East Aurora High School - Speculum Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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convos reflect life cincl times of students everyone had fun at the many attractions such as the auditorium show, the marriage bureau, spook house, and last but not least the Junior Carnival dance, crowning Janis Dowell, queen, and Ernie Tuymer, king. Minstrel Days Are Here Again and Ala- bamy Bound were the beginning and ending numbers ot the l952 Minstrel show. End men, Chimes Ring Out- Shown below is Vera Jacobson playing Christmas music at the tea given by the Girls' club for the faculty. Yuletide Pageant-fPortrayirig their roles in The Little Match Girl are members at Miss Bredlow's drama classes: Margie Hall, Sharon Wahl, Shirley Clark, Alice Gregg, Larry Tanner and Reynier Preston novelty acts, and stooges all composed the cast to make the seventeenth annual Minstrel a huge success. Students behind the team lOO per cent, the most ferocious paper Tomcat held up by the rooters' section at the regional tournament game did not scare the West High Blackhawks, whO were victorious, Crowning Moment-fr-The Junior Carnival coronation included, back row, J. Worley, P. Helgren, R. Abel, T. Rice, H, Thielman, C. Wilson, last year's king, E. Tuymer, king, and J. Dowell, queen, C. Ladd, last year's queen, E, Dieser, T, Korody, C. McGinn and D. Woody, front row, E. Obenchain, G. Hickernell, J. Gumz, C, VanDuser, D. Newman, crown bearer, V, Curtin, C. Bloodgood. N, Ehrhart, crown bearer, S. Henderson, S. Morrison, and J. Rumple. K J

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Paracles, plays, games, programs, and window decorations in the halls, and a large Christmas tree adorned with blue lights and covered with snow on the outdoor balcony at the front entrance. According to tradition a Christmas program was presented by the drama department and the orchestra. But because of the record snow fall which stopped the busses, school was William Tell and Son?--Don Bechthold, champion exnibition archer, is shown at a school convo demon- strating his skill. The victim is Ronald Nichols, and t n the right is Ginger Bechthold. With an E , With on A Football girls yelling with all their might at the Thanksgiving Day conyo are Shirley Clark, Janet Gumz, Betty Zvanut, Carole closed Friday canceling the Boys' club party and all homeroom parties. After the holidays we had only four weeks left until the end ofthe semester and the issu- ing of report cards. With the beginning of the new semester we found the juniors busy getting their plans made for the Junior Carnival. That night Parkins, Joan Brown, Margie Goodendorf, Jean Ann Schafer, Joyce Flynn, Kay Shohoney, Joyce Nilles, Carolyn Paul, Joyce Campbell, and Vera Jccobsrvn Dul1l1h-l don' know Hoping that his frienl Mort isnt as dumb as he appears to be, Dr. Gatos probes for c sign of intelligence at the Thanlfsgning Day canyo.

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School life round of goiety, gloclness, Bow week seemed to sneak up on us, and it wasn't long before you could distinguish all classes by the colors of bows they were wearing -seniors, blue, juniors, red, sophomores, yel- low, and freshmen, green. Every two weeks students received the Au- roran, our school paper. With nine straight victories over West High, A Girl in Every Port-Ted Watson, Dove Stuart, Jim McCarty, Cully Gebhart, Bob Bereman, Ronnie Orland, Roger Anderson, and Jere Collins are shown taking part in Strike Up the Band , the Minstrel band dance of '52, If I Knew You Were Comin' - Displaying their domes- tic cake-baking ability are Minstrel Stooges, Ed Middle- ton and Alan Schulcr. East High Thinclads , practicing first in the gym and later at Roy E, Davis Athletic Field went after their tenth straight victory in track. The junior class play, Lady Precious Stream , starring Shirley Likovich and Marcia Lester, was staged in the traditional Chinese custom with very little scenery and a Chinese gong. Don't Hold My Arms So Extra Out! -H Dick Doemland, Tom Dieterich, and Lightnin' who is in reality Mr. Matthews, as they appeared in this year's Minstrel in their number, Dance Me Loose . Graceful, Aren't They? -- Hugh Wyeth, Bob Vvilliams, Ronnie Nichols, Rich Arend, Jack Pfister, and Phil Quinn are shcwn here os they danced to Tiptoe Through the Tulips in the football dance of the Minstrel.