Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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SENIOR EDITION I’age 11 Senior Celebrities Make Final Appearance in Pekinois Featuring lights that burned for four years and are now out as far as we are concerned in this column! It is here that we discuss traits and characteristics that have made the ‘big shots' what they are. Starting out with the one every body picked on, we find the senior class sissy, Roy Andrews, who is a quiet little laddie. ’39‘s gift to the chubby or tubby. whichever way you prefer, brings us to the aviator. Joe Sobo. who wishes he were thin and lanky like Glamour I ants y, George Herchenroder. Now. and all kidding aside, hold your hats, for it is the windiest guy in your class trying to sell something. Anyway, it’s Donny Sevier, who is admired by the speech shy boys like William Reardon and Joseph Francis Rarlck, Esq.. Jr., the 2nd. who are the senior class rowdies. Of course, of course, what would this column be without the PRIZE ATHLETE OF THE CLASS? We give you Albert Rot-tIn, the streamlined athlete, (he's gotta lotta curves.) Maybe he pitches. 39's flirt brings us to that dashing young man. Russell Pat- Tight to some Foo-de-rachi-sacki with a 1-2-3, I want some seafood in foo Cincinnati, Mama), but good old Italian spaghetti. The ‘llttlest man in the class is much smaller than Jimmie Let (Continued on Page 12. Col. 1) LEFT HAM) COLUMN Carolyn Sciortino Quite us sweet a lass as ever looked In a looking glass.’ Assistant. Gene Smedley “God glveth speech to all, song to the few. Quill mid Scroll: Thespian: Nation al Honor Society: Pekinois Staff: president Junior It: Night of Jan unry lti”: Kind Lady : You Can't Take Ii With You”: Student Conn oil: Pirates of Penzance”: Naughty Marietta : The Mikado : “Ithap sody in Black 37-’38. Louise Strickfaden Her Ivory hands on the ivory Strayed in a fitful fantasy. Girls’ Club; Quill and Scroll: kinois Staff: Student Council: Nat ioual Honor Society: Naughty Marietta”: Assistant. Louis Stoiin 1 am as ambitious as Caesar was. hut I haven’t the chance.” Assistant. Alice Solterman She's sympathetic optimistic and happy, too, And she’s always willing to help In whatever the class tries to do. G. A. A.; Band: Girls’ Club: As sistaut. keys Pe- rk;ht hand column ten. | ---- GiGaNtic—StUpEnDoUs— Big George Schantz and Tall! We have found the biggest giant of all—(I’m a Poet) —attention. Mildred Taylor. George Harris, 39’s shyest senior, has nothing to say. (Just ou the side, where did he get his credits?) Busy as a bee with a dose of Carter’s Little Liver Pills is Harold Rutledge, the fastest walking He’s a chip o’ the old block.” Assistant: Hall Cadet. Charleen Seibel She was ever fair and never proud, Always had her tongue at will And yet was never loud. Forensic: Quill and Scroll: Thespian: Pekinois Staff: Kind Lady : You Can't Take It With You : Girls' Club: Naughty Marietta : Rhapsody In Black ‘.IT: National Honor Society: Assistant. Robert Shuler “Every artist is first an amateur. Hall Cadet: National Honor Society. talking senior. He is (his year’s Jeanne Shipley Her friends are many, her foes are few, and as a good senior, we give her her due.” President Freshman A: Student Council: Girls' Club: Assistant: Hall Cadet. Joe Simoncini Joe is an all-around good fellow in most energetic classmate. 'Tis sad, ’tis sad, this dumbest creature is so bad! Dumbness should have been his middle name. He’s first and last. Gene Smedley, the third. Suffering from stage fright and hating the stage are Muriel Galbraith and Paul Evans. They wouldn't appear on the stage for anything in the world. Only Dean Ration and Norma Deppert, respectively. would do that. Olt and Wys, such names! These two. Alfred and Anna, have the longest names In the class. For the shortest name we searched far and near, and Arthur Lichtenberger wins the prize. For the simplest name no teacher should mispronounce we have indeed a rare specimen. Take your place, Tina IVsmglia. Food! Food! They used to feed babies milk, but now they feed them R. C. Cola fa nonpaid advertisement bv an old alumni)! We give you the top notch cook. Effort Serangeli. His favorite dish is not FISH, (like Holding an athletics and all. President Junior B: “You can't Take It With You”: Assistant; Baseball: Football: Student Council: Rah Cadet: National Honor Society. Jewelry of Distinction at Moderate Prices R. Me CL INTICK IN STYLE SHOP Camera Shy Seniors Mary Breaden She has done it herself. She 1ms not left it to others. Girls’ Club: Hall Cadet. Eleanor Davis A pretty girl is always hi demand.” Hall Cadet: Assistant: Naughty Marietta : Girls' Club: Concert Orchestra. Steve Freed I wish the fellow who invented work had finished it. Fencing, Wrestling. Thomas Livingstone is there any Scotchman without charm ?” Pekinois Staff: “Night f January Id : Student Council; Track: Assistant. Richard Zimmerman SileiK-e is a friend that never betrays. Concert Orchestra. A-H-A ■H AAA I IIW aa h aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa A A

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Page 10 SENIOR EDITION Many Seniors Reveal Precious Memories Collected From Four Years of Combined Work and Play Several years ago. a popular 11 tty. ‘‘The Song Is Ended But the Memory Lingers On. was on the lips of many Incoming freshmen. Now that these students are departing seniors, once again the song is hummed except that the words are High School Days Are Over But the Memories Linger On.” Miss Shirley Sheridan openly announces that it was not being “mamma in You Can’t Take It With You.” but when she was presented a crown and named Miss Pekinois that she was really happy. We can hardly blame her. can we? We’re mighty proud of you. Shlrl. It's blondes again, as Russell Patten admits that his life-long memory will be having Lois Trimble as a chemistry partner. And speaking of blondes, is it LEFT HAND COLUMN Lillian Peoples Her Mush Is modesty, ness. twirls' Club. Donald Kipper A light hearted lad. and free cure. Track; Wrestling. Martha Robison The heart to conceive, the under standing to direct, or the hand to execute. Hirin' ’liit : llall fadet. Joe Serangeli Hebate destroys dispatch.” Forensic: Debate; (»o|f; Cross- country: Assistant. Pauline Kenner All who saw admired her coy and gentle, the retired manner. Hlrls’ flub. RIGHT HAND COMMN William Kipper Hill must have a good time or lu wouldn't bo so happy about it.’’ Basket ball; Football; B a s e ball stagecraft; Assistant. Tina Pescaglia Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you. Girin' flub; Naughty Marietta : The Mikado ; llall Cadet. James Kol! •» | There N no pride on earth like the • I pride of intellect and science. -♦ Hand; Concert Orchestra: Tennis. Julia Rebuffoni She’s timid and bashful, Hut just the same She’s 1111101 and peaceful As .1 (ilia's her name.” tJIrls’ (lub. Ettore Serangeli He'd relish a Joke, and rejoice in a pun. r'- Hand; Hoys' Club; Pirates of Pensanee : Hall fadet. t A, B, C’s of the Senior Class Athletic Walt Maurer Beautiful ------------- Klloen Hines Cote Don Mulile Dumb 11 of them around exam time Kfflrlent ------------- Louise Kverwieii l-'iekle . Jim Inland (ilamorous Hilarious Interesting Jollj Kind Lovable -------- Masterful Neat Obstreperous Lee. Steve Polite quiet Komantie Studious Tart till t'neoneerned Vitality Witty Xanthippe Youthful I .opby r Jeanne Shipley Anita Kicci Dorothy Haworth Kvelyn llollaml Norma Deppert Carolyn Sclortino ititi Reardon Bob I oren George Kline, Bob reed, and Louis Veerniun Devon McClain Dova Fuller Jeanne Tar ken her if Hilton Keed Gene Smrdley Muriel Galbraith Klbert Warren linn Sevier Kate Hoot Betty Armstrong Dalpba MeDonuld because she is his neighbor or is it something else? Anyway. Henry Nanninga will always remember those pleasant days when he walked to school with Jean Powers. Among Vivian LoPossa’s sacred memories will be the time she received a shorthand pin for taking dictation at 120 words per minute. The Three Musketeers, Don Ward, Don Eve, and Fred Darehe openly admit (brazen little hoys) they have no particular memory, but that one of their favorites was the rootin’ tootin’ times in Mr. Hall’s Consumer Guidance class. Frances Longacrc’s favorite memory is the time when she had so much fun being an Indian squaw in the Commencement Pageant. Music has taken a spot in the heart of Alfred Pogioli, as he has participated In four productions put on by the department in the last two years. Carolyn Sclortino, (Squeekieto all her pals), declares (confidentially of course) that her lasting memory will be the semester when Bob Doren would walk down the corridor with her. It must he love with Joe Simon-rini because when asked his favorite memory he pipes up with “The first date I ever had with Lucille. Miss Williams is the favorite with Faye Miller and Dorothy Haworth. who confess that their friendship with her will he a memory never to be forgotten. Who’d a thought it. but Eloise Junker expresses her high school memory to he those swell times in her English 8 class. (Bouquets to you. Miss Ealkin—or was It Miss Falkin she was Interested in?) Joe Sebo. our senior pilot, enjoys skipping school. He doesn’t want to set a had example for freshmen, hut one has to admit it’s fun if von can get away with It. Learning to trip the light fantastic in her creative dancing class was not only a pleasant memory, hut a great achievement for Elizabeth McLeod. (But she still trips down stairs, so was it a great achievement? We’ll leave It up to you.) G. A. A. work and receiving their awards are ‘‘tops’’ in the hook of memories from Pekin High with Alice Solterman and Mildred Morscli. Winding up our little chat of memories, Wilma Sttimph and Pauline Renner haven’t any certain memory, but they will always remember every enjoyable moment of their four full years of dear ole P. C. H. S. Henry Birkenbusch Son THE PEKIN JEWELERS Repairing a Specialty 420 Court St.

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Page 12 SENIOR EDITION Seniors Relate Happy Times What Is your happiest moment? Would you hesitate to answer? The following seniors gladly cooperated, however, in answering this question. Anita Ricci proudly stated that her happiest moment was when she was told she had a part in the All School Play, while Jeanne Taekenlierg giggled in a child-like fashion, “When I slid down the banisters with no one around. ' Joe Serangie’i replied with joy that his happiest moment was when the debate team won over Lincoln. PAulinc Kenner and Elizalieth McLeod go hand in hand as to their happiest moment. They both enjoyed May 1st because of the pretty corsages they received from the underclassmen. When the bell rang for 3:15 on the last day was Don Gallo-way's most joyous moment. (Shame on you. Don . ..Bob Cralne seemed the happiest when Mildred Taylor accepted his invitation to the prom, and why shouldn't he? There are lots and lots of happy moments, but Jim Bearden thinks his is when he’s not studying. while Leona Faux’s was when she had her first date with Fred Darche. P. C. H. S. Correspondent Flashes Latest Headline and Feature News of Future Hello Mr. and .Mrs. North Freed’s Lovey Lotion is guaraij-Amcriea and all sa| s at sea. This te l to cun headaches, hangnails, is your I . C. H. S. correspondent, GENE SMKDI.KY, bringing you tin latest In-adlim- ami feature news. We go to press. FLASH! It is rumored that Kileen Mines today signed a five-year contract with Twentieth Century Fox. Good Luck, Miss Hines! South Pekin, Illinois. Janie Claris was kidnap| ed yesterday afternoon following a series of threatening notes. Janie is tin lSth daughter of MR. ANI) MRS. JAMES GARLS. and hangovers. Now hack to GENE SMEDLEY with more news. Competition is getting stiffei and stiffer between Podunk Centre Exposition and the Dog-patch Fair. Statisticians, Patricia Conover and Philip Rackes sav this is due partly to the fact that Podunk Centre is featuring the dance of the Seven Veils starring George Herchenroder, while Dog-patch boasts Charleen Selbel’s fan dance. MR. AND MRS. PAUL EVANS are celebrating their 2( th wedding anniversary today. In high school life they were better known as SNORKY EVANS and NORMA DEPPERT. At present they art rearing five little student councilors. Bill Reardon today was promot- j ed to the position of foreman of the W. P. A. Joe Rarick will now be his right hand man. Flash! Today. Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives Sim-oncinl, Klin e, and McDonald raided the spacious salon of the r a m o ii 8 spiritualist, “Swami Sevier. His arrest was made for fraudulent spiritualistic meetings. “Swami will serve his term in “Sang-Sang. It is rumored that MRS. ASTA Is blessed eventing! Incidentally. Mrs. Asia is MARY FABRY’S DOG. A1 “Rubinoff Boltin was denied the $5,000 insurance he hoped to collect for a hangnail that caused him much pain. Mr. Bottin, who is holding first chair in the violin section of the Phil-harmonoc Orchestra. has his valuable hands insured for the tidy sum of $10,000. Senior Celebrities (Continued from page 11, col. 2) who set a record hard to beat, but this MUG is the smallest bit we know—we give you Evans Farr, the new record holder. Please don’t judge his size by his feet. We used his brain. (If 1 received a dollar for every punch in the nose I get. and Evans finds out who wrote this. I’ll be paying income tax in a short time.) For the prize for a Jokehater and a killjoy, we give you Don Ovan Ward, the silliest grouch we can find—he is a little too dippy on the tippy side to set a record, though. Swing It—Kill It—Beat It Out —Hop, you Jitterbugs—Make it hot for. all joking aside, the King and Queen of the Land of Killer Dlllers are here. We give you Anita Ricci and James (gimme a Peoria girl) Unland. Last but not least, we give you a bov who worked too hard—the most studious hoy in the school We nominate Stephen Freed . . Often it is rumored that Helen Ruth Brown wished she had Steve’s ability to concentrate and pass hard tests. (How do you do it. Stephen?) This ends our list and so with many tears in our eyes, you Flat heads, we bid you goodbye. I’ll he haek in a flash with a flash! If you want skin jieople love to touch, the skin that makes MR. JAMES BEARDEN, Pekin’s best and most efficient street cleaner, quit Ills job yesterday. Why? Because he won in the sweepstakes. He bet his bottom dollar (the one he found In the street) on Hlaek Beauty, the winner. t'oarh Rob Horen is again celebrating with his famous Bradley five. Boh has proved very successful as coach since the year 19 45. man’s heart beat FREED’S LOVEY Paris. IDALENE HOFF ar-faster, use rived here today to got the latest j O T I () N. do|N on all the summer styles for Seniors Take Time Out To Think About Plans For Their Future Life A few seniors have taken time out in the hustle and hustle of the fast month, and given some serious thoughts to what they wanted and could be, for playing is over, and one must settle down to earning a living. Paul Evans is entering the Medical School at Illinois to prepare himself to be a doctor. Norma Deppert, (who isn’t a career woman by the way), is going to work here in town, or maybe she will take a general course at college. Three guesses to which college she will go. Robert Dorcn is going to the University of Southern California, and learn to be a statistician. l»ova Fuller would like to be a journalist or an interior decorator. She hopes she can enroll at Bradley College in Peoria next fall. Louise Strickfaden is also enrolling at Bradley next fall to become a journalist. In a few years we should have some good coaches as Walt Maurer is entering Knox College, while George Kline and Roy Andrews will attend Macomb. James Roll is either going to Bradley or Illinois in the fall and become a chemist. Devon McClain hasn’t made up his mind which college he is going to attend, but he has definitely decided to be a chemist. Shirley Sheridan is going to work as a clerk in one of the stores down town. She hopes she makes a good housewife as well as a good clerk. Dorothy Farmer is looking for a job instead of some college to go to. She would like to find some office work in Pekin. Helen Glulck already has a job waiting for her this summer. She is going to Mt. Pulaski, Illinois, to work at the Central Illinois Light Company. Robert Lee, besides going to the New York World’s Fair, is planning to work this summer. In the fall he is coming home and if he can’t get a Job at one of the factories he will be back for a post-i grad course. Eileen Hines would like to attend the Gregg Business School in Chicago and learn to be a stenographer. (Continued on page 13. col. 1) S. T. GLASF0RD, M. D. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Office, 404 Elizabeth St. Pekin, Illinois STUDENTS You Get Quality at a Saving at the J. C. PENNEY CO. PEKIN, ILLINOIS the ‘Women’s York Times. Page’ of the New And so until next time Lotions of Love. I remain. P. C. H. S. correspondent. with your