Dwight Township High School - Rudder Yearbook (Dwight, IL)

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BEULAH FOERSTERLING HELEN ANDERSON G.A,A. 1, 25 Pep Club 2, Band , . , , - G.A.A. lg Glee Club 1, 2, 3 lie 25 4SjQRlf,if4 41 frown Pep Club 2, time 21 F.H.A A W' ' - 2, 3, 45 Latin Club 3, civic F0- rum 4. Class History The year 1943 brought an addition of sixty new freshmen to the halls of D.T.H.S. Although these students were decidedly green, they attacked their new life vigorously with the hope of making their class one of the most outstanding classes that Dwight had ever witnessed. Under the sponsorship of Miss Bratt, the class held its first class meeting and eleeteelaits class officers, EUQCTTCASGFETISCTI as president,'t:?rrtl'n1rs'Kern, vice- ' president, and Lorraine Kepplinger as secretary-treasurer. Mary Grace Beiswanger won the American Legion Award. By the time our sophomore year was at hand, our class had dwindled to forty-nine. This year Mr. Haegele was our sponsor, Betty Paulsen, president, Arthur Kern, vice-president, and Ann Paasch, secretary-treasurer. On April 6, we held our annual sophomore party in the lower hall. The winner of the American Legion award this year was Helen Olllrien. With the coming of our junior year, we advanced to the ranks of upper- classmen. This brought many new problems into our lives, but under the careful guidance of our class sponsor, Miss Carter, we were able to overcome them. Gur main problem was that of raising money for the prom, This was achieved by selling stationery, sponsoring a movie, selling candy at football and basketball games, and presenting our annual class play. We ordered our class rings in November and received them the following March. ' 23 Qn November 16, 1945, under the direction of Miss Gberle, we presented our class play, Footloose, The cast consisted of lletty Paulsen, Mary Grace Page Fifteen

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Seniors oF '47 BETTY DHSMER News Staff 4. 4 ROBERT JORGEN SEN junior Science 15 Hobby 1, 25 Band 1, 2, 3, 45 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 45 Movie 2, 35 Language Club 3, 45 Play 3, 45 Trojan News 45 Scribblers 45 Dra- matic Club 45 Senior Science 2. C 4.4 f- If 4,152-'L' 'H 4 . ' A - . yx if I v ,'f ,AL 1,v -H4 ' I LORNA MATZEN Language Club 1, Z5 Glee Club 1, 25 G.A.A. 15 Movie Club 25 Curtain Call 3, 45 junior Com- mercial 35 Senior Science 45 Trojan News Staff 45 Scrib- blers 45 Senior Play 4. JOHN METZKE junior Commercial 35 Football Z, 3, 45 Basketball 2, 3, 45 jun- ior Science 15 Hobby Club 25 Civic Forum 4. lj G.A.A. 15 F.H.A. 2, 3, 45 ,lun- ior Science 25 junior Commer- cial 3, Movie elm, 2, TW, HERBERT GlLL1 SP1 Ii Junior Science Club 15 Glee Club 15 Hobby Club 25 Movie Club 25 Language Club 3, 45 Trojan News Staff 4. BETTY PORTH +.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 45 Junior Com- ercial 35 Glee Club 15 G.A.A. , 5 Senior Play 4. GLEN BLOXARI Football 1, 2, 3, 45 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 45 Hobby Club 15 Movie Club 15 Civic Forum 45 Scrib- blers 45 junior Commercial 3. MARY GRACE BEISWANGER junior Science 15 Glec Club 1, 5 Hobby Club Z5 junior Coin- mercial 25 Movie 25 -Senior Commercial 35 Language Club 35 Play 35 Class Treasurer 3, 45 Scribblers 45 'llrojan News 45 Rudder Stall 4, Ifnyr Fnurll rn

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lleiswanger, Joan Roeder, Mary Louise llansen, Elizabeth Houck, Helen O'l3rien, Donna Condon, James Andreasen, Arthur Kern, VVesley Drew, john Drew, Gerald Holzhauer, Murl Knowles, and Robert Jorgensen. At last the time for the Junior-Senior Prom arrived. The gym was attrac- tively adorned in 'nautical theme. The colors of blue and white carried out this theme. A delicious banquet was prepared alld served by mothers of the members of the junior Class. An interesting program was then enjoyed by the faculty, stu- dents, and guests. The rest of the evening was spent dancing to the music of the Down Beats from Kankakee. With the opening of school in the fall of l946, the most important year of our high school career began. This year our main task was publishing the Rud- der. Althou h rices were extremel f hi h and cost of ublication was hi her 3 S : S than ever before, We raised the money by various means, among which were sell- in ma azine subscri tions, s onsorin' a dance, sellin 1' cand at football and g g in Y basketball fames checking coats durm, the tournament sqonsorin 1' a movie and Y ! Y es S resentmff our class lav Sin ' for Your Su Jer. P zs P . 1 c l During the year, several members of our class won considerable recognition. Mary Grace Beiswanger received the D.A.R. Good Citizenship Award. Helen O'Brien and VVesley Drew won special recognition in the speech contests when both received iirst medals in 'KB' schools at the VVest Aurora regional contest. ln interelass ranking, Helen placed second, NVesley, third. 'Ilhese two seniors triumphed again at the sectional contests at Mendota where each placed first i11 class H schools. Helen placed first and Wesleyf second i11 interelass ranking. Because of their high ranking, both will compete in the state speech contest at Champaign. The end of our happy school days is now approaching. Although we are eagerly awaiting the time when we put on our caps and gowns, and receive our diplomas, we are still feeling regretful that these happy days are soon to be in the past. e i Page Sixteen