On this date one hundred years ago two young men in Normal were preparing for a mock trial at their high school. Byron Moore was the son of Benjamin and Myrtle Moore. His parents were the superintendent and assistant superintendent of a county school. Byron had just one younger brother, Donald. Byron continued his schooling to graduate from Normal High and ISNU. The next time that he appeared in the census was in 1940, when he was living in East Peoria and was the principal of a high school there. He and his wife Louise had two sons, Louis and Ben. During WWI Byron Moore served on a submarine chaser.
Guy Ellenberger played the part of the prosecuting attorney in the mock trial. He lived at 101 Broadway in Normal and was the son of Amanda Ellenberger. Her husband Herman had died in 1914, shortly after they moved to Normal. Herman was a blacksmith, but the Ellenbergers wanted their children to have the benefits of the school system in Normal. They had three sons and four daughters when they moved to Normal. Guy graduated from Normal High and continued his education at the University of Illinois in the engineering department. Unfortunately, he contracted influenza during his second year there and died in the summer of 1919 at the Champaign hospital. His mother died in 1924, leaving just two living sons and three living daughters.