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Highlights of the Year and this year Maz'ne has had some important ones , . The brightest highlight of all in a crowded year was, of course, the purchase of Maine's C-54. I ' ' ' ' own ndustrious Mainites also managed to get themselves a Youth Center in Park Ridge, and to have a real WGN broadcast staged in the Gym. Along with these new and different events, the Christmas Page'ant, the Stu- dent Council election, and the regular dances from the Kickoff to the prom ticked off on schedule to make this a really memorable year. Shown on opposite page, left to right, top to bot- tom: wooden soldiers await the Christmas Pageantg Queen Gretta Honne of the Kickoffg our C-54g Girls' Club oilicers preparing for hair-bow weekg we made it!
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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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