Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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1947 - . .- ILLOHMET METROPOLIS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL 1946 Sept Sept Sept Sept Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov. Nom Nov. Nov. Nov. Nbv. Dec. Dec Dee Dec Dee 1947 Jan Jan. Jan Jan. Jan Jan Jan Jan. Feb, Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar. Mar. Msar. Mar. Mar. April April April April April April May May May May May May May May May May May CALENDAR FOR 1946-1947 2-Monday: Labor Day. 3-Tuesday: Registration. 4-Wednesday: Classes Begin. 20-Friday: Magazine Campaign starts. 2-Wednesday: Magazine Campaign ends. 4-Friday: Lyceum Number--C. Thomas Magrum 3 p. m. 11-Friday: Deportment Grades completed. 14- Monday: First Six Weeks Examinations. 22-Tuesday: Report Cards Completed. 23-Wednesday: Report Cards Distributed. 1--Fri-day: Junior Play. 11-Monday: Armistice Day fNo School.j 21-Thursday: Deportment Grades Completed. 22-Friday: Second Six Weeks Examination. 25, 27 1 26-County Institute fNo Schoo1.J 28, 29-Thanksgiving Vacation. 5-Thursday: Report Cards Completed. 6-Friday: Report Cards Distributed. 9.. Monday: Lyceum Nlumber-Charm Quartet 3 p. m. 13-Friday: Christmas Concert. 20-Friday: 3:50 p. m. Christmas Vacation Begins. 2.- Thursday 8:15 a. m. Christmas Vacation Ends. 10-Friday: Lyceum Number-Grace Wolpert Keene 3 p. m. 13-Monday: Exemption and Deportment Lists Completed. 14-Tuesday: Exemptions Announced. 15, 16, 17-First Semester Examinations. 20-Monday: Opening Day of Second Semester. 27- 28- Monday: Report Cards Completed. Tuesday: Report Cards Distributed. 12-Wednesday: Lincoln's Birthday fNo School.J 13-Tfhursdayz Lyceum Number-Jack Raymon 3 p. m. 27-Thursday: Deportment Grades Completed. 28-Friday: Fourth Six Week-s Examination. 4-7-Regional Basketball Tournament fHere.J 5-Wlednesday: Lyceum Number-George Caraker 3 p. m. 7-Friday: Massac County Teachers Meeting fNo School.J 13-Thursday: Report Cards Completed, 14-Friday: Report Cards Distributed. 28-Friday: So. Div. I. E. A. Meeting, Carbondale fNo SchooI.J 4-Friday: Good Friday fNo School.J 14-Monday: Deportment Grades Completed. 15-Tuesday: Fifth Six Weeks Examination. 18-Friday: Spring Concert. 23-Wednesday: Report Cards Completed. 24-Thursday: Report Cards Distributed. 9-+Friday: Senior Play. 15 -Thursday: Senior Exemption and Deportment Completed, 16-Friday: Senior Exemption Announced. 16-Friday: Junior and Senior Reception. 19, 20-Senior Examinations. 20-Tuesday: Regular Exemptions and Deportment Completed. 21-Wednesday: Regular Exemptions Announced. 22, 23, 26-Regular Examinations. 25-Sunday: Baccalaureate 7:30 p. m. 29-Wednesday: Last day of school. 29-5Wednesday: 8 p. m., 67th Annual Commencement of The Metropolis Community High School

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1947 - ' - ILLOHMET JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY A great Junior Class assembled on the campus of M. C. H. S. after struggling through two hard years as freshmen and sophomores. Attention was centered on this class by the limelight given to it for its great participation in football and basketball. The football team consisted mainly of juniors, namely, Odell Pansing, Jim Ballance, Ellis Spitzer, Elverett Buchanan, Jim Wemhoener, Curtis Flannery, Mickey Fisher, Jim Owens, Herb Austin, Bill Comer, Lavere Windhorst, and Gene Blasdel. The basketball squad was also well represented by the junior class. Tlhose serving as ranking mem- bers, were Jim Owens, Jack Taylor, and Bill Comer. The Junior Class Play, Going Places, was given November 13, 1946 under the direction of Mrs. June Smith. The cast included Jim Jones, Curtis Flannery, Jim Bal- lance, Marilyn Helm, Wilma Dummeier, Helen Austin, Mickey Fisher, Sue Sturgis, and Katherine Gurley. The play was a marked success. Another of the junior class activities was the operation of the refreshment stands during the basketball and football seasons. Guided by Mr. C. V. Cochran, the junior class put their delapidated heads together and elected Clark Williams, President, Bernard Hohman, Vice-Presidentg Charles Parker, Treasurerg and Martha Russell, Secretarv

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1947 -:- -:- -:- ILLOHMET CLASS OF 1949 GROUP I GROUP II