Rockford High School - RHS Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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I34 THE R. H. S. ANNU L I see the ad, Pure Wheat Tomatoes, New peach corn fruit, and Blue potatoes, More wonderful specimens on our lists, Hunter and Frisbie, Scientists. Contralto in the high church choir, Miss Bengston sings with Blenda by her. A quiet girl who's been talked out, Is Irma Koblens, a maid devout. A poet whose songs would charm a bird With music sweeter than ever was heard, Is Etha Weaver, beloved ofthe muse, Fair child of Apollo, none need excuse. In the side show tent on circus day, I see the giant Kathryn Fay. A lover has Hazel Ryan the fair, Who says he simply adores red hair. Ralph Franklin now's a public reader. He has become a famous leader. He's surely changed, for long ago His reading was Ralph's Uworstest foe. Miss Helen Ray in a rosy gown, Is the charmingest flirt in all this town. Miss Marvin is a quiet miss, Whom Dame Fortune stoops to kiss. And now Clyde Fiddick I espied, I've saved another soul, he cried. For Clyde that worthy personage, With Billy Sunday was on the stage. Designer ofthe latest styles Miss Francis shows her greatest wiles. A Star Reporter is Miss Eddie, And with her pen she's always ready. Raymond Carmichael, the undertaker, And Carson Porter, the druggist faker Are in league with one another Whom lack of business does not bother. Grace Gilmore, our esteem has gained, As president ofa club far famed. The Vogel sisters, singers fair, Give concerts now most everywhere. With stately mein and way precise, So line so sure and so concise. Grace King, the school ma'am comes a long A teacher of the ignorant throng. As Hero in The Bridge at Midnight,' The Curtin is behind the footlight. A quiet maid is Frances Schiller And no one can be found more stiller. Q A nurse in stripes at Bellevue, Is Agnes Holm, Oh! pity her do! For chloroform and strong cocaine Do nearly drive the girl insane. With Pegasus her ready steed, Miss Beckner oft away doth speed. The Muse hangs o'er her teacher's desk And hies her on a daily quest.

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THE R. H. S. ANNUAL 331 I recognize Nilson of former day, A physical director of the Y. M. C. A. Head waiter at the Jarvis Inn, Picking up Crumb's, Brown's worn qui Our Francie Judd and A nes Williams te thin. g Have been to help the foreign missions. As nurses o'er the sea they go To aid alike both friend and foe. In the dazzling light of the footlights glare, Stands Myra Banks, an actress fair. Under her parent's lowering frown, Our Helen Crumb has turned quite Br As tutor of our Highty Grace And Junior Mabel, our scapegrace. Eva Garver lost her youth And is a wretched sight in truth. Adams has lost quite all sense, But still retains his eloquence. Mackey's the very definition Of an ardent politician. In a foreign and ancient hall, OWU. A prince of fortune met Miss Chindahl. Electric sparks her specialty, Miss Bradshaw's versed in coquetry. A maker of fine furniture, Charles Farnham is far from obscure. Ray Helm, Whose quiet ways we know, Is in a flour mill making dough. Miss Dentler sits and weaves a basket As some one whispers, May I ask it? Her drooping head she blushing bows And there they plight their lover's vows. White has become a politicion, In school he found this was his mission. Thomas and Tindall still follow their call Iiball They're conductinga school for old men's basket- Excuses that I gave in School And, How All Teachers I can Fool, Are latest books by Grace Bannen, Who wields with skill a practised pen. Leslie McGuire is still playing ball. I hear that he's signed with the Cubs for next fall. In happy old age, Della Rydbom is seen, Bereft of pink powder, Qbut it was not blondinej Hinchlilfe and Bedwell are men of great fame. Thru devotion to duty each won his name. Laboring nobly Qwe'll all recall thatj They peach and protest 'gainst the evils of Frat Our tall young Ariel Schweinfurth, In styles and rhymes doth shine forth. Frank Taylor's looking for some dough, He lost his job he was so slow. Sue Gunner, the huntress of steady aim, With the bow of Diana, brings down her game. Poor Robie could never have dreamed,-O hone! That one day he'd be here Ruthless and lone.

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THE R. H. S. ANNUAL With fluent thots and Hying pen, Miss Brinkerhoff sits in her den. No business men are greater than Our Westberg and Jay Willaman- A milliner whose taste and style Attracts the maids for many a mile, For Zella Wise was an artist, you see, And uses her skill in millinery. Garver and Forest lead a most uiet life q . Resigned to their lot they care not .for strife. The talkative agent, whom none will admit, Of garrulous tongue is Jessie DeWitt. Familiar strains of song do I hear, The Salvation Army is drawing near. I doff my hat my head a'bare, As Nichols and Miller lead in prayer. Her fate she met, our Edna S.- Long ere she left the R. H. S. On quiet nights with fullest moon, Pearl Billet's always wont to spoon. From tragic death of suicide, Is Martha Langwill saved by Clyde. She took K I for H20 Which most proved fatal as you know. A chalk talker of greatest fame, John Dowdakin has won a name. Gracie Cole, the cateress, Hungry people always bless. Mildred, Gracie and Marie, So wondrous fair these sisters three, Nightly they play at the orpheum, Provoking there a deal of fun. Miss Johns, for governor ofa state, Is now a worthy candidate. O! Frances Brockman's destiny Is to be drowned in the South Sea. Miss Minard ponders o'er and o'er The first Greek letter and no more. Around Miss Johnson, children Hock, To learn their A B's from a block. Up in the mountains the birds sang, At the approach of the Bandit's gang. Blake, as their leader roved along. While Davis filled the air with song. Cherry Valley has for Mayor Harry Case who is some grayer. The painter who has climbed to highest peaks Is Adelaide Hurd, Perfection she seeks Sydney Crysler sells cracked wheat And always earns good things to eat. Allaben with drugs and pills Has greatest powers to cure all ills. Ralph Giddings, for his fathfulness, Has been rewarded I confess. For really at the Orpheum, The stage director he's become.