Westville High School - Janus Yearbook (Westville, IL)

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T H E “JANUS” NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE JUNIOR CLASS CLASS OFFICERS President...........................Johanna Possolt Vice-President......................Andy Appanaitis Secretary-Treasurer.................Helen Bagdonis Class Advisers.............Mrs. Grubb, Mr. Bushnell JUNIORS Johanna Possolt Julia Urasky Frances Yasaitis Mary Vacketta Petra Morris Theresa Puskac Doris McDonald Margaret Henery Alice McDonald Flossie Howard Homer Lete Joe Bernodis Michael Uporsky Helen Anderson Sophie Mazilausky Helen Bagdonis Berneda Szymanski Mary Urevich Jennie Maziekas Marie Imro Ellen Simroski Virginia Quartier Gertrude Richardson Raymond Mitchell Walter Jaworski Tony Vanauskas Fred Miller Andy Appanaitis Dock Blakeney Alfred Jones Gordon Jessup Charles Razaitis Roy Howard Alex Stanevich Page Twenty-seven

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THE “JANUS” NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE STEVENS, ETHEL—Born April 4, 1907. One of mankinds good Samaritans. Miss Stevens when still in her teens went to the wilds of Siberia as a missionary. However, as Siberia was scarcely populated, her missionary work did not take up much time. Therefore she began training some Siberian animals. At present she owns one of the largest Zoos in the world. SOMERS, PAUL A.—Born July 15, 1907. A scientist of great note. Ranks with Darwin and Pasteur. The thing that made him famous was his calculation of how many calories of heat are found in the hole of a doughnut. COLUMBUS, JULIA M.—Born April 28, 1907. The holder of the women’s light-weight boxing championship of the world. Miss Columbus is well known for her work in the ring in Chicago, New York, and Liverpool. She has earned the sobriquet of “Buzz-saw” Columbus because of her incessant foot work and talking while in the ring. It is said that “Buzz-saw” gained her experience practicing on various individuals in her high school days. DELANEY, EDWARD N.—Born August 22, 1907. A leader of the Irish rebels during the Irish-English war. Due to his strategy, the Irish defeated the British forces in the Battle of Dublin Bay, the battle which was the turning point of the rebellion. Mr. Delaney was born in America but his sympathy was always with the cause of struggling Ireland. When he went to Ireland he took with him 37 rifles, 2 machine guns and 60 pistols. With these he completely equipped the Irish army. This improvement over the old way of throwing bricks and cobble stones was one reason for the Irish victory. DELANEY, HELEN M.—Born November 4, 1905. A temperamental dancer, now with the Zeigfield Follies. She had the leading role of the musical comedy “Boon Beams,” which ran for 96 hours in New York. Miss Delaney received a great deal of publicity when, while dancing her solo, she became so enthusiastic that she fell off of the stage. Page Twenty-six

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THE “JANUS” NINETEEN TWENTY-FIVE Junior Class History ✓—p HE class of ’26 entered the portals of September '“'L with a record enrollment of forty-two. Andy Appanaitis was elected Class President; Louis Barnas, Vice-President; Ray Mitchell, Treasurer; Mrs. Grubb and Mr. File, Class Advisors. It was during this year we were awarded a half holiday for selling the most basketball tickets. We celebrated with a “Weiner” roast in Snooks woods. A St. Patrick’s party was our big social event of the year. In our Sophomore year, we were about the peppiest class in school for the girls carried off all honors in the baseball and basketball tournaments, and the boys won the inter-class championship. The year of ’24 enrolled thirty-five students as Juniors, but somehow or other several dropped out. A meeting was called in order to elect the officers as follows: President.......................................Johanna Possolt Vice-President.........................Andy Appanaitis Secretary-Treasurer...............................Helen Bagdonis Mrs. Grubb and Mr. Bushnell were elected as class advisors. The year was started off with a party and the Sophomores as guests. On March 18th we presented our Junior Play, “On the Hiring Line,” which brought in a sum of money for our class. With the profits from the candy sale and the Junior Play we were able to look forward to the greatest event of the year, the Junior-Senior Banquet, with full sway. We are proud of the boys that have gone out for football and have been awarded letters, and we hope that they will keep up their spirit even higher next year than they did this year. We hope that we shall be able to enter school next year as Seniors with the same number of students. —Helen Bagdonis, ’26. Page Twenty-eight