Blandinsville High School - Crest Yearbook (Blandinsville, IL)

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Returning to duty September l, 1941, there were forty-two of the original forty-eight, additional recruits being Viana Veff, Mildred Shumate, Dorothey Hardy, Meredith Bright, Bill Hungate,Gerald Campbell and Lester Foote. Soon after taking' up our duties we had three deserters, Evelyn Allen, Marjorie Th- omas, and Bill Stewart. On November 18, l94l,we put on our final drill and special review, nTh6'RGdhCLEv ed Stepchild,W under command of Wilcox and Gordon. We shall receive our Honorable Discharge in May 1942, after having put in four years of good train- ing under General Dechow and Major Hall. Major Hall left us and was replaced by Major Davis. As weleave this training camp to venture further into the great unknown we feel that we shall be more able toshouldl er our guns and to march forward to success. SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the class of '42, being of sound mind and body, do hereby solemnly make this, our last will and tes- tament with the following bequeaths: We, collectively, will our great talents, physical strength and magnitudinous mental ability to our su- ccessors, the Juniors. To the Somxmbres, we bequeath our shy manners and great ideals, To the Freshmen, we will our ambition for the con- tinued success of Blandinsville High School. To Miss Davis: A soap box so she can more f eisily see the people in the back row. To Miss Hargrove: An English class that enjoys Eng- lish. To Miss Goenne: More success in her study halls.

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' b HISTORY or ARMY or '42 On September 4, 1958, forty-eight boys and girls enlisted in the Blandinsville High School, as nervous and green buck privates. Our commanding officers the first year were Capt., Patsy Farris: First Lieutenant Kerman Andrews, and Second Lieutenant, Helen Keithley with Mr. McNeeley as our orderly. We were taught to aim high, shoot straight, and move forward. The latter part of May we received our first furlough.from General Dechow and Major-General Hall. We did not return until September 5, 1939. We were put under the command of Captain Helen Keithley, First Lt. Betty Huston, and Second Lt. Dean Johnson. Mr. Scott was our orderly and we were advanced to cor- porals. We gave a welcome party for the new recruits. Frances Briggs, Robert Hainline, Juanita Henry, Verta Lee Zim erman, Kenneth Homan, Betty Marsden, Clyde Moughler and Ralph Oberman were transferred. Marjorie Carty and Margaret Cary enlisted with us. After many hard fights and uphill battles we survived and received another leave in May. Returning to duty September l, l94O, we put on a long drill and review, WOh, Susan,' for the public and superior officers. This year our Captain was Betty Huston with Robert Jones as First Lieutenant and Helen Keithley as Second Lieutenant. Miss Hargrove and Miss Kimbrough were our orderlies. After receivingnMmc:Nmipc3 we were now looked upon as Sergeants. Those transferred this year were Sterling Adams, Kerman Andrews, Phyllis Brown, Kenneth Likes, Caroline Kimler, and Rawlciigh Smith. Our new recruits were Helen Chenoweth, John Cur- less, Mary Harper, Betty Miller, Paul York, HalfordY dg Bill Thompson, Jerry Stewart, and Gene Stewart. In the spring we gave a banquet for the older soldiers of the Blandinsville High School Army who were to receivetheir papers of Honorable Discharge. Our third furlough came in May.

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5 fm 'r is To Miss McCartney: Some one to argue with her in Amer- ican History class. To Mr. Dechow: A Physics class that can do without the answer book. To Miss Gordon: Success with her dramatic work. To Mr. Webb: A large porthole so he can see the world. In addition we individually bequeath the following: I, Meredith Bright, will my ability to nshake the bonesn to Marvin Htnrnbaker, hoping he will have as much succmm as I. I, Donald Brandon, will my place on the basketball floor to Richard Cadle and George Edward Deems. They can div- ide ite I, Bill Hungete, will my place in the outer .office to Arthur Wilson. I, Willis Meek, will my half-day attendance at school to Richard Hainline, who can carry it out, due to past experience. I, Gerald Ruth, will my girl to anyone who has a car. I, Vernon Stout, will my well-groomed hair to Robert So- ule. I, Mary Harper, will my quietness and shyness to Dur- lyne Locke. l, Betty Taylor, will my ability to always be on time to Dorothymae Runner. I, James Gordon, will my twenty pounds of superfluous - tonnage to Marion Markham.