Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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SPRING April 6: Senior play cast is announced. Everyone has a rip roarin’ good time at the Barn Dance sponsored by the G.A.A. April 9: The beginning of a new “six weeks” —the last lap of the school year. Senior play cast meets tonight for the first time. April 10: Ouch! But it is all in a good cause. Tuberculosis tests are given. April 12: Our boys make a good showing at a track meet between Bement, Cerro Gordo, and Atwood. April 13: Those Freshmen aren’t superstitious for they give a party tonight. April 20: The Home Ec and Ag party, held in the Music room, is a delightful evening of fun. April 22: The A Cappella chorus presents its last performance of the year at the Spring Concert. April 26: Glamour is the prevailing theme at the Junior-Senior Reception. May 2: The Home Ec Club girls sponsor a Mother-Daughter Banquet served by the F.F.A. May 9: Senior week begins—the long-looked for days. May 11: Semester exams start. The Seniors present their hilarious comedy, “Tish.” May 13: An impressive Baccalaureate service is held for the Seniors. The message was delivered by Rev. Wright of the Christian Church. May 14: Hurrah ! The annuals are distributed to an eager student body. May 15: School comes to its formal end with the Graduation of thirty seniors. Mr. A. H. Lauckner of Urbana was the Commencement speaker.

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 SPICE OF March 5: Practice in earnest begins for the operetta with the first night rehearsal. March 6: Mr. Slusser can cook! The teachers verify this statement after a chili supper. March 9: The Juniors are guests of the Seniors at a very successful St. Patrick’s party. March 13: Patty Bogue presents an interesting talk on “Why Buy War Stamps and Bonds”! March 15: Rotten Eggs! Chemistry students plus H2S succeed in filling the whole school building with a horrible odor. March 16: ’Tis the day before St. Patrick’s Day! All the Irish—and some of the rest —show their color. March 19: The Senior Play committee start reading plays! March 20: Three days before the Matinee, one of the operetta’s stars, Bob Postle-wait, almost bites his tongue off in noon basketball! March 21: The operetta cast suffers another casualty—Willa Mae Patterson underwent an appendectomy. Plenty has been said about buying war stamps—but nothing yelled, so the cheerleaders lead the student body in some patriotic yells. March 23: After many weeks of work, the B.T.H.S. choruses present “The Forest Prince.” March 26: The senior play committee chooses the three-act comedy “Tish” for their class play. Work! yes, work! Five staff members were busy until eleven tonight getting the dummy of the Betohi ready for the printer. April 4-5: Talent is displayed at Senior Play tryouts.

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Band ★ ★ ★ March! March! March! The Band was the main attraction at the “half” of the Homecoming and Armistice Day games. When the purple clad members formed a B and a U.S.A. on the field, they made a striking appearance. In the fall, the Band practiced marching every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the eighth period—their regular practice period. Every pep meeting was enlivened by the appearance of the Band. Betohi Loyalty and many other rousing marches added to the already overflowing enthusiasm. At the pep meetings preceding the Cerro Gordo and Monticello gridiron battles the crowds of cheerers were led from the school house to the business section of town by the Band. When the football season was concluded, a Concert Band, boasting fifty-seven members, was organized. New members who had participated in football now joined the ranks. Every practice period was used in earnest rehearsal for the spring concert, held April 22. OFFICERS President....................Walter Ward Reporter......................Walter Lamb Secretary and Treasurer - Doris Shepherd Librarians ------ Betty Warren Vice-President - - - - Joanne Taylor Mary Alice Born BAND INSTRUMENTATION B flat clarinets: Mary McPherson. Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Doris Shepherd. Bruce Still. Bob Collins, Phyllis Murphy, Mary Alice Born, Nancy Postlewait, Norma Van Vleet, Mary Foran, Martha Boyd. Flutes: Marjorie Brown, Bob Hodam, Dick Neal. Oboe: Daraleen Still. Bassoon: Louise Hodam. Alto clarinet: Donna Jean Crook. Bass clarinet: Patsy Neal. Soprano sax: Carolee Patterson. Alto sax: Lee Barnhart, Eileen Hardimon. Tenor sax: Betty Warren. E flat clarinet: Eileen Christman. Cornets and trumpets: Walter Ward, Inez Forcum, Bob Postlewait, Mary Lincicum, Joanne Taylor, Lamar Grunewald, Doris Brittenham, Edgar Smith, Dean Stout, J. D. Carroll, Joe Tipton. French horns: Shirley Lamb, Florence Scott. David Dobson. Jim Day. Trombones: Harold Wallace, Bob Neal, Bob Clark, Don Deering. Baritones: Bill Neal, Cecil Lugar, Ronald Moreland. Basses: John Moery, John Born, Edward Phipps. Drums: Walter Lamb, Bill McManus, Pat Brady, Bob Curry. Tympani: Willa Mae Patterson. Marimba: Arlen and Arlene Rittenhouse. Thirty