Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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The in I Bloom l f all I YEARS OF LEARNING for the Art of Living SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Snllnl-NVicksrrom, Secretaryg Ciarlo, President. Siumfing Swope, Treasurer: Powers, Vice-President. We, the class of 1939, are looking THROUGH THE WINDOWS of Bloom into a world of triumph and of defeat, of hope and of despair, of goals and of disap- pointments. We all hope that We will prove ourselves worthy of the great task set before us. That task is applying the learning we have acquired in our high school. We all hope that our minor defeats will but be a stimulus to greater triumphs, that our mo- ments of despair will spur us on to greater hopes, that our disappointments will but pro- voke higher goals. As we leave Bloom, memories of our years in high school keep returning to our minds: we reflect, and find that our class has made a record that we can well be proud of. Under the leadership of Crawford Murton as pres- ident of the junior class, we were the first class to have a prom outside of school. This is indeed an innovation in the history of the school. Crawford has also proved to be one of the best mayors of The City of Bloom that the school has ever known. Our class, however, has not had any one leader in all fields of activity. In leaving Bloom, we also leave positions of honor and responsibility to be filled by our posterity in the fields of ath- lecics, music, drama, publications, and schol- arship. With our sense of duty to the honor of our school well satisfied, we leave our win- dows and, with a hurried glance back, set our shoulders to meet the world, and hasten our steps to the outside.

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Four years-a long time in the eyes of the freshman, a fleeting moment in the eye of the senior. Into these four years have been crowded many hours of forming friendships and developing our minds and bodies. Now that we must leave these pleasant associations, to follow our various interests, we part with regret. The oflice, which had once seemed austere and intimidating, now has become a familiar and pleasant part of our high school. Our teachers, who once seemed lofty authorities, have become our cherished friends. The library doors, once IIVING T0 LEARN 0 FCJUR entered with trepidation and dread of that anguish experienced in plodding over the pages of a volume of Tennyson or a history of the American Revolution, have become one of the prides of our school. As we look at the bleachers, the memories of those un- comfortable hours spent sitting on hard wood while we tried to be attentive to a sometimes dull speaker, fade, as we recall the laughs we had at our class buffoons, the pleasure we experienced in hearing and seeing our tal- ented classmates perform, and the excitement we had in watching our teams Hght for victory.

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AVA Th 6 , B I 0 0 m llThesENloR PLAY NEW FIRES A cast of fifteen seniors, under the direc- tion of Mrs. North, presented the trials, trib- ulations, and triumphs of the Santry family and their friends, keeping its audience sup- plied with plenty of humor and true-to-life incidents through the three acts of New Fires. The play, given in the Vfashington School Auditorium, was presented to a full house both nights, December l and 2. The familiar plot was enhanced by laugh- able dialogue as well as by superior acting from the cast. It was the old story of the rich man who takes his spoiled, luxury-loving family to the country to try to knock some 1121120 into them, and has everything turn out beyond his fondest hopes. The sure-fire lines and rapid movement of every scene were instrumental in preventing the old theme from being monotonous. The cast consisted mostly of veterans of former Bloom dramatic productions, includ- ing Bennet Levy, Ernest Gohn, Janis Michel- sen, Arnold Shufro, Howard Gordon, Har- riet Pahnke, and Lois Stefan. New talent was uncovered in Carl jech, Margaret Fran- ces Englehardt, Crawford Murton, Ruth Weishaar, Lorna Pause, June Lawing, La- Verne Smith, and Norma Ekstedt. Business management of the play was in the hands of class president Stanley Ciarlo and class sponsor A. Berg. Lucinda Andrews, the house- keeper . Harriet Pahnke Suzanne Toler, under house- keeper , . Lorna Pans: Sid Sperry, farm hand . . . . ..,. . Howard Gordon Jerry, his son ,...., . .. ......... .Arnold Shufro Stephen Sa-ntry, an author ,...Ernest Golm Billy, his son.. . .. , . . . . . . . .,,. Carl Jeck Phyllis, his daughter Margaret Frances Englehardt Anne, his wife ..... , .. ....... Alanis Michelsen Olive, his daughter , . ...., . . ,Ruth Weisliglar Eve, his daughter-in-law. . ... ., . ...june Lawing Dick, his son. . .Bennet Levy Dr. Lynn Gray, a country physician Crawford Murton Mary Marshall, a neighbor girl . . . .Lois Stefan Mrs. Marshall, Mary's Mother . Norma Eksaedt Angie Sperry, Sid's wife. . . l . . . ,LaVerne Smith