Abingdon High School - Tatler Yearbook (Abingdon, IL)

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Seeretxry TFLISUF r Vxrgmla Holdley Presxdent H lrold Dunlap X lee l,I'L9ldLUf Bonme Leigh Class 0 44 Fmally after years of labor They certunly kept us busy We have reached the txp top peak For we were so renown We are Semors wlse and somber 7 That all our teachers wantmg us Polxshed dngmfled and sleek Glared at meh other wnrh fearful frown And oft we rec 111 from years gone by The snobbxsh acts of the Semor crew And that IS just the reason whv September 3 1939 mlght have been just another day 1n the makmg of the world s hnstory but to us the members of the Class of 1944, lt was 1 mllestone Although We had been 1n1t1ated 1nto the atmosphere of the h1gh school bu1ld1ng 1n the seventh and enghth grades, nt was upon th1s eventful date that We became full fledged freshmen As freshmen we entered enthus1ast1cally 1nto athlet1cs, muslc and all other extra currxcular act1v1t1es offered to freshmen and at the same txme establlshed for ourselves a hlgh scholastlc standlng Cur hngh purpose as a class was not to be thwarted when we became sophomores and now some of the members partxclpated v1ctor1ously m the declamatory contest A reputatlon as actors was galned the next year when we presented the successful play Every Famlly Has One Th1S past year has been filled wlth athletlcs, musnc the producmg of the play Brother Goose, the publlshnng of the Tatler and the general mamtemnce of scholas tlc standards It has been durmg thus year also that we can say wnth prnde, that several of our classmates have Jomecl the armed forces And now wxth the day of graduatlon from A H S May 26 1944, the curtam falls upon another mnlestone 1n our career 17 l . y L , ,g 3 I - I ' li X i V , , ' ' , Q J , ' , . . . . , , , . . . , . ,, , , , . , K We'v'e been so sweet to all of you! . . . . , , . , . . , . . . . . . . ff ' 3, , . . . . . , , QQ 7, ' ' fl 17 ' t S Q . . . . . . . . . . . ., ,