Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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13 y. iy An A student, a tireless worker, one who is eager to be of service to her fellowmen -CLARA GARUSH. VERNA FELLOWS intends to become a stenographer; however, a girl with her charm soon I'nds herself a Mrs. As a track star, DONALD SMITH is hard to beat. LESTER NELSON was an efficient candy manager for the class. Most of DONALD VAN-DERWATER’S time has been spent in the commercial departme NEK has attainV tor, and actor. It rams and football ability! 1 are combined in GLENN EHNI. ELSIE I»lv(V{| X t and her violin — an inseparable combination. NORMA FEATHERS, another dramatist, took leading parts in both “The Jade God and “ I he Copperhead’’. JOE INGRASSIA is one to be reckoned with among boxers. At every football game--ambitious senior selling candy and pop.

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MARY KRPAN is a most ardent athlete. One of the blonde members of the class,—and this one, ERA FARISCHON, is a whiz at typing and shorthand. JEAN MELEOTT has only been with the class two years, blit she is distinguished by her sweet disposition. F. C. H. S.’ Lionel Barrymore. OTTO “TOO” KOCH, is known for his dramatic ability and tenor voice. Scholastically inclined ARLENE OTT prefers to study most of the time. One of the peppiest girls in the class, ALMA DELI.E ELLIEE, will be remembered for her radiant personality and ability to co-operate. Why couldn’t CHARLES AQUE become a second “Street Singer” if he has the inclination? MAURICE MOSS left during his junior year, worked for awhile in Chicago. traveled through the West and South, and returned this fall to graduate with his class. IS- ABEL I’ORTER has represented the school several times at Big Twelve in humorous reading. Who could forget ALLYN PARKS as the butler in the “Lion and the Mouse” — and as the handsome duke in “The Fatal Quest”?

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 Vernon Krwin mid “Dot” York beloved by all. sets of identical twins in one class; they aren’t, can you tell which is llallic and which is Hattie Elders — or which is Virginia and which is Virgil Rrees? Anyway, HAL-LIE and HATTIE EHLERS, who have similar likes and dislikes, hope to school themselves in library science. As for VIRGIL and VIRGINIA RREES, can’t you picture them in starched gingham frocks bustling about preparing tasty meals for Messrs. V. and V. Rrees? “Handsome is as handsome does” and WESLEY MAURER is handsome in all phases of the expression. A senior who pleases all by her naive and unsophisticated remarks — DOROTHY RELVILLE. Why couldn’t LAVILLE MORRIS, with her versatility and her very good looks, be a movie star; or does she prefer to be a second Helen Wills on the tennis court? GLEN McCOY’S serenity seems to say, “Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace.” Some day. after baseball fame has knocked at EDWARD OBER-LE’S door, the sport columns of well-known newspapers may relate the story of his humble beginnings as an outfielder on the P. C. H. S. team. JOHN AREL, a true scholar in geology, has a goodly number of minerals which he has collected and classified. 14