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

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LEGENUE -.f2af'..I -I5I'ZI'-f'.1Tl'If'IITZ K.IN..I -.IT.!N number and because Mrs. Wilkinson promised us a banquet at the end of the journey if we were a faithful band. Margaret managed the crew well and got through all the storm by only losing eleven members. We were all very happy when we saw Senior port in view for we had failed to see the lighthouse and got upon the ter- rible semester rocks but with Mr. Moore's strong ship and the clever man- agement of our captain we sailed over the rocks into Senior port. We again changed advisors and captains. This time we selected Clay- ton Ruyle and Rawlins Advisor. We had only twenty-six to start on this voyage. Clayton turned the ship toward the harbor known as graduation. We hadn't g.one far until we ran into some whales, which proved that we were in deep water. They followed us for two days. Mr. Moore told us that he had made this trip often and he had always noticed that if we were not near the rocks because the whales were following us. This voyage seemed to be the hardest of all. We encountered many stormsg and were once attacked by a pirate ship. One of the men from this boat grabbed one of our fair maidens and carried her off with him. One night during a heavy fog we thought we surely were lost. But when morning came Mr. Moore came in with a smile upon his face and told us to look. We did, and lo! there in front of us was Graduation harbor. We all declared if it had not been for Mrs. Rawlins and our captain we would never of reached the harb.or. We are now ready to begin another long voyage. Each of the twenty- five left with a ship of his own and himself as captain. We hope that in the future when we meet our brothers and sisters and the vari.ous helpers on this long voyage it will not be like: Ships that pass in the night, and speak to one another in passing Only a voice in the distance, then darkness again and silence. -Effie Griffiths. ACCOMPLISHIVIENTS OF Tl-IE CLASS OF I 9 2 6 S SENIORS we can look back over our high school career and point with pride to our accomplishments. Our class has a reputation of doing well everything which it undertakes. As soon as we entered high school we began to do our share. Two members of our class represented our school in the Greene County Meet. Alberta Cooper in vocal solo and Pauline DeVilbliss in piano. Alberta won second place, and Pauline third place. This gave us the inspiration and de- termination to work and to win more honors for our school in the succeed- ing years. During the next two years our school interest in literary work increas- ed and out of the number who took part in the contest, Buell Wallis repre- sented our school in declamation and oration in '24 and '25 respectively won first place both years and Pauline DeVilbliss took third place in piano twice. Olena Cole and Buell Wallis were members of the debating team. Clayton Ruyle won first place in extemporaneous speaking in the state pre- liminary contest held at Springfield and fifth place at the I. S. N. U. meet. Several people were members of the chorus in '24 and '25, As we are now nearing the end of our fourth year, we are expecting to do more than ever in the spring contest. We are proud of the h.onors that we have won for our school. We feel that our class has been loyal and has supported it on every possible occasion and we shall continue to do so in the future.fM. M. Page Twvw ty-fire

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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

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u-zcszung . 'F .V . gf lqfilgll CLASS PROPHECY Upon me has been placed the task of expounding the prophecy of thc Senior Class of 1926. Hoping that a miracle might happen or that I might be suddenly inspired to write, I sat down before the fireplace 'and listened to the rain pattering on the roof. The steady tapping of the rain and the warmth of the fire were very soothing and suddenly faint visions began to appear before me. As I watched they became cleared and I seemed to see a Pirate ship, Hoating over the waters, robbing and plundering every ship it came near. On the deck stood one of the Pirates and as he turned toward me I recog- nized Fred Settles. This vision did not last long for I saw Charles Jones as a famous spiritulist. The slender and charming figure of a young woman dressed in the latest Paris creations now walked gr'acefully before me and I instantly recognized Edie Griffiths. Next I saw Doyel Wendall who, as a living skeleton, was the chief attraction of a large circus. The advertise- ment bearing the picture of Pauline DeVilbliss who was called the world's greatest pianist now came before my eyes. Then came a vision of a noted chemist, Margaret McCarty, who had discovered a way to extract light from an onion. But alas even the picture of so great a chemist could not remain forever and as it faded away in the flames another took its place. I saw a Detroit policewoman who was none other than Thelma Locker. Next appeared the vision of Sidney Witworth the world's champion boxer and after it, that of June Rimbey, a noted designer in New York whose models were unsurpassed by even those of Paris. Rilla Armstrong had shown tendency to become a nurse and she as head nurse in a large hospi- tal in Baltimore now floated before me. Next came Lucille Davis as man- ager of a beauty parlor. She had also become a great radio fan. This vision faded also and in its place appeared Mildred Strang a concert singer making a tour of Europe. My mind seemed to shift to semi-rediculous, for I saw Lowell Reeve and Helen Gilmore, now happily wedded, living on a large farm in Australia. They were raising ostriches in a philanthropic endeavor to lower the high cost of living. My vision next carried me back to America where I see Albert Clark a street cleaner and Mildred Hanna- ford a noted nerve specialist. After these came the vision of Bertha Nettles the proprietor of a chain of 5 ant 10 cent stores from which she had accumulated rnuch wealth. Then appeared the picture of a model house- wife who was none other than Dorothy Taylor and of Clayton Ruyle a civil engineer. Next Letha Fraley came before me and I could see her writing her famous book on How to Remain Young . As this disappeared I saw Dorothy Bell a great emotional actress who is much sought after. This faded also and in its place appeared that of a great artist whose fame is universal. I looked once and then again for it was the figure of Abner Day now one of the world's ireatest portrait painters. Helen Hutton in her airplane with which she earns much money and many thrills next floated before me and after her the vision of Mason Campbell model for collar ads. This faded away to replace that of Annabelle Stubblefield, a young society matron. As this vanished I sat up with a start and discovered that I had been asleep but I was happy for I had discovered a medium for foretelling the future of the class of '26. JUNE RIMBEY, . Class Prophet. Page Twenty-sim