Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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SENIOR EDITION Page 7 State Highway Department Gives Instruction In Safe Driving To Students The State Highway Department sent a representative today in preparation of the drivers’ course which is to be given to the juniors and seniors in connection with the course given in home rooms. Initial experience of the state highway plans to get one of the local sales companies here— Chevrolet, Buick, etc.—to buy a “dual control” for one of their demonstration cars. That agency will send one of their own mechanics, periodically, out for lessons in dual control about three or four times a year. The students will receive a grade on their driving, and credit will be given as in any other subject. The State Highway Department is cooperating for the enrichment of the home room course. At the end of the series of lessons, a final test will be given. Speech Group Is Still Busy Although the Big 12 ended all competitive speech activities, Mr. Nelson and Mr. Atkinson are engaged in commencement, baccalaureate, and Memorial Day programs. As the baccalaureate exercises this year are to be given by students, many seniors are learning orations. Coach Nelson’s debate squad is discussing next year’s debate question, Resolved: That the United States should form an alliance with Great Britain. This question should be a spirited and timely subject. It will widen interest in current foreign issues. Patronize Our Advertisers DEAL WITH DOYLE AND SAVE Si 50.00 down on any new Dodge or Plymouth DEWEY DOYLE COURT AT FIFTH BOYS AND GIRLS! Buy or rent your muHirul Instrument in l’ekln at price ami terniN to ult your ronrenience. We guarantee every Instrument we Mil. Come down, let' talk It over. EHRLICHER BROTHERS MUSIC STORE LEFT HAND COLUMN Margaret Loomis Yarncraft 1: Girl. ’ Club, 1. 3. 4; Library Cadet, 1. 3: Caber, 3; pekln -ois Staff; Quill and Scroll. Johanna Buehler Girl Itexorves 1; G. A. A. 1. 2: Red Mill : Rhapsody In Black 1. 2: Girls' Club 1. 2. 3. 4; “Chocolate Soldier”. Rose Sciortino G. A. A. 1. 2, 3; Girls’ Club 1: Yarn-craft 3; Pirates of Penzance” i “Naughty Marietta ; Treasury Assistant 4; Choir 3. 4. Helen Mason Girl Reserves. 1; Girls’ Club, 1, 2. Kathryn Mefford G. A. A. 1. 2. 4; Girls’ Club. 1. 2, 3: Music Club. 1: Choir. 3. RIGHT HAND COLUMN Fred Heisel Ag Club. 2. 3. 4. Arthur Leason Fencing 1; Cheer Leader 2; Track 3: Band 1, 2. Henry Denker Growing Pains; '-Pirates of Penzance; Thespians; “Death Takes a Holiday;” “Naughty Marietta; “Night of January 16;” “Rhapsody in Black, 4; Choir, 3. 4; Big 12 Choir Festival. 4. Merlin Deppert Student Council: President Freshman A and Sophomore B; Ag Club 3: Future Farmers; Hall Cadet. 4. Clifford Bliss Football. 3. 4; Baseball. 3, 4; Basketball. 3. 4. West Door Margery Steging gabbing with Doede Johnson. At the same time, she’s making eyes at Bob Maqfuet. Front Entrance Shirley “Bring ’em backalive Dennis, Rosenberg’s ardent admirer. did some snappy electioneering here last week. East Door Don Malile and Mary Alice Con-kel are supposedly studying geometry before the 8:15 bell, but-. Auditorium Door Well known lovers’ entrance features Herbert Zimmerman and Mary Alice Neill; Jim Chiado and Berniee Saunders. Rack Entrance Student Council and guests leaving for picnic—Alene Rosenberg and Boh Doren; Bernard Rosenberg and Alice Hines. New Gym liemadine H »err, still waiting for Boh Doren. (Doesn’t she know that basketball season is over!) James Field Dirt. Tennis Court Muriel Galbraith is watching with adoring eyes the game featuring “Snorky Evans. N. REULING CO. “The Store of Satisfaction” I Snappy Clothes for the Well-Dressed Student Dress and Sports Wear— Smart Accessories SIMPSON’S FOKMKKLY Slf KLBY'8 Soups - Chilli Sandwiches EXTRA THICK MILK SHAKES YVETTE'S Pekin’s Finest Women’s Store

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page 6 SENIOR EDITION LEFT HAND COLUMN Ryan Lancaster Photography 1; Golf 1, 2, 3, 4: Rhapsody In Black” 2: Cheer leader 2; Pirates of Penzance; Basket -hnll 3. 4: Peklnols Staff: Choir 2, 3. 4. Allen Manett Millions Rhapsody I; You Never Can “Brewster's In Bluck. 2, Tell;” Pirates of Penzauce;” Quill and Scroll: Hall Cadet 4: Peklnols Staff-Business Manager; Choir, 3, 4: Big Twelve, 3. Kollin Vanderheyden UBBEN COIL COMPANY OR, r. SEIBE, High-tirade' Domestic anil Steam COAL Wholesale and Retail KVK, EAR, N08E. and throat OFFICE, 8TKINMETZ BUILDING rOtBT STREET pkkin. ii.mnois Fencing, grnpliy 3; 1: Radio Club, 2; Photo-Hall Cadet, 4: Track. 4. Alfred Moore Cheer leader 2: Stage Craft 3; Choir 3. 4; Big Twelve 4. Robert Rhoades Fencing, 1: Radio Club. 3. 4; Cross Country, 3; Naughty Marietta.” RIGHT HAND COLUMN Rosalie Brooking 5. A. A. 1. 2. 3. 4; Girls' Club 1. 2. 3, 4; Yarnoraft 3. Maxine McBride Art Needle Craft. 1, 2: Girls' Club. 1. 2, 3; Rhapsody in Black, 4: Girl Reserves, 1. 4: Growing Pains: Pirates of Penzance:” Honor Club: Quill and Scroll: Naughty Marietta: Choir, 3, 4: Big Twelve. 4. Erma Crociani Girls' Club. 1. 2. 3. 4: Yameraft 2. 3. 4. La Verna Maxwell Concert Orchestra. 4: Naughty Marietta: Girls' Club, 4: G. A. A., 4: Choir, 4. Lenora Sheppert Secretary-T r e a s urer—Freshman A : Girls' Club, 1. 2: Girl Reserves. 1, 2, 3, 4: Big 12, 1; Pirates of Penzance : Archery. 1. 2. 3, 4: Choir 3. 4. Freshman Submits Book Of Original Poems For English Two Project It’s not only seniors who can do creative things. A freshman. Gene Weghorst by name, handed In an original poetry project to Miss Brainard recently in his English 2 class. Among the original poems in the book are these: THE DICTIONARY Now take the dictionary, folks. There’s nothing quite so keen As all the words assembled there, If you just know what they mean. They start with A and go on thru; They end with Z you know; And every one will understand They cause us lots of woe. THE SPARROW Dear little birdie, braving the snow. They call you a sparrow, wherever you go. But I’ll place crumbs, all in a row, So that you might find them When the cold winds blow, THE HIGH WAY One mad rush along the way, Are our highways of today. Never safe for children’s play— But what Is there for us to say? Drunken drivers, careless shleks. Causing women’s and children’s shrieks. This hurry-schurry makes one weak; I’d like to smack them on the beak. Fifteen Seniors Rate Two Honor Clubs; Low’man, Puckett Belong To Three Two seniors, June Lowman and Alfreeda Puckett, have the distinction of belonging to three national Honor groups at Pekin High this year. June, co-editor of the Pekinois. is a member of Quill and Scroll, Thespians, and National Honor Society. Alfreeda is a member of National Forensic, Quill and Scroll, and National Honor Society. Thirteen seniors belong to two honor groups. National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll claim Ruth Tyler, also co-editor of the Peklnols; Grace Jurgens, Mildred Eden; Eileen Henterseher, Charlotte Irby, Shirley Zehr, Maxine McBride. Evalyn Borsch, Verla Hieser, and Meleta Heiser. Margery Oltman and Lois Trimble belong to National Honor and Thespians; and Jim Hapenney is a Thespian and a Quill and Scroll member. Underclassmen Vote On Favorite Departing Grads Who is your most popular senior? The underclassmen seem very emphatic about their selections. Wilma Doren, a small frosh B was quite sure that Jim Clilado was her favorite in spite of the fact that he won’t sing for her. Truck Wieburg, who thinks he’s junior A but can’t say for sure, chooses Swede Luft. Dova Fuller, a blond junior A selected Jim Clii-ado also. Billie Borsch, sophomore A, says Louts Veerman, He's such a good tennis player. A well known freshman B, Carol Brown plays her favorites in big numbers. Duke Hotello, Swede Luft, Eugene Ma-quet, and their girls. Watch out for that little frosh, girls. Marian Bruder, junior A, makes her choice as Dorothy Dunn. A popular sophomore A, Jeanne Ehrhardt states that Peach Jurgens Is the senior of her choice. John Gainer is Lynas Lane'9 choice. Sh’e a junior A. Another junior A, Cleo Vivianno, named both Rex Sherman and Duke Ro-tello as favorites. He seems to go for the team in a big way. Margery Hackler says Swede Luft, Chet Hellyer is definitely the favorite of Henry Nanninga, a blond junior A. Jim Stinky” Davis, sophmore B. favors Beverly Gnrlng, and a mischievous sophomore A in the person of Bill Mayer-Oakes likes Duke Botello because he goes to Sunday school once in a while. Mildred Eden is Ed Underwood’s idea of a grand girl. Ed’s a junior A. Altho these seniors may not be your favorites, they’re all a good example of what each underclassmen can be if he lives up to some of their standards.

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Page 8 SENIOR EDITION PHONE 274 DE KEUSTER CLEANERS and SHOE REPAIRER Free Deli ery—10 N. Capitol t Pekin. 111. The Eisie Goar Dress Shop | parel ol Distinction i nr Smart Women” I’I.'Mi.- Lift An Building LEFT HAND COLUMN Mardella Haller Joyfully, Blushingly Seniors Relate Happiest Moments In Respective Private Lives Girl Reserves, 1, 2, 4; Girls' Club, 1, 2, 4; Library Cadet. 2: German Club. 3: Quill and Scroll; Naughty Marietta ; Choir, 4. Thelma Tucker Girl Reserves. 1. 2. 3; Girls' Club 1, 2. 3; Personal Appearance 2. Marjorie Pinos Art Needle Craft: Girls’ Club 1. 2. 4: Girl Reserves 1. 2, 3. 4. Marjorie Walker (.iris’ Club 1. 2. 3. 4; Personal Appearance, 3; Naughty Marietta ; ChOlr 4: Rig 12, 4. Grace Riley Girl Reserves. 3. 4; Varncraft, 3; Naughty Marietta ; Girls’ nub. 4: Choir. 4: Rig 12, 4. RIGHT HAND COLUMN Carter Rankin Science Club. 1; Tennis 2. 3; “Growing Pains; Thespians. Jack Pratt Photography. 3. 4: Chorus, l. 2. Wilbur Brecher Hall Cadet, 4; Baseball. 4; German Club 4. William Conkel Photography 1: Golf 3; Strident Council. Roland Faux Baseball 2, 3; Football 1. 2. 3, 4; Basketball 2. 3; Hall Cadet 4; Co-Captain football 4. Oh Joy! Oh rapture! Oh ecstasy! These flowery cliches issued forth from Jim Chiado’s melodic throat when he proclaimed his happiest moment as being the time “she” said she would go steady. Whoever “she is. is lucky, don’t ’cha think, (or don’t ’cha.) But Italo Rossi’s thrilling moment didn’t have anything to do with gals. No sir. It was when he kicked-off (the ball) at the Central football game last fall. Jim Hapenney was happy about the whole thing when Dean Snyder got the mumps. But he was just kiddin.’ Maybe, huh? Toward the more serious side, Shirley Zelir went into hysterics when she received her invitation from National Honor Society. She said she felt like a different person. With a “hip. hip hurray’’ and “rah, rah, rah,” John Gainer announces that his happiest moment came when he found he was elected cheer leader. As a fitting and proper close. Julian “Sissy-pants” Botello blushingly mumbled that when B. Falk-ln agreed to swing-out with him at the Prom created great fervor and happiness in his soul. (But she can dance.) Efficient Office Staff Toils Steadily Through Heat Of Summer As Students Desert Celestial Halls Motor trips and sailing ships and fishing poles and fun—how lovely it is! Thus goes that persistent little ditty (round and round) in the heads of lethargic students. Thoughts of a lazy vacation tantalize each overworked Pekinite. Soon all will pursue their idea of the perfect holiday. Yet through the suffocating heat of warm summer days hanging heavy in vault-like deserted Pekin High corridors, will be heard the stacatto doggeral of a typewriter In action. Phantomlike, the sharp contact of the metal keys will beat upon the hushed air, only to fall back, a hollow echo. Surely old style echoes of ambitious typing classes is not yet reverberating in the halls. No, just two lonely workers are spending their vacations in routine office tasks for the sake of a smoother 1938-39 year. These two energetic workers are the efficient office force, namely Fern Lally and Dorothy Bellville. Fern, with only a two weeks’ vacation, works steadily on, although Dorothy spends only about a month over typewriter and filing cabinet. Many and varied are the tasks which these two accomplish. Completing senior permanent record cards, recording 1938 grades, crediting the year’s activities—all these must be done for the filing cabinet. As Fern checks orders for maps of Yugoslavia and fifteen jars of super-deluxe paste, most students will investigate the shady banks of Spring Lake, or spend a lazy morning in bed. Fern’s tasks include all ordering and checking of equipment, as well as the small (?) Items of inventory and outlines for the coming year to be completed. In spare time, instructions to be handed out on the opening day of school are prepared, and preparations are made for registration of incoming freshman during the latter part of the vacation months. Efficiently, the janitors clean the buildings and put them in top condition, for they, too, must be ready for fall. After this motley array of chores is done, there is time for vacation for the summer gaug— they hope! ROLLER SKATES • DELUXE 500 MILE SKATES $1.98 AND $2.49 OTHERS AT 1.49 AND 98o Tennis Rackets BRAND NEW RACKETS AT PRICES TO PLEASE ALL Central Book Toy Store 345 COURT STREET