Normal was the longtime home to the state-run orphanage known as the Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s School. “Home Kids” (as they often called themselves) attended University High School, Normal IL on the Illinois State University campus (or, Illinois State Normal University, as it was known at the time).Seen here are, front row (left to right), Dixie Chambers. Jack Cummings, Judy Harvey, Dick Peifer, and Betty Jo Naseef; back row (left to right), Bill Marrs, Leroy Witte, Joe Menton, Don Peterson, Richard Yeager, and Ronald Whitney. Menton was the U-High homecoming king.
