Sparks College - Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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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

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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

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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.