Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, IL)

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IlIVtVMIIIMMItlll III lllltll Mil mill ItlllllllVtlM 1921—ORIOLE (IINIIIIt................................. ItlllllMIII....Illllllmit.lllllll-IIIIIMIIIIHIIIII 1921 As we came into the fourth period of our high school journey, we found ourselves under new leadership and with new officers. The friendly feeling and good humor of the class was not confined to its social gatherings and entertainments, but was generously mixed with the life in the class rooms; for once, a sudden lurch of the ship, during the Reviews class, caused the chair occupied by Miss Ethel Graham to go crashing to the floor, thus spilling M iss Ethel. 1 his caused much laughter, though we found there were no hones broken. Other members of the class were bright, one especially, Miss Gertrude Schwindle, who could tell us just what the weather out in Oregon was each day, during the past winter. She claimed she had relatives there, but what relative would write her every day? Arthur Bothwell has the conceited idea of being good looking; Mable and Berdena Gundrv and Janice Consalus of being fair dancers; Harriett Pepoon of being the tallest; Harry Reed of being the smallest; Merritt Hilliard, the clown of the class, for always keeping everyone, including the teachers, in good humor; Marlowe Gribble excels in athletics; Harold Wiley would almost convince you there was one small child in the crew, so perfect is his baby talk; Edith Groom, Marian Wilson and Paul Akins never let frivolity interfere with their studies and their grades are usually above ninety; Ben Dunning, our World War hero, in ship life is a genuine “ladies’ man”; while Francis Holland might well illustrate the old saying, “Laugh and the world laughs with you”, and Marian Kleeberger, the author of this poor production. As we come to the close of our fourth and last period of our high school journey, we find ourselves sailing in tranquil waters, under smiling, sunny skies, with our motto, “Perseverance conquers all,” and our banner of old rose and silver proudly waving in the soft breezes which have brought our boat safely into harbor. But soon, to our regret, we must separate, each one at his own wheel, directing his own course as we sail on the great Sea of Life. May the success of each member reflect honor to the dear old Warren High School is the wish of the class of ’21. —Marian Kleeberger.

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 1921—ORIOLE—1921 ....................tMUMIIIIIINMIMIIMMIIIMININMIM.IIHIIMIIIMMItnNIIIIIflMMMIIimtMIIIINNIIIMMiniimiliniHlimmMIIIttltNMIMItlMtll (Elasa fetimj The history of the class of ’21 which started twelve years ago, is similar to that of many others. Its journey through the Warren High School might be compared to the course of a ship and the members of the class to the crewr. Few have forgotten how timid we felt that first Monday morning, Septem- ber 1. 1909, when we first entered that old ship, which we shall call “Eureka ” and with trembling hands and great effort hoisted anchor and started on our voyage over the great sea of Knowledge, with Miss Virden. our first captain, at the wheel. Sailing was rather rough at first, for we were not familiar with the motion of the ship. Learning to speak when spoken to; to he orderly according to the captain’s way of thinking; always to be on time for duty; and hardest ol all to sit quietly in our seats when not on actual duty, was our greatest dif- ficulty. Sailing on through the grades with tin usual storms and dangers of sea life, many of our crew were swept overboard, which would have greatly diminished our number, had we not been able to rescue unfortunates Irom other vessels. After some time the old ship began to showr signs of service. Barnacles in the form of poor ventilation, light and warmth, completely covered the hull, and were a hindrance to our progress. Once while we were in harbor for repairs, the bees usurped a part of the old ship, turning it into a hive, from which our boatswain, Mr. Massey, took twenty pounds of honey. The day came when the old ship was no longer sea-worthy and a modern up-to-date vessel, trig from stem to stern, took its place. In these new quarters, our crew, recruited hv Marian Wilson and Jessie Potter, started on a new’ voyage. The greatest disaster wc had yet encountered, happened at the end of this period of the Grammar grade, when unaware of any danger, we steered into the central and final examinations, which would have proved to he a whirlpool, had not the County Superintendent, Benjamin L. Birkbeck, nobly and generously rescued us. It was at this time that other duties claimed a part of our number, and they passed out of the ship s activities. I nder the command of Miss Minnie Meyers, through our Eighth Grade Commencement, wre celebrated our entrance to the higher positions and activities of high school training. This higher training seemed pretty rigid after the easy work in the grades, especially the first year, and it tried the patience of the members, who had been increased in number by Arthur Bothwell. Paul Akins, Harry Reed, Harriett Pepoon, Gladys Mammoser, Mahle and Berdena Gundry. The joys of sea life were greatly increased by the active parts we took in the work iii the Sigma and Philo Literary societies, athletics, orchestra, glee club, debating club, declamatory contests, cantatas and dramatic exhibitions. It was at the beginning of the third year that we rescued Janice Consalus. Ben Chinning, wrho had drifted into the World War, also joined forces with us upon his return from France.

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1921—ORIOLE—1921 Allata Jlrflpljmi Warren, 111., December 30, 1940. Dear Ben:— I received your last letter asking if I knew the whereabouts of any of the old class of ’21. As 1 had nothing to do at the time, I attempted to find out what had become of them. I was able to locate all of them except Harry Reed. The last anyone heard of him was when be left for Hollywood, Cali- fornia, to sign a contract with one of the large motion picture corporations, lie had just finished a successful season on the vaudeville stage. Both Mable Gundry and Gertrude Schwindle married soon after gradua- tion. Mable is living on the Philip Wolfram farm and Gertrude is residing near Lena. I have seen them both several times, in fact, they helped me a great deal in looking up our old classmates. Kiddo Wiley is making quite a success of bis dairy farm and is now plan- ning to establish an electric delivery system to furnish Warren and the sur- rounding towns with bis sanitary dairy products. Art Bothwell is now in Chicago. I believe be is in charge of the Consalus- Pepoon Co., designers of modern gowns and hats. The president and treasurer of this firm are also old classmates of ours, Janice Consalus and Harriett Pepoon. Paul Akins has become one of the shrewdest lawyers in the state and is now a candidate for re-election to the office of State’s Attorney, of Cook County. Holland has become an inventor. So far he has only improved on several former inventions, but is now working on an airplane tractor, which, if successful will probably revolutionize modern (arming. He claims that whin this airplane tractor is finished it will do more work than three of the tractors now in use. Ethel Graham has purchased the Warren Sentinel-Leader. She is making quite a success of it. too. She lias changed it to a daily and made it a strong political paper. This has increased its circulation to about 30,000 readers. The paper is supporting Marian Wilson as a candidate for governor. Marian became interested in politics and through the successful campaigning of Ethel was elected to the State Legislature for two terms. Marian Kleeberger has just finished her contract with the Redpath Chau- tauqua and starts on the Lyceum platform the 10th of January. She is a fine musician and in great demand on both the Chautauqua and Lyceum Circuit. Berdena Gundry is the wife of Warren’s leading garage owner and she is also the leader in the society gatherings. Edith Groom is connected with the Red Cross in Siberia, but she expects to return from there early in June.