Pittsfield High School - Saukee Yearbook (Pittsfield, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY And then, suddenly, we were Seniorsl lust like that! Miss Blaeuer came back to our class to help us make our last year in P. C. H. S. one to be re- membered. David Kiser was our president: Iimmy Nicholson, vice-president: Katherine White, secretaryp Mary lean- Maynard, treasurer, and Bill Howell was president of the Student Council. We shall never forget our barn dance at Rosemary Goodin's. We really initiated her father's new barn. The ,Annual Staff, with Miss Dell and Miss Willey, worked hard to make our annual a book that will be cherished by everyone who obtains one. The G. A, A. formal dance was one of the outstanding affairs of the school this last year. Three new members of the National Honor Society were chosen from our class. Some of us Seniors actually got out of our final exams. Can you believe it? We worked very hard on our play so that we might have enough money to pay forqthe orchestra for the Iunior-Senior Banquet. And, luniors, that was a wonderful banquet you gave us. We shall never forget it. Class day, baccalaureate, graduation, and then we must leave you. Although we shall soon be gone, We hope that you will not forget us. A Many of the boys of this class of 1945 are now in the' service. While we are enjoying the final festivities of our graduation, at the same time we are remembering those boys who in serving us cannot be here. After a few short days this class will no longer be making history as a group, but as individuals. It is our wish for each senior that the future days be as happy and profitable as their high school days have been. The Takeoif Two colored gentlemen who had just reduced the population in a farmer's hen roost were making a get-away. Laws, Mose, gasped Sam, why do you s'pose those flies follow us so close? Keep gallopin, Nigger, said Mose, them ain't flies, them's buckshot. Twenty-two

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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

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