Orangeville High School - Orano Yearbook (Orangeville, IL)

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X, sa ff V., QBYHUU E 'WWE MTF- WM A ' L SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Nineteen hundred twenty-two was a year of considerable importance in the history of the Orangeville High School, not only because it graduated the first four- year class, but because it enrolled the class of '26 Freshmen. Twenty-five eager and ambitious boys and girls experienced the usual thrill and misgivings that only freshmen may know. However, the novelty of the situation soon disappeared under the routine of school work and the demands made upon their energy. The class was organized and as a result, Gerald Likens was elected President, Roy Hartman Vice-President, and Mary Miller Secretary and Treasurer. The second semester Roy Hartman was called upon to fill the president's office, as Gerald quit school. From that time they felt that they were an important factor in the affairs of 0. H. S., and assumed a proper share of the responsibility in making the school one of the best. Their enrollment the following year as Sophomores showed the presence of but twenty-one of their original number. Roy Hartman again assumed the duties of class President, Eckert Ebel was made Vice-President, and Kenneth Wohlford Secretary and Treasurer. The students took up their work with an enlarged vision, as they could look not only up to their superiors but down as well to the green, raw material that entered as freshmen. This not only gave them the feeling of dignity and importance peculiar to the sophomores, but was an incentive to further effort to maintain the prestige acquired by time and hard work. Their class spirit was portrayed in the entertaining of those green freshies at a party. This made the underclassmen feel more at home and as if they truly belonged to the school. As Juniors, only nineteen of the Sophs appeared, but the entrance of a new student gave them a Junior class of twenty. This was an important year for the class as their activities, outside of regular classwork, which were unusually large from the beginning, increased to a considerable extent. It was immediately seen that no better class President could be found than the one who had served the class the first two yearsg therefore, Roy Hartman was elected class President. A new Vice-President, Orville Trester, was elected, and a new Secretary and Treasurer, Paul Farley. Plans for the final year began to be considered and they began to look forward to that wonderful event, the completion of their high school career-grad uation. This year they put on a class play, Kicked Out of College, the produc- tion of which was of special merit. A repetition was requested and successfully given in a neighboring village. Also their entertainment of the Seniors at a ban- quet was an event of much pleasure and importance. This class as Seniors numbers twenty-one, and they are not without a proper sense of their responsibility in upholding the high standards of the school. One new class officer was elected, that of Vice-President, Harry Zweifel. The same pres- ident and Secretary and Treasurer were chosen to carry on their work from the preceding year. The work of the members of the class in Music, Drama, and Ath- letics was of unusual merit. While they can look back over their past years with much satisfaction, their graduation, instead of approaching as the end of an epoch in their lives. now appears as the opening event or as the beginning of what they feel to be a period of far greater importance than any previous one. They will take their place in the activities of life with a courage that only a four-year course in a High School can give. HAZEL YARGER. ,GQ 17 DQ

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'K' S S 931115 F-W -ili- KENNETH WOHLFORD Farmer Class Secretary and Treasurer, '24, Glee Club, '23, '24, '25 '26, Love Pirates of Hawaii, '23, Windmills of Holland, '24, ln Old Louisiana. '25: El Bandidof' '26, The Family Doctor, '25, Cynthia's Strategy, '26, Kicked Out of College, glguch Ado About Betty, '26, Football, '25, '26, Basket Ball, '26, Track, '24, Occasionally within my mind, I gently think a thought. HAZEL YARGER NI-Iaze!! Entered from Whittier Union High School, Whittier, California, '25, Orano Staff, '26, Glee Club, '25, '26, In Old Louisiana, '25, El Bandido, '26, The Family Doctor, '25, Cynthia's Strategy, '26, Band, '25, '26, Kicked Out of College, '25, Much Ado About Betty, '26, Musical Contest, '25, . Music hath charms, and so has she. A CLARENCE ZEIGLER Nzigf, Kicked Out of College, '25, Much Ado About Betty, '26, Track, '25, '26. Happy am I, from care I'm free, Why aren't they all contented like me. seq is pe,

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P0 1 .2 ' C- rann H of PROPHECY By Josephine Barnds and Edna Reeser Time-intervening 1935-1940. Place- La Espana Peuena, Montebello, aClifornia. 1Enter Josephine and Ednaj. Josephine:-I always had a desire to see this spot in California, since Hazel used to delight us in talking about its beauties. fEnter tall brunette with smile of hospitalityl. Josephine:-Well, if it isn't Hazel herself. V Edna and Josephine ftogetherbz-Hazel! Hazel:-Senoritas! Can it be Josephine and Edna? Come over to my private sun pvarlor and we'll talk over old times. How did you come to stray into my tea- room. Edna:-I met Josephine in Paris and since then we have been traveling to- gether. We just landed in San Francisco last week. Finding we had a few hours in Montebello, we were attracted to your quaint tearoom. First tell us how you ar- ranged this lovely haunt. Hazel:-Don't you see this combines my love for Spanish, and Montebello? Besides it makes it possible for me to keep in touch with Illinois people? I amuse myself with occasional program in dancing and song. But I can't wait to hear what you must have to tell me of the old class of '26, Josephine:-I do happen to have a few notes that I've picked up about some of our old classmates. Guess whom we saw taking the leading role in The Sultan Has Power last night in Los Angeles? No one else but our class President, Roy Hartman. Oh, he's wonderful! They are just as crazy about it as they are about The Thief of Bagdad. Hazel:-What has become of Mary Miller? - Edna :-You know Mary prepared to be a Home Economics teacher, but she is now illustrating the bliss of love in a cottage. I stopped with her awhile and found that she is a splendid little housewife. Josephine:-fReading from notebookj. Yes, I heard that with the growth of efficiency in shooting men to Mars, Verne Guldin had himself shot up and has be- gome an expert speed cop up there, as the minimum speed is seventy-five miles per our. Edna:-Here, I have my diary with me. September 23rd, 1935. How people will change! Evelyn Howe, because she was jilted in a love affair, has given up the thoughts of men and is now Dean of Women in the Illinois State College. Hazel:-What ever happened to Blanche Lenker? Josephine:-Oh, I saw her while on my New Orleans trip. Here's a reference that I jotted down. dated June 10, 1934. Blanche has made a fortune in the South by inventing a hair straightener and at the same time sells bleaching powders. You can imagine that the larkies buy it like mad, Edna:--Don't let me forget to tell you both that I saw Paul Farley, World's Champion Typing Demonstrator. You will remember that he always held the championship back in old O. C. H. S. He has also become a millionaire through selling, by stealth, a device which will induce Latin to seep into the heads of sad and unhappy Latin victims without any effort on their part. Josephine:-By the way, while I was in Italy last winter visiting the Piazzo del Denomo, whom do you suppose I saw but Roy Bear? I soon learned from him that he an,d his crew of workmen had the contract to straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa.' Hazel:-Where is Harry Zweifel, the joker of our class? Edna:-Oh that reminds me that I clipped a review of one of Harry's late books, The Boy That I Was. It is fine. Three editions have already been sold and the fourth is on the press. His History of the Development of the United States has been made a textbook in the high schools of seventeen states. Josephine:-Yes, you would never have dreamed it, but all of the Senior class of '26 seems to have attained some prominence. Listen to this: Orville Trester has been governor of Texas two terms and is now the Secretary of Commerce. I saw s 96.