Peoria High School - Crest Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Dedication The Centennial Year has been the theme of this book. The faculty of Peoria High has attracted numerous fine teachers to many years of service during its one hundred years. This book is dedicated to the teacher on our faculty with the greatest number of years service to Peoria High School. She joined our faculty in 1921 and has given Peoria High School thirty-five years of outstanding service. VVe, the CREST staff of 1956, therefore dedicate this book to a JWISS LUCILLE WALTMIRE Page 3

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Ex Libris The CREST staf of the Centennial year presents the academic and social events of the schoolyear 1955 C93 1950. In recreating for you the nzernories of this year fwe have included ideas representing the life of our school in its past one hun- dred year history. Ufe do not 'want to for- get the past, for it has given us the pre- sent, and in the present we are molding the glories of the future. -I L ,f -Elf WX M life it were Q yr lfl N-Zffvf J 4 tab!!! Ccglsfaevwf XL!! C I f7'N 077 fpfik f' if GL! 'X C7 K? is WA ,y Qfffdqsaf QMWM4, C' jd! e Lwvfewffhlff eess 3 MMM? Q Qakdkwv Uv-Jxe Odd- 4? 6? l cs,L, fu! 7 Lfvf Qfa ' , ff? 6 'jf J X12 lfeffff' J J Le t ef e ,ffy is vi-4' 'ii of 3 Qfbt cf f 552 'n -. llifilllliil ,,,,,,, . . nz 2 f if Wd 's in l, Q , Page 2

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