Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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Sophomores ¥ PRESIDENT George Cotter VICE-PRESIDENT Alan Hendrix S EC RET A RY - TREASURER Howard Lawrence ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROL Robert Curry ¥ In the fall of 1944 forty-nine green bull pups entered the portals of Betohi eager to become full-fledged bulldogs. As school got under way, we elected Robert Postlewait as president, Stanley Funk as vice-president, Audine Tompkins as secretary-treasurer, and John Moery as member of athletic board of control. We elected Audine Tompkins as candidate for queen. This year we, as sophomores, have passed the puppy stage and forty-seven have become one-year-olds at Betohi. Some, during this year, have earned their letters as bulldogs of the football and basketball teams. All have had the fun of planning and sponsoring an All-School Party as well as our own individual parties. Ervilla Lefever made a charming sophomore attendant to the queen. Our wisely chosen officers and our sponsors, Miss Fisher and Mrs. Moore, have led us to fully appreciate both work and play at Betohi. First Row: Wheeler. Timme, Downs. Lawrence, Cotter. Hendrix. Curry. Turney. Funk. Second Row: Still. Fombelle. Hardimon. Minton. J. Heiple, P. Neal, Dukeman, Beals, Shepherd. Third Row: Collins. Lamkln, Larimore. Lefever, Tynan. Reinhart. Vance. Postlewait. Grunewald, Hall. Comer-ford. Buckner. Fourth Row: Hampton, Sebens. Lamb, Romnek. Brittenham. Before. Fifth Row: C. Heiple. Moery. Born. Carroll. I leering, R. Neal. Not in Picture: Camden. Foran, Tomkins. Eleven

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Freshmen ★ PRESIDENT Peggy Bradley VICE-PRESIDENT Bonita Hixson S E R ETA R V - TREA SDK EH Arlene Rittenhouse ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROD Bill Strater ★ On Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of August, forty so-called “freshmen greenies” entered the halls of Bement Township High School. After a few mixups the first day, we became acquainted with the building and its properties. Almost every freshman became interested in school activities and most organizations were well supported by them. There seemed to be quite a contrast between the initiates’ costumes when “initiation day” rolled around. The F.F.A. initiates looked much better in suits and ties than did the G.A.A. and F.H.A. initiates with dresses backwards and hair in pin curls. Quite a few freshmen boys were out for athletics and participated in noon basketball, volleyball, and dancing. The girls also enjoyed noon volleyball along with dancing. Our first social activity, a wiener roast, was rained out, but under the supervision of our sponsors, Miss Swaim and Mr. Hall, an exceptionally good time was had in the gym. Now that the first year in B.T.H.S. is past, we feel more assured of ourselves and wish to make a worthy record at Betohi in the following years. First Row: McCabe. Tiffin. Strater. Bindley. Hixson. Arlene Rittenhouse, Frye. Heckman. Second Row: Wiggins Ridge, Van Vleet. Poundstone, Vincent. Patterson. McConaha. Redman. R. Smith. Third Row: D. Johnson. Kirk. Fisher. E. Smith. Boyd. L. Durbin. J. Wright. Warner, Cooper. Carlin. Fourth Row: (J. Durbin. Tipton. Mundy, J. Johnson, Still. D. Wright. Fifth Row: Arlen Rittenhouse, Lash, Lawson. Brown. I hipps. Bales.

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Juniors PRESIDENT Dwight Yockey VICE-PRESIDENT Dale Warren SECRETARY-TR EASP RER Jack Hooper ATHLETIC BOARD OF CONTROL Merill Strater Forty-five eager students entered good old B.T.H.S. in the fall of 1943. At their first business meeting they elected Jack Hooper, president; Dwight Yockey. vice-president; Edna Probus, secretary and treasurer; and Jack Plummer, member of the Athletic Board of Control. Although they did not know much about it in the beginning, by the first of the second semester they had pretty well decided that high school wasn’t so bad as their perhaps over-strenuous imaginations had led them to believe. When school started again in 1944, thirty-nine of these enthusiastic scholars returned to resume their old acquaintances and to investigate farther into the realm of knowledge. Mary Lou Redman was elected president along with Jack Plummer, vice-president; Ted Petersen, secretary and treasurer, and Jack Hooper, member of the Athletic Board of Control. The school work seemed to be getting a little more complicated all along, but then the teachers never got too much rest themselves. Having already passed four semester exams, the thirty-six juniors who enrolled in August of 1945 were rather sure of themselves. Things really got under way. More boys were able to take part in athletics, and the other school activities made school more interesting and much more pleasant. There were the Junior-Senior reception and the never-to-be-forgotten nights at play practice. The memories will live on and on in this ever-changing world. ¥ First Row: Gulliford. Ilodam. Petersen. Ridge, Warren. Strater. Yockey. Hooper. Fair. Second Row: Fish. Fold. Redman, Shirley. Lincicum. Slagle. Fairbanks. Foran, Ray. Munson, Poundstone. High. Third Row: Lieb, Hinton, Hord, Reinhart. Hixson, Forcuin, Dodd. Slusser. Shumaid. Hill. Fourth Row: Plummer, Sebens. Eckstein. Brown. Not in Picture: Christman. Imel, Probus. Twelve