Lovington High School - Mirror Yearbook (Lovington, IL)

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L OVINGTON HIGH OLD MAIN ENTRANCE The town of Lovington is located in a farming community; its most important crops are wheat, corn, and soy beans. Approximately half of our students arrive in school buses. Old Main, built in 1901, became too small to answer the community's needs, so a wing was built on the east to serve as a gym and one on the west to serve as an auditorium. A new gym was constructed in 1956 and the old one remodeled to accom- modate the Home Ec and Commercial Departments. The old assembly hall now houses a new library, Visual Aids, and Science Department. THE GYM

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AIRS. BERTHA PING IN RECOGNITION OF A JOB WELL DONE Resigning this year after thirty-one years of teaching. Mrs. Bertha Ping leaves a host of friends and well-wishers. Mrs. Ping began her teaching career in 1926 at the Dehart School in Douglas County. The last fifteen years of her teaching have been in the third grade at the Lovington Elementary School. We offer our Best Wishes to one who has served such an important part in our community.

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LOVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL LOOKING EAST OLD MAN WINTER BEAUTIFIES OLD MAIN