Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PLAY “Ho sure to bring along someone to protect you!” warned the seniors. Yes, they were preparing their class play, T1IE MAN ON THE STAIRS, which was a three act mystery comedy by E. Clayton McCarty. The production was made possible by the assistance of Miss Houston and Mr. Taylor and the cooperation of the entire senior class. This play, given on May 10, in the high school auditorium, portrays the confusion which arose when an old lady with phenomenal hearing and her grand-niece were jutted against some grasping relatives in settling the estate of .Tames Murdoch. The plot thickened perceptibly as Mr. Magnin, a mysterious magician, aj j eared at the lonely house. Mr. Moran and his belief in “sjierits” furthered the complexity of the plot. The play reached its stirring climax when the rightful owner of the estate appeared on the scene. CAST OF CHARACTERS Aunt Molly Hremmer — spry, gentle old lady of eighty-five -------Kay Crinigan. Mary Jane Hremmer — her grandniece — Joyce Day. Jed Stuart — A college student — Jerry Fleming. Mike Moran — An old desert rat — Richard Strater. Richard Humphries — A lawyer — John Hannon. Victoria Trouble — A breezy relative of the Murdochs — Ann Perkins. Phillip Magnin — A magician — Kent Sidcrs. Mrs Murdoch — Mary Jane's adopted aunt — Sonya Clark Owen Murdoch — Cousin by adoption — Linda Hyerline.

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES JOHN HANNON — Class Secretary-Treasurer 2: Football 1. 2. Varsity 2; Basketball 1. 3: Baseball Varsity 2, 3. 4: B-Club 2, 3, 4; Chorus 3. 4; Quartet 3, 4; Octet 4; F. F. A. 1, 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Class Play 4. RAY HANNON — Class Vice-President 2: Student Council 3; Football 1, 2. 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4. Honorary Co-Captain 4; B-Club 2, 3. 4. Sergeant at arms 2. 3. 4; F. F. A. l. 2, 3, 4, Watchdog 2. 3, 4; Annual Staff 4. DAVID HAWKINS — Champaign 1; Baseball 3; F. F. A. 3, 4. JANET McCOLLDM — Student Council 3. 4; Basketball Varsity Cheerleader 3, 4; Football Cheerleader 4; Homecoming Queen Attendant 4; Band 1. 2. 3, 4: All-State Band 3: Clarinet Quartet 2. 3; Clarinet Solo State Contest 2. 3: Chorus 1. 2, 3; Sextet 2. 3, 4, State Contest 2; L. O. V. 3, 4; F. H. A. 1, 2, 3. 4; Annual Staff 4; Ncwstaff 1. 2. 3, 4. JEAN McHENRY — Chorus 2: F. H. A. 1, 2. 3. 4: Annual Staff 2, 4; Pep Club 3. ANN PERKINS — Chorus 1; F. H. A. 1. 2. 3, 4, Vice-President 3, Treasurer 4; Annual Staff 4; Newstaff 1. 2, 3, 4. Editor 3: Pep Club 3, 4; Class Play 4. C.ENE SCHl'M — Ivesdalc 1.2; Football 3; F. F. A. 3. 4. DAN SCOTT — Football 1. 2. 3, 4. Varsity 2. 3. 4. Honorary Co-Captain 4; B-Club 4. President 4; Annual Staff 4: Library Club 2. KENT SIDERS — Class President 2. Secretary-Treasurer 3; Student Council 1; Football 1. 2. 3. 4, Varsity 4; Basketball 1. Manager 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1; Golf 2. 3. 4; B-Club 2. 3, 4, Secretary 4; Homecoming Escort 4; Band 1. 2. 3, 4; Annual Staff 3, 4. Editor 4; Library Club 2. 3. 4: Class Play 4. EVA STRATER — Homocoming Queen Attendant 4; F. II. A. 1. 2. 3, 4; G. A. A. 2; Annual Staff 4; Pep Club 3. 4. RICHARD STRATER — Basketball Manager 3: Student Council 2; Baseball 3, 4, Varsity 4; Class Play 4. DALE TURNER — Football 1. 2, 3, 4, Varsity 4; Basketball 1; B-Club 4; Homecoming Escort 4; Band 1. 2; Chorus 3; F. F. A. 2. 3, 4; Annual Staff 4; Newstaff 2; Library Club 2, 4.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY October 12, 1963 Just ten years ago this month, the United Nations held its first General Assembly in the U N’s new World Capitol. The thirty-nine floor Secretariat Building, the General Assembly, the Conference Building, the Library and all the other parts of this mammoth institution combine to form a city in itself. The careers of eighteen Bement High School graduates were launched and the new IJ. N. building opened, both in the same year. The people of the class of 1953 went many different directions upon graduation — some to the army, some to college, and some just went. Here they are ten years later and. believe it or not, they've all found employment in the new U. N. Building. No longer does Mr. Vishinsky storm the halls with his bombastic speeches, but now Kent Siders, U. S. Delegate, “roars out bis policies with fiery enthusiasm. Looking into the maintenance and operational crews, we find Gene Schum and Dan Scott riding a sixty foot scaffold washing vast areas of glass. John Hannon is supervisor of the three-floor, twelve-hundred-car subterranean garage. Many a Cadillac has had its beautiful finish marred. Working as general supervisors of the Secretariat Building, Joyce Day, Janet McCollum, and Jean McHenry are kept busy turning the handles of some one hundred fifty mimeograph machines. Ann Perkins sits all day and pushes books from the library into a pneumatic tube which sends them thirty feet per second to the Secretariat Building. Eva Strater found that many government men use the elevators. so she got a job ns an elevator operator. Young men in politics travel her elevator frequently. Jerry Fleming, sound engineer, listens all day through his earphones to speeches in all languages. Once in a while he turns a knob, but it looks like a pretty soft job. Kay Crlnigan has learned to speak five languages fluently. She can translate a Russian speech into English faster than the speaker can talk. John Fuqua sits back in his delegate's chair and selects the speech translation he wants by just turning a knob. Linda Byerline is head receptionist on the twenty-eighth floor of the Secretariat Building. Between obligations, she drinks coffee which is piped into her desk. Sonya Clark carefully dry cleans the Mags. Her job is done at night, and by the time she finishes with the complete group it is time to begin again. Dale Turner is the chief cook in the huge cafeteria. He has been serving horse meat for six months and no one knows it yet. Ray Hannon is recording director. He makes and files recordings of every speech. They have had to watch him recently because he has been adding his own versions to a few of Malenkov's speeches. Dave Hawkins and Richard Strater Join the staff of one hundred thirty porters who cater to the big shots. When the President's brief-case came up missing a while back. Richard and Dave made a frantic but successful search. The President added $50 to the national budget to reward them. Everyone agrees that the U. N. Building is the largest and most modorn work shop In the world, and wow! What a staff it employs!