Nevada High School - Cub Yearbook (Nevada, IA)

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JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET ON MONDAY EVENING, APRIL I2, I943, TI'E SENIDRS AND FACULTY ENLISTED AT THE ARMORY OF CAMP COLO HIGH SCHOOL AS GUESTS OF THE IAJNIOR CLASQ UPON ENTERING TI'E SERVICE EACH GUEST WAS GIVEN A SERVICE HAT ISOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINEI DESIGNATING VIHICH BRANCH OF TI'E SERVICE HEWAS ENTERINGg TI-E ARMORY CEILING WAS PATRIOTICALLY DECORATED WITH RED, WHITE AND BLUE STREAMERS FOR THIS FESTIVE OCCASION. AMERICAN FLAGS, GUNS, AND AIRPLANES, ALL HELPED IN CREATING A MILITARY ATMOSPI'E?E. THE TABLES IAERE IN A LARGE V FORMATION WITH EACH GUEST FACING THE OFFICERS TABLES WHICH WAS PLACED AT THE TCP OF THE Vu LARGE UIWLE SAM HAT VASES OF CUT FLOVIERS AND CANDLES MADE A VERY IIPRESSIVE CENTER PIECE. AT EACH INDIVIDUAL PLACE WAS A SAILOR OR SOLIDER IPLLCE CARDI HOLDING A RED, WHITE AND BLUE SHIELD PROGRAMS. OPEN PARACI-UTES WERE FILLED WITH AMMUNITION. MESS CALL WAS SOUNDED AT 7230. EACH WAITRESS WAS DRESSED AS A RED cnoss NJRSE3 WITH A SAILOR, SOLDIER, OR MARIIE PARDNER. SAILORS ON RAI-'T VITAMINS ON PARADE MILITARY SALAD BJLLETS TORPEDOES HAND GRENADES fkrbffk DEPTH Bomas Pkfbk Ty Ng Tl A FINE TOAST PROGRAM WAS GIVEN UNDER TI-E comwwo OF THE CZNERAI. GENE Dow. THE REMAINDER OF TI-E EVENING WAS SPENT DANCING' TAPS souNoEo AT IIZOO P.M.

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SCHOOL DANCES SCFDOL OAITCESII TI-E MOST POPULAR SOCIAL EVENTS OF TI-IE COLO HIGH SCHOOL' IT WAS THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 22, AND ALL THROUGH THE VICINITY OF COLO, WAS PEARD THE MURMUR OF YOUNG VOICES ANTICIPATING THE DAIICE T0 BE HELD THAT EVENINGE MARGARET BELL TOOK ONE LAST GLANCE IN THE MIRROR, CI-ucx BRIBPED THAT LAST specx OF LINT FRW Has SUIT AND CLIFF I-EADED SOJTH OF CoL.o IWE ALL WONDER ww-NU TPE DANCE WAS SPONSORED BY THE SENIORS, AND TI'E PROGRAMS WERE RED BELLS WHICH THE SENIOR BOYS HAD WORKED SO HARD CUTTING: ONCE IN A WHILE YOU COULD HEAR THE CRY OF LADIES CI-DICE u POOR UNSUSPECTING MALES WERE SLUGGED, TRIPPED IJUST ANYTHING FOR A MANI AND VIERE CWPLETELY DEFENSELESS WI EN THE SVIMRM OF GIRLS WANTING DANCES SWBUT DOWN UPON THEM. DURING TI-E TAG DANCES EVERYONE WAS KEPT BUSY CHANGING PART'- NERS PARTICULARLY UNCHIE AND JOI'N D. ON LADIES TAG: AT INTERMISSION TI'E ENTERTAINMENT CONSISTED SOME SINGING HI BY SEVERAL HIG-I SCHOOL PUPILS SELECTED FROM THE CROWD. THEIR FIRST SELECTION WAS WHEN THE LIGHTS Go ON AGAIN IT PROVED SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY GAVE AN ENCORE STRIP Pom VIMICH VIAS MET WITH THJNOEROUS APPLALSE FROM TPE LISTENERS, REFRESI-NENTS WERE SERVED AND THE DANCE CONT INUEDQ WI'EN TIE TWELTH DANCE VIAS FINISHED AND TI-E TIME NURED ELEVEN MR. FOBES MVE TI'E GO HOME SIGNALQ EVERYONE MADE A MAD RUSH FOR TI'E HOME EC. ROW AND THEIR COATSn A KNOCK-DOWN AND DRAG-OUT FOLLOIIED, EACH TRYING TO FIND TIHEIR COAT WITHOUT MUCH SICCESS, BUT NO CAUSALITIES WERE REPORTED, CWMENTS SUCH AS TIESE COULD BE HEARD IN TI-E JW LATERQ VIOI.ET: Geri, TWRT WAS FUN! Doms: Bov, TI-IAT's TI-IE BEST DANCE WE'VE HAD ALL vEARl VIRGINIA! MY FEET I-lJRTI S-IIRLEY: CAN UNCHIE EVER DANCEHH IANQ EVERYONE AGREED THAT HE cERTAINLv COULD -- AND I-DWIHI ARDIS! HI'M TIREDIIN EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. TPEY ALL AGREED IT WAS THE BEST DANCE YET, FND THE PREVFILENT THOUGHT WAS! WHEN'S THE NDCT DANCE?