Centralia Township High School - Sphinx Yearbook (Centralia, IL)

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wezezpzawmuwwm.. y - I - 1.1- ,I A .. 1 F It as Q .dag S-,,ff' ln order to contribute our share in winning this great conflict the Schools- At-War Committee was organized this year. Heads ot committees were chosen to direct the students in answering the various War time demands ot the community and the nation. Under the leadership ot the Schools-At-War Committee, the Victory Corps was organized, the largest voluntary organization in our school. Prominent in the lite ot the school was the War information Center, which advertised all community drives, compiled names and addresses of all our boys in service, and exhibited many O.W.l. pamphlets. First aid classes, military drill, instruction in nutrition, and preliminary training in defense were definte parts ot this program. The activities sponsored by this committee have become an integral part of our school lite during this War year, Machinists: Bill Davies, Gerald Kramer, Clinton Crouch, and First Aiders: loyce Pteffer, Lois Haas, Miss Vera Goessling Ernest Adams. Helen Niemeier, and Madeleine Garrison.

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Standing: Ioan Goostree, Ber- narcl Schifferdecker, Helen Haserneier, Farrell Benefiel. Seated: Tommy Neuclecker. Standing: Gloria McBill Boloert Curry, Mary Be- clus, Lewis Byrd. Seated: H a r ol cl Beals Bette Lou Nollman, Nan- cy Fox, George Hanna Iitnrny Seyler, Bob Bos- ton, Patsy Quinn, Torn- my Neudecker.

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Gm School. .. ifzeftqmlalafawa In the midst of strife and uncertainty old C.T.H.S. stands-a pillar of faith and loyalty. Through its rooms and corridors hundreds of students continue to pass, leaving many traces ' of something gained, something learned. Its natural beauty, ever changing from a A corridor of snow profusion of flowering shrubbery to scenes like these, cause us to become sentimental. Here it stands-Warm With memories- beautiful in a covering of snow. l l A December campus .fyiw f i f f i i --u .-,t , ,, V W 'o ..:..-4-.1-11