Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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Basketball ★ ★ ★ On November 20, thirty-tour boys reported for basketball practice. Walter Ward, Bob Hill, and Waldo Born were the only returning letter-men, all of whom were seniors. The season began with a 38-30 loss to Villa Grove. After a slow start Bement finally triumphed over Areola. The Purple and White won only two conference games and lost ten. The Bull Dogs finished the season with a .166 average in the Okaw Valley Conference. Seven boys received basketball letters. The seniors were Walter Ward, Bob Hill, and Waldo Born. Pat Brady, Bill McManus, Jack Hooper, and Bill Shumate were the underclassmen. Two other seniors, Walter Lamb and Wayne Shonkwiler, were awarded letters for their participation in football and basketball although they did not earn a letter in just one sport. Walter Ward was elected honorary captain just before he left for the Navy. SCORING RECORD Ward - - - - 250 pts. Brady...........119 pts. Born.............89 pts. Shumate - • 83 pts. Hill...........72 pts. McManus - - - 43 pts. Hooper...... 23 pts. Christman - - 2 pts. Lamb........ 1 pt. Moery....... 1 pt. Total - - - 683 pts. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Games at Home B Opp. December 8—Villa Grove - 30 38 ♦January 5—Atwood - 22 34 ♦January 49—Sullivan - 35 41 January 23—Hammond - 62 38 ♦February 9—Arthur - 45 60 ♦February 16—Cerro Gordo - 22 30 ♦February 23—Monticello - 27 16 ★ Games Away ♦December 19—Tuscola - 20 34 ♦January 3—Villa Grove - 27 53 ♦January 12—Cerro Gordo - 24 25 ♦January 16—Areola - 44 17 ♦January 26—Monticello - 28 31 ♦February 6—Atwood - 24 36 ♦February 13—Sullivan - 31 50 Total - 441 503 ♦Conference games First row: Hill. Brady, Born, Ward, McManus, Hooper, Shumate. Second row: Still. Plummer. Wright. Shonkwiler, Christman, Lamb, Curry, Moery. Postlewait. Twenty-two

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 Junior Play On November seventeenth, the Junior class presented “His Name Was Aunt Nellie,” a three-act play by A. Jameson. Archie Baldwin is a prosperous small town banker with a pleasant family, Bertha, his wife, Sheila nineteen, Fred seventeen, and Joyce fifteen. Archie and Ed Saunders, the next door neighbors, invent fake relatives whom they visit as an excuse to slip away to the race track. Ed has a “cousin” from Paris, “Felix,” and Archie has an “Aunt Nellie,” a former burlesque queen. Sheila is forbidden to marry Jerry Parkham, a young actor. Just before her father slips away to Saratoga, Jerry overhears the story of the fake relatives and plays “Aunt Nellie” who comes for a visit while Archie is away. “She” tells a story of Archie’s father as an embezzler. Money is missing from the bank. Archie and Ed come back, having lost heavily, with a story about giving their relatives money. However, everything is straightened out, Sheila and Jerry are happy, and Bertha persuades Archie to swear off gambling. “HER NAME WAS AUNT NELLIE” Archie Baldwin - - Wilbur Honselraan a prosperous small town banker Bertha Baldwin, his wife - - Gayle Smith Sheila, his daughter, aged 1!) - - Roseann Ford Fred, his son, aged 17 Harold Frye Joyce, another daughter, aged 15 • Doris Shepherd CAST Cleo, their colored maid - - - Norma Lamb Ed Saunders, a neighbor - - Eugene Pruitt Mabel, his wife.................Frances Sebens Jerry Parkham, a young actor - - Bob Moery Mr. Van Dilling .... Peter G. Brown president of the bank ★ ★ ★ Junior-Senior Reception On April twenty-sixth we entertained the senior class at the annual Junior-Senior Reception. From 8 o’clock to 9 o’clock we were entertained by talent from our class. A girls’ trio, Elizabeth Coffin, Margaret Frye, and Elfrie Coe, sang, and Mary Alice Born did a solo number. Further entertainment was provided by a one-act play, “Between Dances.” To wind up this part of the evening, we had a May Pole exercise with ten girls wrapping the pole. The center of attraction was a large May Pole hung with colored streamers in the middle of the floor. Further decoration consisted of smaller May Poles in each corner, a picket fence around the wall, and individual tables with a little May Pole in the center of each table. Mendel Riley and his band clayed for three hours of dancing. In keeping with the government curfew the musicians stopped at eleven-forty-five and we broke up at twelve o’clock. We had our choice of a ten-piece orchestra for one hundred dollars or a six-piece orchestra for sixty dollars. After several class meetings, we decided to contract the smaller organization and use the forty dollars saved as a donation to the Mothers of World War II who send the Bement Register to the fellows in the service. It was a small sacrifice, but it gives us the satisfaction of knowing that we are doing something worth-while. Twenty-one

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★ ★ ★ Betohi's Varsity Basketball Squad WALTER WARD, Senioi—Demerit’s leading scorer. He had a lot of drive and an accurate shooting eye. He was called to the Navy before the season was over. WALDO BORN, Senior—“Wal” was a cool player and when he got “hot he was hard to guard. Because of his height he was an excellent rebounder. PAT BRADY, Junior—He was a consistent scorer and was second highest on the squad. A good ball handler and dribbler. He was “hot on long set shots. BOB HILL, Senior—“Man Mountain” always got his man—and how. His game was slowed up by a knee injury. BILL McMANUS—Junior—When one of the first five needed rest, you could always depend on Bill to play a good floor game. JACK HOOPER, Sophomore—Jack was a steady player and a good rebounder. Although not a high scorer, he was always doing his bit on defense. BILL SHUMATE, Junior—An excellent dribbler. He didn’t come out till the second semester but he got off with a “bang.” He could play any position when called upon to do so. WALTER LAMB, Senior—He wasn’t a regular but was an excellent shot. Because he was tall he was a good rebounder. WAYNE SHONKWILER, Senior—Although he wasn’t a regular, his height gave him an advantage in securing a place on the squad. ★ ★ ★ TOURNAMENT PLAY In three tournaments our basketball team won four and lost four for a .500 average in tournament play. Dement opened the Piatt County Tournament with a 42-27 win over our natural rival, Monti-cello. Atwood dropped the Bull I)ogs from any chance at the first place trophy when the Rajahs won 37-24 in the semi-final game. In the consolation game Dement triumphed over Mansfield 33-16 for third place. In the Okaw Valley Tournament the Bulldogs edged out Cerro Gordo 31-29 in a thrilling game. The Purple and White triumphed in their second game over Oakland by a score of 34-29. In the semifinal game Arthur dropped Bement 47-30. In the consolation game Sullivan dampened any hopes the Purple cagers had for third place by a 47-25 win. Bement drew Decatur in the opening game of the Regional tournament. Decatur, ranked as the number two team in the state, swamped the Purple and White 84-23. The Bulldogs didn’t know it at the time, but Decatur was destined to become the State Champions. A post-season Invitational Tournament was held at Cerro Gordo on March 12. Four schools— Bement, Cerro Gordo, Lovington, and Monticello—sent teams composed of freshmen and sophomores to the tournament. In the opening game of the tournament Bement lost to Cerro Gordo 35-27. In the consolation game the Bulldogs were victorious over Lovington by a score of 24-20. Monticello edged out Cerro Gordo in an overtime to win first place. As soon as weather permitted, baseball and track practice began. An enthusiastic group reported—38 boys for track and 20 boys for baseball. None of these boys had had much previous expedience. Track meets were scheduled with Monticello, there; Monticello. open; Atwood, here; and Areola, here. The track team also competed in the Mattoon Relays, Urbana Relays, and the District and Okaw Valley Meets. Baseball games were scheduled with Cerro Gordo, Monticello, and Lovington. The Bull Dogs played games with each opponent at home and away. The results of these schedules could not be recorded because of the early printing date of the Betohi. ★ ★ ★ SPRING SPORTS Twenty-throe