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Senior Edition be Ipehinoie Senior Edition VOLUME 12 PEKIN, ILL., MAY 21. 1937 NUMBER 23 Student Council And Graduating Senior Officers Of Class Of 1937 FRED HELLYER RUTH TOBIE Student Council President Co-Vice President of Class CHARLES BLACK President of Class ROBERT MAUS Student Council Secretary BETTY NEWMAN Secretary-Treasurer of Class DONALD RAMEY Co-Vice President of Class Lane, Bramlage, Oltman Have Speaking Roles In Commencement Pagaent James Lane will portray “Youth in the Commencement pagaent, History of Pekin.” to be presented June 10 for graduation exercises. Margery Oltman and Bruce Bramlage have the other speaking roles, Future” and “Spirit of the Past.” These three leads will be supported by a large group of underclassmen in panto-mine scenes. “History of Pekin” was written especially for this year's graduating class by Mr. Atkinson, drama instructor, who has attempted to interpret, through music, song, pantomine. and dance, the spirit of the men and women who built Pekin. The pagaent consists of three parts and a prologue, and epilogue. Youth” and The Spirit of the Past” are the only characters in the Prologue. Part one— The Primitive and the Pioneer Period—lets the audience see the establishment of Creve Coeur by La Salle, the arrival of the first settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee. and the building of the first church in Pekin. Growth is emphasized in Part Two by episode portraying (Continued on page 14, col. 1) A Tale Of Tomorrow—Concerning Seniors Of Today The moon sailed high in a blue velvet California sky: a soft breeze juggled the bright colored balloons, swaying them gently over the familiar heads of celebrities assembled in Joe Me- a ugh ton’s Cocanut Grove for its gala opening night. Guests continued to arrive as Jerry Schwinn and his famous dance band opened the program with one of Jack Farmer’s latest hit tunes from the new motion picture “Farewell to Shirley” starring Jim Lane. While Fred Hellyer, master of ceremonies, presents Norma Land, singing a song in her own inimitable style, we will try to make the rounds and introduce you to a few of the better known “Well-Knowns gathered here tonight. Over at MacNaughton’tf table, we see Kstlier Kiselc and Bud Xierstheimer, the biggest pair of ranchers in the Middlewest. clad in cowboy clothes. Chatting with them are Walter Herget and Elaine Wagner, managers of a chain of dress shops throughout the United States and Canada. Jim Ubben, international famous ice skater, is seen smoking a Camel to steady his nerves. Sitting with Jim is Ralph Khnl, ex All-American quarterback who is now head coach at Tapioca Tech in the South. The lights are (Continued on page 6, col. 3) To All The Seniors Of Pekin High To you—the senior class of I C. H. S.—this final edition of the Pekinois is dedicated. Four years you have worked and played within the boundaries of Pekin High. You will soon depart carrying with you happy thoughts, pleasant memories and invaluable lifelong friendships from the classrooms, corridors, gym. and athletic field. Pekin High is grateful to you—you have helped carry her honor and standards to the top with championship teams, splended musical, dramatical, and rhetorical productions— you have con’ributed outstanding work in very department of the institution. Success, seniors, and may you always have a warm spot in your heart for P. C. H. S. Largest Class In History Of Pekin High To Receive Diplomas On June 10 Topping an all time high, 173 seniors will graduate from PCHS in three weeks. Seven of these—• four girls and three boys, will finish in summer school. Commencement week festivities will begin with the Junior-Senior prom on June 4. followed by Baccalaureate on June 6. The date and place for the senior picnic have not yet been definitely decided, but the affair will be held on either June 7 or 8. The final appearance of the seniors in their caps and gowns will be Commencement night. June 10. The alumni banquet and dance, following on June 11. will conclude festivities. A grand class” is the general opinion of all who have known and worked with the senior class during their four years in Pekin High. Officers leading the group this semester have been Charles Black, president, assisted by Don Ramey. Ruth Tobie. vice president. and Betty Newman, secre-j tary. During the first semester Bud Nierstheimer was Senior A ’ president. Hazel Lawson, vice j president. Marie Budde, secretary, i and Bob Stambach. treasurer. Advisers for the class included Mr. Graff and Miss Pannwitt for ' Senior A’s and Mr. Dowell and Miss Trowbridge. Senior B’s. Graduates To Be Guests At Last Matinee Dance Graduating seniors will be honored guests of the Girls’ Club at the final matinee dance to be held next Friday in the girls’ gym. Japanese lanterns hung In , a make-believe outdoor setting will dress up the gym in gala attire, forming an attractive background for the event. Complimentary tickets will be given to seniors, who are asked to sign In the Girls’ Club guest book. A unique ballroom dance, in which only seniors will partici-1 pate, will be one of several specialty numbers. The door prize also will be reserved for seniors only-—numbers for the drawing to be given to those who graduate in June (they hope). Norma Deppert is chairman of the senior farewell matinee: her assistants are Velda Copelen and Mary Alice Conkel. Music will be furnished, as usual, by Jerry Schwinn and the P. C. H. S. dance orchestra. Dancing will begin at 3:30. continuing until 5 o’clock. Price to undergraduates is ten cents. Miss Hansen. Miss Speers. Mr. Phillips. ! and Mr. Rhodes will chaperon.
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HELEN HILD WALTER HERGET JOSEPHINE SERANGELI HAROLD BEACH EDWARD REICHTER LOUISE FAUX ARTHUR STORRER VERA HIESER Pago 2 SENIOR EDITION THE PEKINOIS Published every Friday l y students »f the senior class. Community High School. Pekin. 111. Subscription rate— one dollar a year. Editorial Board: K. Snnl. M. M. Richards. K Lohnes. K. Lampltt; Ke-portini; staff: I . Ramev. F. Hellyer. II. Lawson. M. Jayne, it. Ahern. C. Black. M. Orr. R. Lawrence. M. Watson. P. Reiter. ». Arnold, tJ Schwinn: Business staff: A. Harding. M. Watson. M. Franks: Photo staff: K. Wagner, W. llerget : Typists: J. Serangeli, F. Andrne. R. Newman. Thank You! This is the final issue of the Pekinois for this year. The staff wishes to thank all those who have, in any way, contributed to the success of the year's project. Especially do they wish to say “thank vou“ to the Pekin business men who have placed their ads in the Pekinois. You have aided by your loyal backing and we hope you. in turn, have gained from the patronage of the student body. To the seniors we extend congratulations and best wishes. To underclassmen we wish a happy vacation. The staff. To The Grads—Bless ’em! G—rossweiler. Charles It—amey. Donald A—mold, Grace I)—eWeese, Kathleen U—bben, James A—hern, Rosemary T—obie, Ruth E—hni, Ralph S—aal. Ruth E—isele, Esther N—ier8theimer. Adolph I—ngrassia. Lucien. O—rr. Marian R—ichards, Mary Margaret 8—erangeli, Josephine Alumni Association Makes Plans For Senior Banquet Friday After Graduation When the graduation class marches out of the auditorium, after Commencement on June 10, with their diplomas in hand, they will have one more “get-together” as a class—that is the Alumni Banquet. Old grads of Pekin High School will banquet this year’s graduating class, at the Elks Club on June 11. The banquet will start promptly at 6:30 o’clock, with a good program and dancing to follow. To finance this affair, each Alumni member must buy his own ticket, but the 173 members of this year’s graduation class will be guests of the Association. To pay for their tickets the Association is sponsoring a three-act comedy. “To the Ladies.” to be given next Tuesday at 8 o’clock in the Pekin High School auditorium. The cast includes such former Pekin High actors as Nina Manker. Fred Eyres. Don Bram-lago, Paul Cooper. Rolland Piston. Byron Johnson, and John Joerger. Student tickets may be obtained in the office from Fern for twenty-five cents. STUFF —AND —NONSENSE Jimmy Lee is finally disgusted. The little manager tried to find out which girl in l»(’HS Is regard-t d the prettiest by the boys. Results thus far: Roly Faux—Eileen Preston. Joe Karick—Grace Arnold. Howard Smith—Mildred Eden. Wilbur Wieburg—June Lo.v-man. John Franks—Dorothy Farmer. Marlin Wallfnger—Louise Harris. Jimmy says lie guesses it’ll be a tie with each girl getting one vote so lie's gonna quit. Dear Edyto I am in Love. Dear Billiam: Get Out! Billiam Hoffbuhr. Edytor. Hellyer Expresses His Appreciation To Students I sincerely thank every member In P. C. H. S. for your splendid assistance and cooperation during the past year. I feel that no president has had a finer student body to work with than have I. I’m grateful to every one of you. Fred Hellyer. Lenora Sbeppert’s moonstruck Romeo is still moonstruck. This is ids latest contribution. We take it lie still loves her. I’ll love you when the grass is green I’ll love you when it can’t be seen I’ll love you when the snow is here I’ll love you when the sky is blue and clear. Leonard Rosenberg wants to know what the boss is going to do If, in the future, machines take the place of secretaries. That’s carrying this machine age too far. Grace Jurgens campaigned furiously for student president. Even the inmates at Rartonville were wearing her card. Wanted: The picture of the Roman Coliseum. If found please notify Miss Lockett in room 115 of its whereabouts. It lias been rumortnl that Hill Oonkel lias turned his affections from “Cookie” to another brunette whose initials are—oh, well, never mind! I bought a dress on the installment plan. The reason, of course, to please a man. The dress is worn, the man is gone. But the d----- installments go on and on. —o— l)o you know what a peanut and a pickle have in common? For the answer see Marlon Orr or Mildred Eden. X NGRATI CATIONS, SENIORS BETTER CLOTHES ON BUDGET PAYMENTS FASHION STORES 313 Court Street Pekin. HI. Quality Apparel for Women, Misses. Girls, Men and Boys UNCONSCIOUS TRUTH Fisherman: I (ell you. It wan that long. I never u v such u fish.’ Frieml: “I believe you.” CONTRIBUTED BY THE GEO. W. ROHRS INSURANCE OFFICE Farmers Bank Bldg.
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