Canton High School - Cantonian Yearbook (Canton, IL)

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Cur Theme V, The Cornbelt! Here it lies in the heartland of America, stretching away mile on mile, an inland sea of fertility. To some it may seem common place, to those whose home it is, the corn- belt is ever changing in its beauty. In the spring the farmers, mounted on their tractors, drag plows across the face of the land, turning up to the sky great, black clods of rich loam. Then they bring the harrows, pulverizing the clods to a fine, dark powder and then the corn planters, pouring into the soil the golden grains of seed corn. Soon green creeps over the fields. The corn is coming up! As summer deepens, a miracle occurs. Exposed to blazing suns, violent thunder storms and hot, moist nights, the corn grows until it towers high above the puny man who planted it. The wind blows through its stiff, green leaves and they rustle with a murmur not unlike that of the sea. August with its golden, mellow sunshine comes. The corn begins to turn to russet. Fall is here now. The corn is brown and sear. It rattles as the wind blows across the fields. Again the farmers come, some with mechanical cornpickers which tear the golden hearts from stalks, leaving them tattered and torn, some to build ragged tepees for the ghosts of Indians to haunt. The cycle is complete. The corn- belt has once again yielded up its treasure to feed a hungry world.

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MISS ANDERS ' MR. METZGER We Dedicate This Book To Miss Marjory Anders and Mr. William Metzger Who, as Junior advisors of our class, gave generously of their time, introduced useful ideas, and Worked right with the students in making the 1948 prom one of the best, to these friends of the students, We the class of 1949 do dedicate this Cantonian. We wish to thank them for their many helping Ways and for making our high school years a little brighter and a little more memorable.