Savanna Township High School - Annavas Yearbook (Savanna, IL)

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and Wayne Swanson to football. All nine were major letter men. They gave Darrell Harville, Vincent Manning, Thomas McGoldrick, Daniel O'Leary, and Robert Smith to basketball. T'he senior girls' inter-class basketball team was the champion for the year. The Manual Arts Department made a plaque for them. Ruby Knapp was the high-point member of the team. The lost and found department of students is rather interesting. In the beginning of its high school days the class had one hundred and six members. Through the four years it lost twenty-one of its original number besides some that it found and lost. In the freshman year the following students moved away or attended other schools: James Carroll, Anna Cimino, Edith Dauphin, Dorothy Davey, Wilbur Gustafson, Mary Reinehr, and Gladys Lahre, the sophomore year, Frances Troha, Gertrude Kipnis, Janet McNerney, George Penticoff, Robert Penticoff, Rudolph Taber, Donald Tierney, and Dorothy Wicklerg the junior year, Vivian Allen, Charles Graves, Jean Johnson, Ammon Sartwell, and Vir- ginia Tyler. Dorothy McCue died the sophomore year. The sophomore year the class found Tom McGoldrick, Helen Iovinelli and Cynthia McNerneyg the junior year, Allen Eaton, Herbert Gifford, and Kenneth Hoover, and the senior year, Russell Drain, Wanda Houston, and George Lanning. This Class of '36 deserves considerable praise for putting out an an- nual. It is the first class since 1926 to do so. This Class, like all other classes and groups, has made its mistakes, but the worth while things it has done makes up in part for its little failures. In the years to come when they are successful men and women the members of the Class of '36 can look back with 'pride to their high school days where they first laid the foundation of valuable achievements. CLASS PROPHECY The lights were low, a middle-aged couple sat at a table for two, dreamily looking about the large night club and discussing the various people who were dining and dancing. Occasionally, a new entrant appeared but as this was S. T. H. S. night, they paid no attention to any one but the members of the guest class, that of '36 . The course of their conversation was thus: Oh, look who just walked in. That's Tommy McGoldrick, the lawyer from Tulsa. I hear he is very much interested in a homestead in Oakva1e. Well, do you know who that is? That's Emma Hollister, the famous student of the science of shorthand. I hear Emma is working on an idea to shorten shorthand. Yes, I know about that, but isn.'t that Vincent Manning at that table over there? I believe that girl he is talking to is from Mt.Carroll. You know Joe keeps the county under his control now. 1- That pianist? Oh, that's Kathleen Wilson. She is really famous now. A funny thing about Katie is that she explains each new boy-friend with, Oh, that's my brother. Here comes the treat of the evening. Ruby Knapp is going to dance. She really packs them in since her last matrimonial venture, which was num- 29

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CLASS HISTORY To write even a brief history of the achievements of the Class Of 1936 is no easy task. This class has been one of the most active and cooperative groups that Savanna Township High School has ever had. Each of the four years it has succeeded in accomplishing worth while things, and now it can look back with much pleasure upon its activities. In the freshman year the class had an enrollment of one hundred and six. It elected James Carroll president, Rudolph Taber vice-president and Jane Hafemann secretary-treasurer. Mr. Harry Wilmarth was its class adviser. James moved away late in the year and was replaced by Rudolph. The class was represented in football by Vernon Krahn, Daniel O'Leary, and Robert Smith. A few of its members were out for public speaking. A good percentage of the class also were members of the Girls' Glee Club, Boys' Glee Club, and the school band. Virginia Tyler was the only freshman who made the Treble Clef. The sophomore year the class numbered eighty-six. Daniel 0'Leary was elected president, Geraldine Mach vice-president, and Mary Goss secre- tary-treasurer. Miss Enid Burns was chosen class adviser. The class contributed a weekly report to the Junior Jingles. It had an ice-skating party and Weiner roast. The class adviser, Miss Burns, urged the class to begin making money for its Junior-Senior prom and as a result it earned a few dollars by having candy sales. This year the class conributed Karl King, Vernon Krahn, Thomas McGoldrick, Daniel O'Leary, Robert Smith, and John Smolek to football, and Thomas MeGoldrick to basketball. Jane Hafemann, Kathleen Wilson, and Virginia Tyler were awarded scholastic S's this Year. Then the junior year this group dropped still farther in number for it now had only seventy-five members. Daniel O'Leary and Geraldine Mach were again elected president and vice-president respectively. Virginia Tyler was secretary-treasurer and Miss Burns the adviser. Much time and labor was needed this year to raise sufficient money for the prom. The class proved to have much dramatic talent when they presented the comedy Here Comes Charlie! It was so successful that it was repeated. Mary Goss, Jane Hafemann, Virginia Tyler, and Kathleen Wilson were taken into the National Honor Society in the spring. This year the class was represen- ted in football by Darrell Harville, Karl King, Vernon Krahn, Vincent Man- ning, Thomas McGoldrick, Daniel O'Leary, Clyde Rury, Richard Sikkema, Robert Smith, John Smolek, and Wayne Swanson, and in basketball by Darrell Harville, Vincent Manning, Thomas McGoldrick, Daniel O'Leary, Robert Smith, and Wayne Swanson. The class had a 70-word shorthand team, composed of Emma Hollister, Helen Iovinelli, lone Sartwell, and Ruby Knapp, which took two first places and was able to go to the state contest at Champaign. Mary Goss, Emma Hollister, Ruby Knapp, Ionc Sartwell, and Genevieve Withhart received scholastic S's this year. ln the fall of 1935 the class launched into its last year of S. T. H. S. Again Daniel 0'Leary and Geraldine Mach were elected president and vice- president respectively. Mary Goss was chosen as secretary-treasurer and Miss Mattie Norris as adviser. The Senior class play was Look Who's Hereln Emma Hollister, Ruby Knapp, Geraldine Mach, Ionc Sartwell, and Genevieve NVithhart were initiated into the National Honor Society in the fall. The class gave Darrell Harville, Karl King, Vincent Manning, Thomas MeGoldrick, Daniel O'Leary, Clyde Rury, Richard Sikkema, Robert Smith. 28

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ber seven. Dan O'Leary was the last victim, but then he has such captivat- ing ways that he may be able to keep Ruby interested. Who are those charming girls over there? W'hy, that's Winifred Brock and Wanda Houston. They certainly made good. I hear that Charlie Chaplin asked them to work in his pictures. You know Charlie still makes silent pictures. HWhy, look who just walked in! It's Marvin Moltman, you know, the famous auto driver who has seen the inside of every traffic court in the country. The police say that they are so tired of chasing Marvie, that they are going to give him a permanent ticketf, Look at the orchestra director. It's none other than Russell Fieldsg they say he is another Paul Whiteman-the correct waistline and all. DldD7t you ever hear, 'Smoke a Field while listening to a Field'? The singer? That's Herbert Gifford. I know he can't sing, but does he slay the blondes of the weaker sex with that famous side look of his! t'Did you hear about Sam Hoover and George Lanning? They in- vented an airplane that is self-controlled. Quite an asset on a moonlight night, at least that's what Sam and George say. The announcer? Why, that's Poochy Plum. He became quite adept for his job in Miss Burns' English class. No, he doesn't speak perfect English, but he can really say, 'Quiet, please'. t'Here comes King Karl. His name was Karl King, but since he mar- ried that watermelon queen from Thomson, his name has been changed to King Karl. t'Do you remember how Elmer Struekman used to yell at the basket- ball games? Well, I hear that he has a contract with almost all the big schools in the mid-west. No, he doesn't yell for them-they pay him to keep still. The last time he yelled, the halfback, Bob Smith, ran the wrong way for a touchdown. Here comes two interesting couples-Evelyn Stiles, the girl with a million smiles, and her escort Swede Swanson, the owner and sole producer of that famous reducing lotion. It really worked wonders with Swede, he weighs only 250 now. The other couple is Clyde Rury, the 'stepper-outer', but he is safe enough now because Gerry Mach will see that he toes the mark.' Bob Howe? Yes, that's he the man who writes the three column story 'And How By Howe' in the Savanna Times-Journal. Anita LaSarge, so I see, is the hair dresser for the two prima donnas, Grace Chafer and Berniece Stiles. Grace and Bernieee evidently liked the way Anita put waves in their hair in history class. Here comes the owner of that famous line of drays, Carl Bertholf. I hear that he has become so adept at moving people that he has been asked to move the President's personal property from Boston to the White House. And have you heard about Carmaletta Vomhoff's new position? She is now chief telephone operator in Savanna. VVhy, there's that woman-hater, Darrell Harville, and wife number five. Not bad for Darrell. The guest' speaker of the evening will be a member of the weaker sex, Genevieve Withhart, who will talk on the subject, 'The Fourth Dimen- sion'. There's that famous dancing team who are making people forget Astaire and Rogers. None other that Richard Sikkema and Rhuea Brown. Jane Davis, the beauty specialist, just walked in. She certainly made her fortune when she started the fad of taking the kinks out of per- 30