Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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W? A Last Look at the Old More Vans Move Up Loadmg the Sewmq Room Thls Way to the New OVING DAY W1th a b1t of sadness for the dear old school left behmd Wlth eager happy exc1ternent over the prospects ahead on March 21 puprls collected therr books and teachers packed the last boxes ready for the trucks What quantltles of belonamgs Went down the hlll ln the b1g vans' At the new bu11d1ng cartons of books stage turnlshlngs art easels chernlstry glass cateterra kettles and scarred desks hobnobbed forlornly But everybody took a hand Soon books and prctures drsappeared rnto classrooms the cateterla staff rounded up the alurnxnum the 1an1tors by some maglc knew where everyth1ng el e belonged Movrng Day was over 'TWAS G E GRE T DAY Page Twenty slx 'af t' 1-1 l 121 f ,fv K 111 I 2 A ,,,. 9' M, We . R Sflwaif L 1 1 ' 1- 1113, . ' , U if 1 1 'Si 5 ,, 1 , 4 Y N? . . I 1 1 - 1 1 1 A 1 1 I . I W ' s . . ' .

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AS SENIORS PLAY You re Only Young Once but once IS enough to Judge by the narrow escapes and near crrses befallrng the twenty Senrors who rmpersonate hrgh school youth and the oflrcrals of a mythrcal Lrncoln Hrgh 1n thls year s class play The settrng IS the hrgh school offrce The c1ty football champronshrp depends on Lrncolns wrnnrng the next game At thrs cntrcal Juncture crgarettes are drscovered rn the locker of Ron Dayton the grrdrron star' Suspensron IS the prrn crpal s ultlmatum Comes now the school nursance Gabby Gallagher to convrnce shy studrous Paul Chapman that he must shoulder the blame so Ronny can play and wrn for dear old Llncoln All of Whrch happens Gabby 1S the school s hero But theres more too Gabby convrnced that the school needs a movle camera rnterests the P T A to the pornt of buylng and presentlng one l-le loses hrs heart to a wee vulges that the crgarettes were CURTAIN Ar' rntermrssron of ten mrnutes between acts STANDING H Boswell K bnow B Bedford D Holdxng B Kerns E Hancock L Iohannes D Sprxnger R Iones H Schxrmer B Young I Carson R Benner SEATED C Bxihck P Blanchard E Heaston H Lawhon L Riley F Lexmnger NOT IN PICTURE R Cole D Lannxng Page Twenty lwe bashtul maiden. The school busy-body, Bernice lohnson, di-

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LTHOUGI-l parents and interested friends come up frequently to visit, the one evening when everybody comes is Patrons' Night, held last sprrng on May l2 Every department held open house and drsplayed work done durlng the gear Musrc R O T C gym and sewlng classes comblned to grve a lme audr torrum program Instrumental num bers by the orchestra and a trumpet tr1o songs by the grade chorus and the senror mrxed chorus were present ed by the mus1c department Senror hrgh grrls had a humorous but effect rve stunt tellmg the story of physrcal educatlon Snappy R O T C oftrcers and prrvates put on a stlent drtll Sew 1ng classes held a style revue show rng what the well dressed htgh school grrl wrll wear usmg as models the cos tumes they had made themselves Laboratory dtsplays rn the cooktng department rncluded everythtng from breads and cakes to canned trutts and vegetables The art department had a comprehensrve show of all the acttvt t1es of the year Posters and stgns done for advert1s1ng purposes covered the walls the tables were trlled wrth parnted scarfs wall hangrngs block prmts plaster models lamp shades tooled leathe pteces Puptls demon strated Neavrng and other craft tech nrgues The mdustrral arts dtsolay rn the ltorary w as notable for the var1ety of 1ts models Iunror hrgh classes had made small rteces advanced classes had both beautrful small meces and larger ones from ex enstve woods Smolfmg tables radto and chma caor nets even t,1ll stzed bed ffe e on drsolay S e pteces o rmetal If rk and comlrltcated destgns rn echan 1cal d amrg ttracted co nrhrnents Patrons Come Ofver To See Us Models m Style Show Homemcxkers Exhxblt Dxsplay of Wood Work Art Department Show ' X , .... , f ' w . . . 1 t I - f - I 1 I 1 I 1- V r . . - A . -v . vv 1 . . ll , .. A, 5 1 . J rs ' 1 .t U . . , . - , C l . T l A nv- ' I Y A . ol.. J . l .. at C rl J . . ... ' . Y v . f . A . G fu, .l 1 .,.