J Sterling Morton West High School - Talon Yearbook (Berwyn, IL)

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In defiance of the freezing cold temperatures, Morton West students Qbelowy gather to play football in a field blanketed with snow. Braving the extremely cold temperatures, Betsy Baley fbottomj changes into her ice skates at the ice skating rink in Forest View Park. Inspired by an early snow fall, Kelly Steffan Qrightj prepares a snowball to use on a friend from the snow accumulation on Morton's lawn. eel? ff., 14 STUDENT LIFE

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