Sparks College - Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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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

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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

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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