Waukegan High School - Annual W Yearbook (Waukegan, IL)

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Passing Glimpses From History Club's Activities 1. Us on a Bus 2. Hail, The Gang's all here for is ii?j 3. All right. Eddie! So whcxi's the score? 4. All Aboard!! 5. Scared of the girls, Mr. Hurd? 6. Peek-a-boo. Marian. 7. Having a little trouble, boys? 8. He's lost the knack! lll

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Second Semester, Seated: Nancy Doolittle, JoAnne Kirkham, Mackie Beeman. Richard Turner. Standing: Nick Goldechmidt, Carolyn Perry, Marjorie Harris, jack Petree. Scene from ASSEMBLY PROGRAM: Anita Perry, Mr. Hurd, Mrs. McFarlin, Pruth McFarlin. History Club the Most Popular in School - Under the able direction of Roy C. Hurd, the l-listory club has earned the distinction of being the largest and most active club in school. Officers for the first semester were: Anita Perry, president, Eddie Goodbout, vice- president, Virginia Reed, secretary, Ken Kell- ner, treasurer, loAnne Kirkham, historiang and Tom Tinsley, sergeant-at-arms. Credit is due Pat Alex for providing the all-around, good-time meetings that took place while she held the program chairman position. For the second semester the organization chose Mackie Beeman, president, Nancy Doo- little, vice-president, loAnne Kirkham, secre- tary, Dick Turner, treasurer, Marjorie Harris, historian, lack Pettee, sergeant-at-arms, and Carolyn Mcliean, program chairman. Early in October, practically the entire membership piled into bulging buses and were soon rolling merrily on their way to the great city of Chicago for the semesters first jaunt. A ticklish task, indeed, befell these sturdy travelers when they had to choose be- tween visiting either the Stevens hotel or the Board of Trade building. For lunch, the divided groups met at the Stevens Coffee llU Shop where they amazed the waiters with their ravenous appetites. ln the afternoon, this dauntless excursion group took in the thrilling Northwestern-Wis consin football game. lThey claim that with their lusty Waukegan lungs, they out-yelled every one. This isn't hard to believe if one thinks of the humdrum that must be hushed at every assembly programj Although tired, and it was a pleasant weariness, the excur- sioners agreed that a nice time was had by all when they arrived home again early in the evening. General chairman of this out- ing was Roger Edwards. Committee .chair- men were as follows: badges, Roland Mc- Minn and Betty Hansen, reservations, Fred leffersong Walter Hoff planned the itinerary of this successful pilgrimage. Louise Perrine was chairman of the fes- tive mid-semester dance, the Harvest Moon hop. Decorations were built around a large yellow moon that smiled down on the waltz- ers as the jack-o-lanterns lead them into the gaily decorated gymnasium. The Ambassa- dors, who played for the corn-stalkers, were surrounded by scarecrows and mammoth

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F.t7',ii,gk., of 'A I . .. . ' I 1, I I -5 Top picture: FIRST SEMESTER PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Front Row: Astere Claeyssens, Jack Van Sickle, Norman Schwartz. Back row: Ernie Dickinson, Mr. Hurd, Pat Alex. Anita Lewis. Middle picture: SECOND SEMESTER PROGRAM COMMIT- TEE: Bill Thayer, Caroline Perry, Phyllis Voelpel, Nancy Doo- little. Mr. Hurd. Kermit Kramer, Io Anne Kirkham, Carolyn McKean. Bottom picture: AMATEUR NITE COMMITTEE: Seated: Pearl Stewart. Virginia Reed. Standing: Bob Tornquist, Rol- and McMinn, Charlotte Mix, Suzanne Johnson, Billy Holmquist. pumpkins as they played in a make-believe barn. Committee chairmen were: Betty Petti- clair, tickets, Loretta Nellans, decorations: Dorothy Winters, publicity, Ethel Bensen, music, and Lorraine Diebler, chairman of the chaperones committee. ll SPONSOR PRUTH MCFARLIN - For the Christmas program the club in- vited Pruth Mcljarlin, a colored tenor from Piney VVoods school in Mississippi, to give his renditions of favorite songs. Mr. Mclvarlin was so well received that he was invited to return in May for another appearance. Instead of the annual breakfast hike, this spring the club forgot tradition and trudged their way to the Bowen country club for a supper hike! After filling that cavern located below the lungs, with all kinds of goodies from hot dogs to hot chocolate, these ramb- lers, daring the sharp breezes, danced at the club house. What could have been more appropriate than a Pan-American theme for the twelfth annual banquet! Under the chairmanship of Florence Martin, the theme was carried out to perfection with gay serapes and som- breros, colorful posters, maps, pamphlets, offi- cial letters, and even products from our South American neighbors in the form of mangan- ese, tonka beans, tapioca, graphite, coffee, and many more. Interest for the evening was woven about the imaginary tour which left Chicago on a Clipper plane, went over New Orleans, fol- lowed the east coast of South America to Montevideo, then over to Santiago. The re- turn trip was up the west coast, through Cen- tral America, to Los Angeles, and home. Anita Perry introduced several distin- guished out-of-town guests, including the Argentian consul of Chicago, Senor Alfredo I. Ambrosini, accompanied by Senor Miguel G. Calderon, Mexican Consul-General in Chi- cago, and Mrs. Harriet Shanks Platt, president of the Pan-AmericanCouncil in Chicago. After the dinner in the cafeteria, over which toast- master Norman Schwartz presided, all guests went to the Iunior assembly where a movie, Flying Down to Rio, was shown as a fea- ture of an interesting program. Mrs. Platt enthralled the audience with an interesting account of some of her Latin American experiences. Last on the program was the dancing to popular strains in lr. 330. I-lennie Anderson was chairman of the corres- pondence committeeg chairman of the enter- tainment was Nancy Doolittle. Other commit- tees were Marian Elsbury, favors, Norman Schwartz, decorations, Vieno Sompii, invita- tionsg lack Van Sickle, programg and last, but far from least, Rose Yellen's menu committee.