Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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Jack Wiggins “Slugger” “The deed I intend is great, but what I intend, I know not.” Marietta Rambo “Ram” “A friendly heart has many friends.” Paul Lamb “P. E.” “The census embraces 100,000 women—I wish I were the census.” Elzora Smith “Smittv” “A common name, but a most uncommon girl who wears it.” Dale Redman “A redman, but not a savage.” Lola Hamman “Shortie” “From little sparks may burst a mighty flame.” Dale Auth “Pansy” “Smile and half the battle is won.” Marjorie Hampton “Butch” “For her no hoopskirt nor powdered curl; she’s an all-around, up-to-date, modern girl.” Lester Hotz “Les” “He knows most that speaketh least.” Kathleen Grady “Red” “Some think the world is made for fun and frolic, and so do I.” Edwin Kanitz “Gabby” “Silence may be golden, but then we’re off the gold standard.” Frances Moery “Sally” “Right into her heart, he won his way.” John Foran “Bud” “This man has two primary interests in life—football and a woman.” Betty Hill—“Skip” “Happiness is a habit—acquire the habit.” Keith Bell “Beau” “All the great men are dying—I don’t feel so well myself.” Catherine Phalen “Kate” “Her good nature is the sign of a generous soul.” Herbert Morgan “Sid” “Well! Well! It’s over now.” Maxine Probus “Max” “Don’t people have more fun than anybody ?” -15-

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Dean Medaris “Handsome” “I like work—it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.” Rosann Fleming “Rosie” “What would life be without joys; what would school be without boys?” Robert Lane “Bob” “His brain is the origin of wit.” Margaret Tynan “Maggie” “They say gentlemen prefer blondes; but gentlemen bore me anyway.” John Hendrix “Cutie” “School is a grand institution—during vacation.” Rachel Lamb “Ray” “She can pass, and bounce, and bat the ball. She likes these sports, and is good in them all.” Junior Fay “June” “An island of silence in a sea of voices.” Loretta Maley “Retty” “It’s nice to be natural when you’re naturally nice.” Gordon Hopper “Grassy” “A fellow rare, a fellow square, always in place, and liked everywhere.” Helen Plummer “Shorty” “She makes friends, not acquaintances.” Monica Hinton “Monie” “Begone, dull care! Thou and I shall never agree.” June McCrary “Junie” “A blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.” Allen Ball “Alby” “Of all my father’s family, I love myself the best.” Catherine Kintner “Kate” “With men the heart argues, not the mind.” Loretta Scott “Scotty” “How far the little candle casts its beams; so shines a good deed in a naughty world.” Anna Rita Grennan “Annie” “A maid without mirth is like a wagon without springs.” Theodore Romack “Ted” “I’m a long fellow, but I’m not a poet.” Lucille Weber “Mickey” “Wise and slow; they stumble that run fast.” —11—

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First How: Emily Vance. Margaret Winzenburger, Lena Form Hus. Luella Wiggins, Barney Slevin, Bud Warner, Marie Hamilton, Jimmy Raglan. Mary Belle Leftver, Mary Conlin, Marjorie Funk. Mary Redman. Second Row: Jean Brittenham. Helen Lanikin. Mattie Nichols. Norma Rosier. Hollis Stout. Dorothy Bruce. Barbara Crook. Leah llotz, Irene Flenniken, Lucille Hannon, Agnes Hanna. Gertrude Norberg. Third Row: Marjorie Rogue. Harley Day. Scotty Wilkinson. Warren Metcalf, Robert Still, Leo Doyle, Rolla Van Matre, Fred Lux. Robert Driskill. Lewis Boyd, Howard Moore. Helen Porter. Fourth Row: Betty Hainey, Betty Doty. Mary Brandenburg, Glenn Gorrell. Charles Ray. Kenneth Fisher. Ralph Rose. George Louden back. Billy Proctor, Cecelia Monaghan, Julia McCullough. Gloria Larson. Warren Hendrix is not in the picture. JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Bement Township High School welcomed fifty-eight bewildered freshmen on the morning of September 11, 1936. They began school with the customary enthusiasm. The class elected the following officers: James Raglan, president; George Loudenback, vice president; and Scotty Wilkinson, secretary and treasurer. Resolving to be better scholars, fifty-five students who were freshmen in ’36 enrolled as sophomores in the fall of ’37. Scotty Wilkinson, Barney Slevin, and Warren Hendrix were members’ choice for officers. , In the fall of ’38, forty-nine students enrolled as juniors. Class officers, elected in legal form for the first time, were: Bud Warner, president; Marie Hampton, vice president, and James Raglan, secretary and treasurer. The group seemed to hold itself somewhat aloof from the lower classes, possibly because they had advanced to the stage of presenting plays and giving and receiving parties and banquets from those they held in great esteem, the seniors. At the party given by the seniors, both juniors and seniors enjoyed the well planned games and tasty refreshments. The juniors repaid the seniors with the annual banquet. Although the members of the class of ’40 began to regret starting on their last term in high school, they looked forward to being the dignified seniors of next year. —16—