Tremont High School - Echo Yearbook (Tremont, IL)

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THE ECHO 19 4 5 VIRGINIA LAY (Ginny) G. A. A. 1, 4; Hi Crier 4; Librarian 2, 4. HAROLD HILLMAN (Otto) Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 1; Track 1, 2; Sen- ior Play 4. EVELYN SCHWINN (Eddie) Girls’ Chorus 1, 4; G. A. A. 1, 4; A’Cappella Choir 2, 3; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Junior Play 3; Sec’y. 3, 4; Sextet 4; Hi Crier 4; Echo Staff 4. RICHARD J. FOX (Dick) Contest Band 1; Boys’ Chorus 1; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 4; Flying 4. VIRGIL SCHMIDT WILMA MOSER G. A. A. 1, 4; Girls’ Chorus 1, 4; A’Cappella Choir 2, 3; Hi Crier 3, 4; Treasurer 4. • Page 12

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THE ECHO LILAH KELLER G. A. A. 1, 4. EARL C. SAUDER Band 1, 2, 3, 4 (Contest 1); Boys’ Choir 1; Track 1, 2; A’Cappella 2, 3; Junior Play 3; Or- chestra 3, 4; Quartet 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Flying 4; Senior Play 4. DOROTHY BABBITT (Dort) Band 3, 4; A’Cappella Choir 2, 3; Girls’ Chor- us 1, 2, 3, 4 (Contest 3); Junior Play 3; G. A. A. 1, 4. DONALD R. TIPPETT Boys’ Chorus 1; Art Editor Hi Crier 3, 4. En- tered U. S. Army January 22, 1945. MARGARET AUGUSTIN (Midge) Pres. 3; Sec’y. 2; Student Council, Echo Staff 4; A’Cappella 2, 3 (Contest 2, 3); Girls’ Chor- us 1, 4; Band 2, 3, 4; Orch. 4; Sextet 4; Libr. 2; Hi Crier 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 4; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4. EUGENE GARDNER (Nit) Treas. 1; Band 1, 2, 3 (Contest 1); V. P. 3; S. C. 4; Track 1; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Base- ball 2, 3, 4; Echo 4; Flying 4; Orch. 4; Senior Play 4. Awaiting call to service. JOANNE KOCH S. C. 2, 3, 4 (Sec’y. 2; Pres. 3, 4); Echo Staff 2, 3, 4 (Ed. 4); Band 1, 2, 3; Contest Band 1; A’Cappella Choir 2, 3; Girls’ Chorus 1; Libr. 2; Hi Crier 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 4; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4. JACK J. McMAKIN (Mac) Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4 (Capt. 3, 4); Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3; V. P. 1; Chorus 1; Jun- ior Play 3; Treas. 3. Awaiting call to service. MARILYN KOCH Sec’y. 1; Hi Crier 1, 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. 1, 4; Band 1, 2, 3 (Contest 1); Girls’ Chorus 1, 4 (Sec’y. 4); A’Cappella Choir 2, 3; Librarian 2; Junior Ed. Hi Crier 3,4; Proofreader 4; Echo Staff 4; Junior Play 3; Senior Play 4. ALPHIE E. SCHMIED (Al) Senior Play 3; Flying 4. Awaiting call to the U. S. Army. Page 11

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THE ECHO 19 4 5 SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY January 2, 1955 Dear Mrs. Hillman— Happy New Year!! It hardly seems possible that this is 1955. Why, it seems as if only yesterday we were Seniors at TCHS. By the way, Glenna, how have you and Harold been get- tinging along coaching that basket- ball team, the Chicago Stinkeroos? I hear they were last year’s champions. I’ve just finished my European con- cert tour with the Fox Opera Com- pany owned by Dick Fox and manag- ed by Alphie Schmied. On my hop from New York to London on a “Zip Zam 54,” piloted by Captain John Luick, famous transoceanic flyer, I had the pleasure of riding beside our ambassador to France, David Noe. In London I met our foreign cor- respondent with the New York Times, Frances Fluegel Pflederer. Also, I dined at one of the numerous pubs, owned and operated by Vernon Koch, who, by the way, owns several night clubs in America. Bob Hendershott and his world renowned orchestra were playing there. For my benefit he played “Crazy Rhythm”. In Paris I saw Evelyn Schwinn starring in Benson’s Follies of 1955. I stopped in at the Mademoiselle Koche Shoppe and had some very exclusive gowns designed by the fam- ous designer and owner of the Shoppe, Mademoiselle Joanne Koche. The Mademoiselle suggested I go to see Virginia Lay, hostess in the Cock- tail Lounge at the Ritz. While in Moscow, I happened to meet LeRoy Hochstettler, who is the Caterpillar Tractor Company repre- sentative there. Imagine my sur- prise when I stepped on the plane to find Wilma Moser the Stewardess to accompany me back to the United States. Upon arriving in San Fran- cisco, I was welcomed by the distin- guished Mayor, E. Eugene Gardner, who presented me with two orchids that he said were grown by Margaret Augustin, who owns “Ye Olde Swan- kee” floral shop. Having had such a strenuous trip, I stopped at Denver for a physical check-up at the Schmidt Clinic. There I received very efficient care by Vel- ma Koch, general superintendent. During my stay, Dr. Don Tippett call- ed upon me and told me of his recent- ly receiving the Nobel Prize for his discovery of a cure for cancer. While in Denver, Lilah Keller, my secretary, visited the Babbitt Beauty Salon and found the proprietress was her old schoolmate, Dorothy Babbitt. While at the Beauty Shop, Lilah learned that Marilyn Koch had re- cently purchased the Klassy K Moun- tain Resort and has been enjoying a booming business. On the way back to my headquart- ers in Chicago, I stopped at my old home town. As I alighted from my plane at Tremont Municipal Airport, the owner and operator, Earl Sauder, came to greet me. With him was Oscar Roth who was waiting to leave for Chicago to attend the Interna- tional Livestock Show. He told me he was the owner of a 500-acre farm north of town. While In Tremont, I passed the nearly completed home of Nola Stub- er, who was doing her own interior decorating, after finishing redecorat- ing the White House. Because of an appearance here in Chicago, I was able to spend only a few days in Tremont, but they brought back many memories of all our classmates I have just been tell- ing you about. While walking to my hotel, when I arrived in Chicago, I passed the Ring- ling Bros. Circus. Imagine my sur- prise when I discovered the barker was none other than my old school chum, Charles Unsicker. That same evening, after my per- formance in the Civic Opera Building Continued on Page 33 Page 13