Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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Fred Smith Jerry Smith Sue C. Smith Walter Smith Charlotte Smother Johnny Spark Donald Spencer I.loyd Spencer Russell Spencer Nancy Stewart Ruth Stone (•eorgena Sullivan Ada Helen Summer Dean Summers Kenneth Summers Mary Taylor Mildred Tate Marjorie Thomas I.otii c Threewitt ICsthcr Tibercnd Nadine Todd Hetty Trapper Hetty Tucker John Upchurch James Vantrcase Joan Vinccnti Julia Vinyard Hob Waller Jack Way man Kenneth Welch Totsy Wheat Geraldine White Charles Workman Herta Wyant Hetty Yocum Doncta Zimmer Pane Sixteen

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Harold Neal Irene Neal Connec NcsterofT Shirley Nolen Wanda Odom Hill Pagani Wayne Page Ruth Parkhill Charline Peebles Dean FYcrman John Pcrles C.ilhert Phillip I.ola Phillips Kenneth Pierce Sandra Pinkham Julia Popovich Leo Powcnski Richard Paynar Peggy Pritchett Kay Pugh Irma Rademacher Sammy Ray Yulanda Rector Robert Reed James Reider Charles Rice Jimmy Rice Jackie Roach Buddy Rogers Mary Lou Rogers Harold St. Pierre Charles Sanders Margaret Scarborough Nancy Shaw Hilly Shew Ralph Shew

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FOOTBALL PIGSKIN SUMMARY OF 1945 The Ranger Eleven won the majority of its scheduled games during the 1945 football season. Of the eleven games, the Rangers emerged as victors in five games. This gave Benton fourth place rating in the South Six Conference. Coach Rollins changed the positions of the players a great deal until they were suited to the posi-tion in which they worked the l est. The back-field remained the same throughout the season. The fullback position was fulfilled very well by Howard Jones. Bill Chaplain's stubborness and Bill Sea-graves' speed and stamina represented the two Ranger hah backs. Football fans are still wondering how Jack Mandrel! could block so hard with his 126 pounds. It appeared that Benton’s weakest point of the year was the line as it is very important in the development of plays and stopping the opponent. The end positions were taken care of by Jack I’onset ti and Bob Warren; tackles. Harry Stewart and Jim Fletcher : guards. Gene Brady and Carroll Fletcher; and the center position was alternated between Joe Seymour and Tim l’onsetti. Surely the best game of the year for the Rangers was on Centralia’s home field when Benton was defeated by one point. Centralia was rated as one of the top teams in Southern Illinois and the Rangers were expected to come home trailing the Centralia Orphans by a very wide margin. The worst game of the year came when Benton journeyed to West Frankfort on a bad and very cold Thanksgiving afternoon. Many of the Rangers were injured, and fumbles and misfortune ruled the Ranger eleven. The Red Birds were at their best and their line and well-developed backfield worked to a 33-0 defeat over the ill-fated Rangers. Pane Seventeen