Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Page 10 SENIOR EDITION BETTE COOPER LUCILLE JOHNSON VIRGINIA HACKLER NORMA LAMI MARION ORR ELLEN LOHNES CAROLYN WILKINSON LELAII THOMAS MARY GRIGGS DORRIS CORDES Woman’s Club Names Betzelberger, Brown For Summer Camp Delegates Ruth Brown and Leo Betzel-berger have been selected by the Woman’s Club of Pekin as the two outstanding members of next year’s graduating class to receive the prize fifty dollar scholarships to Camp Miniwanca, in Michigan, for two weeks of leadership training this August. Alternates for the honor, who will go in case either Ruth or Leo is unable, are Mildred Eden and Robert Nolte. Ruth is the newly elected president of Girls’ Club, and Leo is next year’s Student Council President. By awarding these camp scholarships to either a Junior A or Senior B. The Woman’s Club feel that the chosen delegates can bring back to their school some of the profits of their summer experience in a character building 1 leadership training camp. Camp Miniwanca. situated just south of Ludington. on Lake Michigan, is ideally situated for all types of land and water ! sports. The girls’ camp is held from Aug. 2 to Aug. 15: the boys’ camp, from Aug. 16 to 29. ‘A Posie For You'—Girls’ Clubbers Say To Faculty — “Flowers for Madame I bring you lovely flowers Sweet Madame”------and for you monsieur, a flower for your lapel. On May 14 the Girls’ Club showed appreciation to the faculty by presenting corsages to the women teachers and boutonnieres to the masculine element. Even on classic May Day. when sophomore girls gave senior girls lovely gift corsages, there were no more flowers In evidence than on Friday, May 14. This eventful j date will linger long in the memories of students and teachers alike for several reasons. Flowers for the faculty is an innovation this year, and their expressions of thanks, some written and others conveyed in person to Miss Gramlich. Girls’ Club Adviser. stimulate the club to make it an annual spring custom. Fragments from representative thank-you notes: — “What a lovely surprise it was” —“a very sweet thing to do. I will always remember it”—“certainly appreciated the appreciation’’ indicate that the girls’ efforts were received with pleasure. A Nu Beauty Shoppe ALL LINES OF BEAUTY CULTURE OF DISTINCTION. Haircutting and Styling 509 Court. Phone 68 KATHLEEN DEWEESE MARY MARGARET RICHARDS MABEL FRANKS mary McLaughlin JANE HARDT VELDE LUMBER CO. HARDWOOD LUMBER 16 South 2nd St., Pekin, 111

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SENIOR EDITION Pa«e » Graduation Will Take Heavy Toll Of Athletes From Each Of Major Organized Sports At Pekin High School Coach Haussler, known as “Gloomy Glen. will have reasons galore to be gloomy when he watches the 1937 edition of seniors receive their diplomas at commencement exercises on June 10. On that date Ralph Ehni. Fred Hellyer, and Tom Maloney. Captains of champions, bring their prep careers to a close. Other members of the “Undefeated Big 12 gridiron team who will be missing when the roll is called next September are Jim Ubben. Bill Hoffbuhr. Ken Happach. Jim Longacre, Ed Johnston. “Punch McNaughton. Bob Sellers. Rip” Radcliffe, “Ace Rivord. “Bal Quarello. and Charlie Grossweil-er. In addition to Capt. Maloney, three other valuable cage mainstays. Montgomery, Grosswieler, and Quarello will be lost from the ’36-’37 fourth place state five that recorded 2G wins and 5 losses during the past season. Faring no better than the other departments, Coach Russell will be minus several cross country and track veterans next year. George West rope and Albert Sevier have run their last “hill and dale” race for Pekin High, climaxing their careers with a Big 12 trophy. Senior trackmen whose cinder and field days are fast drawing to a close are Captains Merle Kahler and Rivord. Sellers. Longacre. Grosswieler. Hoffbuhr. Sevier. West rope. Sommers, and Janssen. Being midsemester men. Art Leason and Italo Rossi will also be inelegible for ’38 spring sports. Coach Jim Lewis’s baseball squad will also suffer thru graduation as the suits of Montgomery. Maloney. Rivord. Quarello. Volk. Burke, and Junker will have to be filled by new recruits. Lucera. Roly Faux, and Smith, midsemester lads, will also be unavailable next spring. Lucien Ingrassia and Paul Belter will bid Coach Paige’s tennis aggregation farewell while John MacNaughton. number one man. and Roy Nelson intend to complete their work the first semester of next year. Although only two members of pant$i) tKabcrn Home of Good Foods Lunches and Sandwiches STUDENT DINNERS :50c GOING TO COLLEGE? SAVE IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK MrniberH of Federal Reserve System and Federul Deposit Inn. C'orp. $8.000—Deposit I ii . ii red—¥6.000 the golf team. Walter “Pee Wee Herget and Ed Christ, actually graduate in June, only the Lancaster brothers will return next spring as Bill Conkel and Jim Ketchum are mid-semester men. Three other youths graduate this spring whose athletic achievements were concluded last year. “Buss Thomas, football, basketball. baseball, and track man. “Ab” Trumpy. and John “Fireball Harris, football and track stalwarts. Another heavy loss to the athletic department will be the services of two efficient managers. Don Ramey, and Pekin High’s “All-American eorn-c o b-rubber and inspiration. Jimmy Lee. Of the Chink cheer-leaders only Rivord will be missing from the megaphone ranks next year. They Reveal Deep Seated Admiration For Seniors Shy little freshman, self-confi- I dent sophomores, and cocky i juniors finally reveal deeply-hidden admiration for departing seniors. “There’s no question about it. says lamise Roberson, “Everyone , admires Fred Hellyer the most. Johann Walkington and Hilly Mavey agree, adding, “It takes a lot of hard work and nerve to be Student Council President. Hetty Jean Ainsworth likes Marion Orr the best because she is so friendly, while Marjorie Haekler and Mary GlHch put halos on Carolyn Wilkinson. “Why? Oh. it’s great that she gets to go to the national contest. “I adore Elaine Wagner replies M nnie Arnold. Think of all she’s done in dramatic work. j Interrupting Minnie. Ruby Perkins offers. I admire Grace Arnold the most. She’s so friendly— especially to the underclassmen. Besides. I’d give anything to be; in as many speech activities as she. Completing a trio of replies. Jean Taekenberg answers. “I vote for Mary Margaret Richards. She was on our side of the Supreme Court question.” “Why, I like Kd. Lumpitt the best, because he’s so friendly. asserts Marvin Piccony. Grace Riley says she thinks Lola I’m-niel is the nicest, because she is always ready and willing to help a friend, and Charlotte Brown, would choose Rosemary Aliern because she’s always considerate of others. W. J. EDEN’S PEKIN SHOE STORE For Shoes THAT SATISFY A BEAUTY AID FOR EVERY NEED Permanents $2.00 up Goldie’s Beauty Shoppe PEKIN THEATRE BLDG. PHONE 009-A BERNICE TACKENBERG DONALD THOMPSON ANNA NOARD KATHERINE BLOOMER BERNICE WEBER PRESTON RUTLEDGE JAMES UBBEN RUTH SAAL JOHN LIESCIIEIDT DONALD RADCLIFFE

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SENIOR EDITION Page 11 Pekin High Orchestra Director Relates Shipwreck Experiences Of Early Childhood Trip To America “Imagine, a city of over a million population, too. ejaculated Vito Ignatius Intravaia. orchestra director of Pekin High School, after he expressed a wish to see his native city, located on the island of Sicily. Mr. Intravaia was enthusiastic in telling of his trip to America and his first childish impressions of our country. At the age of four, with his sister and parents, he became an American-bound passenger on the new ship. “S. S. Canada. as it made its maiden voyage. “I can remember many things about the trip.” he smiled. Then he began to tell the story of the voyage. He told of the Canada's” sister ship, also on its maiden voyage. and the race between them. “Our captain took the more dangerous route, for the sake of speed, and exposed us to dangerous ice floes, coming down from the north in the March thaws.” he affirmed. The trip was originally planned for seven days, but a huge floating ice berg rammed the “Canada.” The maestro, in the ward with the women and the bambinos, recalled the raging fury of the stormy night, with howling winds and lashing seas, the flash of the lightning, and the roar of thunder, through the dense, blanketing fog. Then the ice berg collided with the steamer. “I can remember the frantic screams of women in a dozen different tongues, the curses of sailors in their own peculiar vernacular. the melancholy playing of the band, and the jumbled mumbled prayers of everyone, he declared. Terror stricken women, too horrified for reasoning, and not able to understand English, were struck by the sailors to quiet the chaos of that horrid night. “Soon the erie rhythm of the pumps filled the air. but even we Ed. F. Lampitt Sons GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS WEYRICH HARDWARE PAINTS AND HARDWARE SUPPLIES OP ALL KINDS Phone 282 330 Court St. foreignors understood the importance of keeping that rhythm steady,” he continued his bright black eyes aglow with interest. Thirteen days instead of s ven the boat toiled over the Atlantic, pumps working day and night, feverishly keeping the water bailed fr;m the hold. Finally we reached New York. Flat boats and ferries came out to take us off the wrecked ship. A huge band came out to greet us, as most of the passengers knelt in tearful prayers of thanksgiving,” nodded the orchestra director. “I was all decked out for the occasion.” he continued, “with a blue Lord Fauntleroy suit, black buckled slippers, white socks, even complete to long black curls reaching down to the middle of my back.” He added rather sheepishly that he still had a picture of himself in that regalia. An interesting incident on the train trip to Madison concluded Mr. Intravaia’s story: “They had the system down pretty pat.” he said. They pinned big cardboard placards with our destination printed on them on each of us. Then all we had to do was to point to our sign, and then someone would direct us.” Who Is He—This Parks Lad? (Bv Vern Reed) ‘4 Eeeeeeeeeeei y o w w w www!” “What's that?” Only diminuative Bob Parks (better known as Robert Melvin) on another one of his terrors. The South Pekin lad. who is liked by everybody (although they would not admP it), is the noisiest person in the school. Being noted for his s-. reerhes. Bob never fails' to come up Court street without uttering one or more. Bob is so small that he hides every time he sees Jake Graff, as he is afraid Jake will take him over to the Junior High. The fact that Robert Melvin is a hunter of no mean repute will be a surprise to most of his friends as he is hardly big enough j to hold up a sling shot. JANSEN SCHAEFER Incorporated HIGHWAY AND MUNICIPAL CONTRACTORS 100% MILK BREAD PEKIN FARMERS Made only by GRAIN GOMPANY DIRKSEN BROS. Pekin, 111. Phone 509-11 RICHARD HAYES GERALD SCHWINN WILBERT BOECK ROBERT BALLENGER HACKLER BROTHERS DRUGS Complete Fountain and Luncheonette Service Home Cooked Plate Lunch 25c 335 Court St., Pekin. 111. Phone 250 PHONE 274 DE KEUSTER CLEANERS and SHOE REPAIRER Free Delivery—10 N. Capitol St. Pekin. 111. HERMAN JANSSEN OWEN DAILY MARVIN SCHUTTLER HENRY BEQUEAITH JERRY BURKE JACK ADKINS