Stewardson Strasburg High School - Comet Yearbook (Strasburg, IL)

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. W . sl' 2 X uf lv. 'I 1 :ll UV . ? r - r -ei' -.ev QL ,Dill ug Mau? ll ' . ,, l l it . Nl lil H , P 1 , I P l i. . agg- I cy 1 l 'Q l. :I l I, , fa l, 3. it KU agw THE REMINISCENCERU SCDPHGMCDRES M Iggxvl 1. Ava Jean Griffith, Lavonne Staehli, Fay Eileen Webner, Evelyn Ruth Storm, Dolores Gaddis, ae u . Row 2. Kenneth Volkman Lillian Wirth, Lowell Green, Alfred Bingamon, Kenneth Wilson, Floyd Kull, Fern Reel, Guin Renshaw. Not represented in picture: Irvin Thomas. FLY TO KNOVVLEDGE On Sept. 4, 1934, 21 Freshmen bought passages for a transcontinental flight over the country of knowledge. Vsfe joined a group of experienced flyers who duly in- itiated us into air-service. We took off with a zoom under our instructors, Mr. DeLau- renti as Pilot, Mr. Jackson as Co-Pilot and Mrs. Grant as air hostess. We flew along smoothly for six weeks and then we struck an air pocket which was called our first six weeks examinations. This caused us to lose considerable altitude but after that we steadily climbed, although we had rougher flying. In the meantime Cordelia Kite left us. Next we were surprised by finding ourselves in a fog. Ervin Storm sensed the danger and descended to earth in a parachute. However, we faced it bravely and managed to fly through the second six weeks exams fairly well. It was only a mat- ter of a few weeks until we landed for a well earned Christmas vacation. On Jan. 2 we all went aboard the plane once more to continue our interesting trip. We had no more than risen to a very high altitude when our plane went into a tailspin. VVe were all white with fear but after it was all over we decided that semester examina- tions were not so bad after all. During all this excitement we lost one of our class- mates, Vale Wood. We started the next semester with a bang and decided to work much harder than we had formerly done. We passed all hail- storms and rain-storms of exams without much dread until one day We had some very serious motor trouble. Our Pilot, Mr. De- Page 10 Laurenti, told us to work harder than ever or our plane would crash. We did so and saved the plane by making good grades in the semester examination. The next day we landed for a long hoped for vacation. We celebrated our happy landing by a picnic at Nelson Park in Decatur. On Sept. 3, 1935 we again boarded our plane to continue our flight to knowledge. Neva Diepholtz, Letha Kearney, and Mary Steele remained on terra-firma. This year we zoomed off under the direction of our instructors, Mr. DeLaurenti as Pilot and Mr. Jackson as co-Pilot while Miss Weber served as our new air hostess. We now had the pleasure of initiating' a new class of Freshmen. We did not dread all the exam- ination storms as we had done in the past, but faced them boldly and flew swiftly on. Ruth Ruff, a member of our class, was called home and compelled to leave our plane. We again landed for our Christmas vacation and on January 2, our happy gang again boarded the plane of knowledge. Un- fortunately Waldo Wiandt arrived at the airport late and was left behind. We got a very good start only to be hindered by a semester examination. All the students were kept busy furnishing entertainment for P. T. A. programs. They also had the pleasure of promoting a box supper. Five girls of the Sophomore class started the Harmonica Band. Now When, our plane was at its highest altitude we found ourselves in the midst of a cloud of six weeks exam- inations mingled with an epidemic of the mumps. Sophumores

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be X THE REMINISCENCERN that Senior Class prophecy The Junior Class of 35-36 was having a weiner roast as a sort of reunion in a woods west of Strasburg in the year of 1934. As we were all enjoying ourselves we noticed a man coming near us. We recog- nized him to be Woodrow Wilson, one of the members of the Senior Class of '36. We were all glad to see him. This is the story that he told us. A few years ago I was employed by Mr. Jackson as his official page turner. But he decided that he could make more money by selling insurance and raising chickens than by playing the cello so I was dismis- sed. As 1 could not find a job, I began to wander around. When I was in Florida I visited a few of the colleges. One day I came to a college for women. As I entered I met the professor, who was no one other than Lawrence Krile, an old class mate. We had a very interesting talk on old times. Lawrence said he was getting along very well with the ladies. One of the chief rea- sons that he gave for his success was the fact that when the ladies became weary and disgusted he sent them to Ruby Doed- ing's office conducted for the love lorn. It has been said that she has given some valu- able advice. After getting tired of the warm weather I decided I would journey northward. As I was going through a small town in Ken- tucky I saw quite an attractive little tav- ern. I was thirsty and decided to stop. I saw an old class mate, Clarence Baumgar- ten, sitting at the bar. I went in and sat down aside of him and he told me of his law office across the street. As we were talking about our school days, the proprie- tor of the tavern, Charles Beck, walked in. He was glad to join in on our conversa- tion. The next place I came to was Indianap- olis. As I was going down the street I met an old friend, Daisy Collins. She asked me to dine with her, and as I was hungry, I did not decline the invitation. She told me of her position as secretary of the desk concern. But all good things must come to an end, so I had to leave. As I was journeying westward I came to a large farmhouse. Several small children were playing in the yard. I rapped on the door and was confronted by Earl Renshaw. He told of the trouble that they were hav- ing with Miss Ruby Culver who was teach- ing the Mayflower school. I came to the territory which I had previously known as Rockford Community. There I saw Paul Volkman hauling lumber. He told me of his plans to build a new house. This ended Mr. Wilson's speech and we were all very enthusiastic to know that a man was wanted as night watchman of Strasburg and that he was capable of tak- ing the position. After such a gathering as this, we were all ready to go home to think over the hap- penings of the evening. THE UNFINISI-IED DRAMA ACT I-1933-1934 The curtain rose on fifteen frightened Freshmen who were customarily initiated. We took our respective seats in the west rows in the assembly. We had as instructors Mr. D'eLaurenti, Mrs. Grant, and Mr. Jackson. We went to Nelson Park at Decatur for our picnic and with this event, the curtain fell on the first year of high school. ACT II-1934-1935 As the curtain rose we found that two of our characters, Paul Ruwe and Vincent Augustine had dropped out of the picture. We were no longer called green Fresh- men but Sophomores. We had the pleasure of initiating the class that came in that year. We had a class party under the leadership of Mr. Jackson. We finished this act in Nelson Park, Decatur. ACT III-1 93 5-193 6 We returned to the stage as Juniors and found that our cast had been greatly decreased by the loss of Helen Buesking, Ralph Reel, Calvin Ruff, and Kenneth Buesk- ing. Miss Marie Weber was instructor in place of Mrs. Grant. We presented The Taming of Tuffy at Storm's hall November 15 and 16. The Seniors were our guests at a banquet and theater party at the Hotel Orlando and Empress Theater, Decatur. Senior, Class Prophecy Page 9 1 P C 1 'V i , 'iii' -.11 ! u t i li . fix li il uni: lil I 4 l l l l ,i ll l VL --pg, il an Ti ll il. at

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l 1 'fri-IE REMINISCENCERH in ef. . A 1 Ygg ic PRES!-IMEN 1. Margaret Volkman, Imogene Rankin, Grayce Schroeder, Alice Lane, Helen Doeding, Hazel Bingaman. 2. Paul Terry, Frank Giertz, Dean Volkman, Henry Williams, Leonard Rawlings, Virgil Rankin, LOIHS Ifll'Ch6l'. CLASS HISTORY On September 3, 16 Freshmen bought tickets for a trip across the ocean of wis- dom on the good ship S. H. S. However. two suddenly found they could not go. We chose Henry Williams captain and Mr. De- Laurenti, ship's physician, to patch our troubles. We had fine sailing for several weeks except for the rougher seas of Eng- lish, Science, Latin and Algebra. The rest of the passengers gave a party for us. They initiated us into ship life properly. Dean Lenz became seasick and wanted to be put ashore so we left him behind. Soon we saw some black clouds on our horizon. They were the storm clouds of exams. Most of us weathered them safely. We encountered several of their storms the worst being the semester exam. Shore leave was granted for 10 days at Christmas time. We all en- joyed ourselves but were glad to get back to the life of the ship once more. Some of the passengers may not weather the storms that we expect in the future but we hope most of us will. The last night abroad ship the youngest passengers gave a party. We invited the ship's officers and each of us brought another passenger. We were half sorry and half glad when we dropped an- chor arid landed. But we will put to sea next year again, so Bon Voyage. OUR SONG OF SONGS Freshman Class- Don't Give Up' the Ship Mr. DeLaurenti- We Love to Take Orders from You Frank- The .Music Goes Round and Round. Hazel- I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze Leonard- Alone. Margaret-' ' I Wonder! Dean- I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All? Freshman Class and Class History Alice-- Alice, Where Art Thou Going? Virgil- Show Me thc Way to Go Home. Helen- The Beautiful Lady in Blue Henry- I Dream Too Much. Imogene- The Lady in Red Paul- Keep Your Sunnyside Up. Grayce- A Little Bit Independent Louis-' 'Wa-hoo ! ' ' P51519 11 en, W Q1-3, A, sm: ly, X. 'l ll ws ,I H la M T7 U 3, ,. ln lm I l' 6175 l F fi iff l , LW I l r l as 1. lr 1f'f x