Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY ♦BETTY ANDREWS HELEN BONNET MARILYNN GALLAGHER DONNA GATES MARY LOU GROOM JANE HICKS MABEL HICKS GERTRUDE HINTZ ♦ROBERT KRLPKE LAVERN MILLAM •JOYCE PASiI LAURAN RHYNER DONALD STICH DONNA STICH •R03ELLA SWIFT ELMER VONDRA CARLENE KISH WILLIAM HINTZ LEROY JENKINS JAMES WADDINGTON MARILYN WOLFRAM The above list consist:- of those who are seniors today. Stars indicate those who started to Warren Public School in 1935 as first graders. In first grade we made a tore and furnishings for the doll house. We also played in the rhythm band. Robert Krupke moved to Apple River at the beginning of his second year in school. In second grade we were introduced to the mysteries of arithmetic and we had our school picnic in the Lutheran Church Yard. In third grade we painted paper plate, and made calenders for our parents at Christmas time. This was the first year we had a music teacher, Miss Perkins. We had the rest of our school picnics at Millville. We enjoyed makin: raffia ba kets, hot pan holders, and etter holders in the fourth grade. Also history was added to our studies. In filth grade we learned to do a group dance. We had social tudies of North and South America together instead of history and geography. As sixth grader we learned to paint on glass and carve soap. In the latter part of the year Helen Bonnet joined us. Lauran Rhyner joined u in the beginning of the seventh rade. It was also our first year to have home economics and manual training. Robert Krupke came back to us in the beginning of the eighth grade. In our last year of grade school we did panel design and free hand drawings. We also had our try at acting by putting on two plays for the rest of the school. ‘Buddy Answers an Ad ’ and “G-Man Jeff . After our graduating exercises we were ready for high school in the fall. In the fall of M3 we and a group of boys and girls from surrounding schools were ready to con- tinue our education in high school. Those that joined us were: Jane Hicks. Carler.e Kish. Donald Stich Laveme Millam. and James Waddington. Those that dropped out or moved before their senior year were: Arlin Erickson Gene Winters, Wayne Wills, Dale Kaiser, Robert Myers. Helen Gilbertson, and Du Wayne Heller. About six weeks after school started the Sophomores initiated us and gave uc a party afterwards. As Sophomores we initiated the Freshman and made them appear in court before the jury. Mari- lyn Wolfram and Gertrude Hintz joined us in our scphomore year. Joyce Pash and Marilynn Gallagher joined us at the beginning of our Junior Year. As Juniors we Save a successful mystery play entitled ‘Lights Out”. We used the rainbow and spring theme for our Junior-Senior reception having streamers over head the colors of the rainbow. In one end of the gym were a flower garden and fish pond. The band stand wras decorated to represent the clouds. The table center pieces were of spring flowers and lighted cardies. Donna Gates came from Apple River to complete her high school course with us. William Hintz joined us in the last half of our Senior year after leaving the army. Our Senior play was a comedy entitled “Cash and Carrie”. We enjoyed the reception given us by the Juniors and looked forward to our baccalaureate at the Lutheran Church and our commencement on June 2.