Table Grove High School - Fad Yearbook (Table Grove, IL)

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HISTORY OF TABLE GROVE HIGH SCHOOL The earliest recollections of a school building in Table Grove dates back to the year 1830. There were so few pupils in the district at that time that the building was used for other purposes, and not until 1846 do we have a record of a permanent school. In 1850 a three-room building was built. lt stood until 1885, When it was destroyed by fire. In 1888 was erected the present modern brick building, to which has been added many improvements from year to year. ' M. H., '09. X

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FRESHMEN RGLL Susannah Barker Wayland Ross Beulah Wright Lee Clemens Floyd VVillis Grace Hunter Jesse Keller B Marcia Haist Willis Cox Class Colors-Pink and Nile Green. CLASS HISTORY I Ralph Brown Curtis Strode Willie Geer Herschel Birt

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BEST MAN The tall, broad-shouldered foreman was directing a gang of workmen, when he was interrupted by a messenger boy. i .T I H Say, Mr. Armstrong, de boss wants to see you after live. H . Thanks, jimmy, tell him I'll come as soon as I can. W 'g , . jimmy thrust his hands far into his pockets and strolled away, whistling his latest favorite, I'm Afraid to Come 'Home in the Dark. Armstrong turned again to his work, perhaps he was not so cheerful as he had been,--he was busy thinking. What could Nelson want of him? ' A ' john Armstrong had entered Nelsonis steel plant a year before. ,He was a Yale man and wasito have received -his degree in '07, but suddenly reversed circumstances made himlgive up college andgenter the factory. He had rapidly become the favorite of mo-st of the employes, but he had his enemies among the men. He now occupied the position of foreman. It can be said of Armstrong that he was suited in every way for his present position. ln the first place he was a born leader of men, and he also had so much sympathy for theimen under him. He had once been in their place. . . ' At live o'clock the whistle blew, The day-shift gathered up jackets and dinner pails and walked out of the gates. Their places were immediately taken by the night-shift. Armstrong remained a few minutes to give the night foreman some directions, then he hurried off to Nelson's oliice. A When he entered the office Nelson was occupied with some papers, so he told john to take a chair. Why he had been called there did not trouble John very much, he supposed it concerned Bill Jones, who had been giving some trouble lately. g A p ' ' After a few moments, Nelson wheeledaround in his chair and faced Armstrong. He was a fine looking man, and john had always admiredihim for'his strong character, and especially for his fair N dealings with the workmen. His opening remarks were enough to make john aware that his interview had nothing to do with Mr. Bill jones. ' Armstrong, I have something to say to you about the coming election. 1