Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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IN THE FUTURE The scene switches to Kentucky where we discover Kin ,el Coffey and Bill Tompkins, famous tobacco growers, and their chief tester, Rav-mond Yoekey. The rest of Kentucky is owned and farmed by Robert, Tap-horn who has come to great success as an agricultural genius. As we travel west, we see Francis Durbin sitting atop one of the Rocky Mountains strumming his guitar. Going further west we spy Ed Lamb waving a friendly hand from his celebrated orange grove in l’asadena, California. Switching on our portable radio we tune in “John's Other Wife starring Rita “Hayworth Hannon. Living in her little country estate, Marilyn Jordan is dividing her day between writing her stories for the Post and eating pork and beans. Out in her stables, Carrie Ellen Sebens is training Blood n Thunder, the lastest addition to her collection of race horses. Under the big elm tree in the front yard lounges Della Mae 10vans working on her latest sketch for a fashion magazine owned by Dale Comerford. Dale's head model is none other than Patty Loftus. Returning to our Alma Mater, we wander through the upper corridor past the office. And what is that sitting behind the desk! Oh, it's just Jeanne Ford, the new secretary. She is making arrangements with Donna Jean Crook, president of the local P. T. A., for the monthly meeting. Down in the gym is the new P. 10. teacher, Barb Cooper, energetically putting her students through their daily tumbling routines. With a loud and shaking thud our time machine jolts out of working order. The scene flickers and fades so we must say “Adieu.”

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IN THE FUTURE Having broken our crystal ball, we shall turn to our electronic time machine, designed by the Professor of Electronics at tin University of Illinois, Thomas J. Tucker. As we turn the knob, we are greeted with a splutter, crackle ad roar as Thurman Larimore goes shooting down tlie Indianapolis Speedway in his new fang-dangled jet job created by the now famous John Metzger. After ten years of research this is his first success. On the side lines stand nurse Wanda St rater and the hopeful undertaker, Bill Conklin. In the crowd is Pat Gallivan, proud owner of the local glue factory of Bement. counting his $8,000,000 won at the race. The race is over and strutting up and down the track is Jerry Clark, famous hat designer in Xew York City, showing off liis prize creation, the hat lie wore to high school. Now the scene changes. We are in the new A. P. store, managed by Hick Cahill and located in the great metropolis of Milmine. He is pulling his hair over the destruction caused by the former Bette Weatherford and her four little hurricanes. In a newly constructed apartment house owned and operated by business tycoon, Dean Stout, we see the happily married couple, Lowell Koyal and Eileen Christman, eating their first, home cooked meal. In Madison Square Carden our time machine picks out Efficient Ed Somers and his manager, Harold Weakley. Ed is battling for the heavyweight championship of the world. We decide to take a taxi and who is our driver? None other than Dangerous Dodo Clark. Pulling up to tin Metropolitan Opera House, we are greeted by the bird-like voice of Miss Phyllis Murphy singing “Der Rosenkover,” accompanied by the very talented pianist, John I). Cavanaugh. In Miss Murphy's dressing room is her hair stylist, Ruth Me-Conaha.

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JUNIOR CLASS Inset: Tom Gallivan. Nance Postlewait. Doris Helm. Ilob Hodam, Lenore Royal, Bill Shumard. Reading clockwise from upper left corner; Lugene Corum, Lois Pembroke, Don Vandercreek, Myrna Hold, Jerry Tompkins, Marilyn Slagle, Richard Stanton, Delorus liehnke, Nelda Mulvaney, Joe Stoerger, Rebecca Strater. Rill Neal, Norma Cole, Ronald Moreland, Joan Hinton, Alan Harshbarger, Aloha Durbin. Sheila Gallivan. On September 1, 11)4!), n small, lull enthusiastic class of twenty-four juniors took over their new role as upper classmen. Judging from their success during the year, their size was not a hindrance to them. In their first class meeting they elected class officers and student council representatives. After much pre-election discussion, Tom Galli-van, Nance Postlewait, and Doris Helm were elected president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. Lenore Royal, Rob Hodam and Rill Shumard were selected as representatives to the Studnt Council. Mrs. Hammond and Mr. Ilodam, who were advisors for this class during their sophomore year, served again as advisors along with Miss Council and Mr. Everson. At the annual Homecoming celebration, Lenore Royal, who represented the juniors, looked very attractive as an attendant to Queen Patty Loftus. The refreshment stand served as their first money-making venture. They sold refreshments at all of the home football games. On November 18th, the juniors turned from their role of salesmen at the concessions stand to actors on the stage. Their two one-act plays, “Ghost Farm, a mystery, and “Junior Is a Genius, a comedy, were presented to a very large crowd. Another achievement of this class was the Junior-Senior banquet and dance. The juniors, as the hosts and hostesses, provided an evening of gayety in Mardi Gras fashion for the seniors, faculty, and board members and their wives. They were very proud of their members who took active parts in sports, music, and clubs and won a large share of awards presented in these activities. As this class is about to become the seniors of 1951, they wish the class of T 0 lots of luck in whatever they may now undertake.