West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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MEET THE AMBITIOUS TWENTY-ONE Stand back while time marches by clutching the hands of twenty-one inexper- ienced Seniors who move forward to take their places among the noted people of the world. Here’s Evelyn, whose personality traits qualified her for the job of being our A-l class president. Not too tall and recently streamlined, this blue-eyed mental top ranker hopes to be a nurse. She should make a good one, for neither hard work nor young men worry her. Even when a would-be suitor “bobs” up in her life, Evelyn refuses to let even that sidetrack her from her ambition. If brains, beauty, and ambition produce a good nurse, she will be one. Along comes Inez, our “shorty gal,” with the snappy eyes and a quick verbal comeback. She wants to go back to the Sunny South where the Longhorn cattle graze and rope one of those handsome cowboys—or an oil Johnny. Snazz says that either one will do for her. Her pet saying seems to be “Oh, my cow!” (Or should it be changed to “Oh, my cowboy!”?) There’s the two tall Marys who have been so closely associated throughout their school years that they have similar ambitions. Mary Marx, the dark-haired, dark-eyed one of the pair, expresses her ambition to be a private secretary and sit on the boss’ knee. Mary Provine, the auburn-haired one with the dark eyes, putting safety first, says that a chair will do for her, being more interested, at the present, in a certain soldier. Roy, the most important point of our athletic star, making sixty-seven points in one game, is the short, dark, and handsome one of our class. He plans to be an electrician and should make a good one because by now, we consider him shock- proof. He gets his fun where he can find it and life is just one funny hum for a trained electrician. If Roy continues his interest in sparking short waves and high lines, he’ll be doing O. K. And Adamae, it seems, is destined to become a school teacher. She must have been offended by her school teachers when she was smaller and now plans to get even one way or another. She is one of our 5 ft. 5 in. students. Her black hair and snappy eyes are quite characteristic of her personality. Big, blonde, blue-eyed Bill has expressed his ambitions to become a renowned radio news commentator. He, being the class orator, seems to have selected an air wave career for himself, and since the waves are out of the navy, Bill should be safe. Harold (Shorty), thinking of his reputation, is vigorously instilled with an ad- venturous career of becoming a member of the scarcer part of the people populating these United States and is eager to launch out with his fellow travelers and obey the call of the open road. Here’s to our hobo Harold!!! John, another of the five points of our star athletes, has revealed his ambition for becoming a coach. John, being envious of the good-looking coaches attracting attention says, “Maybe they’ll ‘a hubba a hubba’ me for a change.” There is no doubt about that either, for John has dark black hair and dark eyes. He’s a Romeo!!!

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Iva’Lou wishes to go to Chicago and engage in the clothing business as a seam- stress. Sew away, lva Lou! She is another one of our blue-eyed blondes. Jeanne, our class pianist and also school pianist, is the class’ “Jeanne with the Light Brown Hair.” Her fingers seem to ripple out music better than Sammy Kay’s orchestra and she plans to teach this to others this summer—that is if she doesn’t switch her views to the sea of matrimony first. Luck to you, Jeanne, in either field —or both!! Roberta (Birdie) is the little girl with the big voice. She might be called a small blonde, blue-eyed, stick of dynamite if there ever was one. She plans to be a teacher of voice and should be a good one judging from the progress she has made. Clara, patterning her life after Clara Barton, has turned her ambitions toward becoming a nurse. Clara is an average size, blue-eyed blonde of our class and should make a fine nurse. Ruth wants to be a beautician when she gets out of high school. Ruth’s dark hair and eyes are quite properly symbolic of her friendly and cheerful personality. Libby states that she has no ambitions other than to settle down with her finance when school is out this spring. Libby, being about 5 ft. 7 in., and having black hair and blue eyes, will make a fine house keeper, don’t you think, Don? Winnie, another of our “shorty gals” plans to be a bookkeeper. This little blue-eyed blonde will be an incendiary character when she gets started. Everett, a chip off the old block, wants to still be handling lumber. He wishes to go on in his father’s footsteps in the Lumber Yard. This average height, dark wavy-haired Romeo will surely make a handsome lumberman. Jack, a short, brown-headed member of the basket-ball squad and of our class, is anxious to become a constructional engineer. Jack used to say, “Don’t cross your bridges till you come to them.” We are all of the same opinion that he intends to build them as he comes to ones that need building. Bonnie wants to continue her interests in the clerical field. This black-haired, black-eyed typing champion plans to enter Lockyear’s when school is out. Bertha, another one of our blondes, but with brown eyes, has dreams of being a teacher. She intends to enter college when her high school days are done—there to learn more about the teaching profession. Dottie. another of our “little girls” and who has a personality that clicks, wants to be an office girl. With such a personality Dottie should really go places in her particular type of work.