Sparks College - Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 112 of the 1958 volume:

h 50 Y-£ARS 1908-1958 SPAR-KS COLLEGE S-HC: L-BYVlLL-e ILLINOIS TliI liu.V: Miss ShirleyGregg.Mr. Jerome (Sam) Anderson, Mr. H. O. Janes, Mr. Howard Wilson, Mr. Merle Stewardson, Mrs. Virginia Rinehart Creswell, Mr. Olan Hurst. MIDDLE ROW: Mrs. Joyce Ditzler Litz, Mrs. Fern McDonald Scheer, Miss Donna Eversole, Mrs. Gladys Blackburn Talcott.Mrs. Beulah Winslow Smith. Miss Madge Sparks, Mrs. Geneva Cordray Dailey, Mrs. Mabel Bare Kircher, Miss Geneva Stewardson, Miss Sadie Newcome. BOTTOM ROW: Miss Daisy Reynolds, Mrs. June Traylor, Mrs. Donna Waymire Inyart, Mr. Keith Corley, Miss Lou Buchanan, Mrs. Dorothea Hood Willard, Mr. Jack Ellis. Editorial Staff EDITOR IN CHIEF Mr. Keith Corley ASSISTANT EDITORS Mrs. Bess Roessler Roney Miss Madge Sparks BUSINESS MANAGER Mr. H. O. Janes CIRCULATION MANAGERS Mr. Jerome (Sam) Anderson Mr. Carl Herten ILLUSTRATIONS: Miss Geneva Stewardson, Miss Dolores Baptist, Mr. Ross Beube, Mr. Noble Corley, Mrs. Geneva Cordray Dailey, Miss Margaret Fox, Mr. Foster Hurst, Mr. Niles Miller, Mrs. Dorothy Klauser Moore, Mr. Gus Pundt, Mr. Virl Welch, Mr. Howard Wilson, Mrs. Gladys Blackburn Talcott, Miss Alta Jenkins, Mrs. Elizabeth Stewardson Rominger, Mr. Merle Stewardson ALUMNI: Miss Lou Buchanan, Mr. Roy Bare, Miss Donna Christman, Miss Irma Dihel, Mrs. Joyce Ditzler Litz, Miss Donna Eversole, Miss Shirley Gregg, Mrs. Frances Mo berley Belser, Miss Sadie Newcome, Miss Daisy Reynolds, Mrs. EvelynShafer Winson, Mrs. Beulah Winslow Smith, Mrs. Donna Waymire Inyart ATHLETICS: Mr. Charles C. Klauser, Mr. Julian Beem, Mr. Hal Jarnagin, Mr. Clyde Warren, Mr. Roy Williams, Mr. Roger R. Sparks SORORITY: Mrs. Virginia Rinehart Creswell, Mrs. Dorothy Augenstein James, Miss Audrey Dannenbarger, Mrs. Mabel Bare Kircher, Mrs. Zelma Prosser Hoover TITLE PAGE: Mr. Rufus Downs GROUP DIRECTORS: 1909-1913, Mrs. Vera Rice Cook; 1914-1918, Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell; 1919-1923, Mrs. Fern McDonald Scheer; 1924-1928, Mr. Maynard Wagner; 1929-1933, Mr. Clarence Weakly; 1934-1938, Mr. Lawson KiHam; 1939-1943, Mrs. Jean Carnes Bible; 1944-1948, Mr. Olan Hurst; 1949-1953, Mr. Warren Rubin; 1954-1958, Mrs. Joan Bolinger Craig REPORTERS: Mrs. Dorothea Willard, Mrs. June Traylor, Mr. Jack Ellis TREASURER: Mr. Russell Younger ■ r MR. KEITH CORLEY Editor in Chief Mr. Keith Corley graduated from the Stenotype Course in June, 1940. He took a Federal Civil Service Examination before his graduation. In October, he was called to Washington, D, C., where he was assigned to the Adjutant General ' s office of the War Department. He was an employee of the United States .Army in Washington, and later in Dublin, Ireland. While in Ireland, he enlisted in the Army. He later served in Prague, Czechoslovakia, doing the same type of work which he had done in Ireland. He was discharged from the Army as a First Lieutenant. He has a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Illinois. At present he is a teacher of Social Studies in the Shelbyvillc High School. Table of Contents Page The Power Behind the Scene 9 A Business ' is Born 13 Teaching Staff 15 A Product of the Era 23 Athletics 30 Organizations 35 Development of Business Schools 39 Birthday Dinner 42 Golden Jubilee 45 Sparks Students at Work in Shelbyville 51 Down Through the Years 56 Directory 76 A Glimpse into 1959 100 Mrs. Lillian Bowes Sparks Dedication In this history of Fifty Years in Sparks College, many individual success stories will be found, of those young men and women who found a certain knowledge and encouragement which enabled them to face the world of reality and to build homes and find happiness. Every institution stands on a tangible or intangible foundation from which the superstructure stems. Only a few know of the actual foundation builders, who with personal kindness, untiring patience, planned direction of effort, and individual sacrifices, formed the original foundation of Sparks College in Shelbyville, Illinois. S o it was that Mrs. Lillian B. Sparks was one of the original kindly builders of the foundation of an institution devoted to the better- ment of young people. It is therefore fitting and proper that this story of their success be dedicated to her memory. r. Henry Donham Sparks Shelbyville, Illinois August 2, 1958 Dear Friends: Of my own free will, fifty years ago, I decided to start a business -training school in Shelbyville, Illinois. I wanted to train young people so well that they could hold the better positions in business. What do you think? This illustrated history of Sparks College tells briefly this story of fifty years of service. All graduates are listed. There are hundreds who deserve special mention, but space allows special consideration for only a few. These should be representative of the whole group. These fifty years are the very heart of my mortal existence. They represent my life ' s work, my contribution. The way has been hard. Many a day I didn ' t know what to do next. Wars, depressions, and lack of funds have played their part, but I kept on. Sometimes I have gone home ready to give up, only to have Mrs. Sparks, God bless her memory, say, Oh go back and go to work. The fact that Mrs. Sparks didn ' t want very much, and her willingness to sacrifice with me, probably kept the school going. For many years, I was so badly in debt that I couldn ' t quit without going broke. Folks seemed to trust me. My credit was better than I deserved. For a time, I carried a lot of tuition accounts, many of which were paid in full soon after graduation. Many were not. I wrote off several thousand dollars ' worth of such accounts. No doubt I needed the money right then more than those who owed it. I am at the end of the school journey. The question of my personal success lies in the lives and in the hearts of those who trusted me. I hope I have succeeded. I trusted God and leaned, sometimes heavily, on His abiding love. I thank each and everyone from the bottom of my heart for whatever you have done to help. May God in His infinite wisdom and wonderful love stand beside you in the years to come. Roger will need your co-operation. Stand by, please. May God bless you and keep you is my prayer. Sincerely yours. Roger R. Sparks was born in his grandparents ' home in Rock Island County, Illinois, but has spent prac- tically his entire life in Shelbyville. He is a graduate of the Shelbyville public schools. Sparks College (study- ing both accounting and stenography), ari d the University of Illinois. After graduating from the Uni- versity, Roger took charge of the Ac- counting Department of Sparks College. Except for two and one- half years in the army during World War II, he has held this position ever since. Roger became manager of the school in the fall of 1958. Madge Sparks was born in Shelbyville, and has always called it home. She is a graduate of the Shelbyville public schools. Sparks College (accounting and stenography) , and the University of Illinois. She had her first year of college in Knox College, Galesburg, Illmois, and took the teacher-training course in Steno- typy given by LaSalle Extension University in Chicago. She has taught all stenographic subjects in Sparks College, as well as helping out a few times with accounting. The Power Behind The Scene The father of Mr. Henry D. Sparks, Mr. Bateman R. Sparks, was twice married. To the first union were born four children, John E., George A., Isaac, and Ernest M., all of whom are dead - Isaac dying in infancy. The father, Mr. Bateman R. Sparks, was later married to Miss Mary Jane Shupe. To this union were born two children, Mary Catherine and Henry D. They were both born on a farm near Toledo, Illinois. Miss Mary C. Sparks married Mr. Luther Bruster, who died in the infuenza epidemic. She afterwards married Mr. Charles Wade. Mrs. Wade now lives in the hospital in Moweaqua, Illinois. Both of Mr. Henry D. Sparks ' s parents and his sister were working members of the United Brethren Church. The father was a trustee of two churches at the time of his death. Both grandfathers of Henry D. Sparks were ministers, fraternal. Baptist; maternal, United Brethren. Mr. Bateman R. Sparks was named for a well-to-do bachelor, Mr. Bateman Ross, who lived in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. Ross told the father of Bateman R. that, when his namesake was old enough to be away from home, he should be sent to him, and he would give him as good an education as money could buy, and he had the money to do so. Years later when the father of Bateman R. felt that the son was old enough to be away from home, going to school, he sent the young man with his brother Sam in a covered wagon to see Mr. Ross. (The Sparks family lived in the country in Vigo County, Indiana). Brother Sam and the prospective student saw Mr. Ross at a distance. Sam called to Mr. Ross, asking him if he wanted to take a boy to raise. Mr. R oss, not knowing who the boys were, said, I will go in and talk it over with sister. He was gone a few minutes. Bateman R. got homesick and said, Sam, he does not seem to know his business. Let us go on home. And they did. Mr. Bateman R. Sparks came that close to his one great educational opportunity. This unfortunate incident perhaps made him resolve that his son Henry would get an education, and he never wavered from that position. The son attended country school in Cumberland County, Illinois - White Oak. The directors usually hired a beginner or the cheapest teacher available. School terms were as short as the law would permit. Then came high school. His father paid the tuition. The home was about three miles from the school in Toledo, Illinois, the family having moved from the home where Henry was born. He walked, rode a horse, rode in a two-wheeled cart, or went almost any way he could to get to high school. He was never tardy. At different times, he had frozen dinner. The lunch was in the stable where he kept his horse, not in a deep freeze. He was surely a country jake. One evening after Henry D. came home from high school, he told his father that he was going to an apple cutting that night. The father replied, Do you think attending an ' apple cutting ' among that group of young people, who have no interest in education or anything else much, goes along with high school? The lad didn ' t go. Father Sparks was the head of the house. His boy knew that his word was law. The son never attended a dance or played a game of cards. The father often said, Cards are a gambler ' s tools. After graduating from high school in 1896, Henry taught school and went to college. He taught four years in three schools - Union, Center, and King, all in Cumberland County, Illinois. The last year he taught at King, he received $50. a month. One director did not sign the contract - said it was too much, even though the teacher had a college degree. Teaching was interspersed with going to col- lege. It was necessary for him to teach in order to continue his college education. Henry graduated from Dixon College, Dixon, Illinois; Rochester Normal University, Rochester, Indiana; and Westfield College, Westfield, Illinois; and attended the University of Chicago. He holds four college degrees, Bachelor of Oratory, Bachelor of Science, Master of Accounts, and Master of Arts. He holds a state supervisory certificate in Illinois. Mr. Henry D. Sparks and Miss Lillian Bowes were married in Rock Island County, Illinois , near Taylor Ridge, in June, 1905. They have two children, Roger and Madge. The children graduated from Shelbyville High School (both of them have perfect-attendance records). Sparks College, and the University of Illinois. Madge took her first year of college in Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Both children taught extensively in Sparks College. Roger taught accounting and Madge stenography. Mrs. Sparks was a good teacher. Teach- ing was her life. She loved it. She passed to the Great Beyond July 1,1958. After graduation from Rochester Normal, Mr. Sparks was employed as a teacher. He went to Madison, Indiana, during the middle of the year 1905-1906, and took over the com- mercial department inthe high school. Because of his training in public speaking, he was asked, upon his arrival, to coach the high school play - a copyrighted manuscript play, My Friend from India. During his stay in Madison, he coached all the high-school plays. One of the plays put on by him was Our American Cousin - the play that was being staged when President Lincoln was assassinated. He was promoted from the com- mercial department to the high-school princi- palship. The commercial department of the high school was in a grade-school building across the street from the high-school building. As the school authorities thought the principal should be in the high-school building, the principal taught English there. Henry got along well with the students. One week he was out four days on account of sickness, and when he walked into the assembly on Friday, he was cheered so loudly that a member of the school board who lived almost a block away heard the cheering. He got $1,000 a year as principal - and that was considered a good salary. Mr. W. A. Jessup, who later became president of the University of Iowa, was the city superintendent at the time Henry was the high-school princi- pal. Henry came to Shelbjrville soon after high-, school commencement in 1908, decided to start a business-training school in Shelbyville, Illinois. Shelby Business College opened September 7, the first Monday in September, 1908, with thirteen students. The Apostle Paul affirms that Christians ought to be active in every good work of the community. Henry has done this, serving twice as president and once as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He has been president and secretary for seventeen years of the Rotary Club, as well as a District Governor, which office he served with dis- tinction. Two new clubs - Cowden and Blue Mound - were organized during his tenure in office. He was a32d-degreeMasonandShriner. He has served eighteen years with distinc- tion as a Representative in the Illinois General .Assembly. He worked under four Governors, Small, Emmerson. Horner, and Green. He was a member of the Committee on Education during the eighteen years. He was very active in the promotion of the welfare of the public schools, and was instrumental with other friends of education in raising the school distribution fund, twice. He was active on the Appropriations Committee, trying at all times to get a dollar ' s worth for the taxpayer ' s dollar. He was ever independent in his thinking and his voting. The constitution of the State of Illinois distinctly prescribes that each session of the Legislature be opened with prayer. The Legislature provides a minister to offer prayer each day, but occasionally the minister may be called away, when the Speaker must fill in. Mr. Sparks was asked to offer the prayer several times. One night just before midnight. Speaker David Shanahan came from the speaker ' s rostrum and said, Mr. Sparks you know we will start tomorrow ' s session just after mid- night. Will you please offer the prayer? Mr. Sparks knew that the membership of the Legislature included members of various religious beliefs. In a few minutes, he wrote the following prayer; We recognize Thee, O God, as the ruler of all nations and the hearts of men. We desire Thy guidance in our deliberation. May Thy rich grace and loving kindness be and abide with us all, both now and forever more. Amen. Henry sought out a place of worship as soon as he arrived in Shelbyville. He learned in early years the greatest lesson of life, that God wants men and women to worship Him in the beauty of holiness, that It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Like Abraham of old, wherever he pitched his tent, there he erected his altar of worship. He served faithfully as Chairman of the Official Board of the Christian Church of this city for 33 1 3 years. He has been an elder inthe Church 50 years. He applies the principle of the Golden Rule in his dealings with men. He is liberal in his relation with other churches. He has often been heard to say, I don ' t care to what church you belong, but I think you should work at the job. Constancy and fidelity are a part of the life of this humble man. Here is a man who is really concerned with the kind of morals that work for the good of the community to which he belongs, and for the true welfare of the society of which he is a goodly member. Henry D. Sparks believes and teaches, That except the Lord builds the house, he labors in vain who builds it. With this kind of a man promoting it, need we wonder that Sparks College has been a worth-while part of this community for lo ! these FIFTY YEARS. H. O, Janes The Burial of Trigonometry For many, years, sometime during the year, Mr. Sparks would tell what became familiarly known as the Trigonometry Burial. Mr. Sparks was a member of the Scientific Class of Dixon College, Dixon, Illinois. This class put on a stunt, involving the last rites of Trigonometry. Thinking that students of former years might relish the story, Mr. Herman Janes reproduces it. One day last summer, Mr. Sparks was in Dixon, and stood near the spot w ' are Trigonometry was buried. Place; Dixon College, Dixon, Illinois Time: 1903 - Henry Donham Sparks was a senior Cast: Senior Scientific Class Plot: The Burial of Old Trigonometry The senior class had an awful worry with Old Trig, so they just decided to bury the villain and call it a day. Henry Donham thought the joke was rather crude, but, as the majority was for it, and really no principle of good morals was involved, he went along with it, and in fact became one of the chief mourners. H. D. was sent to the President of the College to ask permission to dig a grave out in front of the main building, where, after appropriate ceremonies, the Scientific Class might dispose of the remains of Trigonometry. Old Trig was properly em- balmed and placed in a small casket covered with bright red, somber black, and other appropriate colors. The procession, consisting of the bearers, chief mourners, and the Devil and all his Angels, formed in the library and went toward the campus. Some freshmen, thinking to be wise beyond their limited ability, tried to fix a bucket of water so that when the door was opened the procession would be drenched, but the Scientifics got the dope, and prevented this catastrophe. The procession marched around the campus with doleful music of the bugle corps and crying of chief mourners. While the class was out around the campus, the grave was left open. A couple of freshmen went to the grave with the intention of filling it up. Director of the class. Prof. George C . Heritage , put one foot across the open grave, picked up a shovel and said, Come one, come all, not one drop of earth or anything else will you put in that grave while this bunch of mine is away. And so the grave was left untouched. The procession in time returned to the open grave and buried the deceased in due form. Finally they presented the soul of Old Trig to the Devil, a terrible looking person all decked out in red, long horns and tail, etc. As they were about to disperse, our good friend Heritage called a few seniors together and told them they had better guard the grave at night, as he believed some fresh- men would try to steal Old Trig from the grave. They took the tip, and a number were scattered around the campus waiting. About one o ' clock, some freshmen, armed with elm clubs which they had peeled until they shone like sabers in the moonlight, appeared on the scene. The Scientifics were greatly outnum- bered, and would have lost the body if the freshmen had attempted to take it by force. However, the freshmen listened to the argu- ments of the Scientifics, and the body was left in the ground. Guard was maintained for the next two nights, but no one came. On the third night, Old Trig was taken from the grave to the ball park and cremated. The Scientifics noised it around that they had quit. The freshmen came and opened the grave only to find that Old Trig was gone, thus letting the Scientifics laugh last. Says H. D., I didn ' t like the goings on, but since no principle was violated, I went along with the gang. I was one of the chief mourners and I made the loudest noise, too. I get from this whole story: Stand up for what you think is right and best, but if the majority is against you and no principle is violated, go with the crowd. (Footnote) - The two Orlandos - Janes and Runkel - and others, reenacted the Old Trig story at a banquet in the Christian Church basement in Shelbyville about 35 years ago. Henrj ' really enjoyed it. H. O. Janes - T NoR. ;,k,,B J°«« K,fr.e| ;,, ii i ijii ' • ' .■[.. t ' i ' 1 1 .! nil III i i u.ifc.  _ ajam ' v w, j„X ' I lit.inlt L ' ], ONji.L Kjiroh l t, 190-4. f( • TO WnCX II KAY COK. 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In r«pjy, lil sij. tni-lf, we jr T SuolrMe e«l ' .«e l •■ ■ • ' ««l--«s« Cellege t iWTolMj IJS • 8 M In ' estTKWt Kere.e ' t. «; I k- • • pr«par I t  !P. •:■  --er ;- i no IX ' fonaivltfSECeCPt Mw • • ?•• t «,«lth jne- . 3 ri «l , w ihM  l rrl«i« rsispi . tfwre are iaite a irood w ;-   a, .«te •  l title esnrV d «« • (!• «■• ll twtme t B-oslre!!- r,i- ..,„, metiiw tills w i •) a pm ' ltahis plans ««r a  eli. ;e 1 a«r t sv. ' .(f - - O ..I.L.S n._j.„, C«wn.t.S,C «i  t.liAJ ,J .iU«C- « No 5873 ' IliK FiH ST National IUnk CAPITAl. AND SURPLUS $60,000.00. TOI.KOO. IlJJNOIS, June 13, 1908. To -yo,-, it ;:.,■• .-onoorn: ThlB Is to Bay that I havo been ' ■-■■ ' r- -!; ■:; :■. ' i. n. ?parXH for thr; past eighteen ■■■■ ' ' ■ ' . ■ ' : hRVi: alwura V.nown hlr, to be upright ir. every psrtloulsr. ' .i He ooaew iToa onfi of our best ' ' ■ ' ' . . i,y. ,(aB i, on teaching for neveral ■ ' ■ ' ■ ' ■ ' ■■ ' ■ ' ' « ' . i in giv.in good aatlBfac- T;0K to ., ; . ;i. I f -111 .-.AT, ' X)v.X he will i,o faithful to any oMl- t_f :i t;u t , ■ :;.ay hkwxv.c. Your confldcnoe and epsla- ' . t.-.-!ti £;ivt:ri hii-. In the 8ocompllsh,..«nt of hlw plans will • •-■ ■rclX plaooci. Very ti-uly yours, -SeSrHj, Hro . Flrat National Bank Toledo, 111. p™rip . A « •l. ji ? f . t W, - ' ' ' { ' ' x-. -« ' ' - • ' y A Business Is Born It has often been said that the strength and purpose of an institution are the shadow of some individual. During the last year of his service as principal of the Madison, Indiana, High School, Mr. Sparks dreamed night and day of the establishment and promotion of an institution of learning that, while it would be private and personal, yet would serve future generations. He had in mind a school of training for young men and young women for better positions in business. Three words were signal posts on this highway of thought, modern, practical, and thorough. During the spring monthsof 1908, he wrote many letters to various cities throughout the United States inquiring about the feasibility of such a school, . fter high-school graduation exercises were over, he saw Shelbyville, Illinois, for the first time on June 11, 1908. The first three people that he met were Reverend R. H. Robertson, Minister of the Christian Church, Mayor Edwin R. Knecht, and City Attorney, Judge A. J. Steidley. None of these men overurged or even tried very hard to sell Shelbyville as a proper place for the school. They didn ' t discourage him, but were cautious. The most important visits, perhaps, that he made were to the prayer meetings of the various churches. He found them well attended and sincere in their programs. The Chamber of Commerce was inactive, but friendly. He was pleased with the citizenry of Shelbyville. He liked the public schools. One thing that always stood out in his mind was a little woman dwarfed in stature who stood up in the seat and talked to people all around about her as he came on the train from Mattoon to Shelbyville. Later on, he found out that really the first citizen of Shelbyville he ever saw was the sainted Winifred Douthit. God bless her memory. After considerable questioning and think- ing, counting his pennies, he decided on the twenty-first day of June to start a school. Mr. Sparks supervised the opening of the quarters on the third-floor-back room of what was then known as the Syndicate Building. Several years later, there was a fire in the building, and this top story was removed. This building is the one now occupied by the Reisacher Drug Store. Thinking that it would be wise to call particular attention to the opening of the school on the morning of the first Monday in September, 1908, he had a large sign painted, which was stretched across Main Street between the buildings now occupied by Richardson Clothes and the Reisacher Drug Store. A very few minutes before time to start the enrollment, a friend came to him and said, Sparks, how do you spell ' business ' . Why, he answered very promptly, b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s. The informer replied, That isn ' t the way it is spelled on the sign. Mr. Sparks hustled downstairs and, to his amazement, in great large letters he found B-u-i-s-n-e-s-s. It was too late to correct the sign, but it came down faster than it went up. Thirteen students answered the roll call and made arrangements to cast their lot with this new venture, named Shelby Business College. The first student to enroll in the school was Miss Lulu Andes, who was famil- iarly known as Rosebud. She is now Mrs. B. C. Gennette. The first student to work in the office was Miss Ildna Marguerite South, who is now Mrs. Henry Pauschert, living in Alhambra, California . The original thirteen students who enrolled that first morning were Miss Lulu Andes, Mr. George A. Bowman, Mr. George Heinz, Mr. John Huffman, Miss Alta Jenkins, Mr. Glen Miller, Mr. Harry L. Pauschert, Miss Edna Marguerite South, Mr. Clair I. Storm. Mr. Leslie R. Tallman, Miss Grace Thom, Miss Mary Thomas, and Miss Martha E. Ulmer. Of these original thirteen, at the time of this writing, only one has- answered the Final Roll Call, and that one was the president of the class, Mr. George Bowman, who passed to the Great Beyond very recently. On the first evening, a night course was started. It was not ever the intention of the management to conduct a night school per- manently, but he felt that, of those students who might come for the night school in the beginning, some would eventually enter the day school, and others would drop out. It worked that way. Those entering the night school were as follows: Mr. W. F. Aichele, Mr. Vance Courtright, Miss Ora Cullison, Miss Pearl Cullison, Miss Grace Davis, Mr. Jesse Donaldson, Mr. Rennie Frazier, Mr. Orville Moore, Mr. Ben Parish, Mr. I. S. Storm, Mr. Orville Storm, Miss Nell Thornton, Mr. Charles Waggoner, and Miss Ada Weakly. MISS I.ULU ANDES MISS MARGUKiniK SnUTH nvit wmouwrh n  « a swim Witfc t « ipfa ri(oitlui rwr«isf Tfca bbtlby ee anc CiAl tnuftfT •Mani- iDd StiBlby oosuty ScmtofoTv osr OJ112 moo and y Miag waiu tt bare cen comprlteti to wMk«%EKt u«M trma. OK At Bmidcm ColksiM-«( uUMrsittM Kit Dov tbey tiAve an «: tbelr owo loor, K to (poAk u 4 «an remaw « iotn« aad «it«ad coOe TbU u « d«]r wbeo fi opto wboen- •loy belp want skillvtf wmitto o TIbm ipplira to ft bMi)c ' k«e «r,a twMgi i - ■T kod acl«rk a well ■• to «oy tt ei Uuia ot workWB. l «r«iiM wtko 4 ll icaslbly uSLifd to pv flwu cbil lr«D -a loiions CoJIeg co mr c cboald tain bcadvaata wbtdi  •■ ' hea in tbair io««r. A coar « iti ba«Dca« trainloc witli be brlby Baainostt CvHegc vritl b« rortb « buudrcd foM. t yoJir -eon or a-JiChter « ' hat tb  ane ATneaot oC [fOoeif wwttd be |d c« t cbea id oatt «c c o tirtt hf taken «y ? i tacfln -Om MlJwGtf vM ira • • aMy ■— ly ' y «w«y. ■ - Tbe Daw wlvaol la alre v % •uc -eM ' be carollmciit is a« great i ni t better t  n wkft expected by Pi ' -w tin S)j«rk kheii  c vimed the cIKc roomi Mon «y kfterDtwn, every tbi FgAvcmcd lo be DDDJiig nmootfaly aad aU baods at 1 . . ■ , 1, . ' ihtj College A M.,kiuv of .11 «,.;k ..:,.. ..■ ... « K,-ncral Hci ictn t rHiuiD); . M ■■. ' IU|ilniiit |{ Mf.i. ■ .1 ' n;;it vv ' hoatl wa-t ■■I ' tiir ■ ' ■. ' ■■ .uo ni| toyeil .1 - ,■ vi-.i- Mbic t ati ' H ' ,1 I o...l..nli( IV. .sr i c. d l The foregoing copy is taken directly from the September 10, 1908, issue of The Democrat. It was written by the editor, Mr. Isaac S. Storm. • licllnniillc. Jlllinnis. The QUESTIONS are answered. WE are to have a first class Business College. The fall term will open the first Monday in September. Such courses of study will be offered as are really educative. Courses of study are modern, practical and thorough. The rates of tuition are reasonable, and consis- tent with high grade work. Location. The College will be located in the Syndicate Building, corner Main and Morgan Streets. Those interested in commercial education, and EVERY ONE SHOULD BE, should investigate this institution and be able to speak intelligently of it. . A Business College is a necessary institution, helping all lines of legitimate business, and hinder- ing none. To the citizens of this county and surrounding community: Let us pull together and build up a school right here in our own midst which will be of real benefit to our young people; one which will help to make real, live, wide-awake, conscientious men and wonH-n. The I ' nrsident will gladly explain tlie workings, )t ' this school to those interested. C all at college otf ' i . ' , Of adc!re s the President for any desired in- t.. ' rnia!ion. H. D. SPARKS, B. S., B. 0., M. Accts. Rre3iclomt Ml-i|, A;-. ttlio b u vbM ' t{«: ft tbc ib irtb«D ' l mit ' { T| }cwiititiK depari- iieoi. was VI ry basv  iib • cUs oi wKiiiactH in tb t dcpar :mvttt Bemileft •tiHK ao tftiiitui tvacber of Tyjwwrit  ] and Sh ' -rtb ml. Muu. Lcwiii is hIso I tcacbT j1 vocal E. vd lastrumcnrat r.uMu Sbe bii a i j lecdid voice aod I pleavnfc pcitooatKy HersinjjiDg at :•« CbtisliMn church Sc-day niorniog lod cvcaiog was well received. This is the picture of the first home of Sparks College. The school occupied about two-thirds of the third floor. Note the sign Shelby Business College. The school was in this location one year, then in the Dove building - now occupied by the Moose Lodge - for six years. Then it was moved to the present building. Teaching Staff The high ideals of the management could be maintained only with good instructors. In the early years, teachers were largely trained in the school itself. In later years, a college degree has been required, although a degree does not always make a good teacher. Commercial Law has been taught by a lawyer all of the years, except for two years that the president of the school taught it. The teachers by departments: Bookkeviping and Accounting: Mr. Henry D. Sparks Mr. F. C. Westervelt Mr. C. C. Chappelle Miss Ethel J. Christman Mr. Karl Smith Mr. George Braden Mr. C. O. Adams Mr. Roger R. Sparks Stenography and Typing: Miss Mae Lewis Mr. Harmon L. Ruff Miss Bertha Herron Mr. A. C. Nunn Mr. Charles Wade Mrs. Treasie Newlin Mrs. Lillian B. Sparks Miss Madge Sparks Miss Wilda Duncan Mrs. Mary C. Bruster Wade Mr. Frank Wiesenmeyer Mrs. Mae Maloney Kirk f Miss Gwendolyn McCallister [ ' i l Miss Ruth Leitch ' Miss Elizabeth Rest Mrs. Lillian Howry Mrs. Zoe Greenwood Mrs. Florence Boone Mrs. Margaret Gillespie Mrs. Frances Sanders Mrs. Lois Atkinson V Commercial Law: Mr. A. J. Steidley Mr. John J. Baker Mr. John Crockett Mr. Henry D. Sparks Mr. J. Maurice Stice Mr. Philip L. Turner Mr. John J. Baker, Jr. For several years, the school tried to promote a public-speaking department, but for lack of interest it was discontinued, despite the fact that excellent teachers were in charge. The teachers usually taught English in the commercial course. Public Speaking Teachers: Miss Coral Smith Miss Gladys Derr Miss Eathel Buzzard Mr. Henry D. Sparks For several years, the school maintained a good music department. It was closed when Mr. R. G. Newell became music instructor in the Shelbyville High School. During the years that Mr. and Mrs. Newell had charge of the department, it prospered. Several students graduated from a four -year course. Mr. Newell taught voice and piano, while Mrs. Newell taught violin. Music Teachers: Mr. Frank Held Mrs. Zoe Pearl Park Miss Georgie Hopkins Miss Olive Filer Mr. R. G. Newell Mrs. R. G. Newell Mrs. George D. Chafee and Mrs. George B. Rhoads helped much in an advisory capacity. MISS CHRISTMAN MRS. NEWLIN In the course of fifty years, many good teachers have come and gone. Believing that many former students would like a word about Miss Christman, Mrs. Newlin, Mrs. Mary Bruster Wade, and Mr. Ferguson, we present them to you. Miss Ethel Christman was connected with Sparks College and the Sparks College Office for fourteen years. She had complete charge of the Accounting Department, during which time bookkeeping became a science in the school. After resigning from the work in the school, she went to the Shelby Loan and Trust Company in Shelbyville, Illinois, where she was assistant cashier until her retirement recently. She has a fine record. Mrs. Treasie Newlin taught shorthand and typing in Sparks college eleven years. Some folks worry about being left-handed. Not so with Mrs. Newlin. She writes shorthand with her left hand. Along in the spring each year, she would carefully go over the record of each student for the year, to try to ascertain why all students had not measured up to her expectations. Since leaving Sparks, she is employed by the State Public Welfare Department, where she is very active in a responsible position. Mrs. Mary C. Bruster Wade is a sister of H. D. Sparks. Her first appearance in connection with Sparks College was managing a boarding club where students received good food at cost. She studied machine shorthand and later taught it in the school. Her smiling countenance and good cheer won for her many friends. For the past several years, she has been an invalid. She lives in the Moweaqua Hospital. Mr. Clarence Ferguson is the only person employed by Sparks College who served as a solicitor for more than six months. Mr. Ferguson was a highly educated man, and was at home in nearly any discussion. The school had no fears that extravagant statements would be made by him to a prospective student. Mr. Ferguson was not only a good solicitor, but a good teacher as well. He was at home with young people and admired by them. His passing was a real loss. Mrs. Lois Atkinson has headed the Stenographic Department for about seven years, during which time many stenographers have found their way into the business world. Usually there are more calls for stenog- raphers than the school can fill. MRS. WADE MR. FERGUSON MRS. ATKINSON Dr. John R. Gregg and Mr. Sparks Friends Mr. Sparks knew the late Dr. John R. Gregg, author of Gregg Shorthand, personally and well. In fact, he advised with him several times about the establish- ment of a school. Mr. Gregg was a very kindly gentleman, and wise. When Mr. Sparks finally decided to cast his lot in Sheibyville, Mr. Gregg said, Why, Sparks, why do you want to start a school in that little Godforsaken town? Mr. Sparks answered, I don ' t know about its being Godforsaken. I doubt that it is. I do know the city is smaller in size than are the cities in which most business colleges are located, but, Mr. Gregg, we are going to do good enough work that folks will come to the school regardless of the size of the town or where it is. Mr. Gregg sharply replied, Ha! You are going to grow the proverbial violet by the wayside, so that those who desire to see it will beat their way to it, even though it be through untrodden and unbroken fields. Mr. Sparks answered, Well, I don ' t know about the violet business, but I believe we ' ll do it. Another thing Mr. Gregg and Mr. Sparks discussed was the speed that should be required for graduation in shorthand. Mr. Sparks announced to Mr. Gregg, Now, I have decided that graduates of our institution will need to take dictation at 150 words a minute. Mr. Gregg replied, Do you think that is necessary? Most of the schools are satisfied with 110 or 120 words a minute, and some not even so much. Here you propose to start a new school and ask people to write 150 words a minute. Why do you do it? Mr. Sparks replied, Mr. Gregg, I am of the opinion that between 120 words a minute and 150 words a minute shorthand will become second nature. Mr. Gregg replied, Well, that is a thought. I never thought about it just that way, but I believe it is worth trying. About three years after the school was established, Mr. Sparks had a visit with Mr. Gregg. Well, Mr. Sparks, he said, I am going to have to give it to you. You are doing what you said you would do. The folks are hunting up the modest violet. Then, too, these graduates of yours, with the ability to take shorthand dictation at 150 words a minute, show they are trained. Good luck, old man, good luck. Through- out the years that Dr. Gregg lived, he and Mr. Sparks were good friends. Business English Questioned A peculiar incident took place toward the end of the first year. All of the students were taking Business English. The teacher came to Mr. Sparks and said, 1 gave these folks a test the other day, and most of them failed. What are you going to do about it? Mr. Sparks said, They are going to pass those tests. You are going to pound that stuff into them, after I talk to them. She said, I ' ll be interested to know what you say. Mr. Sparks replied, Just let them come together at their regular class hour tomorrow, and I will be there ready to take over. It was evident to Mr. Sparks that these students felt that they had had twelve years of English in the elementary and high schools, and they didn ' t need Business English. They went through the form of going along with the teacher, but when the written tests came, they just couldn ' t pass them. Mr. Sparks told them that promptly, and said to them, this, You wouldn ' t be worth a dime as stenographers without a good knowledge of English. You have a good basic understanding of English that you got from the high schools, but you haven ' t had enough. Now, you folks go to work here under the direction of this good teacher and do what she tells you, and vou can pass the tests, but you may as well know that cither this school is going to turn out competent graduates or it will lock its doors. You won ' t be competent stenographers without grades in English, and you won ' t graduate without the grades. There were some startled faces, but the students went to work, and, with proper application and a good teacher in charge, they came through with grades in Business English. No class since that time has ever questioned the necessity of having a good understanding of Business English. High Standards Judge A. J. Steidley was the first teacher of Commercial Law, which he taught for four years. The Shorthand and Typing Department was first handled by Miss Mae Lewis, who came to Shelbyville from Detroit, Michigan. Like Mr. Gregg, she questioned the necessity for the 150-word-a-minute shorthand speed requirement. This rate, however, was required at the beginning of the school. During the years, the value of this extra speed has been proved over and over, and the original requirement has been maintained. To make the Accounting Department outstanding, Mr. Sparks instituted a laboratory or actual business practice program. .During the early years, he conducted this department himself. When a student has pro- gressed far enough in theory that he is able to handle simple accounts, he starts in Business Practice. The College National Bank, as far as books and regular machines are concerned, does the work of an actual bank, closing its books at the end of each day. At the end of each week, the one in charge of the bank must make the same report as is made to the Comptroller of Currency, showing the condition of the bank. In connection with and co-operating with the College National Bank, are the following offices: H. D. Sparks, Retail, through which the affairs are directed, George C. Heritage Company, College Railway Company, Lyle and Baker, Boling and Ruff, Adams Realty and Insurance Company, and Westervelt Commission Company. The different offices represent different lines of business, but the paramount idea is that each of these offices uses a different kind of set of books. All offices are balanced at the end of each week. Cash must agree with the bank, and balance with the other offices. This practice is directed by a manual which was writtenby the school. The student carries on a general line of business. Special checks, made by this school, and no others are used. The checking account must be reconciled with the bank each week. Is it £lny wonder that a student who leaves this school says very proudly and very promptly, I am an experienced bookkeeper! He is. The work is very interesting, but, best of it all, it is highly practical. The graduate not only knows the theory of accounting, but is actually an experienced accountant. There is no key. Newspapers Friendly There were two editors in this town, both of whom have gone to their Great Reward, who contributed an untold amount of good will and pages and pages of publicity that helped this school to get a place in the world, Mr. Isaac Storm, editor of the SHELBYVILLE DEMOCRAT, and his son, Mr. Orville Storm, city editor of the SHELBYVILLE DAILY UNION. While probably they didn ' t mention so many things about the school as did the Storms, yet the Shoaffs and the LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY were always warm friends of the school. Meets tlie Test During the Teachers Institute held for Shelby County in Shelbyville in the summer of 1909, Mr. Henry D. Sparks lectured on commercial subjects. In one session, he asked all of the teachers to write a certain check under certain conditions. All checks were turned in to Mr. Sparks. He picked out the ten best, and gave them to the officials of the First National Bank, asking them to pick the best one. When they had done so, it was discovered that the person writing this check had been in Mr. Sparks ' s school the year before. Mr. Sparks was a bit embarrassed, but really pleased that the worth of this teaching was proved. How good a check can you write? Courses of Study The following seven tried, tested, result- getting, diploma courses of study are offered with the assurance that they are practical, modern, thorough. They conform to the highest standards of business-training procedure - no frills - just essentials. All diploma courses are college level, and are taught by college- trained instructors. Full credit is given for previous training in commercial work. The time required to finish a course is estimated. Students are urged to complete the courses as rapidly as possible, consistent with doing the work right. Stenographic Course The Stenographic Course qualifies grad- uates to take dictation at 150 words a minute and t T3e vrite at 60 words a minute. The course provides good background in related business subjects, such as English, spelling, punctu- ation, filing, office procedure, and machines. The student may take either Gregg Short- hand or the Stenograph. Time r equired - 10 months Secretarial Course This course contains all of the work in the Stenographic Course, plus secretarial accounting and special work in secretarial practice. Time required - 12 months Executive Secretarial Course This course is designed for those students who wish to qualify for the more demanding secretarial positions which require higher skills and more detailed information in prep- aration for work with top executives, and for promotion into the administrative field. Time required - 20 months Junior Accounting Course This course offers a general knowledge of accounting. Students obtain a general knowl- edge of business procedure. Laboratory work in accounting as taught in this course gives the students the practical side of accounting. They are experienced. Arithmetic, English, spelling, and commercial law make the course complete. Time required - 10 months Higher Accounting Course This course is a development of the Jun ior Accounting Course. Additional higher accounting, auditing, and income-tax account- ing, as well as business organization and management, help make this course strong and worth while. This course offers thorough training in accounting and business procedure. Time required - 20 months General Business Training Course The General Business Training Course embodies both the Junior Accounting Course and the Stenographic Course. The knowledge of both of these courses enables the graduate to be very versatile in handling the business affairs of the office. This often means better employment and a better future. Time required - 18 months Reporting Course This course is the extension of the Steno- graphic in the development of the ability to take dictation at 200 words a minute and write 75 words a minute on the typewriter. Special dictation applicable to court and convention work is given. Special Work - Non-diploma Civil Service Comptometer Business Machines Filing Special Subjects Plan of Instruction This school takes into consideration the success of the individual student, rather than the promotion of any particular plan or system of education. Where a group may be instructed in class to good advantage, this is done. Individual instruction is given whenever nec- essary. In some cases, the lecture method is used. Laboratory work is an important part of the instruction. First Commencement Coming up to the end of the first year with the idea of high-school commencement in mind, Mr. arks thought it would be wise to have a baccalaureate sermon preached, and to hold commencement exercises. The first baccalaureate sermon was preached by the Presbyterian Minister, Reverend John A. Tracy. The members of this first graduating class were. Bookkeeping: Mr. Raymond Kingston, Mr. Benjamin M. Parish, Mr. Harry Pauschert, Mr. Harmon L. Ruff, Mr. Clair I. Storm, and Mr. Leslie R. Tallman; Shorthand: Mr. George A. Bowman, Miss EvaE. Fought, Miss Alta Harriette Jenkins, Miss Edna Marguerite South, Miss Grace Eleanor Thorn, and Miss Martha E. Ulmer. The commencement exercises were held in the Methodist Church. ssar UPPER ROW: A. J. Steidley, Benjamin M. Parish, Martha E. Ulmer, Mae Lewis, Harry Pauschert, Clair I. Storm, Grace Thom, Eva E. Fought, H. D. Sparks. LOWER ROW: Marguerite South, Harmon L. Ruff, Alta Jenkins, George Bowman, Raymond Kingston. Ne v Name for School In the fall of 1913, Mr. Sparks met with several people who asked him whether this school was one of a chain of schools then in existence in this part of the country. He said, No. He decided he was paying for someone else ' s advertising, and came back and put the matter up to the school. They changed the name of the school from Shelby Business College to Sparks Business College. Later on the word Business was dropped out, not because it isn ' t a business college, but because the work done in the school is as high grade as the four-year-college work in the same subjects. School Building Built Along toward the end of the sixth year, the Chamber of Commerce suggested that the school should have a home of its own. There was a big hole in the ground back of the Syndicate Building. The lots and parts of lots in this hole were owned by a woman who had a conservator. A group of forward-looking friendly people in Shelbyville bought the lots with the idea of some day erecting a building for the school. A building committee was comprised of Mr. William Beem, Mr. Charles H. Beetle, Mr. C. E. Bolinger, Mr. Ed N. Herron, Mr. W. J. fUchardson, and Mr. George B. Rhoads, Mr. H. L. Ruff, who was a teacher in the school, acted as secretary for this board. Of the men on the board, only one is now living, Mr. C. E. Bolinger, who lives in Los Angeles, California. These men raised about $11,000 , for which donors were given interest-bearing Building Certificates. The school taught out a good many of these certificates. All of the others were canceled, and the property deeded to Mr. Sparks. Right here the president of this school wants to acknowledge humbly his great thankfulness to these wise, far-seeing men who built even better than they knew. Thanks to all who helped in any way. MR. C. E. BOLINGER !«,ji Hill rin Ri ntn % jii ' ' ' 1 11 a |!m kn i 4a£ ' W u V ■ t w ' it ' 1 M g bnm 5i w vi ' Vflr I —r On the fifteenth day of May, 1915, Sparks College moved into the present quarters. When this building was built, it had one of the best gymnasiums in this part of the country. In fact, several high school tournaments were played in it. The accompanying photograph was taken during the final game of one of these tournaments, Mr. C. P. Lantz of Charleston Teachers College, officiating. A Product Of The Era In the early nineteen hundreds, Mr. Uard Stone Ireland invented the Stenotype, a machine to be used for taking dictation. Mr. Sparks, on hearing of the invention of this machine, was very doubtful about its efficiency. He said the machine would always be falling down, it would make a lot of racket, it wouldn ' t be practical, it would have to be lugged around, and somebody would have to buy it. But upon investigation, Mr. Sparks found, to his delight, that he was dead wrong. Machine shorthand had a future. He went to work to see what could be done about it. The machine was being manufactured in Owensboro, Kentucky, and people who wanted to find out about the machine went there, since the company did not send representatives to the schools. Mr. Sparks found his way down to this Kentucky city. There he met Mr. Ireland, the inventor, and the Bowen brothers, one of whom was the president, and the other the treasurer of the Stenotype Company. A funny motto, which Mr. Sparks never forgot, was on the office wall of the treasurer, Don ' t swear, not that I give a damn, but it sounds like hell before strangers. Mr. Ireland was one of the biggest eaters who ever sat at a table. He was a big man physically. Many times he worked all night. Sometimes he would work up to the middle of the afternoon, straighten himself around, throw his head back, sleep for an hour, and then go back to work with renewed fervor. Sparks College had one of the first thirty teachers of machine stenography in the United States. The school sent Mr. Harmon L. Ruff, a native of She Ibyville, to Owensboro, Kentucky, where he stayed for several weeks, learning how to operate and teach the machine. For many years Sparks College had one of the first handmade models. Mr. Ruff came back to the school and found a lot of skeptics. Had they been on the banks of the Hudson River when Mr. Fulton was trying to make his steamboat run, they would have said, It won ' t work. But the company worked on the machine, and many schools in the United States finally taught it. A prominent business educator who knew well about machine shorthand said, We think of Sparks College as the school which had trained more expert machine-shorthand writers than any other anything like its size. This school has a great many machine-shorthand writers all over the country. .Another word-writing machine, the Stenograph, appeared about 1939. This machine was, and is, promoted by anew company known as Stenographic Machines, Inc. This company, founded by Mr. M. H„ Wright, has made rapid progress. Many say the Stenograph is a better machine. It is widely used. Mrs. Mamie Frances Hill Cleary with Stenograph MR. BOLING NA orld Honors Received During these first six years, one of the greatest events in business-college history took place. Mr. Clem Doling, a lad of nineteen, in competition with reporters with twenty and thirty years ' experience, won the International Shorthand Contest for speed and accuracy, and received the title The Fastest Reporter of Human Speech in the World. He was the first winner for machine shorthand of this international contest - A World Champion. Some years later, Miss Gladys Pundt, after finishing the Short- hand Course, took up the Stenotype. Believe it or not, she finished the Stenotype Course in sixty days, and went directly to a position with a convention-reporting agency. She made good on the job, too. Further Recognition It is reported that the Russian Government, soon after World War I, canceled a $3,000,000. war contract with the Stenotj pe Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. This cancellation caused the failure of the Stenotype Company. Indianapolis bankers held the patents for several years, when finally LaSalle Extension University of Chicago, Illinois, secured these patents and started manufacture and promotion of the machine. Miss Madge Sparks, then a young woman of seventeen years, was trained to teach the machine. Two of her pupils. Miss Edith Pitzer and Miss Marguerite Griffin, went all out to make a record. They wanted to be the first under the LaSalle regime to finish Stenotypy. Edith and Marguerite, with Madge ' s help, made the grade. They were the first graduates under LaSalle management of the Stenotype. The LaSalle Company rewarded these girls by sending them on a trip to Kansas City, Missouri, to attend the convention of the National Business Teachers ' Association, which was held during the Christmas holidays. MRS. EDITH PITZER LANE MRS. M. RGUERITE GRIFFIN IGO Miss Lovetta Beck, a Gregg Writer, receives the acclaim of the business world as a secretary. Miss Beck has worked for Judge I. H. Streeper in Alton, Illinois, since 1929. At present she is his personal secretary and office manager. She is the court reporter of the City Court of Alton. In 1954, Lovetta passed the twelve-hour examination for the title of Certified Professional Secretary. CPS is to the secretarial profession what CPA is to that of accounting. In 1956, Lovetta was named Secretary of the Year by the Alton Chapter, National Secretaries Association (International), and participated in the national contest. Mr. Roy E. Burke comes in for recognition as a CPA. He is the manager for Price-Waterhouse Company, a firm of CP. ' ' s in Houston, Texas - No picture available. There are many bankers, auditors, cost accountants. Civil Service workers, and general accountants, among whom the name of Richard Carruthers shows well. He is an accountant in Decatur. MISS LOVETTA BECK MR. RICHARD CARRUTHERS other Outstanding Accounting Graduates ir. r.ivin Bcccue Mr. Gene Bone Ir. Herman Beetle Mr. William Burrows Ir. Joseph Began Mr. Warren Call Ir. Gerald Blankenship Mr. Ernest Grabowski Miss Mabel Good Mr. Edward Helm Mr. Lewis Locke Mr. John R. Grubb Mr. C. E. Humphrey Mr. Raymond Low Mr. James Guyon Mr. Carl Jackson Mr. Roscoe Manning Mr. John Guin Mrs. Lucille Young Labbe Mr. . lbert E. Paul Mr. George Scheef Miss Clara Thomas Mr. Max Waltrip Miss JoAnn Ward other Outstanding Stenographic Graduates Mrs. Jean Alexander Buchko Mrs. Helen Foote Bell Mr. Clyde Beals Mr. Lee Cosart Mrs. Joyce Kelley Burcham Miss Carol Melcher Miss Rosella Pfeiffer Mr. Harmon L. Ruff Mr. Arthur Hendrix Miss Elaine Heth Miss Sandra Lang Mr. Glenn Stettbacher Miss Marguerite Robertson Miss Donna Eversoie Miss Ruth Firnhaber Mrs. Charlene Bender Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Turney (Elizabeth Boys) Mr. Jack Ellis Miss Margie Esker Mrs. Viola Whittington Fuller Mrs. Dolores Weakley Hughes Mr. Crouch Tallman Miss Lera Waddington Mrs. Dorothea Hood Willard E IH F B n H m ■ H PT l L K V JHr J 1 ■J: ' i p| H| JJB I H j KjH ■ X V bE Ib ' ' H fl r C Kii m% 1 9 - ' S ■■ ■: . - - -- - KARL KLAUSER ' S ORCHESTRA Athletics MR. ORVILLE STORiM Sparks College had been in operation but a few days when a master sportsman, Orville Storm, suggested that a basketball team be organized. Mr. Storm consented to -organize and manage the team, as well as play on it. Thinking back fifty years, we see this team - Steward, 6 ' 4 ; Bowman and Clair Storm, 6 ' each; Miller and Orville Storm, not so tall, but with more speed. They had a good season. Illinois varsity and Notre Dame varsity were among those teams played on the old armory floor. Mr. Orville Storm was the father of basketball in Sparks College. For two years, the college maintained baseball teams. Those teams played two rather full seasons, winning a majority of the games played. There were few paved roads at that time. On one Fourth of July, a double header was scheduled with a Nokomis team. The team got to Shelbyville, but so did a big rain. No games, but plenty of expense. Then, too, it is harder to main- tain a summer game. Attendance is lower. After the gymnasium was built, other games were played. Indoor baseball went strong for a few years. Softball proved an attraction. A part of the time, Sparks had a team in the City League. Volleyball went by spurts, was more or less attractive. Badminton came in for some attention. Ping-pong came in for a good deal of attention - many hot tournaments. Football equipment was ordered in the spring before World War I began. With news of war, the order was canceled. Basketball has always been the game of the hour in Sparks. Sometimes there were three teams. The second team often was quite strong. Thefirstteam was a good one, better sometimes than others, but always to be reckoned with by good teams. During the years, the following individuals coached the teams: Orville Storm, Floyd C. Westervelt, Harry Woodworth, Ray (Buster) Woodworth, Charles Klauser, Ralph Hubner, Clyde Warren, Wm. C. Eddy, and Roger R. Sparks. These fine gentlemen were high-class sportsmen, and gave of their service generously, but did not receive any compensation in the way of money for their good work. It is a hard job to remember all who helped in many ways with basketball and other athletics. In the beginning years, the teams played were largely independent, but not for long. Games were sched- uled with the colleges in Illinois and nearby states. Most independent teams were not good enough to offer much competition. The Sparks teams won a lion ' s share of games played. They were true sportsmen always. One game long to be remembered was with Millikin University, back in the old guard-game days. The score at theendof the half was eight to two in favor of Millikin. Mr Sparks, during the first half, was sitting with Coach N. G. Wann of Millikin. At the end of the hal f, Mr. Wann said, Mr. Sparks, how do you like it? Mr. Sparks said, This is only the first half. Mr. Wann said, It will be worse at the end of the game. Mr. Sparks paid a visit to the dressing room, and found Buster Woodworth pointing out to the boys how to win. .After Mr. Sparks told them what the Millikin coach had said, they all shouted at once, We will beat them! And they did, thirteen to eleven. Pandamonium reigned. Fans were happy. It was one of the greatest games ever played in the Sparks gym. Mr. Sparks never could find Mr. Wann again. Old-time Sparks fans remember vividly the day that Sparks chartered a train on the New York Central Railroad to Hillsboro, Illinois. The team went to play the Y. M. C. A. Just as the train pulled into Hillsboro, the snow began falling thick and fast. ,A mistake had been made in not reserving a section for the trainload of fans from Shelbyville. This matter adjusted, the game began, and went along without incident, except that Sparks romped away with the long end of the score. Sparks played many games with Eastern Illinois of Charleston.One year Sparks played five games with Eastern and won all of them. One time the referee failed to come. The school asked Mr. C. P. Lantz, Director of Physical Education, then basketball coach of Eastern, to referee the game between his team and the Sparks team. He did and did it well. A Sparks team long to be remembered was the one of 1927-1928. The team had played sixteen games and won all ofthem. The boys had defeated Eastern Illinois twtce. Eureka College twice. Southern University once, Cape Girardeau (Missouri) College once. Western University once, and several other good teams, all colleges. The Sparks boys had alsoplayed and wontwo games with Millikin University, one in the Millikin, and one in the Sparks gymnasium. Athird game was played in the Pana High School gymnasium. A full house saw this game - a thriller. Sparks led the game most of the way. One minute before the final whistle, Sparks was ahead three points. Then Charles Smith, of the Decatur team, made two baskets in quick succession and won the game for Millikin by one point. Sparks season standing, sixteen games won, one game lost. .Another game that thrilled the fans was played with Northern Illinois (DeKalb). The Northern team was on a three-day trip, playing Sparks, Eastern Illinois, and Southern Illinois. The DeKalb coach had quite a large group of players and friends with him. He, thinking he had an easy game, sent in his second team, only to see in two minutes that he had made a mistake. He promptly sent in his best, on ly to see the Sparks cagers plunge right ahead, playing them off their feet, arks won the game by a wide margin. A reporter from DeKalb had the report of the game written before it was played, only to find out that he must wTite it all over. .a v In = Door I5ase Ball Friday Niylil March 17th Findlay M HSl . Sparks Athletic Club Of - . SPARKS BUSINESS COLLEGE Our boys played at P ' iiidlay this week. Runkle struck out 23 men and allowed hut two singles. Buster did the catching — did a good job, too. Findlay boys are all ritjht. This t% ' tll probably be llie only game here LMfc year. dml«slOfi. 25 cenla. No reserved seats. - ' :-? ' X . :- --..M ' .!g s-;-, ' gi;« -«i L ' JK:: 31 r t t J«-rttd « kLO O M I N OTO M I I- Ul N O I • Opet • tk4 PrrndtM December 11, 1955. The Honorable H, D. Sparks, f.clbyvllle, IlUnois, tty Denr Friend: Congratulations on the fine sportja nslike clean group of hx B you sent to esleyan Ifest riit bt. Mrs. UcPherson ajiu I were uelight ed to see the - ' ferne. I had the personal privilege of meeting your son. 1 think I never met him be- fore. It ie interesting to aee tuese chips aff of the old blocks. I tun nut going to suy any- thing about how tiie tjitert x tlu ns improv e as Uie years go by. While our team piled u several points tigbinbt yours, it was a very clean and ij iterei tui5 gi«ae. I wn iad you laentijiied hav- ing your boj ' 3 cjCiC wm thi t our coach could jMt them in. Sometime in the future, we might do it (.gain if it ie sttiafactory uxl tiround. I hope your work is going well, bs i ajo sure it is. lou are to be congratulated on going throu jh thf.«e trying yoto-e successfully, With very best wlshos to you and vours, froa Mra. McPbfciHon ajid Byaelf, X oa, ' ' h;i.: f Tourc i ' lncerely. ■i -i 0H YOU OALIFORHI TIU XI. ' Listen y« oltltene •«! you will hew. Of a victory that la 9hlB;ero l from oar to ear. On the twenty flrat of Januai-y the year of fifteen. Hot an 8. b- C. atudent waa aeen That will fortret that faKJua nldht anrt year. It was aald If we beat HILLSIWRO fair ami •qu re. Our lofty banner will wave in the air. By wliinlnfi; this flRht and dolnR our beat. We will taice a trl;; to the aunny WES T. The railroad aohedule made the trip loo; vain. So Prof. H. U. ordered a apeolal train. At first the movement looked very blue. But thanks to TALUfAK who put th« Job through. The Joy ride lasted eonethlnp over one hour. Then we snet the anlnala we were to devour. The rooters say they went to een the fun. But before they knew It the victory was won. Hlllsboro had fixed for a bloody slaughter. But aefore they knew It they were In hot water. Pord played kll Uu-our) the first and last half. And when he left he Rave the Maroons the horae laugh. Do«ns played at center In thla (jams, ae did his bent to win hlnself facte, WOODY wus a (ruard who stuck like (rlue, :te did this In order to put the trip through. Ye rooturs can ;7lve your praise to whom you like, jt for S. B. C. ' s sake save one for KIKE. If you wish to shout and yell for Joy, Olvfc thi-ec yella for BU3TBR the foal shooting boy. You can coir.pare this to 0«rinany In the trms of war, But a. C. C. Is still riRhtlnB when the battle la o ' er, Th ' r ' ) Is lust one nore battle before we po Or ' ir lofiF, lon ' trl; to old PTflSCO— — . This rhyme is anonymous, but was written about the Hillsboro game which is mentioned in the regular write-up. The score was Hillsboro 18, Sparks 51. 11X18. S. B.C. I . Ol- I. AC.VDKMV nASKKT BAU. 1 IVK K. I-I.S TO nKFKAT. BKtCKOWDSAWIT Nfiirly 400 IVrtionN WIiih mkI tt - Slii-lliy UuKliH-w ColU-|(r Team WW Krt m tbr I ' m-iw Tliank-klvlnR AfirriMKiii — A ' lsHon. Oulrla !. TH.-iin work, uppi-d. Miduriinre. Bi- ' iiraif fia ' ' lnK of ih - hall. i|iilrk_ac- Moii and Rooil Koal lhrowiii( w ri- ui- poiniK lti:il wcri- n ' Siwnnll)! ' for 111 Sii ' lby Uimintf Col) |{ ' ' « viciorr TliaiiktKlvltiK bricrnodii ovur lhi ■■i-iwliil - fa l liiivf cll)- of llllnoh Miiiliiiiy biiKkfl ball H ' am ' by IIm ' oiii-HliJcO wiin- of lil li l!i. SPARKS BUSINESS COLLEGE Shi:lbyville. Illinois Basket Bal Team 1922-23 Sparks Ba. ket Ball Teams and Sparks Graduates Are inner.-: - Mr. Clark Eade. B, 25, had this picture post card hid away in a bottom dresser drawer, 30 that the editors did not receive it at the same time as the other team pictures. J TtnXwtn Organizations Theta Pi Gamma Sorority Theta Pi Gamma Sorority was founded in the fall of 1936. Miss Gwendolyn McCallister, teacher at that time, tried with all her might to impress upon the minds of the girls attending Sparks College the Golden Rule, as she found the basic tools of shorthand, typing, etc., did not fully prepare them for the business world. She knew there was an urgent need for something else, and talked to a group of girls and found them eager to learn something besides the regular subjects that would better fit them for business offices. They decided meetings held either weekly or bi-weekly would be the best idea. The first meeting was held in Miss McCallister ' s apartment. After a few such meetings, it was decided to hold them in homes of the various girls attending these meetings. These meetings covered personal hygiene, proper make-up, proper, tasteful dress, importance of voice and speech, business relations and conduct, importance and art of getting along with people, and many other problems. Certain girls were chosen or volunteered to do some research work on these problems, and conducted sessions which naturally developed into round-table discussions. Miss Mabel Piety, one of the original founders, liked the idea very much, and was very helpful in the organization. It was decided to look for a name for the sorority and the directory in the Illinois State Library was consulted until the name Theta Pi Gamma was found to be a new one. Thus the sorority was named. Alumnae chapters were organized in Springfield and Chicago, with the one in Springfield discontinuing in less than a year. The one in Chicago remained active for a few years. The Shelbj ' ville Alumnae Chapter has remained active ever since being formed. There are twenty-eight members now in the alumnae chapter. Mrs. John McCarty, Filson, Illinois, friend of Miss McCallister ' s, wTOte the words to the sorority songs. Meetings were at first held monthly during the nine-month school term, but during the last year or so have been the fourth Monday in September, December, March, and May. These are dinner meetings held in private dining rooms in restaurants or the Shelby Country Club. F re8ent officers of the Alumnae Chapter are: President Miss Audrey Dannenbarger Vice President Mrs. Lois Sanborn Ethridge Treasurer Mrs. Hazel BroylesCopsy Secretary Mrs. Mable BareKircher Member-at-Large .... Mrs. Emogene Weakley Beube Theta Pi Gamma colors are gold, white, and red. The flower is the red rose. Virginia Rinehart Cresswell « - X MISS McCALLISTER MISS DANNENBARGER Sparks Educational Foundation, Inc. Because it was found that a good many young people do need help in attending college, in May, 1945, there was created a student-loan plan and fund. In line with this idea, a group of friends of Sparks College, Shelbyville, Illinois, organized what is known as Sparks Educational Foundation, Inc. It was incorporated under the laws of Illinois. The following named individuals constitute the Board of Directors: MR. G. LLOYD TALLMAN Mr. Andrew Beckett Mr. G. Noel Bolinger Miss Margaret Fox Mrs. Zelma Getz Lidster Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell The following officers were elected: Mr. G. Lloyd Tallman, President Mr. Albert Wall, Vice President Miss Geneva Stewardson Mr. G. Lloyd Tallman Mr. Philip Turner Mr. Russell Younger Mrs. Zelma Getz Lidster, Secretary Mr. Russell Younger, Treasurer This organization has been most helpful to many worthy students. College Papers During the years, there have been several different alumni -student publications. Some have been published by the school, others by individuals. Mr. Gilbert Twiss, now employed by the Chicago Daily Tribune, Miss Geneva Stewardson, and Mrs. Bess Roessler Roney, each, at different times, published the school organ. They did fine work, and the school is deeply indebted for their efforts. Three Generations For several years students whose father or mother attended Sparits College have been in evidence in Sparks College. But here are three generations, Mr. H. Ley Klauser, his daughter Mrs. Ross Beube and her son and daughter, Gene and Marilyn, all having attended the same school. Incidentally, Mr. Beuhe is a Sparks graduate. Grandfather Klauser lives on Davidson Road in Davidson, Michigan. The Beubes live in Shelbyville. MR. GARLAND STROHL The Alumni Association For many years, the graduates of Sparks College have maintained an alumni association. During the early years of the school, annual picnics were held in the spring. They were usually held along the Kaskaskia River. The big dinner was the feature. In the horse-and-buggy days, these crowds presented a beautiful spectacle. As the automobile graduallytook over, the picnics were usually held in Forest Park, Shelbjfville, Illinois. Ten years ago, a big picnic was planned and went off accordingly. There was an auto with one or more persons for each year of the school. These cars lined up in the order of the years, and went to the park for the big chicken fry. It happened on August 4, Mr. Sparks ' s birthday. The alumni presented him with an elegant wrist watch, which he has proudly worn ever since. This get together was such a lot of fun and so well attended that a time, the first Saturday in August, was set for further homecomings, which have been quite regular. The officers of the Alumni Association are Mr. Garland Strohl, President Part Owner and Manager of Tuscola Lumber Co. Tuscola, Illinois Mr. Jack Ellis, First Vice President Court Reporter for Judge F. R. Dove of the Circuit Court Shelbyville, Illinois Mr. Noble Corley, Second Vice President .Accountant - The Oliver Corporation Shelbyville, Illinois Mrs. Clara Mae Herron Carter, Secretary Findlay, Illinois Mr. Russell Younger, T1 easurer Vice President - Shelby Loan Trust Co. Shelbyville, Illinois FARM ORGANIZATIONS ANN ARBOR MACHINE CO. STA-RITE GINNIE LOU. INC. Development of Business Schools In the early yeaxs of Sparks College, the National Business Teachers ' Association was the only organization to which commercial teachers, of both public and private schools, paid particular attention. Soon after the founding of this school, however, the National Accredited Commercial Schools Association came into existence. One disreputable thing that some private business schools had been doing for quite some years was to guarantee a graduate a job or give his money back. The very first circular published by Mr. Sparks made this statement, We do not guarantee a job to anyone. We do guarantee our training to fit people to hold jobs, and we are interested in having our graduates at work. We work with them in secm ' ing employ- ment. In the organization of the National Accredited Commercial Schools Association, Mr. Sparks, as a charter member, was on a committee which compelled one of the largest private chains of business colleges in the country to take from its catalog the job-guarantee statement. No reputable school since this organ- ization was founded has done any good with guaranteeing jobs. The Sparks school was accredited by this association for more than thirty years. Then this organization was merged with the National Council of Business Schools, the outstainding leader of private school organ- izations in the world today. In the meantime, Mr. Sparks helped organize the Illinois State Association of Business Colleges. Both Mr. Henry D. Sparks and his son, Mr. Roger Sparks, have served as president of the state association. Contrary to the practice of some organizations, Mr. Sparks and his co-workers have always worked for and with the public schools. With very few exceptions, all through the years, a list of high-school graduates is sent to the college whenever requested. This year the college has received ninety-nine graduation lists. An Accredited School The most recent and most generally respected approval program is the one which developed out of the National Association and Council of Business Schools. This organization is known as the Accrediting Commission for Business Schools. This agency is accepted by the Federal Bureau of Education. Schools are rigidly examined by disinterested educators before the schools are placed on the accredited list. The following is a copy of the action of the Accrediting Commission for Business Schools in regard to Sparks College: r i ACCREDITS SPARKS COLLEGE an a TWO-YEAR BUSINESS SCHOOL 7 Htj oinkm by the Cotnmuiton 15 haMtd ■pon fidl examination of the educatifmal prmetMcn and ochi« ;cm nt« 0 thti tngti- m H — - —- ' iL. — ■ • f — ' rsXvom. trhirh Mixufartcmly mxei aXah- -y Ckaiaman f UsHrd mtcna. - a xa for the year 1958-59 EXECUTrVE SCtRETAHV A Ne v La v Affecting Private Schools It became evident to the Illinois State Business College Association that sooner or later there would be some regulation passed by the Legislature to control private business schools. The state association, very wisely, sought about and worked out a bill which was passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. All private business schools in Illinois come under this law. About three years ago, there came into existence in Illinois this law concerning the operation of private schools. The law set up a board for carrying out the purposes of this act. Six members of this board were appointed by the Governor, William G. Stratton. Under the terms of the act, the Governor appointed Mr. William Bethke and Mr. Paul Moser for two years. Miss Mary Gallagher and Mr. Hubert Scheer for four years, and Miss Darlene Heller and Mr. Roger R. Sparks for six years. The seventh member of the board is ex officio the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, who may appoint some member of his organization to represent him on the board. Mr. Robert B. Eadie is the Superintendent ' s representative. Mr. Bethke and Mr. Moser served as president and secretary during the first two years. Mr. Bethke and Mr. Moser were reappointed as members of the board for six years. They were re- elected as president and secretary. Soon thereafte r, Mr. Moser passed away. Mr. Paul Pair was appointed to fill this vacancy. He was elected as secretary. Miss Mary Gallagher, Miss Darlene Heller, and Messr. Bethke, Pair, Eadie, and Sparks were present at the Sparks Fiftieth .Anniversary Program. All business schools operating in Illinois must have the approval of this state board. All solic- itors or representatives of any school selling tuition in Illinois must carry cards certifying that they have been passed upon by this board. This law is a guarantee for the private training sch ' ol. The law sees to it that those who put out a bulletin of information concerning their school must do what they agree to do, must have good quarters and competent teachers, and must teach the courses as outlined in their bulletin. This law has been used as a model in many states in the Union. The founder of Sparks College was the chairman of the legislative committee, and he and a fine group of co-workers put in many arduous hours in selling this program to the Governor and to the Legislature. i ii H-- J-MS ir t -«•( ■ 19J Birthday Dinner 1925 1927 1948 1 Birthday Dinner The high lights of the fiftieth year of Sparks College, in addition to the publication of this book, were the birthday dinner and the Golden Jubilee. Sparks College Birthday Dinner was held Saturday night, June 21, 1958, in the Christian Church in Shelbj ' ille, Illinois. The dining room of the church had been tastily decorated by the committee in charge. More than one hundred sat down to the fine dinner served by the ladies of the church. Mr. Noble Corley, Vice Presidentof the Alumni Association, was the chairman of the meeting. Reverend Robert Litteral, Minister of the Christian Church, offered the Invocation. Mr. Clyde Warren introduced Mr. Roger R. Sparks, whose birthday was June 21. Roger responded, then cut the birthday cake. Roger ' s birthday and that of the school are the same. Classes were called by years, those in different classes giving name and year. Some classes were represented by as many as four present. Classes having three or four members present were recognized. Years having four representatives present were: 1936 Mrs. Vura Taylor Abernathy Mr. Jerome Anderson Mr. L. L. Doyle Mrs. Velma Jones Kerr 1948 Mr. Gerald Began Mr. Joseph Began Miss Betty Jones Mr. Lewis Locke Years having three representatives present were: 1917 Miss Geneva Stewardson Mr. Clyde Warren Mr. Virl Welch 1920 Mr. Roy Bare Miss Margaret Fox Mrs. Lulu McCormick Carroll 1923 Mr. George Monger Mr. Lloyd Carroll Miss Daisy Reynolds Failed to get in picture. 1925 Mr. Ralph Cox Mrs. Frances Koeberlein Klitzing Mrs. Lucille Warren Springer 1927 Mr. Roger R. Sparks Mr. Merle Stewardson Mrs. Loraine Runkel Stewardson 1929 Mrs. Mabel Bare Kircher Mr. Robert Wagaman Mrs. Pearl Jackson Welch 1940 Mr. Keith Corley Mr. Robert Watson Mrs. June Ogden Watson Mr. Keith Corley, as editor of the Golden Anniversary History, explained the progress being made on it. He radiated much enthusiasm. Mr. Logan Fern, Superintendent of Schools in Litchfield, Illinois, husband of Wilna Yakey, was introduced. Mr. Ralph Cox, Principal of Shelbyville, Illinois. Grade Schools and Junior High School, was introduced. Reverend Robert Litteral was introduced and spoke briefly of the place in the community of Sparks College. .After some general remarks, Toastmaster Keith Corley asked Mr. H. D. Sparks for a few closing words. .Among the things he said was: This is my last year. Roger will carry on. Mr. Sparks pronounced the benediction. The following committees organized and carried out the birthday dinner: MENU PROGRAM Mrs. Velma Jones Kerr Mrs. Dorothy Cordray Barden Mrs. Olga Downs Hayward DECORATIONS Mr. and Mrs. (Pearl Jackson) Welch Mr. Roy Bare Mrs. Corrinne DeWitt Igo Miss Mamie Kircher Mrs. Kathryn Mahan Lloyd Mrs. Elizabeth Stewardson Rominger Mrs. Loraine Runkel Stewardson Mr. F. A. Pundt Mrs. Beatrice Hook Conn Mr. Ralph Cox Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell Mr. Howard Wilson TOASTMASTER Mr. Keith Corley TICKETS Mr. Russell Younger Mr. Jerome Anderson SITTBJGf Mrs. Earle B. Fox, Mrs. H. H. Head, Mrs. William Bethke, Miss Mary Gallagher, Mr. Henry D. Sparks, Miss Madge Sparks, Mrs. E. A. Colbert, Mrs. Clem Boling, Mrs. H. M. Owen SECOND ROW: Mr. L. C. Doak, Mrs. L. C. Doak, Mrs. Robert B. Eadle, Mrs. Jean Mayhew Moser.Mrs. Lois .Atkinson, Miss Darlene Heller, Mrs. Frances Sanders, Mrs. Treasie Newlin, Mr. Garland Strohl, Mr. H. O. Janes, Mr. Roger R. Sparks THIRD ROW: Mr. Earle B. Fox, Mr. Jack Ellis, Mr. Robert B. Eadie, Mr. William Bethke, Mr. H. H. Head, Mr. H. M. Owen, Senator Clarence Sprinkle, Mr. Eugene .Alexander, Mr. Robert Alexander, Representative E. C. Eberspacher, Mr, Paul M. Pair, Mr. O. H. McKnelly FOURTH ROW: Mr. V. G. Musselman, Mr. E. A. Colbert, Mr. D. F. Colbert, Mr. Clem Boling, Reverend Robert Litteral Mrs. Elsie P. and Associates Wright Golden Jubilee On August 2, 1958, the college building was open all day to graduates and friends. Many of both were present, including practically all the members of the Illinois Private Business Schools State Board and representatives of most of the business colleges in Illinois. At four o ' clock in the afternoon, a caravan of cars proceeded from the college bxiilding to the Forest Park auditorium for the Golden Jubilee program. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Garland Strohl, president of the Alumni Association. The Reverend E. B. Blankenship gave the invocation. Mr. Clem Boling, Master of Ceremonies, was then introduced. He in turn introduced the various guests who appeared, but were not to speak. They included Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Head of Brown ' s Business College, Galesburg, Illinois; Mr. Robert Alexander and Mr. Eugene Alexander of Utterback ' s Business College of Mattoon, Illinois; Mr. Robert D. Eadie of the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Illinois and Mrs. Eadie; Mr. Paul Pair of the Pair School in Chicago; Miss Darlene Heller of the Rockford School of Business, Rockford, Illinois, and of Brown ' s Peoria School of Business; Mr. and Mrs. E. A, Colbert of Illinois Commercial College, Champaign, Illinois; Mr. Dana Colbert of the same school, and president of the Illinois Business Schools Association; Representative E. C. Eberspacher of Shelbyville; Senator Clarence Sprinkle of Assumption; Mr. L. C. Doak, educational director of Bryant Stratton College in Chicago, and also of LaSalle Extension University, and Mrs. Doak; Mr. and Mrs. Earl B. Fox of Fox College in Chicago; Miss Mary Gallagher, founder of the Gallagher School in Kankakee; Mrs. Paul Moser of the Moser School of Chicago; Mrs. Roger Sparks of Sparks College; Mrs. H, M. Owen of Brown ' s Business College, Decatur; Mrs. Clem Boling of Cincinnati; Mrs. Elsie P. Wright of Stenographic Machines, Inc., Chicago; Mrs. Lois Atkinson of Sparks College; and Mr. Jack Ellis, reporting the meeting. Mr. Herman Janes, Shelbyville, paid a touching tribute to those graduates who have passed away. He spoke particularly of Mrs. Sparks and unveiled a large photograph of her in the early years of her marriage. Mr. William Bethke, chairman of the Illinois Private Business Schools State Board, spoke on the organization and work of that Board, He said of it, We on the Illinois State Board, I am speaking for all my colleagues on that Board, feel a very keen sense of responsibility that we are setting a pattern of regulation here that will serve the schools for generations perhaps, but, at any rate, we are trying to get these fundamentals recognized in our nation. Mr. H. M. Owen, president of Brown ' s Business College, Decatur, Illinois, represented competitive schools. Said Mr. Owen, If the few words that I have to say could he dignified by a subject, that subject would be ' Our Good Neighbor Policy. ' Now I don ' t know what you think of our national Good Neighbor Policy, but the Brown ' s Business College, Decatur-Sparks College, Shelbyville, Good Neighbor Policy has been in effect and very effective for the past fifty years. Mr. O. H. McKnelly, Superintendent of Shelbyville Public Schools, spoke on public-school relations. He made the following observation: Another thing that I noticed when I came to Shelbyville some seven years ago that is entirely different from the other four communities in which I have spent my life is the intellectual background that exists in this community. fter being here some time, 1 began to wonder why this is true of Shelbyville. I certainly didn ' t bring it here. It was here before I came. But why? And then 1 began to realize, after talkingto some people and doing a little research and reading, that this community was one of the few and first communities to have an academy, that is an institution that was comparable to our secondary school, or the high school. Shortly after the life span of the academy - some of you people here remember the academy, or know of it as it was in Shelbyville - Sparks Business College took over in this community and carried on the tradition, that intellectual tradition that Shelbyville has. During the twenty-five years I have known about Mr. Sparks and Sparks College, I have never heard one word said derogatory to Sparks College, but much commendation. On the other hand, neither Mr. Sparks nor those representing iiim have been heard by public-school people to say anything derogatory to any other school. The Shadow as depicted by Reverend Robert Litteral, Minister of the Christian Church, showed the all-prevailing image of Mr. 5 parks as the leader and guide of young people seeking the truth. The influence of the school has touched Shelbyville for good through many young people. The shadow of Sparks College in this community and in the state and nation has been the Christian Shadow that expressed God ' s love as one individual to another. The Business College in the Community, as expressedby Mr. V. G. Musselman of Gem City Business College of Quincy, Illinois, provides clear, definite, constructive teaching of business facts in a usable way. There is probably no more distinguished name in the private school field than Musselman. Mr. Musselman said, The fact that Henry Sparks has maintained a successful school for fifty years is an indication in itself that it has been well managed, and that he has handled the proposition in a first- class manner. Mr. Brown built a ch.Mn of thirty to forty Business Schools. My father and Henry Sparks and two or three others felt that if they had one school under their direct supervision they cou J give personal attention and do a greater job in developing their young people. In my opinion, that is the way it has worked out. Mr. Roger R. Sparks was then introduced by Mr. Boling. Roger promised very definitely that he would try to preserve the good things about the tradition of the school in the future. Mr. Boling spoke of a visit Mr. Sparks had with him and his father several years ago. Said Mr. Boling, I dreamed that I would go to Sparks and then to the city, Chicago perhaps, and come back, visit, and buy land around my old home. He did just that. Mr. Boling then introduced Mr. Henry Sparks. Mr. Sparks said, At times like this, it is hard to find words that adequately express what one has in mind. So many kind words have been said about me that I am reminded of the old story of the colored man named Elias, who was dead and lay in a casket just before the pulpit. His wife and son were sitting nearby. The wife heard the minister make such complimentary remarks about her husband that she said, ' Son, please go and look into that casket and see whether it is your father who is in there. ' Thank you, all of you. Words cannot express my feeling of appreciation for the hundreds of graduates who have gone out into the world. It is over. Thank you. I am asking that Roger R. Sparks, who carries on from here, may have your full confidence that under his leadership he will have greater success for this school than ever before. May God bless you and keep you, my friends. Reverend Walter Mehl, Minister of the Presbyterian Church, pronounced the benediction right on time. Mr. Boling gave a few instructions on how to enter the south pavilion, where the sumptuous dinner was ready. Sparks students, graduates, and the many visitors ate heartily of this fine dinner. The Chamber of Commerce furnished the beef, which was barbecued by Theta Pi Gamma Sorority. There was a bountiful supply of this wonderful meat. Thank you folks, thank you. Everyone said, It was really wonderful. It just couldn ' t have been better. With the co-operation oftheChamber of Commerce, the committee worked everything out in a wonderful way. The Golden Anniversary Celebration Committee: Mr. Ross Beube, Chairman Miss Dolores Baptist Mrs. Vera Rice Cook Miss Margaret Fox Mr. Carl Herten Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell Miss Geneva Stewardson Mr. Clyde Warren Married Couples During the fifty years, there have been more than one hundred married couples of whom both were Sparks students or faculty members. In case of death, an precedes the name. They are as follows: Donald Ambuehl Sylvia Spangler Charles T. Blancett Betty Gillmore Ralph Parks Gwendolyn Ball Gerald Blankenship Joyce Graham Howard Wilson Vera Barnett James J. Boaz Violet Blankenship Burnell Runkel Iwana Bartholomew Glen Stewardson Frances Bode 11 William Schaffer Florence Bartscht Charles Thomas Bolds Lulu Miles Russell Younger Gladys Becker Roy E. Burke Irene Fetters Andrew Beckett Berniece Taylor Floyd Carroll Lulu McCormick Dwight Beem Shirley Poe Richard ' C ar ruthers Rosalind Blankenship Bruce Turney Elizabeth Boys Harry Courtright Ruby Champe Richard Gillespie Marjorie Branyan Roy Furr Carmel Clifton Lawson Killam Josephine Broverman Joe Reynolds Lois Conrad DeWitt Brown Helen Taylor Herschel Cordray Kathr Ti Cordray Lane Walker Gertrude Bube Fred Walker Estilene Cowim Jerry Lee Bumgardner Margaret Whittington James Guyon Phyllis Cox Herman Beetle Helen Randall R„ A. C res well Nellie Tinsman Ross Beube Emogene Weakley John Newlin Mary Cribbet F. W. Claar Jette Bigler Gene Stiarwalt Audrey CuUumber Victor Elbert Carol R. Davis Frank Dearduff Ophelia Jones Arthur Hendrix Villa Doty Oran B. Hasward Olga Downs Clyde Furr Frances Drysdale Herbert Feather stun Marguerite Lemons William A„ Woodring Irma Fellers LeRoy Keller Carol Ferguson Tom Moore Rita Finfrock Rennie Frazier Mary Fleming C. W. Waggoner Nellie M. Fox James Jiter Ellen Friese Lyle Gaddis Shirley Boarman Max Galbreath Doris Trullinger B. D. Love Lulu Belle Garner Edward Gibbons Thelma James ♦Harry Downs Olga Givan Richard Harrington Clarice Goad Lawrence Gowdy Lois Snyder Edwin F. Graham Kathleen Cowden Garnet Page Laura Gruen Philip Haslett Elaine Poland ♦Howard Heinz Caroline Larimore H. U Ruff Bertha Herron James Hitt Dorothea Twiss John Hortenstine Jean Cutler Foster Hurst Maxine Roberts Richard Inyart Donna Waymire Paul Smock Mildred Jarnagin W. C, Storm, Jr. Lila Kull Elgin Sands Martha Kull Ralph Lane Edith Pitzer Harry Smith Mildred Sherwood ♦C. H. Ferguson Edna Blanche Sparks ♦Walter Wolf Maxine Sturgis A. W. Beckett, Jr. Jeane Wageman Frank Lower Betty Gordon George R. Moyer Georgia Wright ♦Corwin Hamilton Viviain Henderson Carl Herten Carvel Herten Gordon Longenbaugh Peggy Ward Ray Troutman Winifred Lovins ♦Louis Conn Beatrice Hook Roscoe D. Manning Lona Combest Noel Wagner Pauline Hudson Manley Pow Eileen Mars Joseph Ingram Velma Nichols Donnel Pontius Hazel Martin Virl Welch Pearl Jackson Ronald Kincade Shirley Woolen Martin Ruff ♦Tillie Kull Kenneth Lichtenwalter Jo Ann Melcher Leland Metzler Salome Righter Niles W. Miller Blanche Baker Herschell LaCost Lola Spangler Edgar Tucker Pauline Shell Maurice Price Naomi Milner Paul Buckler Frances Meisenheimer Fred Simmering Sadie Bledert E„ J. Moyer Emma Black Roger R. Sparks Marie Walker J. Everett Sims Bermadyne Vest Floyd C. Westervelt Mayme Rawlings Dwain Storm Patricia Ragsdale Glen Lichtenwalter Julia Bullington Walter A. Roney Esther Lippencott Karl Klauser Edith Newell George Newlin Luretta Stewardson Robert Watson June Ogden Frank Quicksall Edna Turney Howard Reichart Iva Mae Reichart ♦Arthur O. Runkel Mary Vest Jean Alexander Jerry Bumgardner Edna Fournier Joyce Hille Eunice Myers Mary Robson Eddie Tinnea Gerald Began Richard Carruthers Richard Gillespie Imogene Kelley Albert E. Paul James Schouten Noel Wagner Frances Braden Kenneth Crockett Ilene Heiter William Leach Nancy Ramsey Marjorie Steele Ralph Warner Norma Brown Robert Flesner Lowell Hickman Mary Lou McVicker Edgar Runkel Lila KuU Leo Zacha Joseph Began Richard Bland Marjorie Branyan Robert Byham Joseph Case G. L. Daugherty Max Galbreath Quentin Harmon Edward Helm Olan Hurst James Jiter Lewis Locke George Newlin Marjorie Pogue Howard Reichart Roma Robson Florence Schwer dtbeger W. C. Storm. Jr. Arnold Walden Max Waltrip Carol Wortham Sparks Students At Work In Shelbyville Let us take a walk along the streets of Shelbyville, Illinois, as of August 2, 1958, and observe the fine men and women, former students of Sparks College. Many of them are proprietors and managers of various types of businesses. If the count is correct, there are 168. Figuring the average income at $60 a week (it will average much more, certainly), you get more than one-half million dollars a year, to say nothing of what out-of-town students spend for living expenses each year. Perhaps Sparks College is a paying institution. Beem ' s Garage Mr. Emmett Beem, Co-owner Mr. Julian Beem, Co-owner Mr. Leonard Huffer, Bookkeeper Yantis Law Offices Mrs. Donna Waymire Inyart, Secretary Spracklen Radio Shop Mr. Marion Spracklen, Part Owner Illinois Public Aid Commission Mr. John Gierhart, Visitor Miss Daisy Reynolds, Secretary Mrs. Evelyn Shafer Winson, Secretary . Xttorney Edward Eberspacher Mrs. Lola Herten Riley, Secretary Attorney Eugene Bland Mrs. Vera Dihel Shuff, Secretary Attorney William L. Turner Mr. William L. Turner, Lawyer Mrs. Opal Hood Read, Secretary Attorney Arthur J. Steidley Mr. .Arthur J. Steidley, Lawyer Chamber of Commerce Mrs. June Fishel Valerius, Secretary Farm Bureau Miss Phyllis Mears, Secretary Reisacher Drug Store Mrs. Inez Wolf Boettcher, Saleslady Welch Insurance Mr. Virl Welch, Owner and Operator Mrs. Pearl Jackson Welch, Secretary Tall man ' s Mr. L. R. Tallman, Investments Mr. G. L. Tallman, Investments Mr. Luther Foster, Wire Products Division of Rehabilitation Mrs. Josephine Richardson, District Vocational Director Mrs. Dorothy Cordray Barden, Secretary, State Civil Service Sparks College Mr. Roger R. Sparks Miss Madge Sparks Shelby County ASCC Mrs. Joyce Ditzler Litz, Stenographer Mrs. Ruby Miller Nohren, Clerk Mrs. Helen Giberson Maxwell, Clerk Mrs. Vura Taylor Abernathy, Stenographer Downs Feed Mill Mr. Henry Downs, Operator Railway Express Company Mr. Elgin Sands, Delivery Post Office Mr. Charles Klauser, Postmaster Mr. F. A, Pundt, Assistant Postmaster Mr. Stanley Dannenbarger Mr. William Harrison Mr. William Herrick Mr. Clarke Knearem Mr. George Moyer Williams Decorating Mr. Roy WiUiams, Mayor of Shelbyville Shelby Electric Supply Company Mr. Niles Miller, Proprietor Mr. Maurice Price, Assistant Shelby Loan and Trust Company Mr. Russell Younger, Vice President Miss Margaret Fox, Vice President, Trust Division Miss Merle Phegley, Bookkeeper Miss Doris Sherwood, Bookkeeper Attorneys Baker Baker Mr. John J. Baker, Sr., Lawyer Miss Rella Barbee, Secretary Western Auto Accessories Store Mr. H. O. Janes, Owner and Operator Stewardson Realty Company Mr. Glenn Stewardson, Realtor Beube ' s Jewelry Mr. Ross Beube, Owner and Operator Mrs. Emogene Weakley Beube, Assistant Operator Anderson Sport Shop Mr. Jerome (Sam Anderson, Owner and Operator Union Office Mr. Quentin Storm, City Editor, Daily Union Mr. Rennie Frazier, Owner and Editor Mrs. Mary Fleming Frazier, News Miss Frances Frazier, Editor Kerr Electric Company Mrs. Velma Jones Kerr, Assistant Manager M. J. Wilson Ford Company Mr. Maynard Wagner, Office Manager Mr. William Ren, Bookkeeper Mr. Neil Atteberry, Parts Bitzer-Taggart Motor Co. Mr. Edgar Tucker, Bookkeeper Miss Mary Ann Syfert, Bookkeeper Mr. James Boaz, Bookkeeper, Manager of Strasburg branch Chrysler Motor Company Mr. James Crook, Bookkeeper Massey-Fergvison Corporation Mr. James Hart, Bookkeeper Downs Chevrolet Company Mr. Howard Wilson, Sales Manager Mr. Walter Kessell, Bookkeeper Mr. William Leach, Bookkeeper Rural Electrification Association Mr. Lane Walker, Manager Mrs. Carolyn Bieber Vieback Miss Janet Gordon Mr. Hal Jarnagin Mrs. Frances Moberley Belser Mr. Arnold Strohl Mrs. June White Miss Norma Yoder Herron Department Store Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell, Manager Mr. John MerreU, Salesman Moore ' s Style Shop Mrs. Dorothy Klauser Moore, Owner and Manager Inyarts ' Brownbilt Shoe Store Mr. William Wilson, Salesman Copsy ' s Bakery Mrs. Hazel Broyles Copsy, . ' ssistant Operator Central Illinois Public Service Company Mrs. Zelma Beetle Hoover, Cashier Mrs. Joan Small McGahey, Assistant Cashier Sta-Rite Ginnie Lou, Inc. Mr. G. Noel Bolinger, President Mrs. Mabel Bare Kircher Mrs. Joyce Barden Thompson Mrs. Joan Bolinger Craig Mrs. Vella Combest Jones Mrs. Mary Phyllis Kircher Riley Mrs. Marcella Nees Groves Mr. James Price Mrs. Lucille Smith First Federal Savings Loan Mr. Donald E. Richardson, Corporate Secretary Mrs. Jean Wageman Beckett, Bookkeeper Mrs. Mary Lou Weakley Tallman, Assistant Shelby County State Bank Miss Amber Moberley, Assistant Cashier Miss Denise Nieberg, Bookkeeper Miss Virginia Smith, Bookkeeper Klauser Brothers Mr. Robert Klauser, Manager Shelby Service Company Mr. W. C. Storm, Jr., Office Manager Mr. Robert Brackett, Bookkeeper Miss Shirley Gregg, Bookkeeper Mrs. Lois Sanborn E:thridge, Stenographer Charleston Production Credit Association Mrs. Frances Bodell Stewardson, Secretary H. W. Locker Company Mr. Carl Herten, Part Owner Mrs. Imogene Kelley Huber, Bookkeeper Mr. Harold Herten, Assistant Paddock Lumber Company Mrs. Ruth Brown Hannon, Bookkeeper Miss Sadie Newcome, Bookkeeper Richardson Clothes Mr. Rodney Freeman, Salesman Modern Woodmen Insurance Mr. Murphy Herron, District Manager County Treasurer Mr. Jerome Anderson, Treasurer Miss Patsy Anderson, Stenographer Mrs. Bess Roessler Roney, Clerk-Typist Miss Geneva Stewardson, Bookkeeper County Clerk Mrs. Dorothy Augenstein James, Clerk Shelbyville Mutual County Fire Insurance C ompany Mr. Grider Moberley, Secretary Lewis P. Craig Abstract Company Mr. Roy Bare, Secretary Mrs. Corrine DeWitt Igo, Stenographer Mrs. Kathryn Mahan Lloyd, Stenographer Mrs. Gertrude Bube Walker, Stenographer Shelby County Highway Department Mrs. Marjorie Montooth Carney, Secretary Real Estate Mr. Leverett E. Wealdy, Itealtor Town Relief Mrs. Daisy Fleming Broyles, Clerk Clarence Weakly Insurance Agency Mr. Clarence Weakly, General Agent Keith Stokes Insurance Miss Mamie Kircher, Bookkeeper Ha5rward Plumbing Heating Co. Mr. Oran B. Hayward, Owner and Operator Mrs. Olga Downs Hayward, Bookkeeper Hygrade Food Products Corporation Mr. Lonnie Banning, Assistant Manager Mrs. Gladys Blackburn Talcott, Secretary Shelby County Marketing Association Mr. Olan Hurst Mr. Ralph Warner Shelbyville Schools Mr. Ralph Cox, Principal, Main Street and Junior High Schools Miss Beulah Knecht, Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. Evelyn Jones, High School Secretary Mrs. Carvel Herten, High School Secretary Mr. Keith Corley, High School Social Science Teacher The Oliver Corporation Mr. Lawson Killam, Plant Manager Miss Dolores Baptist, Plant Accountant Mrs. Elizabeth Baptist Speck, Secretary Mr. Freddie Bleyer, Order Editor Miss Lou Buchanein, Secretary Mrs. Carrie Camp Stilwell, Methods Clerk Mrs. Geneva Cordray Dailey, Executive Secretary Mr. Herschel F. Cordray, Leader, Cost Department Mrs. Kathryn Cordray, Pay Roll Clerk Mr. Noble Corley, Budget Analyst Mrs. Ruth Courtright VonBehren, General Ledger Bookkeeper Miss Irma Dihel, Secretary Mr. Loren Elam, Chief Tool Designer Mr. Max Foor, Shipping Clerk Mr. Carl H. Frailey, Purchasing Agent Mrs. Betty Gordon Lower, Methods Clerk Mr. Jesse Jarnagin, Welder Mr. James Jiter, General Ledger Bookkeeper Mr. C. W. Lloyd, Plant Sales Representative Mr. Frank Lower, Draughtsman Mr. George Pancoast, Draughtsman Mr. Forrest Price, Assistant Purchasing Agent Mrs. Dorothy Robinson Henry, Pay Roll Clerk Mr. William D. Rezinas, Assistant Products Control Agent Mr. Donald Sprague, Time Study Manager Mrs. Barbara Russell, Secretary Mr. Thomas Stirrett, Receiving Clerk Mrs. Ruth Sullender Sanders, Stenographer Mrs. Beulah Winslow Smith, Cost Clerk Johnston ' s Super Market Mr. James Schouten, Bookkeeper Free Lance Reporting Mrs. Dorothea Hood WiUard Scheer Floral Co. Mrs. Fern McDonald Scheer, Bookkeeper Circuit Court Reporter Jack Ellis FARM ORGANIZATIONS: Top Row; Mr. W. C. Storm. Jr., Mr. Olan Hurst, Mr, Ralph Warner MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Robert Brackett, Mrs. Frances Bodell Stewardson. Miss Shrley Gregg, Mrs. Joyce Ditzler Litz, Mrs. Lois Sanborn Ethridge. BOTTOM ROW: Mrs. Vura Taylor . bernathy. Miss Phyllis Mears, Mrs. Ruby Miller Nohren. STA-RITE GINNIE LOU, INC.: Standing; Mrs. Marcella Nees Groves, Mrs. Joyce Harden Thompson, Mrs. Vella Combest Jones, Mrs. Mabel Bare Kircher, Mrs. Lucille Smith SITTING: Mrs. Joan Bolinger Craig, Mr. G. Noel Bolinger, Mrs. Mary Phyllis Kircher Riley SHELBY ELECTRIC CO- OPERATIVE: Standing; Miss Janet Gordon, Mr. Hal Jarnagln, Mrs. June White, Miss Norma Yoder, Mrs. Frances Moberley Belser. SITTING: Mr. 4rnold Strohl, Mr. Lane Walker OLIVER CORPORATION: Below; STANDING: Mr. Thomas Stirrett, Mr. George Pancoast, Mr. Frank Lower, Mr. William Rezinas, Mr. Forest Price, Mr. James Jiter, Mr. Carl Frailey, Mr. Noble Corley, Mr. Herschel Cordray SITTING: Mrs. Carrie Camp Stlllwell, Miss Irma Dihel, Miss Lou Buchanan, Mrs. Betty Gordon Lower, Miss Dolores Baptist, Mrs. Barbara Russell. Mrs. Geneva Cordray Dailey, Mrs. Beulah Winslow Smith, Mrs. Dorothy Robinson Henry, Mrs. Kathryn Cordray MISCELLANEOUS: Top Row; Mr. Maurice Price, Mr. James Hart, Mr, Leverett Weakly. Mr. Lonnie Banning, Mr. Maynard Wagner, Mr. Clair Storm. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Niles Miller, Mr. J.J. Baker, Sr., Mr. Roy Bare, Mrs. Dorothy Cordray Barden, Miss Amber Moberley, Mrs. Lola Herten Riley, Mr. John J. Baker. Jr., Mrs. Evelyn Shafer Winson, Mr. Clarence Weakly, Miss Rella Barbee, Mr. Luther Foster, Mr. William Ren. SITTING: Mrs. Kathryn Mahan Lloyd, Mrs. Dorothy Klauser Moore, Mrs. Vera Rice Cook, Mrs. Corinne DeWitt leo. Mrs. Velma Jones Kerr BEEM MOTOR SALES: Rear; Mr. Leonard Huffer. Mr, Emmet Beem. FRONT: Mr. Julian Beem Down Through The Years The members of the committee on the groups in the fifty years, one for each five years, have worked hard securing data and addresses of Sparks graduates. While the complete list of graduates is contained in this history, the committee makes mention of only a few here because space prohibits mentioning all of them. Usually but one graduate is mentioned where several of a family are graduates. Many highly successful graduates will not have special mention. Now by the years. First Five Years: 1909-1913, Mrs. Vera Rice Cook, Chairman MR. AND MRS. CRESWELL MISS JENKINS MR. DONALDSON MR. DeWITT Miss Alta Jenkins, Miss Ada Weakley, and Miss Nadine Hamer went through Federal Civil Service. Misses Jenkins and Weakley were in Washington, D. C, and Miss Hamer was in Field Service. All are stenographers. Mr. J. M. Donaldson went through the Postal Department in Washington, D. C., and finished by being appointed Postmaster General by President Truman. Miss Eva Fought finished State Civil Service, and is retired in Carbondale. She made the best grade in the Illinois Civil Service examination. Mr. Floyd C. Westervelt married Miss Mayme F. Rawlings and now lives in Flushing, New York. He is at present associated with Dominick and Dominick, Stocks and Bonds. He feels the most important incident of his school life was meeting his wife, who was also a student in the college. His Sparks train- ing has helped him in business administration and been most beneficial. Mr. Harmon L. Ruff married Miss Bertha E. Herron. They have one daughter, Nancy. Harmon is now president of The Modern Woodman of America, Rock Island, Illinois. He graduated with the first class. He states the ability to write shorthand has helped him most all these years for the reason that it gave him daily contact with men at the top. Mr. Willis Cihak of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been purchasing agent with the Nelson Electric Supply Company of Tulsa for the past twenty-three years. He recalls many pleasant memories of his college days. His training helped him secure his first position. Miss Mabel Good has spent most of her life as an accountant in public institutions in Illinois. Several times directors have shown visitors her books, because of the neatness and accuracy of them. She is now in the Research Hospital inGalesburg. Mr. Foster Bennett came to Sparks on crutches, graduated, went to St. Louis, where he made up his high-school credits. He studied law and became a lawyer. He threw away the crutches. For many years he was the secretary of the Elks Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Creswell live on a farm southwest of Shelbyville. Arch came from Canada. Nellie Tinsman, his wife, came from Shelbyville. Mr. Harry DeWitt was the first student in Sparks from Nokomis. He had a prominent position for years in the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company in Mt. Vernon. He is now retired. Mrs. Clotiel Beem Boys was very active as an accountant until her marriage to Dr. J. W. Boys. She lives in Pana. MR. STIREWALT MR. WHITLATCH MR. GLEASON MR. BOLING Mr. N. C. Stirewalt is vice president of the C. I. P. S. Company in Springfield. He is also purchasing agent for this company. He buys trainloads rather than carloads of material. His office is on the top floor of the Illinois Building, highest in the city of Springfield. Mr. Floyd Whitlatch, Mr. Laurence Gleason, and Mr. Clem M. Boling were the only boys in their high-school class in Windsor. All three of them came to Sparks College. Mr. Floyd Whitlatch studied Gregg Shorthand, went to St. Louis, andgota job. Later he went to Oklahoma, where he held his job, studied law, and built a home for his parents. He lives in Tulsa. He is an attorney. Mr. Laurence Gleason studied bookkeeping and Stenotypy, and then went to New York City for employ- ment. He is the corporation secretary for Marx and Quirk, international abstractors, which company also has offices in London and Paris. He was sent to London, where he Americanized that office. Mr. Clem Boling studied bookkeeping and Stenotypy. He became world-champion stenographer, the first one to win such honors on a machine. Mr. Thomas Gather of Neoga is agent of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. He says his Sparks training, especially accounting, has helped him in all his work. Mrs. Mary Protsman Combs has been working in the Department of Public Welfare in Springfield for the past seventeen years. Miss Edith Storm married Lawrence Parish, who is now deceased. She still resides in Mattoon, where she is owner of the Parish Quality Cleaners and Fur Storage. Miss Stella Williams is now Mrs. Thomas L. Ruth, Sr. She lives in Chicago and works in the office of the Cook County Recorder. She feels that the most outstanding event in Sparks was her passing the 150- word test in stenography, and is a firm believer that high standards in training make successful graduates. Mrs. Edna A. Johnson Connelly now lives in San Antonio, Texas, and is a retired registered nurse. She recalls a bobsled ride to Tower Hill with the student body when the temperature was twenty below zero! She used her training in lieu of high-school credits for entrance to nurses training. Mrs. Mary Phillips Clark is working in the First National Bank of Chester, where her husband, Roscoe, is the executive vice president. Mr. Harry R. Sparks graduated from the Bookkeeping Course in 1913. He is now a retired teacher, living in Kirkwood, Missouri. Soon after he graduated, this incident occurred. It seems that his father had rented some hay land for cash rent and accepted notes in full payment. The notes were due in July. In May the renter put up the hay by baling it, then selling it. The father saw the renter working and said to the son, I am going to stop this renter until he pays me. Harry said, Father, you cannot stop him. You have the notes as payment, even though they are not due. Well, said the father, go get that business-college law book, and see whether you are right. Harry found that the book agreed with his statement, and the father was saved an embarrassing situation. Harry ' s grandfather was the Uncle Sam who took Bateman R. Sparks to see Mr. Ross, as indicated in the biography of Henry D. Sparks. Second Five Years: 1914-1918, Mrs. Edna Herron Merrell, Chairman m r MISS RUSSELL MR. DUNCAN MR. CARPENTER MR. FORD Miss Gladys Russell (IVIrs. Paul Haagen), National Convention Reporter, reports conventions all over the United States. She lives in Long Beach, Michigan City, Indiana, and has an office in Chicago. She visited her Alma Mater since homecoming. Mr. Clayton E. Humphrey has been with the NFLA of Kewanee and PCA of Kewanee for the last twenty-five years. He has a son and a daughter. When in school, he roomed in the home of H. D. Sparks. Mr. J. J. Baker, now an attorney in Shelbyville, and his brother Bill were also roomers there at that time. Mr. E. R. Duncan is now executive vice president and cashier of the Windsor State Bank, Windsor, Illinois. Mr. Walter S. Carpenter is now the assistant chief, Appellate Division, Internal Revenue Service, in Springfield. He recalls the splendid basketball teams during his school days in Sparks. Miss Lelah E. Lohr retired two years ago from her position of chief clerk at the Chicago State Hospital, having worked there for 39 1 2 years. Her Sparks training qualified her to take the Civil Service examination for bookkeeper, which was a steppingstone to the position she attained. Mr. Carl Jackson has a wonderful reputation as a loan expert. He now lives in Nokomis. Mr. J. Leverett Tallman is president of J. L. Tallman, Inc., Decatur He has also been appointed trustee of Millikin University, director of Millikin National Bank, Y. M. C. A. , and Decatur Country Club, and trustee of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Sparks training has helped greatly in his work as business administrator. Mr. Glenn Stettbacher is a secretary in the home office of Lyons International in Chicago. He has much to do with personnel. Mr. Gordon G. Olive is postal clerk in New Douglas. Mr. Jesse Ford is vice president of one railroad and secretary of another. He is active in the State Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Clinton A. Pickett is general sales manager of the American Air Filter Company, also vice president and general manager of Illinois Engineering Company Miss Clarissa Hill, now Harrington, lives in Ferguson, Missouri. She recalls her school days at Sparks as very happy ones. She spent eight years in Civil Service in Washington, D. C. Mr. Ernest Reeder, a native of Shelbyville, has gone far with the Railway Express Company. He lives in Columbus, Indiana. Mr. Arthur Hendrix is a reporter for the United States in Federal Civil Service. He holds the highest grade. His wife, formerly Villa Doty, is a secretary in Civil Service. They live in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Laura Boaz Weary was a convention reporter for many years in New York City. She stated that her thorough training in Sparks was the basis for her success. She has traveled all over the United States and Europe while doing this kind of work. She is now retired, and lives in DeBary, Florida. Mr. George Kull was the genial postmaster in Strasburg, for many years - retired - resigned. MR. PICKETT MR. REEDER Third Five Years: 1919-1923, Mrs. Fern McDonald Scheer, Chairman MISS GOODRICK MR. SIMMERING REVEREND MR. EDDY Miss Helen Goodrick was a pioneer in machine shorthand. She has for several years been the reporter for the Court of Domestic Relations in Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. Freda Minor Hicks for the past twenty-one years has been in the Crippled Children ' s Division of the State Department of Public Welfare. She is the office manager. Mr. Fred Simmering is the Executive Secretary for the Urbana Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Simmering, the former Miss Sadie Biedert, is a graduate of the Music Department. Mr. Lee D. Cosart is owner of the Cosart Motor Company in Portland, Oregon, dealer of Dodge and Plymouth since 1945. Prior to that, he spent twenty years with Chrysler Corp., in various executive capacities, including general sales manager of PljTnouth Division, sales manager. Dodge Truck Division, assistant operating manager of Chrysler Tank Arsenal, and spent three and one-half years in World War n building medium tanks. He feels that analytical thinking and concentration engendered by the study of English, business law, and particularly shorthand and typing courses were most helpful. Mr. W. C. Eddy is now Reverend W. C. Eddy. He holds a good charge in the Methodist Church in Sacramento, California. He is doing a good job. He helped make a good basketball team. Mrs. Jeanette Bigler Claar, whose husband, F, W, Claar, is now deceased, is still living in Charleston, Mrs. Claar is very active in church circles. She is a member of the official board of the Christian Church. She keeps in close touch with business conditions, about which Mr. Claar was an expert. Mr. Roy E, Burke, himself a CPA, is office manager for a firm of CPA ' s in Houston, Texas. His wife was Miss Irene Fetters. Mr. Herman Beetle conducts an accounting office in Champaign, He specializes in income-tax procedure. His ' . ' . ' ife, the former Miss Helen Randall, graduated from Sparks a year later than her husband. Mrs. Mabel Bigler Snyder is presently employed as bookkeeper for Neoga News in Neoga. Mabel says, Prof. Sparks ' s talks were always an inspiration to me, and I recall one slogan, ' Give value received and you will be amply paid, ' which I found to be true after I went to work. Mr. Clyde L. Beals is secretary and director of Progress Manufacturing Company, Inc., of Arthur, having been with the company since its inception 35 years ago. They have 300 employees, and make various products. He is assistant vice president and director of the State Bank of Arthur. He states he has noticed in handling office people that those who make the best employees have had business-college training. Mrs. Aly Alexander Meier, soon after graduation, was secretary to Dr. Lord, President, E. I. S. T. C, Charleston. Then she became registrar of the School of Speech, Northwestern University, then secretary for an oil company in Denver, Colorado, then head of Rehabilitation, State of Colorado. She is now retired. MRS. BEETLE MR. SIMS Mr. George H. Monger is now manager of the Tuscola Cooperative Grain Company of Tuscola, promoted to this position last year. Mr. J. Everett Sims is the head of the Sims Lumber Company in Decatur. He worked for a lumber company in Decatur many years, learned by experience. His wife is the former Bermadyne Vest, also a Sparks graduate. Mr. Carrol E. (Bob) Prater, now of Western Springs, is senior vice president of the Chicago National Bank. On June 30, 1958, he completed 28 years of service in that institution. He began his career in the Charleston bank. Miss Geneva Klauser is a secretary in the home office of the Kiwanis International in Chicago. She has much to do with setting up arrangements for the international conventions of this service club. Mr. Van M. Dunbar of St. Louis, Missouri, has b een for the past 4 1 2 years a salesman for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, being one of the top 10 salesmen in the United States out of a total of 65. Prior to this work, he owned and operated his own candy-vending-machine business for 25 years. Sparks training helped him secure a good secretarial job, where he met leaders in the business world, and where he could enter sales work. In other words, it was a steppingstone to better positions. Mr. Clyde Warren has charge of Cost Accounting and is the statistician in the Mattoon office of the New York Central Railroad Company. Definite facts and figures tell the story of the operation of the company. Mr. Harry E. Rogier, after graduating from the Bookkeeping and Stenographic Departments, took a position as Executive Secretary of the Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce. Later he went to work for the First National Bank of Vandalia, as bookkeeper. For several years, he has been president of that bank. He feels his Sparks training gave him self-confidence, an essential for success in the business world. Mr. George W.Scheef is married, and has two children. He now resides in Pontiac, and has been general manager of the Livingston Service Company for twenty years. He recalls that being able to discuss financial statements helped him in his interviews with Boards of Directors, and gave him background for his work. Fourth Five Years: 1924-1928, Mr. Maynard Wagner, Chairman MR. ALWERT MISS TANNER MR. COMBS MRS. GREEN MR. ALLSOP Mr. Roscoe Manning is the financial director of a large hospital in Lubbock, Texas. At this time, a large addition is being built. His wife, the former Lona Combest, is a good co-worker. Miss Edna F. Smith is now secretary to the president of Fred S. James Co., a large insurance agency in Chicago. She says, I recall most vividly the day I passed my typing final. Mr. Joseph M. Ingram of New Lenox is a rate clerk with the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railroad Company of Chicago. Mr. Martin C. Alwert, after graduating from the Bookkeeping and Stenographic Courses in 1926, went directly to the First National Bank of Altamont. He continued there until 1933, when he went to the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Vandalia. Two years later, he went to the Altamont Lumber Company, Inc. He is the corporate secretary, and has controlling interest. He manages the company. He has been very active in the Effingham County Fair Association. He was secretary for a long time. He has been the treasurer for several years. Mrs. Velma Nichols Ingram is secretary to the president of the Gerlach-Barklow Company of Joliet, good-will advertising, calendars, greetings, business gifts, and specialties. She says, After our children were reared, I went back to a business career without difficulty, because something which was once learned well and thoroughly is not forgotten. Mr. Charles Thomas Bolds is now assistant manager of Tamms Industries, Inc., manufacturer of paint, and paint products of Tamms. He helped organize the Tamms State Bank in 1955, and was elected the first president, which position he still holds. He recalls receiving his Honor Pin for attaining the high- est average grades in his class in Sparks. Not a day goes by that he does not use the methods and business procedures he learned in Sparks College. Mr. Wilmer (Pete) Slater is an auctioneer, and does a state-wide business. He has a fine sales barn in Pana. Miss Blanche Tanner, soon after graduation, started Tanner Personnel at 135 South LaSalle Street in Chicago. She has operated it successfully during the years. Mrs. Margaret Twiss Siegert now resides in Pana, the wife of Dr. Rudolph B. Siegert, well-known physician and surgeon. She states that her business training enabled her to get a position in the office of the president of the University of Illinois while she attended school there. Mr. Lawrence A. Combs is in charge of all the industrial relations for Container Corporation of America in Chicago, and is vice president of the company, a multi-million-dollar corporation. Lawrence says, I still type and can read shorthand, and still know about debits and credits, and feel it was of great benefit all these years. Mrs. Anna Frances Koeberlein Klitzing lives in Altamont. She is office manager for Mautz Oren, Inc., in Effingham. Frances says, The talks Mr. Sparks gave us, advising us what to expect of the business world, were most beneficial to me. I learned in his school the importance of accuracy, efficiency, and service. Mr. Clark Eads is in the merchandising business in a big way in Arthur. Mrs. Blanche Monger Bergfield has completed fourteen years as postmistress in Longview. She appreciated the patience of her teachers in Sparks, and has used her business training constantly in her work. Miss Grace Moyer is in Federal Civil Service. She is the secretary to the District Attorney in the Springfield area. Miss Ruth Emel is the secretary of the Sullivan High School. Miss Gertrude Slater, now Mrs. Basil D. Green, is secretary to the Unit Superintendent of the Windsor Community Schools. Gertrude says, I feel the good -citizen talks Mr. Sparks gave us were most beneficial, I had the short course in bookkeeping, and have kept books ever since leaving school. So, Prof, Roger surely did a very fine job. Mr. Floyd C. Miles is owner of Miles Mountain Industries, gift shops, wholesale and retail, ice cream, candy, and food business. Following his training in Sparks, he attended Walton School of Commerce in Chicago, and was with The General Electric Company for about twenty years. He resigned his position as assistant to the auditor in 1945, and went to the Ozarks to retire. However, soon he was in business for himself. He feels the foundation work at Sparks was most beneficial. Mr. Charles Reynolds is president of the National Bank of Charleston. He succeeded Mr. Jack Claar, who, when he passed away, was considered one of the leading businessmen in Charleston. Others employed by this bank are Mr. Lewis Taylor, Mr. Wayne Hunt, Mr. Leonard Archer, Mr. Max Cooper, Mr. Carl Tinder, and Mr. LeRoy Keller. Mr. Dean S„ Allsop is manufacturing manager for Delco Radio Division of General Motors Corporation. He is in charge of all manufacturing operations in six plants in Kokomo and one in Chicago, tool engineering, process engineering, time study, plant engineering, and material control. He has in all those departments some 5,000 people working for him. He lives in Kokomo, Indiana. Mr. Dwight Smith is in the Post Office Department of Civil Service in St. Elmo. Mr. Howard Kelley is the chief clerk to the chief dispatcher in the Mattoon office of the New York Central Railroad. Mr. Bert Deere runs an insurance business in Pana. Fifth Five Years; 1929-1933, Mr. Clarence Weakly, Chairman Mrs. Lucille Young Labbe is the auditor for the Specialty Salesman ' s Magazine. She is an officer in the company, and has her own office. She has received many promotions, and now has much to do with promotions for other people. Mr. C. Verlie Quiett has been in the construction business for many years. He is the corporation secretary for the Felmly-Dickerson Construction Company in Bloomington. Mr. Russell Baptist Is the manager of the County Service Company in Kdwardsville. Miss D olores Baptist is the plant accountant of Oliver Corporation in Shelhyville. Miss Vivian Baptist is the office manager for Selby Motors Sales in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Dwight Baptist is in Federal Civil Service in the Internal Revenue Department. He lives in Springfield. Mrs. Elizabeth Baptist Specl is a stenographer for Oliver Corporation in Shelhyville. Mr. Noel Baptist attended SiJarks College for a few weeks, hut did not graduate. There were four Baptists in .Sparks College at one time. Miss Grace Baptist, as a young woman, was the life of the party. Her charming personality, her wonderful disposition, and her gracious attitude to others endeared her to all who knew her. She lives - she lives - we loiow she lives. May Ckxl bless our memory of her and her lieautiful character. MR. QUIETT MISS aviAN BAPTIST Mrs. Mamie Frances Hill Cleary is a reporter in San Francisco, California. She operates her own office. She is married, has two children, but the lure of reporting still holds. She visited her Alma Mater in November, 1958. Mr. John Gwin is the personnel director of Armour Laboratories. Just now he is doing some special work in Kankakee. Mrs. Helen Foote Bell is the official court reporter of the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois, being employed by Circuit Judge Harry I. Hannah. MR. COVENTRY DR. CORDRAY MR. ALBIN Mr. Dean Coventry is with the General ' Electric Company in New Jersey. He has had several fine promotions. Mr. Maurice Melcher, after finishing his course in Sparks, went into the real -estate and insurance business. He has done well in his home town, Findlay. Mr. Robert Vest is an auditor for the Farm Supply Company and lives in Edwardsville. He is regarded as good on the job. Mrs. Orpha Guthrie Fairchild is teller and bookkeeper in the Fayette County Bank in St. Elmo. Orpha writes, We recently moved into a new modern building with a drive-in service. Having been left a widow very early in life, it has made it possible for me to be self-supporting, both me and my three children. Dr. Woodrow Cordray has aDoctor of Philosophy degree awarded to him by the University of California at Los Angeles. By his own efforts and a beacon light at the top, he struggled on and up. Congratulations. He has a fine teaching position in San Fernando, California. Others in his family and the Sparks College family are Mrs. Geneva Dailey, secretary to the manager, Oliver Corporation, Shelbyville; Mrs. Dorothy Barden, under State Civil Service, secretary to Mrs. Josephine Richardson, Director of Rehabilitation, Shelbyville; Mrs. Ruth Olimpio, a secretary for several years, now a housewife; Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Cordray, employed by the Oliver Corporation as a bookkeeper and stenographer respectively. Mr. Bernard C. Koeberlein is now assistant cost accountant with Norge Division, Borg Warner Corporation, Effingham. Says Bernard, Previously I worked ten years in the bank as assistant cashier, accounting technician in the hospital corps in the U. S. Navy, and have now been with Norge for 13 years. Miss Velma Ditzler holds a man ' s position with Montgomery Ward Company in Chicago. Why? Because of her ability and experience. She was promoted to a position formerly held by a member of the male sex. She is getting the job done. Mr. Lester W. Ramsey is buyer ' s assistant for International Harvester Company in Indianapolis. Mr. Glen Albin, in spite of polio, is giving a good account of himself. He is the manager of Walbern Laboratories, Decatur. Miss Lillian Spires is a trust officer in the Union National Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. Mrs. Mae Maloney Kirk, after graduating from Sparks, attended E. I. T. C. at Charleston. Taught school for a time. Taught in Sparks College. Married - housewife. Mrs. Blanche Maloney Rubenking is presently serving as secretary for the Quaker City Life Insurance Co., of Indianapolis. Blanche says, My ' red-letter day ' in Sparks was when I passed my 150 in shorthand. The fact that after twenty-one years as a housewife I could step into an office shows that Sparks training is thorough and most excellent. Mr. Norris Henry is head of the cost department of the John W. Hobbs Corporation, a division of Stewart-Warner in Springfield. During World War II, he was in the U„ S. Coast Guard, Intelligence Service, and was made a court reporter. Mrs. Wanoma Phelps Klauser is working as clerk-stenographer for the Kelly Air Force Base of San . ntonio, Texas. She feels that Our training in Sparks in wh ich we were made to get each day ' s lesson completed and be thorough in our work was the most valuable experience. I feel I could not have gone back into an office after being out ten years if we had not been taught in this manner. Sixth Five Years: 1934-1938, Mr. Lawson Killam, Chairman. MR. HORTENSTINE MR. STILGEBAUER MRS. RHEA Miss Audrey Dannenbarger is a secretary in the office of the Carter Oil Company in Mattoon. For several years, she reported the annual meetings of the company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Miss Marguerite Robertson is at the top in Federal Civil Service in Decatur. Mr. Joe Sibbett is a personnel director in the Stenographic Division of the Signal Depot in Decatur. Miss Dorene Bennett and Miss Irene Edwards both came from Windsor. Dorene married Mr. Carl Edwards, brother of Irene. Irene is now Mrs. Smith. Both families live on farms near Windsor. Both these girls found shorthand an exacting science that made good thinkers of them. Mr. Crouch . . Tallman is now working as a reporter with The Municipal Court, Los Angeles Judicial District. Sparks training made it possible for him to keep going during the discouraging days of the depression. Mr. DeWitt Brown is second in authority in the Illinois Farm Supply Company office in Chicago. His wife, who was Helen Taylor, is also a graduate. Mr. Gordon G. Longenbach is bookkeeper and insurance head of the R. W. Tipson Agency, Inc., in Bloomington. Miss Gwendolyn McCallister is secretary to the president of the Goss Printing Manufacturing Company in Chicago. She has an extended vacation each year with pay, too. Mr. William E. Burrows is secretary-treasurer with Bailey Himes, Champaign, also secretary- treasurer for Counsel Finance Corporation, Champaign, secretary-treasurer for Leavitt Bleacher Corporation in Urbana, having recently been named director of the last-named business. William says, My training made it possible for me to start in the world of finance and business, to impress my employer and secure the positions I needed for success, and improve as opportunities presented themselves. Miss Lera Waddington worked for Sta-Rite in Shelbyville, and later for Jarvis Oil Company in Decatur, where she became office manager. Upon the death of Mr. Jarvis, she was employed as a financial secretary, looking after Mrs. Jarvis ' financial interests. Mr. Glen Lichtenwalter has a good Federal Civil Service position in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Ed Hortenstine is a farmer near Gays, operating 240 acres in such a manner that he is prospering, and at the same time plans to leave the farm in better condition for the next generation. He was always a loyal friend of his .Alma Mater. He honored the memory of Mrs. Sparks by fine music by his daughter and himself over the Mattoon Radio Station. His wonderful words of commendation for Mrs. Sparks spoke volumes. John and Paul, brothers of Ed, are also Sparks graduates. Mr. Glen Stilgebauer, as always, is very active, providing bookkeeping and income-tax service. He lives in Mattoon. Reverend Carl Lee is the Free Methodist minister in Tuscola. Mr. Dorwin Richardson is an accountant in the First National Bank of Pana. Miss Emmajane Wright, soon after graduation, married Mr. Noble Rhea, who is a funeral director in Findlay. Mrs. Rhea finds her Stenotype very handy in connection with service offered by the funeral home. Mrs. Joy Seymour, Mrs. Jean Bible, and Mrs. Mary June Smith, all of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Carnes ' s children, found Sparks College to their liking. All are housewives at present. Mr. George Lacharite came to Sparks for a short summer course, only to stay on and finish the Ac- counting Course. He is now a lawyer in Pana. Mrs. Mary Catherine Bartscht Udendorf is private secretary to the hospital administrator of Indian River Memorial Hospital at Vero Beach, Florida, about 150 miles north of Miami. It is a 60-bed hospital, and being enlarged to 100 beds at the present time. Miss Marybel Eversole has had a wonderful life of service in the State Department of the United States. She has been stationed in South America, the I ' hilippine Isl.inds, and Europe. She is now in Washington, D. C. Mr. Robert King is the manager of the International Harvester Comp;iny in Tuscola. Ronald King was a casualty of World War U. He simply did not come back. Great boy - God rest his soul. MR. McNEELY MH. GRAHAM Mrs. Geneva Ransom and Miss Luella Kull have secretarial positions witli Franldin Life Insurance Company in Springfield. Mr. Stanley McNeely went directly from Sparks College to Effingham, as an auditor for the Kingwood Oil Company. He now lives in Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Juanita Kuhn Wolf was chosen by the city superintendent of schools of Charleston as a secretary, which job she held for several years until her marriage. Mr. Clarence E. Ditzler is manager of the Provision Sales Department of the Chicago plant of Armour Company, and has recently been named area sales manager on pork and provision items. His brother Harold was the first one of the three Ditzler children to enter Sparks College. His position in Chicago is really a good one. Mr. Albert E. Collier is accountant and off ice manager for Q, B ' Mitchell, Oil Producer, ICC Trucking Company, and Rotary Drilling Contractor. He has been with him for eight years. Messrs. Wayne and Gene Denton are partners in the Denton Motor Company, Chevrolet Sales and Service, in Ramsey. Mr. William A. Woodring now lives in Normal, and is auditor and treasurer of Felmley-Dickerson C ompany. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Turney are both graduates of the Shorthand Department. They have used Sparks training in getting more advanced training. Bruce is a state chemist, while his wife, the former Elizabeth Boys, is a secretary in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Rexford Graham is in the Hardware Department of Sears, Roebuck Company in Mattoon, where he has been employed for fifteen years. .After supper, he may go to Lerna, Toledo, Neoga, Oakland, Windsor, or Shelbyville to look after an account. He likes to work because it pays. His grandfather, Mr. John E. Sparks, was Mr. Henry Sparks ' s brother. Seventh Five Years: 1939-1943, Mrs. Jean Carnes Bible, Chairman Mr. Olin Wirth is the secretary and ma nager for the Mattoon Federal Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Vincent Hanneken, soon after graduation, was inducted into the Army. After Army Service, he took the fire started in Sparks and again started to school. He is now an M. D,, practicing in Wabash, Indiana. Mr. Asel Ryan, Jr., is the business manager of the Beecher City Journal. He gets the work done. Recently he said, I well remember your assembly talks, Mr. Sparks, about morals and religion, and your personal words of advice to me, when I thought I couldn ' t get it done. For these great helps, I owe you and Sparks College a great debt of gratitude. Mr. Richard S. Boys is the office manager for the Garvey Drilling Company in Great Bend, Kansas. Mr. Garvey has an interest in 20 different businesses. One of the largest is farming. He received $250,000 from the soil bank - the largest such check issued by the government. . ? li •«- ►, 64 MR. WIRTH DR. HANNEKEN MR. RYAN ' -f t ' ? MR. KEPP MRS. TIPPETT MISS SHUPE Mr. John W. Newlin is treasurer and office manager for John Deere Plow Company in Syracuse, New York. Miss Clara Thomas is in Phoenix, Arizona, where the knowledge of accountancy produces. Mr Carl C Kull is manager and partner of Kull Brothers Hardware Appliances in Strasburg. Miss Naomi Barkhurst is withthe First National Bank in Springfield. She left a good position in Decatur to go to Springfield. , ,, . Mr. Robert O. Watson, Jr., is field personnel officer with the Civil Service System at the University of Illinois in Urbana. Mr. Warren Kepp is office manager for Central Wholesale Supply Company in Mattoon. He employed, recently, Samuel Ochs of this year ' s class. Mr. Curtis Henderson is branch manager for E. Blankenship and Company of Effingham. He does sales work and accounting. , , i, ■ Mr Garland Strohl, except during the time he was in the Army, has been in the lumber business, first as a bookkeeper, later as a manager, and now as partner and manager in Tuscola. He was not yet eighteen years of age when he graduated from Sparks. Miss Bernice Ulmer is tax consultant in the District of Columbia government. Mr. Ernest F. Grabowski is accountant for Murphey, TurnbuU, and Jones in Decatur. Mrs. Mary Stiarwalt Maxfield holds a very exacting position in Federal Civil Service in Washington, D C Mr. Gerald W. Blankenship is a budget analyst for Vickers, a subsidiary of Sperry-Rand. He lives in Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. Viola Whittington Fuller is secretary to the Assistant Chief Attorney of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Chicago. She supervises twenty-two employees. I use my Stenotype everyday, says Viola. Mrs. Rosemary Prosser Sanner, after graduating from Sparks, took nurses training in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. She was an active nurse for some time. She is now secretary one-half day and nurse one-half day for Dr. Doyle. Mrs Virginia Hartman started in Sparks College Just before World War 11. She wanted to help keep the home fires burning. She did. Later she was employed by Judge F. R. Dove. After the war, her husband trained for and went into public-health work. He was recently sent to Seoul, Korea, and Virginia and her Stenograph went, too. Virginia has been working, reporting meetings, etc., practically the whole time she has been there. , j. Mrs. Betty Hill Wooters lives in Assumption, ha s two girls and a boy, and plans for her girls to get Sparks training. Mrs. Muriel Croy Tippett is private secretary to Theodore O. Cutright, Attorney at Law in Toledo. She has been working for him for the past seven years. She has held several other positions, but feels that her work as legal secretary is most fascinating. Mr. Herbert Lloyd is office manager of Bond County Service Company of Greenville. Mrs. Ottie Ballard Small is the manager of the locker plant in Ramsey. Miss Kathryn.E. Shupe is a secretary in the ASC offices in Toledo. She has held this Important position several years. Her grandfather and Mr. Henry Sparks ' s mother were brother and sister. Eighth Five Years: 1944-1948, Mr. Olan Hurst, Chairman MRS. COLE MR, GERALD BEGAN MR. WALDEN Mr. Raymond Low didn ' t allow a handicap t o stop him. He holds a permanent accounting position in the Nation ' s Capital. Mrs. Mary Lou Wortman Cole is, of course, married, but still works part time. She thinks of Sparks training as a Way of Life. Messrs. Gerald and Joseph Began are both accountants in their home town. Effingham, Gerald for Bracket Motor Company, and Joseph for Laue Motor Company. Mr. Max Waltrip is the manager of the Farm Supply Company in Salem. Miss Mary Robson is in the Accounting Department of the Norge Company in Effingham. Her sister Roma is married, and lives in Mattoon. Messrs. Joseph Case. Leo Zacha, Lewis Locke, and Edgar Runkel are all accountants in the office of the Carter Oil Company in St. Elmo. Mr. Edward Helm, who was in the same office for quite some time, has been transferred to the Mattoon office. Messrs. Robert Byham and Kenneth Crocket hold similar positions with the same company in Carmi. Mr. Arnold Walden is an accountant for the Norge Company in Effingham Mr. Albert E. Paul is the secretary and manager of the Columbian Building and Loan Association in Charleston. Mr. Robert Poland, after completing the Machine- shorthand Course, went to Knox College, Galesburg, where he received an A. B. degree. He went on to the University of Hlinois, where he finished the library course. He has worked as a librarian for Notre Dame University, University of Texas, and Dallas Public Library. Sparks training in the back- ground all the time was of constant help. Mr. Max Galbreath lives in Batavia. He has found his training in accounting worth while. He holds a good accounting position. His wife, the former Doris Trullinger, has a secretarial position. Mlt. GALBREATH Ninth Five Years: 1949-1953, Mr. Warren Rubin, Chairman MRS. GALBREATH Mr. Don Rippetoe is in the store business as manager for the Benedict store in Tuscola. Mr. Richard Carruthers is making accounting a ladder. He is in Decatur, employed by the Mueller Company. Mrs. Nancy Stewardson Messmore is the secretary in the Findlay High School. Mrs Jean Alexander Buchko is the office secretary in the Kinmundy High School. Mr. Lloyd Daugherty is co-owner of the Chevrolet Agency in Arthur. Mrs. Norma Brown, after completing the Bookkeeping and Stenographic Courses, attended Eastern Illinois University, graduating with distinction Mr. Wayne Reel finished the Accounting Course, and secured employment in Decatur. He took time out for military training. When he came back, his job was waiting for him. Mrs. Mary Lou Sain is a stenographer with the Macon County Highway Department in Decatur. Mr. Don Bishop is in the Accounting Department of the Norge Manufacturing Company in Effingham. Mr. Floyd Neimeyer was the bookkeeper for the Chevrolet Agency in St. Elmo for several years. He has just returned from military service. Mr. Kenneth Von Behren is just finishing his course in the University of Illinois. His Sparks training has served him well. He already has a position. Mr. George Newlin is the office manager for the Jarvis Oil Company in Decatur. Mr. Alvin Wurl holds a secretarial position with the Detroit, Toledo fronton Railroad in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. George Mette, after completing his course, accepted a position with the Builders Supply Company in Effingham. Mrs. Marilyn Belser Lofland is a secretary for the Staley Manufacturing Company in Decatur. Mr. Richard Gillespie is the International Harvester Company dealer in Pana. His wife is the former Marjorie Branyan. MR. NEWLIN MR. WURL MR. METTE MRS. LOFLAND MR. GILLESPIE Tenth Five Years: 1954-1958, Mrs. Joan Bolinger Craig, Chairman. Miss Ruth Firnhaber is with P. R. Mallory Co., Inc., in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is secretary to one of the executives. Mr. Elvin Beccue lives in Pekin. He is an accountant for the Illinois Farm Supply Company. Mrs. Betty June Gatton Garner is assistant bookkeeper for the State Loan Finance Company in Washington, D. C. Mr. Gene Bone is an accountant with the Farm Supply Company in Vandalia. Mr. Cecil Paul Johnson, police magistrate and business counselor, now resides in Casey. Mrs. Joyce Rae Kelley Burcham is stenographer-clerk to the District Signal Engineer of the New York Central Railroad. Miss JoAnn Ward is an accountant for the Jarvis Oil Company in Decatur. Mr. Phillip Haslett is receiving and inspection clerk for the Caterpillar Tractor Company, His wife, the former Elaine Poland, is a secretary in the Credit Sales Department of Sears, Roebuck Company in Decatur. Mr. James Guyon is an auditor for the Illinois Farm Supply Company, and lives in Edwardsville. His wife, the former Phyllis Cox, is a legal secretary in Edwardsville. Miss Rosella Pfeiffer is a secretary to the Plant Manager and Personnel Director of Electronic- Timers Company, a division of the P. R. Mallory Co., Inc. Miss Carol Melcher is secretary to Woollen Byers, Attorneys at Law, in Decatur. Miss Donna Eversole is a secretary in the Pana Refinery office in Pana. Mrs. Betty Jean Foelsing Olshaskie is clerk-stenographer with the 2664th Air Reserve Center in Decatur. Miss Elaine Heth has a secretarial position in Federal Civil Service in Decatur. Miss Sandra Kay Lang is stenographer for the law firm of Massey, .Anderson, and Givson in Paris. Mr. B. D. Love is an accountant with the Felmly-Dickerson Company in Bloomington. His wife was Lulu Belle Garner. Mr. John R. Grubb is a bookkeeper for Black Hardware Company in Decatur. Mr. Richard Harrington is an accountant for C. E. Humphrey in Kewanee. His wife, formerly Clarice Goad, is employed as a secretary in Kewanee. Mr. Nelson O. Sarver has a secretarial position with the Wabash Railroad Company in Decatur. Mr. Charles T. Blancett is a bookkeeper in the Soya National Bank in Decatur. His wife, formerly Betty Gillmore, has a stenographic position in Decatur. Mrs. Eloise Havener is a bookkeeper in the Millikin National Bank, Decatur, Mr. Wallace Taylor is an accountant with the Caterpillar Company in Decatur. Miss Maxine Elbert is a bookkeeper for the Oak Park Arms Hotel in Oak Park. Mr. Dwain Storm is a bookkeeper for Morgan Sash Company in Decatur. Mrs. Storm, formerly Patricia Ragsdale, is a stenographer for Woollen Byers, Attorneys at Law. Mrs. Dolores Weakley Hughes is a general office worker for the Caterpillar Company in Decatur. MRS. KINZER Mrs. Carmen Mathewson Kinzer has used her Stenograph in helping her husband in the University of Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana. Mrs. Mary Earlene Schwab Jones was atechnical secretary for Central Illinois Public Service Company in Springfield before her marriage. Mrs. Charlene Bender Hunter is the secretary in the Pana High School. Miss Martha Ann Arnett is a stenographer with the Young Radiator Company in Mattoon. Miss Evadine Stuckemeyer holds a secretarial position with the George Bock Company in Mattoon. Miss Mary Ann Blauth went directly after graduation to the People ' s National Bank in Pana, where she is still employed. She has had several promotions. Misses Mary and Imogene Blondiau are both employed by the First National Bank in Assumption. Misses Carol and Hazel Ferguson were employed by the National Bank of Decatur and the Millikin Bank of Decatur until their marriages. Carol married LeRoy Keller and lives in Charleston. Hazel married Mr. Charles Whitten and lives in Assumption. Miss Phoebe Schock is attending Greenville College in Greenville. Mr. Troy Melvin is in military service. He is located in Africa. Mr. Thomas Moore is a bookkeeper in the Cowden State Bank. His wife is the former Rita Finfrock. MRS. HUNTER MISS ARNETT MISS STUCKEMEYER MISS BLAUTH MISS MARY BLONDIAU Mrs. Janice Hunter I.ash used her Stenograph in helping her husband attend the University of Illinois. Miss Carol Compton is secretary-bookkeeper for Mr. Robert W. Sleeper, who heads a firm of CPA ' s in Decatur. Misses Margie Esker and Norma Spencer went to St. Louis the same day. Both of these girls secured positions and have enjoyed several promotions. Mr. Charles Hayden is office manager for the Service Company in Sullivan. Miss Joyce Darlene Campbell is using Sparks training as an aid to attending Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Mrs. June Traylor, who has been the county reporter for Montgomery County, came to Sparks about a year ago and attended the school for one day a week. She made good progress. She wants to do her reporting on the machine instead of with a pencil. She is succeeding, too. Miss Rebecca Bartimus is a secretary for the Young Radiator Company in Mattoon. Miss Donna Waymire married Richard Inyart. They live in Springfield, where both are employed. Miss Dorothea Hood, now Mrs. J. C. VVillard, finished the Shorthand Course in 1926. She came back to Sparks and took the Machine-shorthand Course in 1955. She is a free-lance reporter, and is a busy woman. Miss Janet Ripley married Michael Hartman. He is in mil itary service, and is located in California. Mr. James Preston Hunter is in the Navy. MISS BARTIMUS MRS. TRAYLOR MISS CAMPBELL S0 MRS. LASH MISS COMPTON MISS spf:nckr MR. HAVIJI ' .N In order to facilitate matters in checking the fifty years of attendance of Sparks College, the former students were divided into ten groups, each with a director. The following pictures are of the ten directors in order: mM MRS. VERA RICE COOK 1909-1913 MRS. EDNA HERRON MERRELL 1914-1918 MRS. FERN Mcdonald scheer 1919-1923 Miss Vera Rice graduated fromthe Stenographic Department in 1910. She worked locally for some time as a secretary. She marriedMr. FredCook, and they lived in Shelbyville. Since the passing of Mr. Cook, she and her mother live together. She is retired. Miss Edna Herron graduated from the Stenographic Department in 1918. Her father, Mr. E. N. Herron, was one of the building committee for Sparks College. Soon after her graduation, her father became sole owner of the store on the northeast corner of Main Street and Broadway. Edna found herself busy helping conduct the store. With the passing of Mr. E. N. Herron, Edna became manager of the Herron Department Store, which position she still holds. She is married to Dr. W. R. Merrell. Miss Fern McDonald graduated from the Bookkeeping and Shorthand Departments in 1924. For eight years, she was secretaryforthelate Judge A. J. Steidley. Following this, she was secretary for the late Dr. C. H. Hulick for a period of twelve years. In the meantime, she married Mr. Ruble Scheer. She resigned from her work with Dr. Hulick in 1944 to join her husband in promoting the Scheer Floral Company. She is still active in that capacity. Mr. Maynard Wagner graduated from the Bookkeeping Department in 1926. He worked as a bookkeeper for five years for Mr. Harve Tull, Windsor Ford dealer. He went to work in September, 1933, for the M. J. Wilson Automobile Company, Ford dealer in Stewardson. In May, 1934,theM. J. Wilson Automobile Company bought the Shelbyville Ford dealership, and Maynard moved to Shelbyville. He is now the office manager for this company. He has worked for Ford dealers for thirty years. Mr, Clarence Weakly graduated from the Bookkeeping Department in 1930. Not long after his graduation, he and his brother ' Leverett, another Sparks student, bought the Golden Cream Dairy, which they operated until 1946. .After selling his interest in the dairy, Clarence took up insurance. He is now the general agent for both Kansas City Life Insurance Company and Interstate Assurance. MR MAYNARD WAGNER 1924-1928 MR. CLARENCE WEAKLY 1929-1933 .XK MR. LAWSON KILLAM 1934-1938 MRS. JEAN CARNES BIBLE 1939-1943 MR. OLAN HURST 1944-1948 Mr. Lawson Killam graduated from the Bookkeeping Department in 1936. For the next five years, he was employed by the Shelby Loan and Trust Company. After that, he began work for the Ann Arbor Machine Company, then owned and operated by the H. M. Tallman family. In 1943, the Ann . ' rbor Machine Company was acquired by the Oliver Corporation. Lawson was in inventory control for quite some time. In 1946, he became purchasing agent. Six years later, Mr. Rogers, plant manager, was transferred. Mr. C. L. Heckert, then general works manager, now president of the corporation, came to the Shelbyville office and asked Lawson whether he would like to take a little ride with him. On this trip, Mr. Heckert told Lawson that the Oliver Corporation had decided to appoint a new plant manager from the Shelbjrville office. He then said, You, Mr. Killam, are the man selected by the Oliver Corporation. Of course, Lawson was surprised, but accepted the job. On December 17, 1952, he was appointed plant manager, which position he still holds. Oliver Corporation is more than doubling its capacity at the present time. Mrs. Killam was formerly Josephine Broverman, Class of 1937. Miss Jean Carnes graduated from the Stenographic Department in 1940. For the next year and a half, she was a secretary for the Oliver Corporation. For eight years following, she was a stenographer for Honorable George Barrett, Attorney General, in the Supreme Court Building in the State Capital. In 1944, she marled Mr. Eugene Bible. They now live in Shelbyville. Mr. Olan Hurst graduated from the Bookkeeping Department in 1949. Since that time, he has been a bookkeeper for Shelby County Marketing Association except during the time he was in military service. Mr. Warren Rubin graduated from the Bookkeeping Department in 1950. After graduation, he assisted his father in connection with the Rubin Dairy. In 1957, he became an investment salesman for Diversified Services. Miss Joan Bolinger graduated from the Bookkeeping and Stenographic Departments in 1954. She worked in Chicago for some time after graduation. Later she was employed by Sta-Rite Ginnie Lou, Inc. She married Mr. Andrew Craig. They now live on a farm south of Shelbyville. MR. WARREN RUBIN 1949-1953 MRS. JOAN BOLINGER CRAIG 1954-1958 Bank Executives Throughout Central Illinois and scattered over the country, a goodly number of Sparks graduates are employed in banking institutions. The following list does not contain the Sparks graduates who are employed as bookkeepers and stenographers, but does name those having executive positions in the local banks. The banks named in the following list handle $200,000,000. in deposits. j5 W (. . 0 ' MR. ROGIER MR. REYNOLDS MR. SINGER Mr. Harry E. Rogier, President, First National Bank, Vandalia Mr. Charles W. Reynolds, President, The Charleston National Bank Mr. Charles T. Singer, President, The State Bank of Peotone Mr. Charles T. Bolds, President, State Bank of Tamms Mr. Carroll Prater, Executive Vice President, Chicago National Bank Mr. Edward McGuar, Cashier, The Illinois National Bank of Springfield Mr. E„ R. Duncan, Executive Cashier, State Bank of Windsor Mr. Russell Younger, Vice President, Shelby Loan and Trust Company, Shelbyville Miss Margaret Fox, Assistant Cashier, Shelby Loan and Trust Company, Shelbyville Miss Amber Moberley, Assistant Cashier, Shelby County State Bank, Shelbyville Miss Lillian Spires, Trust Officer, The Union Trust Company, St. Louis, Missouri Mr. Paul Smock, Cashier, Ayers State Bank, Moweaqua Mr. C, L, Moore, Cashier, Cowden State Bank Mr. Max Buzzard, Cashier, State Bank of Beecher City MR. PRATER Most Frequent Names In looking over the list of 1,576 graduates, we find that the name Stewardson is the most prominent. The Smiths run second, and those named Davis are third. Those named Reynolds and Williams are tied for fourth place. These five lists of graduates account for fifty-one people. STEVVARDSONS - 1st - 12 Beatrice M. Stewardson David Stewardson Doris Stewardson Elizabeth Stewardson Frances Stewardson Geneva Stewardson Glenn Stewardson Helen Stewardson Lauretta Stewardson Merle D. Stewardson Nancy Stewardson Zetta Rose Stewardson SMITHS - 2nd - 11 Bryan Smith Delia Smith Dwight Smith Edna F. Smith Harry Smith John Lee Smith Karl Smith R. C. Smith Ralph Smith R. Dalton Smith Virginia Smith DA VISES - 3rd - 10 Antoinette Davis Bernetta Davis Carol Davis Carrie Davis Daisy Davis Earl Davis Edna M. Davis Howard Davis Marie Davis Vera M. Davis REYNOLDSES AND WILLIAMSES 4th - 9 each REYNOLDSES Carl Reynolds Charles W. Reynolds Daisy Reynolds Joe Reynolds Mary Reynolds Nelda Rejoiolds Neva Reynolds Orva Reynolds Russell Reynolds WILLLAMSES Bernadine Williams Clarice Williams Doris Williams Feme Williams Glenn Williams J„ Fred Williams Ruby E. Williams Stella A, Williams Vernon Williams J! .m 1 Charles Holley, Carol Pearce Nancy Strohl, Diana Dailey STUDENTS DraVING TO SCHOOL: Top Row; Dwight Storm, Donald McDevitt, Charles Relss, Gary Thomas BOTTOM ROW: Joyce Corley, Elizabeth Himes, Dorothy Heiden, Mary Corley SHELBYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES: Top Row; Kenneth Lupton, Lyle Gaddis, Buford Webb, William Kroening, John Lowe BOTTOM ROW: James Stirrett, Nancy Riley, Carolyn Inyart, Marilyn Inyart, Donna Christmain, Roger Reichart Noble - Donald Lenear, Ruth Grouse Merle Lash, Maxjorie Sarver Mother and Son Iva Mae and Roger Reichart SUMMER SCHOOL - 1958: Top Row; Marcia Anderson, Linda Kerr, Elizabeth Himes, Joyce Corley, Nancy Riley, Gail Fleming, Donna Christman, Shirley Gregg, Sadie Newcome, Ann Jenkins, Marjorie Sarver, Iva Mae Reichart BOTTOM ROW: Kay Stewardson, Carolyn Inyart, Dorothy Heiden, Mary Corley, Ruth Crouse, Diana Dailey, Juliann Beem, Iris Anderson, Nancy Strohl, Grace Downs, June White, Marilyn Inyart fffC I c SUMMER SCHOOL - 1958: Top Row; James Stirrett, Kenneth Lupton, David Hall, William Kroening, David Hester, Charles Reiss, Buford Webb, Daniel Hansen, John Wright, Davi d Gaston, John Lowe BOTTOM ROW: Dwight Storm, Pearl Simmons, Lyle Gaddis, Thomas Biddlecomb, Donald McDevitt, Merle Lash, Arlen Lash, Charles Holley, Donald Lenear, David Firnhaber, Edward Boedecker, Richard Beem, Gary Thomas fiWl % jjK li §i 1111213 1 ' 18 192021 ■ l 2«2728l i 1 1 Elizabeth Himes Altamont - Pearl Simmons, Charles Reiss, Carol Pearce John Wright, David Gaston, Gail Fleming, David Hester Sadie Newcome. Donna Christman, Shirley Gregg BELOW: Two Sets of Sisters; Carolyn Inyart, Joyce Corley, Marilyn Inyart, Mary Corley Class of 19S8 Initials after names indicate courses completed - General Business Course, B Ste; Higher Accounting, HA; Junior Accounting, B; Secretarial Course, either Sec S or Sec Ste; Stenographic, either S or Ste. Samuel T. Ochs, B Ste Dale Vernon Rose, HA Carolyn Bieber Vieback, B Mary Coffey, B Eva Cummings. B Carol Davis Elbert, B Kathryn Gould, B Shirley Gregg, B David Hester. B Francis Heuerman, Ricliard Inyart, B Marjorie Sarver, B Mary Ann Syfert, B Robert Urfer, B June White, B Patsy Anderson. Sec Ste Donna Dorr, B Victor Elbert, B Carl Faulkner, B Lyle Gaddis, B Robert Giberson, B Janet Sue Barbee Kern. B Ronald Kincade, B Iva Mae Reichart, B Roger Reichart, B LeRoy Rueff, B etta Rose Stewardson, Sec S Joann Terrell, Sec Ste Dorothy Heiden, Ste Elizabeth Himes, Ste Doris Mink McLeod. Ste Carol Pearce Holly, Ste Barbara Ann Coan Jourdan. Sec Ste Rita Finfrock Moore, Sec Ste Joyce Ditzler Litz. Sec Ste Marilyn Kroening Patterson, Sec Ste Sandra Showalter, Sec S Directory The following list contains the names and addresses, as far as the editorial staff knows, of the graduates of Sparks College, since the school was founded. When the address is in Illinois, the name of the state is omitted. An asterisk preceding a name indicates that the person is deceased. Following the name of each graduate are certain letters which indicate the course or courses from which the student graduated. The symbols are: Junior Accounting, B; Higher Accounting, HA; Steno- graphic, Pencil Shorthand, S; Stenographic, Machine Shorthand, Ste; Secretarial, Pencil Shorthand, Sec S; Secretarial, Machine Shorthand, Sec Ste. The number indicates year of graduation. Students in school and out of school who have not graduated, but have ordered Sparks College Histories, are listed, but there is no year following the name. Betty Lavorme Adams, Sec Ste, 55 Mrs. Robert Musson 312 North Walnut Street ShelbyviUe Lloyd .Alcenhead. B, 33 East Eighth Street Pine Bluff, .Arkansas Duane Akers, B 610 High Street Geneva Glenn S. .Albin, B. 33 R. R. 2 Neoga .Aly .Alexander. Ste. 19 Mrs. E. H. Meier 617 Cameron Street Brush, Colorado Jean .Me.xander, Sec S, 50 Mrs. Buchko Farina Edith Allen. S, 13 Mrs. Henry Fields 5480 Cornell Avenue Chicago 15 Opal Allenbaugh. Ste. 19 Mrs. Otto Pederson 1215 LaFaunceway Fort Myers, Florida Helen Allenthorp. Ste, 17 Mrs. Miller Greenup Dean S. Allsop, B, 25 1732 West Walnut Kokomo, Indiana Martin C. Alwert, B, 25; S, 26 .Altamont Donald Ambuehl, B, 28 872 East Front Street Mokena Dorothy Anderson, S, 36 Mrs. Edwin Howe 66 Ruth Court Springfield Earl .Anderson, B. 27 Paxton Frances .Anderson, S, 35 Stewards on Helen .Anderson, B, 28; S, 29 Stewardson Jerome .Anderson. B. 36 118 East Main Street Shelbj-ville Patsy .Anderson, Sec Ste, 58 Mrs. David Sebright 810 North Coler Street Urhana Wilma Anderson, S, 35 Mrs. Edwin Friese 4840 Northland Drive. N. E. Atlanta, Georgia Charles Scovil Andes, S, 17 51 North High Street Columbus 15, Ohio Lulu .- ndes, S, 10 Mrs. B. C. Gennette 801 North Broadway ShelbyviUe Cyrus .Andrews. Ste, 30 Findlay Catherine .Anglin, S, 32 Mrs. Ben P. Isaacson 21 Hawthorn Lane Springfield Evelyn .-Vriens, S, 37 Toledo Martha Ann Arnett, Ste, 57 417 South Fourteenth Street Mattoon Maisie .Ashley. B, 48 Effingham Losha Atkinson, S, 31 Mrs. Thomas Guin Sullivan Rozella Atkinson, S 15th Floor, Ducks Building Kansas City, Missouri Dorothy E. Augenstein. B, 25 Mrs. Robert James 402 South Vine Street ShelbyviUe Eva B. . uld, B, 12 Mrs. Ferryman Ricketts .Avenue Bartonville Charles .Austin. HA, 4 8 .Altamont Marjorie L. Babb, S, 11 Paul C. Babb. B, 27 7130 Eggleston Avenue Chicago Lura Baillie, S, 23 Mrs. Mills 1420 Bremen Avenue St. Louis, Missouri Harvey Bair, B, 19 Glynne Baird. B, 14 1002 West Macon Street Decatur Mildred V. Baird, S, 24 624 South Second Street Springfield Peggy Baird. Ste R. R. 2 ShelbyviUe John J. Baker. S, 13 315 West North First Street ShelbyviUe Margaret Baker, S. Windsor 31 Gwendolyn Ball, S. 27 Mrs. Ralph Parks 509 West Laurel Avenue Sierra Madre, California Ona Banks, S, 11 Mrs. Johnston 1703 1 2 Bonnie Brae Los Vngeles, California Reverend Lester Banning, B, 31 Cowden Lonnie Banning. B, 38 Cowden Dolores Baptist, B, 29; S, 30 511 North Walnut ShelbyviUe Dwight Baptist, B, 1813 Lee Street Springfield 43 Elizabeth Baptist. S, 39 Mrs. Fred Speck 313 West Main ShelbyviUe Russell A. Baptist 17 Shell Lane Edwardsville B, 30; Ste, 31 Vivian Baptist, B, 29; S, 30 2561 North Santa Rita Tucson, Arizona Janet Sue Barbee, B, 58 Mrs. Kern 1111 West Edwards Vandalia Bella Barbee, S, 31 810 West South First ShelbyviUe Betty Rose Barber. S. 27 Mrs. J. W. Shew 127 South Hight Street Globe, Arizona Margaret Ann Barber, Ste. 56 Mrs. Francis Overlot .Apt. 30 A, Campus City Charleston Mabel Bare, Ste, 29 Mrs. John Klrcher 915 West Main Street ShelbyviUe Roy D. Bare, Ste, 17 302 South Broadway ShelbyviUe Naomi Barkhiirst. S, 40 802 East Clay Street Springfield Maurice K. Barnes, B, 37; S, 38 Sullivan Dessie Barnett, S, 20 Mrs. Tom McKinzie R. F. D. 3 MorgantowTi, Indiana Essie Barnett, S. 20 Mrs. George .Amich 110 East Stanslfer Clarksville, Indiana Vera Bar , o, 27 Mrs. Howard Wilson 415 West Main Street Shelbyville Frances Barnhart, Sec S, 46 Mrs. Howard Holt Oblong Iwana Bartholomew. S, 43 Mrs. Burnell Runkel 4732 East Fillmore Phoenix. Arizona Helen Bartimus, Ste Bingham Rebecca Bartimus, Sec, Ste, 55 Brownstown Chester Barton. B, 13 Cowden Florence Bartscht, B, 13 Mrs. William Schaffer R. R. 2 Bethany Mary Bartscht, S, 37 Mrs. .Aldendorf 1936 Fortieth .Avenue Vero Beach, Florida Mabel Bass, Ste, 19 2142 North Edward Decatur Sheila Batson. S, 54 Mrs. E. J. Davis 449 Natalie Lane .■ ddison .■ rthur Bauer. S. 30 Strasburg Emory Baugher. Ste. 18 1015 East . rmour Boulevard Kansas City. Missouri Clyde L. Beals. S. 22 131 East Lincoln .Arthur Dan L. Beals. B, 31 .Arthur Francis Beaty, B. 27 Taylorville Elvin Beccue. H.A, 54 311 Catherine Street Pekin Kathleen Beck, S, 42 Mrs. William Spreckelmeyer R. R. 7 Decatur Lovetta Beck, B, S, 27 1521 Seminary Street .Alton Nelson Beck, B, 38 Gladys Becker. S. 19 Mrs. Russell Younger 115 West North Third Shelbyville Andrew W. Beckett, S. 22 1454 North Walnut Grove Decatur ♦Grace Beckett, B. 21 Hazel Beebe. Ste, 15 Clotiel E. Beem. B, ..: S, 12 Mrs. J. W. Boys 700 East Third Street Pana Dwight Beem, Ste, 31 8742 East Prairie Road Skokie Emmett Beem, B 414 North Morgan Street Shelbyville Julian Beem, B 700 West North 3rd Shelbyville Ruth Beem, S, 29 Mrs. Raymond Hill 2617 El Caminito LaCrescenta. California Herman Beetle. B, 22 620 West Hill Street Champaign Gerald Began, HA, 48 1008 South Fourth Street Effingham Joseph G. Began, HA, 48 1008 South Fourth Street Effingham Marilyn Belser, Sec, S, 52 Mrs. Robert Lofland 213 1 2 South 22d Place Decatur Clifford L. Bence, B, 22 12 Noyes Place Mattoon Myrene Bence, Ste, 16 Mrs. VV. .A. Porter 1223 South Marion Street Tulsa, Oklahoma Wilbur Bence, B, 25 1041 West King Street Decatur Doris Charlene Bender. Sec S, 57 Mrs. Eugene Hunter R. F. D. Tower Hill Gertrude Bendler. Ste. 31 Mrs. Olson R. R. 2 Box 376, Myleth Place McHenry Dorene Bennett, S, 34 Mrs. Carl Edwards R. R. 2 Windsor Dorothy Bennett, S. 42 Mrs. Townsend R. F. D. Shelbyville Foster L. Bennett. H, 11; S, 12 4405 South 38th Street St. Louis, Missouri Guynith Bennett, Sec and Ste. 57 Mrs. Lane Kelly 1318 North College Decatur Mrs. Maude Bennett. B, 48 1805 North Tenth Street Charleston Mary Benya. S, 24 Mrs. Farrand R. R. 1 Chatham Mary C. Berchtold. B, 23; S, 24 Mrs. Albert Hoffman 3531 .Arden .Avenue Pine Lawn 20, Missouri Mack Berkley, B, 29 7643 Cornell Avenue Chicago 49 Ethel Berry, S,.21 Juanita Berry Mrs. Winston Bullington 1453 East Clay Street Decatur Theron Berry, B, 31 Lulu Besing, S. 17 Ross Beube, B. 27 215 West North Third Street Shelbyville Carolyn Bieber, B, 58 Mrs. Jerry Vieback 25 1 2 South Locust Street Pana Paul J. Bieber, B. 28 14817 Lawndale .Avenue Midlothian L. E. Biehler, B 2221 Commercial Avenue Mattoon Jessie V. Biggs, S, 11 Mrs. Jessie Dieterich 2327 Grape Street Denver. Colorado Jette Bigler. Ste. 20 Mrs. F. W. Claar 1012 Sixth Street Charleston Mabel E. Bigler. B, 19; S, 20 Mrs. Carl Snyder Neoga ♦Nelson Bilyeu. B. 15 Dorothy Bingaman. Sec S. 45 Mrs. Lawrence Brady Trilla Nellie Birkett. S. 28 502 West Main Street Shelbyville P ' rances Bisdee, S, 27 Mrs. Jack Bandy 812 Labanon Street Aurora W. Don Bishop. B. 48 704 Franklin Avenue Effingham Harold Bivins. B, 36; S, 37 LaSaUe Maurine Bivins, Ste, 36 Mrs. Dean Booker 616 South Thirtieth Mattoon ♦Emma Bland, Ste, 20 Gladys Blackburn, B, 22; S, 23 Mrs. Reo Talcott R. F. D. Shelbyville Bessie Blacker, S, 14 Mrs. Hopkins .- pt. 2 6113 Page Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri F. E. Blakely, B, 24 Altamont Charles T. Blancett, B, 55 22 Sundale Drive Decatur Richard Bland. HA, 47 222 North Harrison Street Centralia Aita C. Blankenship, S, 25 122 Bedford Road Battle Creek, Michigan Gerald W. Blankenship, B, 42 16855 Bramell Detroit 19, Michigan Mary Ann Blauth, S, 55 P. O. Box 44 Tower Hill Valeria Bleharski, S, 24 Imogene Blondiau, S, 50 Assumption Mary Margaret Blondiau, Sec S, 45 Assumption Nelda M. Blythe, S, 39 1205 Wabash Avenue Mattoon James J. Boaz, B, 50 1206 West South Third Shelbyville Laura M. Boaz, Ste, 16; B, 17 Mrs. Edward Weary 71 .Alamo Road, Box 281 Debary, Florida Frances BodeLl, S. 29 Mrs. Glenn Stewardson 826 North Morgan Shelbyville George Bodlne. B, 13 149 South Broadway Shelbyville Charles Thomas Bolds, B, 25 P. O. Box 96 Tamms Melvin Bolin, B, 32 Clem M. Bollng, B, 12; Ste, 13 1334 Hayward Court Cincinnati 26, Ohio Thomas Russell Boling, B and S, 26 G. Noel Bolinger. S 515 North Morgan Shelbyville Joan Bolinger, B and Ste, 54 Mrs. Andrew Craig R. R. 1 Shelbyville Kathryn Bolinger, S, 30 Mrs. Hugh L. Wilson 5 Windsor Lane Scarsdale, New York E igene Bone, HA, 54 634 South Fifth Vandalia Helen Boots. B. 18 Mrs. Hall Lebanon, Indiana Louise Bose, B, 27 Mrs. Noble Priess R. R. 2 Altamont Lula Boat, B, S. 26 George A. Bowman, S, 09 Joan Bowman, S, 48 Mrs. John Atwell R. F. D. Lerna Leah Bowman, Ste, 28 Mrs. Roy Barden 319 D Street Redwood City, California Ethel Boyd, Ste, 19 Mrs. Paul Curry 419 Franklin Street Danville Elizabeth Boys. S, 38 Mrs. Bruce Turney 4105 Carrolton Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana Evelyn Boys, S, 32 Mrs. Donald E. Wilson 588 Normandy Road Madeira Beach St. Petersburg, Florida Richard S. Boys, B, 39 518 East Seventh Hoisington, Kansas Robert L. Brackett, B, 52 Assumption Elsie Braden, Ste, 30 Mrs. Oshraln Frances Braden, B, 49 Mrs. Wendall Payne Assumption Hayden D. Brady, B, 25 5093 Dee Road Memphis 17, Tennessee Martha Bragg, B, 37; S, 38 Marjorie Branyan, B, 49 Mrs. Richard GiUespie Pana George F. Breeze, B, 24 1308 West John Street Champaign Vallie Brewer, Ste, 16 3807 Faxon Street Memphis, Tennessee Boyd Bridges, B, 42 Strasburg ♦Howard R. Bridges, B, 12 Jackie Bridges, B, 51 Shobonier Josephine Broverman, S, 37 Mrs. Lawson Killam 524 North Douglas Shelbyville DeWitt Brown, B, 36 504 Jackson Avenue St. Charles ♦Gertrude A. Brown, S, 25 Mabel C. Brown, B, 20 Shelbyville Mabel Glendora Brown, Shelbyville B, 21; S, 21 Mrs. Norma Brown, B, 48; S, 49 Cowden Ola Brown, S, 15 Mrs. C. J. Wagner 4057 Hirsch Street Chicago 51 Ruby Brown, S, 28 2716 Richmond Avenue Mattoon Ruth Brown, Ste, 28 Harold Browning. B, 27 1455 North Union Decatur Paul Bruell, B, 42 Pana Myra Brummerstedt, Ste, 37 Mrs. Howard Wallace R. R. 1, Box 263 Fairborn, Ohio Bonnadell Bruster, S, 40 Mrs. Ted Umhoeser Box 92 Oklee, Minnesota ♦Carrie E. Bruster, B, S. 22 Mary C. Bnister, Ste, 32 Mrs. Wade Moweaqua Hospital Moweaqua Harriett E. Bryant, S, 19 HawkinsviUe, Georgia Gertrude Bube. S, 26 Mrs. Lane Walker 518 North Morgan Shelbyville Marjorie Bube, S, 33 Mrs. E. G. Munsell Dexter, Michigan MaureU D. Bube. B 1622 Ridgewood Drive Crestwood 19, Missouri Lou Buchanan, Sec S, 52 309 South First Street Shelbyville Louis Buchanan, B, 28 Herrick Maurice Buesking, B, 26 7626 Terrace Kansas City, Missouri Retha BuUington, B Mrs. Merlyn Prater Cowden Jerry Lee Bumgardner, Sec S, 49 648 West Main Street Decatur Patronia Burdzilauskas , S. 23 Roy E. Burke, B and S. 22 3007 M-A-S Street Houston. Texas William E. Burrows, B. 36: S, 37 606 East Green Street Champaign Merle Burton. B, 23 Box 406 Owensboro. Kentucky Iva Butler, B and Ste, 19 Mrs. Vrthur H, Harris 640 West North Street Decatur Max Buzzard, B. 41 Beecher City Robert Byham, B, 49 Carter Oil Company Car mi Aurora Cain, S, 38 Mrs. Iverson Foote, Cone Belding 115 East Superior Chicago 11 Marie Calcio, S. 28 Warren L. Call. HA, 55 Bly ' s Trailer Court Homewood ♦Winifred Calvert, Ste,. 15 Mrs. Yanaway • Kathryn M. Cameron, S. 28 Muriel Camfield, Sec S, 52 Mrs. Lee Curtis Windsor Joyce Darlene Campbell. Sec Ste, 57 Mode Leota Campbell, S, 22 Mrs. William B. Huffaker 1101 M Street Bedford, Indiana Jean Carnes, S, 40 Mrs. Eugene Bible 213 North Long Shelbyrille Joy Carnes, S, 37 Mrs. Gordon Seymour 500 Haverford Street Hamden, Connecticut Walter S. Carpenter, B, 15 867 South MacArthur Boulevard Springfield Lloyd R. Carroll, S, 17 146 North 22d Street Decatur Gertrude Carruthers, Ste, 35 Mrs. Greeson Neoga Richard Carruthers. HA, 50 417 North Macon Bement Dorothy Carson. S, 43 Mrs. John Harmon, Jr. Woodbine Terrace Morganton, North Carolina Charles Carter, B, 27 1324 East 3930 South Salt Lake City, Utah Clarence Carter, B, 41 9136 South Yates Avenue Chicago James L. Carter, Bi 13; Ste, 14 5226 Murray Lane Louisville 16, Kentucky Lora Carter, S, 23 Wendell Cartmell, B. 41 10 Southern Drive Greenbrier .Addition Decatur Joseph C. Case, B, 47 Altamont Vera Casey, S, 25 Jane Casstevens, Sec S, 52 McGerald Ferguson 927 North 29t h Mattoon Laura A. Casteel. B, 24 Thomas Gather, S, Neoga 10 41 Frances Cazier, Sec S, Mrs. Harold Price Shelbyville Mary Cazier, Sec S, 41 Mrs. John Price Box 82 Flndlay Merle Cazier, S, 23 Mary Cecil, Ste, 19 33 East Bradley Champaign Hugh Chafee. Ste, 38 462 Emroy Street Elmhurst Ruby E. Champe. S. 18 Mrs. Harry Courtright 506 North Charles Street Shelbyville Bernlece D. Chaney, Mrs. Edwin Hoyer StewardBon ♦Robert Charlesworth, B, 27 Glenn E. Chase, B, 25 514 East Second Street Pana Donna Cheshier, B, 51 Mrs. Fred Camp .-Mtamont Donna Christman, B R. R. 4 ShelbyviUe Ethel Christman, B and S, 12 402 North Vine Street ShelbyviUe Hilda Christman, B, 29 Mrs. George Wheeler 3839 Glencoe Drive Birmingham 9. .Mabama B, 19; Ste, 20 Lawrence Christman, B, 20 8019 Tory Road Grand Blanc, Michigan George Church, B, 35 636 Naylors Run Road Havertown, Pennsylvania Edgar ChurchiU, S, Sullivan 33 Willis Cihak, S, 11 1615 South Troost Tulsa 20 , Oklahoma Fay Claar, B, 18; Ste, 19 Josephine Clark, Ste, 30 Mrs. Floyd F. Whitney Lake Lucerne Chagrin Falls, Ohio Lura Clark, S, 40 Mrs. Urboch Box 12 Dairy, Oregon Alta May Clawson, B, 23 Windsor Keith Clawson, B, 35 8 Highland Place R. R. 1 Decatur ♦Lee Clegg, B, 10; S, 11 Carmel Clifton, B, 28; Ste, 29 Mrs. Roy Furr R. F. D. Shelbyville Marie Clifton. B, 27 Mrs. L. Townsend 246 South Nineteenth Decatur Barbara Ann Coan, Ste, 58 Mrs. Cloren D. Jourdan R. R. 3 Olriey Pama Cochran. Comp, 52 Pana Mary Louise Coffey, B, 58 Radford W. L. Cole, B, 15; Ste, 16 Moweaqua Albert Collier, B, 38 Neely Circle P. O. Box 84 Car mi Flora Collins, Ste, 15 Mrs. Ester McCoy R. R. 3 Shelbyville Vella Combest, B, 26 Mrs. Glen Jones R. F. D. 1 ShelbyviUe L. A. Combs, B and S, 28 Container Corporation of America 38 South Dearborn Chicago 3 Carol Compton, B. 55; Ste, 56 306 West WiUiani Decatur Roberta Conley, B, 37 Mrs. H. J. Curry Lovlngton Lois Conrad. S, 37 Mrs. Joe Reynolds 3105 Crela Street National City. California Daisy Cook, B and S, 30 Mrs. R. E. Caspery Windsor Max T. Cooper, B, 55 1214 Third Street Charleston Dorothy Cordray, S, 34 Mrs. Rex Barden 512 West North Third ShelbyviUe Geneva Cordray, S, 32 Mrs. Leroy Dailey 105 East North Third ShelbyviUe Herschel Cordray, B, 50 714 North Charles Street ShelbyviUe Ruth Cordray, S, 37 Mrs. Charles J. Olimplo 3250 Park Avenue R. R. 1, Box 310 S. Plainfield, New Jersey Dr. Woodrow Cordray, B, 32 924 West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles 15, California Mrs. Dorothy Corley, S, 21 Keith Corley, Ste, 40 R. R. 1 ShelbyviUe Noble Corley, B. 32 701 North Second Street ShelbyviUe ♦Howard Corson, Ste, 15 Lee D. Cosart, S, 21 179 Iron Mountain Road Oswego, Oregon Ruth Courtright, B, 44 Mrs. Von Behren 506 North Charles ShelbyviUe Dean Coventry, B, 30; S, 31 11 Lorreine Glen Ridge, New Jersey Estilene Cowan, Ste, 29 Mrs. Fred Walker R. R. 1 Elroy, Arizona Kathleen M. Cowden, Ste, 18 Mrs. Edwin F. Graham 2507 Greenwood E rive Port Arthur, Texas Coreta Cox, S, 38 Mrs. Francis Martin Box 148 Oxford, New York Everett Cox, B, 39 177 South .Academy Street Gales burg Jean Cox, Sec Ste, 45 Oakland Floyd MonteUe Cox. B, 24 17624 Soiith Western Avenue Homewood Phyllis Cox, B and Ste, 56 Mrs. James Guyon 434 West Union EdwardsviUe Ralph Cox, B, 25 417 North Long Street ShelbyviUe J. Edwin Craig, B, 32 305 East Overton Tuscola R. A. Cresswell, B, 12 R. F. D. 3 ShelbyviUe Mary C. Cribbet, B. 38; S, 39 Mrs. John NewUn 101 Mineola Drive Syracuse 3, New York Kenneth Crockett. B, 46; Ste, 47 Carter Oil Company Car mi Glenn Crook, B, 22 Fayetteville, North Carolina James Crook, B. 29 1117 West North Fourth ShelbyviUe O. W. Croucher, Ste, 15 Ruth Crouse, Ste Noble McKialey Crowder, B, 15 Muriel Croy, S, 43 Mrs. L. A. Tippett R. R. 3 Toledo Elizabeth Cruit, B, 48 Mrs. Orval J. Sphar 227 South River Street Batavia Evelyn Cruit, B, 43; S, 44 Mrs. Paul Dobson 1718 Coronado Street Champaign Harry Lloyd Culberson, B, 38 812 North Charles ShelbyviUe Audrey Culumber, S, 35 Mrs. Eugene Stiarwalt 975 South Florissant Ferguson 21, Missouri Delphus Culp, HA, 48 P. O. Box 122 Pana Eva Cummings, B, 58 2907 Starr Street Lincoln, Nebraska Elizabeth Curd, B and S, 28 Mrs. Paul Bird 805 South Central Casey Gwln Curry, B, 26 Dorothy Cutler, S, 24 Mrs. O. S. Daggett 2097 North Union Decatur D Audrey Dannenbarger. Ste, 34 416 North Broadway ShelbyvUle Edwina Dasher, B Mrs. Roy R. Kearns 521 West First Street TaylorviUe Lloyd Daugherty, HA, 49 423 North Elm Street Arthur Belva Davidson, S, 32 Mrs. Paul Mills 1400 South Third Street Effingham Paul Davidson, B, 30 1559 Lee Street Charleston, West Virginia Antoinette Davis, S, 12 Bernetta Davis, S, 19 Carol R. Davis, B, 58 Mrs. Victor Elbert 412 West North First Street ShelbyviUe Carolyn L. Davis, S, 12; B, 13 Mrs. George W. PeUett Fenton, Michigan Daisy Davis, Ste, 29 Mrs. Cowan Neoga Earl Davis, B, 28 5128 Benton Street Downers Grove Edna M. Davis, S, 25 Marie Davis, B, 40; S, 41 Mrs. Everett Rincker Strasburg Vera M. Davis, S, 12; B, 13 Mrs. J. P. Smallwood 1523 East 46th Street Kansas City 4. Missouri Jerry Dawson, B, 54 ShelbyviUe Reta F. Dayhuff, Ste and B, 18 Mrs. Burns 138 Inland Street Chevy Chase, Maryland. Walter Dayhuff, B, 30 103 Nort.h Harrison Street Kirkwood 22, Missouri Frank Westfall Dearduff, Ste, 21 Box 355 ParkviUe, Missouri Bert W. Deere, Ste, 31 405 KltcheU Pana Tullio W. DeMlchaels, B, 32 Stonington Olin R. Dennis, Ste, 15 128 North Sunset Avenue Freeport Gene Denton, B, 40 Ramsey Wayne Denton, B, 38 Ramsey Hugh DeVore, Ste, 19 Alma Dewitt, S, 21 Mrs. Arthur K. King Corinne Dewitt, Ste, 30 Mrs. Earl Igo 715 West South First Street Shelbyville Harry Dewitt, S, 12 2207 Broadway Mt. Vernon Irma Dihel, S, 44 R. F. D. 1 ShelbyviUe Marian Dlhel, S. 42 Mrs. F. H. Herreid 15 Forest Knolls Decatur ♦Norris Dihel, B, 10; S, 11 Samuel S. Dihel, B, 11; S, 12 2035 West Mulberry Street San .■ ntomo, Texas Vera Dihel, S. 38 Mrs. R. N. Shuff 609 North Chestnut ShelbyviUe Mrs. Herman Dill, S, 20 Delbert Dinwiddle, B, 26 Findlay Clarence E. Ditzler, B. 36; S, 37 10606 Forest .Avenue Chicago 28 H arold L. Ditzler, B and Ste, 29 2032 West Eighteenth Chicago 8 Joyce Ditzler, Sec Ste, 58 Mrs. Marion Litz 610 North Chestnut ShelbyviUe Ruth Ditzler, B, 42 Mrs. . rthur Olson Robinson, Kansas Velma Ditzler, B, 32; S, 33 Mrs. Williams 1022 Loyola .Avenue Chicago 26 Beryl Donaldson, B, 24 Farina •Grace Donaldson, S, 19 Helen Doner, B. 41 Mrs. Clemens Cebulski 2322 Sunnyside Chicago 25 Dale Donnel, H. and Ste, 32 R. F. D. Findlay Donna Dorr, B, 58 Assumption Irma Doty. S. 30 Villa Doty, Ste, 17 Mrs. .Arthur Hendrix 5518 McKinley Street Bethesda. Maryland J. LoveU Douthit, B, 10; S, 11 Leonard Douthit, B, 30 214 South Lodge Street ShelbyviUe Ethel MabeUe Dow, S, 24 Emogene Dowell, Ste, 33 Mrs. H. C. Temple Box 341, Timberline Motel Saugatuck, Michigan .Arnold Downs, B, 29 8359 East Duarde Road San Gabriel, California Olga Downs, B and Ste, 28 Mrs. Oran Bazil Ha.vward 905 North Chestnut Street ShelbyviUe Ora Downs, Ste, 35 Mrs. Kenneth Funk 1602 West South First Street ShelbyviUe Rufus Downs, B 600 West North First Street ShelbyviUe Ruth Doyle, S, 24 Mrs. Swink c o Westervelt Paper Company 730 East Cerro Gordo Decatur Loren L. Doyle, B, 38 16 County Garden Mattoon Dorothy Drain, Sec S, 43 Mrs. WilUe Williams Oconee .Arthur Drake, B, 25 J. C. Dryden, B 225 Green Street Fayetteville, North Carolina Frances Drysdale, S, 42 Mrs. Clyde Furr ShelbyviUe Mike Du Bois, B Salem ♦Ervil Duckett, B and Ste, 16 Geneva Duddleston, S, 20 Mrs. Floyd Bowman Lois D. Duddleston, S, 18 Mrs. Harold Foor R. F. D. 1 ShelbyviUe Theo Dugger, S, 38 Mrs. Bernard McElvaney 905 North .Allen Bloomington Carrie O. Dulin, B, 17; Ste, 18 Mrs. Harry Boyd R. F. D. Burnettsville, Indiana Norma Dunnaway, Sec S, 53 Mrs. Dale Dillier Greenup Van M. Dunbar, B, 21; S, 22 9921 Norcross Drive St. Louis 23, Missouri E. Ray Duncan. Ste, 14 Windsor Dean Dunham, B, 33; S, 34 Findlay Goldlc Dunkel, S, 16 Mrs. Arnett 300 South Grand Pana Irene Durst, S, 22 Mrs, W. T. Moreland 1006 Lanham Midland, Texas Lois Dyar, Ste, 36 Miss Lynn Crane 37 East 67th Street New York, New York Pauline Dycus, B, 36 Clark J. Eads, B and S, 25 Arthur Monnie Easton, S, 23 Arthur Frank Eckert, B, 23 3275 Tareco Drive Los Angeles 28, California Edna Blanche Eckert, B and S, 23 Mrs. Hendrix 1401 South Locust Street Centralia Berniece Eddy, Ste, 45 Mrs. Irmal Wallen Beecher City Reverend William C. Eddy, 4125 Penn Avenue Fair Oaks, California Floyd I. Edwards, B, 24 Irene Edwards, Ste, 37 Mrs. John Smith Findlay Martin Edwards, Ste, 15 843 North Long Chicago Ruth Evelyn Edwards, S, 24 Mrs. Dean L. Choate 15217 Turlington Avenue Harvey Genevieve Eiler, Ste, 28 Maxine Elbert, B, 53 1047 North Hayes Oak Park Victor M. Elbert, Jr., B, 58 Mode Ste, 21 Maurice Elder, B. 202 East Mill Grayville 36 Ruth Elder, S, 37 Mrs. Maynard Toler 708 South 26th Street .Arlington, Virginia Jack Ellis, Sec Ste, 54 917 North Broadway ShelbyviUe Roland Kills, S, 10 7541 West Bruno Richmond Height. Missouri Lloyd Elston, B, 42 Ruth lone Emel, S, 24 Sullivan Bertha Engel, S, 20 I.ouann Kngel, B, 42 Mrs. John Boldt 1414 East Moore Street Decatur Mabel Engel, B, 18: S, 19 Mrs. Berg 5027 Juniata Street St. Louis, Missouri Raymond A. Engel. B, 21 Strasburg Wanda England, S, 43 Mrs. Russell Carter 740 West Decatur Decatur Evelyn Enoch, S, 37 Mrs. Ramsden Findlay Guy Enoch, B, 13 703 Harrison Street Chester Frank E. Ernst, B, 12 2017 Maciclin Road Flint, Michigan Lela Ernst, Ste, 19 Charles J. Erwin, B, 40 203 Berry Washington L. Gene Erwin, B, 40 R. R. 1 Low Point Margaret Mary Esker, B, 56 5554 Waterman St. Louis 12, Missouri Virginia Esra, S, 32 •Donis Esry, S. 23 Leta Esry, S, 16 Mrs. Grimes 178 South Craig Place Lombard Velma Esry, S, 19 Mrs. Morf 80 North Elizabeth Street Lombard Dorsey J. Estes, B, 22 W. E. Boonton Avenue Butler, New Jersey ♦Mary Evans, Ste, 32 Donna Marie Eversole, S, 57 313 West North Third Street Shelbyville Marybel Eversole, S, 37 503 West North First Street Shelbyville ♦Margaret Eyestone, B and S, 31 Carl Faulkner, B, 58 218 East Second Street Belvidere Grace Fearday Mrs. Swengel 8943 South Justine Chicago 20 Cora lone Featherstun. S. 26 Mrs. R. E. Stuckey 2125 West Main Muncie, Indiana Herbert Featherstun, B, 29 2961 Princeton Place Indianapolis, Indiana •Irma Fellers, S, 37 Mrs. Dorwin Richardson Lois Fellers, S, 39 Mrs. Herbert Killiam 13613 Chandler Avenue Van Nuys, California Carol Ferguson, Sec S, 55 Mrs. LeRoy Keller c o Hussongs Trailer Park Charleston Hazel Ferguson, B, 55 Mrs. Charles Whitten Assumption Irene M. Fetters, B, 22 Mrs. Roy Burke 3007 M-A-S Street Houston, Texas Lois Field, Ste, 30 Rita Finfrock, Ste, 58 Mrs. Tom Moore Cowden Ruth Firnhaber, Sec S, 54 c o The Essex House 407 North Pennsylvania Indianapolis. Indiana Merle Fisher, S, 33 Gail Fleming, Ste R. R. 3 Pana Mary Fleming, S, 16 Mrs. Rennie Frazier 402 South Broadway Shelbyville Robert Flesner, B, 48 414 West South First Street Shelbyville Inez Fling, S, 32 Mrs. Fred Landis Windsor Julio Florini, B, 38 Sullivan Betty Foelsing, Ste. 56 Mrs. Thornton Olshaski 1627 West Wood Decatur Muriel Fogarty, Ste, 20 1325 South Fifth Street Springfield Erma Fogler, S, 21 Mrs. Tex Pana Ruth Foltz, B, 38 Almeda Foor. B, 38 Mrs. David Spesard 916 West North Third Street Shelbyville Max R. Foor, B, 17 R. F. D. 3 Shelbyville Helen Foote. Ste, 30 Mrs. Oliver Bell Box 188 Charleston Lula Rose Forcum, Ste, 57 Mode Jesse Ford, Ste, 15 Box 270 East St. Lou is Edward Foreman, Filing, 35 ♦Frank Fortner, B, 17 Lois Fosbender, B, 20 Mrs. R. H. Palmer 1752 West 96th Street Chicago 43 Isabel Foster, Ste, 30 Mrs. T. D. Armstrong East Cold Spring Avenue Michigan City, Indiana Luther Bland Foster, B, 21 115 West North Fourth Street Shelbyville Eva E. Fought, S, 09 809 West Main Street C arbondale ♦Jason Fought, Ste. 14 Juanita Fought, S, 10 Mrs, S. W. van der Merwe Potgietesrust Transvaal Union of South Africa Edna Fournier, B, 47 Nokomis ♦Harrison Fouste, Ste, 16 Margaret Fox. B, 17; Ste, 18 214 North Long Street Shelbyville Nellie M. Fox, B, 10: S, 11 Mrs. C. W. Waggoner 316 North Long Shelbyville Carl H. Frailey, B, 36 Beecher City Jerry Lee Frailey, B Beecher City Bernard Frazer, S, 15 515 East Fellows Street Dixon Lois Freeman, B, 43 Ellen Jean Friese, B, 41 Mrs. James Jiter Shelbyville Geneva Friese, S, 36 Mrs. Ernest L. Allman 3347 Orchard Drive Decatur Ernest Fringer, B, 29 R. F. D. Assumption Eileen Fry, S, 41 Mrs. Jack Woods 5419 West 85th Street Oak Lawn Eula Fry, B, 18 Mrs. Edgar Eversole 313 West North Third Shelbyville Noah J. Fry. B, 28 2008 Oakmont Avenue Havertown, Pennsylvania Theodore Fry, B, 26: S, 27 828 North Eleventh Street DeKalb William Fulton. S, 16 C. E. I. Railroad Catlin Grace Furr, Ste, 30 Mrs. Wilson Horseman R. F. D. 3 Shelbyville Roy E. Furr. B, 26 R. F. D. 3 Shelbyville Lawrence Furry. B, 27 3608 West 148th Place Midlothian Lyle Gaddis 822 North Lodge Street Shelbyville Max Galbreath, H. , 47 P. O. Box 325 Batavia Lucille Gamble, Ste. 35 Mrs. Robert Howard 4281 E. G Avenue Kalamazoo, Michigan Mabel Gamble. S, 36 Mrs. Orlie Rhodes R. F. D. Taylor vi He Lulu Belle Garner, Sec Ste, 54 Mrs. B. D. Love 1206 1 2 North Madison Street Bloomington Leona Garrett, B, IB; Ste, 19 Mrs. George Titus Sullivan Margaret Garrett, S, 31 Mrs. Jack Martin 1326 Wagner .• venue Rockford Charles Garvin, B, 36 1757 Grand .Avenue Jackson, Mississippi Edward Garvin, B, 37; S, 38 312 North Broadway Shelbvville Luzetta Gaston, S, 43 Mrs. Ferguson R. R. 2 Bethany Betty Gatton, B, 54 Mrs. Charles L. Garner -Apt. 9 1741 - 28th Street. S. E. Washington, D. C. Robert Gay, Ste, 42 Jean Gearhart, S, 38 Mrs. Robert Wiseman Chickasha, Oklahoma Roy Gearhart, Ste, 15 R. R. 1 Mattoon Annabelle Gebhart, S, 33 Mrs. Glen Hinton Shelbyville Elsie Gerdes. Ste. 16 Zelma Getz, S. 29 Mrs. Chester Lidster 915 North Morgan Shelbyville Edward H, Gibbons, B, 26 2107 South State Street Springfield Winton Gibbons, B, 23 2328 West 107th Place Chicago 43 Helen Giberson, B, 37 Mrs. B Ton Ma.xwell 310 West North SLxth Street Shelbyville Robert L. Giberson, B, 57 Lakewood Mrs. Roberta Irene Gibson, Ste, 56 Pana John Gierhart, B, 29 211 North Washington Shelbyville William Gierhart, S, 38 2029 San Francisco Street San Antonio, Texas John Gifford, B, 52 Helen Gillespie, B, 18; Ste, 19 Richard Gillespie, B, 49 Pana Olga Givan, B, 13; Ste, 14 Mrs. Harry Downs 173 Clearview Drive Rosewood Heights East Alton Laurence Gleason. B and Ste. 14 863 .Shadow Lawn Drive Westfield, New Jersey Clarice Goad, Sec S, 54 Mrs. Richard Harrington 708 Henry Street Kewanee Glenn Goddard. B, 30 Windsor Mae Goddard, Ste, 31 Windsor ♦John L. Good. B, 13; Ste, 14 Mal)el E. Good. B, 12 Galesl)urg State Research Hospital Galesburg Reuel M. Good, B, 11 Box 116 Tower Hill Helen C. Goodrick, B, 18; Ste, 19 Court of Domestic Relations 221 Prescott Toledo, Ohio Thelma M. Goodrick, S, 22 Room 1956 910 South Michig.an Avenue Chicago Betty Gordon, B, 51 Mrs. Frank J. Lower 217 East North Sixth Street Shelbyville Janet Gordon, B, 52 R. F. D. ShelbyviUe ♦Clarence Gould, B, 40 Kathryn Gould, B, 58 514 North East Street Olney Lawrence Gowdy, B, 29 410 Chicago .Avenue Evanston Ernest Grabowski, B, 40 1936 East Decatur Decatur Edwin F. Graham. B. 20 2507 Glenwood Drive port .Arthur, Texas Joyce Graham, B, 42 Mrs. Gerald W. Blankenship 16855 Bramell Detroit 19, Michigan Re.xford R. Graham, B 1004 Wabash .Avenue Mattoon Gladys Graven, B, 24 Mrs. Luther Martz Windsor Maurine Graven, S, 39 Mrs. Daniel Stumpf Findlay ♦Edith Gray, Ste, 37 Fern Green, Ste, 46 Mrs. Syfert Mode Dorothy Mabel Greenwood, S, 24 Shirley Darlene Gregg, B, 58 Cowden Thomas E. Gregory, B, 17 Cowden Marguerite Griffin, S, 27, Ste, 28 Mrs. Vincent Igo 816 South Sappington Road Webster Groves, Missouri LaVaughn V. Grisham, Ste, 18 Apt. 465, The Granada 525 Arlington Place Chicago 14 John R. Grubb, B, 57 R.R. 3 Shelbyville Lee Grubb, B, 24 Mary A. Grubb, S, 29 716 West North Street Decatur Laura Gruen, B, 31; S, 32 Mrs. Garnet Page R. R. 2 Shelbyville Carl Grunert, B, 26 270 North Country Club Road Decatur Edith Guinee. S, 32 Mrs. J. Kenneth McK ea 35 Medial Drive South Shores Decatur Orpha Guthrie, HA, 31 Mrs. D. O. Fairchild 222 East Fourth St. Elmo James Guyon. HA, 56 434 West Union Street Edwards ville John Gwin, B. 30 9 Erin Lane Lowe Manor Kankakee H ♦Eunice Haddock, S, 11; B, 12 Raymond Haddock. Ste, 20 Modern Woodmen of America Rock Island ♦Glenn Hagen. Ste, 15 Elva Rowena Halbrook, S. 26 Mrs. Elva Hand 825 - 159th Street Calumet City David Hall, B 115 North Wood Street Shelbyville Glenn Walter Hall, B, 21; S, 22 1200 Oak Street Northbrook Lois May Hall, B and S, 28 Mrs. Everly 14908 .Averf .Avenue Midlothian Wanda HaUeman, B, 31; S, 32 Mrs. A. C. Klicker OkawviUe Nadean Hamer, S, 15 610 West Main Street Shelbyville Betty Hamilton, S, 41 Mrs. C. S. Speer 1019 North Dennis Decatur Cecil C. Hamilton, B. 25 512 West Harrison Street Sullivan Vera Hamilton, S. 27 Mrs. Merle Ryon 1032 Dupont Street Flint, Michigan Winona Hamilton, S. 38 Mrs. Donald Bruns R. F. D. Pana Lauren Hamm, B. 26 324 East Main Street Shelbyville Dwight Handel, Ste. 14 Stanley Hankins, B. 28 2040 North Oakland .Arlington, Virginia Dr. Vincent Hanneken. B, 49 119 Highland Drive Wabash, Indiana Daniel Hansen, B R. R. 3 JerseyviUe Robert Harden, B, 13 R. F. D. ShelbyviUe John Hardy, B, 43 Pana Dwight Harlow, HA, 48 1316 Corona Street Colorado Springs, Colorado Cecil Harmann, B. 29 SuUivan Helen Harmon, S, 40 Mrs. Leonard W. Cox 613 East Benton Joliet Quentin Harmon, B, 47 General Electric Company SummerviUe, Massachusetts Ruth Harms, S, 31 Mrs. Harold L. Turner 5 East Carroll Drive Brettwood Heights R. R. 2 Decatur Edith E. Harpster, B, 24 Mrs. Roy Llnch Windsor Richard Harrington, H. , 55 708 Henry Street Kewanee Hazel Harris, S, 29 Edward Franklin Harrison, B 47 Mode William Harrison, B, 16 Shelbyville James Hart, B, 57 Masonic Home Sullivan Lorine Hart, Ste, 17 Virginia Hartman, Ste, 43 Mrs. Paul Hartman Findlay Philip Haslett, B. 56 2167 North Woodford Decatur Brooksie Hatfield, S, 28 Mrs. Escoe Walker 1118 East Leafland Decatur Mrs. Eloise Havener, B, 56 Shelbyville Charles Hawbaker, B, 41 Sullivan ♦Agnes Hawk, S, 20 Neva Hawk, S, 20 Mrs. Enoch Craig Box 380 Neosho, Missouri Charles R. Hayden, B, 56 720 West Strain Sullivan Berniece Hays, Sec, 52 Joan Hays, Sec, 57 Mrs. Walter . ' Ima Oran Bazil Hayward, B, 33 905 North Chestnut Street Shelbyville Floyd Hazen, B, 32 R. F. D. 4 Shelbyville ♦Mate Headen, Ste, 16 Jean Hedges, Ste. 39 Mrs. Kramer Conway, .Arkansas Dorothy Heiden, Ste, 58 Stewardson George R. Heinz, B, 10 13 Homestead Drive Mt. Vernon ♦Howard Heinz. B, 39; S, 40 ♦Irene Heinz. Ste, 19 ♦Waldo Heinz, B. 15 Ilene Heiter, B, 48 Mrs. Melvin Wise Moweaqua Jean Heiter, B, 42 Mrs. Revis 1226 1 2 West Monroe Street Springfield Edward Helm, HA, 48 Carter Oil Company Mattoon Margaret Helm. B, 38 Mrs. Van Rheeden St. Elmo Curtis Henderson, B Watson Gernon Henderson, B, 26; S, 27 Sycamore Vivian Henderson, S, 27 Mrs. Corwin Hamilton Sullivan Arthur Hendrix, Ste, 16 5518 McKinley Street Bethesda, Maryland Betty Hennigh, Ste, 42 Mrs. Russell Carr R. R. 1 Windsor Robert Hal Hennigh, B, 19 Windsor Norris Henry, S, 32 2456 South Fifth Street Springfield Warren Henson, S, 31 3408 WiUow Drive Mattoon ♦Maud Alice Herrick, S, 30 William Herrick, S, 32 316 North Morgan Shelbyville Bertha E. Herron, S, 12; B, 13 Mrs. H. L. Ruff c o Modern Woodman of America Rock Island Clara Mae Herron, Sec S, 55 Mrs. Carter Findlay Dorothy Herron, S Mrs. Clifford Colclasure 2680 East Wood Decatur Edna R. Herron, S, 18 Mrs. W. R. Merrell 301 West North Third Street Shelbyville Hazel K. Herron, Ste, 18 Mrs. Hargrove Murphy Herron, B 320 North Walnut Street Shelbyville Paul Herron, B, 30 Windsor Carl Herten, B, 33 425 North Vine Shelbyville Lola Herten, S, 41 Mrs. Ray Riley 512 West North Second Street Shelbyville David Hester, B, 58 Salem Edith Elaine Heth, Sec Ste, 57 Mason Howard R. Heth, B, 25 Bell Telephone Company San Francisco, California John C. Heth, B, 25 Mason Francis Heuerman, B, 58 608 North Fourth Street Effingham ♦Crawford F. Hickey, S, 12 Mts. Freda Minor Hicks, B, 18; Ste, 19 1127 South Seventh Street Springfield Betty Hill, Ste, 42 Mrs. Charles Wooters R. R. 1 Assumption Clarissa F. Hill, Ste, 18 Mrs. William Harrington 909 Maurice .Avenue Ferguson, Missouri Howard O. Hill. S, 29 937 Brownell Avenue Glendale 22, Missouri Joaneth Hill, S, 26 Mrs. T. W. Spicer Thornycroft .Apt. P 40 Scarsdale, New York Manue Frances Hill, B and Ste, 30 Mrs. Donald W. Cleary 270 Moncada Way San Francisco 27. California Nelle Hill, Ste, 19 Mrs. H. Tom Col lard 14153 Prevost .Avenue Detroit 27, Michigan Helen Hilliard, B, 44 Mrs. Charles Rhodes 728 Van Buren Street Decatur Elizabeth Himes, Ste, 58 Assumption ♦Miles A. Hinton. B, 17 James Hitt, B, 41 554 Oakwood East Aurora, New York ♦Clarence J. Hoedebeck, B, 25 ♦John Hoehn, Ste, 15 ♦Edward A. Hoffman, B and S, 25 Walter Hogge, Jr., B, 40 Beecher City Raye Hogue, B, 32 213 Mound Street J diet Wilma Hogue, B, 36 Mrs. Dale Lane R. R. 1 Sullivan Ruth Hoke. S, 27 Charles F. HoUey Altamont Shirley HoUey, Ste, 55 Mrs. Lewis Smith 2415 Western .Avenue Mattoon Marcedith Holmes. B, 36 Lena Holsapple, Ste, 30 Mrs. Bundy 2339 South First Street Springfield William Maynard Holwick, Ste, 18 953 East 84th Place Chicago 19 Laura Frances Hood. B, 25 Mrs. Donald Bateman Dalton City Dorothea Hood, S, 26; Ste, 55 Mrs. J. C. Willard 717 North Broadway Shelbyville Marjorie Hood, B, 42 Mrs, Elmer Grimstad Box 510, R. R. 5 Decatur Opal C. Hood, B, 24 Mrs. Lloyd Read 513 North Walnut Street Shelbyville Beatrice Hook, S, 11 Mrs. Louis Conn 402 West Main Street Shelbyville Sue Hooker. S, 42 Mrs. Lamkin Box 1057 Galesburg Gladys Horn, S, 23 Mrs. Stone Sullivan Edward Hortenstine, B, 36 Gays John Hortenstine, B, 40 Gays Paul Hortenstine, B, 35 Gays Maudie HoweU, Sec S, 42 Mrs. .Albert Weller Apt. 6, 755 Birch Denver, Colorado Ralph Hubner, B, 20 4715 Central Avenue Western Springs Dessie Hudson. Ste, 15 501 Campbell Street Valparaiso, Indiana Fred Hudson, B, 14 Cowden Pauline Hudson, Sec S, 48 Mrs. Noel Wagner Nokomis Helen Huffer, S. 39 Mrs. Beechley P. O. Box 36 Gratigny Branch Miami 50, Florida Hortense Huffer, S Mrs. William Banning Cowden James Huffer, B, 56 602 West Main Shelbyville Leonard Huffer, Ste, 37 302 South Locust Shelbyville ♦William Huffer, Ste, 17 Helen Huffman, S, 46 Mrs. Herald Reimer Areola ♦C. W. Huffmaster, B, 11 Alice R. Huisinga, S, 28 Mrs. Leland Smith 18246 Karan Drive Tarzana, California Clayton Humphrey, B, 14 145 East Division Street Kewanee Wayne Hunt, S, 39 1537 Third Street Charleston Janice Hunter, Sec Ste, 56 Mrs. Ronald Lash Findlay Foster Hurst, B, 43 1416 West South Third Street Shelbyville ♦Frank Hurst, Ste, 13 Olan Hurst, B, 48 R. R. 2 ShelbyviUe ♦Florence Igo, Ste, 14 Joseph Ingram, B, 26 149 Forest Street New Lenox Albert Inman, B, 41 2561 Sheridan Road Zion Mary Inman, S, 41 Mrs. Warren Coffey 265318 Ellendale Los Angeles, California Carolyn Inyart, B 411 South Walnut Shelbyville Richard Inyart, B. 58 400 West Adams Springfield Albert Jackson, B and S, 14 106 Crestview Drive San Antonio, Texas Carl Jackson, Ste and B, 15 220 East Union Street Nokomis Pearl Jackson Mrs. Vlrl Welch 720 North Wood Street Shelbyville Phyllis Jackson, S Mrs. H. T. Miller c o Shell Oil Co. Woodville, Texas Vivian Jackson, S, 41 Mrs. Sarmento 4760 Robertson Avenue Carmichael, California Wendel Jackson, B, 30 Ruby James, S, 40 Mrs. Don Moore 2244 Levanda Los Angeles 32, California Thelma James, S, 28 Mrs. Edward Gibbons 2107 South State Street Springfield H. O.Janes, S, 11; B, 12 505 West North Sixth Street Shelbyville ♦Catherine Jarnagin, S, 30 Hal Jarnagin, B 210 North Charles Street ShelbyviUe Mary Louise Jarnagin, B, 24; S, 25 Mrs. Hubert Herring 800 MerreU Avenue Collins ville Mildred N. Jarnagin, B, 24; S, 25 Mrs. Paul Smock Moweaqua Ora Frances Jarnagin, S, 51 Mrs. Don E. Reynolds 813 West South Third Street Shelbyville Helen Marie Jauncey. B, 26 Mrs. Luckey Lowery Box 442 Mattoon Mabel Jeffers, S, 29 Alta Harriette Jenkins, S, 09 416 North Morgan Street Shelbyville Mary Jenkins, Ste, 19 Mrs. Glen Wilson 240 South College Decatur James Jiter, B, 43 1035 North Walnut Street Shelbyville Cecil Paul Johnson. B, 54 Casey Edna A. Johnson. B, 11; S, 12 Mrs. J. W. Connelly 125 Dorsey Drive San Antonio 21, Texas Merle Johnson, S, 13 Mrs. Walter Wilson R. F. D. ShelbyviUe Catherine Johnstone, S, 29 Mrs. Johnstone Phimmer 924 Manor Road Alexandria, Virginia Betty Jones, B 408 West Main Street Decatur Esther Jones, S, 32 Grace Jones, B, 26 Jo Ann Jones, S 300 West South Second Street Shelbyville Lawrence C. Jones, B, 21 613 North Morgan Street Shelbyville L everett Jones, B, 31 308 Stratford Road Jacksonville, North Carolina Opal Irene Jones, B and S, 24 Ophelia Jones, S, 20 Mrs. Frank Dearduff Box 355 Parkville, Missouri Ralph E. Jones, B, 36 307 West North Second Street Shelbyville Velma Jones, S, 32 Mrs. James Kerr 215 West North Second Street Shelbyville Dorothy Juhnke, S, 42 Mrs. Shaffer Windsor K Carl Keele, B, 48 Nokomis Amy Keilman, Ste, 42 Mrs. John Murray 9958 Sterling Allen Park, Michigan LeRoy Keller, B, 55 c o Hussongs Trailer Park Charleston Rena Keller, S, 32 Findlay Howard Raymond Kelley, B, 26; S, 27 Box 254 Charleston Joyce Rae Kelley, B and S, 55 Mrs. Allan Burcham 2551 North Talbot Indianapolis, Indiana Imogene Kelley, Sec S, 45 Mrs. Marvin Ruber 815 West North Second Street Shelbyville Florence Kelly, S, 21 Mrs. Sta nnard 6628 Odell St. Louis 9, Missouri Mabel Floy Kelly, S, 22 200 North State Ann Arbor. Michigan Warren Kepp, Ste. 42 1201 South Seventeenth Street Mattoon Walter Kessel, B, 35 311 West North Second Street ShelbyviUe Pearl Kessler, Ste, 22 Strasburg Oliver Klesler. B, 28 Mokena Lawson Killam, B, 36 524 North Douglas Street Shelbyville Carl Kimlel, B, 43 R. R. 2 Shelbyville Pauline Kimmel, S, 45 Mrs. WooUums Dalton City Ronald Kincaid, B, 57 R. F. D. Chestnut Jean Kincheloe, S, 24 Hazel Lou King. B and S, 38 Mrs. Graham Findlay Robert King, B, 37 Areola ♦Ronald King, B, 42 ♦Raymond Kingston, B. 09 Marion Kinney, S, 23 Mrs. O. B. Adams 252 Richland Avenue Mansfield, Ohio Mamie Kircher, B, 16 511 Douglas Shelbyville Margaret L. Kircher, Sec Ste, 53 Mrs. Walter Keller c o Tobias Kircher, Sr. Strasburg Mary Phyllis Kircher, S, 33 Mrs. Dale Riley 413 West North Third Street Shelbyville Loren Kirkbrlde, B, 31 R. F. D. Pana Pauline H. Kirn, B, 23; S, 24 Sigel Edna Klarman. Ste, 29 Mrs. Edward DeKay 484 North Saginaw Pontiac, Michigan Charles C. Klauser, B. 17 907 North Broadway Shelbyville Dorothy Klauser, S, 19 Mrs. Loren Moore 827 North Morgan Shelbyville Geneva Klauser, S, 19 2052 Lincoln Park West Chicago 14 Genevieve Klauser, Ste, 30 Mrs. Joe Shaughnessy 1917 South Second Street Springfield Karl E. Klauser, B, 26; S, 27 540 Toro Canyon Road Santa Barbara, California William H. Klepzig, B, 24 Altamont Claude Knearem, B, 21; S, 22 3913 Conga Street Jacksonville, Florida Bernard Knecht, B. 29; Ste. 30 Robert Knipp, B 590 North Bond .Mtamont Anna Frances Koeberlein, B, 25 Mrs. Klitzing Box 121 Effingham Bernard Koeberlein, HA, 31 100 South Main St. Elmo Leonard Koeberlein, B, 32 607 Hazel Street St. Elmo Gladys V. Kolb, S, 24 Emma Kontney, S, 16 Bonnie Kreuger, Sec Ste, 52 Marilyn Kroening, Sec Ste, 58 Mrs. Robert Patterson Mode William Kroening, B 421 North Morgan Street Shelbyville Juanita Kuhn. B, 38 Mrs. Joe Wolf Oconee Carl Kull. B, 39 Strasburg George Kull. B. 14 Strasburg Lila KuU. Sec S, 45 Mrs. W. C. Storm, Jr. Strasburg Luella Kull, S, 42 420 East Canedy Springfield Oma KuU, Ste, 20 Mrs. H. A. Peterson 86 Lincoln .Avenue Riverside Roy Kull, B, 14 Frankfort New Jersey Tillie L. Kull, B, 10 Mrs. Martin Ruff George Lachaiite, B, 37 Pana Patricia LaCost, Ste, 55 Mrs. Lillpop Eureka Herschel LaCost, B, 28 14601 Union Avenue Harvey Dr. Paul Landers, B, 23 Monticello Ralph R. Lane, B, 27: S. 28 130 South Ash Street Hobart, Indiana Sandra Kay Lang, Sec Ste, 57 R. R. 2 Ashmore Caroline Larimore, S, 42 Mrs. Ellsworth Weinberg 6035 Meadow Crest Drive Dallas, Texas Arlen Lash, B Findlay Ruth Latimer, S, 21 Mamie Laue, Ste, 18 Mrs. W. H. Spindler 113 .- rdmore Drive Middleton, Ohio Opal Lawrence, B, 20 Mrs. Dewey South Box 311 Urbana Edna Leaf, B, 18 Mrs. Penn 1251 Roscoe Street Chicago 13 Dorothy Lear, Sec Ste, 54 Mrs. Livingston Apt. 1 1006 South Spring Street Springfield Edith Lehman, Ste, 19 Mrs. Waldo Hartman 2516 Ridge Road Evanston Hilda Leighty, S, 21 Mrs. Ed A. Sidwell 32 Russell Boulevard Bradford. Pennsylvania Marguerite Lemons, S, 30 Mrs. Herbert Featherstun 2961 Princeton Place Indianapolis. Indiana Glen Lichtenwalter, B, 37; Ste, 38 2365 Mendez Street New Orleans. Louisiana Ruby F. Lichtenwalter, S, 25 5370 Delmar St. Louis 12, Missouri Harry Lilly, Ste, 15 977 Bewr St. Paul, Minnesota Herman Lilly, B, 42 Sxdlivan Joanne Lindsay, Ste, 54 Mrs. Carroll Bernhardt 2860 Holiday Hill Drive Florissant, Missouri Roscoe Lipe, Ste, 17 Witt Esther Lippincott, B, 19 Mrs. Walter A. Roney 1613 North Edward Decatur Helen Lippincott, S Mrs. E. Cook 605 East Wisconsin Street Oblong Gertrude Litten, S, 42 Mrs. Corrigan 409 West C Street Belleville Herbert Lloyd, B, 43 Farm Supply Company Greenville Lewis Locke, HA, 48 1112 North Seventh Street Vandalia Betty. Lockwood, B, 56 Mrs. Sphar 508 South Oak Street Pana Donald Lofland, B, 33; S, 34 Findlay Charles W. Logan, B, 58 R. F. D. ShelbyviUe Billie Logue, S, 42 Mrs. Marshall Fox 7611 Howard Street Tampa, Florida Loy Logue, S, 17 Mrs, O. V. Nance 3302 S. E. Gladstone Portland 2, Oregon Lela Lohr, B, 14 2030 Bradley Place Chicago 18 Irvin Longenbaugh, B. 35 Chillicothe Gordon Longenbaugh, B, 35 506 West Willow Street Normal Bessie Louthan, B, 26 Mrs. Taylor Areola Adam Love. B, 21; S, 22 1250 Forest Street Denver, Colorado B. D. Ixive, HA, 56 120 1 2 North Madison Street Bloomington Cleone Love, S, 23 Earl Love, B 415 West Green Street Decatur Ruby Love, B, 26 1828 North Morgan Street Decatur Winifred Levins, B, 20 Mrs. Ray Troutman 313 North Wood Street Shelbyville Raymond Low, B, 44 1426 - 21st, N. W. Washington, D. C. John Wesley Lowe, B 414 West North Fourth Street Shelbyville Morris Lowe. B, 32 1199 West King Street Decatur Harold Lowry, B, 35 100 Airland Avenue CM. R. 140 Peoria Charles R. Luck, B, 32 Atwood Elsie V. Lumpp, B, 24 Mrs. Walter Davis 1405 Garfield Road Burlington, North Carolina Ruth Lumpp, Ste, 33 8200 South Ellis Avenue Chicago 19 Kenneth Lupton, B Shelbyville Izola Lycan, B, 37 Thomas Ray Lyda, B, 17 Mc Gwendolyn McCallister, Ste, 36 5601 West 31st Street Chicago 50 Corwin G. McClain, B, 25 William McColley, B, 15; Ste, 16 Lula McCormick, S, 17 Mrs. Lloyd CarroU 146 North 22d Street Decatur Grace McCoy, S, 16 Mrs. Dovin 12 North Spruce Colorado Springs, Colorado John . Mvin McCoy, B P. O. Box 106 Hematite, Missouri Mabel McCoy, S, 19 Hazel Jean McDaniel, S, 42 Mrs. Ernest Crawford 1521 West John Street Champaign Fern McDonald, B, 23; S. 24 Mrs. R, F. Scheer 304 South Broadway Shelbyville Harold McGahey. B, 17 Fire Department 605 Bloomington Road Champaign Grace McGinnis, B, 32 Mrs. Evans R. F. D. Toledo Ina McGinnis, B and S. 26 Mrs. C. M. Johnson R. R. 2 Center Point, Iowa Jennie McGinnis, S, 32 Mrs. Chester Brown R. F. D. Neoga ♦Kenneth McGinnis, B, 25; S, 26 Edward McGuar, B, 22 R. R. 3 Oak Lane Lake Springfield Springfield Eleanor McHenry, S, 19 Vera McKenzie, B and Ste, 28 5143 South Kenwood Chicago 15 Chester L. McKlm, B and Ste, 15 212 South Main Street Port Byron Eugene McKittrick, B, 55 Tower Hill Rex McKittrick, B, 51 Tower Hill Von McLane, B, 24 Lois McMullin, Ste, 16 Mrs. Elmer McHwain 312 North Van Buren Sullivan Stanley McNeeley, B, 38 1445 Montrose .Avenue Dayton 14, Ohio Woodrow McNeese, S, 36 531 Erickson Street Ottawa Dale McNutt, B, 30 Harold McPherson, B, 20 Neoga Mary Lou McVicker, S, 48 Mrs. Robert Buenekemper Effingham M Mary Macklin, S, 38 Mrs. Arl Johnson 710 South Sixth Street Champaign Katherine Mahan, S Mrs. Bruce Lloyd 410 North Charles Street Shelbyville Hazel Mahon, Ste, 29 Mrs. Roy Smith Lakewood Lavone Mahon, S, 37 Mrs. R. R. Evans 1213 Marion Danville George Mahoney, Ste, 16 Hubert N. Majors, B, 21 Pearl Malone, S, 21 Blanche Maloney, S, 29 Mrs. L. J. Rubenking 727 West 43d Street Indianapolis 8, Indiana Mae Maloney, S, 33 Mrs. Karl Kirk Box 321 Ottumwa, Iowa Joanne Manley, S, 45 Mrs. William Browning 861 State Street Wood River Rita Manning, B, 31 1119 West South Third Street Shelbyville Roscoe D. Manning, B, 24; S, 25 3619 Thirtieth Lubbock, Texas Lois Marquiss. S, 36 Mrs. Roy Finstron 415 Ingles ide Aurora Marian Marquiss, S, 37 2088 Estes Avenue Chicago 45 Eileen Mars, S, 33 Mrs. Manlev Pow R.F.D. Shelbyville Hazel Martin, S, 43 Mrs. Donnel Pontius 3946 Natural Bridge Road St. Louis. Missoul-i Alice Martz, B, 20 Mrs. Renner 422 West South Seventh Street Shelbyville Carmen Matheson, Ste. 55 Mrs. Jack Kinser 807 East Seventeenth Street Bloomington, Indiana Carl Mathlas, B, 13 184 South S Street San Bernardino, California ♦Winifred Matteson, S, 16 Mrs. Bain Ruth Mautz, S, 29 Mrs. Jesse Turner 5903 Locust Kansas City. Missouri Sarah MaxweU, S, 28 Mrs. A. J. Elliott 5523 McCommas Street Dallas, Texas ♦Rhea May, B, 39 Rita May, S. 42 Mrs. R. E. Donnelly R. F. D. 3 Newton Ruth Mayberry, S. 41 Mrs. Ervin Moran Stewardson Edna Mayfield, S, 14 Mrs. Alvah Doner 738 West William Decatur Leola Medlin, S. 36 •Milo Meinzer. Ste. 14 Carol Melcher, S. 56 Flndlay JoAnna Melcher, S, 36 Mrs. Kenneth Lichtenwalter 2538 West Kiest Boulevard Dallas, Texas Maurice Melcher, B and S, 31 Findlay Mary Evelyn Meloon, S, 37 Mrs. Michael Young Car ronton Troy Lee Melvin, B 55 121 West Franklin Street TaylorviUe Gladys R. Merz, S, 21 George H. Mette, HA, 49 East Grove .Avenue Effingham Norma Jean Metzger, S, 43 Mrs. Keith Corzine Assumption Leland Metzler, B and Ste, 18 116 Ormsby Drive Syracuse 4, New York Virgil Metzler, B, 14 1110 West Park C hampaign Ruth Meyers, HA, 31 St. Elmo Earle Middlesworth. B, 48 Decatur Signal Depot Decatur H. L. Middleton, B. 12 712 South Walnut Urbana Floyd C. Miles, B, 24 Eureka Springs, .Arkansas Lula M. Miles. S, 21 Mrs. Charles T. Holds .Alfred A. MlUer, B, 12 Altamont Arthur Ross Miller, B, 21; S, 22 Henry Miller, B, 15 Altamont Niles W. Miller, B and S, 29 114 West North Third Street Shelbyville Pauline Miller, S, 27 623 South Walnut Street Springfield Ruby Miller, B. 52 Mrs. Rolwrt Nohren R. R. 1 Lake wood Thelma Miller, S, 26 1449 West Wood Street Decatur Vivian Miller, S, 37 3701 Shelby Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana Fern Mills, S, 24 Naomi Milner, S, 36 Mrs. Maurice Price 609 South Seventh Street Shelbyville Doris Mink, Sec Ste, 58 Mrs. James C. McLeod .Assumption Frances Misenheimer. S, 21 Mrs. Paul Buckler 8524 1 2 HoUoway Drive Los .Angeles, California Sam Mix, S, 13 Amber Moberley, S, 18 412 West Main Street Shelbyville Betty Moberley, S, 39 Mrs. W. .A. Manning 2404 South Seventh Street Springfield Frances Moberley, S, 32 Mrs. James C. Belser 109 North Charles Street Shelbyville Virginia Moberley. S, 41 Mrs. Jack Bruce 7271 West Thorndale Chicago 31 Mary K. Mochel, B, 28 Mrs. William Dale 202 South Morgan Street Olney Merle Moffett, S, 24 Mrs. Standwich 202 Nicholas Street Danville Frederick Moler, B, 36 Charleston Blanche Monger, S, 28 Mrs. Clarence Bergfield Longview George Monger, B, 23 700 East Sale Street Tuscola Lawrence Montague, Ste, 15 1328 East Twentieth Street Tulsa, Oklahoma Helen Montgomery, S, 19 Marjorie Montooth, S, 43 Mrs. Kearney 1413 West South Third Street Shelbyville May Montooth, S, 14 Mrs. R. V. Davis R. F. D. TaylorviUe Mamie Moon, S, 11 Cecil Moore, B, 15 Cowden Evelyn Moore, B, 44 Mrs. .Aaron Wysong R. F. D. TaylorviUe Helen Moore, S, 22 Mrs. Willard R. Jukes 821 France Avenue San Francisco, California Joyce Moore, B, 44 Mrs. Charles Cherry Bloomington O. C. Moore, S, 11 Thomas .A. Moore, B, 58 Cowden Marie Moran, Ste, 18 Mrs. P. J. Conlin R. F. D. 1 .Arthur Henrietta Morehouse, S, 28 John W. Morris, B, 25 Bon Air, Virginia Elsie Morrow, B, 28 Mrs. Harvey Carter 211 South Lodge Street Shelbyville ♦Glenn Morrow, B, 21 Ralph H. Morse, B, 17 Windsor Irene Mount, B, 30 Emra Moyer, Ste, 20 Grace Moyer. S, 25 101 1 2 East Allen Street Springfield Virginia Mullins,Ste, 31 Mrs. Frank Coleman 528 South Boyd Street Decatur Mrs. Nona Munson. S. 26 620 Illinois Street Mattoon L. Rex Murray, B and Ste, 20 Postmaster Herrick Eunice Myers. B, 47; S, 48 920 South Sixteenth Street Mattoon N Thelma Neal, B, 40; S, 41 Ashcraft Nur.sing Home Pana Ernest T. Neathery, B, 27; S, 28 319 West Edwards Street Springfield Marcella N. Neese, B and S, 28 Mrs. George Groves 115 West South Fifth Shelbyville J. Fred Neher, B, 22 3161 Pine Grove Chicago 14 Forrest Nelhls, B, 55 Shelbyville Lucy H. Neihoff, B, 17 Mrs. George Carter 1302 Bradbury Indianapolis, Indiana Nelle Neil, Ste, 19 Mrs. Maurice Briggs 9212 Woodland Drive Silver Spring, Maryland Sadie Newcome, B 606 South Spruce Street Nokomis Edith Newell, S. 26 Mrs. Karl K. Klauser 540 Tore Canyon Road Santa Barbara, California Dorothy Newlin, S, 37 Mrs. Bodden c o Roy Newlin Assumption George Newlin, HA, 49 450 North College Street Decatur John Newlin, B, 37; S, 38 107 Mineola Drive Syracuse 3, New York Lora Newlin, B, 28 Mrs. Eldred Walton Kansas Mrs. Treasie M. Newlin, B and S, 21 628 South State Street Springfield Velma Nichols, S. 26 Mrs. Joseph Ingram 149 Forest Street New Lenox Floyd Niemeyer, B, 52 St. Elmo Clara Niles, S, 27 Bloomington, Indiana Charlotte Noon, S, 10 1212 North Second Street Shelbyville Rachel NorveU, S, 29 Irene Oare, S, 29 Mrs. I. J. Freeland R. R. 1 Dalton City Samuel T. Ochs, B and Ste, 1201 South Seventeenth Mattoon Ward E. Odell, B, 21 Loogootee June Ogden, S, 40 Mrs. Robert Watson 1916 Harding Drive Urbana Gordon Olive, B, 15 New Douglas Herschel Oliver, B, 33 Watson Dale A. Olmstead, B, 25 541 West Sawyer Decatur 58 EUen Orahood, B, 38; S, 39 Russell T. Orberg, B, 16; Ste, 17 1034 Cedar Crest Boulevard R. R. 3 Allentown, Pennsylvania Florence Ordell, B, 13 Mrs. Helton R. R. 4 Shelbyville Arlie O ' Rear, B, 32; Ste, 33 Tower Hill Garnet Page, B, 31 R. R. 2 Shelbyville Dorothy Pancoast, S, 24 Mrs. David Barton Dow Lulu Paradee, S, 18 Mrs. William Ritchie Cerro Gordo ♦Benjamin Parish, B, 09 ♦Kleon Parker, B, 29 Ralph Parks, B, 27 509 West Laurel Avenue Sierra Madre, California Ted Parmenter, B, 42 P. O. Box 624 CanyonviUe, Oregon Mildred Parnell, B, 28 Zelda Parr, S, 41 Mrs. Clifford Mansfield Route 6. Box 77 Terre Haute, Indiana Maurine Parrish, S, 19 Mrs. Elmer English 7452 Cromwell Drive Clayton 5, Missouri Alvin Patten, B, 34; S, 35 J. H. Patten, Ste, 14 Albert E. Paul, HA, 47 820 Jackson Street Charleston Freda Pauley, S, 39 Mrs. John Hight 9241 South Racine Chicago 20 Harry L. Pauschert, B, 09; S, 10 936 West Lander Street Pocatello, Idaho Carol B. Pearce, Ste, 58 Mrs. Charles F. Holley Altamont Edith Peek, S, 37 Mrs. Ruble Maxwell R. F. D. 3 Windsor Lou Nell Peeler, S, 51 Mrs. Hutchison Beecher City Alma Perisho, B, 13 Merle Perisho, B, 13 Raymond Perkins, B, 30 Muriel Perry, S, 44 421 Tenth Street Charleston Olive Perry, S, 28 Mrs. Olive Smith 1025 Victoria Corona, California Wayne Perry, B, 37; S, 38 221 Conwell Street Aurora, Indiana Guy Perryman, B, 36 15454 HubbeU Detroit, Michigan Marvin Pesch, B, 25 Sullivan Mabel Peters, Ste, 18 Mrs. Ray Carpenter 726 West Adams Taylorville Imogene Petty, Sec S, 45 Mrs. George .Atkinson 903 1 2 W. Cherry Street Blufton, Indiana John Petzing, B, 11 Jenell Pfeiffer, Ste, 55 Mrs. Charles W. Juhnke Windsor Rosella Pfeiffer, Sec S, 56 Tower Hill Mabel Pfeiffer, B and S, 13 Edsel Pfenninger, B Mason Merle Phegley, B. 54 Shelbyville Wanoma Phelps, S, 33 Mrs. Don Klauser 511 Emary San Antonio, Texas Mary Philips, S, 13 Mrs. Roscoe Clarke 730 Cedar Street Chester Ronald Phillips, B, 47 Cowden William R. Pick, B and Ste, 17 2052 Lincoln Park West Chicago 14 Clinton Pickett, B, 16; Ste, 17 25 Nandlna Drive Louisville 7, Kentucky Bertha Pierce, Ste, 19 Mrs. William Wright 1023 North Broadway Shelbyville Clark Pierce, B, 36 M owe aqua Mary Josephine Pierce, S, 24 2540 Lakeview Avenue Chicago 14 Ruth L. Pierson. Ste, 19 ♦Floyd O. Piety, B, 21 •Mabel Piety, B, 22 Edith Pitzer, S and Ste, 28 Mrs. Ralph Lane 130 South . sh Street Hobart, Indiana Franklin Platz, B, 27 Sigel  Mona Poe, Ste, 19 Shirley C. Poe, S and B, 38 Mrs. Dwight Beem 8742 E, Prairie Road Skokie Lema Pogue, S. 27 Findlay Pauline E. Pogue, B, 25; S, 26 423 East .-Xshby Place San . ' Antonio 12, Texas Elaine Poland, Sec Ste, 56 Mrs. Philip Haslett 2167 North Woodford Decatur Robert Poland. S, 43 1606 University Station .■ ustin 12, Texas Eugene Pollack, B R. R. 1 Assumption Donnel Pontius, B, 41 3946 Natural Bridge Road St. Louis 7, Missouri Robert Popham, B, 42 Charleston Leola Maude Potter, B and S, 26 .Assumption Manley Pow, B, 48 R. F. D. Shelbyville Doris Powell, S, 18 422 Butternut Street North West Washington 12, D. C. Hubert W, Powell, R. R. 2 Sullivan B, 23; Ste, 24 Mildred Powell, S, 24 R. R. 2 Sullivan Ralph Powell, B, 23 Sullivan Ray Powell, Ste, 15 Montrose, Colorado DEirline Powers, B, 52 Mrs. joe Helton 511 West South Third Street Shelbyville Jewell Powers, B, 48 Mrs. Elljert Eisley R. F. D. Shelbyville Carroll E. Prater, B, 23 4216 Linden Avenue Western Springs Kenneth H, Prater, B, 16 18 North Read .-Xvenue Mobile, Alabama Forrest Price, B, 35 819 South Seventh Street Shelbyville Lenna M. Price, S, 28 Mrs. A. H. Meidell 8744 Dante Chicago Maurice Price, B, 35 609 South Seventh Street Shelbyville Paul Price, B, 39 Sadie Price, B, 27 Mrs. Shaeffer Findlay Rosemary Prosser, S, 43 Mrs. H. E. Sanner 3745 LindeU St. Louis, Missouri Sylvia C. Prosser, S, 21 Mrs. Roy Strohl R. F. D. 1 Shelbyville Zelma Beetle Prosser, S, 29 Mrs. J. W. Hoover 203 West North Second Street Shelbyville Mary Protsman, S, 11 Mrs. Combs 639 West Lawrence Springfield Barbara Mae Pugsley, Sec Ste, 54 Mrs. John Cornwell 2905 East Fairies Parkway Decatur Louise Pullen, B, 42 Gladys E. Pundt, S, 18; Ste, 19 Mrs. C. R, Kull 1561 West Laurel Street Springfield Gus Pundt, Ste, 15 112 North Wood Street Shelbyville Frank L. Qulcksall. B, 21 526 Logan Street Bethalto Verlie C. Quiett. B and S, 29 1926 East Oakland Avenue Bloomington R Mable M. Rainey, S, 21 Nancy Ramsey, S, 49 Mrs. Wayne Barker R. F. D. Shelbyville Hazel Ramsey, S, 23 Sullivan Lester W. Ramsey, Ste, 32 5145 University Avenue Indianapolis 19, Indiana Raymond Ramsey, B, 29 Helen Randall, S, 23 Mrs. Herman Beetle 620 West Hill Street Champaign Marian Randall, Ste, 37 Behman Randies, B, 21 Witt Gail Rankin, S, 26 Mrs. KuykendaU 15835 Loomis .Avenue Harvey Hazel Rankin, S, 30 Mrs. Herm Albright 1263 . sh Street Denver 20, Colorado Hubert Rankin, B, 20 Rardin Thomas Rankin, Ste, 17 Mrs. Geneva L. Ransom, S, 37 420 East Canedy Springfield Paul Rauch, B, Stewardson 39 Gretta Rawlings, S, 31 Mrs. James Brasel R. R. 2 .Anna Mayme F, Rawlings, B and S, 12 Mrs. Floyd C. Westervelt 4364 - 170th Street Flushing, New York Eva Ream, Ste, 14 Mrs. E. A. Challice 537 Peabody Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Donna Reatherford, Ste, 56 Mrs. Robert Queen Bethany Frances Redman, Ste, 30 1004 Tenth Street Charleston Nona Redmond, Ste, 19 Harry O. Reed, B, 11; S, 12 704 North HiUs Drive St. Louis 12, Missouri Maxine Reed, S, 37 Mrs. Robert King 163 East Vienna Street Anna Ernest B. Reeder, B, 16 2024 Home Avenue Columbus, Indiana Eva Reel, B, 41; S, 42 Mrs. Braden Strasburg Wayne Reel, B, 52 620 West Decatur Decatur Lela H, Reese, S, 19 Mrs. Franklin Pearcy 199 Crescent .Avenue Louisville, Kentucky Howard Reichart, HA, 48 613 West North Second Street Shelbyville Iva Mae Reichart, B, 58 Mrs. Howard Reichart 613 West North Second Street ShelbyWlle Opal Reichart, S, 32 Mrs. Prosser R. F. D. Lakewood Roger Reichart, B, 58 613 West North Second Street ShelbyvUle Helen Reid, B and S, 22 Mrs. Patzer 3400 Fiebrantz Drive Brookfield William Ren, Jr., B, 50 113 North Oak Street ShelbyviUe Helen Rennels, B and Ste, 30 Charleston Reverend Gwin Renshaw, B, 40 Williamsburg. Kentucky Jean Renstrom, Ste, 35 Mrs . M. L. Friedlander 611 Washington Street Elmhurst Carl Reynolds, S, 39 1405 Papidol Street Pekin Charles W. Reynolds, B, 24 R. R. 4 Cliarleston Daisy Reynolds, S, 23 815 West South Second Street ShelbyviUe Joe Reynolds, S, 37 3105 Crela Street National City, California Mary Reynolds, Ste, 41 R. F. D. Charleston Nelda Reynolds, S, 22 Neva Reynolds, S, 20 Orva Reynolds, S, 14 Mrs. O. V. Helton 331 First Street South Naples, Florida ♦Russell R. Reynolds, B, 25 Vera E. Rice, S, 10 Mrs. Fred Cook 145 North Broadway ShelbyviUe Sylvan Richards, B, 20 Agricultural Offices Robinson David Richardson, B, 35 1075 West King Street Decatur Dor win Richardson, S, 36 713 KjtcheU Avenue Pana Frances Richardson, S, 30 Mrs. Kenneth Banning 1670 West Gushing Street Decatur M. Evelyn Richardson, S, 28 Willard Richardson, B, 51 1060 West Harrison Decatur Iva May Richeson, B, 21; S, 22 Mrs. George E. Waltrip 3416 Western Avenue Mattoon G. Salome Righter, S, 18 Mrs. Leland Metzler 116 Ormsby Drive Syracuse 4, New York Mary Righter, S, 19 Mrs. Arthur Normandin Short Hills, New York Barbara Riley, S, 42 Mrs. Culumber R. F. D. ShelbyviUe James Riley, B, 39 1329 East Riverside Decatur Esther Rlncker, B, 41 Mrs. Fred Bugenliagen, Jr. Shumway Virginia Rlnehart, S, 40 Mrs. Robert Cresswell 912 West South Fourth Street ShelbyviUe Janet Ripley, S, Findlay 56 Don Rlppetoe, B, 50 Tuscola WaUace Ritchey, B, 30; Ste, 31 Gerald Ritter, B, 52 R. F. D. Vandalia Maxlne Roberts, B, 46 Mrs. Foster Hurst 1416 West South Third Street ShelbyviUe ♦Michael Roberts, B, 16; Ste, 17 BlUie Robertson, B, 42 McBride ' s Express, Inc. Mattoon Marguerite Robertson, Ste. 34 815 North Broadway ShelbyvUle Merle Robertson, S, 20 2003 South West Tenth Street Miami, Florida Roscoe Robertson, B, 30 511 South Albert Mt. Prospect Dorothy Robinson. S Mrs. Loren Henry 509 North Chiarles Street ShelbyviUe Mary Robson, B, 47 Shumway Roma Robson, B, 47 Mrs. Donald G. Jackson 516 Oklahoma Mattoon Mildred Rodman, Ste, 55 Pana Forrest Roe, B, 27 1670 North College Street Decatur Melvin Roedl, B, 39 Milan, Indiana Bess F. Roessler, B, 19 Mrs. J. Kenneth Roney 406 North Long Street ShelbyviUe Irma E. Roessler, B, 23; Ste, 24 Mrs. Light 7146 Glasgow Avenue Los .Angeles 45, California Robert Rohr, B, 39 424 Charles Street Newton Harry E. Rogler, B, 23; S, 24 President, First National Bank Vandalia Dale Vernon Rose, HA, 58 Livingston David Rose, B, 29 2313 Prairie Mattoon Margie Rose, S, 28 Mrs. S. D. Squires Box 216 Airway Heights, Washington Dorothy Ross, S, 37 Mrs. Paul H. Harmon 29 Daryl Drive Orinda, California Warren RuDln, B, 50 1009 West North Second Street ShelbyviUe Martin Ruch, B, 29 Stewardson LeRoy Rueff, B, 57 Lakewood Harmon L. Ruff, B, 09; S, 10 President, Modern Woodmen of .America Rock Island ♦Margie Ruff, Sec S, 39 Martin W. Ruff, B, 12 ShelbyviUe ♦.Arthur O. Runkel, B, 16; Ste, 18 Edgar Runkel, H.A, 48 Carter Oil Company St. Elmo Ethel RusseU, Ste, 17 Mrs. Ira Wilson Smith 129 Prairie Avenue Park Ridge Gladys RusseU, Ste, 14 Mrs. Paul Haagen 2822 Elbridge Way Long Beach Michigan City, Indiana John RusseU, B 401 South Fifth Street ShelbyviUe Lawrence L. RusseU, Ste, 18 1610 South Ninth Street Charleston . sel Ryan, Jr., B. 39 Beecher City Mary Ryan, Ste. 38 Mrs. Dixon 370 West North Street Decatur Otto Ryan, S, 23 s Mary Lou Sain, Sec Ste, 55 R. R. 2 c o M. Hubbartt Shelbyville ♦Florence Salmons, B 14; Ste, 15 Mrs. Raymond Smith Irene Salmons. S, 3(i . pt. H 720 South Fourth Street Springfield Ruth Salmons, S, 31 838 1 2 South Fourth Street Springfield Hope Sample, S, 20 Mrs. Stanley Andrejewski P. O. Box South Bend, Indiana Mary A. Sanaghan, B, 24 8149 Woodlawn .Avenue Chicago 19 Lois Sanborn, B, 43; S, 44 Mrs. Ethridge 505 North Second Street Shelbyville Geneva Sanner, B, 31; Ste, 32 Bethany Gladys Sanner, S, 29 Mrs. Noble Elmers Moweaqua , lta Sarver, B, 27 Mrs. Everett Smith R. R. 3 Decatur Marjorie Sarver, B, 58 R. F. D. 2 St. Elmo Nelson G. Sarver, Sec Ste, 55 Herrick Marie Sayers, S, 17 Mrs. Marie Boteler 524 VVoldert Tyler, Texas Louis Schaefer, B, 23 5978 Drury Lane St. Louis 21, Missouri William Schaefer, B, 23 Bethany Marcla M. Schaeffer, S, 10 Evelyn Schafer, S, 30 Mrs. Harry E. Winson 520 North Charles Shelbyville George W. Scheef, B and S, 24 107 West Reynolds Street Pontiac William Schmidt, B, 17 Phoebe Schock, Ste, 56 Tower Hill Paul Schoon, B, 25 Bruce Schouten,B, 30 969 West Southern .■ venue Muskegon, Michigan James Schouten, H. , 48 723 North Charles Street Shelbyville Earlene Schwab, Sec Ste, 55 Mrs. Lloyd E. Jones .Vssumption Florence Schwerdtfeger, B. 48 Mrs. Carl Lupton R. F. D. Shelbyville Opal Scott, S, 24 Mrs. James Walton Mendota Robert Scovil, B, 31 608 South Kent Street South Bend, Indiana Hazel Seitz, S, 36 Mrs, Bruns Taylorville Howard Seitz, B 6 South Pine Street Pana Kathleen SeUers, S, 25 Mrs. Orville Click R. F. D. 1 Tower Hill Robert Shafer, B, 42 1898 West Packard Street Decatur Macel Shaw, S te, 31 Pauline Shell, S, 44 Mrs. Edgar Tucker Mode Doris Sherwood, B, 52 Lakewood Mildred Sherwood, B, 43 Mrs. Harry Smith 711 Miller Court Decatur Velma Shetler, B, 43; S, 44 Mrs. L. E. Robley 1629 East North Decatur Hazel Shewmake, S, 30 Windsor Sandra Showalter, Sec S, 58 Bingham ♦Esther Shride, Ste, 14 Catherine Shupe, S Toledo Vctrice Kern Shutt, B, 19; S, 20 Mrs. Marshall Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Verl Shutt, B, 13; Ste, 14 R. V. D. Shelbyville Joe Sibbett, B, 35 Tower Hill Hazelle Siegfried, S, 22 Mrs. Ross Burke Westervelt Grace A. .Simerly, S, 22 Mrs. Louis F. Elitzell R. F. D. . ' Mtamont Fred Simmering, B, 20 702 West Elm Street Urbana Henry Simmons, B, 18; Ste, 19 Texaco P. D. Simmons, B 1004 B West North First Shelbyville Victoria Simons, S, 36 Mrs. Lynch Tower HIU Evelyn Sims, Ste, 31 Mrs. James Crawford R. F. D. Brocton Glenn Sims, Ste, 15 Horseshoe Drive R. R. 21 . ' Mexandria, Louisiana J. Everett Sims, B, 22 1671 West Riverview .Avenue Decatur Charles T. Singer, B, 21 Peotone Joan Skiles, B Mrs. Joan Bargers 3257 East Quarters Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth, Texas Gertrude Slater, Ste, 28 Mrs. Basil Green Windsor William J. Slater, B Pana Doris Sloan, S, 44 Mrs. Robert Dietz 10318 Coburg Lands Drive St. Louis County, Missouri Lester Small, B, 25 R. F. D. ShelbyviUe Ottie Small, B, 40 Mrs. Ottie Ballard Ramsey Bry.an Smith, Ste, 29 41716 Rosslyn .Avenue Indianapolis 5, Indiana Dean A. Smith, B 113 North Will Street Shelbyville Delia Smith, S, 22 Mrs. Elmer H. Meyer 5701 North Seventh Street Phoenix, Arizona Dwight Cole .Smith, B, 24 500 West Cumberland Road St. Elmo Edna F. Smith, B, 24; S, 25 931 Sunnyside Chicago 40 Harry Smith, B, 41 711 Miller Court Decatur John Lee Smith, HA, 49 Vandalia Karl Smith, B, 27; S, 28 Ingleside R. C. Smith, B, 11 Neoga Ralph Smith. B, 23 Cerro Gordo T. Dalton Smith, Ste, 15 330 North Central Glendale, California Virginia Smith S, 42 1013 West North Second Street Shelbyville Herbert K. Smock, B,25 Moweaqua Paul Smock, B and S, 25 Moweaqua Elta Snyder, Sec Ste, 57 Casey Lois Snyder, Ste, 28 Mrs. Lawrence Gowdy 1410 Chicago Avenue Evanston Mrs. Nelle Gleason Soland, Ste, 19 Windsor Edna Marguerite South, S, 09 Mrs. Pauschert 2709 West Shorb Street .Mhambra. California Lola Spangler. Ste, 28 Mrs. Herschel LaCost 14601 Union Avenue Harvey Sylvia Spangler, Ste, 28 Mrs. Donald .Ambuehl 872 East Front Street Mokena ♦Charles E. Sparks, B, 11; S, 12 Edna Blanche Sparks, Ste, 19 Mrs, Clarence Ferguson 1525 Second Street Charleston Harry R. Sparks. B, 13 R. R. 13. Box 941 Kirkwood, Missouri Madge Sparks, B and S, 28 111 North Long Street Shelbyville Roger R. Sparks, B, 27 508 North Morgan Shelbyville Norma Jean Spencer Mrs. Edgar Esker 539 Clara Street St. Louis 12, Missouri Lillian Spires, S. 32 Ramsey HA and Ste, 56 Donald Sprague. B, 42 319 West South First Shelbyville Fred Stalain, B, 20 1219 North Anthony Boulevard Fort Wayne, Indiana Richard E. Stanberry, B, 40 605 East Van Allen Tuscola Lt. Louis Stanfield, S, 37 Mather Field Box 493 AFB Sacramento, California Leslie Steele, B, 14 1013 South Wood Street Shelbyville Marjorie Steele, Sec S, 47 Mrs. Robert Davenport 1203 Northwood Drive North Champaign D. W. Steidley, S, 13 188 North Cragmont .Avenue San Jose 27, California Dorothy Stein, S. 38 Mrs. Robert Holland .Assumption ♦Victor H. Stein, S, 22 Frances Steinly, S, 23 Rosalie Steprne. Ste, 37 Mrs. Forest Si.sk .Areola Glenn Stettbacher, Ste, 15 4203 North Lawndale .Avenue Chicago 18 James E. Stevenson, HA and Ste, 57 906 Richland Avenue Effingham Beatrice M. Stewardson, S, 21 902 North Morgan Shelbyville David Stewardson, B, 38 4380 Vetter Place La Mesa, California Doris Stewardson, B, 48 R. F. D. Shelbyville Elizabeth Stpwardson, Ste, 16 Mrs. Will Rominger 607 West North First Shelbyville Frances Stewardson, Ste, 37 Mrs. Fred Melcher R. F. D. Findlay Geneva Stewardson. B, 19; Ste, 20 902 North Morgan Shelbyville Glenn Stewardson, B. 22 826 North Morgan Shelbyville Helen Stewardson, S, 38 Mrs. N. H. Prosser 819 North Will Street Shelbyville Luretta Stewardson, B, 49 Mrs. George Newlin 450 North College Street Decatur Merle D. Stewardson, B, 27 720 North Morgan Street Shelbyville Nancy Stewardson, Sec S, 53 Mrs. Messmore Findlay Zetta Rose Stewardson, S, 58 610 South Long ShelbyviUe Betty Stewart, S, 38 Mrs. Glen Bohlen Moweaqua Nelson J. Stewart. B, 19 c o Phillips Petroleum Company Bartlesville, Oklahoma Roy Stewart, Ste, 16 Greenup Mary Stiarwalt, S, 41 Mrs. O. E. Ma.xfield 2301 Fortieth Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. ♦Glenn F. Stiff, Ste, 17 Glenn Stilgebauer, B, 35 1305 DeWitt Avenue Mattoon Ruth Stillabower, Ste, 19 Mrs. Will Peterson 12 Maizefield Bloomington Neuman C. Stirewalt, B, 13 Forest Ridge Lake Springfield R. R. 3 Springfield James Stirrett, B 511 South Seventh Street Shelbyville Howard Stockdale, B, 29; Ste, 30 91 Canterbury Gate Lynbrook, Long Island New York Lola Stone, B and S, 38 Mrs. Horn Sullivan Wilma Storey,, S, 37 Mrs. Sherman Craig 8718 South Nagle Street Oak Lawn Clair I. Storm. B, 09 307 West South Second Shelbyville Dwain Storm, B, 57 Stewardson Dwight Storm. B Stewardson Edith Storm. S. 11 Mrs. L. W. Parish 1612 Wabash Box 228 Mattoon Leota Storm, S, 24 Mrs. Carl Ulmer Stewardson Quentin C. Storm, B and S, 26 712 West North Third Street Shelb -ville W. C. Storm. Jr., H.A, 49 Strasburg William Storm. B. 53 Trowbridge Marie Stovener. S. 21 William Stratton, B. 42 R. R. 4 Charleston Leonard Stretch. Ste. 14 5447 Bevis Avenue Van Nuys. California .Arnold Strohl, H.A, 49 R. F. D. Shelb ' ville Garland Strohl. B. 42 Tuscola Alvena Stuckemeyer. S, 16 ■Mrs. C. J. Blaney 73 West Blade .Avenue Columbus. Ohio Evadine Stuckemeyer Windsor Sec Ste. 55 Linda Stuckemeyer. S, 17 Mrs. Hoffer 2626 West Cochran Blue Island Paul Stuebe. B. 38 6132 Southeast Fortieth Portland 2, Oregon Douglas Stump. S. Moweaqua 32 Maxine Sturgis. Ste. 30 Mrs. Walter Wolf 600 South Second Street Springfield Edith Sudbrink. S. 22 Mrs. Henry Morthorst 1660 West 106th Street Chicago Ruth Ann Sullender, Ste Mrs. Elmer Sanders R. R. 2 Neoga .Andrew .Sullivan, B, 41 Granite City High School Granite City Catherine B, Sullivan, S. 25 Mrs. George J. LaCour 1113 North Jefferson .Avenue Peoria Leslie Sutherland. Ste. 14 Louise Swango, S, 27 Mrs. Davis 845 Tenth Street Charleston Juanita S. Swarm. S. 22 Constance Swlnnen, S. 28 Mrs. V. U. Barr Beecher City Jessie Syfert, B. 26 Mrs. Bennie Landers Tower Hill Mary .Ann Syfert. B. 58 607 West North First Street Shelbyville Virgil L. Syfert, B, 24 10953 South Church Street Chicago 43 Crouch Tallman, Ste, 35 245 Monterey Road South Pasadena. California G. L. Tallman. B. 13 710 West Main Street Shelbyville L. R. Tallman. B. 09 86 Country Club Drive Decatur Leverett Tallman. B, 15 4 Montgomery Place Decatur Blanche Tanner. B, 27 Tanner Personnel 135 South LaSalle Street Chicago Stella Tanner. S. 21 Yolande Tarter. S, 39 Merle E. Tarter. B, 26; S. 27 5612 .Aubrey Terrace Downers Grove Harold Taulbee, B. 21 Helen Taylor. B, 36; S. 37 Mrs. DeW ' itt Brown 504 Jackson Avenue St. Charles Lewis Taylor. B and S, 22 1530 Second Street Charleston Oral Taylor, B, 35 3753 South Gallatin Street Marion, Indiana Robert Taylor, B, 50 Altamont Vura Taylor, S Mrs. C. .A. .Abernathy 119 South Chestnut Shelbyville Wallace Taylor. B, 56 Altamont Lois Tennell. Ste. 40 Mrs. W. L. Harper Colfax Joanne Terrell, Ste, 58 H. R. 2 Westfield Paul Terry, .Ste, 30 Esther P. Thayer, S. 22 Grace Eleanor Thorn, S, 09 Mrs. M. D. Abney 7952 South Langley Avenue Chicago 19 •Stewart Thom. B. 13 Carl Thomas, B, 36 R. F, D. ShelbN-viUe Clara Thomas, B, 39 1629 West Maryland .Avenue Phoenix, .Arizona Edgar S. Thomas, B, 24 Eloise Thomas, Ste. 30 Gary Thomas, B C owden L. Juanita Thomas, S, 12 Mrs. Grover M. Pell 725 North W alnut Brazil. Indiana Eva Thompson. B. 20; S. 21 Mrs. Orda Huckaba 441 East Keller Lane Decatur Lucile Thompson. S. 29 Rosetta Thompson, B, 20 Mrs. Merle Jesse R. R. 6 Mt. Zion Road Decatur Otto J. Tietze. B. 30 Roeder E. Tietze. B 900 South Park .Avenue Springfield ♦Robert Tilley, B. 36 Carl Robert Tinder, B, 55 1537 Third Street Charleston Eddie Tinnea. HA, 48 Bethany Nellie A. Tinsman. S. 12 Mrs. R. A. Creswell R. F. D. Shelbyville .Anna Tippett. Ste. 14 1631 North Water Street Decatur Lois Todd, Ste. 31 Sullivan Oneta Tolly. S. 27 Mrs. Henry .Angel 6532 Thorndale Avenue Chicago Edwin C. Toothman. Ste. 18 106 Harris Court Houston. Texas Herman Torrence, B, 27 New Lenox Mrs. June Traylor. Ste County Court HlUsboro Mearl Trimble. Ste. 31 Mary Nell Troutman, S Mrs. Howard Kensll 615 We.st North Fourth Street Shelbyville Nelle Trullinger, B and S, 22 Mrs. John Beard 5088 Raymond St. Louis, Missouri Ellen Tubb, B. 34; S. 35 Mrs. James G. Cutler 10 Northern Drive Decatur Charlotte Tucker, B, 25 Sanfaro Hotel San Diego, California Donald Tucker, B. 27 7706 South Emerald Avenue Chicago 20 Edgar Tucker, B, 53 Mode Florence C. Tucker, B, 21 Mrs. Paul Simroth 1747 Cantrell Street Decatur Ruby Tucker. S, 32 Mrs. Owens R. F. D. 3 Shelbyville Margaret Tull, S, 44 Mrs. Clarence Dailey 1101 North Joliet Street Wilmington Don Turner, B, 38 1 1 1 West Vandalia Street Edwardsville Homer Turner, B R. R. 2 Monte Vista, Colorado Olin L. Turner, B 219 East North Sixth Street Shelbyville William L. Turner. S 303 West South First Street Shelbyville Bruce Turney, S, 38 1621 East 49th Street Indianapolis 5, Indiana Reginald Turney, B, 28 East Fifth Street Pana Helen Twiss, S, 28 Mrs. Robert Burns c o Olive Mae Twiss Lillestrand 9141 Franklin Street Downey, California Margaret Twiss, S, 26 Mrs. Rudolph B. Siegert 604 East Third Street Pana u Bernlce Ulmer, B. 40 1725 Seventeenth Street. Washington 9. D. C. Martha E. Ulmer, S, 09 Mrs. V. R. StoUard 357 South Broadway Decatur Rosetta F. Ulmer. S. 19 Mrs. Ragan 907 North Broadway Shelbyville N. W. Beverly Underwood, Ste Stewardson Grace Underwood, S, 13 Mrs. Edward Helm Arthur Genevieve Upperman, B Cowden Grace Urbancslk, S, 29 Robert E. Urfer, B, 58 Lakewood Marie Utley, S, 42 Mrs. Noel Miller 3811 Dunhaven Road Dallas 20, Texas Bermadyne Vest, S, 22 Mrs. J. Everett Sims 422 North Oakcrest Avenue Decatur Leota Vest, S, 28 Mary Vest, S, 16 Mrs. .Arthur Runkel 4403 Gilbert .Avenue Dallas 19, Texas Robert Vest, B, 31; S, 32 805 Troy Road Edwardsville Avis A. Vincent. S, 19 Mrs. Bryant ♦Horace Vint. Ste, 14 Kenneth Von Behren, HA, 52 Strasburg w Lera Waddington, B. 37; Ste, 38 259 South Monroe Street Decatur Charles Wade, B and Ste, 30 Pana Jeane Wageman, B, 44 Mrs. A. W. Beckett, Jr. 512 North Douglas Shelbyville Robert Wageman, B. 30 Bethany Marjorie Wagner. B. 53 Mrs. Marjorie Pierce 1321 West North Second Street Shelbyville Maynard C. Wagner. B, 27 306 South Cedar Street Shelbyville Noel Wagner, B, 47 Nokomis Arnold Walden, HA, 47 104 St. Louis Avenue Effingham Margaret Walden, S, 31 900 South Fifth Street Springfield Betty Walker. S, 29 Mrs. Stanley Young 416 North Broadway Shelbyville Fred Walker, Jr., B, 28 R. R. 1 Eloy, Arizona Winifred Walker, S. 28 Mrs. A. T. Colborn 310 Illinois Avenue Effingham Albert E. Wall. B. 29 210 North First Street Greenville Bonnavere Wallace. Ste, 36 Mrs. Ramsden 210 North First Springfield, Minnesota Roy J. Wallace, B, 10 1533 North Third Street Springfield Ruby Wallace, Ste, 14 Tom Wallace, B, 39 Assumption ♦Chelsie E. Walling, Ste, 19 Max Waltrip, HA, 47 Salem JoAnne Ward, B, 55 Findlay Lester Ward, Ste, 32 Greenup ♦Margaret H. Warner, B, 12 Ralph J. Warner, B, 47 701 West North Sixth Street Shelbyville Clyde D. Warren, B, 22 602 South Morgan Shelbyville Cora Warren, Ste, 15 Tower Hill Mrs. Helen Warren, Ste, 45 Vandalia Sylvia Lucile Warren, B, 25 Mrs. J. H. Springer 211 Swisher Street Danville ♦Herschell Waters, B, 26 Robert Watson, B, 41 1916 Harding Drive Urbana Perry Watts, B, 30 Donna Waymire, Ste, 56 Mrs. Richard Inyart 400 West Adams Street Springfield .Ada Weakly, S 606 South Broadway Shelbyville Clarence Weakly, B, 30 711 West North Third Street Shelbyville Delores Weakly, B and Ste. 54 Mrs. Robert M. Hughes 1503 East Prairie Decatur ♦Floyd B. Weakly, Ste, 12 L. E. Weakly. B 402 North Morgan Shelbyville ♦Merlin Weakly, B. 25 Buford C. Webb. B Tower Hill ♦Hazel Webb, S, 14 •Jean Webb, S. 26 Dorothy Webber, Ste, 30 Pana Virl Welch, B. 20 P. O. Box 283 Shelbyville ♦Isabel Werner. Ste. 30 Mrs. Noah Fry Verda Mae West. B, 28; S. 29 Mrs. Claude Henry 2088 North Charles Street Decatur Floyd C. Westervelt. B and S, 10 4364 - 170th Street Flushing. Long Island New York •Grace Wheeler. Ste. 18 Nina Wheeler, B, 34: S, 35 Mrs. Russell W. Bettner 2047 Bellamy Street Modesto. California Donald Whicker. B, 27 7404 Stewart Avenue Chlcjigo 4 Bertha White. S, 17 Litchfield Clarence White. B, 13 Toledo Doris White, S, 38 Mrs. J. M. Krupnick 59 Maple Drive Great Neck, New York Foster L. White, B, 21 Hillsboro Mrs. June White, B. 58 312 North Walnut Shelbyville Letha White, B, 26 Mrs. Dawn Neil 412 Winnemac Pcirk Forest Floyd E. Whltlatch, S, 12 716 North Atlanta Street Tulsa 10. Oklahoma Margaret Whittington, Sec S, 50 Mrs. Jerry Bumgardner 228 South Union Decatur Robert Whittington, B, 29 Herrick Viola Whittington, Ste, 41 Mrs. Fuller 4 West Thomas Oak Park •Bernadine Williams, S, 18 Clarice Williams, S. 29 Toledo Doris WlUiams, Ste, 20 Mrs. Carl Hannaman 6 South Fordham .Avenue .Aurora Feme Williams, Ste, 16 Mrs. Robert McCloskey 2528 Eiist .Seventeenth Street Indianapolis, Indiana Glenn Williams. B and Ste. 14 J. Fred Williams. B. 20 Millikin Trust Company Decatur Roy Williams. B 108 West South First Street Shelbyville Ruby E. Williams. S. 11 P. O. Box 174 Oak Park Stella A. Williams Mrs. T. L. Ruth 3342 West 65th Place Chicago 29 Vernon Williams. B. 23 Stewardsnn Ethel Rose Williamson, S, 33 20 Union Street Joliet Ralph N. Willingham. B. 22 Owaneco Jane Wills. S Carthage Eleanor Wilson. S. 41 Mrs. E. B. Christman Box 325 Bloomlngton Howard H. Wilson. B. 28 415 West Main Shelbyville William P. Wilson. B 808 North Third Street Shelbyville Marion Wilson. B. 44 Woodrow Wilson. B. 37 R. R. 2 Clinton, Maryland Beulah Winslow, B, 51 Mrs. George I. Smith 1311 West South Third Street Shelbyville Joyce Winters. Sec Ste. 51 Mrs. Guy Palso 902 Fast Jefferson Bloomington Norman G. Wirth. B. 49 1250 Millerwood Drive Winston-Salem, North Carolina Olin Wirth. B, 38 Building Si Loan .Association Mattoon Wllma Wise, S, 46 Villa Grove Wayne Wisner, B, 31 Greenup •Walter Wolf, Ste, 29 •Fleta Wood, S, 27 William A. Woodring, B, 37; S, 38 1004 South Main Street Normal Inez M. Worden, S, 21 Mrs. R. T. Mudd 771 Garfield Gary, Indiana •Edmund A. Worley. B 11; Ste. 13 Nemah J. Worley, B, 19 Mrs. William Cross West North Sixth Street Shelbyville Carol Wortham, Ste, 48 Lerna Lois Wortman, S, 39 Mrs. Charles Brookhart 206 West Washington Villa Park Mary Lou Wortman, Sec Ste. 45 Mrs. Warren Cole R. R. 1 Smithfield Ralph C. Wortman, B, 22 Apt. 10 910 Ward Parkway Kansas City 12. Missouri William F. Wortman, B, 10 1108 North Broadway Shelbyville Emmajane Wright, Ste, 35 Mrs. Noble Rhea Findlay Georgia Wright, S. 20 Mrs. George R. Moyer 314 South Cedar Street Shelbyville Glenn Wright, B, 28 Sullivan Newton A. Wright. B. 10 2115 Overland .Avenue Los Angeles 25. California Alvin H. Wurl, HA and Ste, 51 5805 Middlesex Dearborn, Michigan Gene Yakey, Ste. 40 Mrs. John Davies .American High School Stuttgart. Germany c o Postmaster. New York, New York Wilna Yakey, B. 34 Mrs. Logan Fearn 722 North State Street Litchfield Daisy Yarnell, S, 25 Mrs. Hamlin J. Koch 3209 Shelby Avenue Mattoon Norma Yoder. B. 48 1418 West South Fourth Street Shelbyville Daniel Young. B. 37 R. n. 3 Chrisman Eleanor Young, S, 25 Mrs. F. J. Broder 260 Broad Avenue, B-6 Leonia, New Jersey Eugene Young, S, 26 15740 Park Avenue Route 49 Harvey Lucile Y ' oung, B and S, 29 Mrs. Labbe 307 North Michigan Avenue Chicago 1 Hugh L. Younger, B. 19 Bethany Russell Younger, B, 19 115 West North Third Street Shelbyville Harold W. Yund, B. 24 Leo Zacha, B, 47 Carter Oil Company St. Elmo ♦Amos J. Zander, B, 22 Effingham Elizabeth Zimmer, S, 17 Mrs. Ray Woodworth 440 West Macon Street Decatur The following students have graduated since the foregoing list was made: Joyce Corley, Sec S, 59 Tower Hill Mary Corley, Sec S, 59 Tower Hill Ruth Crouse, Sec Ste, 59 Noble David Gaston, B, 59 Salem Marilyn Inyart, Sec Ste, 59 Shelbyville Charles Logan, B, 59 Shelbyville John W. Lowe, B, 59 ShelbyvlUe James Stirrett, B, 59 Shelbyville Buford Webb, B, 59 Tower Hill John Wright, B, 59 Salem CORRECTION . t the time the copy for this history was given to the printer, (March 2, 1959), the names and addresses of graduates were correct, as far as the editors knew. Since that time, some new addresses have been learned, and others have been found to be incorrect. Correct addresses follow. Juanlta Berry, Ste. 31 Mrs. Winston Bulllngton 1453 East Clay Street Decatur George F. Breeze, B, 24 2505 South Nell Street Road C hampalgn Ruth Brown, Ste, 28 Mrs. Hendrix Area Wave Classification Office Room 604, Federal Building Long Beach, California Joy Carnes, S, 37 Mrs. Gordon Seymour Mallard Drive Greenwich, Connecticut W. L. Cole, B, 15; Ste, 16 Flndlay Mrs. Dorothy Corley, S, 21 3923 Kathmar Drive Jackson. Michigan EstUene Cowan, Ste, 29 Mrs. Fred Walker 3600 Calle del Sol, N. E. Albuquerque, New Mexico ♦Frank Westfall Dearduff, Ste, 21 Irma Doty, S, 30 Mrs. Haveman 2932 West 25th Street Chicago 23 Ruth Foltz, B, 3S Mrs. Robert Riley 3307 Dell Pass North Sacramento, California ♦Edward Foreman, Filing, 35 Betty Hamilton, S, 41 Mrs. C. S. Speer 4234 Lincoln Avenue Decatur Stanley Hanklns, B, 28 1012 North George Mason Drive Arlington, Virginia •Daniel Hansen, B Joaneth Hill, S, 26 Mrs. T. W. Splcer 2800 Sudlecht Circle Wlnston-Salem, North Carolina Harold Hudson, B Sullivan Pauline Klmmel, S. 45 Mrs. Woolums 926 North Union Street Decatur Dale McNutt, B, 30 120 West Roselawn Drive Logansport, Indiana Naomi Milner, S, 36 Mrs. Maurice Price 808 West North First Street Shelbyville ♦Virginia MuUlns, Ste, 31 Mrs. Frank Coleman Alvln Patten, B, 34; S. 35 15076 Andover Street San Leandro, California Robert Poland, Ste, 43 114 West South Fourth Street Shelbyville Doris Powell, S, 18 7611 Georgia Avenue, N. W. Washington 12, D. C. Maurice Price, B, 35 808 West North First Street Shelbyville Jean Renstrom, Ste, 35 Mrs. M. L. Frledlander 747 South State Road .Arlington Heights Carl Reynolds, S, 39 1405 North Capitol Street Pekin ♦Charles W. Reynolds, B, 24 Barbara Riley, S, 42 Mrs. Lum Culumber R. R. 2 Tower Hill James Riley, B, 39 2940 Wasson Way Decatur Mildred Rodman, Ste, 55 Mrs. John H. Spencer 715 Johnson Street Charleston ♦Martin Ruch, B, 29 William Storm, B, 53 Stewardson Lucille Switzer, S Mrs. WilUam Herrick 316 North Morgan Street Shelbj ' vllle Yolande Tarter, S, 39 Mrs. Joe Mayo Henrietta, Texas Grace Eleanor Thorn, S, 09 Mrs. M. D. Abney 7944 Ellis Avenue Chicago 19 Eva Thompson, B, 20; S, 21 Mrs. Orda Huckaba 28 South Court Drive Decatur Charles Wade, B and Ste, 30 Nursing Home Cowden Fred Walker, Jr.. B, 28 3600 Calle del Sol, N. E. Albuquerque, New Mexico Jo Anne Ward, B, 55 Mrs. Lawrence L. Mentz 216 North Oak Street Shelbyville Lester Ward, Ste, 32 3944 Twelfth Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota ♦Cora Warren, Ste, 15 The following persons graduated from the school between March 2. 1959. and June 12, 1959. Donald Adams, B Effingham Helen Marie Bartimus. Sec Ste Ramsey Donna Christman, B Shelbyville Gail Eileen Fleming, Sec Ste Pana William C. Kroening, B Shelbyville Arlen Lash. B Findlay Donald Lenear, B Noble John R. Martin, B Louisville Phyllis Je.an Sinnard, S Assumption David Joseph Steffen, B Effingham Dwight Storm, B Stewardson Sonja Dianne Sutton, S Sullivan Jerry Lee Frailey, B Beecher City Shirley Mae Ricker, Ste Stewardson Zola Thomas, B Beecher City Jo Ann Jones , Sec S Shelbyville Pearl Simmons, B St. Elmo A Glimpse Into 1959 Sparks College FACULTY Mr. Henry D. Sparks, President Emeritus Mr. Roger R. Sparks, President Mrs. Lois Atkinson, Stenography Mr. B. L. Vail, Accoimting Miss Evelyn Morrison, Typing Mr. John J. Baker, Jr., Commercial Law Each of these teachers has a college degree. The president of the Chamber of Commerce is Mr. Keith Stokes. He is serving his second term. The president of the Kiwanis Club is Mr. William L. Turner. Mr. W, A. Finch is the secretary. The club meets Wednesday evenings in the Catholic Church. The president of the Rotary Club is Mr. Clarence Corley. Mr. W. F. Aichele, Jr., is the secretary. .After July 1, Mr. LeRoy Barnes will be the president. The club meets Monday noons in the First Methodist Church. Both the Postmaster and the Mayor of Shelbyville are former students of Sparks College. This picture was taken in the Post Office, where the Postmaster, Mr. Charles Klauser, and His Honor the Mayor, Mr. Roy Williams, are quite at ease. MESSRS. KLAUSER AND WILLIAMS The pictures on the opposite page show Shelbyville as it is today. These pictures were taken by Mr. Clifford L. Bence, B, 22. The first picture is of Main Street, looking west from the Richardson-Reisacher corner. The Free Public Library is a Carnegie library. Mrs. Ruth Storm is the librarian, and Mrs. Miriam Dorenbush is her assistant. The Shelbyville Community Unit High School is located on a beautiful 67-acre campus. Mr. Joseph Deaton is the City Superintendent and Mr C. R. Fegley the High School Principal Mr. B. B. Battershell will be the County Superintendent of Schools until August, 1959, when Mr. Ralph Cox, who was elected in November, 1958, will take over the duties of the office. The United States Post Office is modern and adequate. Mr. Charles C. Klauser is Postmaster, and Mr. F. A. Pundt is his assistant. The Shelby County Memorial Hospital is modern and well kept. It renders timely help to those who are ill. Mrs. Margaret Kreuger is the Superintendent, and Miss Fay Claus is the Business Manager. The Shelby County Court House and Civil War Monument. MAIN STREET Shelbyville.lll. Shelby viaE Community Unit - High ScHODt Shelbyville, Illinois U.S.POSTOfFICE Shelbyville.lll. SEATED: Mrs. Lois Atkinson, Gail Fleming, Shirley Rincker, Lola Thomas, Marilyn Inyart, Joyce Corley, Carolyn Inyart, Peggy Baird, Kay Stevens, Donna Christman, Dorothy Heiden. MIDDLE ROW: Miss Evelyn Morrison, Mary Corley, Mary .Ann Gaither, Ruth Crouse, John Wright, James Stirrett, William Kroening, Jack Tate, Mr. H. D. Sparks, Edsel Pfenninger, David Steffen, Arlen Lash, Pearl Simmons, Melba Heiden, Sonja Sutton, HelenBartimus, Miss Madge Sparks, Mr. B. L, Vail. TOP ROW: Kenneth Lupton, Dwight Storm, Donald Lucas, Eugene Pollock, Gary Thomas, Dwight Campbell, John Martin, George Romine, Larren Klncaid, Jerry Frailey, Donald Adams, David Gaston, James Smith, Donald Petit, Mr. Roger R. Sparks. In Memoriam Mr. Herman O. Janes passed away on Friday, February 20, 1959. His going is a heavy loss, not only to his family, but to the community as well. An employee of his said, Herman Janes is a Christian gentleman, who runs the store to pay expenses. His life was always an open book. His dealings were governed by the highest ethical standards. To know him was to respect him. To get really acquainted with him was to love him. Truly his going is our loss and Heaven ' s gain. Herman was the business manager of the Sparks College History. Jerome (Sam) Anderson, one of the circulation managers, assumed the duties of business manager following the passing of Mr. Janes. The Shelbyville Churches The list shows churches and ministers as of time of publication of this book. Baptist, Reverend J. B, Higgenbotham Catholic, Reverend Father Matthew C. Malley Christian, Reverend Robert W. Litteral Christian Science, Miss Lillian Orberg, Reader Church of Christ, South Second Street, Mr. Loyal Hall Church of Christ, South Fourth Street, Mr. Harold Shasteen First Apostolic, Reverend Russell Hamilton Holiness, Calvary Chapel, Reverend Willard White Lutheran, Ohio Synod, Reverend John J. Bahuth Lutheran, Missouri Synod, Reverend K. F. Boetcher First Methodist, Reverend Harold J. Guenther Free Methodist, Reverend Guy Pickering Moulton Methodist, Reverend E. B. Blankenship Nazarene, Reverend George B. Ronnekamp Presb)4;erian, Dr. Walter J. Mehl Unitarian The Baptist, Christian, First Methodist, Free Methodist, Nazarene, and Presbyterian Churches are members of the Shelbyville Ministerial Association. Reverend George B. Ronnekamp, President Reverend Harold J. Guenther, Secretary Treasurer 5 u.m.Hwa |