Momence High School - Monesse Yearbook (Momence, IL)

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Although jobs. school and home work take up the majority of hours in the average student's day. a variety of different activities occupy the remainder of their free time. Me st students spend their spare- time on school nights either studying and or watching TV. If time allows, ballgames or an occasional spin through town are usually the highlights of one's schoolnight activities. When Friday night rolls around weekend nightlife begins. For some- staying home anti relaxing seems to meet their satisfaction, but toothers getting out of the house and going somewhere with friends is more to their liking. Whether it's going out for a pizza. seeing the latest movie, taking a trip to the rollerskating rink, bowling, playing a few games of pool or ping-pong, listening to music or just a friendly game of cards, being with their friends and having a gtxxl time is the main idea. There are always others who arc out after bigger and better things, this group gets things flyin'. It's not as if these people are wild but going to rtxk concerts and partying is a lifestyle they enjoy. This is just a taste of a number of different ways in which MHS students spent their nightlife. Kach person does what they like best and if they enjoy it that's what really counts.

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Without transportation and having limited finances caused most young people to stay around Momcncc. Moment? hoys couldn't get to Grant Park or Kankakee often enough to look for girls and carry on any kind of decent romance. Phone calls to these towns were toll calls. At the same time those boys couldn't get to Moment? very easily either, therefore the com- petition here was less. My high school years of 1940-1944 were during the war years. This meant that there was a complete lack of frills for high school students. Pirst of all there was gas rationing. This eliminated all unnecessary trips and that included just riding around. Farmers had access to more gasoline and farm hoys were especially popular. Tires were rationed and an evening of going somewhere might mean patching an inner-tube to get home. Theaters were ordered closed to cut hack on the use of electricity. So. stxial activities were limited to school and church events. Football games and track meets were conducted in'the aftermx ns of a school day. There were no baseball or golf teams. The school did not operate any buses, students had to get to school and ball games the best way they could.