Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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First How: Evelyn I.amkin. Dorothy Pet. rsen. Hetty Turney. Peggy Moery. Paul Morgan, Wilmer Foian. Junior Evans, Doris I.amb, Wyvonne Com. i ford. Mai v ('amden, Bettv Adams Second Row: Leola Curfman. Doit. Jean Ryan. Kathryn Probus. Maxine Appelt. Mary Virginia Shepherd, Clarice Dieb. Clara Diet.. Barbara Camp, Dorothy Allison. Inza Forcum. Ruby Fuqua. Third Row: Ducille Kitson, Wayne Phillips. Don Romack. Herbert Schtth. Martha lame, Virginia Dux. Floyd Darimoro. Eugene Wallace. Richard Warren, Mildred Marker. Fourth Row William Fleming, William Hendrix. Elwood Gallivan. Bob Scott, Ralph Clark, Marjorie Dumb, Carl Fay. Jacob Weber. James Ard, Eugene Wright. (Not in picture. Earl Poundstone.) SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY After being superior eighth graders, and spending the summer in varying degrees of expectation, we were very hurt at being considered “green” during our first weeks in R. T. H. S. We really weren’t, or so we thought! Only a few classes were missed, and a few rooms too difficult to find. We entered our sophomore year with much more self-confidence. Of the candidates who filed petitions in the election, Earl Poundstone was elected president; Junior Evans, vice president; Paul Morgan, secretary ; and Wilmer Foran, Athletic Board of Control Member. “Herb” Schuh retained his place on the football team, and Wilmer Foran earned his letter. Betty Turney was chosen candidate for Homecoming Queen. Among the floats, our decorated pony and cart failed to gain the judges’ recognition. We were proud to have Lucille Kitson and Mildred Marker become cheer-leaders. Our first social gathering, a wiener roast, was held October 10, in the Forest Preserve Park. The other party, held on Saturday night, December 10, was most successful. In basketball Bob Scott distinguished himself by his cool headed accuracy and ability to run up the score. Altogether, we have spent the past two years in a happy and helpful way. —17—

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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—

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First Row: Betty Day, Leila Lamb, Helen Bruce, Pauline Ray, Nadine McKee. Robert Loudenback. Robert Burgess. Mary Morgan, Marian Lamb, Eleanor Ann Lefever. Dorcas Camden, Mary Koran. Second Row: Y’ona Loomis. Helen Pruitt. Emma Jean Vaughn. Gertrude Shuman, Betty Root. Ilaruth Klump, Norma Kirk. Jean Flenniken, Pauline Hamman, Pauline Day. Dorothy Zook, Pa mi lie Auth. Third Row: Anna Mary Smith, Betty Redman. Mary Hannon. Xevsa Beckcmeier. Helen Sebens. Delores Shantz. Flo Marie Wright. Audrey Coffin, Phyllis Deforo. Mildred McKenzie, Elinas (’rim. Kenneth Hinton. Fourth Row: Guy Sliumard. Gordon Lindstrom. Eugene Gates. Marion Loomis, Raymond Haynes, Jim Reed, Jim Roberts. Jack Lindstrom. James Hinton, Harold Boyd, Martin Foran. Jack Funk. Fifth Row: William Foran. Thurman Becker. Robert Eckstein. Lloyd Shepherd. Edward Kinney. Leonard Burton, Billy Cahill. Billy Flavin, Max Warren. Joseph Foran. Wayne Fair. (Not in the picture, Billy Buxton.) FRESHMEN CLASS HISTORY Now that we have been in high school for a year, the green has faded from the innocent faces of some fifty-nine freshmen. We no longer rush up and down the corridors trying to find the right classrooms. We now understand all the right-of-ways of the building and have solved the mysteries of high school life. In other words, “Now' we know' it all.” After our school life was under way, wre chose our class officers. They were the following: Robert Loudenback, president; Mary Morgan, vice president; Nadine McKee, secretary-treasurer; Robert Burgess, member of the Athletic Board of Control. On October 11, w'e held a wiener roast at the Forest Preserve Park. This was our first class gathering. Again on November 18, we gathered at the school house for a class party. Our homecoming float represented victory over Sullivan. Upon it was a very large football that was being carried across the goal by a Bement player w'ho was being tackled by a Sullivan player. We were w'ell awarded for the many hours we spent on our float, because we won first prize. When w'e are no longer freshmen, we are going to stand around and eye the freshmen just as our upper classmen did us. —18—