Chester High School - Summit Yearbook (Chester, IL)

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One darlq naghT l-larry Allason one oT our promanenT baslceTball players was wall ang home Trom baslceTball pracTace Sudden ly a blaclq caT sTrealced across has paTh nearly scarang ham ouT oT has wTs Now l-larry was especaally supersTaTaous abouT black caTs and he was cerTaan ThaT some Terrable eval would beTall ham All durang ThaT naghT The ThoughT preyed on has mand and as he wenT To bed he saw noThang buT blaclc caTs and eval omens As he draTTed anTo dreams a huge blacac caT leaped beTore ham and beclconed To ham WaThouT a sTruggle l-larry rose and Tollowed The caT Down darlc corradors They wallced and Tanally sTopped beTore a large oalcen door WaTh a graTang sound aT Tell baclc on aTs hange and l-larry Tound hamselT an a huge darlc room Behand The deslc aT The Tar end oT The room saT an enormous blaclc caT waTh eyes lalce panpoanTs oT Tare Cn The raghT sxde oT The desk were sax chairs and on eacra was seaTed anoTher caT They all saT an deaThlalce salence Suddenly The greaT caT spolce l-larry you have been broughT To The courTroom as a represenTaTave oT your class The Junaors l have heard numerous Tales abouT your class and have broughT you here To sTand Traa The greaT caT upon quesTaonang l-larry learned ThaT The Junaor class had sax men on The TarsT Team an TooTball Two players on The TarsT Tave an baslceTball and The only re Turnang leTTerman an Traclc ThaT muses The greaT caT proves ThaT The Junaors have The greaTesT aThleTac prowess oT any class I wonder how They raTe an oTher exTra curracular acTavaTaes7 l-larry wenT on To Tell ham ThaT an The DramaTac Club Two oT The oTTacers are Junaors BoTh The Boys Glee Club and The Garls Glee Club seem To have a wealTh oT Junaor warblers The FerreTers are well supplaed waTh Junaor scaenTasTs one oT our Junaors beang aTs presadenT Why The Junaors possess The ouTsTandang Tarmers as evadenced an The F F A anoTher Junaor be ang presadenT oT Thas organazaTaon The garls hold up Thear end oT membershap an The Rap and Dap Club Even on The SummaT STaTT and STudenT Board The Junaors seem To be head and shoulders above The oTher classes l-larry wenT on To Tell The greaT caT oT The splendad worlc oT our class oTTacers Gerald Johnson presadenT l-larry Allason vace presadenT and Lavern Shemonac secreTary and Treasurer l-le also menTaoned The swell aob Warren Green was doang an Talcang care oT Coca Cola sales and The equally good aob Sybal CoTTey as doang waTh The candy sales l-le also sTaTed ThaT The class advasers Mass WhaTe and Mr Sammons seem To be The TavoraTes oT The enTare sTudenT body e huge caT Then saad IT all T e Thangs are True I donT see how anyone can possably belaeve The sToraes whach are rarcu laTang abouT Your class seems To be guaTe energeTac and promanenT The caT really The presadenT oT The School Board called sax lesser Telanos The School Board anTo a conTerence fXTTer a shorT Tame They emerged waTh The Toalowang verdacT l-larry l wash you would convey The Tollowang message To your classmaTes ATTer a conTerence waTh my Tellow members we have arraved aT The Tollowang conclusaon We cannoT belaeve all The sToraes spoken abouT you and ThereTore reTurn waTh The verdacT oT noT gualTy NexT year you wall be Senaors Please seT a good example Good luck To all The Junaors oT 4I JITNIHTTS JTTIT Hl Hlllll EHT JINX

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Did you ever loolc aT The moon over your leTT shoulder7 Well l did And much To my surprise The old Man in The moon began To Tallc l-lere are his exacT words lvlarlorie Gnaegy l m glad To see ThaT you lcnow ThaT :T s besT To loolr aT me over your leTT shoul der because ThaT brings you luclc You re going To be The one To hear abouT whaT l ve seen happen To a cerTain class in ChesTer l-ligh ln l938 while l was mooning around girls wandering a ound loolqing Tor class rooms A Tew monThs previous They had graduaTed Trom The cocoon sTage oT eighTh graders Now Tlying high in The aTmos phere oT high school liTe They were ready To casT oTT Their childish sporTs oT shooTing paper viads puTTing girls hair in inlr wells and drawing picTures in Their boolcs Time marches on' ln V939 wTh all cruel algebra prob lems solved The members oT This class were ready To Tackle ThaT dreaded sTudy oT l.aTin which sends cold chills up and down The spines oT some high school sTudenTs. NoTh- ing oT greaT imporTance happened during This year excepT The lvlaThemaTics Field Day aT Carbondale. Again Time marches onl . . . I9-40 loolced in on The sTudious group. Pleased wiTh The pasT record oT The class and sympaTheTic wiTh The sTudenTs conTinued eTTorTs To sell everyone in school more candy Than he could eaT l94O proved insTrumenTal in malcing The iunior year a prosperous one. Now ThaT l94O has reTired and l94l is carrying on The good worlc, l see ThaT ThaT class is preparing To leave ChesTer l-ligh. Each sTudenT is doing his besT To carry The good record Through his senior year and To insure The Tirmness oT The ToundaTion upon which his worlc in The communiTy is based lm willing To help This group if They wanT me To buT They musT aslc me in The righT way You called my aTTenTion iusT now wiThouT lcnowing iT buT you will always Tind me ready To be oT assisTance when you loolc aT me over your leTT shoulder l3nlighTen your classmaTes o Ths SToeTTel your vice presidenT Earl McGuire and your secreTary Treasurer Bernadine McGuire ThaT l lcnow a number oT Triclcs ThaT will help Them To govern your class successTully wiThouT depending Too much on your direcTors Miss uosiclc and Mr l-leinz l ve noTiced a change in your class This year They re no longer The bewildered wanderers oT I938 The serious sTudenTs oT l939 or The busTling business men oT l94O They are guieTer and more indusTrious hey realize ThaT The TourTh imporTanT year under The care oT Alma lvlaTer is drawing n ar iTs close. They no longer loolc upon Their school days wiTh The imaginaTive eye ThaT sees a TaThomless cavern oT examinaTions prob- lems and exercises. Their nighTs are no longer clouded wiTh an imaginary web oT Tear oT The grades on reporT cards. These sTudenTs have overcome These obsTacles and have puT in Their places glorious honors and records by which The Class oT l94l can be remembered. Well, you can imagine my surprise in hearing This accounT Trom The Man-in-The moon. BuT regardless oT iTs source, The accounT is a True hisTory oT The Class oT I94l. MHN IN-lHl-llHllll SHYS STNIHHS HHT SHTISTHETHHY

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WM Back Row H Jany B Johnggm W Lan T3 Grannernan ahr B Haserneyer J Lynch B GarreTT W Gerberdung R Lochhead Mnddle Row A Mueller B Huch T Karushls A McCabe H GenTsch R Gros e nor W Hnllerman P Krebs B Howell Fronf Row N Hoops A lfrull D Lawder M Lnndsey B Grah E MarT1n M Johnson L MaTTnngly D Koopman V KloTh SOPHS STAKE THEIR LUCK ON THE HORSESHOE In Three shorT rnonThs we Sophs changed Trom The prnrn1T1ve savages oT ChesTer Hugh School see The SummnT oT I94O page 29 nnTo a more clvlllzed group WhaT could have caused Thus To happen IH such a shorT Tume7 You ve guessed IT The horseshoe' EvudenTly The Sophomore horseshoe has remained un an uprlghT pos1Tlon because none oT our luck has spilled ouT As Bob Lahr says The Sophomore Class I proudly say ls doungT1ne IU every way Our hardesT sTudles we subdue In hopes oT benng Junuors Too M ss Plng and Mr Trapp have served The nlneTy Three Sophomores as capable class advusers The gavel was placed In The hands oT Paul BarTels our eTTucnenT presudenT His asslsTanT Wnlllam Gerberdlng helped 22 THTST SHPH HTHHlS'IlTSIHiT+f,plIl