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

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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

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 Heavenly Flowers Junior-Senior Reception You are my paradise completed

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 Hay Foot! Straw Foot! 42 Scarab Prom Little Boy Blue. Come Blow Your Horn