Roodhouse Community High School - Railroader Yearbook (Roodhouse, IL)

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. . 7 L EG EN DE t LOST CLASS IVIATES HEN OUR old bark set out in nineteen hundred twenty-two for a four years voyage on the sea of knowledge we had a crew of seventy-six. It was the largest that had ever attempted to sail this sea. The R. H. S. Gradua- tion was our goalg and our slogan was Row not Drift . That we might reach our gcal with a complete crew was a wish not to be realized for we had merely started when Edith McAndrews was captured by a strong pirate. Isabel Safely, Melvin McMahan, Floyd Lane, Russell Grifiiths, John Scott, and Joe Witworth deserted us at various islands throughout the first year. In the late spring the old vessel pulled up along the coast of vacation. After a brief period of repose and recreation we set sail again with a crew of fifty. Some of our farmer mates had failed to return for the second voyage and a few were ordered to try the first voyage again. The sailing was more difficult than it had been the preceeding year. The following were deserters: Freda Downs, Hazel Lawson, Russel Davis, Lee Strawmatt, Don- ald Elliott, Eugene Crabtree, Jacob Rawlings, Everett Windmiller, William Gilmore, and Dorothy McAdams. Alberta Cooper, Florence Dawdy, and Leta Ruyle had been transferred to another vessel. V On our third trip we had a crew of thirty-six, several repeating the second journey. Mary Mae Peebles, Grace Sieberman, Ira Waltrip, and Walter Thurman had failed to appear for unknown reasons. Olena Cole received orders to go on board a distant ship, Wretha Coffman was captured and Helen Vineyard and Kenneth Roe deserted us. Now we are starting on our fourth voyage. It is hard to realize that this will be our last. Lela Marsh, Alta Gilmore, and Elsie Crabtree did not return to us. Eliza Strang Andras, Helen Smith and Buell Wallis transferr- ed to other crafts. For five months we sailed along undisturbedg then at an unguarded moment Mary Piper was stolen. Our number has diminished to twenty-five. Those of us who had kept our goal in view soon came to the end of our journey. We were sorry for those who had deserted our ranks for we had truly profited by remaining faithful. -M- M- Pugc Twenty-three

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r '- LEGEND XMin!un1wnfuQrudluh1zfuQfpA L......, ..... --.....,- , .. --.M ,. , ffm., - HELEN HUTTON - ' DOROTHY BELL- Dot The mildest 'manner and the gcnf- Noi sfcpping over the boundy of lest lzefzfrtv. modesty . Athletic Association '24, '25 Athletic Association '26, we SENIORS Now comes the month of May, And we regret we cannot tell, For it brings soon the day For us to bid our friends farewell Although we must depart From school and our friends so dear, Into the World we start Without a thought of dread or fear We will there do our best At every task which we've begun, And never think of rest Until our work we-'ve truly done. So willingly we leave And try our best to win a crown Which someday we believe Will brightly shine for our home town. -Helen Huffooz, Dorothy Bell Page Twenty-Iwo

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EG ENDE -lt . fx,'xcX. x'xAfX:Xfx, x:'x.f-x,fx:x.fx , 'B S' H SENIOR CLASS HISTORY WAY OUT here in mid-ocean from all civilization we can look through field glasses and see a tiny speck. Yes, it is the harbor from which we started. For eight long years we worked in the shallow water without looking back at the harbor. But at the end of this time we thought, turned, looked and saw the big black harbor. It seemed a century to our young lives, those eight yearsg yet when we peered into the distance the harbor loomed up very distinctly. We hadn't gone as far as we thought we had, so we decided, after stopping at the harbor named Freshmen, to continue our journey for a few more years in the same direction. Before starting out from Freshmen harbor our crew rented a new ship from Mr. Hutcbens. We decided upon a tall popular sailorboy by the name of Buell Wallis, as captain. Buell did not like the idea of taking all the res- ponsibilities so he proposed to have an adviser to help him, Mr. Hill was chosen. After selecting these various helpers and a number of 75 sailors, Buell steered the ship into the deep water. Buell made an excellent captain. But with all of his clevcr manage- ment and steering of the ship, the inevitable storms came with big waves sweeping over our boat, and carried away many of our crew. During this year we had to have some enjoyment so we decided upon a party. Since we had agreed upon a harbour by the name cf Sophomore to be our next stop, we called this party the Freshman and Sophomore party we had lots of fun during this year but we also had many struggles. Our ship surely would of been swept to the bottom' of the ocean by the terrible storms, had it not been for our brave captain. One morning one of the sailors came rushing in to tell us that Sopho- more harbor was in view. We soon reached this harbor and decided upon a change in ship, captain and advisor. There were many ships in the Sophomore harbor to be rented but the one that especially took our eye was owned by Mr. Moore. We chose this ship Olena Cole as captain, and Mr. Lane as advisor. This time starting out with only a crew of fifty and headed toward Junior harbor. We hadn't gone far before Olena suggested that we have a weiner roast. We stopped at the first island we sighted which happened to be Birch Creek, built a fire and had a regular feast, which lasted far into the night. We had another party before we reached the Junior harbor in one of the rooms on the upper deck known as the Gym'l. One day toward the end of our journey the crew could tell by the look on Mr. Moore's face that there was going to be a change in the weather. About the middle of the journey Mr. Moore had looked this same way and we had run into some huge rocks known as semester examinations. We got up the next morning and seeing a big fog hovering about, worked very hard to save our ship. At the end of the day we heard a joyous shout from one of the black ugly rocks and the Junior harbor was right in front of us. Our captain was very tired and at the suggestion of Mr. Moore gave up her oliice as captain to Margaret McCarty. The crew also voted to elect Mrs. Wilkinson as advisor for this trip and started with a crew of thirty- seven. We were very busy on this trip, because of our decrease in the Page Twenty-four