Roosevelt Junior High School - Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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ROOSEVELT Top row: Tommy Carrico, Sain DiVerdi, John Reed, Donald Cronk, Irving Timm, Mr. NVise, Sam Spataro, Paul Franklin, Dick Blackwell, Donald Burt, Clifford Jackson. Third row: Barbara Holmes, Lois NVinter, Guy Dooley, Donald Schlenk, Chester Gayman, Louis D'Agos- tin, Donald Zilinsky, joe Ingrassia, Robert Logan, Virginia Torgerson, Helen Jensen. Second row: Evelyn Perry, Anna Lindeberg, Shirleylliusch, Irene Atkinson, Geraldine Simonds, Helen Skopinski, Shirley Sinnett, Laura Hoover, Janice Minett, Lois Halton. First row: Geraldine Campabello, Beatrice Bicknell, Marian Marks, Jennie Saudargzls, jean Braisted, Lorna Gallaher, Margaret Foss, June Tnsten. 9A 309 Pupils who were graduated from room 309 last semester were, during their lirst term at Roosevelt, pleasantly located in room 305. During the first year Mr. Ivan Nicholas was the home-room teacher. NVhen he was chosen for promotion and made assistant principal of Barbour School, an elementary school from which many junior high school boys and girls come, the members of the group were assigned to room 309. Mr. John WVise was then made the adviser-it happened to be Mr. VVise's first home room. Officers for the class during the last semester included the following: president, Janice Minett, secretary, ClitTord Jackson, student council member, Shirley Buschg girl sanitary officer, June Tosteng reporter for Tcddylr News, Janice Minett. This group included a number who were outstanding as scholars and athletesg pe- culiarly enough, these were all girls. June Tosten, Lois Halton, Virginia Torgerson, and Laura Hoover were in the first group. Members of the volley ball team which won the championship for home rooms were Helen Skopinski, captaing Marian Marks, Bar- bara Holmesg Evelyn Perryg Jennie Saudargas, and Geraldine Simonds. Throughout the three years the class had a number of jolly times together ou picnics and parties, but the one which they remen1bered most happily was the Christmas party during the first year, when childish games and fun made up the most of the entertainment. eighteen

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1934 Top row: Maurice Briggs, Dick Lindstrom, Charles Kalb, Robert Miller, Mr. Schoonmoker, John Gregg, Earl Bennett, Frederick Sculley, XYilber Somers, Jack Heath. Third row: Marian Ryan, Leona Shakotzus, Richard Michaelson, Eugene Cunningham, Paul Keltner Harry Vtlortman, Paul Boynton, John Novak, ,lean Miller, Janet Stevenson. Second row: Miriam Gustafson, Rosemary Folgate, Helen Bolle, Barbara Kingman, June Baber, Mar jorie Brigham, Margaret Drumb, jeane Olson, Marian Elfers, Arlyne Johnson. ' 1 First row! Audrey Jernberg, Dorothy Johns, Genevieve Daugherty, Martha NVinter, Marjorie Ruppert Kathryn Sterling, Charlotte Riche, Roseann Cox, Phyllis Absent: Evelyn Gridley, Robert Jepsen. ' 9A 208 Under the tutelage of Miss Lois Reynolds the junior high school work. VVhen Miss Reynolds was to prove fatal, Miss McGuire took charge of the gr Schoonmaker served as adviser and director. The class always took an active part in the the cleverest assemblies of the first semester was a which room 208 stagedgthe last one they sponsored , Erikson. members of room 208 began their stricken with a sickness which was oup. For the past two years, Mr. activities of the school. One of modernized Mother Goose playlet, was a fine minstrel show. On the staff of Trddylv News, Jeane Olson served as literary editor and ,lack Heath as circula- tion manager. During the last semester Roseann Cox was chosen as editor of the paper, making Jack Heath her assistant. During the three-year period the members of the group secured a number of coveted records and prizes. Dick Michaelson had the distinction ot being the only pupil in the room to be neither absent nor tardy for the three years. In eighth grade Roseann Cox was awarded a tive-dollar bill for her prize-winning essay in the American Legion contest. Harry VVortman, one of the most popular boys in the class, was chosen 9A president. Jean Miller and Marjorie Ruppert were winners in the animal Book Week contest, sponsored by the English department. Charlotte Riche captured typing and spelling honors. In the Honors assembly, held the last week of the semester, athletic certificates were presented to Marion Ryan, Leona Shakotus, Bob Jepsen. and Harry VVortman. Swimming letters were won by Marjorie Ruppert, Marion Ryan, Dorothy johns, and Janet Stevenson. Accomplishments for the members of this class were many. Only a modest be- ginning, they insisted, as they went to the senior high School. SC'UL'1ll'CC'H

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1934 Top row: Lawrence Bowden, Bayford Saunders, Leo Riggins, Bernard Hill, XYilfred Cooling, Claude Smith. Third row: Olin Marshall, Don Vtfadey, Allen Marston, Frank Nelson, Ntiilliam Hoppe, Lee Smith, Sheldon Knight. - Second row: Miss Hyland, Betty NVarne, Jeanne Lunrlgren, Leona Erickson, Blanche Sertoft, Mary Jane Mclntosh, Rhoda jane Knowlton, Elizabeth Beechum. First row: Marian Rockwell, Margaret Rotello, Catherine Mathews, Ruth Fleming, Helen Cuntarino, Natalie Fisher, Mary Lou XVarner, Rosemary NVnde. Absent: XVendell Story. 9A 304A Of the forty boys and girls who began their junior high school career in room 304A, twenty-nine completed the work and left for the senior high school February 1. 1934. Catherine Mathews and Mary Lou VVarner served capably as home-room officers during the last semester. Members of the group who took active part in the various service clubs of the school included Rhoda Jane Knowlton, Elizabeth Beechuni, Lee Smith, and Helen Contarino. The members of 304A were not very successful in capturing scholastic honors. They had outstanding members, nevertheless. Jeanne Lundgren and Leona Erickson were ardent talkers: Marian Rockwell and Rosemary VVacle were the gum-chewing champions of the school, Lawrence Bowden had the disturbing habit of losing things without being able to find themg Sheldon Knights motto became Silence is golden , Junior Nelson and VVilliam Hoppe appeared as the happy twins, speedy but not perfect, and other fast workers of the group were Olin Marshall, Bernard Hill, Leo Riggins, and NVilfred Cooling. In Honors assembly, however, this group had its representatives. Certificates and emblems in athletics were awarded Betty VVarne and Blanche Sertoftg in service, to Rhoda Jane Knowlton for her work on the student council committee, in scholarship, to Catherine Mathews. Miss Anna Hyland had charge of this group during its three-year stay at Roosevelt. 1zi11ete0n l