Maine East High School - Lens Yearbook (Park Ridge, IL)

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Our Own C-54 . . special recognition program and the Mel Tierney Legion Post of Park Ridge pre- sented to the school a new Minute Man flag for outstanding sale of War bonds and stamps. Februaryi 16: The' day that C-54 number 332, inscribed with the name of the school and the slogan, Faster and Higher That's Maine's Flyer, was formally dedicated at a ceremony on the Douglas grounds. The entire student body was transported to the' plant. March 14: A Maine alumnus first re- ported having seen the plane in flight and about a landing at the U. S. Naval Air Sta- tion at Alameda, California, doing its job as a transport for the Army Air Forces. Other alumni later Wrote from the same station of the' thrill they felt upon boarding and Working upon the ship, which they re- ported being attached to a hospital fleet and fitted with stretchers to carry the wounded men back from the fronts. Since the Douglas plant is located in Maine Township and since the' school has been intrumental through the VEND edu- cational program in training several thou- sand aircraft workers during the past year, it is particularly fitting that Maine High should have such a concrete testimonial to its part in the War effort. I - SUR GOAL ss jgmwg i 5 00, Vx piaiisssaisi-95.1 is ' W WZ f ES 3 1 A if zggiggggg . 251 ww S if .V o. ,wi - frniizi iz 37 ,V 4. ii'?gs-335' if BEFORE Here is the bond thermometer as it appeared De- cember I3, two days before it Hburstf' Students shown are National Honor Society officers John Burgeson, Art Anderson, Kay Sanders, and Bar- bara Behlke. Platform guests at the Douglas program hear Arthur Anderson give the dedicatory address. Left to right: Miss WViiladell Allen, Miss Lulu Mae Johnston, Joanna Pfalf, Helen Jenkins, Phyllis Shaw, .Io Ann Seabury Cwinner of bond for making the most salesj, Bruce XVinner, Douglas Plant Mana- ger John Buckwalter, Miss Elizabeth Parolini, Norman Olson, Superintendent Frank L. Holmes. , gl Zig iii.: -ff , 5 . -f .,- , . , Q..- . .. 27 , : ,sf . - 'afe--,-iga.Zli- ,. ' t -f,...,,.. ., .1 T J aw: SALES is

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Maine's C-54 and part of the crowd at the dedication ceremony. 1VIcline's Stake in the War . These dates stand out in Maine's calen- dar of 1944-45 events: December 1: The Clay the student body accepted Superintendent Frank L. Holmes' challenge to put over the sale of half a million dollars' worth of war bonds dur- ing the sixth war loan drive in order that a Douglas C-54 Skymaster might be named for the school. Immediately the National Honor Society and the Student Council sta- tioned members and other Volunteers in Des Plaines and Park Ridge banks and theaters to urge bond purchasers to credit their bonds to Maine. December 11: The stormy night that 400 students in two teams headed by Jack Sul- livan and Bill Barkell canvassed homes in both towns, bringing in an additional S164,000. December 15: The eve of Christmas va- cation, when it was officially announced at the close of the pageant that the quota had been topped by more than S50,000. As a reward, the student body got an extra day's vacation. February 9: The day that a delegation from the Special Events Division of the U. S. Treasury Department presented a

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PR diti are the the From Kickoff . SEEN AT THE KICK-OFF Upper Left: Eour students sit out a dance at the Kick-Off. Every year on the night following the first home football game the Student Council sponsors this dance, which oflicially opens Maine-'s social season. WE BROADCAST OVER XVGN Left: Majne was saluted on WGN's Citizens of Tomorrow program December 30. Pictured are stu- dents and others who participated in the recording of the program in Maine's gym the night of De- cember IT. EPARING FOR THE CHRISTMAS PAGEANT Art classes spent busy weeks making scenery for the Christmas Pageant, which has become tra- onal. The set for the variety show in April was another project of these students. Pictured below Lois Pflughaupt, Roger Anda, Eleanor Moeller, Don TretTeisen, and Jean Kriegel making toys for Christmas tree and painting the stained glass window for the church scene. At far right part of Cratchet family await their cue back stage.