Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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:4a: THE POST Things quieted down for our class for awhile, and then on April 13, English II B served a seven o'clock breakfast to the English II A class. It was quite hilarious! The boys put on a fashion show. In- cidently, the baby blue formal James Sparks modeled was simply DARLING! Another momentous occasion we helped to celebrate when we were sophomores was May 8, V-E Day. We participated in a parade and a short program afterwards in the new gym. So with baccalaurette and graduation we bid A.T.H.S. a fond fare- well Ctemporarilyl to return again in August as juniors. School opened on August 27, 1945, and on September 12, officers for the year were elected. Betty Kennedy was chosen to be presidentg Lee Henneberry, who came to Atwood High School from Hammond, Illinois, vice presidentg Bill Chilton, secretary-treasurer, Shirley Rich- ardson and Max Roderick, student council representatives. Our class advisers were Miss Eloise Boyd, home economics teacher from Sullivan, and Mr. Rogers, our coach. Our junior year was filled with more activity than any of the other previous ones. We sold 55391.75 worth of magazine subscriptions. Next on the agenda came plans for our class play and class rings. VVe ordered rings through Mrs. Abrams, and then settled down to a long term of play rehearsals. Mrs. Bean drilled us relentlessly and wore the look of the conventional harassed director almost continually. On November 13, we fthe play castl traveled to Decatur and saw the opening production of Night Must Fall put on by the Little Theater group at the Masonic Temple. December 6, we presented Cash and Carrie to an enthusiastic group of playgoers. It went off with compara- tively few mistakes. Christmas vacation came next. Our basketball team became Okaw Valley champions in February. Things settled down to normal again, and plans for the junior-senior prom were being made. The week of April 4, we received our rings, and immediately everyone developed a mania for using his left hand. For a few on the sides, we remember with gleeful grins the anonymous black cat that took up a homestead in A.T.H.S. Dreamily we think back on the romantic style of Russ Carlyle and his orchestra at the dance sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club. The junior-senior prom was set for May 11. We labored long and

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lPlbl Di THE POST vl1biui011 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY August 23, 1943, 31 frightened freshmen entered the doors of A.T.H.S. and attended our first high school classes. We started off with a bang and elected class officers on September 2. Our presi- dent was Bill Chilton, who came from Roosevelt Junior High School in Decatur. Wayne Benner was vice president, secretary-treasurer was JoAmber Means, student council members were Kimmel Quick and Betty Kennedy. The class advisers were Miss De Atley, new home economics teacher from Hume, Illinois, and Mr. Means, science teacher. The freshman year was all very new and exciting, and we remem- ber the long dreaded freshman initiation, our first Homecoming, and the little items in snoopers column that we were just positive no one knew about! We also remember those first semester exams! Then came the freshman return party. On March 31, 1943, a hayloft party was given by the freshmen in the old gym. Cow bells, horse blankets, bales of hay and lanterns were distributed about and the atmosphere was quite overwhelming. How many remember Mr. Hamilton with the bandana tied bandit style across the lower half of his face? Time marches on. Graduation for the seniors and the end of another year for the rest of us. On August 28, 1944, we re-entered school as sophomores and were all surprised to see the classrooms re-decorated and bouquets of flowers from Mr. Hamilton's flower garden on all of the teachers' desks. An entire staff of new officers were elected to carry out the will of our class. They were president, Kimmel Quick, vice president, Betty Kennedyg secretary-treasurer, Marion Quick, student council, JoAmber Means and Max Roderick. The class advisers were Mrs. Forward and Mr. Rogers. Our sophomore year, although by then we were old hands at that high school system, was not without event. On October 27, we intended to have our first party, but it was postponed for some mys- terious reason until further notice. That further notice turned out to be November 10. A rousing good time was had by all. Remember? Betty Reeder, guest of Joanne Lewis, sang to Wayne Hale from the balcony, and Doris Wetzel all but hugged Reg as he tried to leave her chair when we played wink-em. We had another party, too. The English II B people were given a party by the II A class. It was held in room 14 on Thursday night, December 14. This party culminated an etiquette unit from the sophomore hand book.

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TI-IE3m0ST.i: 'ZZ l1ard over wires, crepe paper, apple blossoms, lattice work, arbours and various other means of converting the gym into a Chinese garden. But at last the desired effect was achieved, the food was prepared, formals pressed, suits brought home from the cleaners, and we danced 'til we dropped before it finally was all over for another year. Graduation again, and our friends, the seniors, left us, and we began to look forward a little sadly to the final chapter of our class history within the walls of Atwood Township High School. August 26, 1946, we returned for the last mile, seasoned veterans, but just a little 1eary about that required course in U. S. history. However we evaded that thought and proceeded to elect new class leaders. Lee Henneberry was at the controls for our last tripg his vice president was Shirley Richardson, secretary, Frank Bragg, treasurer, Doris Wetzelg student council, Jean Cravens and Max Roderick. Our class advisers were Mr. Brewer, ag. teacher, and Miss Shonkwiler, English and history instructor. Two senior girls, Joanne Lewis and Shirley Richardson, were appointed co-editors of the AT-TO-HI. Almost immediately plans for our year book were made, and our last year promised to be full of activities for all concerned. On September 13, we initiated the incoming freshman class. They were duly humiliated, so we felt we were in part made up for the atrocities inflicted on us when we were initiated. September 26, Mr. Blankenberg of Kankakee took our graduation pictures. There was some confusion that day as to the time we were each to be shot, but we got it straight eventually, and as everyone was dressed to the teeth, the photographs promised to be good. Ruth Benner and Shirley Richardson were chosen by our class to be candidates for Homecoming queen this year. Ruth was elected queen and Shirley her attendant. On October 25, we had our first party. A treasure hunt, volley ball and dancing were main features of the evening, and it was a very successful night. The next Monday we all gathered in the kitchen and finished off the last of the ice cream, while underclassmen stood around and looked at us wistfully. November 21, 1946, our pictures from Blankenberg's arrived. Everyone seemed to be quite pleased with them, and all day long there was much ado about exchanges and getting application pictures auto- graphed.