Pittsfield High School - Saukee Yearbook (Pittsfield, IL)

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CITIZENSHIP AWARDS 'Q I IMMIE N ICHOLSON WILMA ATWOOD DAVID KISER GRETA NIOCUM Each year the graduating class nominates candidates for the S.I-LR., D.A.R., and Danforth Foundation awards. The faculty then elects the boy and girl from these candidates for the awards. The boy and girl receiving the highest number of votes are awarded the S.A.R, and D.A.R. awards while the boy and girl receiving the next highest number of votes, each receive the Danforth award. The two members of the l945 graduating class to receive the S.A.R. and DAR. citizenship awards are lirnmie Nicholson and 'Wilma Atwood. The Danforth Foundation, which has set aside funds to recognize potential qualities of leadership in young people, presents those receiving the Danforth award with a copy of the inspirational book, l Dare You. The two members of the 1945 graduating class to receive the Danforth award are David Kiser and Greta Niccum. Twenty

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BOYS OF CLASS OF '45 IN THE SERVICE HARVEY DEAN INGRAM. Coxswain. Chub is on board the State of Mary- land in the South Pacific. VVILLIAM LEE SPRINGER, Sl! c. Billy took his boot training at Farragut, Idaho, and is now somewhere in the Pacific attending radar school. PVT. WILBUR CAWTHORN. No information available. ROBERT D. RUBLE, S2lc. Bob joined the Navy August ll, 1943 and had his boot training at Farragut. He was on board the U. S. S. Hermitage and has been to New Zealand, Society Islands, Australia, India, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Ireland and England. LYNDLE IRICK. S2lc. Lyndle joined the Navy in Ianuary, 1944. He received his boot training at Great Lakes and has been in three major battles-Leyte, Mariannas, Tin- ian. He spent 42 hours in the ocean when the Gambier Bay, a small aircraft carrier, was torpedoed. Lyndle is now at Bremerton, Washington. EARL BENSON, A. M. O. 3!c. Zeke enlisted in August 1943, was trained at Farragut and is now in Ha- waii going to a gunner's school. IOHN RAY GHRIST, Sllc. Enlisted in the Navy, Ianuary 20, 1944. He had his boot training at Great Lakes and was sent to Shoemaker, California. He was then transferred to the Hawaiian Islands and is still there as a cook. BILL BAGBY. Beeler was the first of our class to leave. He had his boot training at Great Lakes and is now at Little Creek, Virginia re- ceiving training in radar. Nineteen GERALD ROBERTS, Q. M. 3lc. Lefty enlisted in the Navyin August 1943, received his boot at Farragut and was put aboard the U. S. S. Hermitage. He served in the Pacific for six months and was transferred to the Atlantic where he is still serving. He has been ashore in fourteen different countries, serving in four invasions. HARVEY REEL. S2lc. Is stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received his boot at Great Lakes, No Pictures Available of the Following: Pvt. Lyndle E. Schafer was inducted in- to the U. S. Marine Corps on Ian. 3, 1945. He is now stationed at Paris Island, S. C., where he is taking his basic training. Asahel leffers AXS-leff joined the Navy in Ianuary l945. At the present time, he is receiving his boot training at Great Lakes. Carl Leahr S2fc--took his boot at Great Lakes. He is now in the South Pacific. Robert Greathouse - No information available. In March, Bill Howell, Wayne Piper, Wendall Hall, Bill Hoover, Iunior Landess, Ir. Butler, Alvin Saylor and lames Walston joined the Navy. They are receiving their boot training at Great Lakes, and some expect to be back for graduation. Hayward Smith, Dick Shive and C. L. Harshman have been inducted into the service, and at the present time, are await- ing their calls. This information may not be complete but it is the best the Annual Staff could secure.

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CLASS HISTORY Now as graduation is drawing so near for us sixty-seven seniors cmd everyone is making plans for the great day and for the days after graduation, we are spending some time looking back over the last four years which have flown by so rapidly. All the high lights of those years come back to us as clearly as if they happened only yesterday. lt was September 1, 1941, when a large group of so-called green freshmen entered P. C. H. S. so eager and willing to find out what was in store for them. Remember, we elected David Kiser for our president, Mary Helen Conrad, vice president, Phil Casteel, secretary, and Bill Howell, treasurer. We found many of our classmen taking part in various school activities. On initiation day we discovered that some had even adopted names of movie stars. Our first class party was a whizz. Were we glad that no upper classmen were there as many of us were just learning to dance. We got into the swing that night so that we were able to enjoy the coming school parties. Things were going very well when war was declared, December 7, 1941. Time was set up one hour which required our getting to school an hour earlier than the old time. We soon forgot Central Standard Time. We went to school on Saturday so that we could get out earlier in the spring. Our first year of high school was very successfully completed for which we gave credit to Miss Blaeuer in helping us through our hardships. We were really getting into the middle of school when we stepped in as sunny sophomores. Miss Dell stood with us in everything we did. Our class officers were: President, Bill Howell: Vice-president, Phil Casteel: Secretary, Suzanne Hanscom: Treasurer, Lucille Barkley. We were somewhat disap- pointed when it rained on us as we were going out to Dale Iohnson's on a hayride: but as we never stop with disappointments, we came back to the school house and enjoyed dancing in the gym. As for parties none can com- pare with the Sadie Hawkins' school party we had that year. As we entered school our junior year, we missed several of the boys of our class. They had joined the Navy during the summer. We wish that they would have stayed with us, for it was our junior year when our fun really started. Miss McGuire was our sponsor, and she, together with jimmy Nichol- son, our president, did everything to make this a very outstanding year. Our other officers were: Hall Smith, vice-president: Deloris Horst, secretary: Mildred Yokem, treasurer, and David Kiser, vice-president of the Student Council. We had a very good time on our Iunior-Senior Hayride when we went out to Wayne Griffeth's and roasted wieners. Because one of the wagons broke down We were Very crowded coming back to town. Did we ever bring in the money on our play, Don't Take My Penny. Miss McWilliams and the play cast deserve a lot of credit for making the play a success. We Iuniors were so happy to know that we would be able to give the Seniors a good banquet. We used a ship as our theme, and we were proud of our art work. We tried hard to make it a memorable affair for the Seniors and from all reports, I believe, we didl We were proud of our class that year. Eleven of our members were chosen to be on the National Honor Society. Twenty-one