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

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the good things Tiny Tim tiptocing through the tulips with uke having his wed-in on national television. Annette Funicello intoning M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E Whatever happened to “Sock it to me,” “I kid you not,” “Would you believe,” and “Sorry ‘bout that?” Captain Kangaroo and his Dancing Bear. Ma and Pa Clark and their boy Kent. Dick Tracy calling. . . Gotham City being protected by Batman and the Boy Wonder. The little fat bear on your T-shirts. Astronauts landing on the moon. The excitement at Woodstock. John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Robert F. Kennedy are slain. Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, and Sirhan Sirhan cause an entire nation to ask what is wrong with itself. Three rock giants: Joplin, Hendrix, and Morrison. The Beatles preside at their own funeral in Sergeant Pepper. Walt Disney dies bur lives on in the comic books, Love Story and Romeo and Juliet — nor a dry eye in the house Paul McCartney is reported missing but curns up finally. Peter Duel is reported to be dead. Hurricanes, earthquakes, mine cave-ins, riots. the bad things Favorite Autographs SiSel 3 oN ee ay : +o ewe wembee as) - SUR Viel rere ATW HTH Seed bora TV oe ben bn Seeeniern- ies Y eres ees

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Dear reader, Probably by the time you read this page you will have discovered that this yearbook is constructed differently than those previously published by Benton High School, The Sixth Hour Scarab staff has created the book in this manner for a number of reasons: we wanted to get away from the traditional yearbook; the two-direction book divides the individual pictures from the rest of the yearbook; we wanted this book to be really different from any other Scarab. Creating this year’s Scarab has been an interesting and challenging experience for us working on the Sixth Hour staff. Gaila Brown, Nancy Cybulski, Nancy Eldridge, Melinda Kolisek, and Mr. Messers- mith, our hardworking advisor, worked sixth hours, noon hours, free periods, weekends, and nights to meet the deadlines. I am deeply indebted to all of them for all their work. We were assisted by Tay- lor Publishing Company’s representative, Mr. Chuck Cotton. We are also grateful to Mr. Paul Hickman for his photographic aid. For you the reader and student, we have tried to capture through pictures and words the events of the 1972-73 school year at Benton High School as well as the community and world events which tran- spired during the school year. In essence, the book is a miniature almanac of 1972-73. Now I must close if we are to meet our publication deadline. We truly hope you enjoy the 1973 Scarab of Benton Consolidated High Schoo], Benton, I}linois. Sincerely, Mary Louise Budzak editor