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

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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

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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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manent waves. Although Jane is now famous, her discovery failed to work on its inventor. The famous tasters, James Devine and Russell Drain, are now about to test Allen Eaton 's new drink that, instead of making one want more, cures one of all desire to taste any beverage stronger than chocolate milk. Well, well, well. If that isn't Alvia McIntyre talking a blue streak to Marie Thompson. Alvia can evidently overcome his school-boy bashful- ness, when he can get a captivating blonde to listen to him. I really feel sorry for Mary Goss. Just imagine, she has to limit her speed on the typewriter to 150 words a minute because no typewriter will stand the pace that Mary achieved after graduating from good old S. T. H. S. Look whom Wayne Ritchie is escorting. None other than 'the effic- ient director of the Ginie Confectionery Stores Incorporated, Lorraine Crime. 'tRuth Reible is taking a vacation from school for one night. You know she accepted a position of teaching history at Hanover. Ruth was always fond of history, you know. Another feature for this evening is a. saxophone duet. Why, don't you recognize them? That's Jane Hafemann and her partner, Jack Klinglerf' Ione Sartwell is attending this night's performance with her hus- band. IIer five kiddies are all tucked away in bed, you know Ione always did want to be a kindergarten teacher. Alvin Siedenburg, the great agriculturist, who had his start in agri- culture in Mr. Lamoreux's class, is here tonight showing his latest discovery of why corn grows on a cob. Meredith Schrunk will arrive late tonight. She is coming back from Hollywood to settle in Savannag the men out West are too tall for Meredith. Helen Iovinelli, who is on her vacation, is here from Chicago. I doubt if she stays here long, because I hear wedding bells ringing for Helen in the middle-western metropolis. The two S. T. H. S. Olympic stars, Shirley Stevens and Cynthia Mc- Nerney, will give a benefit performance for Bernadine Sorensen who is recovering from a severe cardiac affection, heart trouble to you, caused by Edward Hammerstein, the famous physicist. 'LA world renowned poetess is here tonight, Catherine Sampson. She has just collaborated with Edna St. Vincent Millay and published a book of poems Star Dust . Why, there's the bass member of that famous DaleyfGroharing duo. How are your daily dozens coming, Jessie? Just look at that medal! Why, that is fully eight inches across. Mussolini himself presented it to Rose Vaccaro for her valiant services in patching up the boys who played dice with Haile Selassie's youngsters. There is Jeanne Lumsdcn, head librarian of the Library of Congress. Jeanne learned to love books when she was making her book reports in her Senior year. Humph, well I still don't think much of this crowd. I should think that they would be able to have a few celebrities here. To think I wasted my whole evening among strangers whom I don't know a thing about. No, Susie, there isn't a thing about this Palmer House that I like, I donlt care if Bob Williams is chief cook or the French chef as he is called. I still don't like the place. Come, Susa-Belle. 3I