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

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HISTORY OF CLASS 1940 ON SEPTEMBER 4, !936, WE ENTERED THE STRASBURG HIGH SCHOOL AS FRESHUEN. THE CLASS WAS COMPOSED OF LUCILLE BINGAMANQ DEAN QHLD' REss, GENE CHILDRESS, MARIE COLLINSA RETHA UOEDlNGpMARJORlE ENGEL, RUTH KELLER, HARRISON MUMMELs EVA REEL, RUTH REEL, HARLAN RENSHAY9 JUNIDR ROSlNEy LILA RUHE, LEE ROY STORM, JAMES WILLIAMS, AND LGHSA WILLIAMS. WE ELECTED LouIsA WILLIAMS-PRESIDENT, LEE ROY SNRMHHCE- PRESIDENT, LILA RUUE-SEDRETARY-TREASURER, LUCILLE BINGAMAUPOBS RE- PORTER, AND MISS WEBER oUR CLASS ADYISDR. ERHA ALLEN JDINED Us AFTER A FEV WEEKS OF SCHO0Lo LATER HARRISON MUHHEL, RUTH KELLER, AND GENE CHILDRESS LEFT us. ON SEPTEMBER I, l937, TWELVE CAME BACK AS SOPHOMORESQ OUR CLASS ADVISOR HAS MR. ECKFELD. AFTER THE FIRST SEMESTER WE HAD A NEW UEMBERg ONA RANNIN, WHO CAME FROM BETHANYp BUT SHE LEFT Us AG' AIN AFTER THE NEXT sux IEEKSQ Ol AUGUST 29. l938, FDURTEEN PUPILS ENROLLED AS JUNIORS - A cAIN OF TWO HEHDERSO THIS YEAR WE ELECTED RUTH REEL-FREsmENT, LILA RUUE'VlGE'PRESlDENTy MARJORIE ENGEL-SECRETARY, MARIE CoLLINs.Tmns- URERA MAXINE RADLDFF-NEWS REPORTER, AND MISS WEBER AS OUR CLASS ADYISDR. WE ALL TOOK PART UN OUR JUNIOR CLASS PLAY 'MOTHER ll THE SNADow'o OUR cLAss THEN RECEIVED ANOTHER PUPILQ KENNETH VOLKMAN. UE ENTERTAINED THE SENIDRS ev GIVING THEM A DANQUET AT THE U. S. GRANT HOTEL IN MATTDDNQ FOLLOWED BY A MOVIE AT THE MATTO0I'nE1TER. IN THE YEAR i939 IE WERE PROUD T0 ENTER THE STRASBURC HIGH SCHOOL AS SENIORSQ OUR CLASS THIS YEAR IAS COMPOSED OF LUCILLE BINGAHAN, MARIE COLLINS, RETHA DOEDINC, MARJORIE ENcEL,LAuRAaELLE MARION, DOROTHY PLU MERQ MAxINE RADLDFFI EVA REEL, RUTH REEL, HAR- LAN RENSHAN, JUNIOR ROSlNEp LILA RUHE, LEE RDY STORE, RUTH TATE, IRYIN THOMAS, LINEL THOMAS, KENNETH VDLKUANI JAMES WILLIAMS, AND LDUISA WILLIAHS. A FEI WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL HAD STARTED ONA RAHHIN JOINED us, BUT SHE LEFT Us AGAUN AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER. OUR CLASS oFFIcERs THIS YEAR WERE! LILA Rule, PRESIDENT: JUNIOR RDSINEI VIcE-PRESIDENT: RUTH TATE9 SECRETARY! LINEL THOMAS, TREAS- URER: MAXINE RADLOFFp NEWS EDITDRQ AND MRQ HEWITTA DUR CLASS AD- VlSORe IE RECEIVED OUR cLAss RINGS THE FIRST PART OF THE TERM, AND HAD DUR PICTURES TAKEN AT CAMERA ART STUDIO IN DECATUR. THIS YEAR IE WERE THE GUESTS OF THE JUNIOR CLASS AT A BAN- QUETQ IE ARE QUITE HAPPY T0 THINH THAT UE ARE THE LARGEST SENIOR CLASS Snmssunc HIGH SCHOOL HAS EVER HAD.