Windsor High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Windsor, IL)

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:POW WOW: SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY On September 3, 1938, a group of fifty green and shy pupils gathered at W. C. H.S. to begin their high school education. We had more pupils than any other class. We recovered from our shyness when we were initiated by the upper classmen. A few weeks after that we had a kid party at which we represented Mother Goose or some other comic character. W'th the help of Miss Ridgley, our class advisor, we got through our first year of study successfully. At the beginning of this year, forty-six pupils came to W. C. H. S. to start in their sophomore year. Several pupils had moved away during vacation and others had come to join us. We are still the largest class n school and we also h.ave more pupils in the band than any other class. We were very proud to have our candidate, Mary Maxine Bence, elected queen of W. C. H. S. for 1940. On October 20, 1939, the sophomore class had a wiener roast at Gene Glasscock's grandparents' at which every one had a n;ce t;me. We had a party at the school building on Friday night, April 5, 1940. Our officers are: President .................................. Junior Ethridge Vice President .............................. Emma J. Elliott Secretary and Treasurer ................... Pauline Edwkrds Historian ............................... Lois Jean Bartley Class Advisor ................................. Mr. Turner FRESHMEN CLASS HISTORY On Septemberl, 1939, a group of young people gathered at the W. C. H. .S building for the purpose of forming a company to start on an expedition into the jungle of education. These youngsters had been eight years at various grade stations preparing for this trip. Most of them came from W G. S. or near by stat;ons. Some had come quite a distance. These were Warren Specht from Lakewood, Floyd Hardwick from Indiana, Duncan Ruble from Nebraska, and later Helen Green from Tennessee. There vere thirty-six altogether. After electing Miss Midgett Captain, Don Horn, Lieutenant, Norma J. Banks, Secretary and Treasurer, and Leland Davis, Assistant Lieutenant, we were ready to start. Although many feet had traveled these same paths, all were new to us. Nevertheless we were anxious to start. We all feared, more or less, the things ahead of us, but we had a helpful body of instructors to lend a hand when needed. We had gone but a short way when we were called to halt by the companies, who had started one, two, or three years ahead of us. They wished to test our abilities before accepting us on such a great expedition. We proved to be capable and were accepted. Daily we came in contact with such obstacles as text books and tests, which we overcame. Our greatest struggle was just after the Christmas Holidays when we came face to face with semester examinations. However, with assistance from our excellent instructors we conquered and marched gayly on. After a few weeks we were joined by Tommy Curry from Gays and Dale Tull from Green Valley. Before we had gone far in the second semester, Billy Tilford and Novie Waddell were forced to drop from our ranks because of moving to other fields. They were sadly missed. When we started it seemed an endless journey. Although several months have passed and we near the end of our first milestone, it seems that we have been on the ioad only a short time. We have enjoyed most of our adventures. We shall always remember our Freshmen year in W. C. H. S. as one of our happiest memories. Class Historian, Nadine Steele. WCHS 1940= Twenty-one

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• =P()W wow • FIRST SEMESTER HONOR ROLL SOPHOMORE Margaret Ferguson AABB 4.50 Lois Bartley ABBB 4.25 Mary Maxine Benge ABBB 4.25 Rose Marie Edwards AABC 4.25 Gene Glasscock ABBB 4.25 Maxine Lofland ABBB 4.25 Eugene Ryherd ABBB 4.25 Irene Ashbrook BBBB 4.00 Eileen Kercheval BBBB 4.00 FRESHMAN Gloria Anderson AAA A 5.00 Nadene Steele AAAB 4.75 Norma Jean Garrett AABB 4.50 Elaine Bullerman ABBB 4.25 Floyd Hardwick ABBB 4.25 Dorothy Noffke ABBB 4.25 Kenneth Roellig ABBB 4.25 Betty Osterday BBBB 4.00 SOPHOMORES First Row (left to right)—Mr. Turner (advisor). Helen Spencer, Mary Quigley, Nellie Adkins, Wanda June Swinford, Maxine Lofland, Mary Jane Wall, Kathleen Allgood, Esther Ramsey, Luzetta Gaston, Vernice Williams. Second Row—Edith Antrim, Rose Marie Edwards, Mildred Gaddis, Emma J. Elliot, Isaac Walden, Eugene Ryherd, Howard Hamilton, Warren Trigg, Lillie Mae Biedert, Pauline Edwards, Lorene Gordon. Third Row—Mary Maxine Bence, Deanne Lovins, Vera Shewmake, Irene Ashbrook, Marjorie Butcher, Wanda June Whitlatch, Pauline Templeton, Eileen Kercheval, Lois Jean Bartley, Margaret Ferguson, Laura Jean Hampton. Fourth Row—Harold Miner, Gene Bullerman, Kenneth Templeton, William Antrim, Ross Bell, William Peadro, Roy Lenz, Donald Rankin, Eugene Hughes, Wayne Moffett, Gene Glasscock, Junior Ethridge (not present when picture was taken). SOPHOMORE AND FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE President—Junior Ethridge (not present) Vice President—Emma J. Elliot Secretary-Treasurer—Pauline Edwards Historian—Lois Jean Bartley OFFICERS FRESHMEN President—Don Horn Vice President—Leland Davis Secretary-Treasurer—Norma J. Banks Historian—Nadene Steele FRESHMEN First Row (left to right)—Miss Midgett (advisor), Mary Annetta Neal, Jeanne Wage-man, Betty Osterday, Norma Jean Garrett, Lois Weakley, Norma J. Banks, Dwight Arganbright, Kenneth Roellig. Second Row—Edith Edwards, Zelma Shadow, Gloria Faye Walker, Bessie Hughes, Nadene Steele, Dorothy Noffke, Mary Arganbright, Elaine Bullerman, Gloria Anderson. Third Row—Leland Davis, Bobby Storm, Junior Robison, Robert Clapper, Alfred Mayer, Don Horn, Thomas Arganbright, Gene Wallace. Fourth Row—Warren Specht, Donald Noffke, Duncan Ruble, Dale Tull, Floyd Hardwick, Albert Bell, Tommy Curry, Robert Gaston, Stanley Butcher. • —WCHS 1940 • Twenty-two