Mount Pulaski High School - Hilltop Yearbook (Mount Pulaski, IL)

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FFICIAL GREETING fla.Pww.' weigh fiiwluw' www 045 !.' s'xx A' N-' . , K5 , J ly, Yi' Aj .? ' Q, ' l J l i l 1 l l l 1' 1 i 4 I l l We have begun our'voyage lhrougl I939-l940. Everyone is in his place for anolher exciiing voyage. T hal ship's officers wilh Their hundred anc sixfy passengers are ready for fu n laughler, a lol of excifemenl, and e happy voyage. In our nine monfhs voyage we are going +o squeeze in 4 four years' four of poinfs of inleresi familiar faces, and unlimifed ac+ivi+ies So we are launched on our pleasure cruise and +o all we say- BON VOY AGE. This page sponsored by' LOUIS SAMS Mounf Pulaslci l L 1

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XIX, LTOP L? H90 PUBLISHED BY THE SHIP'S SELECTED REPORTERS FOR PASSENGERS' ENJOYMENT. Home Address: Mouni Pulaski Township High School, Mounf Pulaski, Illinois This page sponsored by ROTHWELL LUMBER CO. Mounl Pulaski

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Uciyage of the S.S.Hill'l:oP ln l84l. iusl' nineTy-nine years ago, her maiesT , The l-lillTop, was launched. The TirsT porT was on The properTy of George Turlley. and The TTrsT voyages were sup- porTed by public subscripTion. The business was direcTed by Three TrusTees whose respZnsibiliTy iT was To see ThaT suiTable quarTers were provided and The 'finances raise . The voyage of educaTion on The l-lillTop has been a ioyous and successful one. being consTanTly expanded To meeT The growing needs of The communiTy. The TirsT doclc conTinuecl To be used unTil l845, when iT was moved To The easT parT oT Town. The expenses were meT ThereaTTer by disTricT Taxes. The Third change was made in I857 as a resulT oT a bill passed by The STaTe Legis- laTure February I9, I857, donaTing The Logan CounTy CourT House To The disTricT Tor school purposes. ' This doclc conTinued in use unTil I877 when iT was changed To a new one ThaT had been erecTed on The siTe of The presenT grade school porT. AT This mooring. eighT years oT elemenTary worlc and Tour years of advanced work were n'iainTained To edu- +caTe The crew unTil OcTober 8, l9lO, when The porT was cornplelrely desTroyed by ire. ln The year l9ll a new doclc was erecTed on This siTe. The new l lillTop Company was organized in l9I2 and The TirsT unit of The presenT harbor was erecTed in The lasT oT ThaT year and The proiecT compleTed in l9l3. ln T928 The lasT addiTion was builT. During all These years The HillTop has been growing in size. crew, acTiviTies, and seaworThiness. Today she has Twelve oTl7icers and a crew of one hundred sixTy- nine. IT is our sincere hope ThaT her voyage inTo The sea of The FuTure will be as success- Tul as Those on The Ocean of The PasT have been. REFRESH 4' IN W'T ' somes