Benson High School - Mill Yearbook (Benson, IL)

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1940 - THE MILL - 1941 SENIOR CLASS VISTORY Fourteen jolly freshmen, destined to be the Senior Class of l9bl, began 1 new life when they trooped into Benson Commun ity High School Leona Dirks remained with us only three d ys, leaving the number at unlucky thirteen What fun it was adgusting ourselves to this new life! Most of us had dlffleulty in finding our way to the various classes LeRoy maintains that the only means of finding his way was by shadowing Oscar During the first class meeting the following officers were elected President Shirley Reeser Vice President, Millicent Heiken Sec Treas Mildred Oltman dviser, Esther Imm Ros anna Kapraun Sec Treas the last two months of the year I Besides our studies our Freshmen year consisted of many parties The school term ended with the gala all school picnic which we had looked forward to all year September 1958 After the usual summer vacation, we re turned to school as sophomores Mildred Oltman moved to El Paso, leaving the number an even dozer New officers chosen were President, Oscar Braunschweig Vice President, Millicent Heiken Sec Treas , Matilda Flohr dvisor, Eleanor Stover The facultv remained the 'une raun and Matilda Flohr were no longer among us Again class leaders were chosen President LeRoy'Va1l1s Vice resident Robert Koehler, Sec Trees , Oscar Braunsch eig ndvisor, Esther Imm Several new faculty members replaced Miss Stover, Wr Otto and Mr O'Teole respectively Miss Schmitt, Nr Farrell, and Mr F ssino e made our dramatieal debut by presenting THE TAMING OF TUFFY In a very precarious situ tion 'the thug Robert Harms and James Ford, were knocked out Hdwever James 1HS1S ted on chewing gum and Robert's audible euch' echoed through out the hall The Junior Senior banouet, THB CRUISE OF THE M RRY GANG, climaxed the vear September 19hO Back to school for our last year a little older and much wiser than we were the flrst time we entered the doors of Benson H1 To guide our final year were President, Robert Moinhold Vice President, Rosalene Smilie, Sec Troas , . . L . L. . I a 'C I ' C . O 1 . . . . . ' R . . . Q I z A . ' . A g . - . . A 9 , .- ., V . , 4 -- -- ,- , , L Q ' ' 1. , ' Q 1. c n : s ' L. . '9 L . ' .Ll . . . . ' 9 . - . I. I .D . . . 3 IL ' 0 0 S: 0 September 1939: Our class again diminished. Rosanna Kap- w ' U , ' . . V . . . -D - . . ' Ln. 4 3- 3 ' .- - .. 1 ' 3 ' O ' - ' u L 1 g K- V 9 ' ' . ' ' 1 4- Q , ' 0 P. . o 1 K. . ' . .A '. . ' ' ' a ' ' - sn, 1 4. 4 1 ' o L I . - . . 9 , c . I ' L A ' . u ' v ' - .. . . . : . . y. - 3 . - . A. . . .n .

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1940 THE MILL 1941 Ber lee Seggermwn ldV1SOT Esther Imm Thl ye r our f eulty w s under the gulddne of Mr Creeley Our outstand1ng project dUT1Dg the ye r were our gift of the flag pole und the publ1cwt1on of TVE WILL The blg event of the yewr w our pl y FLII TIUEv s graduntlon drew nlgh we were sad wt thc thought of de p rture, but were hmppy thot another mllestone ho been ods ed In the future reg rdless of hwrd h1pS and dlsdppolntments th t wlght a S111 us we shall StTlVO to keep RUWIVF NOT DRIFTIIF pw Aprll 15, l95l I S lrlcy Roe er mm tnklng L vac tlon from my dut1CS o man per for Crlrolod C HTF1CS 1n New York Clty Dur1ng 1913 t1WC I plan to tour the world 'pril 16 the week I reached Champ11gn, I111nO1S, where Profe sor LeRoy WW1l1S 1G teaehlng agrloulture to the younger genorat1on LeRoy has remalned 1 bachelor through these ten year , howevwr he 1S stlll per 1stently COUTt1ng Mlss Mnry Nnumwn of Benson lprll 25 From there I took a stream llned trdln westward On the wwy I stopped ofer t Cheyenne lfyomlng, where I chaneed to meet an old school mate of mlne Robert Nelnhold who 1S owner of 1 1200 more sheep ranch He 1nv1ted me to h1s home where he 1ntroduced me to h1s wlfo the former lhss Hedy LiMnrr of the WOV1OS lr ond Mrs Melnhold have four sons, LeRoy, Osc r Jwmes nd Robert Jr Aprll 214 Tr veled on to Hollywood Here I learned that one of the foremost halr dressers 1n the motlon p1oture lndustry 15 none other then Rosmlene qm111C who grndumted from deer old B L 1n Apr 1 1 26 Crossed the PWC1f1C on the Ch1HW Cllpper On the way I became T1TS1Ck, nd the stew rdess who ttended me v s to my surorlse one you kno! well Alss Bcrnlee Segg rmen I hewr that she hws the p1lot of the Shlp, Benlfmoe Mtycr, 1n 1 flu terntlon 'fe talked of our school d js April 27 Landed 1n S1ngapore last nlght. Took a walk olong the . . U H S 4 , o . S oft fl ' U. I - v C A Q 1' , Q . . . S . LL lo 1 3 . . 1 -. 7 4. ' 1. .' if Q . Pm ' K. HS U. , I .L w f , , . . .Ll L 3 4' . Cl- c. A . ' L S IL. S Q . . - ,, Q. L s .4 o. . . . . .. ..- S L I ' , 4' X, v, I l JJ., PLT? rf FW ll V . . . . . . , H - s , L L 2 L Q . 1 s . . 1 K . . -1 . 0.1 U. -. ' 1 ' V A 1 X I . . AL . Started out on my threohwhoelod blOyC1Co By the end of X L . . . 1 y S 3 Q - - - x 4 I L- t . 3 5 J L c, .J S . . . . . I S - ' A 4. O ,, . I 2 . .A ' L' v I . K L, X ' C. , A A ' . V . X . I I . . . . C L I 4 I . - 1. I 1 M. ' 1 ' L . , N . ,. o A. 0 1 1 I 9 ' O, , L . , U. n . . . U. ' o ' . . . . . . I as A - 4 . . , Q. 1. ne. ' 4, e A . o o ' UL U H9 S 0 0 . . . . . . . . 1 1 L 9 ' L. ' ' F - rx ry rx fn L l L tu . L- 4 k-M ' I. Ink.. . ' 1, . . L I ' , 4 -. - . QC I . 0 4. . . . . u ' L . Q ' fn- ' x- S' r. . o l '. if o . . . . .