Benson High School - Mill Yearbook (Benson, IL)

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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 . . . . .

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1940 - THE MILL - 1941 docks this afternoon where I met James Ford who is Q. sailor on the S. S. Alabama. He was married for the sixth time ---- it seems that James never bothers with divorces. James has taken up pearl collecting as Q hobby and has quite rm valuable collection. May 5: I took Q hurrled Journey weross the continent of Asla nd stopped at PGFI , Lrwnce The newspapers wnnounced my QPT1Vn1 and I w s therefore 1HVltCd to dlnner by the Countess of Nor mandy che 1S the former M1llicent Helken who mDTP1Od Count Hqrcld Norman e dn-ect descendent of the noble ffmmlly of' Nor mans of France May 5 I crossed the Engllsh Chfmnel lnto England On o tour through London I found one of my clfxssmates burled o.t West minlster Abbey C-ue S who? Yes, lt 1S the fwmous w r 'Lee C ptoln Robert dorm who was shot down ond kllled durlng bmttlc over the Enghsh Chmnnel We v s 'Ln Amerlc who of fered h1 servlces to Engl nd 150 ple es voro shot dorm by hlm durmng h1s career 'why 6 I tr veled b sh1p to New C-u1ne'1 Here, fter tramp1ng through the :jungles I found Dr Osc r Br unschwelg, ax mlsslon ary on the 1S1'1Ild He 1S pl'1nn1'1g to come to the st tes for o W1fC soon May 9 I took S110 homes ard On the shl 1 T fmt ,mder studs e Robert Taylor, Won r iofhl r T H s n ol cl ss m te o mlne e' rucl o1l o H1 T11l'f'lO1 f rw nd de C1 cd4otryh1 'In N y 10 V t le n cmolntr d now I bone ILL f S ' flf O 00 1 1 r our l st vlll st mc t nel ow T 'THQ ,VENT 717-L C 7 'I' E1 0' Polf To F JTJUIOPS 1 7 hc 1 s of' lf' our lee cf olc nu no eel S0 ,ml 'Ll -nblc b r 1, 13 J tl-K C L ' ' . ' 0. .S 7 1, Q ' c 1, 1 . -.L 'G' . f I Q C, . . . u . I K ' . . .L , A L. 'l , : A 1 I L . ' L C ' 'B ' L , ' 5 c 'XS ' . L. 9. L. ', 9. ' X I. s, ' L . , - ' ' 9. ' - ' nv- 1 1 - t 5 . Q, Q. n...x.l ' . . s at , . n . , A L 'I I lt : ' A V, . , . , A . I L. J L O ' W.. , , 0 U. E1 l c a . L .L D 4 , fl . I , . l r- w' . '1 'V 1' -V ' ww 1 1 1. ' 7 L, 1. L u o . l..f .ll 4 - U f , rrle t I ,v o . le also Q-- d et, - P., f' ' - . R 'wrt st 1 ' l .Ir P. 1. Q - 'dr 5 1 hand it Qctl. gg. to. : Ii r' ' is K 111 c ..i 'J 5 -- 'f 'im ,-c.l ds '- .e, lhe echlor Gloss of eensen colfununlty firlfzh 365001, f-' ' ev- Y ' F 1 . , 'A . ,slug o .ne .nlnd one sou, 1 b C1 1 uf .,,,,.,. , ny. , , M Y A, Anne, ,, Falla til m TS N W -fs- O - 9,1 if-,, cz 1: , ' wgpf- Figjgh Jrheo.. 0.1 i1.rfl-.i .rind - an M ,, f' Tln T, JL 'T , 4 ' - .Lg .. ff, , X- Ve if ll -on my to t ' Sur or Clf. l 7112, fi S, 111 2 F 5- 1 5 fif TLTIVB :mid fl ten 111' fi- c-. fur' rr:-P. s 'nf ezrzb .