Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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 Heavenly Flowers Junior-Senior Reception You are my paradise completed

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 The End of a Perfect Day The Homecoming Prom come as the finale to one of the grandest days of the school year and in celebration of our glorious victory over the Red Birds. About a hundred couples turned out to the dance in a rare mood and ready to enjoy themselves. Even some Red Birds flew over. The old gym hod been patriotically decorated by members of the Senior class and Ted Ludwig's orchestra furnished the music. The high point of the meeting came with intermission and the crowning of the queen at 10:30. For days the big question hod been Who is the queen? This year the identity of the queen and her attendants had been held a deep, dark secret by Mr. Smith, who alone knew, and he proved to everyone that he could keep it to himself. The curtains opened to reveal the retiring queen. Martha McAfoos and Lawrence Martoglio. After the eight lovely attendants, escorted by the senior members of the football team, had marched to the stage and taken their places, Queen Martha relinquished her crown and descended from the throne. Now the moment had come. The spot light turned lo the entrance disclosing June Hayes and Captain Bill Bauer. With the words I crown thee. June Hayes. Football Queen of the 1942 Benton Rangers. Captain Bauer placed the crown. The attendants followed the smiling queen from the stage. —Mary McReynolds June Hayes and Bill Bauer enroute to throne Stumbling

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JUNIOR-SENIOR RECEPTION-1942 At lost the day that the Junior class had looked forward to for a whole year had arrived. On the evening of May 29, the Junior class of B. T. H. S. made their debut as full pledged upperclassmen. At eight p.m. the girls, bedecked in their loveliest attire and escorted by the Beau Brummels of their choice, entered the gym, which hod been transformed into a Hawaiian beach with send, light houses, straw huts, and palm trees. Everyone at the entrance received his crepe-paper lei. Hot, sweet music was furnished by Ted Ludwig and his Southern Collegians. At about the middle of the evening ten lovely Hawaiian girls appeared to serenade the dancers and present roses to the guests, the seniors. Entertainment was furnished by Jane Hockgeiger and Denysia Bastos doing Hawaiian taps. Several appropriate Hawaiian numbers were played by the Southern Collegians. During the evening, students were selected to come up on the stage to lead the orchestra in a number. After refreshments were served, a group of the more lively dancers formed a Conga line and took the spectators south of the border. After the lost strains of the closing number had died away, and the requests for just one more fast one had been satisfied, the lads and lassies left for home (?) and elsewhere. All will agree, it was a snazzy Reception! —Mary M. McReynolds SCARAB BARN DANCE-1942 Will you piece write in my Scarab? That was the word passed along just one year ago when all of the proud owners of Scarabs gathered down in the Scorabian Livery Stables to get their Scarabs signed. Every place, everything, and everybody was covered with straw but that didn't prevent us from sitting down and enjoying the spectacle of seeing Windy Williams and Roberto Page crowned king and queen. After the coronation Ted Ludwig and the Southern Collegians again gave out with some more solid jive. The dance went hot and fast until 12:00 when suddenly the stable become the B. T. H. S. gym and all of the little Cinderellas picked up their gingham skirts and hurried home. I? —Carmelite McKemie