Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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HOME ECONOMICS... First Row: Doty, Fristoe. lx fever. Funk. Wiggins, Cornelius. Schuman. Vaughn. Second Row: R. McCullough, Rowyer. Spelbring. Ray, Auth, Foran, Turney. Tli ii d Row: J. McCullough. M. Redman. Day. R. Redman. H. Funk. Nichols. Smith, and Ponder. Fourth Row: Curfman. Cornel ford. Lamb. Defore. Allison. Fish. Fifth Row: Petersen, Lane, Lux. Rrittenham. Wright, and Phalen. President........................Marjorie Funk Vice-President............. Marybelle Lefever Secretary.......................Alice Fristoe Treasurer......................Luella Wiggins Sponsor. .........Miss Ruth Ponder Motto: Our club must grow and glow and go And we must help to make it so. The Home Economics club began its regular meetings in September with the officers mentioned above presiding. Their meetings were held on the second Wednesday of each month. At each of these meetings, one of the members would lead a discussion on some topic of mutual interest. Initiation, of course, was soon celebrated. The freshmen who were initiated did everything from smelling rotten eggs to doing imitations of circus people. After the ridiculous fun, a formal candlelight service was held, and the girls were told the aims and ideals of the club. At Christmas time the Home Economics girls and the Ag boys had a “Get Together” party, and each group contributed half of the expenses. In came the new year which was Leap Year. Since this comes only once every four years, the girls decided to celebrate in a big way, so they had a Leap Year party to which each girl invited a boy. The evening was spent in playing games and dancing. The girls closed their club season with an April Fools’ party for the mothers. Page Twenty-four

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...BAND The band is an organization of fifty-nine high school and grade school students. It has four officers: George Loudenbac-k, president; James Raglan, vice-president; Peggy Moery, secretary-treasurer; and Betty Turney, librarian. The band has three rehearsals a week, which are held the fifth period on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. There are three divisions of the band: the marching band, the basketball band, and the concert band. The marching band supplies music at the football games, the basketball band at the basketball games, and the concert band gives a concert and plays at the band contest. The band goes attired in purple and white uniforms and presents a very striking appearance. The former records of the B. T. H. S. bands have been very impressive. The 1939-40 band gave the annual concert on March 19 and went on to win a first division rating in the District Band concert at Bement on March 23. The instrumentation is as follows: Bb clarinets: Camp. Winzenburger. Vance. Lamb, A. Smith. Turney. S. Fisher, Fairbanks, Landis, Sebens, Kirk. L. Smith. Coffin. Medaris. Kay, M. McPherson. C. Hogue, Loomis; Kb clarinet: M. Lamb; alto clarinet: Raglan; bass clarinet: Postlewait. Cornets: Driskill. Ryan. Roberts. Brown. Shepherd; French horns: Moery. Marker, Scott. B. Funk. 'Patman; Trombones: (I. T oudenback. M. Funk. I . Fisher. A. Lefevcr. Slagle. J. Kcllar. B. Burgess; Oboe: Hill. Bassoon: M. Hogue; Basses: R. Loudenbaek, Clark. Kvans; Tympani: Wilkinson; Drums: Wilkinson. Proctor. McManus. W. Lamb; Bass drum: Kirkland; Accordion: Auth; Flutes: Bruce. W. McPherson. Lincicum. Alto saxophones: Wallace. A. Lefever; Bb tenor saxophone: Stout; Baritones: Fleming. K. Burgess. Fristoe; Soprano saxophones: Barnhart, Lux. Director A. R. Keller Student Director Scotty Wilkinson Page Twenty-three

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• • • F. F. A. The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture in the public schools throughout the United States. In 1939 there were 200,000 members in 6,000 vocational agriculture departments throughout the United States, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The purpose of the organization is to develop competent, aggressive, rural, and agricultural leadership. In order to do this the boys are encouraged to assume responsibilities and learn to express themselves before a group. All meetings are conducted with a strict observance of parliamentary procedure. The local chapter fosters better projects, promotes scholarships, and provides for recreation in the way of organized games. It stimulates an interest in judging contests, father and son banquets, and other things of interest to farm boys. Among these activities is an annual party with the Home Economics department. The F. F. A. department in Bement is composed of forty-four members from all four classes of high school. The officers in the local organization are Harley Day, president; George Loudenback, vice-president; Charles Ray, secretary; William Hendrix, treasurer; and Rolla Van Matre, club reporter. This club has been active in B. T. H. S. for nine years. The emblem of the club is neatly engraved upon a small bronze pin. Most of the members wear these pins to signify their membership in the Future Farmers of America. First Row: Taylor. W. Hendrix. Van Matre. B. Hendrix. Day. Ray, O. Loudenback. Proctor, Burgess. Funk, K. Hinton. Hodam. Second Row: Wildman, El- lis. Morgan. Lindstrom, (Vim. M. Foran. Wright. Shumard, Jones, Medaris. Linoleum. Third Row: Slevin, Warner, Fav. Fair. Cahill. Reed. Wiggins. J. Hinton. GulliforU. Fourth Row: Schuh. W. Foran. Haynes, Flavin, B. Foran, Uomack, Loomis. Fifth Row: J. Foran. Moore. B. Loudenhack. Fisher, Poling. Lai imoi e. Page Twenty-five