Thornton Township High School - Thorntonite Yearbook (Harvey, IL)

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SW! Editor--in-Clvief ...... ...... J ANE EDITH HERTHEL A.r,ri.rmul Ediforf ...... BIETTIE-JEANNE REASOR, MELVIN OFT, WILLIAM HAYES Adzferlifizzg Mmzngef' ....... ....... A LLEN BESTERFIELD C'irc'11lnli011 lwrllldggl' ..... ..,...DOROTl-IY DOWN EY Iiharogmpby Editor ...... ...... B ETTY CRAIG Edirol-ia! A.uiflm1f.r .............,............ KATHLEEN CASHION, PATRICIA JOHNSON, JACK WILLNIER, ANN ERNST, THELMA CARPENTER, MARY BORST, JANE PERRY, JOE IVES, MARENA KAY, SHIRLEY ROGERS, PEGGY NORWICH, LUCILLE STANFIELD, ROSEMARY LATHROP, ALBERT MEZO. VIRGINIA KIRAIEFFT, EDNA SNELL, GLENNA MOORE, RIEVA LOU RILEY, KENTON NELSON, WALTER SHANKLAND, JEANETTE JONES, DAVE VAN GORDER, WILFRED GEEDING, DOROTHY VAN DAM, JEAN SHEEHY, TOM PHILLIPS, BILL PIPHER. Alf!-16 I'liJ'illg A.rfi,v1mzzI ..,............. . ..... WILLIAM LADWIG, BETTY JEAN WILKES, ALBERT BEIZNES, DORIS BRUHN, CHARLIE LAMBERT, DAVE STAEHLING. Arr Smjf ................................ JOE MANGO, TOM SUBLETTE, RITA PRINDIVILLE, FRANCES DEIHI., JANE HAGIEIKMAN. Arr Aduifer ...... , .... MISS DOROTHEA THIEL Yearbook If1.rf1'11rf0r ..... ....... M R. FREDERIC BRIGHT Bll.fjI1E.f.l' Aclzfixer ...... ....... M R. O. F. UMBAUGH

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ji If MR. GEORGE H. GIBSON leaked fion To Mr. George H. Gibson for his thirty years of service to the school as a member of the Board of Education we, the graduating class, dedicate this 1942 Thorntonite. Since 1912 Mr. Gibson has worked with the Board in building Thornton into the line school which it now is. He has always been among the first to urge the purchase of necessary equipment and supplies for the departments and the build- ing as a whole. Always active in civic affairs he was Mayor of Harvey during the first World War. The whole town knows and respects him for the philan- thropic work which he has done through the years. Until he retired from an active business life, Mr. Gibson was President of the Chicago Steel Car Company. Re-elected to the Board again this year, Mr. Gibson now serves as Vice-President and chair- man of the Finance committee. All during his thirty years of service to the school he has never been too busy to promote plans for the better- ment of the school. Although few of us students have had the privilege of knowing him personally, we all know and respect him for the good that he has done the school. He has set a record of gratui- tous service which will inspire us to perform similar services when we become citizens. As an example of conscientious work, understanding of the needs of the school, consideration for all with whom he dealt, and unselfish service, Mr. Gibson willserve us as a true inspiration. The lasting good which his ungrudging serv- ices have brought about is witnessed by the school itself. As long as Thornton stands it will be a memorial to the work that Mr. Gibson has done and continues to do. Our best wishes go with him through the years to come.