Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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Speaklng of Camp Ellis thats the new tralnlng center down beyond Peorla where Mr Propps IS you know and lt seems that the hospltal there got the last batch of maga z1nes the Junior Red Cross collected They wrote Mrs MCMIIIBH a very nice thank you letter Remember The Last of the Mohzcans that novel we read when we were sophomores? Well we had it on the movle program the other day Talk about excitement' Randolph Scott was certalnly there when It came to fightmg the French and the unfriendly In dlans Of course he was always alded by h1s two Indian pals and spurred on by the loxe of the heroine I forget her name We had semester exams last week They were the same as usual hard Tests were Friday and grade sheets were passed out on the following Monday Down m the corner IS a shot of exams 1n the cafeterla The kids seem hard at work don t they? They had to be because at this particular time the physlcs tests were gomg on so you can understand why most of the klds were so intent I paid for yours and my yearbook last week I vsant to be sure to get them They cost S1 25 this yeal and Flsher Day Flske and Company are trylng to make collectlons 1n only three lnstallments Jean Pennebaker Joan Hxtter and Esther Sears received the prizes ln the snap shot contest thls year but I guess the big news IS the really good plc tures Willis Klng and others are shootlng w1th that new Speed Graphlc the school bought It's supposed to be a honey, flash gun, range finder, and everythlng The most fun of the month was the Exam Bust Remember how we doubledated last year? I went alone thls time have been thinkmg qulte a lot about the fact that my days as a high school guy are limited I got into N 12 the rnlddle of February you know Any may I had a good tlme Unknown to the dancers some of the teachers were p1ck1ng out bests Dorle Sex erson and Guido Fran Zettl won first prize for lltterbuggmg and Jean Svoboda and John Holm for slow danc lng The prlzes were boxes of candy and Wlth 300 there you can guess how long they lasted I thlnk MISS Sanders IS gettlng angry be cause I m not paylng attentlon so I ll have to close for now I sure hope you get your fur lough next month Everyone here IS looking forward to seelng you Goodbye for now U f04 H hdd np Y gA kth gm H t gh . I Q r . Y . . I I . f- , . 7 7 ' ' , . . I ' My I A we - as A A 79 5 ' y K ' - ' ' H' nu' . . . . . . - 9 ' 1 Two wizards at work. John Elzer and Don Murdock doing just ' , I a little last minute cramming for exams. v - - r . . , Y I , I I , .- . . . . I . I I , , I . . . . , C Z ' ' Zi 1 1 Y I . , 1 ' ' , . held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Boy, does this look familiar? I can almost hear you saying . it. Notice John ealy over on the right an Sl e. A arentl 9 Crai rmstrong next to him writes interesting tests. I don't ' . ' 'I thin at hand in the air helon s Franklin ill, over on the . . . lvf , even thou it does look like it. And, what is going on up ' ' ' on the other side of Jerry Peace? Y , . , I 9 ' a I I I 1 A ' K Iv 1 9 ' v I I . , 1 L l ' a . . X l 28

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Its soit of hald to write a long newsy letter ilght noyy because lust about the only th ngs yye dld th1s month yyele study talk zbout emestels study talk about yyhat well take ncyit semestel tudy yyondei yyhat the questions yy1ll be like study you get the 1dea Thelc ale quite a number of maiorettes th1s ycax Barbara Hinds is the leader or plesldent or w hatey er you call the one out 1n fiont They st1ll yyeai the red and white outfits and ey ery year they get better and better Barbs has a class of gradeschool els on Saturday The rest of the mayorettes th1s y ar a1e Betty Paige Shirley Brundage ind buy ellv Caffee Ottawa s cheer leaders thls year are Marl lyn and Carolvn Joneson Helen Lenac Doro thy Swanson and Jean Dougherty They haye some new uniforms red skirts Whlte school sweaters and little red hats for the basketball games Kids around school should be 1n the dough fo1 a short time any way The office thy a n e made a sury ey the othei day Cdldnt intend to be a poet! xnd found out that at least 334 8914? was eained by 282 students yy ho wolked downtoyyn betole flll1Sl1I'Y1Is Not bad' Miss Durham was lQSD0llSllJl6 for placing a gieat many students me included She C3111Qd out a SIX yyeeks cou1 se IH 1eta1l sell mg practices and forty people receiyed a certificate from the state yocatlonal associa tion This tra1n1ng helped a lot of 1nexpe11 enced kids get Jobs Mlss Durham keeps a file of all students yy ho are lnterested IH work mg and then when calls from business men be interested Another new 1dea of hers is the bulletin board with employ ment 1nformat1on espe cially lnterestmg to us semors because It con talns C1y 1l Sery ice notlces and other mforma t1on that mlght help us get Jobs after Uradua tion Gosh' it seems queer to think that yye will soon be ex h1gh school pupils Mar ly ' . 1 1 . V ' V-V V f V v V 1 . V ' ' ' A L 9 ' 1, l mV n - . - V f L. . LV . -V . 2 . . . ii . . . L , , . V . L . . C 1 v 1 1 v v v V , Y 1 v v ' 1 T 1. v f v v c h . . , . Y ' ' . c . . A . , V . . Q V V . V . . . , ., L , . -l -1 ' i il tv-.v ' . 'sys V. is - ,V Y if' ' 41 I 1 ' 1 4 I 1 n . . . 4 V . 1 , , I A D . . , . K' ' ju 1 I I v . 1 l 4 1 u n L . , , , . . LV - V ,V .S . . L, - 1 S' , V V VV ' , . N Y . ' I ' l ' 7 n, . V , V V . . . . . . A ' ' . .Y I A ' JC ' I ' , V' , ' Y V K. iii- Esther Sears, Isabelle Irrgang, Arlene Foster, Come in She notifies the Students who might 2 , i ' ' 1' , ' V V 's ' y '- .T ., J a ' - Y - ' v V V , . 1 ' n, ' 7 v ' Q u 1 - . Y T ' : ' S' D . . . A . K . K K A. - kv K1 ' K, 1 . s ' ' n . ' . ' D - l N U- . . . V ,, A Y D I v v v V. 'v . . 1 A Y V V 4 x - A L n The cheerleaders in action. Going down the locomotive we find and Carolyn Joneson. Or is it Carolyn Jonesun, Helen Lenac, Doro Sw' nson, Jea Dough rty, Marilyn Joneson, Helen Lenac, and i n Joneson? 27

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Home Room Feb 29 1944 Dear Jlm Well here we are agam Those exams are finally over whew' but most of us came out all right on them Of course they werent exactly k1dd1ng when they had the Flunkers Frollc a few days ago Now to get back to the old grind Thls semester several new courses are bexng of fered to ambltlous students trlgonometry secretarlal trammg vocatlonal shop and be gmnmg Journahsm for up and coming un derclassmen to prepare for thelr ordeal on the Buccaneer and yearbook next year least ten bottles of milk and two or three lunches were accldentally dropped on the floor You should have been here to g1V6 out w1th your usual horselaugh Fortunately no one got spllled on and when peace was re stored the teachers en masse turned around agam In the cafeterla durlng early Septem ber several freshmen lnnocently started eat mg at the teachers table They soon found out' The cafeterla does good buslness this year as usual Sexeral new schemes haxe been trled out on us and have prox ed successful MISQ Brlghentl s pet scheme IS the A lunch If you get soup sandw1ch vegetable and mllk or main dlsh sandwich 'vegetable and milk flxe cents IS taken off your total These are all 1n keeplng w1th the dally food guide posted at the end of the lunch llne to lIlSp1I'6 students on the1r cho1ces Also under the Sl1bS1d19S plan whlch as Robert Gardner says cheats the farmers faheml you can get Whlte m1lk for a penny At every table quarts and quarts of the mxlgoratmg bever age haue been consumed If Dick Gerlmg doesnt start moomg soon It wont be h1s fault He drank two quarts of mllk on a bet He drank It raw straight from the bottle no straw or anything' It vias swell hay 1ng you home Just one trouble you weren t here long enough You tell your commandlng officer that you have to come home agaln There have been a lot you could all be home at once Most of them come over to school and It seems a lot llke old tlmes Most of the teachers are carrymg on a lot of correspondence w1th SQFVICG men and women icou ve probably heard from some of them I thlnk there s going to be a picture of you IH the yearbook this year Remember that plcture that W1lllS King took of you talkmg to Miss Baldw1n Well that s it You re so tth B BIIRL tad? . A . K .K -Y , . ' . . 1 - Y ' ' 7 ' ' ' -1 ' cc 99 uv 7 . Y Y . . . . Y . 7 I 9 ' Y , N . . . K . . , . y ' K4 77 y - K ' L r l . v Q T . K , n .vu o u L , A L ' . . , V . . . , . . . , . L . y . K . . T . , . i . . . , . , - 7 7 . . . . . T . - T Y , i It was so funny in the Cafeteria today: at of service men home lately. It was nice that ' , . . . . , ' 7 y 7 ' ' K , 1 ' ' . . . . , . . . - . .K Y . 1 A , 1 u Q u u . . . , . , . . , . The cafteria during second lunch hour, or, feeding time a e zoo. Bill eck, i u ledge, and Lurleane Van Cleave are s n in . 29