Benson High School - Mill Yearbook (Benson, IL)

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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 .