West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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NATIONAL HONOR ★ SOCIETY for 1934-1935 NORMAN BRUBAKER JACK HOLSLAG BETTY JANE COCHRAN MYRTLE LINDAHL GRACE LEAH DANIELS JOHN NELSON SUE EGAN BETTY ODMARK VIRGINIA ERICKSON JOE REISING MILDRED FETZER MARIAN ROSENTHAL ELBRIDGE F LANDERS ALBERTA SEAVEY MARGARET FLYNN EDNA SKOM LORRAINE GOLDMAN CATHERINE STATHIS ISABELLE GREITER HESTER THOMASSON The members of this Association are selected from the members of the Senior Class. From the highest one-third in scholarship, a committee representing the different school activities selects fifteen per cent on the basis of leadership, character and service. ★ 27 ★

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HISTORY of the Class By Carrie Mickelberg ★ In the fall of 1931 two hundred and twenty-two freshmen Hung wide the ancient portals of that great institution of higher learning, West Aurora High School. All the leading curricular events and activities found representatives from the freshmen. Presently the need for organization became apparent, and a subsequent election followed. With Tod Ochsen- schlager, President; Virgil Gilman, Vice-President; Jack Holslag, Sec¬ retary, and Robert Jones, Treasurer, the freshmen were established as an independent unit. March 18 found the freshmen entering into the social whirl with the traditional costume ball in the gymnasium. Thus was culminated the initial year at High School. Chandler Rowley was elect¬ ed to guide the class during its soph¬ omore year. Assisting him were Joe Reising, Vice-President; Venita Robbie, Secretary, and Myrtle Lind¬ ahl, Treasurer. Tod Ochsenschlager, Chandler Rowley, and John Marsh were rewarded in heavyweight foot¬ ball by receiving letters. Not to be outdone by their bulkier classmates, Chester Davis, Virgil Gilman, John ★ of 1935 Nelson, Bernard Murtaugh, and Wil¬ bur Van Deventer received light¬ weight letters. As their contribution to the social activities of the year, the sophomores held a Valentine party on February twenty-seventh. As Juniors, the Class of ’35 under the excellent leadership of John Marsh, with Jack Holslag, John Nelson, and Bob Fraser as assistants, made a noteworthy and successful attempt to gain prestige. The Booster Club, Girl Resrves, the Band, Glee Clubs, El Circulo Espanol, and the G. A. A. had junors at their helms. As a part¬ ing tribute to the erstwhile Class of ’34 we sent them on their way with the glamorous Junior Prom. The exe¬ cutive powers of the Senior Class were placed in the hands of Elbridge Flanders, Thomas Held, Sue Egan, and Alberta Seavey. The school was entertained by the Senior Class at a Hallowe’en party. As a climax to their dramatic career, the seniors presented their class play, “Peg O’ My Heart”. The Junior Prom, followed by Commencement, brought to a close our four years of success and happiness at West High. ★ 26 ★

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SENIOR PROPHECY We, Elbridge Flanders, Jack Holslag, Jack Townsend, George Ruby, and Joe Reising de¬ cided to meet in 1975 to tell all we know concerning our former classmates. The results: Butch Mitchell is blowing windmills in Holland. He is expected to do away with all other forms of power. Norm Challis is still running. Bill McWethy is a judge of beauty con¬ tests in Miami, and he’s going to town with a micrometer. Betty Jane Cochran just took first prize for corn husking at the Big Rock plow match. “Spring” Baldwin has just graduated to head man in Ringling Bros, flea circus. Lorraine Goldman, Edna Skom, and Mar¬ ian Rosenthal are principal stockholders of Consolidated Meat Packing Co., speci¬ alizing in ham, bacon, spare ribs, etc. Iggy Stephens is coach of the Vassar soccer team. How ya’ doin’, Dave? Bucky O’Connor has just published a book of secret snapshots of Mickey Mouse and other celebrities. We see Tod and Grace Leah co-starred in a night club by unsophisticated Sue Egan, who is general manager. A1 Fagerholm rides a bicycle built for two. Some pickup, eh? Jack Fohn is employed part time setting up pins in the Sylvandell Alleys. Herb Funk hauls pail after pail to those darned elephants. Bill Hall is looking after his newly ac¬ quired estate. Rumor has it that Rowley is now custod¬ ian of the Old Ladies’ Home. Bert Hepburn is now the proud papa (?) of the world’s second set of quintuplets. Lucille Stumpf and Hortense Ericson are now employed in Jimmie Dawson’s Corset factory. Marion Hume and Jeanette Honey are joint proprietors of a millinery shop. We found Jeanne Kellogg’s diary. We shan’t say what she’s been doing. Joe Reising and Mary Bacon are managing the House of Reising basketball team. Leona Richmond just received her truck chauffeur’s license. Beth Royston was just made honorary captain of the C. C. C. Marguerite Schink is an artist’s model in Big Rock. Evelyn Dubois is reviving Sally Rand’s bubble dance at the World’s Fair of 1995. Carol Stapleton is doubling for red head¬ ed Clara Bow in “The Barkers.” Ray Dixon is seen milking chocolates in Hershey’s factory. Don’t take it hard, Ray. Eugene Wilson teaches “The Fundamen¬ tals of Poor English” to Harvard grads. Theldon Ellis succeeds Neds Sparks as the screen’s favorite cynic. Chet Davis and Bob Wittrup are selling chin bristles to the National Brush Co. Through our crystal we see Fred Wirt, eminent chemist, working in the G.E. Laboratory—washing test tubes. We see by the papers that Jane Long was just granted her fourth divorce on grounds of Chase and Sanborn. John Marsh is serving as flagman at the Montgomery tracks. Jack Townsend just spreads his arms and makes a face; Jack is working as a scare crow on the Tribune’s experimental farm. Ray Nilles is pounding rocks at Joliet. Esther Pecoy is broadcasting “In My Solitude” from K-Y-B-O. Chuck Weinaug has taken up street sweeping as a profession. He lifts weights as a hobby. Strong Man Koehler is now employed shoveling smoke in a feather factory. Don’t strain anything, Len. Morris, Flanders, and Ruby are now the most pious members of The Holy Rollers. Marian Gregory and Mary McGlaughlin are pounding typewriters for that butter and egg man, Ray Thomas.