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 .

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1940 - THE MILL - 1941 TO TH SOPHOMORES: o will our Typcwrlters and all those d ar books The Re-der's Dlgest TO THE FRESHMEN Vo will our good bOhQVl0T T0 THF TEACHERS 70 O le 'O will w1ll will w ll cters Mr Greeley, LoRoy's height Mr Farrell wll the orphan pigs Mlss Schmltt our dob tlng ab1l1ty MISS Imm our E112 bethwn the tor nd ohwr TO THE DIFFERENT ECTIVTTIES C O INDIVIDUALS I will to t e Glcc Club our wonderful Slnglng mbili t1CS w11l to tho F F A the servloe of our ch rtor members wlll to the Commerce Club some new members you get ir with B 'Lvorvge w1ll to the Llbr ry Club the lmprovements mode durlng the p st four yo rs w1ll to the Athletlc Clubs our footb ll bil1ty Shlrley Roosor, will ll my hwir T1bbOUS nd all t10n Mlllieofrt Helicon, wlll ll my old :Lnk f1n thc 1M bottles, of course to La onno Yount Roswlenc Sm1l1o, wmll my bud hmbit of ohow1ng gum 1n Ergl1sh el ss to lass Imm B rn1cc Soggcrm.n, vlll my d1qgUSt1Hg mood Eliz beth Moritz Osc r Br unschwelg, w1ll my bqseball b1l1ty to Hmrold Uphoff Robert Koehler, w1ll my ohool g1rl COmp1CX1Oh nd WESCUl1UC bulld to Robert Pet rs Robert H rm w1ll my good lools frowns and grins to Mllton hoch J mos Ford, will my 'S 1n Engllsh to Herbert LGSCh1l1mCN Robert Mc1nhold, will my mus1oml bility to Lloyd H1150 LoRoy'Wol11s, w111 my power of concontrrtion to R ymond N um n 0 N N W o , P ' . u ' , V to - 0 9 WV ' to . , , - . T to I. . 3 . . . . N, i to M' ' A L Q a . - Q . L . xy h . - , ' ' L - . I I I . :Nu W ' V Q . ' fl 'U m. 1 x. 7 0 We ' ' Q ' . ' Q Q . 'le ' - ' N Q Q ' . I, ' Q Q ' . a my old saddle shoes to Glen Harms ffor his collec- . , . . I, I. Al. .. n . . . . N 9 ,T . I, L . . . L b . . ' Q ' . ' so j in . I, o ' : 0 'M ' S to O. -- O r I, a Q ' ' h u ' ' 1, I ' I , ' . A S l . ' a 0. ' - ' C , o . I, Q ms, 3 , m I D Pu , ll A N - . I , . . . 1 1- I I, or' ' . Q . vnu ' . I K. ' A' . . A Q a .