Shelbyville High School - Okawwako Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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FIRST ROW: Edith Compton, lrmo Dihel, Ruth Courtright, Bar baro Downs, Mary Alice Douthit, Mary Elizabeth Bemis, Eulo Page 22 Opal, Wanda, Norman JUNIORS . . CLASS OF 1943 OFFICERS WANDA YOUNG ............... ......... p resident NORMAN CHRISTMAN ........ ....,...... v ice-president OPAL RUFF ...................... ......... s ecretary-treasurer MR. STIREWALT .............................................. adviser DORIS KELLY, STANLEY TAYLOR, NORMA 'CARMICHAEL ..,......... Council members Fisher, Catherine Johnson. SECOND ROW: Lois Delaney, Pauline Chapman, Nancy Allen, Mary Ellen Johnson, Doris Kelly, Beulah Bryson, Gertrude Grunewald, Melloa Griffith, Mariorie Bowman, Revo Ditzler. THIRD ROW: Norman Christrnan, Dar- win Moon, Harold Herten, Joe Marsh, Gerald Clawson, Bill Lichtenwalter, Warren Johnson, Wayne Barker, Mr. Stirewalf. FOURTH ROW: Byron Moon, Bob Alpers, Jack Mars, LaVonne Fisher, Betty Carmichael, Lovone Alday, Helen Holme, Bob Fleming, Dan Crult, Don Griffith. September arrives and at last We're upper-classmen . . . No more oi all that freshness of the freshies and nuisance value of the sophs! . . . This is really our first big year . . . Have to put on a play and then entertain the seniors . . . But of course We're up to it . . . Wanda gets the job oi guiding our destiny . . . With Norman a good substitute . . . Opal Ruff takes notes -on class meetings of course . . . Mr. Stirewalt adds official faculty sanction . . . Did take time for a party the iirst semester . . . Truth and Consequences with Red and Ioe to enforce them . . . Going On Seventeen . . . What's that? Why, our junior playl . . . It went over with a bang . . . Guess Don Yakey must have been the bang . . . Betty Carmichael turned out to be a sassy young iixin', didn't she? . . . People and things you won't soon for- get or Iunior roll of honor . . . Elroy and his chargese-the athletes . . . Ioe Marsh and his active mouth . . . The football field or basketball court with Stone, Spiegel, Shoaff, Pete, Red, the

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DISCARDED SUNDRIES TO POSTERITY my soft voice to Dotty Tallman: I, Marinell Troutman, leave Mr. Geisz and American history with mixed emotions. I, Wilma Plowman, leave my charcoal gum to Bud Shalley and Bill Swiney: I, Irene Patient, leave my book larnin to my kid sister: I, Lorraine Strohl, leave to clean up the apartment: I, Alice Tumey, leave to go fox hunting: I, Anna Marie Delaney, leave my springy walk to Nancy Allen: I, Thelma Hubbart, leave mighty glad to have my diploma: I, Ina Swinford, leave my gum stuck all over the place: I, Foster Hurst, leave in my traditional quiet manner: l, Iames Nardi, leave to go squirrel hunting with an alumnus: I, Margie Dennis, leave the social committee and a sure heavy headache to Opal Ruff: I, Bernard Spracklen, leave while I can get away: I, Bob Lawrence, leave for Iacksonville and Ioan at last: I, Frank Lower, leave to start a prune orchard. I, Robert Bland, leave my very curly locks to Davey Iones: I, Nancy Neal, leave splitting my sides over a joke I just heard: I, Zellah Hagan, leave my quietness to lack Warren: I, Marjorie Rominger, leave my day dreams and far-away expression to Bill Richardson: I, lean Ann Mears, sorrowfully leave my books Cmaybe someone will appre- ciate theml: I, Catherine Larimore, leave to take care of Pop's oil wells and their income: I, Lee Mears, leave for Canada, Alaska, or any point north tl surely hate to leave Buelah: guess I'll take her alongl: I, Dwight Baptist, leave my right to criticize the girls to all the disceming boys of Shelby High School: I, Evelyn Cruit, leave my little sister for my little brother to boss: I, Garnett Hudson, leave to become an authority on our army, navy, and air forces: We, Franklin Reid and Pauline Gregg, leave for another ride in the park: I, Mabel Holley, leave to take over the foremanship of the factory: I, Norma lean Huber, think I'll stick around as long as Otis is here: I, Martin Kantner, leave all my other flames for the sake of Emily: I, Doris Lantz, leave my love of fun and my intellectual abil- ity to some outstanding junior: I, Mar- vin Huber, leave for a long rest after my very strenuous life as a student: I, Carl Kimlel, leave with my pockets full of war savings stamps: I, Burton Mat- thews, leave my place in the middle balcony to some other drawing en- thusiast: I, Paul Patient, leave my gen- eral obstreperousness to Buddy Perry- man: I, Lois Sanborn, leave my studi- ous nature to Earl Dean Thompson: I, Edna Henne, leave the typing in the office to some dependable N. Y. A. stu- dent: I, Mary Evelyn Ragan, leave to take up aeronautics and maybe I can keep up with Bob. To the faculty we leave the rest of the school to take our place: to Mr. McNeely we leave a robot window washer: to Mr. Mason we leave a soft place in the army: to the student body as a whole, our brilliant records as good examples to follow. Signed and sealed this twentieth day of April, A. D. 1942. Class of 1942. Page 21

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Smiths, and Moon tearing around- more or less . . . Red and his beefing . . . Stone and his women . . . Mary Alice and her Science Club . . . Pete cmd his self-assurance . . . Mary Fran and her good nature . . . Norman and his Snooper . . . Gerald Clawson with his electrical equipment . . . When the Honor Society initiated in February, three illustrious juniors were called: Elroy, Norman, and Hank . . . Lois lune has a ring: is she engaged? Who knows? . . . Lonesomest junior this year-Wanda when Iohn was ill . . . Most famous man-about-town - Bob Alpers . . . Most successful in affairs of the heart e- Melba Griffith Cshe got her man? . . . Dode Kelly is our prima donna-that means singer . . . She car- ried the lead in the operetta . . . Hank and Mary Fran did their part, too . . . New juniors this year: Gertrude Grune- Wald, Betty Carmichael, Betty Ruff, Marie Orton, and Ruth Robinson . . . Biggest pest in the halls - Melvin Yakey . . . Biggest surprise-Cloyd tluniorl Smith as a lecturer and an actor . . . Biggest confusion-Betty M. Reid and Betty B. Reid . . . Belles from the country: Eileen Roley, Betty Wal- den, and Marjorie Bowman . . . Ever present gang: Nancie, Marceleen, Eula, and Catherine . . . Another one just as evident: Cloyd, less, Shoaff, and Pete . . . Some fell by the wayside: Raymond Reed, Floyd Rogers, Melba Griffith, Reva Ditzler . . . Remember: Hope and her braids -A Mary Enid and her love affairs - Harold Herten and his appe- tite - Bland Phillips and his sense of humor - LaVonne Fisher and her loud laugh . . . Now in prospect: the junior- senior prom . . . Will it be dance and food? Food only? Dance only? . . . Must decide before long . . . When you read this, we'll all know . . . Next year, our big yearl FIRST ROW: Opal Rutt, Lois June Ruff, Wanda Young, Mary White, Betty Walden, Betty M. Reid, Ruth Tate, Betty B. Reid. SECOND ROWg Jeanette Schwenker, Hope Schultz, Ruby Reynolds, Betty Ruff, Marceleen Spears, Eileen Roley, Mary Enid Yakey, Ruth Robinson, Marie Orton. THIRD ROW: Don Yakey, Bob Shoott, Floyd Rogers, Joe Stone, Raymond Reed, Edward Spiegel, Cloyd Smith, Stanley Taylor. FOURTH ROW: Kenneth Pogue, .lock Purcell, Elroy Campbell, Bob Richard- son, Bland Phillips, Ray Williams, Bil'l Swiney, Milton Sain, Melvin Yakey. Page 23