Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Prospective journalists, Mary Margaret and Mabel Louise, at work on the Pekin-ois. Secretary of the senior class and of Thespians—RUTH BRUECKNER . . . President of his class for three semesters—FRED HIMMEL—took leads in three operas and two class plays ... A clarinet and saxophone artist—REINHARDT SCHEFFLER . . . MILDRED LUCILLE SMITH—member of Thespians, band, orchestra, and the “Red and White” staff... The lead in four operas —GERALDINE SUTTER—May queen in ’35, member of magazine staff and Thespians ... KEITH BROWN—captain of the ’36 basketball team, high point man in Big Twelve; chosen on first team in Big Twelve . . . JOSEPH BUEHLER—took chorus parts in a number of operas . . . Editor of “Red and White”, assistant editor of Pekin-ois, and a member of Quill and Scroll— SARAH ANN SMITH ... A Thespian, May queen in ’34—NINA MANKER— first girl Student Council president . . . Senior class president; sang in a number of operas—GILBERT BETHARD . . . Took part in three operas and Big Twelve Music Festivals—MELVIN JANSSEN ... A Thespian and Quill and Scroll member— ELIZABETH ROBERSON.

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GRADUATES MABEL LOHNES—editor of the Pekinois and a member of Quill and Scroll . . . FRANCIS JOHNSON—a basketball player, also a track star . . . Captain of the third-place state basketball team—CHESTER MARSHALL . . . Chet’s grandest pal— LOIS ECKLEY—a transfer from Peoria Central . . . Quill and Scroll member — JEAN BENNETT—on staffs of Pekinois and Red and White Pictorial . . . BYRON JOHNSON—possessor of a tenor voice which merited him many opera roles and membership in Big Twelve and All-State Choruses ... An artist on the marimba— CHARLES WILSON . . . Vice-president of the senior class and president of the Girls’ Club—MARCELLA KOCH . . . KATHERINE BERNSHAUSEN — owner of a beautiful voice; Masha in the “Chocolate Soldier” ... MELVIN THEIS—a band and orchestra member ... A musician in the A Cappella Choir and band — GORDON NOTZKE—president of Photography Club . . . A Thespian and Quill and Scroll member—LORRAINE MASNER. Ethel attempting to sketch a vorticella, or is it a stent or?

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What do you suppose these two graduates, Lorraine and Sarah Ann, are planning for their futuref ROBERT GRANT—a player on the third-place state basketball team ... A member of the Interior Decoration Club and the A Cappella Choir — MARJORIE HOFFMAN ... A past president of Girl Reserves —DOROTHY MARSHALL . . . Active in Boys’ Club—THOMAS HANCOCK—sang in the A Cappela Choir . . . ARTHUR HIGGINS — a participant in Agriculture, Glee, and Fencing Clubs . . . Prominent in many high school activities, especially in sports—BELLE JEAN LYONS . . . Sang in the All-State Chorus—MARY LOUISE WILLIAMSON—took a lead in the “Red Mill” . . . Co-editor of the famous “Skunk Holler,” a Thespian, and active in Boys’ Club—DONALD HARRIS . . . Candy sales’ manager; typist for the magazine; a member of Boys’ Club and of National Thespians—FRANCIS KOENIG . . . First chair saxophone player and a Girl Reserve —ALTA MAE GEORGE ... A G. A. A. enthusiast and a Thespian — JEANNE PORTER . . . HILTON JOHNSON — a hall cadet, member of Radio Club and the usher squad.