Sparks College - Yearbook (Shelbyville, IL)

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■ 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

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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

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Mrs. Lillian Bowes Sparks