Abraham Lincoln Junior High School - Annual Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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June . july . . August . Sjvlaslzing in wafer So 7'6'f7'8.S'I1f1.'l1g and cool, l'l'c 1'f' 'ZL'fZI.fI'1ZQ for SIIIIIIIICI' .fluff z'amti011, from srlmol. Summer . . . our favorite season . finally arrived, bringing the frantic last minute rush to hand in notebooks, finish book reports, and eram for exams. With our work all completed we could pause for a breath while we awaited our last report cards. . June s hrst weekend brought the ninth grade class party - an eagerly awaited event on the school calendar. hr our last Lincoln assembly we heard the names of our classmates who had won honors . . . and all of a sudden it was over We were through with Lincoln. How we had waited for that day to arrive. But when it did . . . we felt that things hadn't been so bad after all. .-Xnd how we would miss seeing all the kids. But vaeation's ahead. Some of us will be taking trips . . . across the ocean, maybe . . . to Sweden, perhaps, to visit grandparents and old family friends. Or maybe we plan to see Amer- ica first with a trip in the family car to Vtfashington, D. C. or the Grand Canyon. Some of .us will be in summer camps, others at the lake. A .few may even take some work in summer school . . . to make up lost credits. Most of us will spend some part of cur vacation working . . . cutting grass, baby sitting, peddling papers, in a gas station, earning some money for days ahead. For, soon, September will be with us, and the mad rush starts all over again. sz- N-X9 C75 ,H ,

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March . . . April . May . LVYflM'l7'lfQ with friends O11 the fresh grass of spring, VlfU'1'c l1'11g'1'1'1zg in sinzsltiaie i Whmi we html' class balls ring. Spring . . . glorious season of the renewal of Nature's greenness, returnd to wipe out the last dreary traces of winter. Rushing feet seemed to slow down to take notice of the transformation and try to ayoid the soft 'ground where bright new shoots of grass were coming to life. March brought the championship swim meet, with our team VV1l'1Hl11g2l1lI8 seventh straight city title for Lincoln. Intramural games attracted the boys to the gym for after-school competition, wlnle many girls were busily engaged in GAC activities. The Boys' Chorus and Junior Choristers held 8:00 A. M, rehearsals for the Easter assem- blies. The playground echoed with enthusiastic noises as gym classes took to the open spaces for baseball. Spiked shoes made their appearance as young hopefuls answered the coaches' call for tracksters. For pupils aspiring to become stars of stage. screen, or radio, and incidentally, to win some cash prizes, there was the Abe's Album Talent Show. Singers, dancers. and clramatics enthusiasts worked hard on the musical play, Abe Lincoln. Then, at last, annuals were distributefl and everyone urged everyone else to sign mine. Ancient grudges were forgotten as the school year was written off with, Good luck and happy landingsf' 1 , .e ' pw yr txt! fi t :nr vit' 66D

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O O To our coaches . . g il iifflhqg, vw K' i 1 -AA-AA CL. Arthur Sadtler Charles Wild F I i J because they have developed an outstanding intramural athlellic program in which all Lincoln pupils may participate because they have consistently produced teams which play the game vvell . . . vvin or lose because they are genuinely interested in helping us become physi- cally iit and socially Well-adjusted We, the staff, affectionately dedicate the 1950 Abe's Album. ?0,00Q,QMelc., S , ,SU