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

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DIARY • ♦ • Diary, ol’ thing—here’s a letter I received from Bunny. How's every little thing at Sing Sing? Quiet? A bomb exploded here yesterday, but nobody was killed except Eugene Hurt, the janitor. He was trying to rub the wax off of a record to see why Bing Crosby was chalkin’ instead of huggin’ as the bomb hit. Louis Powenski shoveled up the pieces. He’s getting along nicely in spite of the rubber hose treatment five times a day. Know something? The senior class of ’47 sure has gone places—Devil’s Island, Sing Sing. The Happy Home, and many other places that skip my mind. (I had it greased yesterday.) Remember Don Cox? He’s the warden here at the Happy Home. Every day he sings “Figaro” to the tune of “Rinso White.” Elizabeth Martin accompanies him at the piano, while Kenneth Auten furnishes the whistle. (Fresh!) Shirley Ryan and Miriam Reed have an exclusive dress shop. They cater to ex-cons. Phyllis Smothers is successful as an author. She wrote the best seller Forever Fanny. I heard that Ed Smith had a stroke after he read the book. At least his face is still red. Eugene Smith changed his name to Eugene Dockilhimer. Jo Ann Smothers is in the movies. She gets Boris Karloff “in the mood.” Betty Revak tells bedtime stories to the “kiddies” at Duffy’s tavern. Randy Doty is chief scavenger-man for Podunk Holler. Did you hear about Sarah Cardy? She runs a five and ten. You give her a five, she hands you back a homemade ten. Bill Chaplain has donated his empty bottles to the Salvation Army. His motto is: “Give all you can, but drink the contents first.” Junior Dunbar writes “P. S.’s” for Pamela’s Passion, the fastest selling newspaper in the U. S. Ramona Collins sells suckers (?) at $10 apiece. Inflation Flora they “calls” her. Betty Wolff teaches psychology at Webster School. Her best pupils are Randall Parrish, Jack Ackley, and Charles Dorris. Bill DeWitt runs an agency called “Get Your Woman.” He suggests you do this by giving her a dog. Betty Barminiski is the proprietor of a home for the lonely. Charlie Blockley takes great pains in repairing shoes. He has a store in every state. Bill Hollada is a professor of English at S.I.N.U. He has an I.G.W.Y. degree (I’ll Guess With You). Sue Mitchell giggles for the President when he needs cheering up. Kenneth Cunningham is campaigning for President on the Prohibition Party ticket, but Bernard Duncan, the Labor Party's candidate, seems to be poling more popular votes than Kenny. Johnny Edens is the leader of a famous dance band, called Johnny’s Jump for Joy Jacks. Gracie Gilbreath is national superintendent of Sunday schools. Dick Hill has given up his motorcyle for a kiddie-car. He’s delivery boy for a diaper service company. Gerry Hill changed her name to Gerrv Mountain. She was beginning to think people underestimated her. Ivanell Henderson and Suzanne Seymour are touring the East selling patent medicines. These were in vented by Jo Ann Lemmons. She declares they will cure anything from eye-disease to athlete’s feet. Vernon Waller is forever autographing his best seller How to Develop the Muscles, but he’s suffering from a nervous breakdown. Page Twenty-four

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DONAI.D SEEL Intrepid BETTY RUTH TAYLOR Blondy RAY TAYLOR Slow but sure. The girl who waits at the locker. Will you sit by me? Hi-Tri I, 2. 3, 4; Spanish Club 2; F.H.A. 2. 3. 4; Echo 3. BILL THOMANN Jack of all trades. Track 3, 4. Tony LOIS TIBEREND Nonchalant The gal with a ribbon in her hair. Hi-Tri 1, 2. 3, 4; Home Ec Club 1. Girl Shy ESTELEDA VANTREASE “Faithful” The basketball whiz. Zeigler High School 1; G.A.A. 3; Hi-Tri 3. BILLIE WALLACE VAN HORN Sincere I had three letters today. Home Ec Club 1. 2, 3, 4; G.A.A. 2. 3, 4; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4; Math Contest 1; Echo 1, 2, 3. 4; “Gay Goose” Production Staff 3. VERNON D. WALLER Strong Man A quiet gentleman among us. F.F.A. 1: Boxing 2, 3, 4. JAMES R. WEBB Studious The post office kid. Hi-Y 1, 2, 3, 4; Spanish Club 2; Echo 3; Track 1, 2; Music Contest L 2. BETTY WOLFF Dimples Willing, eager and loads of fun. C ATH ERIN E WHITT INGTON Kitty She is our Speech-Queen.” Hi-Tri 1. 2. 3, 4; Quill and Scroll 3, 4; Dramatics Club 1, 2; Gay Goose” 3; Echo 3, 4; Scarab 4; Speech Contest 3, State 4; Music Contest, Solo 1, 2, 3; Homecoming Attendant 4. Echo 1, 2, 4; G.A.A. 3, 4; Spanish Club 2; Home Ec Club 1; Math Contest 1; Hi-Tri 1, 2, 3, 4. LEONA ZUKOWSKI Lee What? Tell the joke again. Hi-Tri 1, Council 2, 3. Trcas. 4; Echo 2. 3. Business Manager 4; Student Council Sec. 3j G.A.A. 3; “Gay Goose” Production Staff 3; Dramatics Club 1; Math Contest 1; Music Contest 3, 4; Quill and Scroll 3, 4; Homecoming Attendant 3. Page Twenty-three

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DIARY James Fletcher is working in a doughnut hole factory. Charles Pritchard is an F. B. I. man in Illinois. He tracks down delinquent children (Age: 17 to 100). Girls preferred. Betty M undell is the only woman horse doctor in the world. Don McDermott and Reed Hardenbrook run a date bureau, but they take all the good lookin’ ones for themselves. Minnie Neal is engaged in making a new kind of nail called the Xeal Nail. Her advertising slogan is: “When you nail, nail with Xeal.” Catherine Whittington is living in a little shack out by the round house, and begs, borrows, or steals her food. Norma Beattie runs a hog farm. Her chief assistant is Leona Zukowski. Lee runs the pigs home for dinner. Charles Bonebrake is working for less work and higher pay. Claranel Allen is modeling rubber boots for J. W. Powers. Charles Barn field paints stripes on zebras at the local carnival. Phyllis Bennett has obtained a patent on her recipe for blonde hair. John and Jim Browne have invented an airplane. They call it “Brown’s Bomber.” Betty Coleman manufactures nylons. Her slogan is: “Xylons make the women look prettier but they just make the men look.” Bill Perry is the proud papa of a new 75-pound baby scooter. Dempsey Xcunlist keeps books for B.T.H.S. He’s scheduled to leave for Anna next week. Rosalie Melvin runs a canary farm. She has taught all her birds to whistle. Tom Mortimer is chief grave-digger for the dog-pound. Bill Williams and Jeanne Malone run a newspaper syndicate called “Maliams Mushy.’’ It's strictly for love birds. Mary Ann Scarborough is a champion walkathoner. Frank Rademacher and Richard Rains are vaudeville directors. Some of their chorus girls are: Jo Ann Smothers, Joan McAfoos, Pauline McKay and Ray King. (How did he get in there?) Xorma Bigham keeps house for her hubby. Harold Chaney makes chains out of paper. (He doesn’t make much money). Ruth Marquis is a bar-berette only cutting crew-cuts. Jack McBrayer is a first-class soda-jerk. Well, jerk, anyway. Patsy Marshall works for Charles Gossage, who has become a millionaire. He manufactures money. Shirley Kiesling slings hash for a change. Gene Kirk has had his name changed to Gene Jerk. He thought it took too long to say. Norma Moore has just been voted “Miss Most Likely to Ijve of 1999.” Donald Sanders feeds chickens at the Chicken' Chick Hatchery. Donald See, the foreman, has to keep an eye on Sanders because he has a habit of eating the chickens. Patsy Marten works at the Jergen’s Lotion Distillery. Freddy Gibala is her co-worker. They get in a fight every day to see who gets to drink the left-over alcohol. James W. Smith manufacturers wigs. His slogan is: “If you’re bald, don’t bawl. Don’t be a prig, wear a wig.” Violet Sileven married and lives in a half-story shack near Podunk. Her husband, James Webb, was recently given a medal for bravery. He rescued a flower from a bee. Billie Wallace is a jan-itoress at B.T.H.S. Her only complaint is chewing gum on the seats. She says it’s too stale for chewing. Carol Sweazy, Lois Tiberend, and Betty Taylor work-in a Hawaiian night club. They dust off tables while they dance. James Hill is a (Continued on page 94) Page Twenty-five