Lewiston High School - Bengal Yearbook (Lewiston, ID)

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DEDICATION The Annual sTaTT oT I948 Takes pleasure in dedicaTing This ediTion oT The yearbook To a real old Timer aT LewisTon High School. Dean S. ThornTon. Mr. ThornTon came To LewisTon in I929 and TaughT aT This'high school unTil he leTT Tor The army as a FirsT LieuTenanT in I942. He reTurned Trom The service as Major ThornTon in I946. Major ThornTon was saluTed by several Tormer Bengal gridiron and hoop sTars during his island hop Trom down under in AusTralia To Manila in The Philippines. - Mr. ThornTon received his Bachelor of ArTs degree aT The UniversiTy oT MonTana. aT Missoula. He also aTTended The UniversiTy of WashingTon. SeaTTle. He is now a candidaTe aT WashingTon STaTe College Tor his MasTer of ArTs degree. . Mr. ThornTon has headed The EducaTional Guidance DeparTmenT in Lewis- Ton High School This year. His oTher classes include Typing and business ariThme- Tic. He is also advisor oT The Commercial Club.

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FOTQEWORD HIS iS IT. The Bengal OT '48 ThaT had a daTe wiTh TaTe-and The Class oT l948. Like all oTher war and posTwar producTions, This yearbook had To overcome exTraordinary diTTiculTies beTween The opening oT school and The end OT The Term To be ready Tor disTribuTion by mid-May. ShorTages-Those banes OT The liTe oT a publisher--were sTill on hand during mosT oT The year To play drawback Tor The STaTT. Spiraling cosTs also imposed anoTher boTTleneck ThaT had The Business STaTT iumping mosT of The Term. WiTh publicaTions expenses conTinuing To mounT, iT Took considerable Tinagling Tor The Manager To balance The books. Small increases in sub- scripTions and adverTising raTes could noT be expecTed To absorb The climb in pro- ducTion cosTs wiThouT careful managemenT. PublicaTion was no snap The STaTT discovered as They checked and double-checked This iTem and ThaT. Members spenT hours geTTing The guys and gals ouT Tor picTures- on a day when iT did noT rain. More hours were devoTed To geTTing in individual and group reporTs. Making oT panels plagued STaTTers Trom December Through February and The wriTing oT copy consumed weeks in March and April. BuT publishing means The keeping alive oT anoTher school TradiTion. The aim has been To Tell The sTory oT The year in picTure and wriTeup. in carToon and TeaTure. No doubT a Tew errors crepT in despiTe all eTTorTs To eliminaTe Them. We TrusT They are minor in characTer and ThaT The meriTs oT The book will overbalance such inconsis- Tencies. To Seniors, we say Good Luck. To oThers: We'll be seein' you.-THE STAFF.

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Senior Class Will As our class graduates from dear Lewiston l-ligh, We leave this lasl' will and Jreslamenl' for our underclassrnen to live by. Each one of us seniors had his own place to till. But now as we leave we bequeath to others our outstanding skill: From Connie Akins, the No. 1 brain, To Maureen Flynn goes her rating for more A's to gain. From Mary Albright to cousin Bob, Goes ul smile which for them is no job. To Bill Brown, from Alexander, Babs, Goes the knack for collecting ads. Big Tom Armstrong bequeaths his height, For junior, Ed Martin,to be more in sight. To Joan DeShazer, who has all the will, Goes Eva Aske's great typing skill. From Jerry Barnes to Del Storey, Goes the big bass horn, too big to carry. Our sweet Patty Bennett, the L-Cube head, Wills her fine personality to Jerry Jolstead. The gal called Berlinghoff, with the first name Fay, Gives athletic ability to Betty Judd, so gay. Colleen B., that popular miss with the pleasing smile, Bequeaths this to Jim Haines, the girls to beguile. Juanita Bolick, gladly and without any fuss, Leaves D. Weinmann her trips on the dear school bus. Joann Bowling with a laugh so hearty, Wills it to J. Bengtson, who is great fun at a party. Gerald Bovey who seems to know the town, Leaves Marilyn M. his scooter so she can get around. Fern Bracht bequeaths her sweet, come-hither look, To Donna Brown who learns readily from a book. Ilene Brier, an ardent skating fan, Leaves this pleasure to fleet-footed David Sanman. Joe Brown with the name of a great movie star, Wills that Gene Montagne, too, in life will go far. From the senior girl who is called Janet Burgess, Goes her writing talent, to Gene Strehlou who has such urges. Betty, Geraldine and Mildred, the Byers cousins, Happily leave their school books by the dozens. To Dick Gray who drives a car so fine, Goes Jean Ann Campbell's disposition which is 'ltres divine. Wes Carpenter wills his stock raising knowledge, To Dwain Mclntosh, who'll go to some college. Ralph Catroneo leaves his broad cheerful smile, To Nell Curtis who'll always be in high style, That blond boy, Max Clark of track fame, Leaves B. Wilson is own surname. Warren Cloninger, one science student who rates, Wills Karl Berger his ability at tennis and on skates. Joyce Collins wills her starry, bright eyes, To Norma Paolini, to attract the guys. Ruby Condrey, the ardent L-Cube usherette, Leaves her book-learning knowledge for B. McHugh Evelyn Cook with the dark brown hair, Leaves shorthand problems for Rita White to bear. to get. From that dark-haired Church girl-Marcella, Goes her man-catching ability to Barlow, Della. Pat Croson, who plays the piano well, Leaves her music interest to Barbara Fallwell. That horse-riding enthusiast, Nadeen DeLores, Wills Doug Bickford her favorite horse. Ena Mae Earl leaves her trips to the store, To Bob Berry, who considers that no chore. Inez Earl leaves her art work exhibits of worth, To Gil Estes, who shows so much mirth. That cute Edelblute girl, called Berna Jean, Leaves her Thespian talent to G. Casebolt, so keen. all the frills, To R. Meadows and hopes that he'll have no spills. Bob Eichenberger wills his '36 Plymouth with The popularity of genial, talented Rex Fouse Goes to Elva Stuart, who is quiet, like a mouse. Big Ted Freeman leaves his football knack, To R. Heninger to see how he'll stack. Ivan French, well-known about school, Bequeaths his talents to Bob Jaspers, who's no fool. Lois Fromdahl, editor of this 1948 book, so fine, Leaves her glory to the next one in line. Jeanette Funke, who drives a keen car, Wills her sweet voice to T. Willey who will go far. Zelda Gall wills her place as a majorette, To leader H. Williams for more acclaim to get. From that likeable Graham boy called Bruce, To V. Owen goes a character part she may choose. Del Grant bequeaths his writing skill, To L. Paulsen who'll have time to kill. Ray Grimm leaves his machine shop learning, To Monty Jones who's had the same yearning. From Sue and Dale, who've gone steady so long, To Shirley and Ray goes their Together song. Now Dale H who sings like a bird, Leaves his voice to Fred Schmidt, who should also be heard David Hamil who has already been to sea, Leaves his neat dancing to good-looking Don Lee. Betty Harrington, that home-making lass, ,, .L Bequeaths her recipes to A. Pontius, good in this class. From ' H. Job's past queen so fair, To little sis, a sy, goes her charm so rare. Cute leaves her very best smiles, To Joan Cox who knows latest styles. Doug Gorset, a handsome hunk of man, Wills Paul Garrett a co-ed to catch when he can. Donna Hawkins who leaves LHS with a sigh, Gives Willis Ballard her past math problems to try. es elan who rates as a student and friend, il s Dixi P rsle the athletic events she can't attend.