER SOCIETY. Song by school, page ...............................................94 Heading Willou Holliday Piano Solo Annice Willard HV Box Theodore Wanna Cox Adam Decherer Mrs. Bouncer ............................ Mildred Creed Paper Editor Kenneth Ashby Ass’t Editor Evelyn Lauermann Boys’ Notes Truman Bailey Girls’ Notes Nellie Eckert Jokes Helena Friedewald Athletic Notes Raymond Depril Current Events Bessie Conklin Piano Solo ....................... Floyd Morgenstern Critic lir. Runkwitz Score 92.74. Paper Editor .............. Joe Mach Ass’t Editor Marie Votrain Girls Notes Ruby Songer Boys’ Notes....................................... Claude Martin Jokes Truman Bailey Current Events Nellie Eckert South of the Mason-Dixon Line—Feb. 22. 1857. Mrs. Luttrelle Helen Schilling Chloe • Edris Ledford Sam —.............................................— Norbert Thomas George Washington Johnson Brown ....................... Edward Boyce Aunt Pansy Ida Mae Llewellyn Old Black Joe....................................... Theodore Warma Aunt Mandy ....... Gladys Yates Old Mose ........................... KHwurH T illio Score 94.24. MEMINI N8? Mr. Van Houten: “Now, if this was ab2, we’d be sitting pretty.” James H: How would we be sit- ting pretty?” Mr. Van Houten: “Now, now, none of your slang, James.” Gerold: “Frances did not ask ques- tions in order, she jumped around too much.” Miss Whitis: Oh, that’s nothing, I’m going to jump all around in his- tory exams.” ‘Sit down!” said the man to his son. 1 won’t,” was the impudent reply. “Well, then stand up. I will be obeyed.” Mr. Walbaum: “Did any of you ev- er see an elephant skin?” George K.: “I have.” Mr. W.: “Where?” George K.: On an elephant.” « Harold Evans: Each hour I spend with thee is like a pearl to me.” Anita Meyer: “Aw quit stringing me.” Fred L.: “Our romance consisted of two scenes.” Bernard F.: “Yes?” Fred L.: “Yes, 1 seen her and she seen me.” Franees M.: “Do you use tooth paste? Al.: “Gracious no! none of my teeth are loose.” Captain: “ Right about face!” Rookie: “Thank goodness, I’m right about something.” Rita II.: “Is your Packard friend coming tonight?” Edris L.: “No ,dearie, this is Willys Knight.” Student (reading Virgil): “Three- times I strove to cast my arms about her neck, and—that’s as far as I got Prof.” Prof.: “Well, 1 think that was quite far enough.” “What happened to Hollignaw?” He drowned.” “An’ couldn’t he swim?” “He did, for eight hours, but he was a union man.” “An’ how’s your wife, Pat?” “Sure, she do be awful sick.” “Is it dangerous she is?” “No, she’s too weak to be danger- ous any more.” � Song of the Flivver I go to haunts for which you yearn; I make a sudden sally; I rattle, shiver, twist and turn; 1 bicker down the valley. 1 run, I glide, I bump, 1 jump; I miss, backfire, and quiver; I overheat and skid and pump; I shake your heart and liver. I rattle underneath the stars; I rumble on the bridges; I squeak at many little jars; I grind o’er sundry ridges. I tremble when I go to stop; I tremble when I’m running; I tremble till I lose my top And then you get a sunning. I am the flivver, don’t you know? My way’s not smooth—no never. But cars may come and cars may go Yet I go on forever. n C L O w rj S I'agc Seventy-eight MEMINI TO BE OU NOT TO 1!E, that is the question, lake Hamlet, I once made this suggestion. As out upon the street I walked, 1 met a dog. I raised my arm to strike it, When a voice cried “Hold!” 1 answered: AS YOU LIKE IT. While walking on, a loving pair 1 met; 1 soon discovered it was ROMEO AND JULIET, Next came OTHELLO, and his friend IAGO, too, Which brought to mv mind the TAMING OF THE SHREW. TWO GENTLEMEN FROM VERONA, dressed in their best, Got a good drenching, having been caught in the TEMPEST. They stayed until the TWELFTH NIGHT. Until the storm had ceased its terrors, Thev made MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Which proved a COMEDY OF ERRORS, Next came SHYLOCK, demanding a pound of llesh for his treasure, When MACBETH cried, “Lay on,” You shall have MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Entered without fear, Followed by RICHARD. JOHN, HENRY and KING LEAR, ANTHONY and CLEOPATRA arm in arm drew near, When Carrolanus shouted, “JULIUS CAESAR.” Me thought LOVE’S LABOR LOST, but ere I could tell, The crowd shouted, “ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.” When I awoke from my sleep with a start and a scream. And found it was nothing but a MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Joe Mach: “My girl is divine.” Claude M.: “Yours may be de-vine, but mine’s de berries.” Richard: “I sent a dollar to a firm for a cure for my horse that slobers.” Kenneth: “What did you get?” Richard: “ A slip of paper on which was written ‘teach him to spit.’ ” Fritz: “I didn’t know she was a football fan.” Gerold: “She isn’t.” Fritz: “Isn’t she, well all she could say last night was, ‘hold that line, hold that line.’ ” Edward B.: “1 heard Mr. Van IIou- ten almost wrecked his Ford the oth- er night, when he took a friend rid- ing. Homer M.: “How did it happen. Edward B.: “Too much play at the wheel.” Professor: “Now this plant belongs to the Begonia family.” Visitor: “Oh, yes, and you’re keep- ing it for them while they’re away.” Miss Glenn: “Suppose Gerold were chivalrous; then he would be a gal- lant.” Gerold: “I am.” Miss Glenn: “Then please put your chewing gum away.” Gerold: “I don’t know now whether I’ll be shiverless or not.” Book Agent: “Have you a Charles Dickens in vour home?” Lady: “No!” Book Agent: “Or a Robert Louis Stevenson ?” Lady: “No!” Book Agent: “Or a Gene Field?” Lady: “No, we ain’t and, what’s more, we don’t run no boarding house here, neither. If you’re looking for them fellows, you might try the house across the street.” As Mr U� K(e fi Sv4okTS. Page Eighty M E MINI SEPTEMBER. 1. School starts; many new faces are seen in the halls. 2. First singing of the year took place this morning. The new piano was tried out. 3. Found—a rabbit’s foot. For full particulars see the principal. 4. Permanent seats assigned in the assembly hall. 5. IJlue Tuesday. No school Monday on account of Labor Day. 9. Pupils were entertained this morning by Miss Keaster, singer; Miss Chapman, reader; and Mr. Gentry, who gave a very interesting talk. 10. The senior officers and Annual staff were elected this morning. The economics class was segregated today. 11. Singing—More advice to the freshies—“If you can’t sing, sing any- way.” 14. First call was given this morning for failing and troublesome pupils. 15. A very interesting talk on “The Miracle,” a play which is to be given in the New Coliseum during the Christmas holidays, was rendered this morning by Miss Powell. 1(5. Mr. Van Houten had a narrow escape this morning when he was al- most bitten by a ferocious kitten which had wandered into the study hall. 17. We observed the anniversary of the signing of the constitution this morning by a very interesting and instructive talk from Mr. Hinch- cliff. 18. Richard Schaeffer left today for Springfield, 111., where he is to at- tend the State Fair School. 21. Anita Meyer and Mildred Whobrey received first prize for being the best talkers in high school. The seniors gave a birthday party on Anita Meyer. 22. We saw the birdie today. 23. Permanent lockers were assigned today. Every one was well satis- fied, but the freshie girls who were unable to find their respective lockers. 24. A wonderful program was rendered this morning in honor of Mr. Smiley and Mr. Dorris, the donors of the piano and the clock. 2(5. The baseball team will play Freeburg at Freeburg today. 28. We lost to Freeburg by the score of 4 to 3. i!926 Pago Eighty-three OCTOBER. 1. Announcements were given out this morning about the essay, “Why New Industries Should Come To My Town.” First prize was given to J. 1). Mach, second prize to A. K. Ashby, and third to G. E. Boyce. 2. We beat Freeburg today. Score 12-0. 5. We sang this morning. 6. The girls’ quartette made its first appearance this morning. 7. Meeting of the basket-ball squad. 8. Freshies are drawn into various societies. 9. Senior weiner roast. 10. A disagreement occurred between two factions in the senior class. Result—resignation of the business manager and editor. 13. 9 A. M. Excitement occurred in the study hall, due to the fact that a balloon was nearly forced to land in the field just west of the high school. 14. The boys’ quartette made its first appearance this morning, and we wonder why Victor was excommunicated from the study hall. 15. Several instrumental duets were given in the auditorium this morn- ing; the freshies are doing fine in these affairs. 16. Friday night an intellectual affair was given at the opera house by the high school, to raise money, to make it possible for O’Fallon to have a track grounds at the high school. 17. Saturday night the first Lyceum course was given in the high school auditorium by the Caveny company, which consisted of an artistic chalk-talker and two young ladies who assisted by their singing. 19. Blue Monday again. Basket-bal) squad were to have their pictures taken today, but Mr. Wight, the photographer from Greenville, did not appear. 20. We elected yell leaders today—Vera Oechsle, Alice Murphy, and “Ted” Warma. Rah for the seniors. 22. Assembled in the gymnasium for our first yell practice. 23. Basket-ball game today. First of season. Alumni vs. O. T. II. S. in the high school gym. 26. We won Friday night, by a score of 20-11. 27. 1 P. M. A four-minute lecture was given by Mr. Hinchcliff to the pupils in general. 28. A cold wave sweeping down from the north, hit O’Fallon today. As yet no frozen ears were reported. 30. Basket-ball game tonight. Mascoutah plays O’Fallon here. 1926 NOVEMBER. 1. O’Fallon won from Mascoutah by a score of 25-12. Photographer Wight took group pictures of societies, squad, and quartette today. 3. We sang this morning. One popular song, “The Swallow,” was ren- dered after a chimney swallow was rescued from behind a radiator in the assembly hall. 4. Same old thing—school with nothing to do but study, study, study. 5. We practiced for the operetta, “The Toreadors,” this morning. 6. Basket-ball game tonight. Group pictures turned out poor,—are to be taken over today. First literary program given this afternoon by the Whittier Society. y. We were defeated Friday night, by Lebanon. Score, 34-16. 10. No more school until next Monday. Teachers’ meeting to be held at East St. Louis on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The basket-ball team will compete with the Baldwin team Friday at Baldwin. 16. Our team was defeated Friday night by a score of 10-11. 17. Work will be started on the track tomorrow by the boys. 18 boys are to be assigned to work each period of the day. 20. Practice for operetta. Work is resumed on the track. 25. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. A lecture was given this morning. 27. Wheel-barrows are scheduled for the track, and great work is being done. Operetta practice at the high school tonight at 7:00 o’clock. DECEMBER. 1. Behold! The Litherland brigade is “comin down the line.” Game tonight between O’Fallon and Baldwin. We hope we can con- quer our old enemy, “defeat.” 2. Wheelbarrows and shovels are in full swing. Teams and scrapers are hauling dirt on the track today. 4. Bain today and no track work. Game tonight at Lebanon. We expect a hard fought game, and we also expect to continue our victory from Tuesday night’s game. 10. Warnings to Truman Bailey—“Beware of the skating ring.” After a few days of mud and water, a full squad is sent to work on the track. 11. No practice tonight. Basket-ball game tonight with Granite City. 14. The track is fast being made level with the help of two hired men and two teams. Practice for the operetta at the opera house tonight. 15. Everything is in full swing both practice and work on the track. Final practice for the operetta this afternoon at the opera house. 16. Several people are noted as being carried away by' the excitement of the day. “The Big Play” tonight. DECEMBER. 17. Everything went fine last night and a full house was reported. Once again, 45 minute class periods are scheduled. 18. Basket-ball game tonight between the home team and Madison. Con- ference game. 15 rahs for the team. 19. (Sat.) Game with Marissa tonight. YVe lost last night. 21. First day of winter. Advice from the teachers—“Santa Claus is coming, better be good, children.” 22. Fur coats, sweaters, muffs, and all kinds of outer garments are exhib- ited in the assembly hall on account of low temperature. Mr. Van Ilouten’s class room is used for a study hall in the afternoon. 2'). Program to be given tonight on the grounds near the B. 0. depot. A Community Christmas tree was put up for exhibit and for tin purpose of entertaining the O’Fallon people. 21. Christmas tomorrow. All is excitement; no one is studying; every- one is talking. Program this afternoon. JANUARY. 4. School again; advice, start the new year right. 5. Announcement made today, semesters Thursday 14, and Friday 15. 8. The bus for Edwardsville will leave promptly at 5:30. Later arrivals not admitted. Game with Edwardsville tonight at Edwardsville. First game in the new year. Start the new year right. 13. Junior picture show tonight, “Abraham Lincoln.” 14. Lyceum course tonight, fourth of the season. 15. Basket-ball game with Belleville here. 18. We were beaten Friday by a score of 22-11. Semesters are over. Change in schedule predicted. Woe to those who flunked in any sub- jects. 19. School children attended the funeral of Miss Carriel today. 22. Team goes to Jerseyville today. 27. Basket-ball game with Belleville at Belleville. 28. We lost to Belleville last night. 29. Game with Alton. Page Eight y-aix MEMINI FEBRUARY. 1. We won Friday night after a long- line of losses. Lyceum course to- night. It is to be the last of the numbers. 2. Ground hog day. Cloudy out doors. We sang at noon, and many won- dered why so many changes have occurred in the boys’ quartette. 3. Several scarlet fever cases have been reported in the neighborhood. 4. The inspection nurse appeared at school today. 5. Superior program this afternoon. 8. Wood River defeated us Friday night by a score of 21-16. 9. We play Dupo tonight in the county tourney at Lebanon. 10. We won last night and play Lebanon this afternoon for first, second or third place. Basket-ball boys are sent home at 11:15 to get some rest for this afternoon’s game with Lebanon. 11. We lost the game with Lebanon but won from Freeburg and received third place. 12. Game with Mascoutah tonight. 15. Mascoutah won Friday night. 16. Mr. Runkwitz has a birthday annually on this date. Congratulations. 17. The boys had a chance to show their physical prowess today when they revealed themselves unto the nurse for physical examination. 19. Whittier program this afternoon. Whittiers made the highest score of the year. 22. Washington’s birthday. “Pass to class.” 23. Intellectual practice schedule posted. 25. We sang today. Everyone had a good time. 26. Play Collinsville here tonight. MEMINI 11. 12. 15. 16. 19. 22. 23. MARCH. Collinsville won the game Friday night by a score of 28-14. The O’Fallon Rotary Club with the aid of Miss Campbell and Miss Glenn, produced a book, “Education for Character” and delivered a copy to each person in high school. The books were opened. Report cards were given out for the fust time since semesters. O’Fallon plays Brighton tonight in the conference tournament at Col- linsville. Omega program this afternoon. Basket-ball boys are gone to Collins- ville today to make use of their free passes. Miss Patmore of Mc- Kendree college visited the school today to help the readers prepare for the intellectual which is to be held April 9. Collinsville won the tournament last Saturday night. Rumors—class tournament this week! Class tournament tonight. Seniors vs. sophies; juniors vs. freshies. The juniors and seniors played the final game for first and second place last night, but the seniors gave way to the juniors who showed great alacrity. The sophies received third place and the freshies first. A Japanese lectured this a. m. The soloists are making fine progress. Date set for the Intellectuals, April 9. Last program of the year. Superiors. Basket-ball game. O. T. II. S. vs. Alumni. We won the game Friday night. Track team prospects look good. The annual is to go to press this week. Business manager and editor are not in class the last few days. First reading of the season given by Vera Oechsle. Cries of the seniors—“buy an annual, save the discount!” I “age Eighty-eight 1 9 2 6 MEM IN 1903 Edna Thurston Ethel Evans Ralph Evans.... Thomas Gordon Henry Poignee Mrs. Walter Ayers Mrs. Henry Huschle Insurance Banker ____ Accountant ....O’Fallon, III. E. St. Louis, 111. O’Fallon, DL O'Fallon, 111. „ O'Fallon, III. Lenora Stites __ Kathryn Bowler Lucille Bugg____ Jessie Harper Janie Lawrence Elsa Schilling Mary Hautrow Ruth Scott _____ John Budina .... Otto Fink ...... Jacob Pohlman 1901 __ Stenographer__________ Mrs. Ralph Evans Mrs. Arthur Schlinger Mrs. Archibald Linde Mrs. Richard Griffiths ...College Mrs. Emil Zimmerman ___Mrs. Art Graham______ ...Sec. Printing Co______ ...Bookkeeper Unknown Washington, D. C. ......O’Fallon, III. ______O’Fallon, 111. .......Chicago, III. ....Taylorville, 111. Boston, Mass. Roundup, Mont. Detroit, Mich. .....St. Louis, Mo. .... O’Fallon, III. .... O’Fallon, III. (No graduates in 1905 on account of change from two to three year course. 1906 Edith Housam Sylvia Cartwright Grace Scott Ella Rebhan William Hernmer Ernst Asbury ___ George Thomas ... Elmer Begole Mrs. Clarence Pierce Stenographer ....... Civil Service ..... Mrs. Joseph Peel Teacher Doctor .. Deceased Chicago, 111. Washington, D. C. _________Dupo, III. Saginaw, Mich. New Baden, 111. Merchant .................. O’Fallon, 111. Farmer_______________________ O’Fallon, 111. 1907 Helen Zinkgraf ... Carrie Ahring Agnes Gordon Gertrude Distler Eleanor Deischer Elsa Phoenix ___ Myrtle Buckley Albert Weil ..Mrs. John Schneider Teacher............. Teacher____________ Teacher............ ______O'Fallon, 111. —...Belleville, 111. _____O’Fallon. 111. _____O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. Dan Mowe__________________Lebanon, 111. -Mrs. E. Verhelz_____________________Forgon, Okla. Mrs. Harvey Mitchell ________ Kirkwood, Mo. Factoryman .................. Detroit, Mich. 1908 David Lawrence___ Adolph Budina Mattie McLaughlin Anna Schachner___ John Zapf....... _ George Mantle Fred Poser----- Gilmore Darrow Printer__________ Architect Mrs. J. W’illard Mrs. Ed. Thomas Bookkeeper ...... Poultry Raiser O’Fallon, 111. __Chicago, 111. O’Fallon, 111. - O’Fallon, III. St. Louis, Mo. O’Fallon, III. ____Deceased Mgr. 10-Cent Store Kansas City, Mo. 1 9 2 6 I’asre Ninety-one 1 ‘Mitt Viola Schilling Daisy Glenn Ralph Lienesch Oliver Joseph Alto Pfeiffer Hazel Neville Julia Brown Elsie Bugg Teaeher .................. Paragould, Ark. Mrs. Herbert Walrath Portland, Ore. Tobacco Factory Man... O’Fallon, 111. Automobile Dealer O’Fallon, 111. Farmer O’Fallon. 111. Mrs. Carrie Deischer Pontiac, Mich. Mrs. Geo. Thomas ............. O’Fallon, III. Mrs. Gerk Lemen ...............O’Fallon, 111. Blanche Scott ___ Myrtle Sanders Beatrice Daniels Margaret Smith Olyve Darrow __ Augusta Pannier Mable Veerbeek Will Beedle ..._.. Arnold Lang Millard Stone Charles Lienesch Mamie Bittles Elmer Asbury ___ Clara Brockhahn Ada Scott _______ Nellie Carroll Margaret Distler Zula Coffmann Lucy Mantle _____ Ruth Neville Anna Fischer Grace Schott ____ Berton Sperry Clarence Crosby Phoebe Cohen ____ Mary Bailey ..... Irene Bugg ...... Lily Fuchs ______ Ruth Lienesch ...._ Phyllis Neville Marian Pierce Irene Seddon Sophia Thomas Paula Tiedemann Elbert Begole William Bechtold Fred Heien ______ Cyril Pfeiffer Leslie Smiley- 1910 Mrs. Alfred Smith..... Detroit, Mich. ..... Deceased Mrs. Beatrice Freivogel O'Fallon, 111. Mrs. John Molomhy ......... St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Niblack ...................California Mrs. Fred Ziegenbein Brighton, 111. Mrs. Frank Peeples Detroit, Mich. Chemist ................ Los Angeles, Cal. Mechanic.......... „...Pasadena, Cal. Teacher Worden ,111. 1911 Chemist Mrs. Hamilton Randle Mechanic ............ ..Teacher________ Teacher Mrs. L. Gausemann ..At home___________ Mrs. Geo. Deere .Teacher .......... Mrs. Linde I,emen Traffic Officer 1912 Osteopathist....... ...Mrs. Max Goldberg Mrs. C. Mayberry Berkley, Cal. Belleville, 111. ..... O’Fallon, III. ---------- Deceased Detroit, Mich. .....O’Fallon, III. St. Louis, Mo. __________ Deceased —.... O’Fallon, III. .....St. Louis, Mo. O’Fallon, 111. .....-O’Fallon, 111. Los Angeles, Cal. _ Festus, Mo. Belleville, III. O’Fallon, 111. -Mrs. Elbert Begole Caseyville, 111. Teacher O’Fallon. 111. —Teacher---------------------------O’Fallon, III. Mrs. W. Maibes ............... O’Fallon, 111. ....' .Mrs. Fred Bevirt________ O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. C. G. Herzberger O’Fallon, III. Mrs. W. Hughes Webster Groves, Mo. —Mrs. Bryan Bugg............... Belleville, 111. Farmer ..................... Caseyville, II. Mechanic ...................... O’Falon, III. —Mine Foreman ____________________ Marissa, 111. —Farmer —...................... O’Fallon, 111. —Mine Superintendent Pinekneyville, III. I'ago Ninf ty-two ' MEMINI fidna Widicus Virginia Smiley Lillian Crosby Mina Mae Helm Lola Mantle ....- 1913 Music Teahcer Edwardsville, 111. Mrs. C. G. Melony .....Court Camp, Mich. Mrs. C. Fitzmaurice. Camion, Ore. Mrs. Zimmermann Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Chas. Polk St. Louis, Mo. Bernetta Joseph _____ Oliva Schildknecht .. Albertina Tiedemann Grace Foster Ethel Wilhite ..... Myrtle Wilhite Flora Fink ...._..... Jennie Scott ........ Hazel McFarland Sophia Cohen ........ Florence Carroll ___ Milton Davison ...... John Lawrence Thomas Scott Howard Bassett — Claude Schildknecht Emma Bergman........ Margaret Bechtold Franees Carroll Mary Harnishfeger Alice Mantle Iona Mantle -....... Ollie Hock.......... Mrs. Bode Teacher Mrs. E. Petil ........ Mrs. Elmer Zinkgraf Mrs. E. Proffitt ---- Deceased O’Fallon, 111. St. Louis, Mo. O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. Arnold Hillemann O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. Raddish Jerseyville, III. Mrs. Edmond Seibert Smithton, 111. Mrs. George Pfeiffer........ Mascoutah, 111. Mrs. Alex Ellis.........._...St, Louis, Mo. Mrs. Seipp East St. Louis, III. .................................. Deceased Postmaster O’Fallon, 111. .... Unknown St. Louis, Mo. Business 1914 ..Tester —College Mrs. C. E. Crosby Mrs. Carl Meinkoth Mrs. Clarence Wilhite Stenographer Mis. F. PJtfflBffd Mrs. E. Skaer........ Elevator_____________ Factory Inspector____ Businessman ......... Collinsville, 111. ..... Lebanon, 111. .. Festus, Mo. ...0’Fallon, 111. Detroit, Mich. O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. East St. Louis, 111. _______ Belleville, 111. Kansas City, Mo. ... Collinsville, 111. Bryan Bugg ------------------------- Chester Harper ---------------------- Charles Hartmann ....—.....—......... (No graduates in 1915 on account of change from three to four year course.) 1916 Jessie Behrens Mrs. J. E. Nold...... O’Fallon, 111. Virginia Ahrens Deceased Frances Alexander ...................... Mrs. Harry Curran .........— O’Fallon, 111. Gladys Mantle _________ .....______ ___At home----------------------O’Fallon, III. Jean Bassett_____________________________Mrs. Harrington______________ Garnett, Kan. George Bernreuter Salesman ---------------------O’Fallon, 111. .In eph Bailey Salesman St. Louis, Mo. James Bittles Pharmacist O'Fallon, III. Earl Asbury............... ...........Insurance Agent............. O’Fallon, 111. Walter Trippel ---------------------- Edward Fischer----------------------- Ralph Stites________________________ Wilbur Widicus ---------------------- President Ivory Co. ....... Arlington, N. J. Killed in Sendee Salesman ......— Bookkeeper ..... Lutie Distler Mae Campbell Irene Schaefer .... Josephine Lienesch Violet Glenn------- Gertrude Lienesch 1917 — Teacher Mrs. Joe Hubbard ..Mrs. Leslie Bevirt Mrs. Earl Asbury---- Teacher ............. ..Teacher .....—..... .........Deceased Belleville, 111. Edwardsville, 111. ....... O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. ...Caseyville, 111. _____O’Fallon, 111. .. Portland, Ore. .... O’Fallon, III. I'aKe Ninety-three EMINI Samuel Cohen Businessman O’Fallon 111 George Mueller Machinist ._ Detroit, Mich George Badgley Farmer O’Fallon 111 George Ladd Electrician Detroit, Mch Etta Bussong 1918 Teacher Rellevjlle, (II Harold Davison Insurance Agent Irene Darrovv Teacher Marisca. I Dorothy Davison Teacher O’Fallon, 111 Albeit Keck Ccal Dealer Irma Schachner Clara Hall College - Nellie Roberts Mrs. J. Wheatley O’Fallon III Edna Bernreuter O’Fallon 111 Eunice Mantle Mrs. J. Archibald O’Fallon 111 Inez Mantle Mrs. J. Mantle O’Fallon 111 LuCynthia Herzing Mrs. Wm. Feuerhan Ruth Bailey Belleville 111 Raymond Scott Detroit, Mich Florence Bertram At home O’Fallon 111 Meredith Bertram Mrs. C. Switzer O’Fallon III George Fischer Mine Engineer O’Fallon, 111 Elsie Distler Belleville, 111 Earl Reiss 1919 Electrician St. I Ouis, Mo Elmer Hartman Clerk O’Fallon, III Walter Hartman O’Fallon 111 Earl Dawes Miner O’Fallon 111 Janice Bertram Mrs. Schnell O’Fallon, 111 Helen Bertram At home Marie Schaefer Teacher O’Fallon, 111 Ida Pfenninghausen Stenographer Maplewood, Mo. Belleville, 111. Cleopha Dickroetger Mrs. Ed. Lanter. Maurice Ahrens 1920 Supt. of Schools Honeywell, Mn.‘ Coring Beedle Teacher Kieth Bassett Business .... Scranton Van Houten Teacher O’Fallon, 111. Nick Feder College Ellsworth McGeehon ... College Morris Rothkegel Miner O’Fallon III Edward Bernreuter Mechanic O’Fallon, 111. Erwin Runkwitz Teacher Odin, 111 Alice Bailey Clerk O’Fallon, III Abe Kaplain Lawyer John Lienesch O’Fallon 111 Antoinette Pfeiffer Belleville, 111. Lily Wilhite Mrs. W. Fvle Agnes Reuss Mrs. Cox Trov, 111 Halcvon Glenn Clerk St. Louis, Mo. Inez Distler Mrs. Wiechert Belleville, 111. a92 MEMINI 1921 Walter Warma Evelyn McGeehon Oral McGeehon Florence Keck ._ Theodora Schilling Mary McNulty Marie Johnson Willa Behrens .... Martha Powell Percy Hill _______ Vernon Bridges Lester Campbell Boland Friedewald Bus Driver College .... Mrs. J. See At home Collinsville, 111. O’Fallon, 111. ()’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. C. Zingraph.............. O’Fallon, 111. Mrs. T. Schwagel Lebanon ,111. Mrs. w. Dallas O’Fallon, 111. ----Store Manager............... O’Fallon, 111. Clerk College .... Mechanic Mechanic Surveyor O’Fallon, III. ( 'Fallon, 111. ... O’Fallon, 111. St. Louis, Mo. O’Fallon, 111. Carrie Glenn ..... Verla Scott Katie McNulty Irene Powell ..... Julia Harwick .... Bernetta Schilling Lucille Koehler Ella Luckner _____ Helen Cohen ..... Melvin Brewer ____ George Darrow ____ Elmer Yanda Herschel Wilhite 1922 ..Mrs. J. Agles.. .Mrs. W. Scott... Tel. Operator .Stenographer Mrs. J. Duncan Mrs. O. Ziesel Milliner Mrs. Koderhandt At home......... ... Miner.. ----College O’Fallon, III. ...... Detroit, Mich. O’Fallon, 111. ____O’Fallon, 111. ....O’Fallon, 111. East St. Louis, 111. East St. Louis, 111. _______ Lebanon, 111. _____St. Louis, Mo. ..... O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer _______________ O’Fallon, 111. Barber ....................Pontiac, Mich. 1923 Althea Bailey Mildred Bassett Dora Bernreuter Frances Eckert ... Vivian Glenn Catherine Greutzemacher Mildred Greutzemacher Catherine Hemrher Esther Kuhlmann ....... Bernice Morgan -------- Edwin Schilling........ Dorothy Shaw .......... Jennie Simmons —....... Georgia Williams ...... Albert Zimmermann Inez Thomas------------ Teacher______.___ Mrs. W. Schaefer... Mrs. W. Kimes.... Teacher__________ College__________ At home__________ Teacher _________ Stenographer ____ Stenographer ____ College ..Teacher___________ At home____________ Nurse At home ----------- Stenographer Stenographer....... .... O’Fallon, 111. ...Signal Hill, III. O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. .....Normal, 111. O’Fallon, 111. .... Morris, 111. O’Fallon, 111. Belleville, 111. Urbana, 111. ..... Pittsfield, 111. _______O’Fallon, 111. St. Louis, Mo. East St. Louis, 111. _______O’Fallon, III. _______O’Fallon, 111. 192 6 ....■■■■■■MM.m.rirmnn.Tn.mm Page Ninety-five MEMINI Nellie Hill Edna Campbell Adrienne Anderson Catherine Beedle Mildred Mantle Evelyn Mantle ..... Myrtle Slavens .... Lillie Powell ..... Faynedia Bertram Marcella Agles...... Carl Corbier ______ Alfred Crossley Adolph Ohlendorf Raymond Schilling; Amos Stites Clarence Hess Robert Munier Harold Proffitt ... Webster Marxer ____ Wilmer Knewitz Thora Green Erma Yanda Opal Meehan ...... Felton Koch ...... Walter Hesse ..... Harold Taylor ____ Julius Runkwitz Josephine Rieder Sertella Bertram Harold Schilling; John Dove ________ Edison Rieder_____ Vera Schroeder Clemens Hemmer Russell Eckert Cornelia Hobein Anna McNulty Florence Rapp Lillian Ambry ..._ Melvern Hemmen Leona Meinkoth Alda Spargo_______ Fred Brewer ...... Eugene Brown _____ Warren Morgan .... Constance Glenn Margaret Schuetz Marcel Friederick Katherine Phillips 1924 Milliner O'Fallon, III. At home O’Fallon, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. College Normal, III. At home 0’Fallon, 111. Mrs. H. Green O’Fallon, III. ... At home O’Fallon, III. At home O’Fallon, 111. At home O’Fallon, III. Teacher O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. College O’Fallon, 111. .College O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. R. R. Agent Belleville, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. St. Innuis, Mo. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. St. Louis, Mo. Bus Driver O’Fallon, III. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. 1925 ... Clerk O’Fallon, 111. O’Fallon, 111. College O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. College O’Fallon, 111. College O’Fallon, 111. At home Ix'banon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. At home Lebanon, 111. College Normal, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. Mechanic O’Fallon, 11.. Marine, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. Operator O’Fallon, 111. Stenographer O’Fallon, 111. College St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Carl Corbier O’Fallon, 11!. At home O’Fallon, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. Barber Detroit, Mich. Mechanic O’Fallon, 111. College Ix?banon, 111. College O’Fallon, 111. At home O’Fallon, 111. Clerk O’Fallon, 111. 192 Page Ninety-six E may live without poetry music and art, We may live without consci- ence, and live without heart; We may live without friends, and live without fads— Hut business todav cannot live without ADS. § § HHE success of this publication is due largely to the patronage of the busi- ness people who are advertising in it. For this reason we earnestly entreat all to carefully read our advertisements. : : PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISERS IN THE MEMINI Nincty-seren ADVERTISERS’ INDEX Allen’s Store _____________________ Anheuser Ruth E. E. Asbury ........................ W. C. Ahrens ................... E. Budina ......................... Brown Son .................... Brown’s Business College___________ G. Britch ........... Baechle Cleaning and Dyeing Co...... Cohen, S___________________________ City Meat Market___________________ Diefenbach, H.................. Daily Advocate The ................. Duncan Cafe________________________ Eckhardt, Wm. Jr. Etherington, Roy ___________________ Egyptian Stationery Co_____________ Fuess-Fischer Co................... Feickert’s Bakery, Inc............... Fellner-Ratheim D. G. Co........ First National Bank, O’Fallon First State Bank, O’Fallon ........ W. I. Grob ________________________ Gauss Son...... Hesse Brothers Isenburg, N. ._...... Illinois Power Light Corp. Joseph, O.......................... Joseph B........................ Kauffmann, M. Kohl Di-ug Co. Lincoln Service Station Co._________ Lincoln Theatre ................... Lincoln Shoe Store Litherland, Mrs. G. D... Lawrence D. R........... Lehmann, G......................... Munie, J.__________________________ Miners’ Store_______.__ Meyer, George 0.................... Munier, Mrs. J..................... Meiners ,W. W...... Moergen, E......................... Nold’s Drug Store............ O’Fallon Mercantile Co.____________ O’Fallon Lumber Co...... O'Fallon Progress ................. Paris Cleaning Dyeing Co. Quality Dairy Products Co. ...... Record Printing Co.............. Romeiser, Co....................... Saenger Mercantile Co. Superior Motor Bus Co....... Schwarz Brothers .... Schneider, J. .......... Schuetz, Charles .................. Schildknecht, P. .................. Star Restaurant Thomas, W. W................ Thomas, George .... Trautmann, R............ Taylor Opera House ___ Tiedemann Milling Co............... Titter Brothers .......__... Wangelin, Herman G., Inc........... Weiler Klee .......... .......... Winter, W....................... ......Men’s Furnishings__________ ......Garage .................... ......Insurance.................. ......Florist .................. ----—Confectionery ______________ ------Barber Shop ....... ------East St. Louis.____________ ------Butcher____________________ ..... Belleville, 111. Dry Goods ................. ------Meat Market _______________ ......Butcher ------Belleville, 111............ ......Restaurant ................ — ...Grocery ................... ------Garage_____________________ ------Stationers ________________ ......Dry Goods ......Bakery .................... ......Dry Goods.................. Banking .......... ------Banking____________________ ----—Optician ................... Dry Goods ......Coal Dealers .............. ------Dry Goods__________________ Electrical Service ........ ------Auto Dealer ............... ......Hardware .................. ...Tailor .................... Druggist .................. -----Filling Station__________—.. Belleville, 111. ......Belleville, 111. ...... Confectionery ____________ ------Job Printer ............... ______Barber_____________________ ------Confectionery _____________ .... Grocery .................. ......Painter and Decorator ______Needlework ________________ ......Shoe Shop ................. .....Garage ..................... — ...Druggist------------1...... .......Grocery __________________ ......Building Products ______Publishers_________________ _____Belleville, 111. ........... Dairy Products — . Printers and Publishers..... ------Men’s Furnishings ........ ______Dry Goods.................. ______Bus Service________________ ....— Furniture and Undertaking Jeweler.................... ------Bakery .................... ------Grocery and Dry Goods______ — ..— Restaurant.......... .... ------Hardware___________________ ......Insurance _________________ — ....Chiropractor .............. -----Motion Pictures_____________ ------Mill Products______________ Filling Stations .......... -----Ford Dealer, Belleville, 111.. ------Men’s Furnishings _________ ------Bakery .............. Page _____117 ..... 123 ----- 10« _____ 113 _____ 114 .....122 112 ..... 101 _____ 120 _____119 ..... 103 _____113 ..... 127 _____ 113 ..... 103 _____11« .._.. 127 _____ 120 ..... 110 .....121 _____ 109 100 ____ 120 _____114 .....10« _____10« ..... 111 ..... 125 ..... 121 _____11« .... 105 _____ 102 —.... 115 .... 121 ..— 103 _____ 111 ..... 101 ..... 101 _____ 120 _____ 99 _____ 103 _____10« _____114 _____127 .... 118 _____ 110 .... 108 ..... 122 _____ 119 ..... 122 ..... 124 _____ 104 _____ 107 ......104 .... 110 _____no ..... 120 .....no .... 100 _____ 122 .... 119 .....no .... 117 .... 108 ..... 120 ..... 105 ... Ill Ninety-eight 1926 Go to Seo.G.SKeyer For Wall Paper, Paints, Varnishes, Glass and Picture Framing DPainting “The Store of Price and Quality” ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY FURNISHED Phone 146 O’Fallon, 111. Ninety-nine LOOK AHEAD H Make each week’s earnings pro vide for one day in that future when your power to work and earn is gone. H Use but part of your earnings— bank the rest. H It will soon roll up if you bank it here. The bank for: SAFETY SECURITY SERVICE FIRST STATE BANK O’FALLON, ILLINOIS One Hundred New Victor records. Once a We k, Every Week. Friday. When you have a Victrola you can command “on with the dance.” The “Big Hits” in music can always he found in our regular weekly releases. You never heard such a bunch of fox trots as you will find in the Victor Record Catalog. Don’t wait! They are worth a special trip! Jerome Munie Music and Confectionery Miss Glenn: “Harold, you may spell automobile.” Harold (flushed and excited) : “I can’t start it.” Ralph: “Hair cut, sir?” Customer: Yes. Shall I take my collar off?” Ralph: “No, you needn’t do that. You can keep on your hat, too if you like.” Betty for the first time saw a cat carrying her kitten by the nape of its neck. “You ain’t fit to be a mother,” she said scathingly. “You ain’t hardly fit to be a father.” “The Place That Service Built” BRITCH’S MEAT MARKET Home-Killed Meats and Sausages PHONE 54 WE DELIVER FOR HIGH CLASS WORK—GO TO LEHMANN’S BARBER SHOP G. Lehmann, Prop. O’FALLON, - ILLINOIS One Hundred One “SERVICE” 11 Very often we hear the question, “Where can I get Service?” There is only one an- swer. Stop at the Lincoln Service Station. We sell “Sinclair” and Puritan ‘Tlying” gasoline, Sinclair oils and greases for trac- tors, autos and farm machinery. Ten dif- ferent grades. Mobiloil oils and greases for tractors and autos, Sinclair high grade ker- osene for incubators, tractors, stoves, light, etc. fires, tubes and accessories at popular prices. OUH SERVICE: Change and repair tires and tubes. Drain and refill crank cases with proper grade of oil. Refilling and greasing transmissions. Alemite and Zerk your chassis. Wash, polish and clean autos. Storage and parking space. Free air, water and information. U W hen looking for real service, popular prices and pleasant, courteous treatment stop at the Lincoln Service Station , Geo. C. Anheuser, Prop. 204 LINCOLN AVE. Phone 154 O’FALLON, ILL. One Hundred Two O’FALLON ART NEEDLWORK SHOP Stella Munier, Prop. Stamping, Embroidering—Handquilting a Specialty O’FALLON, ILL. WM. ECKHARDT, JR. (Incorporated) Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables FISH ANI) OYSTERS IN SEASON Headquarters for Garden and Field Seeds PHONES—Hell 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 108-112 West Main Stseet BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS She—I heard you singing in your room this morning. He—Oh, I sing a little to kill time. She—You have a good weapon. Truman (to boy who has asked for a pennyworth of pills)—“Do you want them in a box?” Boy—“Yes, of course. Think I’m going to roll ’em home?” Harold W.: “How long could I live without brains?” Howard T.: “Time will tell.” Robert: “Mother may I go fishing?” Mother: “No Robert, you may fall in and be drowned.” Robert: “Well, then mother may I go swimming?” “Buy for Cash and Save Money” That’s why so many people trade at THE CITY MEAT MARKET Phone 157 Proffitt Proffitt Phone 187 COMPLIMENTS OF The Lincoln Trail Confectionery Mrs. G. D. Litherland, Prop. PHONE 182 O’FALLON, ILL. One Hundred Three SAENGER’S Belleville’s Largest Department Stores Dry Goods, Ready-to-Wear Clothing, Floor Coverings, Etc. Our Guarantee Goes With Everything You Buy. Phone 33 Established 1891 SCHWARZ BROTHERS FURNITURE OF QUALITY Ambulance and Funeral Service One Hundred Four Fashion Park Clothes Tulio Hats WEILER KLEE CLOTHING CO. 106 East Main St. Belleville, 111. The professor had written on the back of a student’s paper: “Please write more legibly.” The next day the student went to the desk and asked: “Professor, what is that you wrote on the back of my theme?” “What is your occupation?” “I used to be an organist.” “And why did you give it up?” “The monkey died.” James (studying ancient history)—“Why do they put 15. C. after the dates?” paul—“Because thev didn’t know whether the dates were exactly right, so they say ’bout correct.” KOHL DRUG CO. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 18 West Main St. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS Drugs Telephone 2024 Cigars Chemicals Soda Candy Soda Grill open till 12 P. M. One Hundred Five WALTER W. THOMAS HARDWARE Sherwin-Williams Paints Sherwin-Williams Varnishes Buck’s and Roesch Stoves Leacock’s Sporting Goods Keystone “Galvannealed Fence” Cattaraugus Cutlery Field and Garden Seeds American Kitchen Kook Gasoline Stoves Perfection Oil Stoves Miners’ Supplies Diamond Edge Tools Harness Goods Guns and Ammunition WE ENDEAVOR TO GIVE THE BEST OF SERVICE It is our aim to please PHONE 131 O'FALLON, ILL. One Hundred Six W. A. HARRIS, President. G. M. WARM A, Secy.-Treas. Superior Motor Bus Company GENERAL OFFICES—O’FALLON, ILLINOIS Safe and I Spendable Motor Bus Operation Ask About Our Special Theatre and Party Trips Our six years’ experience in Motor Bus operation means not only that we are the oldest bus operators, but also the most dependable and reliable operat- ing company in this section. One Hundred Seven Fire Life Automobile INSURANCE EARL E. ASBURY Tornado Accident Hold-Up FLORSHEIM SHOES—“For the Man M ho Cares” WALTER W. MEINERS Men’s Ladies’ and Children’s Hosiery :: Shoe Repairing O’Fallon’s Exclusive Shoe Store SHOES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY NAT. ISKMirifiirS Orthopraxic Foot Expert :: Dry Goods and Ready-to-Wear Garments Dr. Scholl’s and Wizard Foot Appliances Phone 54 O’Fallon, Illinois PRINTING—The Better Kind O’FALLON PROGRESS More than 31 Years of Uninterrupted Service “Annie,” called her mistress, “just come into the dining room a mom- ent. Now look at this. Watch me. 1 can write my name in the dust on this table.” Annie grinned: “ It’d be a grand thing,” she said, “to have a eddica- tion.” Wholesale Retail Titter Brothers Gas, Tires, Oil, Vulcanizing Phones 29 and 143-L O’P’allon, Illinois HESSE BROTHERS DEALERS IN COAL —§ -TRUCK SERVICE Phones 190 and 185-L O’Fallon, Illinois One Hundred Eight When Your Son Goes to College 11 He’ll want books and clothes and a lot of other things that run into money. U But you don’t want him to be a spendthrift. It’s a good idea to teach him the budget idea while he is young. U If you give him an allowance now, and train him to put a certain amount in his savings account each week he’ll know how to take care of his money when he gets away from home. First National Bank O’Fallon, Illinois One Hundred Nine O’Fallon Lumber Co., Inc. LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL Sewer Pipe, Sheet Rock, Carey Roofing, Sand, Rock, Cement PHONE 147 O’FALLON. ILL. Hall Mark Store H A graduation gift should be a reliable piece of jewelry, as the graduate is thereby continually reminded of those pleasant and profitable days while in school. For Good Jewelry and Reasonable Prices —See— JOHN SCHNEIDER JEWELER O’FALLON. :: ILLINOIS STAR RESTAURANT J. McCUNE, PROP. Meals and Short Orders Students’ Plate Lunch Phone 155 O’Fallon, 111. One Hundred Ten Quality Service Price --------------for--------------- Pleasing Printing Properly Priced -------------- SEE ------------- D. R. LAWRENCE JOB PRINTER Phone 171 Opera House Bldg. O’FALLON, ILLINOIS Willou: “Don’t you just adore Kipling?” Erma: “I don’t know, how do you kipple?” Lady: “What have you in the way of vanishing cream?” Clerk: “Two quarts of sour milk.” A 'axiNoT?' T POWER AND LIGHT 1 tSERVICEa w RHONE 158 O’FALLON, ILL. WEST END BAKERY “Home of Aunt Betty Bread” First-Class Bakery Goods, Confections Wm. Winter, Prop. O’Fallon, Illinois One Hundred Elevei CLEMENS HEMMER O'Fallon, Illinois Placed with Oliver Machin- ery Co. His sister, also a graduate. oa rainy close to $£000 a year. Martha Niederhoeffer Troy, Illinois Placed with St. Clair Ki- na nee Co. Mol lie. a sister, with Stanton Tire «S: Battery Shop. LOTUS HILL 1502 Henrietta Ave. East St. Louis. Illinois With Barnes-Crosby Com- pany of Missouri. o k! start- ing salary, with promise of increase. I’M GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY Make this positive assertion to yourself, THEN CARRY IT THROUGH! If you want a BETTER POSITION and MORE MONEY, you will find it necessary to Re equipped with considerable business knowledge. BROWN’S BUSINESS COL- LEGE has been preparing men and women for the better positions for many years. We have helped hundreds of others and WE CAN HELP YOU. fl Correspondence Courses. If conditions are such that you cannot attend either day or evening sessions, we have courses which can be worked out in your own home. DAY AN1) NIGHT SCHOOL ENTIRE YEAR E N T E R A N Y M O N I) A Y BROWN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE Collinsville and St. Louis Aves. East St. Louis, Illinois One Hundred Twelve SANDWICHES CANDIES When You Are Hungry Don’t Forget DUNCAN’S CAFE FULL MEALS AND SHORT ORDERS THE PLACE WHERE SERVICE BEGINS Come and Make Yourself at Home in Jim’s Cafe 104 Lincoln Ave. —:— Phone 174 TOBACCO SODA “Mother, do cows and bees go to heaven ?” “Why, no, son. Why ask such a foolish question?” “Gee! All that milk and honey the preacher said they had up there must be canned.” Hy. Diefenbach, Prop. O’FALLON MEAT MARKET “BUY THE BEST— IT PAYS” Phone 26 We Deliver Phone 127 ‘ San it “With Slower ” WM. C. AHRENS FLORIST O'Fallon, Illinois Oik Hundred Thirteen Geo. Gauss Son DRY GOODS 209-11 North Illinois St. “The Quality of Our Goods is Known A reputation of years built by reliable brands, such as: Van Raalte Hosiery and Gloves, Emery Shirts, Athena Underwear, Rucilla Art Needlework, McCall Patterns. PHONE 109 O’FALLON, ILL. When Desiring Refreshments Stop At BUDINA’S Ice Cream Parlor They Serve The City Dairies Co’s. Fine Ice Cream Morse’s Chocolates School Supplies Moergen Auto Repair ERWIN MOERGEN, PROP. Bearing Rebabbitting Service Cylinder Reboring and Honing. Welding and Carbon Burning General Automobile Repairing O’FALLON, ILL. PHONE 134 One Hundred Fourteen eCineoln Belleville The Leading Theatre in Southern Illinois Now Showing THE BEST OF FEATURE PICTURES HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE AND COMEDY FEATURES Vin James Orchestra TWO COMPLETE SHOWS EACH NIGHT FIRST SHOW 6:30 SECOND SHOW 8:40 Matinees—Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays at 1:30 ADULTS 25c AND 40c; CHILDREN 10c AND 20c REMEMBER—IF IT’S GOOD, YOU’LL SEE IT AT THE LINCOLN One Hundred Fifteen FEICKERT’S BAKERY The Home of Good Bread Try our Rolls, Coffee Cakes, Sweet Cakes, Patties and Fancy Cakes. You will like them. Ask Your Grocer for SPECIAL MAID BREAD Feickert’s Bakery, Inc. BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS Teacher—“What is the meaning of a false doctrine?” Kenneth S.—“That’s when the doctor gives the wrong stuff to sick people.” Chicago paper—(adv.)—Lost: Purse by widow with initials on back. CHAS. J. SCHUETZ STEAM BAKERY Cigars, Candies, Fruits, School Books and Supplies All our Goods are Guaranteed Pure and Wholesome O’FALLON, ILLINOIS TAYLOR’S OPERA HOUSE Sam Taylor, Prop. First Class Motion Pictures One Hundred Sixteen Manhattan Shirts Schoble Hats ALLEN’S STORE “The Home of Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes5’ W. L. Douglas Munsingwear Shoes Underwear — Hose PHONE 167 - 169 O’FALLON, ILLINOIS Wholesome Nutritious Tiedemann’s Pride THE SUPERIOR BREAD FLOUR Milled Expressly for Bread Baking Purposes From Choicest Kansas Hard Wheat Charles Tiedemann Milling Co. O’FALLON AND COLLINSVILLE, ILLINOIS One Hundred Seventeen O’FALLON MERCANTILE CO. A. S. Dougherty, Prop. Dealer in Staple and Fancy Goods Phone 27 O’Fallon, III. The Standard of Comparison ETHERINGTON MOTOR CO. O’FALLON, ILLINOIS A farmer hitched his team to a telephone pole. “Here,” exclaimed a policeman, “you can’t hitch there!” “Can’t hitch!” shouted the irate farmer. “Well, why does the sign say, ‘Fine for hitching.’ ” SHIRTS “Dress Well and Succeed” TIES M. KAUFFMANN “The Tailor” SUITS CLEANED, PRESSED AND REMODELED PHONE 94-R O’FALLON, ILL. One Hundred Kightoen “The Place with the Personal Service” Quality Dairy Products Co. PURE MILK ICE CREAM ICE Phone 32 We Deliver J Jim: “I bought a car yesterday.' Frank: “What kind?” Jim: “An ash.” Frank: “You mean a Nash?” Jim: “No, a secondhand Cole.” Compliments of COHEN’S O’FALLON, ILL. SEE Robert F. Trautman PALMER GRADUATE — CHIROPRACTOR For that Lame Back, Sciatica, Lumbago. Kidney. Liver, Stomach and Chronic- Ailments Newrocalometer Service Telephone 159 O'Fallon, Illinois One Hundred Nineteen quality SERVICE MINERS’ STORE Miners’ Supplies STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES PHONE 107 O’FALLON, ILL. P. H. Schildknecht Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries and Notions ALSO Women’s and Children’s Garments We Pay Higher Prices for Country Produce PHONE 87 Fuess-Fischer Company “Established in 1864” H Since 1864 this store has served the people of this community with quality merchandise, thus meriting the confidence and the good will of the buying public. H We ask only the opportunity of serving you when you are needing anything in— Dry Goods — Floor Coverings— Draperies — Ladies’ Read v-to-Wear H Assuring you at all times the utmost in quality and at a price commensurate with such quality, coupled with intelligent and polite service. Fuess-Fischer Company BELLEVILLE, ILL. One Hundred Twenty Make This Store Your Store— Where we always aim to sell the best in merchandise at prices that are within keeping of the value-giving standard set by this store. In Men’s Furnishings we are always in a position to show . complete lines of the newest novelties. Also the newest style features in Ready-to-Wear Gar- ments for women and children. Dress materials in the newest weaves and most popular shades. And an endless variety of pretty patterns in Floor Cov- erings, Lace Curtains and Draperies. Fellner-Ratheim Dry Goods Co. 203-207-209-211 EAST MAIN ST. BELLEVILLE, ILL. The book reviewers seem to have a good word to say for even the worst books. When the farmer learns about overhead expenses, watch the cost of living soar. B.JOSEPH Hardware, Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces, Tin Roofing, Guttering and Spouting PUMPS, PAINTS AND OILS Plumbing and Heating LINCOLN SHOE STORE Main at High Shoes and Hose for the Entire Family BELLEVILLE, ILL. One Hundred Twenty-one INSURE WITH George M. Thomas Agency FIRE, LIFE, HOLD-UP, TORNADO Automobile, Accident PHONE .36 O’FALLON, ILL. Compliments of J. B. BROWN SONS Barbers O’FALLON, ILLINOIS The Tecord Trinti Qompany 113-115 South Illinois Street Belleville, 111. PRINTED THIS ANNUAL We do all other kinds of printing as well PARIS CLEANING AND DYEING CO. 311 East Main Street Our Trucks Call and Deliver to O’Fallon Phone 421 Belleville, III One Hundred Twenty-1 w BETTER AUTO SERVICE BRING YOUR AUTO TROUBLES TO US FOR SERVICE f Ve are experts—and employ onlv experts—to do all manner of AUTO REPAIRING. Any make or model of car can be successfully repaired at our Garage. Prices are always right. GAS AND OILS AUTOS STORED, WASHED and POLISHED Free Air and Water Anheuser Ruth Chevrolet Motor Cars PHONE 111 O'FALLON. ILL. One Hundred Twenty-three To The Graduate The completion of your high school career marks an important era in the journey through life. Henceforth you are “on your own,” so to speak, and it is up to you to fight your own battles and solve the problems of life. Equipped with your high school education you are well prepared to succeed and to make your mark in the world. In the contacts that you will have with other people in the business world you are going to be judged largely by your appearances. To succeed it is requisite that your clothes be neat, well kept, and up to the time. The knowledge that you are correctly attired will give you poise, will give you confidence in yourself, and will go a long way toward winning the battles of life. And so, you graduate, as we congratulate you at this time, let us remind you that in buying your clothes at Romeiser’s the problem of being well dressed is easily solved. THE ROME1SER CO. BELLEVILLE One Hundred Twenty-four DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CARS Long Life —Dependability— Exceptional Riding Comfort Good Looks and Smoothness of Operation. And they also find SAFETY in the all steel body construction, double-strength steering unit, and a chassis made brute- staunch with more pounds of drop forg- ings and chrome vanadium steel than in any other car in the world regardless of price. Touring Car Coupe tM Roadster $861.00 Sedan $968.00 Delivered See the Dodge Steel Body On Display In Our Showroom OLIVER C. JOSEPH BELLEVILLE O’FALLON One Hundred Twenty-live THE UN IVERS AL CAR One of the first big episodes in our lives is occasioned by our graduation from high school. There will be other episodes as you proceed in life. Make the best of them by being prepared. Being prepared to serve has helped to make us success- ful. pennan r vy angelin. pc. “An Or0amzafion Built to Serve . 00 East Main Street Belleville, Illinois Is it Wise to Be Satisfied— with anything but the very best when your eyes need attention. My new office in the First Nat- ional Bank Building is the best equipped and most modern exclusive optical office and exami- nation room in Southern Illinois. WALTER I. GROR GRADUATE OPTICIAN :: OPTOMETRIST Established 1895 Room 48 First National Bank Bldg. BELLEVILLE, ILL. Jac. L. Baechle Cleaning Dyeing Co. Ladies and Gents Clothing Cleaned and Pressed Repairing Neatly Done 216 East Main Street Belleville, Illinois One Hundred Twenty-six BELLEVILLE DAILY ADVOCATE St. Clair County’s Home Newspaper Largest Circulation Best Advertising Medium -§- Felton .1. Koch, Agent, O’Fallon, 111. SATISFACTION AND INDIVIDUALITY Personal Calling Cards Birth Announcements Tallies Business Calling Cards Convalescent Cards Friendship Cards Letterheads Wedding Invitations Score Pads Envelopes Announcements Bridge Novelties Birthday Cards Society Stationery Acknowledgement Congratulations Monograms Cards Wedding Anniversaries Bon Voyage Cards Egyptian Stationery Co. 15 East Main Street Belleville, Illinois. NOLD’S DRUG STORE THE REXALL STORE PURE DRUGS AND DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES KODAKS Books and Stationery O’FALLON, ILL. One Hundred Twenty-seven