Kirkwood High School - K Log Yearbook (Kirkwood, IL)

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T I KLOG lf- J- THE JUNIOR DANCE The annual Junior Dance was held at the Kirkwood gym, February 24, 1940. Jimmy wood's orchestra furnished the mu- sic. The jitterbugs from near and far came to show how they could dance. The gym was full of rug-cutters, smoothies, jumpin'-Jivers, and susie q'rs. The committees in charge were: the decorative, Juanita Worden, Gertrude Loudon, Jane Vaughon, Bette Mink,and Betty Zeag the advertising,Paul Mink, Bill Cochran, Dick Pape,and Eugene Gunter, and refreshment, LaVerne Bricker, Kenneth Holeman, Bobby Gibb, and Andrew Young. Mr. McNeill, assisted by Mae Shauman, collected tick- ets at the door. Miss Smith, class adviser, seemed pleased with the returns, and the cooperation of all who were helping. The juniors cleared eleven dollars which will go for the purpose of the Junior-Senior Banquet. The juniors think that the dance went off fine and hope that they may have another one in their senior year that will go over as well as the one this year did. THE JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET The Junior-Senior Banquet was held on May ll at the Custer Hotel in Galesburg. It was attended by the juniors, seniors, teachers, and members of the school board. The program which took place during the banquet consisted of a short talk on NTimeU by Mr. Hodge, a nToastU by Mr. Everett a vocal solo by Bette Mink, and a piano solo by Betty Zea. Bobby Gibb was the toastmaster, The entertainment provided was a theater party which was held at the Orpheum Theater. The show was HRafflesU starring David Niven and Olivia DeHaviland. It was enjoyed by all and was said to be a pretty good picture. After the theater party, some of the juniors and seniors went to the Hoof to dance, while others felt that they had been cnter+ tained well enough and left for home. The juniors feel that from the remarks of different people, the banquet was a success.