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In The hecric school year iusT compleTed The 900 sTudenTs oT WesT l-ligh have seen Their school change in iTs eTTorT To adiusT iTselT as The whole counTry has had To change To meeT warTime demands. IT is The iob oT The adminisTraTion To revamp The school, iTs ideals and aims, iTs curriculum, and iTs ouTlook, so ThaT iT may oTTer The besT possible Training opporTunif Ties Tor sTudenTs desTined To Take Their places in uniiorm or on The home TronT. AlThough many changes were made by The admin- isTraTion This year, The democraTic principles and ideals, The TradiTions and academic sTandards were noT TorgoTTen in The eTTorT To prepare sTudenTs Technically Tor The world- wide sTruggle. These were even sTrengThened, wiTh an eye Toward preparing The sTudenTs oT Today To help win The peace oT Tomor- row. An air oT expecTancy and un- easiness was evidenT in The sTu- denTs' aTTiTude Tor The TirsT Tew weeks in SepTember. l-lowever, as They sTarTed down To work ree alizing The imporTance oT being well prepared To Take Their places in The all ouT eTTorT , Their un- cerTainTy vanished and They soon assumed a business as usual aTTiTude. The TirsT TesT oT The valid- iTy of The school's war-Time eTTorT ThroughouT The year will be in The hands oT The l90 graduaTing seniors. Because The armed Torces and indusTry are boTh demanding Technically Trained men, some changes were made in The curriculum and some new courses were added To The curriculum This year. AdiusTmenTs in The maThemaTics and science deparTmenTs were Caiherine Kelly Principal Ross M. Bergman mainfains a comprehensive undersfanding and confrol of all phases of high school life. He adds and revises courses T prepare sTudenTs for Their war-Time dufies while yeT refaining provisions for a liberal educafion. made TogeTher wiTh The addiTion oi courses in pre-TlighT aeronauTics, airplane mechanics, pre- inducTion radio, elecTriciTy, and machines. To prepare girls lor home-TronT service in TacTories a special course in mechanical drawing was or- ganized Tor a class oT eighTeen girls. BoTh boys and girls beneliTed Trom a sTepped up physical educaTion program which included a Torm oT commando Training Tor boys. Evi- dence oT This change was Tound in The new TiTle ol The annual Gym Circus, VicTory Through Physical FiTness . AlThough Tour boys were draTTed Trom classes inTo uniiorm, many have been deferred To Tinish The year Through The cooperaTion oT The SelecT- ive Service Boards and The adminisTraTion. Boys of draTT age were given inTormaTion abouT The services, colleges, and reserve enlisTmenTs aT a Mainfaining a high sfandard of efficiency abouf Wesf High's building and grounds are, leff fo righf: William Cleminson, engineer, Harry Graham, Jack Luke, Granf Leigh, Hiram Ames. round fable disccussion led by Dr. T. P. Sfephens of Aurora College and represenfafives of fhe Army, Navy, and draff board af a combined meefing of Easf and Wesl' High boys in fhe Wesf High audiforium during January. On April 2, nearly all 'rhe senior boys of draff age were given fhe regulafion Army-Navy qual- ifying fesf fo defermine whefher fhey were pos lenfial officer maferial. The highesf percenfage designafed by fhe Army and Navy were called in for personal inferviews and furfher fesfing. Sfudenfs who passed fhese fesfs and inferviews safisfacforily were fo be assigned fo officers' fraining upon inducfion. The group conferences and personal inferviews conducfed by PAGE 9 Dr. Frank Slufz, nofed educae lional and V vocafional counselor, were exceed- ingly helpful. The annual College Day program held afWesfHigh February 4, helped fhose planning fo affend college nexf year solve fheir problems. The Senior Guidance program held af Easf and Wesf High School on April 21 and 22 solved lhe lasl' rninufe plans of bofh boys and girls who plan fo enfer fhe service of fheir counfry or serve indusfry. Beffy Klaren Mrs. Gerfrude Scoff Smifh performs The double iob of feacher and admin- isirafor. As assislanf principal and dean of women she handles roufine ma+fers and advises 'ihe girls in aclivifies. In her advanced mafhemafics classes, she makes parficular efforf fo supply a basic undersfanding of fhe fundamen- fals. D Z 4-, .. ,. r 'TQ . ap? I S ' if .T wx A . ff , if f f gi 3 , 5 ' , ,A 7:?'Ll W, 'als EM WF?-W 5 J' ' 'Will' 25:7 -s y ff 'Q if , 2 I 2 ' F -:fffamlgfsa 1.g::fN: : - ,V E' fs K 4 P 1. 4 L. Ng 'QM gm 1 3 2 M 1 Q , . ,:L,::,,,,x, V ., Q HN q NEW , 1 ,. Q i xg K , F 4 vu? se , f xiii- 4 75559315 A1 -W MLS fiiiz, X1,'fkF1f. , Q-'ibififii ' P. e-Sw' ,, aims, F3 A v A n ' -. Q., S. ' 'wx- Q 95 i . N 5 . .W I fm '53 ' x . K if 'L hi ' 0 Mr. HerberT H. Jebens B. S.. M. A. UniversiTy of lowa Miss Louise G. Lane B. S. UniversiTy of Illinois .ML Harold F. Meyer B. E., M. A. NorTl1ern Illinois STaTe Teacher's College Nor+l1wesTern Universify O Mr. Koyl Bradley PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe .Mn H. Leffingwell, B. E. Wl1iTewaTer STaTe Teacher's College C Miss EsTrid de Coudres Miller, B. S. NorTl'iwesTern UniversiTy l PAGE ll '7fze4f7 'e... This year, more Than ever, we have learned To realize The pricelessness oT educaTion. Our insTrucTors have had a Two-Told job-ThaT oT gearing mind and body To The Task oT win- ning Treedom's TighT, and, aT The same Time, culTivaTing and preserving in us The precious ideals and arTs oT peace so ThaT we may noT lose Them in The conTusion oT war. Science and maThemaTics have become The keys To The skill needed in a warTime world. Such courses as pre-TiighT aeronauTics, airplane mechanics, radio, elecTriciTy, and mechanics, TaughT by Mr. R. K. GranT, pro- vide valuable Training Tor Those enTering The armed services or indusTry. The basic courses in science and maThe- rnaTics are even more greaTly needed. Fresh- men are required To Take general science, TaughT by Miss Una J. Pease, Mr. GranT, and Mr. Carl l-laTenrichTer. This is an ouT- line course designed To inTroduce The sTudenT To The world oT science and prepare him Tor advanced work. One year OT eiTher algebra l or general maTh is necessary in order To organize scienTiTic Thinking and develop pracTical abiliTy. These courses are given by Mr. Arnold GoTher and Mr. Marger ApsiT. Biology and advanced physiology are TaughT by Miss Pease. The biology course is a colorTul sTudy oT planT and animal liTeq ad- vanced physiology gives The sTudenT valuable knowledge oT paThology and disease, To- geTher wiTh a scienTiTic undersTanding oT The mechanism OT The normal human body. Physics and chemisTry are TaughT respecT- ively by Mr. GranT and Mr. l-laTenrichTer. Juniors and seniors abouT To enTer college, indusTry, or proTessions gain a sound back- ground Tor The TurTher sTudies They are To pursue. Plane geomeTry, TaughT by Miss Gladys Brown, and The advanced courses - Trig- onomeTry, solid geomeTry, advanced maTh and algebra-TaughT by Mrs. SmiTh, are re- quired in mosT oi The Technical branches oT The armed services. For sTudenTs planning To enTer indusTry, several vocaTional arTs courses are oTTered. A special mechanical drawing class was or- ganized by Mr. l-larold P. Meyer, especially Tor TuTure war-worker girls. Building and Trades is TaughT by Mr. C. L. Koylg prinTing, by Mr. Leslie E. Gee: draTTing by Mr. Meyer: and indusTrial arTs by Mr. Leo F. Tilly. A new TeaTure oT The physical educaTion program This year was The addiTion oT a special Type oT commando Training Tor boys, besides a general sTepped-up physical TiTness program. The insTrucTors are Miss Miriam Fager, Mr. GoTher, Mr. Clarence Blubaum, Mr. l-l. l-l. Jebens, Mr. Tilly, and Mr. ApsiT. Home economics courses - The nuTriTion classes, cloThing, and caTeTeria managemenT, under The TuTelage oT Miss EsTher Ballard and Miss KaThryn Suino, serve a very pracTical purpose in The war on The home TronT. EiTTing sTudenTs Tor posiTions in The busi- ness world is The main aim oT Miss Maurine Ballance, Mr. l-l. C. LeTTingwell, Mr. l-lugo W. PeTerson, and Mr. Blubaum, insTrucTors in The commercial deparTmenT. AlThough The scienTiTic and pracTical as- pecTs oT educaTion musT be emphasized iT we are To win This war, now. even more Than in normal Times, we musT learn To appreciaTe and Treasure, as The heriTage oT a Tree na- Tion, The sTudy oT The ever-living value oT These privileges: liTeraTure, languages, and The Tine arTs. ln The English courses, The sTudenT is in- sTrucTed in The TundamenTals oT grammar and good usage, and inTroduced To The greaT liTeraTure oT The ages. ln English l, TaughT by Miss WinTeringham, a general review oT grammar is presenTed TogeTher wiTh an in- TroducTion To some Tamous English liTeraTure. Sophomores and juniors conTinue under Miss l-lelen L. Wood, Miss Louise Lane, and Mrs. T-lelen l-larshbarger, learning The rudimenTs oT creaTive wriTing and Theme consTrucTion. In English IV, TaughT by Mrs. Alice A. Shep- ard. The seniors receive a broad preparaTion Tor college work and sTudy The worlcs oT The greaT English wriTers. Through This sTudy, The sTudenT's abiliTy and inTeresT in original cre- aTive wriTing is encouraged and careTully de- veloped, and a deeper appreciaTion oT liTera- Ture aT iTs mosT beauTiTul is insTilled in him. Courses in general liTeraTure and business English are also oTTered, dealing mainly wiTh The pracTical applicaTion oT good usage in The everyday world. Mrs. Shepard, Miss Lane, Miss Raymond, and Mrs. l-larshbarger are The insTrucTors. The journalism course, TaughT by Mrs. T-larshbarger, Trains sTudenTs Tor sTaTT posi- Tions on The school paper. Mr. W. J. PeTer- man Teaches The class in speech which is oT- Ten Talcen in combinaTion wiTh journalism. LaTin, French, and Spanish are TaughT by Miss JeaniTa PeTerson, Miss Lydia B. Ray- mond, and Miss EsTrid Miller. The Spanish course was recenTly added. The A Cappella Choir and band groups, led by Mr. PeTerman and Mr. Warren FelTs, Take viTal parTs in many school evenTs ThroughouT The year. Commercial arT Training is oTTered by Miss l-lelena Sauerg a greaT deal oT acTual prac- Tice is a parT OT The course. ln The midsT oT world conTlicT, The social science courses occupy an uppermosT posi- Tion. Miss Raymond, Mr. C. J. Nebergal, Mr. A. C. Ridinger, and Mr. Gordon SmiTh are The insTrucTors oT American and world hisTory and social sTudies. PAGE I2 . Mr. C. J. Nebergal, B. A. . Mr. E. R. Newman NorTh CenTral UniversiTy A. B., M. A. QMiss Una J. Pease, B. S. Kansas STaTe Teacher's College .Mn Hugo W. PeTerson B. E., M. A. WhiTewaTer STaTe Teacher's College NorThwesTern UniversiTy UniversiTy of Wisconsin UniversiTy of Nebraska 0 Mr. William J. PeTerman B. E. NorThwesTern UniversiTy . Miss JeaniTa PeTerson B. A. Knox College 0Miss Lydia Burrell Raymond, Ph. B. Universiiy of Chicago 'Mrs. Alice A. Shepard B. A., M. A. Wellesley College Universiiy of California 0 Mr. Leo F. Tilly Ed. B., M. A. Oshkosh Siafe Teacher's College Norihwesiern Universiiy C Mr. A. C. Ridinger B. S., M. A. Illinois Wesleyan Universiiy Universi+y of Illinois . Mrs. Gerfrude Smiih Universiiy of Chicago C Miss Margarel' Van Raden, B. A. Cenfral Universiiy of Iowa .Mrs. Mary Riizman R. S., B. A. Universify of Pennsylvania School of Nursing .'Mr. Gordon H. Smi+h B. A., M. A. Norfh Cenfral College Norihwesiern Universiiy .Miss Marian Winieringham, B. S. DePaul Universiiy PAGE I3 'Miss Helena M. Sauer Ph. B., M. A. Universify of Chicago Columb'a Universify C Miss Kafhryn R. Suino B. S., M. S. Mich gan Sraie College Universiiy of Chicago 0 Mfss Helen Louise Wood B. A., M. A. Universiiy of Illinois iaauzfm., ' ' cf Leff To righT, Tirsf row: Raymond E. Thorp, C. L. Valenfine, Helen Leigh, W. L. Gesler, Mrs. Emma C. Rice, Presideni' Frank C. Paull. Second row: Principal Ross M. Bergman, Samuel A. Lilley, W. M. WilleTT, Jr., Superinfendenl' Carl E. Larson, J. Allison Binford, Lyle H. Wilson, and E. Wallace Gibson. The Board oT EducaTion, always ready and willing To serve The comrnuniTy wiThouT any cornpensaTion excepT ThaT oT The saTisTacTion TelT in a job well done, is aT The head oT WesT Aurora's school adminisTraTive sysTem. Led This year by Mr. Frank C. Pauli, presi- denTg Mr. Wendell L. Gesler, presidenT pro PAGE I4 Tern: and Miss l-lelen L. Leigh, secreTary, The board iTselT, as is The cusTom, was elecTed by The ciTizens oT The communiTy. Theirs is The greaT responsibiliTy oT providing ildren and uphold- proper school TaciliTies Tor ch ing The high educaTional 1 sTandards They have seT Tor WesT Aurora. The Board oT EducaTion is composed oT Three main commiTTees - The educa- Tional, The Tinance, and The building and grounds corn- miTTees. The commiTTees supervise The employing OT Teachers, purchasing oT sup- plies, and Tixing oT Tax raTes and amounTs oT money needed To operaTe The schools Them- selves. This group oT people should be commended and Thanlced Tor underTalcing The greaTly re- sponsible Taslc To which They so unselTishly have devoTed Their Time and eTTorT. DoroThy Oliapal Recognized as a progressive educaTor, Superinfendeni' Carl E. Larson's primary concern is molding curriculum and Teaching meThods To achieve developmenT of every sTudenT's Talenis. T51 I wp,-,-T vi 2 rf yzaaenlal yzaalicllpallian . . . The ParenT-Teacher AssociaTion oT WesT l-ligh School had six meeTings This year To promoTe The welTare oT children and youTh in home, school, church, and communiTy. All These meeT- ings had excellenT aTTendance as The programs were exTremely beneTicial. The main purpose oT The P. T. A. is To develop beTween educaTors and The general public such uniTed eTTorTs as will se- cure Tor every child The highesT advanTages in physical, menTal, social, and spiriTual educaTion. The oTTicers Tor This school year were: Mrs. Clark P. Currier, presidenT: Mrs. MilTon E. Weil, TirsT vice-presidenT: Mrs. AlberT Thurow, second vice-presidenT: Mrs. Daniel VolinTine, secreTary: and Mr. A. C. Ridinger, Treasurer. l-lead oT 'he program commiTTee was Mr. Edgar Newman unTil his ,enTrace inTo..The Navy.. Mrs. MilTon Weil Then Took over The iob as chairman. Mrs. Thurow was chairman oT The membership com- miTTee, and Mrs. l-larshbarger was chairman oT puloliciTy. AT The TirsT meeTing oT The year Mrs., MilTon Weil secured Miss DoroThy Andrews, sTaTT as- sisTanT oT The American Red Cross, as The guesT speaker. Miss Andrews was presenT as an eye wiTness aT The bombing OT Pearl l-larbor. l-ler Topic was The Red Cross in AcTion aT Pearl Harbor . The second meeTing was TiTled EducaTion on The l-lome FronT . Leonard ApplequisT gave an inTeresTing speech on Aurora's DeTense ET- TorTs . The ChrisTmas Program, held December I5Th, was presenTed by The High School Music De- parTmenT. The A Capella Choir, direcTed by William PeTerman, and The WesT High Orches- Tra, direcTed by Warren FelTs, gave a brillianT concerT. The January l9Th program was posTponed because oT The severe weaTher condiTions and was held March I6Th insTead. Dr. T. P. STephens, presidenT oT The .Aurora College spoke on Higher EducaTion in War Time . On February I6Th The P. T. A. collaboraTed wiTh The band and sponsored The All School WinTer-Carnival. lT was a greaT success and The proceeds were used To pay currenT expenses. The lasT meeTing OT The year, April 2OTh, was cenTered abouT EducaTion Through ExTra Cur- ricular AcTiviTies . Mr. R. M. Bergman, principal oT WesT T-ligh, was The chairman oT The acTiv' iTies. Paaeai- 7eacfzeA 1444 'n LefT To righT: Mrs. MilTon Weil, TirsT vice-presiclenT: Mrs. Daniel VolinTine, secreTary: Mr. A. C. Ridinger, Treasurer: Mrs. Clark Currier, presidenT: and Mrs. Al- berT Thurow, second vice-president One oT The ouTsTanding acTiviTies OT The P. T. A. was The sponsoring oT The Co-I-li dances, which came inTo exisTence Tour years ago. Special crediT should be given To Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Powell, chairmen oT The Co-l-li com- miTTee, and To all The chaperons, who assisTed in making These evenTs possible. These dances have been successTul in providing supervised recre- aTion ThroughouT The year Tor large numbers oT sTudenTs. General commiTTees This year were Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Bacon, Tinance: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph l-lipp: Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gibson: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spurgeon: Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Schroeder, hospiTaliTy: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mar- kel: Mr. and Mrs. KenneTh Foulke: Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cavins, welTare: Dr. and Mrs. Leland Anderson, healTh: Mr. Sam A. Lilley, legislaTion: Mr. and Mrs. l-l. L. Nicholls, paTrioTic deTense: Mrs. GerTrude SCOTT SmiTh, sTudenT aid: and Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Kaser, music. PAGE I5 Wwfaanal Jlanaa Same I'1eI::'so c s' ' s' o ' g mbe of H1 Class of N 'o IH BARBARA ANDERSON DAVID ARMSTRONG ROBERT BUTTREY KENNETH CAUGHEY BETTY CONES RUTH CURRIER FLORENCE DE BARTOLO ELIZABETH DEUCHLER ELAINE KOZLOSKI BETTY McVlCKER MORGAN MEYER KATHLEEN POTTEIGER JAMES RICE PHILIP RUBY JOSEPH SANTELLI UH llllllllllll a I On I' asl f S I'1oIar Iup, CIIBFBCIGT, Service and Leader hip, 'The foII wm me rs e l943 won membership ln +I'1e ah na onor Soclefy ANTOINETTE SCARPINO CARLEEN GORMSEN JOSEPH SKOM ANTHONY GREENE DONNA FAE HIPP BLANCHE SMHH JOANNE HURD NEAL A. SPRAGUE RUTH JANDA RICHARD VERBIC RQBERT JQNES JUNELLA VONCK BETTY KEARNEY LAWRENCE YELLIN PAGE I6 nf' ,...-v ,,,9 ........with intensified studying in class and extra curricular war work such as the scrap drive, stamp sales, and many other related projects, the year was filled with excitement and constructive work. Although gas rationing and the tire shortage at first hind- ered Hawks and Hawklasses, all dances were crowded, especially the Prom and the class dances. PAGE I7 'Z' fafaelfzeh ace... IT seems buT a shorr Time ago ThaT The class oT '43 en- Tered WesT High as an en- ThusiasTic Treshman class. LiTTle did They realize Then ThaT Their Tour years aT WesT High would be so acTive and pleasanT. They passed on rapidly Trom one year To The oTher, and on SepTember 8, This class oT '43 began Their lasT and mosT im- porTanT year aT WesT High School. One oT The TirsT duTies which was perTormed by The senior class was The elecTion oT oTTicers. ElecTed To lead The class were KenneTh Caug- hey, presidenTg Joe SanTelli, vice-presidenTg Joanne Hurd, secreTary7 and Marvin KaTz, Treasurer. Then came The Task of selecTing oTTicers To guide The STudenT Council and The Eos sTaTT. David ArmsTronfi was voTed S-TudenT Council presidenT. Carleen Gormsen and Bob Jones were elecTed co-ediTors oT The Eos, while Mary Lou Pilce and Lawrence Yellin Tied Tor The posiTion oT business manager. The seniors were anxious To oTTer The besT Torm oT enTer- Tainmenl' ThroughouT The year. On December 23, The day be- Tore ChrisTmas vacaTion, They sponsored The SanTa Swing , Their TirsT school dance of The year. Then came College Day and Senior Day, in which every senior parTicipaTed. Their con- cession aT The annual Carnival was The Fish Pond . On May 6 and 7 They presenTed Their a enTiTled STage Door , under The direcTion oT Miss EsTrid Miller. During Their TirsT year aT WesT High The class was guided by Bob Barr, presidenTg Bob Nelson, lnow in The Navyl vice-presidenTg Jo- anne Hurd, secreTary7 Jane Billings, Treasurer: and Miss Lydia Raymond, head TaculTy adviser, who led Them Through a very acTive year. ATTer seTTling down To Their sTudies, many oT The sTu- denTs enTered inTo ouTside acTiviTies including TooTball, basl4eTball, G. A. A., debaTe, choir, and dramaTics. The DramaTic Club presenTed nnual class play In The cenTer, above, is Miss Lydia Burrell Raymond, head adviser of The class of I943. PicTured clockwise are The class officers: KenneTh Caughey, presidenh Joe SanTelli, vice-presidenTg Joanne Hurd, secrefaryp and Marvin Kah, Treasurer. PAGE I8 a one-acT assembly play, The Tarnished WiTh- erspoons , as well as many slciTs Tor Their own meeTings. The TirsT class dance was enTiTled The Baby Bobble Ball , which was well aTTend- ed. EnTering inTo Their sophomore year, The class selecTeol Neal Sprague, presidenT7 Jim Marzulci, vice-presidenTg Helen Howell, secreTaryg and KenneTh Caughey, Treasurer. SomeThing new was added To The school in The Torm oT secTions. The TaculTy advisers Then were Miss Louise Lane, Miss Marjorie Wilson, Miss Leona Harris, Miss Lydia Raymond, Miss Berdine Morris, and Mr. l-larold Meyer. Freshman-Sophomore aThleTics was changed in The conTerence To major im- porTance. Members oT The class were acTive in varied acTiviTies. The DramaTic Club success- Tully presenTed The one-acT play, Thomas Cook, l.Td. The sophomore dance, Boogie Woogie Waggleu. was presenTed To The saTisTacTion oT everyone. These Greenies Tinal- ly reached The realm oT upperclassmen, choosing Roland Vaughn To lead Them as presidenT, and Tor assisTanTs, Dale Mc- Curdy, Elaine Kozloski. and Dave ArmsTrong. Early in The Tall The iuniors gave A Tower Room lvlysTery as Their Three-acT play. which exposed The excepTional TalenT oT The class members. They were privileged as upperclass- men To parTicipaTe in College Day and Senior Day as well as To enTer The Science Club, A Cappella Choir, and oTher upperclassmen or- ganizaTions. genial: Glu-44 ATTer ThaT unTorgeTTable day, December sev- enTh, The school was aTTecTed in several ways. Mr. STen l-lalTvarson was draTTed, and several boys ioined The armed services. STudenTs boughT deTense sTamps in Their secTion rooms. Two junior secTions had IOOVO parTicipaTion, while The whole class boasTed 8870 parTicipaTion. Even The annual Prom was aTTecTed by The war in ThaT iT could have very Tew decoraTions. This year The war has made more Than a change in school life. Several new courses were added To The curriculum-pre-TlighT aeronauT- ics, commando Training, and mechanical draw- ing Tor girls. LasT Tall The schools were made responsible by The governmenT Tor geTTing all The ciTy's scrap meTal Tor indusTry. MosT oT The members oT The class worked enThusiasTically during The drive, which was headed by Mr. Edgar R. Newman and Colonel Dave Arm- sTrong. The draTT has Taken many sTudenTs Trom The senior class, and some have enlisTed in The serv- ice Reserves. Mr. E. R. Newman enlisTed in The Navy Reserve and was called in February To serve his counTry as a lieuTenanT g.l. Since everyone cannoT go To The TronT, Two-Thirds oT The seniors are working in TacTories and sTores while Tinishing high school. Several oT The boys are working a Tull shiTT in deTense planTs, while many oThers are working Tour-hour shiTTs. OT Top: Scrap-drive colonels reclaim old cars Tor The cam- paign. CenTer: Seniors parficipaie in The annual Homecoming parade. BoTTom: Class of '43 enTerTains class of '42 aT Junior Prom. course, everyone has been buying defense sTamps. And so Tour worThwhile years aT WesT l-ligh were broughT To a TiTTing climax wiTh Bacca- laureaTe, The Junior Prom, Class Day. and Tinally CommencemenT exercises. As Tor The TuTure, mosT oT The senior boys are expecTing To be in uniTorm shorTly, and many girls are planning To ease The shorTage oT nurses, sTenographers, and deTense workers. PAGE I9 ELDRED E. ALCORN Band I, 2, 3: Inlramurals I, 3, 4. BARBARA ANDERSON Camera Club 3: Drarnalics I, 2, 3, 41 G. A. A. 2. 3, 41 Girls' Club Council 3: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Radio and Drama Club 3: Science Club 4: Spanish Club Presidenl 4: Sluclenl Council 3, 4. DAVID HENRY ARMSTRONG Camera Club I, 2. 3: Debale I. 2. 3: EOS: Golf I, 2, 3: Science Club 3: Sludenl' Coun- cil 3. Presidenl 4: Class Treas- urer 3. ROBERT WATSON BARR Drarnalics I, 3, 4: EOS, Sporfs Edilor: Inlramurals 3: Mixed Chorus I: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 3. 4: Sluclenl Council I: Class Presidenl I. JAMES BIANCHETTA Foolball 3, 4: Inlrarnurals 2, 3. 4: Lellermen's Club 4. PAUL BOWER Sl. Charles Communily I-Iiqh School I, 2, 3: A Cappella Choir 4: Dramalics 4. JEAN AMMONS A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Drama?- ics I, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Coun- cil 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Sci- ence Club 4. JANET ANGELL Belvidere I-lioh School I, 2: Easl I-Iigh 3: A Cappella Choir 4: Commercial Club 4. RUSSELL W. BANCROFT Band I, 2: Baslrelball I: Inlra- murals 2,3: Lellermen's Club I 2, 3, 4: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 3, 4. DON BARRETT Foolball 2, 3, 4: Inlrarnurals I. 2, 3, 4: LeIlermen's Club 3, 4: Traclc 3, 4. JANE BILLINGS Dramalics I: G. A. A. I, 2. 3: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludenl' Council I: Class Treasurer I. LOIS RYNNING BOWERS Dramalics 3: French Club 4: Glee Club I: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 4. PAGE 20 BETTY JANE BROWN Commercial Club 3, 4: Drama?- ics I, 2, 3, 4: Junior Choir 4: Sludenl Council 4. GENE BURNETT ROBERT ARTHUR BUTTREY Baslcelball I, 2. 3. 4: Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: Gym Club 4: Infra- murals 2, 3: Le+Iermen's Club 2, 3, Presidenl 4: Mixed Chorus 4: Sfuclenl Council 2, 4: Traclc I, 2, 3, 4. DOROTHY E. CARROZA Madonna High School I, 2: Commercial Club 3. 4: Junior Choir 3. ROBERT CLARK Aeronaulics Club, Treasurer 3: Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: Gym Club I: Inlrarnurals I, 2, 3: LeII'ermen's Club 2, 4: Sluclenl Council 3: Swimming Club 2: Track I, 3: Vocalional-Incluslrial Club 2, 3,4. JEANE CLAXTON Aurora Jonesboro Communily High School I, 2. RICHARD EUGENE BROWN A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Glee Club I. IRMA DELORIS BUSHROD Commercial Club 3, 4: Drama?- ics 3, 4: EOS: Library Club 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue 3, 4. ALTA CARRIER Glee Club I, KENNETH W. CAUGHEY Band I, 2: Baslcelball I, 2: De- bale 2: EOS: Foolball I, 2: Gym Club 3: Inlramurals 3, 4: LeIIermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Sci- ence Club 3.4: Sludenl Council 3, 4: Track I, 2, 3, 4: Voca- Iional-Induslrial Club 3: Class Treasurer 2: Class Presidenl 4. DONALD CLARK A Cappella Choir 4: Glee Club I: Inlramurals 4: Junior Choir 2. 37 Vocalional-Induslrial Club 3. 4. BETTY BELLE CONES A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Debale 2: Dramafics I, 2, 3, 4: EOS? G. A. A. I: Girls' Club Council 2: Junior Choir 2: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Publicalion Board 4: Red I and Blue 3, Edilor 4: Science Club 4: Sludenl Council 4. PAGE 2I I I RICHARD JAMES COOPER Dramalics I, 2, 3: Foolball I: Mixed Chorus I: Radio and Drama Club 3: Traclc 2, 3, 4: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 4. RUTH HELEN CURRIER A Cappella Choir 3, Vice-Presi- denl' 4: Debaie 2: Dramaiics I, 2, 3, 4: French Club 4: G. A. A. I. 2: Girls' Club Council 2: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Radio and Drama Club 3: Sludeni Coun- Cil 2, 4. GEORGE DAHLIN GEORGE DAY DOROTHY DENNEY Camera Club 4: Dramaiics I, 2, 3. 4: G. A. A. I, Sophomore Represeniaiive 2, Poinf Secre- Iary 3, Presidenl 4: Girls' Club Council 2, Treasurer 4: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludeni Council 4. BETTY JEAN DESORT A Cappella Choir 3, Secreiary 4: Camera Club I, Secrefary 2, Vice-Presidenl 4: EOS: G. A. A. 2, 3.4: Girls' Club Council I, 2. Secrelary 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2. JAMES B. CURRIE Pulaski High I: Hirsch High School I: Soulh Shore High School, Chicago 2. MARY DADA Commercial Club 3, 4: Pain? Pol Club 4. RUSSELL P. DAVIES Aeronauiics Club 3: Baskefball 2: Foofball I, 2. 3: Inlramurals 2, 3, 4: LeHermen's Club I, 2, 3, 4: Swimming Club I: Traclc I. FLORENCE DEBARTOLO Dramaiics 4: EOS, Copy Ediior: French Club 4: Girls' Club Council 3: Science Club 4. ERSILIA DESMOND Commercial Club 3, 4: Drama?- ics I: Spanish Club 3. ELIZABETH DEUCHLER A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Debaie 2: Dramafics I, 2, 3, 4, Presi- dent 2: EOS, Class Edilor: G. A. A. I, 2, 3, 4: Junior Choir 2: Mixed Chorus I: Science Club 3. 4: Siudeni Council, Treasurer 4. PAGE 22 LEROY WALTER DIXON Gym Club I: Junior Choir 2: Mixed Chorus I: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3.4. JOHN WILLIAM DUNNING Beaumonl High School, SI. Louis I, 2, 3: Debafe, Secrelary- Treasurer 4: Dramalics 4. MARIAN R. ENGEMAN Commercial Club 3, 4. ROBERT FERGUSON Dramalics I. 2, 3. 4: EOS: Gym Club I, 2, Secrefary-Treasurer 3: Mixed Chorus I: Science Club 3, Treasurer 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludenl' Council 4: Tennis I: Track 3, 4. RUTH ELAINE FLANDERS A Cappella Choir 4: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 42 EOS! G. A. A. 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 2, 3, Presidenr 4: Junior Choir 3: Mixed Chorus I: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludenl Council 4. LOLA JEAN FREEMAN Dramalics I, 2, 3. 4, Vice-Presi- denl 2: EOS, Junior Eidilorq French Club 4: G. A. A. I. 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 4: Junior Choir 2: Mixed Chorus I: Radio and Drama Club 3: Sci' ence Club 3, 4. BERNARD WAYNE DUCKETT Fooiball I: Golf I, 2, 3: Cap- Iain 4: Inlramurals I, 2, 3: Lel- Iermen's Club 3, 4: Mixed Cho- rus I: Rifle Club 3. DORRIS JEAN EDMUNDS Drarnaiics I, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludenl Coun- cil 3 CAROLINE C. FARLEY Drarnafics I. 2, 3, 4: EOS: G. A. A. I. 2, 3, 4: Junior Choir 2: Library Club 4: Mixed Chorus I: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue I, 2, 3. LAVERNE ANN FETZER Commercial Club 3, 4: Drama'r- ICS I, 2, 3.4: G. A. A. I. 2: Library Club 4: Mixed Chorus l. RUTHE FRANK Easi Aurora I-Iigh School I, 2, 3. EDWARD FREESE FOOIIJGII I: Inlramurals I. 2: Science Club 4. PAGE 23 MARY MARGARET FRITZ Camera Club 2, 3, 4: Commer- cial Club 3, Vice-Presidenr 4: Dramarics 3, 4: EOS: G. A. A. 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Red and Blue 3, 4. MARJORIE GATES Band I, 2, 3. BETTY GERBERICH G. A. A. 2, 3, 4: Orclweslra 4. JEAN GOEDERT Camera Club 4: De-bale I, 2: Dramafics I, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Cborus 2: Radio and Drama Club 3: Science Club 4. CARLEEN GORMSEN A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Camera Club 4: EOS, Edilor: G. A. A. I, 2: Girls' Club Council 3, Vice-Presideril 4: Junior Choir 2: Library Club 3: Mixed Chorus II Publicalion Board 3, 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Spanish Club 3: Sludenl Council 4. ANTHONY GREEN Camera Club I: Debale I, 27 Dramarics I, 2, Presidenl 3, 4: Gym Club 2, 3: Science Club 3, 4: Sfudenl Council 4: Swim- ming Club 2. MARY JEANNE GARVEY Oswego I-Iiglw Scliool I: Glee Club 2. ERVIN LEROY GEMMER Band I: Foolball 2: Inrramurals 2, 3, 4. BETTE L. GILBERTSON Easl Aurora I-IigI1ScIwooI I, 2, 3. ALYCE GOODWIN Band I, 2, 3, 4, Vice-Presiden+ 3: Commercial Club 3: Drama+- ics I. 2: Orclwesrra I, 3: Red and Blue I. CLARENCE GREEN Baslxelball I: Foolball 2. 3: In- rramurals I, 2, 3: Traclc 3, 4. ROBERT GREGORY A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Bas Ice-Iball I, 2, 3, 4: Foolball 3, 4 ireasurer 4: Inlramurals I, 2, 3 4: I.eHermen's Club 2, 3, 4 Mixed Chorus I: Sludenl' Coun- cil 4: Traclc I, 2, 3. PAGE 24 Gym Club I, 2, 3, Secrelary- T SAM GUSTAVSON A Cappella Choir 4: Glee Club I: Inlramurals 3: Science Club 4. DOROTHY EILEEN HAMANN Slrealor Township I-Iigh School I, 2, 3: Commercial Club 47 EOS, Secrelary-Treasurer. GERALDINE HERSHEY Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramal- ics 3. DONNA FAE HIPP A Cappella Choir 4: Camera Club 3: Debale I, 2: Dramalics I, 2, 3. 4: G.,A. A. I .2, 3: Mixed Chorus I: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue 2, 3 ,Edilor 4: Sludem' Council 4. JOANNE HURD Dramafics I, 2, 3, Secrelary 4: EOS: G. A. A. 2: Girls' Club Council 3: Painl Pol' Club 4: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Science Club 4: Spanish Club, Presidenl 3, Secrelary 4: Sludenl Council I, 2, 3: Class Secrefary I, 4, DORIS ANN ILSEMAN Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramal- ics 4: Spanish Club 3. MARJORIE VIRGINIA HAFER A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Drama?- ics I, 2, 3, 4: EOS: Girls' Club Council 2: Cvlee Club I: Mixed Chorus 2: Painl Pol Club 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Sci- ence Club 4. CHARLES HENRY ALICE MARIE HILL Dramalics I, 2: G. A. A. I, 2, 3, Secrelary 4: Orcheslra I, 2. 3, 4: Treasurer 3. DOLORES EVELYN HOLMES Commercial Club 3: Mixed Chorus I, 2: PainI Pol Club 4. BETTY LOU ILSEMAN Easl High School I: Camera Club 2, 3, 4: Commercial Club 3: Dramalics 3, 4: Red and Blue 3, 4: Spanish Club 4. KATHLEENE JACOBS Easl Aurora High School I, 2. PAGE 25 CAROLYN JAMESON A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Com- mercial Club 3, 4: EOS: Mixed Chorus, I, 2: Science Club 3.4. ANNA MAE JETER Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramal- ics I, ROBERT K. JONES Band I, 4: Camera Club I. 2, 3, 4, Vice-Presidenl 2: EOS, Ediior 4: LeHermen's Club 2: Publica- Iion Board I, 3, 4: Red and Blue I, 2, 3, 4, Sporls Edilor 3: Sludenl Council 3, 4: Traclc I, 2. MARILYN JOY Commercial Club 3, 4. MARVIN D. KAT1 Band I: Baslcelball I: Camera Club 2, 3, 4: Foolball I, 2, 3: Gym Club 2: School Eleclricians I, 2, 3, 4: Science Club 3, 4: Siudenl Council 3: Traclc 3: Class Treasurer 4. CHARLES KENNER Mixed Chorus I. RUTH JANDA A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Drama?- ics I, 2, 3, 4: EOS, Aclivily Edi- ior: French Club 4: G. A. A. l, 2, 3, 4: Junior Choir 2: Library Club, Secrefary 4: Mixed Cho- rus I, 2: Painl Pol Club 3: Red and Blue I, 2, 3, 4: Science Club 3, 4. BETTY JEAN JOHNSON Commercial Club 3, 4: EOS, Piciure Edilor: Painf Pol' Club. Vice-Presidenl 4: Red and Blue 3, 4. LEROY JONES Debale I, 2, 3, Presideni' 4: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4: Science Club 4: Sfudenl' Council 4. JAMES N. JUDD Marmion Miliiary Academy I, 2. BETTY KEARNEY Dramalics 3, 4: Red and Blue 3. 4: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3, 4: Sludenl Council 4. CHARLES DANIEL KELLEY Dramalics 4: Orchesira 2, 3, 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Span- ish Club 3, 4. PAGE 26 GLENN WILLARD KILLIAN Commercial Club 3. 4. ROBERT KNAPP Hyde Park High I: Soulh Shore High 2: Science Club 4. CATHERINE KOZLOSKI Band I, 2: Commercial Club 3. 4: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4: Radio and Drama Club 3. IRENE KREBS A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Com- mercial Club 3: G. A. A. I: Girls' Club Council I: Glee Club I: Junior Choir 2: Pain? Pol Club I. MARJORIE L. LANGFORD Clinlon High School, Clinlon Iowa, I, 2. PEGGY LEIGH Band I, 2, 3: Commercial Club 3: G. A. A. I, 2: Orcheslra I, 2. LOIS ANN KLEIN Camera Club 2, 3, 4: Commer- cial Club 3, Presidenl 4: Dra- malics I: EOS: G. A. A. I, 2. 3. 4: Girls' Club Council 4: Glee Club I: Red ancl Blue 2. 3.4. KAY KNUTSON Sainl Francis Academy I: Avoca Township High 2: Junior Choir, Secrelary 3: Library Club 4: Science Club 3, 4. ELAINE KOZLOSKI Commercial Club, 3. 4: Dramal- ics I, 2. 3, 4: Sludenl Council, Secrelary 4: Class Secrelary 3. LLOYD LAGE Foolball I. GRACE LEAVEY Commercial Club 3, 4: Mixed Chorus I: Painl Pol Club, Sec- relary 4: Red and Blue 4. ROBERT LEON LENERT Baslcelball 2: Foolball 3: lnlra- murals 4. PAGE 27 JAYNE LUNDQUIST Bancl I, 2: Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4. E. MILLER McCALL Baslcelball 2: Glee Club I: Golf I, 2, 3, 4: Inlramurals I, 2, 3, 4: LelIermen's Club 2, 3, 4. SHIRLEY McGUIRE Camera Club 3: Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramarics I, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Red and Blue 3, 4. BETTY LOU McWETHY Dramalcis I: G. A. A. I, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Council 2: Mixed Chorus I, 4: Red and Blue 3.4: Science Club 4. HELEN ELIZABETH MANNING Yorkville High I: Easl' High 2. DOROTHY MARTIN A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Com- mercial Club 3, Treasurer 4: Dramalics 3: EOS, Circulalion Manager: Junior Choir 2: Mixed Chorus I. PAGE 28 MYRTLE PEARL LONG Queen Cily High School, Queen Cily, Mo., I: Lancasler High School. Lancasler, Mo., 2: Fre- monl High School, Fremonr, Iowa, 3. DALE KENNETH McCURDY Baslcerball I: Debale I: Fool- ball I, 2, 3, 4: Inrramurals 2. 3, 4: LeIIermen's Club 4: Rifle Club 3: Science Club 3: Track I, 2, 3, 4: Class Vice-Presidenf 3. BETTY J. McVICKER Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramalr ics I: EOS: Girls' Club Council 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Red and Blue 3, Edilor 4. EDWARD JOH N MCWETHY Baslcelball I: Fooiball I, 2, 3.4: lnlramurals 4: Le'r'rermen's Club 2, 3, Treasurer 4: Library Club 3, Mixed Chorus I: Track I, 2, 3, 4. MARY MARGARET MARKEL Dramarics I, 2: EOS: G. A. A. I, 2, 3: Pain? Pol Club, Treas- urer 4: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Science Club 4. JAMES MARZUKI Aeronaulics Club 3: Baslcelball I: EOS: Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: In' Iramurals I, 2, 3.4: Le'r'rermen's Club 2, 3. 4: Red and Blue, Sporfs Edilor, 3, 4: Sludenl Council 3: Track I, 2, 3.4: Class Vice-Presidenl 2. ROBERT W. MASDEN Inlramurals I, 2. RAY MATTESON A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Fool- ball 2, 3, 4: Glee Club I: Track I: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 2, 3. 4. MORGAN MEYER A Cappella Choir 4: Baskelball 2, 3, 4: Dramalics 2, 3: Cvlee Club I: Gym Club I: Inlramur- als 3, 4: Junoir Choir 3: Leller- men's Club 2, 3, 4: Science Club 2, 3.4: Tennis 2, 3, 4. ROBERT MICKELSON Aeronaulics Club. Vice4PresidenI 3: Baskelball I. 2, 3: EOS: Fool- ball I: Golf I, 2: Inlramurals I, 2: Rifle Club 3, 41 Track 3: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 4. WILLIAM HIETT MILLARD Lake Foresl Academy 2: Dra- malics 4: Foofball I, 4: Golf I, 3. 4: Inframurals I, 4: Lei'- Iermen's Club 4. JAMES C. MILLER Band I, 2, Presidenl 3: Foolball 3, 4: LeI'Iermen's Club 4. RUBY MASSEE A Cappella Choir 3: Commer- cial Club 3, 4: Glee Club 2: Junior Choir 2: Red and Blue 4. HOWARD MELCHERT Baske+baII 3: Foofball 3: Infra- murals I, 2, 4. EDNA MEYERS Dixon High I, 2. FRED MIGHELL, Jr. Sugar Grove I-Iigh School I: Band 2. 3: Gym Club 3: Junior Choir 3: School Eleclricians 4: Science Club 4. CHARLEEN MILLER Camera Club 2, 3: Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramalics 3: G. A. A. I, 2, 3, 4: Girls' Club Coun- cil 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Painl Pol' Club 4: Red and Blue 3, 4. WILLIAM MILLER EOS: Foofball 2: Gym Club I, 2: Track 2: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 2, 3, 4. PAGE 29 MARK STANLEIGH MORRIS Hinclcley High School I: Big Rock High School 2, 3. IDA MAE MURPHY LaSalle-Peru High School I. 2: A Cappella Choir 3, Presiclenl' 4: Dramalics 3: Red and Blue 3: Sluclenl Council 4. ROBERT NELSON Baslcelball I, 2: Foolball I, 2, 3: Inlramurals I. 2. 3, 4: Lelier- men's Club 2, 3. 4: Sludenl Council I: Traclc I. DONALD E. NIMS Gym Club 2.3: Radio and Dra- rna Club 3: School Elecirician 2: Science Club 3. BETTE JANE OBERDORF Band I. 2, 3, 4: Orcheslra 2. HOMER OFFUTT Camera Club I2 Debale I, 2, 3. 4: Dramaiics I, 4: Inlramurals 41 Science Club 3. 4: Sludeni Council 3. JEAN MARIE MULHERN ROBERT MURTAUGH A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Glee Club I: Inlramurals 2, 3, 4. HOWARD A. NICHOLS Band I, 3, 4: Dramalics 3, 4: Foofball I, 2, 3.4: Glee Club 4: Inframurals 4: LeI'Iermen's Club 4: Red and Blue I: Science Club 3, 4: Traclc I, 2. NELSON C. NOBLE EOS: Sludenl Council 2: Traclr 2: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 3. 4. JAMES N. O'BRIEN Marmion Mililary Academy I, 2: Camera Club 3: Dramalics 4: lnlramurals 4: Science Club 3. Treasurer 4: Track 3. KENNETH OLSON Leland Public High School I: Glee Club 2: Junior Choir 2, 3. PAGE 30 Sl. Francis De Sales. Chicago I: Junior Choir 2: Spanish Club 3. ARTHUR BERT OTTO S+. Ambrose I: Marmion 2: Band 3. BETTY PENNINGTON Commercial Club 3, 4: Glee Club I: Spanish Club 3. ROSEMARY PHALEN G. A. A. l, 2: Orcheslra I, 2, 3, 4. SHELBY M. PIELET Eas'r Aurora High School I, 2: A Cappella Choir 4: Baslcelball 3, 4: Junior Choir 3: Spanish Club 3: Traclc 3. ELLEN ANN POCUS Glee Club I. ROBERT A. POWELL Band I, 2: Baskelball I, 2: LeI rermen's Club 2, 3, 4 I, 2. 3, 4, Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: lnlramurals GORDON PAGE GEORGE PETROS Foolball I, 2, 3: Glee Club I, 2: Gym Club 2: lnlramurals I, 2, 3: Rifle Club 3: Spanish Club 3: Sluclenl Council 4. ALBERT H. PHILLIPS Lane Tech I, 2, 3: Track 4. MARY LOU PIKE Dramalics I, 2: 6. A. A. I, 2: Girls' Club Council 2, 3: EOS, Co-Business Manager: Red and Blue I, 2, 3: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3. KATHLEEN POTTEIGER A Cappella Choir 4: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 41 EOSI G. A. A. I. 27 Girls' Club Council 4: Mixed Chorus I: Red and Blue 3, 4: Science Club 3, 4: Spanish Club 3. NED PUTZ Morgan Park I, 2, 3: Foofball 4: Inrramurals 4: Lelle-rrnen's Club 4. Sluclenl' Council 4: Track I, 2, 3, PAGE 31 ROBERT TED RAN DALL A Cappella Cboir 4: Band I, 2, 3, 4. TONY REHOR Band l, 2, 3, 4: Dramalics I: Radio and Drama Club 3. MARION RICE Camera Club I: Drarnalics I, 2, 3: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Painl Por Club 3: Science Club 4: Spanish Club 3. RICHARD FLYNN ROGERS ELAINE JUNE REBENSTORF Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramal ics I: Girls' Club Council I Red and Blue, Business Man ager 4. JAMES H. RICE A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Cam- era Club 3, 4: Mixed Clworus I: Science Club 3, Presidenl 4: Sludenl Council 4: Vocalional- Induslrial Club 3, 4. DOMINIC R. RIVA C-lee Club I: Inlramurals I. LEONA M. ROOTS EOS: Foolball I, 2, 3, 4: Leller- Glee Club I, men's Club 2, 3, 4: Traclc l, 2. 3: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 3, 4. BETTY ROST PHILIP RUBY Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. I: Girls' Club Council 2: Li- brary Club 4: Sludenl' Coun- cil 2. A Cappella Cl1oir 4: Band 1.2, 3, Presidenl' 4: Dramalics I, 3, 4: Foolball 2: Junior Clwoir 3: Science Club 3, 4: Srudenl Council 4: Tennis I: Traclc 2. YOLANDA E. SAJESKE MAXINE E. SALFISBERG Drarnarics I, 2: G. A. A. 2. PAGE 32 EOS: Painl Pol Club 2, 3, 4. JOE SANTELLI JENNIE CECELIA SAUNDERS Aeronaulics Club 4: Debale I: Drarnalics 2: Inlramurals 3: Painl Pol Club I: Sludeni' Council 4: Vocaiional-Indusirial Club 2. 3, 4: Class Vice-Presi- deni 4. ANTOINETTE SCARPINO Madonna High I: Commercial Club 3, 4: Dramaiics 2, 3, 4: EOS, Dislribulion Manager: Red and Blue 3, 4. NORTON ARTHUR SHOGER A Cappella Choir 2, 3, 4: Bas- Iceiball I, 2: Le'rlermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4: Sci- ence Club 4: Sludenl Council, Vice-Preside-nl 4: Track I, 2, 3, 4. BLANCHE E. SMITH Debaie I, 2, 3: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. I, 2, 3, 4: Library Club, Presidenl' 4: Spanish Club, Vice-Presidenl 4: Sludeni Coun- cil 4. ROBERT SPACKMAN Foolball I, 2. 3, 4: Lellermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Rifle Club I: Spanish Club 3: Siudenl Coun- cil I: Track I, 2, 3, 4. ZELDA STONE Hyde Park I-ligh I: Easl' High 2: EOS, Adveriising Manager: G. A. A. 3, 4: Girls' Club Coun- cil 4: Red and Blue 3, 4: Sci- ence Club 4: Spanish Club 3, 4, Secreiary 3. Dramaiics 3.4: EOS: Glee Club I: Mixed Chorus 4: Orchesira I, 2, Librarian 3, 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue 3, 4: Spanish Club 3, Treasurer 4. HELEN J. SCOTT Commercial Club, Secrelary 4: Red and Blue, Circulalion Man- ager 4. JOSEPH H. SKOM Aeronauiics Club 3: Baslceiball 2: Camera Club 4: Debale I, 2, Caplain 3.4: Dramaiics I, 2, 3. 4: EOS, Senior Ediior: Golf I. 2: Iniramurals 2, 3: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue I. 4: Science Club 3, 4: Spanish Club 3, 4: Tennis I, 3. CLIFFORD E. SMITH Baslcelball 2: Foolball 2, 3, 4: Gym Club I, 2: Iniramurals I, 2, 3, 4: Leilermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus I: Track 3. NEAL A. SPRAGUE Baslceiball I: Dramalics I, 2, 37 Foolball I, 2, 3. Caplain 4: Gym Club I, 2, 3, Presideni 4: Inlramurals I, 2, 3, 4: Lerler- men's Club I, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus I, 2: Radio and Drama Club 3: Spanish Club 3: Slu- denl Council 2, 4: Traclc I, 2, 3, 4: Class Presidenl 2. PAT SULLENS Dramalics 2, 3: Red and Blue 4 PAGE 33 ANGELO J. THOMAS Foolball I. KENNETH UNTIEDT Band l, 2, 4: Camera Club I, 2: Debale 2: Golf I, 2, 3, 4: Sci- ence Club 3, 4: Sludenl' Coun- cil 3: Vocalional-Induslrial Club 3. JOHN VAN DUZOR Band I, 2: Baslcelball I, 2, 3: Debale 3: Foolball I. 2, 3: Gym Club 3: lnlramurals 2, 3: Lel- lermen's Club 2, 3, 4: Swim- ming Club I: Tennis I: Track I, 2, 3. NEVA VAN METER Easl I-Iigl1 School I, 2, 3: Com- mercial Club 4. RICHARD E. VERBIC Band I, 2: Baslcelball 2, 3, 4: Orclweslra 2: Traclc 3. JUNELLA M. VONCK A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Com- mercial Club 3, 4: Dramalics 2, 3, 4: G. A. A. I, 2. 3, Treasurer 4: Girls' Club Council 2: Junior Clwoir 2: Mixed Clworus 2: Or- clweslra I. PAGE JOAN RUTH TORRANCE A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Camera Club I: Dramafics I, 2, 3, 4: EOS, Adminislralive Edilor: 6. A. A. I. 2, 3: Girls' Club Coun- cil I, 2: Junior Choir I: Library Club 4: Mixed Clnorus I: Painl Pol Club I: Red and Blue 2, 3, 4: Science Club 4. RITA E. O. URBAN Glee Club I: Junior Choir 2. POLLY VAN FLEET A Cappella Choir 3, 4: G. A. A. I, 2, 3. 4: Glee Club I: Junior Clnoir 2: Science Club 4. JAMES ROLAND VAUGHN Elgin I-Iiglw School I: Foolball 3. 4: Gym Club 4: Lellermen's Club 3, 4: Sludenl Council 3, 4: Track 2: Vocalional-lnduslrial Club 4: Class Presidenl 3. JAMES VERNA A Cappella Clioir 3: Glee Club I: Junior Choir 2. VERLAND R. WALDER Aeronaulics Club, Presiclenl 3: Band I, 2, 3, 4: Foolball 2, 3: Gym Club 3: Science Club 3, 4: Traclc I. 34 BETTY WALKER EOS, Ari Edilor: Painl Pol Club 2, 3, Presidenl' 4: Sludenl Coun- cil 4. SHEILA WALLENTIN Trinily High School, River For- es+, Illinois I. 2: Camera Club 4: Dramalics 4: EOS: Red and Blue 3, 4. DANIEL WATKINS Baskelball 2: Inlrarnurals I, 2, 3: Swimming Club 2. JOHN REESE WILSON Rifle Club 3. LILLIAN E. LIPPOLD Balavia High I, 2: Orcheslra 3, 4. Piclure unavailable. GLADYS WALKER G. A. A. I, 2, 3: Orcheslra I, 2, 3, 4, Secrelary 3. LILLIAN L. WARD Bancl I, 2, Librarian 3, 4: Dra- malics I, 2: Orcheslra 2: Vice- Presideni 3, Presidenl 4: Radio and Drama Club 3: Sludenl- Council 4. MARTHA JANE WELLS A Cappella Choir 3, 4: Camera Club 2, 3: Dramalics I, 2: G. A. A. I, 2: Mixed Chorus I. 2: Science Club 4. LOIS ALLENE WILSON LARRY YELLIN Camera Club I, 2, 3: Dramalics I, 2, 3, 4: EOS, Co-Business Manager: Golf I: lnlramurals 2, 3: Radio and Drama Club 3: Red and Blue I, 2, 3, Edilor 4: Spanish Club 4: Sludenl Coun- cil 4: Tennis 2, 3. WILLIAM HOWARD Pullman Tech. I, 2: Baslcelball 3: Foolball 3: Track 3. Piclure unavailable. PAGE 35 an mafia Two hundred and TwenTy- Tive sTudenTs, comprising The class oT '44, sTarTed Their Third year in anTicipaTion oT enjoy- ing The privileges oT being upperclassmen. Miss JeaniTa PeTerson, head adviser, wiTh The assisTance oT Mr. l-larold Meyer, Mr. A. C. Ridinger, Mr. l-lugo PeTerson, Miss Mar- ian WinTeringham, and Miss MargareT Van Raden, guided Them ThroughouT Their evenT- Tul year. Under Their able di recTion The class elecTed as oT- Ticers: Sam Lilley, presidenT: Jim Morsch, vice-presidenTg Marilyn Daw, secreTaryg and STanley Ellis, Treasurer. The cabineT was composed oT The oTTicers and Willard SmiTh, Reed Severin, Bill STeiner, Norma Oley, and Jaclc Do- mier. On The nighT oT December 4, The junior class presenTed The play, Kind Lady , To a capaciTy crowd. This Three- acT producTion, direcTed by Mr. William J. PeTerman and Miss WinTeringham, broughT To The public eye The acTing abiliTy oT some oT The mem- bers oT The class. The class oT '44 Toolc an ac- Tive parT in many oT The school acTiviTies. Carla l-leiss and Bill STeiner proved To be ouTsTand- ing represenTaTives in The de- baTe Tield. Many juniors dis- played TirsT class abiliTy in TooTball as well as in baslceT- ball. NOT To be ouTdone, The girls parTicipaTed in loaslceTball, soccer, volley ball, ping pong, and bowling, and many oT The junior girls were members oT The G. A. A. During The year The juniors were well repre- senTed in The STudenT Council and on The Pub- licaTions Board. They also Toolc an acTive parT in The annual evenTs oT WesT l-ligh. ln The Car- nival The junior class sponsored a museum which included a very inTeresTing collecfion oT an- Tiquesg in The l-lomecoming Parade They con- TribuTed numerous TloaTs, and in The Gym Cir- cus They showed Tine cooperaTion wiTh The oTher classes in making iT a huge success. K4--s., CenTer, above, is picTured Miss JeaniTa PeTersen, head adviser of The Junior Class Cloclxwise are The officers: PresidenT Sam Lilley, Vice-presideni James Morsch Treasurer STanley Ellis, and SecreTary Marilyn Daw. PAGE 36 IT seems ThaT many oT The class OT '44 are musically inclined, Tor There were a large num- ber oT Them in The A Cappella Choir. MosT oT The Tenor secTion was made up oT junior boys. Tho juniors were also well represenTed in The spring revue, Goin' My Way , in which many members oT The class parTicipaTed. OTher ac- TiviTies which aTTracTed The aTTenTion oT The class members were The Science Club, Red and Blue, Girls' Club, Band, OrchesTra, Junior Dra- maTic Club, Boys' Gym Club, and The LeTTer- men's Club. The junior class had The privilege oT TesTing Their knowledge by Taking The lllinois TesTs, which are given annually To The juniors and seniors To deTermine Their apTiTude and com- prehension. All The members oT The class Took parT in The inTeresTing evenT oT College Day, Talking To The numerous represenTaTives Trom colleges and universiTies or seeing The educa- Tional moving picTures in The school audiTorium. OT course, The class oT '44 were as willing and deTermined as The resT oT The school To do Their parT in helping To win The war. Each week They boughT deTense bonds and sTamps Through Their secTion rooms. Several oT The secTions boasTed lOO'7O parTicipaTion. The groups headed by Mr. Rid- inger, Mr. PeTerson, and Miss Van Raden were IOO7, in The buying oT war sTamps Tor The monTh oT March. This Tine record helped in se- curing The lvlinuTe Man Elag Tor The school on April 2. As an aid To The deTense program many juniors oTTered Their services as clerks in The downTown sTores To help ease The shorTage oT workers. They also held prominenT roles in The very successTul scrap drive lasT winTer, which gave Them an opporTuniTy To display Their abil- iTy as leaders. One oT The chieT evenTs oT The year Tor The juniors was The selecTion oT a class ring. The commiTTee who meT To make The choice oT The cresT and design Tor The ring consisTed oT Bob Miller, Jean lvlarzuki, Doris l-lengesback, Jaen Day, CaThy Cooper, Norma Berg, Bill SmiTh, Ed Brown, Dave Evans, Jack Gibson, John Ran- dall, and JeaneTTe RecTor. When The commiTTee in Tavor oT an airporT Tor Aurora sponsored an essay conTesT, iT was a junior, MarTha Gardner, who Took TirsT place honors. She was presenTed wiTh Tive dollars in war sTamps Tor her ouTsTanding work. Lawrence Yellin, a senior. won second place prize oT Two and a halT dollars in war sTamps. The conTesT was open To The enTire school, and The enTries were judged upon originaliTy and sTyle as well as conTenT. As Their Tinal social evenT oT The school year, The juniors enTerTained The class oT '43 aT The Junior Prom, an occasion which The graduaTing seniors always remember. This year alThough resTricTions on maTerials hindered somewhaT The use oT lavish decoraTions, a charming garden scene was eTTecTed. Juniors on The commiTTee led by Bill SmiTh, genreal chairman, spenT many hours oT work on The inTricaTe deTails oT Tlowers and garden background used To produce The unioa Glam Top: PicTured is The cabineT of The Junior Class. CenTer: Sepfember opens The doors oT WesT High. BoTTom: Three members of The casT of The junior class play are Phyllis Lindahl, Sam Lilley, and Carla Heiss. eTTecT oT an old Tashioned bower, TransTorming The bare Tloors and walls oT The gymnasium inTo a Thing oT beauTy. The decoraTions commiTTee was headed by co-charimen Bill Miller and Mar- ian Ross. Miss PeTerson displayed splendid supervising in making The Prom an enjoyable occasion Tor all Those who aTTended. Now The class oT '44 eagerly awaiT The cov- eTed rank oT seniors. They are deTermined To climax Their Tour years aT WesT High as suc- cessTully as This year's seniors have done, and iT possible raise Their high sTandard oT learning. PAGE 37 Daw, Marilyn Day, Jaen Deal, Roberf DeFra+es, Dorofhy DeMoni', Rulh DesJarden, Dolore Deuchler, Roberf Divine, Ralph Domier, John Douglas, Norma Durland, Lois Eisenhour, Roberf Ellis, Slanley Enrile, Pairick S Anderson, Miles Anderson, Pafsy Anfinsen, Norma Bacon, Pal' Baker, Russell Banbury, Virginia Barber, Mary Barrigher, Charles Bafes, Jean Baysinger, William Benedicf, Marie Berg, Norma Beringer, Joan Berfhold, Jeanne Blackwood, Maxine Bowman, Zander Brown, Edwin Brown, John Brown, Roberf Brown, Rose Burlcland, Roger Burriclge, Doro'rhy Camm, Wallace Carlson, Shirley Carlson, Ted Carpenfer, Marilyn Carfer, Shirley Ma Caslcey, James Cearloclr, June Clover, Janis Cook, Richard Cooper, Cafhleen Corkum, Opal Covelli, Millie Curfin, Beffy Davey, Richard E PAGE 38 Erlanson, Philip Erfz, Beffy Evans, David Evans, Walfer Ewing, Wal+er Farrer, Evelyn Fe+zer, Donald Fifzgerald, Donald Flannigan, Mary Lou Fleniye, Phoebe Ann Flood, Daniel Foley, Donald Fosier, Grace Fosier, Terese Franzen, Doroihy Frey, Joseph Frieders, Roberi' Fulfz, Rulh Gaili, Arihur Gardner, Mar+ha Gavenman, Gloria Gerbis, BeHy Lou Gesler, Roberi Gibson, Jack Glanfz, Maye Glower, Herman Good, John Gray, Edward Green, Oveda Grennan, Berry Jo Griswald, Warren Hall, Ada Mae Hammond, Irene Harrfs, Thomas Hasfings, Lillian Heiss, Carla PAGE 39 Hengesbach, Doris Herkes, Daniel Hershey, Jesse Hifchens, Eugene Hopkins, Elinor Johnson, Beverly Johnson, Wesley Kafser, Karla Kaufman, Carl Kaufman, Jean King, William Knox, PaHi Knu+h, Beverly Lancas+er, Eleanor Oley, Norma Origer, Berry Lou Osfroff, Jean Palmquis+, Mariorie Paris, Helen Pafferman, Margie Peaks, Charlene Phillips, Margarel' Ploger, Lynn Pommier, Virginia Randall, John Ransom, Thorald Recfor, JeanneHe Reininger, Clifford Landry, Jacqueline Langus, Nell Lecouris, Consras Lee, Carl Leinhouser, JacqueHa Lenerf, Lorayne Lewis, Charles Lilley, Samuel Lindahl, Phyllis Lloyd, Marie Lucius, Elaine Lundgren, Edgar McCall, Brooks McKnigh+, William Mangas, Phyllis Marlin, David Marrin, Pa'rricia Mariuki, Jean Maury, William Meisfer, Earl Mercer, Donald Mickelson. Paul Miller, Helen Miller, Roberi' Mifchell, Gordon Mifchelliree, Marion Morris, Joyce Morsch, James Mosher, Rober+ Mueller, Rosemary Neill, Velma Nelson, Carole Newman, Roberl Newquisf, Richard Nicholson, Waller Oellrer, Maurice PAGE 40 Reising, William Rice, John Rielce, Doreen Rieke, Doris Ries, Donald Riva, Shirley Roberfs, Jane Rogers, Donald Rogers, Evelyn Ross, Marion Ruble, Rolaerf Sampson, Ted Schalz, Lois Scheers, John Schmedlze, Carl Schomer, James Severin, Reed Shelp, Roberf Srnifh, Donald Smil-h, Leroy Smifh, Lois Smifh Marilyn Smifh Willard Snell, Roberi' Sfeiner, William Sfenson, Eugene Sfubbs, James Swanson, Roberf Sweeney, William Thomasson, Mary Lou Tyler, Marvin Viola, Leo Wagner, Bernice Waisvillas, Alex Wafson, Roberf Weaver, Guy PAGE 4-I Weber, William Weber, Paul Weisherf, June Wheelock, Norma Whisler, Joyce Wiley, Ro ber! Wiley, Blaine Willis, Mariorie Wood, Thomas Young, Beffy Young, Paul Jean Wifh fhe deferminafion fo confinue fhe fine work fhey had sfarfed as freshmen, fhe class of '45 enfered fheir sophomore year af Wesf High on Sepfember 8fh. Elecfions were held early in fhe fall, and fhe sophomore class made a wise choice in selecfing fheir officers, who were fo guide fhem fhrough fhe year. Those elecfed were Don Schroeder, presidenfg Dean Schroeder, vice-presi- denfq Roberf Wafson, secre- faryg and Bill Gusfafson, freas- urer. The cabinef consisfed of fhe class officers plus George Singleferry, Dick Bannisfer, Paf Nichols, and Barrie Thorpe. The class was divided info seven secfions which were led by Mrs. Alice Shepard, Miss Helen Wood, Mr. H. C. Lef- fingwell, Mr. Arnold Gofher, Mr. C. J. Nebergal, and Mr. Carl Hafenrichfer, wifh Miss Una Pease as head adviser. Through fheir secfion rooms fhe sfudenfs carried on class acfivifies and also purchased war bonds and sfamps. Many individual members of fhe class boughf war bonds, and several secfions were IOOVO in fhe purchase of sfamps. Miss Pease's and Mr. Gofher's sec- fions led fhe confesf wifh per- fecf records in sfamp buying for fhe enfire monfh of March. The sophomores confinued wifh club acfivie fies fhey had begun as freshmen. One of fhe mosr popular organizafions was fhe Sophomore Dramafic Club, which had a membership of fhirfy sfudenfs. On December I6, fhis group enferfained fhe Freshman Dramafic Club wifh an original play wriffen by George Singleferry enfifled German Chrisfmasn. Excepfional falenf was seen by fhe sfudenf body when fhe Sophomore Dramafic Club presenfed Swepf Clean Off Her Feef on March 24 in an as- sembly. This producfion was under fhe direcfion of Miss Louise Lane, wifh Dorofhy Weisman as sfuclenf direcfor. Cenfer above is Miss Una J, Pease, head adviser of 'rhe sophomore class. Pic- fured clockwise are fhe officers: Don Schroeder, presidenfg Dean Schroeder VICE-PFESId6fl+Q Bill Gusfafson, freasurerg and Roberf Wafson, secrefary. Many of fhe sophomore girls renewed fheir membership in fhe G. A. A., while fhe boys engaged in Frosh-Soph foofball, baslcefball. and commando sporfs. Sophomores inferesfed in music ioined fhe Mixed Chorus and Girls' Glee Club fo gain fraining which would enable fhem fo become members of fhe A Cappella Choir. In fhe Homecoming Parade in fhe early fall, The class was awarded firsf place prize for fhe mosf original floaf. Their enfry consisfed of fiffy boys and girls dressed in red and blue, riding bicycles in fhe form of a huge V and carry- ing vicfory signs. This unique array of color PAGE 42 secured Tor The sophomores The TirsT place TiTle among class enTries. The sophomores also cOnTribuTed To The war eTTOrT by Talcing an acTive parT in The naTiOn- wide scrap drive. AlThOugh The maiOriTy OT This group were capTains, many served in lesser roles as bloclc capTains. The class OT '45 sponsored many concessions in The Mid-WinTer Carnival held in February. One OT The TeaTure aTTracTiOns was a Smack- The-Axis game. The Theme OT This sideshow in- creased The inTeresT OT The many carnival-goers. The sophomores displayed Their abiliTy in sales- manship by holding a raTTle wiTh a puppy as prize. The Third evenT. enTiTlecl Bomb Berlin , consisTed OT a map OT Germany, which was The TargeT OT bean-bag bomb- ardmenTs. OTher conces- sions were also held by The sophomores, among Them The highly popular game OT Plano , PosTers and oTher arT work Tor The Mid-WinTer Carnival adverTising OT The sophomore class were made by Marilyn Kenner, sTaTT arTisT, and a cOmmiT- Tee OT assisTanTs. On March l9Th The sophomore class presenT- ed Their annual dance enTiTled The Spring Swing . AlmOsT The whole class worked on com- miTTees under The leadership OT TaculTy advisers and Mr. LeTTingwell. Open inviTaTion To all as alumni and Triends was Turnished by The Sapfnomaae Glen Miss Pease, Mr. C5oTher, The sophomores issued an EasT l-ligh sTudenTs as well OT WesT High. The music RhyThm l-lawlcs, and all Those who aTTended pro- claimed ThaT This evenT. wiTh The aTmosphere OT spring, was one OT The mosT enTerTaining dances OT The year. IT was aTTended by a rec- ord crowd OT one hundred and TwenTy-Two couples, The largesT number OT people seen aT any dance OT The year. DecoraTiOns Tor The gala occasion were gaily vernal wiTh TesToOns OT pasTel ribbons and crepe-paper Tlowers. Adver- Tising Tor The dance was ouTsTanclingg many brighT pOsTers decoraTed wiTh hand-painTed apple blossoms and bluebirds heralded The ar- rival OT March l9Th's gay aTTair. The sophomores have disTinguished Them- selves schOlasTically as well as in exTra-cur- ricular acTiviTies. They are no longer The be- wildered Treshmen ThaT They were. RaTher, They have gained a greaTer conTidence ink Them- selves and whaT They do. These Treshmen OT yesTerday have now prepared Themselves Tor The rank OT iuniordom and look Torward To ac- cepTing The responsibiliTies OT upperclassmen. Top: Scrap-drivers sTruggle To load Their precious looT. CenTer: Sophomores' prize-winning TloaT rolls by review- ing sTand. BoTTom: Barbara Weil and Marilyn Kenner draw posfers Tor The Sophomore Dance. PAGE Crispe, Lillian Curran, Myrlle Mae Curliss, Donn Dabney, Waller Daleiden, Sue Dalseg, Anifa Daly, Shirley DeLaney, William DeLaney, Norma D clrens, Delores Dieferich, Roberf Divine, Kalhryn Doane, Barbara Doll, Carl Aborn, William Aherns, Marguerile Albrechl, Paul Alcorn, Eunice Amoni, Richard Applequisl, Eugene Armbrusler, Mary Ashfon, Rollin Bailey, Belly Lou Balmer, Audrey Baker, Donald Baker, Jean Banbury, Delores Barnharf, Roberl Bannisler, Richard Barnes, Palricia Barrefl, Eslher Barre'H', John Beafus, Rebecca Bell, Ca+herine Bennell, Palricia Beringer, Doris Befz, Sluarl' Blackwood. Donald Boyd, Thomas Brenneclre, James Buller, Alvin Bufler, Maxine Burlrwisl, Shirley Carlson, William Caslrey. Roberf Cavins, Joyce Chapman, Virginia Chase, Richard Chernoff, Erwin Clark, Edi+h PAGE 44 Douglas, Doris Doroihy, Rosemary Schlindwein, Genevieve Drees, Shirley Mae Drury, Jack Dumdie, Norman Dumonf, Eva Dunley, Jack Eccles, Joan Eefen, Kalhryn Eissler, William Eniile, Anfhony Erickson, William Erickson, Jack Erlanson, Marilyn Evans, Dolores Fagersfrom, Roberi' Fairclofh, Richard Fafouf, BeHy Farrell, Charles Filippo, Shirley Flelcher, William Foulke, William Foulke, Jocelyn Fox, Yvonne Frazier, Pa+ Frank, Ella Mae Funk, Henry Furr, Samuel Gadow, Connie Gales, Ferris Garrison, Charles Gillen, Owen Glasscoe, Evelyn Goederl, Donald Graham, James PAG E 45 Greene, Ronald Greer, James Gusfafson, William Hallfng, William Hamrin, Audrey Hanson, Roberi Harfing, Marilyn Haffersley, Rose Hawley, Elaine Hemming, Kay Hemming, David Henricks, Clarence Herren, Belly Jane Higgens, Janel MaHhews, Gloria McCurdy, Eugene Mero, Kafhleen Meriz, Richard Michael, Jaclc Middlesworfh, Karyl Miller, William Miller, Russell Mifchell, Charles Michelfree, Alberi Monlgomery, Jean Morehouse, Junior Morris, David Morrisseffe, James Holmes, Donald Hofchlxiss, Lois Hungar, Jeanne Hun+, Gordon Hupach, Charlene Ilseman, Shirley lngraham, Eugene Jafflxe, Fred Jameson, Mariorie Johnson, Jane Ann Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, William Jones, Charleen Juline, Woodrow Kasper, Glen Kearns, Lois Kenner, Marilyn Kies, Norma Jean Kinnally, Marylou Kline, Joyce Knapp, Joanne Kozloslxi, Ray Kuhn, Lowell Langus, Pefer Lanfz, Jeanne Larrabee, Kaiherine Laiham, Kennefh Leifheif, LaVon Lifiman, Daniel Mahoney, John Mangers Rulh Manning, Lela Marshall Lorraire Marshall, Marian Marlin, Mary Mason, Eugene PAGE 46 Murphy, Belfy Nelson, Donald Nelson, Herberi Nicholls, Pai' Novoine, Janef O'Brien, Dorofhy Oddy, Joy Olson, Lillian Olson, Louis Owens, Peggy Palmer, Tom Parkin, Charles Paull, William Penningfon, Eugene Pessina, William Peferson, Anna Peffibone, Ann Pierce, Glen Fierce, Jane Pierce, Lois Plain, Jeanne Plcger, Eugene Porfer, Saraiane Porlner, Lois Por+o, Ralph Powell, Suzanne Quinn, Charlene Rice, Barbara Riddle, Paul Richardson, Roberi' Richmond, Howard Robbie, Grace Roscoe, Ralph Ross, PaHy RoH'sollr, Mar'on Sanfelli, Frank PA6 E 47 Sandell, June Schilling, Helen Schilling, Jeaneffe Schleining, Elsie Veneros, Helen Schmedelce, Bonnie Schreul, Kennefh Schroeder, Dean Schroeder, Don Schwanz, David Schwanz, Gerard Seagrisf, Joyce Scull, Jack Sellin, James Weil, Barbara Weisman, Dororhy Wenfler, Shirley Wilkinson, Joyce Wilson, Darwin Winn, Jacob Worrman, Gordon Worrman, Richard WyaH, Arfhur Yellin, Melva Young, Sally Young, Shirley Yunkus, Paul Zolpher, Beverly Shales, Phyllis Shelp, Eleanor Sieberf, Shirley Simpson, Earl Sinden, Frank S ngleferry, George Slrogen, Alberi' Slauqhler, Wayne Small, Lorraine Smifh, Garih Smi+h, Marilyn Spilman, Margarel' Spurgeon, Ann S+. Clair, Flora Mae Sfeck, Arlene Slephens, Donald Sfoddarci, Virginia S+ou'renburg, Roberf Sfubbs, Pafsy Swanson, Kenneih Thoringron, Parsy Thorpe, Barrie Thorp, Donald Thurber, Rose Thurow, Lois Tooley, l.oreH'a Toomey, Paul Touvell, Shirlee Towry, William Usry, Raoul Unwin, Roberf Vailkus, Adeline Van Fleer, Harry Doveikus, Geneive Viclcroy, June Voliniine, George Wade, Sally Washingfon. Roberr Wafson, Roberi' Weber, Ralph Weber, Sfanley Weiderf, Jean PAGE 48 . . .264 mdzalea . . . On Sepfember 8, I943, a freshman class consisfing of 264 members enfered fhe por- fals of Wesf l-ligh. Alfhough school convened lafer fhan usual, fhe freshmen have in- deed made up for fheir loss of fime. Immediafely, fhese aspiring freshmen were off fo a flying sfarf on fheir high school careers. ln order fo begin fheir school life, fhe freshmen elecf- ed four capable officers fo serve as fheir leaders. The of- ficers were as follows: presi- denf, George Bell: vice-presi- denf, Elizabefh Wrighfg secre- fary, Marguerife Tyler: freas- urer, Virginia Dean. They were ably assisfed by faculfy ad- visers, headed by Miss Gladys Brown. The secfion feachers were: Mr. Smifh, Miss Ballard, Mr. Tilly, Miss Pager, Miss Balance, Miss Suino, and Miss Sauer. Throughouf fhe year, fhe freshman class officers co- operafed wifh fheir advisers in order fo insure success for fheir firsf high school year. Along wifh fhe resf of fhe sfudenf organizafions, fhe freshman class foolc an acfive parf in fhe Homecoming Pa- rade. Their floaf, porfraying fhe Spirif of '76, received honorable menfion. The Home- coming Commiffee was head- ed by James Kaser. Af fhe second annual Winfer Carnival, fhe class of '46 again proved fo be capable of shouldering responsibilify. Under fhe direcfion of George Bell, fhey successfully presenfed fwo sfunfs and operafed fhe check room. Many organizafions of Wesf l-ligh gained able members from fhe freshman class. The Dramafic Club, under fhe direcfion of Miss Van Raden, organized fheir meefings fo en- courage self-expression in dramafics. The class play, Too Many l-lands On fhe Wafch, was presenfed fhe laffer parf of April, before fhe sfudenf body. ln fhe cenfer is Miss Gladys Brown, 'l'he faculfy adviser of 'Phe class of I946. Picfured clockwise are fhe class officers: George Bell, presidenh Elizabefh Wrighf, vice-president Virginia Dean, freasurerg and Marguerife Tyler, secrefary. The music organizafions and ofher clubs in Wesf l-ligh found a large number of freshmen in fheir ranlcs. A greaf number of fhe boys par- ficipafed in compefifive sporfs as well as in- framural sporfs. The girls, nof fo be oufdone. were quife acfive in G. A. A. feafures. On April 30, fhe Freshmen wound up a busy school year by enferfaining fhe school and fac- ulfy af fheir annual dance. This affair proved fo be a pleasanf and enioyable climax fo fheir excellenf record made during fheir firsf school year af Wesf l-ligh. PAGE 49 Davidson, Paula Davies, Palsy Daw, Janei' Deal, Harrie? Dean, Virginia Desmond, Rudolph Doran, Lawrence Downen, Norma Belle Drury, Phyliss Duclcehl, Norman Dumdie, Alberfa Duncan, Juaniia Durland, Dorofhy Eakle, Gerald Almond, Janice Ammeriman, Louis Anderson, Marlin Balter, Jack Barbel, Lois Barrigher, Lillian Barrow, Donald Becker, Dolly Beckman, Roberf Bell, George BenneH', Barbara BenneH, Grefa Benson, Ray Berg, Merrill Beyer, Cafherine Beyer, Ralph Bigham. Berry Biorsefh, Helen Rae Bolf, Helen Boyd, Marfha Braclceff, Claude Brunnemeyer, Carol Burlzwisr, Margarer BurneH, Phyliss Busiclc, Claire Callry, Marie Campbell, Caryl Carney, Gene Cearloclr, Lorna Cleveland, Thelma Cool, Beffy Jane Council, Barbara Lou Currie, William Dahle, Mary Lou Daniels, Almagene Darby, Delmonfe PAGE 50 Ebinger, Mar Mae Edwards, William Ellenwood, Willfam Ensminger, Donald Erickson, Roberi Evans, Russell Farrell, Mary Rurh Fafoui, Byriene Feeham, Edward Ferrario, Josephine Ferrell, Roberf Filip, George Firzgerald, Thomas Flannigan, Joan Flercher, Roberf Foley, Russell Foole, Edward Foore, Raymond Franzen, Gerald Fraser, Evelyn FrH'z, Jack Gaveman, Jerry Gibson, Roberi Glenn, Harold Glissman, Ted Good, Roberr Grandi, Lawrence Haliing, Marilyn Harris, Jerry Harvey, Rufh Harve Waller Yu Hausler, Esfher Mary Hafch, Allen Hafhaway, George Haffersley, Belly Hays, Helen PAGE 5I Hayward, Roberr Healy, Francfs Herren, Shirley Herringron, Marianna Herringron, Norman Herring, Roberi' Hope, Marfha Hunger, John Ingles, Raymond Jebens, Herberf Jeffords, Donna Jern, Jerry Jervis, Jack Jesman, Bernice fb Norks, Ruby Marlin, Donald Lloyd, Delores Messenger, Barbara Mickelson, Dorofhy Miller, Clarence Mireley, Jean Mireley, June Moebs, Helen Monaco, Raymond Moncada, Sonia Moore, Richard Morel, Eugene Morehouse, Roberi Jones, Margaref Judd, Myron Kaser, James Kaufman, Edward Kearney, Pal Kearney, Richard Kearns, William Keine, Barbara Kesel. Roberf Killian, Paul King, Doris King, Jean King, Mary Jane Komes, George Koyl, Eugene Krezminslxi, Joseph Knapp, Jack La Magdeline, Jean Lancasfer, Donald Langraf, Mary Jane Langus, Genevieve Langsfone, Mary Ellen Lanllow, Sylvia Larson, Esfher Larson, Sally Ann Laver, Kenneih LaVoy, Edward Lee, Sallie Anne Lloyd, Delores Lowery, Thomas Ludwig, Joanne LeComp+e, Mary Lou McClaskey, Germaine McGowan, Donald McVicller, Clefus Mahoney, Louise PAGE 52 Morris, Roberf Morris, Ruih Mounl, Howard Myers, Evelyn Nanninga, Shirley Nehring, Mariorie Neill, Esfher Nesselrod, Faery June Nichols, Virginia Noland, Roberi' O'Connor, Charles Owen, Joyce Parlrer, Lois Pearson, Mary Lou Penningion, Harold Penninglon, Shirley Plese, Helen Pommier, Geraldine Porler, Janice Pierson, Audrey Pirog, Beiiy Priegel, Richard Puclclin, Nancy Quisforff, Charlene Randall, Russell Randall, Rufh Raymond, Jeane'H'e Redfield, Charles Regenold, Belly Lou Reiland, Donna Reynolds, Donald Rice, Velna Richardson, Marian Richardson, Mariorie Ries, Marilyn Rishel, Elmer PAGE 53 Roberfs, Donald Roehrig, Frances Rogers, Ray Rowan, Shirley Saaf, Mary Ann Salerno, Anlhony Salerno, Mike Sandburg, Herberl' Schramm, Marfha Schulfz, Larry Schuliz, Margarel Schumalcer, Belly Secor, Charles Sellen, Delores Wade, Gerald Wagner, David Wagner, Richard Walfers, Mar Mae Wafson, Pai' Weiderf, Floralie Wesfon. Gene WhiH', Florence Wilkinson, Doris WiHe, Jack Woodard, Melvin Wrighf, Elizabefh ilu HRPIIIUYIZIIII sALLie ANNE LEE March 8, I928 - March 23, I943 Shalcley, Carolyn Shales, Donna Slaller, Rosemarie Smiih, Doris Mae Soderberg, Kennefh Spalte, Donald Spieler, Herberi' Sprague, Donna Spurgeon, Fred Sfadler, Charles Sfearns, Pearl Sfeffey, Regina Sievens, Doris S+ewar1', Jane Siewarf, Sue Sfiles, William Sfoip, Carol Sfoweii, Barbara S+uar+, Paul Swan, Ralph Swanson, Winnifred Tadd, Doris Tebbif, Gloria Thagersirom, Ray Theurer, Mary Ann Thompson, Nancy Thurrow, Gordon Tiffany, Ediih Truesdale, Richard Tognerilli, Milena Tussing, Roberi' Tyler, Marguerife Usry, Ruih Vaughn, Charles Viola, Alberf VonHo'f'F. William PAGE 54 6559 1 f ,fy 'W ,,,?f+eSm, 1 fsffiixrim. -' 7 ' L.nit..,,,41. 3' K Jaw . , gqsaisf ifl' -ww , V: i w' A . K sv- fgmffssx 'fgifwmwwg .24 -f5Qw isf.f. ..m,:4?JQ?zQ11, Qs:42w:zvfw3w,-a4:1 Ls, if If 35.-gfEg5i f ww'-.','?5!s5. sK-. .gf-k1f:'-1. is Lazy ' fwagwyx' '-S eww f :asf M1 Wm-55553 f 7, z Q i ,Q 3 ,J . 1 W I ' W- - 'Viva' ' Hu V-f ' W W Lx, A.. -ug ,lg 55 , i ,is aa'Z' Vice-presidenT NorTon Shoger, Presideni' David Arm- sTrong, and The 'faculTy sponsor, Mr. A. C. Ridinger, Try ouT The new microphone which The STudenT Council helped purchase. Because oT The prevailing ThreaT To our de- mocracy This year, WesT High school sTudenTs have shown a greaTer inTeresT and more enThu- siasm Tor The STudenT Council Than They have in The council's Tive-year exisTence. lvlr. A. C. Ridinger, Tounder oT The council aT WesT High, again led The members Through The usual Trials and TribulaTions oT any democracy. ProoT ThaT The council is really The sTudenTs' voice in WesT High school liTe is The incorporaTing oi a new secTion period by The adminisTraTors This year. The council recom- mended The new sysTem which was subsequenTly adopTed This year. Szhdwd Gonna! The council has also aTTempTed To help sTue denTs realize ThaT iT is Their responsibiliTy To loclc Their loclcers. RecommendaTions were made To The sTudenT body aTTer a long discussion in one oT The monThly meeTings abouT sTudenTs' conducT in school, especially in The halls, which were congesTed because oT increased enroll- menT. ElecTed by The sTudenT body To head The STudenT Council This year were David Arm- sTrong, presidenTg NorTon Shoger, vice-presi- ElizabeTh Deuchler, Treasurer of The Below are The members of The execuTive board of The STudenT Council. SeaTed STudenT Council, and BeTTy Kearney are Bob Ferguson, ElizabeTh Deuchler, Elaine Kozloslci, and RuTh Currier. STand- inspecT The World War I plaque. ing are George PeTros, NorTon Shoger, and PresidenT Dave ArmsTrong. PAGE 56 PresidenT David ArmsTrong calls To order The members and Carl Kaufman rises and presenTs a new moTion aT a Typical meeTing of The WesT High STudenT Council in The school audiTorium. The S':udenT Council meeTs monThly To discuss various school problems. denTg Elaine -Koslozki, secreTary: and Elizabelrh Deuchler, Treasurer. Mr. A. C. Ridinger, origin- aTor oT The council Tive years ago, again acTed as sponsor oT The council, whose members in- clude represenTaTives Trom each secTion and club in school. Heading The long lisT oT council acTiviTies is a service men's land women'si plaque upon which is inscribed names oT WesT l-ligh gradu- aTes and sTudenTs who are in uniTorm. A com- miTTee was chosen Trom council members which cooperaTed wiTh Mr. Ridinger To secure The names placed on The plaque. The plaque now in use is only Temporary buT will be used unTil aTTer The war when iT will be compleTed and casT in bronze. The council was also acTive in The naTional scrap drive. Council PresidenT Dave ArmsTrong headed The work along wiTh TaculTy advisers Mr. Ridinger and Mr. Edgar Newman. The drive was a compleTe success Tor The sTu- denTs collecTed more Than six Thousand pounds oT scrap meTal. CooperaTing wiTh The Girls' Club, council members collecTed Tood and disTribuTed iT To needy Tamilies in ChrisTmas baslceTs. The council also sponsored The Homecoming Day parade. The idea originaTed wiTh The council members Elizabe+h Deuchler, Treasurer, and Elaine Kozloslci, sec- reTary posi- a new sign on The 'Flashing-lighi' announce- menT board given To The school by The STudenT Council. PAGE 57 OT a Tew years ago and has since become an annual aTTair. Many dances and all The pep as- semblies were sponsored by The STudenT Coun- cil. A commiTTee meT wiTh Easi' l-ligh and selecT- ed a program OT assemblies Tor nexT year. The purchase oT a Tlashing sign Tor adverTising pur- poses was negoTiaTed by This year's council. 4. 'QM Vice-presideni' Carleen Gormsen, Treasurer Doroihy Denney, PresidenT RuTh Elaine Flanders, and Secretary BeHy De- Sorf are picTured holding a meeTing wifh Mrs. Gerirude ScoTT SmiTh, adviser. All girls of WesT High are auiomafically members of This club which sponsors many worThwhile acTiviTies around The school. Use The Girls' Club oT WesT High is an organiza- Tion To which every girl enrolled in school may belong. Headed by Mrs. GerTrude ScoTT SmiTh, Dean OT Women, The Girls' Club Tries To aid and guide girls ThroughouT Their Tour years in high school as well as To provide social enTer- TainmenT. Each secTion elecTed a represenTaTive To The Girls' Club council who TogeTher wiTh Mrs. SmiTh, Mrs. RiTzman, Miss Pager, RuTh Elaine Flanders, president Carleen Gormsen, vice- president BeTTy DeSorT, secreTaryg and DoroThy Denney, Treasurer, planned The club's meeTings. AcTiviTies oT The club by a WAdAC recruiTing o Ticer, an a Sadie Haw- lcins dance, whose pro- ceeds 'wenT Towards The buying oT a giTT Tor The school, and a represenT- aTive aTTendance aT a Girls' Club convenTion held in Chicago. Those who aTTended The con- venTion were Evelyn Rogers, DoroThy Denney, Carla l-leiss, PresidenT Flanders, Miss Fager, and Mrs. GerTrude ScoTT SmiTh. The conven- Tion, an annual aTTair, aims aT TurThering Triencl- ly relaTions beTween The girls oT various schools, and encouraging an inTeresT in Their club acTiv- iTies. T ElizabeTh Deuchler, KaThleen PoTTeiger, Carla Heiss, NorTon Shoger, and David ArmsTrong prepare The An- nual Girls' Club ChrisTmas baslceis for disTrilJuTion To needy families. Armsfrong and Shoger are STudenT Council officers. PAGE 58 This year included a Tallc I Euenad, ' , mid, ' The Spanish Club complered a very success- ful second year under rhe guidance of Miss Esrriol Miller. This year The club was composed of rhe sludenrs from borh The Tirsr and second year classes. The purpose of Jrhe club is +o cree are an in+eres+ in The Spanish language and in The people who live in Spanish-speaking coun- Jrries. Club meeiings were held once a monih. Siu' denl spealcers, Spanish plays, and singing were eg 4 enjoyed Jrhroughour lrhe year. The club was hon- ored by having Dr. Yap, an assembly spealcer, ad- dress Jrhem al one of iheir iirsr meerings. Dr. Yap spolce in borh English and Spanish and rold aboui Jrhe ways in which +he Soulh Americans lived. -Spanidfz This year Jrhe club won rhird place in rhe l-lomecoming Parade iloar conresi. Their en+ry consisred of several girls dressed in Spanish cos- Jrumes carrying garlands of flowers. Because oi The huge success of Jrhe forlune felling boolhs al lasl yearls Mid-Winler Carnival, The club was asked +o repeal rheir concession. The Spanish Club also parricipaied in 'lhe Educa+ion Through Exrra-Curricular Ac+ivi+ies program presenrecl ar Jrhe lasi meering of Jrhe Wesr High Pareni-Teacher Associarion. A Examining a sfandard of flags represenling all Soufh American couniries wifh Adviser Miller are officers Blanche Smiih, presidenh Joanne Hurd, secre+aryg and Jennie Saunders, freasurer. group of rhe club members sang a seleclion of Spanish songs. The progress of rhe club is due ro irs officers: Blanche Smilh, president Joanne l-lurd, secref raryg Jennie Saunders, Treasurerg Zelda Srone, program chairman: and Miss Miller, lhe Spanish insrrucror. Spanish Club members gain pracfical experience in speaking Spanish, by singing Spanish songs during club meefings. They also enacl plays and read sfories wifh Spanish words. Those picfured leff +o righf are Joanne Hurd, Joe Slcom, Blanche Smifh. Zelda Stone, Adviser Miller, Jacqueline Landry. Jean Kaufman. Ada Mae Hall, Eleanor Hopkins, Kafhleen Cooper, Lois Bowers, Eugene Koyl, and sea+ed a+ The piano, Jennie Saunders. PAGE 59 upaztd Une 14m ' ' - Rille Club members Lois Pierce, Charles Vaughn, Presidenl Sluarl Belz, and Palricia Bennell, line up and draw a bead on lhe largel. Allhough hampered by lhe freezing of ammunilion, lhe club conlinues lo shool al lheir largel range on lhe alhlelic lield and al lhe indoor range downlown. , Realizing lhe value ol largel shooling iusl al I lhe lime lhe world crisis became acule, lhe school adminislralors opened lhe way lor a school sponsored Rille Club lwo years ago, in answer lo many sludenl requesls lor such a club. Mr. l-l. C. Lellingwell organized lhe club. The lirsl year broughl lorlh only boys inler- esled in lhe proper handling and liring ol rilles, bul several girls have become members lhis year. Sluarl Belz led lhe club lhis year as presidenl wilh lhe assislance ol Jane R, Pierce as secrelary-lreas- ffle urer, and Louis Olson as 4 vice-presidenl. Allhough seriously ham- pered by lhe lreezing ol ammunilion near lhe middle ol lhe year, lhe club conlinued lo shool al lheir largel range on lhe alhlelic lield and al an indoor range down- lown. Members lurnished lheir own guns and ammunilion lhis year, bul lhey plan lo lry lo join a governmenl sponsored lraining course nexl year, in which lhey will be supplied wilh equipmenl. The Rille Club is headed by Louis Olson, vice-presidenl: Mr. Lelfingwell, adviser: Sluarl Beiz, presidenlg and Jane Pierce, secrelary-lreasurer. PAGE 60 WesT T-ligh's Camera Club has Two sTars in iTs service Tlag. One is Tor graduaTe member William J. WhiTe, pasT presidenT oT The organ- iaTion, who is now on acTive duTy wiTh The Navy as a phoTographer. The oTher sTar was added To The Tlag shorTly aTTer The beginning oT The second semesTer This year when Mr. Ed- gar R. Newman, originaTor oT The club and ad- viser since iTs sTarT Tive years ago, was Taken by The Navy as a lieuTenanT. Because oT his background in phoTo- graphy, Mr. Newman will be acTive in This Tield eiTher as an insTrucTor or wiTh a TighTing uniT. The ThirTy-Tive members oT The club have had a very diTTiculT Time keep- ing oTTicers This year. Marvin KaTz, who was elecTed presidenT aT an early meeTing, had To relinquish his posiTion To vice-presidenT Thorald Ransom when he Tound ThaT he unwillingly held Two maior oTTices, The oTher being senior class Treasurer. Thorald Ransom was one oT The Tour boys headed Tor The service aT The semesTer, buT Teeling ThaT The club had given iTs share oT personnel, The draTT board enTiTled him To a de- TermenT unTil June. Then Mr. Newman was ac- cepTed by The Navy and was ordered To reporT wiThin a week. The oTher oTTicers who assisTed in carrying ouT The acTiviTies oT The Camera Club were Jean OsTroTT, secreTaryg and MarTha Gardner, Treasurer. Gamma. Glad PAGE 61 Bob Jones, a member oT The Camera Club, seTs up a shoT Tor The Eos. Much of The phoTography Tor The Eos was done by him. The main acTiviTy oT The club was The Taking oT all Eos picTures excepT The individual pic- Tures oT The sTudenTs. ln addiTion, The club en- abled iTs members To gain valuable inTormaTion concerning cameras and Their use by giving Them The opporTuniTy oT acTually experimenTing wiTh The phoTographic equipmenT. This accom- plishrnenT is someThing which is aTTempTed by a very Tew oTher school camera clubs in The counTry. The equiprnenT belonging To The club is val- ued aT over SSOO. This year The school pur- chased a 5x7 view camera and equipmenT. The club already owns a 3V4 x 4'f'2 Speed Graphic camera compleTe wiTh range Tinder and Tlash gun. and a 4x5 GraTlex. The Speed Graphic is The camera which is seen aT TooTball and baskeT- ball games. Besides These cameras The club mainTains a dark room which boasTs Two en- largers. This Tine equiprnenT makes possible The high gualiTy oT work which is done by The Camera Club. Camera Club ofTicers Jean OsTroTT, secreTaryg Thorald Ransom, presidenTg and MarTha Gardner, Treasurer, in- specT The camera ThaT is used by The club To Take sporT picTures. 'H-li: AlThough many oT The places which The Sci- ence Club had planned To visiT This year were closed To visiTors by order oT The governmenT, The club did have The opporTuniTy oT visiTing a Tew inTeresTing places, namely: The Copley l-los- p'Tal, OaTman BroThers Dairy, and The Aurora Greenhouse. Philip Ruby, program chairman, planned These acTiviTies wiTh The aid oT Tvlr. Carl l-laTenrichTer, TaculTy advisers, and The Tollow- ing club oTTicers: presi- denT, Jim Rice: vice-pres- idenT, Jim O'Brien7 and secreTary-Treasurer, Bob Ferguson. R. K. GranT and Mr. Science Glad The club also was priv- ileged in having various disTinguished spealcers as Their guesTs Through- ouT The year. Among The guesT spealcers oT The year was ProTessor Clarence R. SmiTh OT Aurora College, who gave a very inTeresTing Tallc on geology and exhibiTed many specimens oT roclcs. One OT The TeaTure TuncTions oT The organiza- Tion was The presenTaTion oT moving picTures demonsTraTing The developmenTs in The scien- TiTic world. Several oT These moving picTures were proiecTed in The school audiTorium Tor The PAGE 62 SecreTary-Treasurer Bob Ferguson, Vice-presidenT Jim O'Brien, Sponsor Carl HaTenrichTer, and PresidenT Jim Rice oT The Science Club confer TogeTher To plan club meeTings. beneTiT oT all The sTudenTs who were inTeresTed. Many oTher scienTiTic assembly programs were presenTed Through The cooperaTion oT The Sci- ence Club. The Science Club and The STudenT Council pooled Their Tunds lasT year and purchased a new microphone, which was presenTed To The school Tor use in The audiTorium and gymnasium. As Their conTribuTion To The Carnival, The club members consTrucTed a depTh percepTion TesT similar To The TesT given To prospecTive Tlyers. This evenT was acclaimed a Thrilling con- cession by The hundreds oT Carnival Tans. ln addiTion To The many acTiviTies carried on by The Science Club, The sTudenTs concenTraTed on The scienTiTic and Technical Training which is oTTered in such an organizaTion. Because oT The prevailing war condiTions This Type oT Training is very essenTialg hence a greaTer inTeresT has been shown in The Science Club This year. The club members eagerly accepTed This knowledge as They are anxious To prepare Them- selves Tor a successTul TuTure in The world oT science. Science Club members NorTon Shoger, Joe Slrom, RuTh Janda, and Dorris Edmunds work on an experimenT in The newly improved school laboraTory which is now one oT The mosT modern in Illinois. One of fhe school elecfricians, Don Filzgerald, is shown operafing one of ihe many spo+ligh+s used in +he Spring Revue. The School Eleciricians Club confrolled 'l'he lighf- ing for mosi school programs. aelimafz . . . Alrhough School Eleclriciansu is nor 'lhe official name of any club in Wesl High, ihe Eos is using il To include and +o give credif To all The boys who run Jrhe movie machines for assemblies and classes as well as ihose boys who make up rhe lighling crews for class plays and olher programs. Mr. R. K. Gran? is rhe adviser in charge of Jrhe club, All boys inferesi- ed in learning some prac- lical applicalions of elec- rriciiy,.ligh+ing, and movie ci I mac ine operahon, are galhered Jrogerher a+ The -iirsl of Jrhe year lor insiruclion in ihis Type oi worlc. Sdzaal Elmw- Boys on rhe lighiing crews and rhe movie operarors include John Kaser, Don Fiizgerald, Verland Walder, Russell lvliller, Jim lvlorriselre, George Bell, Fred Mighell, Dave Schwanz, Mar- vin Karz, Charles Barrigher, and Kennelrh Soder- berg. Noi only did Jrhey aid rhe school Jrhrough rheir acrivilies, buf They also acquired valuable experience in working wilh machines and elec- rriciry, which enabled Jrhose who showed abili+y in mechanics and lighring +o improve iheir rraining in These Jrechnical courses. One of The main 'funciions of fhe School Elecfricians Club George Bell operafes 'lhe rheosiafs fha+ conirol 'The border was operaling fhe proiecfors for classroom movies. Below and fooflighfs during one of fhe many performances for are Jim Kaser and Jim MorriseHe using 'lhe school's new which +he Club members worlred 'I'he lighis. movie machine. ZUMJ4 af wid m .... Resolved: ThaT a Tederal world governmenT should be esTablished. This is The quesTion oT Timely imporTance which was debaTed in com- peTiTion wiTh oTher high schools in The sTaTe This year by TwenTy members oT The DebaTe Club. Coached by Mr. C. J. Nebergal, The Team won The Big EighT Trophy Tor The TirsT Time in six years. FourTh place was won by The Team in a Tield oT over ThirTy schools aT The AugusTana College TournamenT. Overcoming eighTeen high schools, The Team won The LaPorTe debaTe TournamenT. ln The Tinal ouTcome oT The lvleTropoliTan League TournamenT, WesT l-ligh won second place. Each of The sixTeen schools in This league ran Through a schedule oT ThirTy debaTes. fbedale Glad This Tine record Tor The year is due To The debaTing oT The Team capTained by Joe Skom wiTh John Dunning as his parTner oT The aTTirm- aTive. and LeRoy Jones and Bill STeiner oT The negaTive. The DebaTe Club, whose oTTicers are LeRoy Three ouTsTanding members of The DebaTe Club, Joe Skom, Carla Heiss, and John Dunning, by winning The secTional TournamenT, individually qualified Tor The sTaTe finals. PAGE 64 Adviser Nebergal and members of The negaTive Team, Bill STeiner and LeRoy Jones, are picTured wiTh The Trophy They won aT The Big EighT conTerence. Jones, presidenTq Carla l-leiss, vice-presidenTg and John Dunning, secreTary-Treasurer, has en- Tered many members in individual compeTiTion. AT The Big EighT conTesT, Joe Skom won a Third place in exTemporaneous speaking, and Carla l-leiss won a TourTh place in original oraTory. The Tollowing week in Chicago, BeTTy Cones won a Third place in humorous declamaTion3 Carla l-leiss won anoTher TourTh in original ora- Tory, and Joe Skom placed TirsT in exTempora- neous speaking. Over one hundred persons were enTerod in This compeTiTion. By winning The secTional TournamenT The var- siTy debaTe Team qualiTied Tor The sTaTe Tinals. John Dunning, Carla l-leiss, and Joe Skom in- dividually enTered The sTaTe Tinals in The Tollow- ing Tields: oraTorical declamaTion, original ora- Tory, and exTemporaneous speaking. BeTTy Cones placed second in The humorous reading Tield while Blanche SmiTh held TourTh place. ln The STaTe DebaTe and Speech conTesTs held aT The UniversiTy oT Illinois The debaTe Team Took TourTh place. John Dunning Tied Tor TirsT place in The Tield oT oraTorical declamaTion. l-le gave l-low Much Land Does a Man Need . ln orig- inal oraTory Carla l-leiss won Third wiTh The oraTion, The LasT ArmisTice . The aTTirmaTive Team, Joe Skom and John Dunning, were The only Team To give The sTaTe champions one de- TeaT. .lie Sig! 2252 if! 539' 52 if is asf ge si? ii! an 5552 if 922 Sli? ii 5:57 :psi Ss? wg gs T is Q2 55 Si? .54 in if H7 Ri 2552 as E S6 :ix EES mf Q, 3 2? We dlfulke Zine . . The TirsT day ThaT Mr. Warren FelTs direcTed The band he led only ThirTy-Tive school music- ians, ATTer showing The school whaT These TaiTh- Tul ThirTy-Tive could do, marching aT TooTball games, playing Tor pep assemblies, concerTs. baskeTball games, parades, and Army-Navy E he began geTTing a Tew new members each week unTil near The end oT school The band boasTed nearly sevenTy members. STudenTs began To geT The Teel oT band music and realize The immense value oT music in building mo- rale during war Time. Musicians who had noT played Their insTrumenTs Tor years broughT Them ouT and ioined The band To parTicipaTe in iTs acTiviTies. The TirsT Time The sTudenT body heard The reviTalized band in assembly iT made Mr. FelTs blush aT The Tremendous ovaTion he re- ceived. Every sTudenT and organizaTion in school goT solidly behind This Tine band during The Car- nival, in which each organizaTion had some con- cession wiTh which To raise money To buy The members oT The band new uniTorms. Over S500 was added To The uniTorm Tund which mounTed To nearly SI.5OO aT The end oT The year. The band TirsT presenTed iTselT To The public aT The TooTball games. The band's smooTh ex- ecuTion oT diTTiculT drills and TormaTions did award presenTaTions, Bam! PAGE 66 crediT To Mr. FelT's Training and experience as a band masTer. Drum-major Alyce Goodwin led The band Through such TormaTions as school leTTer, plane, and Tank ouTlines. ln iTs TirsT concerT The band combined wiTh The A Cappella Choir To presenT a paTrioTic program including all The songs relaTed To The services. A personal Triend of Mr. FelTs and a Tellow illinois band member is Mr. Haskell Sex- Ton, who was guesT soloisT aT The concerT. l-le played several corneT solos. The band presenTed anoTher concerT To a compleTely sold-ouT audiTorium in The spring. The money Trom TickeTs was added To The swell- ing band uniTorm Tund. Band members esTablished a prececlenT Tor musicians by arising aT The unheard hour of seven A. M. To play Tor The deparTing draTTees unTil The send-oTT programs were abandoned. Two requesTs Trom local manuTacTuring planTs were acknowledged wiTh The band's appearance aT The lndependenT PneumaTic Tool Company's and SToner ManuTacTuring Company's Army- Navy E award presenTaTion. Because oT The addiTion oT so many new mem- bers and because of The TacT ThaT The band was playing Tor The public so oTTen, ivlr. FelTs ThoughT iT necessary To inauguraTe secTion re- hearsals To TaciliTaTe The learning oT new music. Each secTion oT The band rehearsed one morn- ing aT eighT o'clock. In addiTion To This, each band member was given a TiTTeen-minuTe pri- vaTe insTrucTion period each week wiTh Mr. FelTs. A sTricT and compleTe record was kepT oT aTTendance aT rehearsals, concerTs. and parades, TogeTher wiTh a record oT each sTudenT's con- ducT, aTTiTude, and musical improvemenT. This was used as a basis Tor awarding band leTTers aT The end oT The year. A TiTTeen piece dance band was showcased in The Parisian CaTe oT The Carnival. This band consisTed oi band members inTeresTed in round- ing ouT Their musical educaTion by also playing dance music. They also played Tor a school dance To raise addiTional money Tor band uni- Torms. Mr. FelTs has had experience in dance bands as well as wiTh concerT and marching bands. l-le played bass Tour years wiTh Dick ShelTon's band. AnoTher innovaTion This year was The TirsT an- nual band banqueT To acquainT parenTs wiTh Mr. Warren A. Felfs from The Universify of Illinois, new direcfor of The band and orchesTra, raises his bafon on The opening number of The annual insTrumenTal concerT. Jerry Jern, Garfh Smifh, and Bill Maury compose The 'trombone seclion of fhe band also presenfecl a feafure number, a special frumpel frio of fhe band which was Two Pairs of Slippers , af The annual Spring Concerl. feafured in a novelfy number presenfed af The band's Spring Concert Mr. Felfs and fhe band boardg Philip Ruby, pres- idenf, Garfh Smifh, Bill Maury, John Randall, and Alyce Goodwin. The band was presenfed in a concerf of very modern symphonically sfyled music early fhis spring. The band played half of fheir program fhen fhe orchesfra played fhree numbers fol- lowed by fhe remainder of fhe band numbers. Money from fhe concerf wenf info fhe insfru- menf fund of fhe band which is used fo pur- chase new insfrumenfs and fo repair old ones. Nearly a full house was on hand fo see and hear fhe band presenf ifs only formal concerf of fhe year under fhe direcfion of Mr. Warren Felfs. Bofh band members and sfudenfs alike are looking forward fo fhe firsf foofball game nexf year when fhe band will make ifs firsf appear- ance in fhe new uniforms recenfly purchased. Band members have worked hard fhroughouf fhe year fo earn fhe money used fo buy new uniforms fo replace fhe fwelve year old ouffifs fhey have been wearing. These new uniforms are very versafile because fhey can be used for bofh concerf work and marching. The new en- semble boasfs red gloves, spafs, and sfripes down fhe panf legs fogefher wifh a high col- lared coaf wifh fwo rows of brass buffons. Wifh fhe removal of fhe spafs and gloves and fhe furning over of one lapel fhe uniform becomes a conservafive concerf uniform. This year has been a year of progress for fhe PAGE 67 band as fhey have increased fheir membership, boughl' new insfrumenfs and uniforms. and have done fheir share of playing for war purposes. BAND BOARD: Phil Ruby, John Randall, Alyce Goodwin, Bill Maury, Garfh Smifh. FLUTES: Phil Ruby, l-loward Nichols, Tom Boyd, Gordon Thu- row, Claire Busick. PICCOLO: Dave Evans. CLARINETS: Gordon l-lunf, Bob Wafson, Ken- nefh Unfiedf, Gordon Mifchell, Paul Young, Bob Jones, Joan Eccles, Frank Sinden, Fred Spurgeon, Ray Benson, Joe Krezminski, Ray Kozloski, Roy Thegersfrom, Bill Vonl-loff. SAX- OPl-TONES: Lillian Ward. Dick Merfz, Dave Schwanz, Rufh Fulfz. l-lARP: Kay Knufson. BASS DRUM: Dan Liffman. CYMBALS: Opal Corkum. TYMPANT: Gloria Gavenman. BELLS: Lorayne Lenerf. SIDE DRUMS: Ted Carlson, Bob Caskey, Dave l-lemming, Shirley Young, June Weisheif. FRENCT-l l-lORNS: Beffy Oberdorf, l-loward Richmond, Paul Riddle, Audrey Pierson. LIBRA- RIANS: Gordon Mifchell, Lillian Ward. COR- NETS: Garfh Smifh, Bill Maury, John Randall, Ted Sampson, Bill Towry, George Filip, Bob Flefcher. TRUMPETS: Jerry Jern, Earl Simpson, Eugene Morel. BARITONES: Verland Walder, Bon l-lolmes, Paul Mickelson, Jim Kaser, TROM- BONES: Alyce Goodwin, Ted Randall, Eldred Alcorn, Tony Rehor. Charleen Jones, Eugene Koyl, Merrill Berg. BASSES: Charles Barrigher, Eugene Appleguisf, l-lerberf Sandberg, Bill Sweeney. Wesl High Orcheslraflronl row: Jennie Saunders, Charles Parkin, Gordon Hunl, Howard Nichols, Phil Ruby, Doris Slephens, Rosemary Phalen. Second row: Charleen Jones, Beverly Knulh, Garlh Smilh, Bill Maury, John Randall, Paul Riddle, Howard Richmond, Alyce Goodwin, Ted Randall, Jim Kaser, Verland Walder, Mar Mae Wallers, Belly Gerberich, Gladys Walker. Third row: Mar Mae Ebinger, Marlha Dean Hope, Lillian Ward, Charles Barrigher, Lorraine Small, Mr. Warren Fells, Dan Lillman, Ted Carlsen, Marilyn Daw, Jerry Gavenman, Mariorie Jameson, Alice Marie Hill. Nol in piclure: Gordon Milchell, Belly Oberdorl, Bob Jones, Dave Evans. Cooporalion was lhe lceynole lhis year lor lhe inslrumenlal music deparlmenl under lhe balon ol Mr. Warren Fells. The band coopera- led wilh lhe second band and was augmenled by ils members lor marching dales. The orches- lra drew ils brass and woodwind seclions from lhe band lo lill ils inslrumenlalion lor concerls. The dance band also needed musicians lrom bolh lhe band and orcheslra lor ils personnel. This cooperalion was evidenl when members ol lhe lour musical groups arranged a lrip lo opera Tannhauser. Nearly lorly members were able Chicago lo see lhe lo see lheir lirsl opera. The orcheslra's lwenly members elecled Jennie Saunders, concerlmislressg Lillian Ward, presidenl: and Charleen Jones, librarian. Members of lhe Dance Band are, lronl row: Dick Merlz, Bob Jones, Lillian Ward, Dave Swanz, and Belly Murphy. Sec- ond row: Eldred Alcorn, Ted Randall, Charles Parkin, Char- leen Jones, Jennie Saunders, and Alyce Goodwin, Third row: John Randall, Garlh Smilh, Bill Maury, Ted Carlsen and Charles Barrigher. PAGE 68 Training adolesceni, in-experienced voices in preparaiion for more advanced vocal work is rhe iob of Jrhe Girls' Glee Club. Under 'rhe di- reciion oi Mr. William J. Peierman, The new choir direcior who rook over +he duiies of Mr. Sien l-lalivarson, rhe girls in ihe club learn The iundamenials oi musicianship and choral work, music noiaiion, rhyrhm, harmony, and melody, gala, wiih special emphasis on sighi-reading. gba Afier weeks speni learn- ing rhese basic principles, M Mr. Peierman siaried ihe club on Jrwo-pari vocal composiiions. Since school began, They have masiered Jrwo, Jrhree, and four pari music. Mr. William John Peferman, a graduafe of Norfhwesiern Universiiy, is vocal direcfor a+ Wes+ High. He conducis fhe A Cappella Choir, Girls' Glee Club, and 'rhe newly organized Mixed Chorus. Firsi row, le'H' +0 righh Es+her Neill, Barbara BenneH, Ru'rh Johnson, Lillian Barrigher, Almagene Daniels, Lois Thurow, Pa+sy Davies, Florence Mavis, Es+her BarreH, Florence Whiif, Jo Ann Ludwig, Audrey Hamrin. Second row: Barbara Rice, Yvonne Fox, Flora Mae S+. Clair, Margarei' Schuliz, Edi+h Tiffany, June Vicliroy, Janei- Daw, Arlene Sfeclr, Velna Rice, Donna Jeffords, Beverly Zolpher, Delores Sellen. Third row: Donna Sprague, Janis Almond, Lois Hofchkiss, June Sandell. Par Barnes, Marilyn Smifh, Dorofhy Michelson, Lois Pierce, Doris King, Jean King, Marrha Schramm, Lois Nehring. Fourfh row: La Von Leifheii, Donna Reiland, Joyce Wilkinson, Irene Hammond, Rufh Harvey, JeanneiHe Schilling, Kaihryn Divine, Charlene Quisforff, Doris Smifh, Barbara Messenger, Doris Tadd, Jean La Magdeline. PAGE 69 an Zia Zlifameal Jfe' . . The A Cappella Choir, Through iTs work This year, has again esTablished iTselT as one oT The ouTsTanding vocal organizaTions oT The sTaTe. Succeeding Mr. STen T-lalTvarson and Mr. George Keclc, who were inducTed inTo The army, was Mr. W. J. PeTerman, new vocal direcTor OT VVesT l-ligh. Mr. PeTerman, a graduaTe oT NorTh- wesTern UniversiTy, has helped To mainTain The high sTandards oT The A Cappella Choir besides developing a greaT deal oT showmanship in iTs members, which has been A GGWGIJG noTiced in The various GAG , choir programs Through- W ouT The year. l-le also in- creased The choir Trom sixTy, To sevenTy-Tive voices and purchased new robes Tor The new members. ' The choir's acTiviTies included The ChrisTmas ConcerT, in which The combined vocal groups ToTaling 250 voices sang choral worlcsg The pro- gram presenTed Tor The STaTe Teachers' MeeT- ing aT The ParamounT TheaTer, and The Fox Valley Music FesTival. The main acTiviTy oT The choir was The musical revue, Going My Way . which was presenTed March I I, I2, and l3, beTore a ToTal audience of 3,000 people. Modeled aTTer The NorThwesT- ern Waa-Mu show, The revue was a conTinuous perTormance TeaTuring comedy sl4iTs, dance rouTines, solos, and choral numbers. One oT The highlighTs oT The perTormance was The dual piano worlc oT Jennie Saunders and Mr. PeTer- man, which Tormed a unique running accom- panimenT To The whole show. Under The spon- sorship oT The A Cappella Choir, The chorus was composed mainly oT choir members and Mixed Chorus members, while The casT Tor The sl4iTs was composed oT members oT The various classes. The elaboraTe seTTings, designed by Mr. Wil- liam John PeTerman, were all hand-builT by Mr. C. Koyl and his manual Training classes. An in- novaTion This year was The use OT a second cur- Tain several TeeT behind The original maroon curTain, which made possible The conTinuiTy OT The acTion. A All sTage direcTions were under The capable handling oT Miss Marian WinTeringham, who was assisTed by a crew oT sTage hands. Aiding Mr. PeTerman wiTh The choir was The Choir Board consisTing oT Two represenTaTives Trom each class, and The choir oTTicers. This board included Ida Mae Murphy, presidenT: RuTh Currier, vice-presidenT7 BeTTy DeSorT, sec- reTaryg MarTha Wells, Treasurer, Bob MurTaugh. robe cusTodian: and Polly Van FleeT, librarian. OTher members were BeTTy Murphy, Barrie Thorpe, Sam Lilley, Marilyn Daw, Carleen Gormsen, and NorTon Shoger. Mr. W. J. PeTerman, direcTor of vocal groups aT Wesf High, raises his bafon in The opening number of The impressive ChrisTmas coneerT. This presenTaTion, which was held in The school audiTorium, was given before boTh The P. T. A. and The sTudenT body assembly. Two hundred and 'FiTTy members of The vocal groups parTicipaTed in This concerT. PAGE 7l ...4ay'w1lffa Firs+ row, leTT To righ+: Harrief Deal, JaneT Higgins, Lois Por+ner, Marguerife Tyler, DoroThy O'Brien, Charlene Quinn, Connie Gadow, Virginia Nichols, Esfher Larson, Jane STewarT, Sue STewarT, June Mirely, Jean Mirely, Virginia Dean, Jane RoberTs, Barbara Keine, BeTTy Ha'H'ersley, Karla Kaiser, Marylou Kinally, Sue Dalieden, Audrey Baker. Second row: Mari- anna HerringTon, Mary Jane Landgraf, Evelyn Frazier, Phyllis BurneTT, Sylvia Lankow, Barbara Sfowell, Anifa Dalseg, Pai Dahle, Jack Wi'H'e, Bill Paulls, Dick Cook, RuTh DeMonT, Mary Ann Saaf, Sonia Moncada, Marilyn Ries, Jocelyn Foulke, Jean Osiroff, BeHy Lou McWeThy. Third row: Marilyn SmiTh, Elinor Hopkins, Barbara Lou Council, Margarei' Jones, Lorna Cearlock, Rosemary DoroThy, Lois Parker, Pai' Bacon, Tom Wood, Ed Lungren, Bill McKnighT, BeTTy Shumacher, Mary Jane King, Carol STolp, Pai WaTson, Elizabeih Wrighf, Shirley Rowan. Fourfh row: Jennie Saunders, Pai' Frazer, Bob Wafson, Gene WesTon, Richard Worfman, Tom Palmer, Bill Aborn, Bill Miller, Don Schroeder, Henry Funk, Dean Schroeder, Bob BuTTrey, Bill Smifh, Don Fihgerald, E. J. McWeThy, Bob Caskey, Janis Porfer, RuTh Schramm, Phoebe Fleniye, Carol Brunnemeyer. . A Tew years ago The boys' and girls' glee clubs were combined To Torm a large mixed chorus. This organizaTion, formed by Mr. STen l-lalTvarson and direcTed This year by Mr. Wil- liam J. PeTerman, is The largesT OT WesT l-ligh's Three singing groups. The chorus meeTs in The school audiTorium Tor The lirsT halT-hour lunch period every day. Any sTudenT in school who is willing To give up This halT hour OT his lunch period is eligible To ioin. The purpose behind The TormaTion OT The chorus was To provide a period OT singing Tor eniOymenT. This purpose has been duly meT, Tor members sing many OT The popular numbers as well as The usual choice OT classical songs. Be- Mawr! Ghafmay PAGE 72 sides singing Tor enioymenT, The chorus learns The TundarnenTals OT reading and singing nOTes. They have masTered eighT parT music wiThouT any diTTiculTy, and reading noTes is no longer a sTrenuous Task. Because OT The Training OT- Tered in nOTe reading, The enrollmenT OT This OrganizaTion has more Than doubled This year. Many OT The members are Treshmen. sopho- mores, and juniors, who wish To gain experience To qualiTy Tor an A Cappella TryouT nexT year. This group gives The OpporTuniTy Tor solo voice work as well as chorus singing. Several members are learning To be accompanisTs dur- ing This Time and in This way are aiding Mr. PeTerman by relieving him OT The iob so ThaT he may conducT The vocal secTiOn. Since The chorus learns many OT The A Cap- pella Choir songs, iTs members are used To aug- menT The choir in many OT iTs programs. ...4adje,aulfzaf1., To arm oneself wiTh knowledge, To oppose The forces of desfruc- Tion, presenf and fu- Ture, was The Theme oT The Nafional Book Week and is The aim of The WesT High Li- brary Club. This newesT of clubs was formed aT The be- ginning of The school year by Miss Margaref Van Raden, who is The new librarian. The club endeavors To carry ouT Their aim by Teaching sTudenTs how To use books for knowledge and enioymenf. Miss Van Raden also TaughT members The mechan- ical side of a library wiTh The idea Thaf some sTudenTs desire To be- come pages or librar- ians in eiTher college or public libraries. One-fourfh crediT is given yearly To sTudenTs accopfed by The club who do Their work safis- facforily. Members are selecfed by applicaTion and careful scrufiny of each applicanT's grades, inTeresTs, and plans for fuTure occupafion. Each member musT pracTice The library Techniques TaughT him by The club for Three hours each week before receiving his crediT. These Tech- Frank Sinden, Dick BannisTer, George SingleTerry, and Bill Halling examine some of The newesT books purchased Tor The deTermine whaT books To buy. PAGE 73 library. A poll was conducTed by The Library Club To niques include marking new books, filing cards for new books, using The card cafalogue for aufhors and subie-cTs, and oTher necessary knowledge of how a library works. Any sopho- more, junior, or senior is eligible To apply for admission. A new means of selecfing books To be pur- chased was used safisfac- Torily by The club. The plan included The voTing by The enTire school on favorife books which had been adverfised by posT- ers previously. Since The organizafion of The club, The library has funcfioned more sysfemafically, and a greaTer inTeresT has been developed in reading. The sTudenTs have become beTTer acguainfed wiTh books, and This familiariTy enables Them To have a beTTer appreciaTion of The knowledge and pleasure which are derived from Them. .fidaafuf Glad Presiding over The regular meefings held on The firsT and Third Tuesdays of each monfh were Blanche Smifh, presidenfi Charlene Peaks, vice presidenfq and Rufh Janda, secrefary-Treasurer. Presiding over a Library Club meeTing are The club officers, RuTh Janda, secreTary-Treasurer, Blanche SmiTh, presidenTg Miss Van Raden, adviser: and Charlene Peaks, vice-president . .uacalmnal The VocaTional-lndusTrial Club, one OT The newesT in WesT l-ligh, helps place boys in Tac- Tories and war indusTries. Mr. Meyer, sponsor oT The club and mechanical drawing insTrucTor, has made many conTacTs wiTh various TacTories in order To promoTe immediaTe work Tor The boys in The indusTries. Mr. Meyer has also been elecTed VocaTional Supervisor Tor all TacTory work excepT commercial and sTenographic de- parTmenTs. l-le sponsors and insTrucTs an ap- prenTiceship Training class every SaTurday aT WesT l-ligh. This course . sTarTed in June, I936, and W00at49nd' has been TuncTioning ever since wiTh The cooperaTion oT local TacTories. Upon .fmfudlaial M compleTion oT This Tour year apprenTice Training course, The boys receive Journeymen's cards, which enTiTle Them To ioin unions and receive union salaries. Programs were given during The year by The members oT The club. Various TacTory represenT- aTives meT wiTh The club To discuss The diTTerenT lines OT work wiTh The sTudenTs. Among The sub- iecTs discussed were Tool and die making, ad- verTising, draTTing, and TransporTaTion. The VocaTional Club was headed by a coun- cil composed of Dick Cooper, Tom Palmer, John Dunning, Bill Maury, Paul Weber, Jim Rice, Roland Vaughn, Carl Doll, and Sam Lilley. The execuTive oTTicers were Don BarreTT and Bob Mickelson, wiTh Bill Baysinger as secreTary- Treasurer. The club members were chosen Trom Carl Doll, Sam Lilley, Dick Cooper, Roland Vaughn, council members of The newly organized VocaTional- lnclusTrial Club, informally discuss plans for The club's fufure acTiviTies. The Tive drawing classes, and The oTTicers were elecTed by This group. One oT The ouTsTanding accomplishmenTs oT The club was The renTing and showing oT movies perTaining To mechanical drawing. These movies were shown in all The drawing classes Twice a week Tor a period OT abouT a monTh. Among The many Topics il- lusTraTed by The picTures were as Tollows: care and use oT in- sTrumenTs, secTioning, screw Threads, auxiliary views, ma- chining aluminum, riveTing, and welding. The Tilms were procured Trom The Engineering DeparTmenT oT Purdue Univer- siTy. Sponsor Mr. Harolcl E. Meyer as- sisTs Bill Baysinger, secreTary-Treas- urer: Don BarreTT, president and Bob Mickelson, vice-president Sealing, Members oT The Commer- l cial club have done much To help alleviaTe The manpower shorTage in Aurora, more spe- ciTically in WesT l-ligh. Because There were noT enough Teachers available To handle The Throngs who came To The grade schools Tor ra- Tioning regisTraTion, members oT The club helped in This greaT Task by acTing as recepTionisTs and clerks aT The grade schools where regisTraTion was in progress. Each member con- TribuTeol Two days oT school Time To This proiecT. The club, which is conTined To iuniors and seniors Taking commercial subiecTs, also is helping wiTh The book work connecTed wiTh running The school smooThly. The club has Taken compleTe charge oT The book sTore, which dispenses pencils, paper, and oTher supplies needed by sTuclenTs in Their clas- ses. ln addiTion, senior club members have as- sisTed Miss CaTherine Kelly by acTing as school cashiers and TaciliTaTing The handling of school Tunds. Aid has been given To The caTeTeria by The club in checking Toocl as well as keeping books. The placemenT bureau, sponsored by The Commercial Club, has been acTive in placing 4 C0-WL LeTT To righf, fronT row: DoroThy Marfin, Treasurer, Mary Margaref FriTz, vice- president Lois Klein, presidenh Helen ScoTT, secreTaryg and BeTTy Brown, sTudenT council represenTaTive. Back row: Advisers Leffingwell, Ballance, and PeTerson. PAGE 75 commercial graduaTes in posiTions wiTh business Tirms. The bureau also mainTains compleTe rec- ords oT graduaTes and Their business posiTions. Leading The club are Lois Ann Klein, presi- denT: Mary MargareT FriTz, vice-presidenTp l-lelen ScoTT, secreTaryg and DoroThy MarTin, Treasurer. Three commercial Teachers, Miss Maurine Ballance, Mr. l-lu- C go PeTerson, and Mr. l-l. C. LeTTingwell, acT as ad- , visers To The club. eanuneaclal During The year special guesT speakers were in- viTed To The meeTings. These guesTs included a sTudenT oT The Gregg ShorThand ReporTing School, who gave an inTeresTing Talk, and sev- eral prominenT business men. The Commercial club parTicipaTed in mosT :JT The school acTiviTies. Concessions aT TooTball and baskeTball games, a Telegram booTh in The annual Wesl' i-ligh Carnival, and many oTher TuncTions were parT oT Their work. WiTh The money acquired Through These acTiviTies The club purchased a sTopwaTch Tor classroom use. AT The end oT The year awards were given To The sTudenTs who could Take shorThand wiTh accuracy and speed and Type wiTh equal abiliTy. Commercial Club members do much of The book work To keep WesT High running smooThly. LefT are shown Irma Bushrod, Anna Je+er, and BeTTy Jean Johnson Typing some special work. 7faey ' ln war Time, when arT and culTure can be so easily TorgoTTen, The PainT PoT Club and similar organizaTions designed To keep alive man's cre- aTive insTincTs, clo The world a greaT service. Members oT The PainT PoT Club This year have done much direcTly To aid The school in iTs war eTTorTs besides Trying To see and hear arT in Their daily lives. Under The guidance oT Miss l-lelena Sauer, arT insTrucTor and adviser To The BeTTy Walker, presidenTg BeTTy Jean Johnson, vice- presidenTy Grace Leavey, secreTaryq and Mary Mar- kel, Treasurer, a commiT- Tee arranged a schedule Tor The year's acTiviTies aT an early meeTing. Members were acTive in making miliTary Tigures dressed in diTTerenT uni- Torrns, skeTching The ouT-oT-doors, and design- ing and making change purses and coasTers. The club had a colorTul TloaT in The Homecom- ing Parade by Turning ouT en masse dressed in red, whiTe, and blue drum maioreTTe h'aTs and riding decoraTed bicycles. The bicyclisTs car- ried a huge sign wiTh The slogan LeT's All Pull TogeTher. By making all The diTTerenT signs used by con- cessions during The Carnival, The club did a greaT service Tor The school. Members also operaTed a STop and Sock concession aT The Carnival. Miss Jane Ann Reed, a graduaTe member and oTTicer OT The PainT Por Club, who is now conTinuing her arT sTudy aT The Chicago Acad- club, TogeTher wiTh pain! pal' Glad mc! calm . . The PainT Pol' Club renclers many services To The school. Charleen Miller, Lowell Kuhn, and Sally Young, Three of iTs members, make miliTary figures in addiTion To Their regular work. emy oT Fine ArTs, gave a Talk on dress design- ing aT one oT The club meeTings. A highlighT of a laTer meeTing was a movie on carTooning. Near The close oT The year members parTic- ipaTed in a picnic aT Phillips Park. Pins in The shape oT an arTisT's paleTTe incorporaTing The school colors in The design were awarded To members wiTh perTecT aTTendance records aT meeTings. Among The oTher ouTsTand- PAGE 76 ing acTiviTies oT The PainT POT Club were several exhibiTs. Many oT The members enTered Their producTs in The l-ligh School ConTerence exhibiT aT The UniversiTy oT Illinois and in The WesTern ArT exhibiT held in May aT The Chicago Acad- emy oT Fine ArTs. A prize possession oT The arT sTudenTs is a silk-screen prinTing ouTTiT, which was used in publishing The posTers Tor The Junior and Senior Class plays. Miss Sauer convenes wiTh club offi- cers BeTTy Jean Johnson, BeTTy Wal- ker, Grace Leavey, and Mary Mar- kel. -ag mf: Seniafzft in ugllagze 25004 A scene from The Nazi pageanT presenTed by The Senior DramaTic Club sTarring Tony Greene, RuTh Currier, and Howard Nichols. This producTion was also presenTed for many civic organizaTions. LasT Tall The Senior DramaTic Club, under The direcTion oT Miss EsTrid Miller, elecTed Tor Their oTTicers Tony Greene, presidenT: BeTTy DeSorT, vice-president and Joanne Hurd, secreTary- Treasurer. The TirsT dramaTic appearance oT The club was Tor NaTional Educa- Tion Weelc. AT This Time iT presenTed a pageanT, VicTory Tor Free Men . The sl4iTs showed how peo- ple are TreaTed by The Nazis and poinTed ouT how TorTunaTe we are in our Tree way oT liTe. ln addiTion To giving This pageanT Tor an assembly program, The casT also gave iT Tor members oT The P. T. A., Women's Club, and The Kiwanis Club. Senioa fbfuamalic GM In The annual WinTer Carnival members oT The club cooperaTed wiTh The band To make The Parisian CaTe a success. The highlighT OT The year's work came May and sevenTh, when The annual Three-acT was successTully presenTed. This year The chose STage Door , a play ThaT had a run on Broadway. The sTory cenTers around sixTh Play club long The acTiviTies OT The girls oT a residence club Tor acTresses. Dorris Edmunds and KenneTh Caughey Took compleTe charge oT The produc- LeTT To righT: Jean Ammons, Gladys Walker, Marny Hafer, BeTTy Cones, Jane Billings, BeTTy DeSorT, Mary Lou Pilxe, DOT Denney, CaTherine Kozloslxi, RuTh Currier, MarTha Wells, RuThie Flanders, Jennie Saunders, Blanche SmiTh, BeTTy llseman, KaThleen PoTTeiger, Joanne Hurd, Verland Welder, and Carleen Gormsen. PAGE 78 . . chew final cufzllain The phofographer lurns his camera on Marny Hafer, Rulh Currier, Jennie Saunders, Barbara Anderson, Carleen Gormsen, and Joanne Hurd in one of 'Phe scenes from The Senior class play S+age Door , presenled on May 6+h and 7+h. The play was under The direcfion of Miss Eslrid Miller, Senior Drama+ic Club adviser. Hon and siage work. The casl consisled of Rurh Currier, Barbara Anderson, Carleen Gorrnsen, Belly De Sorl, Berry Cones, Doroihy Denney, Mary Lou Pike, Jane Billings, Jennie Saunders, Blanche Smilh, Gladys Wallcer, Marlha Wells, Rurh Flanders, Marny l-laier, Joanne l-lurcl, Jean Amrnons, Kalhleen Poileiger, Belly Lou llseman, Calherine Kozloslci, John Dunning, Howard Nichols, Tony Greene, Charles Kelly, Bolo Barr, Bill Millard, Roland Vaughn, l-lomer Ollulr, Joe Slcom, and Verland Walder. Members ol lhe club also parlicipared in lhe spring revue and lhe annual Gym Circus. They performed many olher addilional services lo lhe school such as beneiil performances for lhe Red Cross and communiiy organizalions. Mr. Kingsley, por+rayed by John Dunning, hands Terry Randall, played by Ru+h Currier, fhe coveled scripl' of fhe play in which she will be slarred. PAGE 79 ' 7 ' ..... The Junior DramaTic Club compleTed a mosT successTul year under The leadership oT Mr. William PeTerman and Miss Marian WinTeringham, advisers: and l-lelen Miller, presidenT3 Beverly Johnson. vice-presidenTg and Marilyn Daw, secreTary. The regular meeTings were held The TirsT and Third Tues- day oT each monTh, aT which Time The members discussed various subiecTs such as acT- ing, direcTing, and make-up Techniques. Many plays were also discussed aT These meeT- ings. The people who were in- TeresTed in The arT oT malce-up worlced in ThaT deparTmenT Tor The spring revue, Goin' My Way . On The nighT oT December 4Th, The Junior DramaTic Club presenTed The Three-acT play. Kind Lady , To a capaciTy audience. This play, Edward Chodorov's besT and a very unusual sTory Told wiTh sub- ' dued horror and suspense, was a hiT on Broadway Tor Three years. lT was well-received aT ' WesT l-ligh and proved To be The mosT ouTsTanding produc- Tion oT The club This year. The seTTing oT The play was laid in The luxurious London home oT Mary l-lerries, The Kind Lady , who Toolc a Tamily in To live wiTh her and Tound They were conspiring To Talce her home, her TorTune, and Tinally her liTe. ln addiTion To The Three acTs. The play junjaa had a prologue and an Baa 5, epilogue. The prologue served To acquainT The audience wiTh The presenT acTion oT The play, while The Three acTs builT up To The climax in The epilogue. The enTire producTion was under The direc- Tion oT Mr. William John PeTerman, Junior Dra- maTic Club adviser. Miss Marian WinTeringham, co-direcTor, wiTh Mr. PeTerman selecTed The casT and direcTed rehearsals TogeTher wiTh Ev- elyn Rogers and Jean BerThold, sTudenT direc- Glad The Junior Class presenTed as Their annual play Kind Lady , under The direcTion of Mr. William John PeTerman. The Tense scene above picTures Phoebe FlenTye, Bill SmiTh, and Sam Lilley forcing Carla Heiss To sign away her TorTune To Them. PAGE 80 Tors. The casT included: Carla l-leiss, as Mary l-lerriesg Sam Lilley as l-lenry AbboTTg Jean Os- TroTT as Mrs. AbboTTg Phoebe FlenTye as Mrs. Edwards, one oT The conspiraTors7 Bill SmiTh as Mr. Edwardsq Lynn Ploger as Aggie Edwards, insane daughTerg Bob Shelp as Mr. PosTer, a bank represenTaTive: Evelyn Farrer as Rose, a servanT: Phyllis Lindahl as Lucy WesTon, Mary l-lerries besT Triendg Phyllis Mangas as Phyllis Glenning, Miss l-lerries niece: Bill STeiner as PeTer STanTard, Miss Glenning's Tiance: Wesley Johnson as The docTorp and Bill Maury as Gus- Tav Rosenberg, an agenT Trom an arT gallery. A large crew OT iunior class workers painTed scenery and collecTed properTies needed To creaTe The elusion oT a wealThy London resi- dence. Mr. C. Koyl's manual Training classes consTrucTed all The scenery, and Miss Sauer's . . Zh fa emlai The climax To The second acl' is reached as Bill SmiTh dances wiTh Jean OsTroT'F who porTrays an insane characTer. Also shown are Lynn Ploger, Phoebe FlenTye, and Sam Lilley. The play, varying from The usual Trend oT comedy and mysTery, was enThusiasTically received by a packed house on The nigh? of December 4Th. arT sTudenTs advised The painTing oT The scenery. Make-up Tor The play was done by members oT The Senior DramaTic Club. A parTicularly diTTi- culT iob oT make-up was provided by Carla l-leiss who appeared as an elderly lady in The prologue and epilogue and as a person oT younger years in The Three regular acTs. Com- pleTe changes oT make-up and cosTume were made beTween acTs. Also conTribuTing To The success oT The play were The various commiTTees. The chairmen oT These commiTTees were Jim Morsch, publiciTyg Lois Schalz. properTiesg DoroThy De FraTes, make-up: Bob Miller, TickeTs: Helen Miller, wardrobe: PaT Bacon, sTage: and ArThur Galli, seTTings. Many addiTional acTiviTies have been carried on by This group oT dramaTic sTudenTs. lnTormal meeTings were held, and some Torm oT enTer- TainmenT was provided Tor The club members. A promising TuTure is in view Tor The Junior DrarnaTic Club. WiTh The excepTional TalenT dis- played This year The club should prove To be a superior organizaTion. PicTured below from leTT To righT is The enTire casT of Kind Lady . They are Bill STeiner, Phyllis Mangus, Lynn Ploger, Phoebe FlenTye, Bill SmiTh, Sam Lilley, Carla Heiss, Evelyn Farrer, Wesley Johnson, Jean Os+roTT, Bob Shelp, Phyllis ' d h d' T' T M' M rian WinTerin ham. Lindahl, and Bill Maury. Scenery for The producTion was un er T e :rec lon o iss a g i i Zim like fzawie ligfzlld . . . Audrey Hamrin has ius+ received a swiff kick in The shins 'from George Singleferry, while David Morris wafches innocenTly. The play was presenTed before The sTudenT body in an assembly. Below is a scene Trom The play SwepT Clean Off Her FeeT , a Sophomore DramaTic Club producTion. The casT included David Morris, George SingleTerry, PaT BenneTT, Audrey Hamrin, and Bob Wafscn. Among The numerous acTiviTies in which The Sophomore DramaTic Club Toolc parT This year was The presenTaTion on December I9 OT an original play wriTTen by George SingleTerry. In addiTion To The club members, The audience was composed oT The Freshman DramaTic Club. The casT oT The producTion enTiTled German ChrisTmas consisTed oT Joan Eccles, George Sin- gleTerry, PaT Nichols, Ann Spurgeon, and David Mor- ris. fbaanmlah GAA Tor The sTudenT body. Audrey l-lamrin, George SingleTerry, PaT BenneTT, Melva June Yellin, Bob WaTson, and David Morris made up The casT OT characTers. The sTudenT direcTor was DoroThy Weisman. Sapkamaae On March 25, SwepT Clean OTT Her FeeT , a one-acT play, was given As Their conTribuTion To The Carnival The club members sold planTs. The proceeds Trom The sale oT These planTs wenT Toward The buying OT uniTorms Tor The band. The oTTicers elecTed by The club were Jane Pierce, president PaT Benne-TT, vice-presidenTg and Audrey l-lamrin, secreTary-Treasurer. David Morris, George SingleTerry, and Audrey Hamrin waTch Bob WaTson Tear his hair over an Easy Breezy Cleaner . Miss Lane was direcTor and DoroThy Weisman was sTudenT direcTor of The play. T PAGE 82 ....4eA.f,,.azz,sy0..zz.s?m The firsT proiecT of The Freshman DramaTic Club was To elecT officers and plan The meeT- ings for The enfire year. The following people were chosen To serve as leaders of The club: Edward Kaufman, presidenTg Carol Brunne- meyer, vice-presidenT: and Elizabefh Wrighf, secrefary-Treasurer. WiTh Miss MargareT Van Raden as Their ad- viser, The club accomplished many achievemenTs of which They may well be proud. The members de- 4 fbaamafic cided To hold Their regu- lar meeTings every firsT and Third Monday of each monTh. They also planned The programs for The fol- lowing meefings aT The beginning of The year. Various groups were held responsible for each program, each group elecT- ing iTs own chairman. As Their Turn came, each of These secTions presenTed plays and skiTs be- fore The club. ln This way The members were encouraged To use self-expression in Their dra- maTic abilify and develop Their acTing Talenfs. lnsTrucTions were also given in The arTs of make- up and panTomime. As a climax To The acTiviTies of The year, The Freshman DramaTic Club presenTed Their class play enTiTled Too Many l-lands On The WaTch . This performance was given in May, and The casT included Marianna l-lerringTon, RoberT T-lerTing, Marliyn Ries, and AnThon Salerno. Edward Kaufman and Barbara STowefl acTed as sTudenT direcTor and sTage manager, respecT- ively. The ploT of The play was an inTriguing mysTery, which , held The suspense of The audi- ence from beginning To end. By producing such a fine pres- enTaTion The sTudenTs showed The success ThaT resulfs from hard and diligenT work. During The course of The year, The Freshmen found a number of aspiring acfors in Their midsT. They are conse- quenfly looking forward To presenTing dramas of deTiniTe inTeresT To WesT l-ligh in The ensuing years. AnTl1ony Salerno, Bob Herfing, Mar- ilyn Ries, and Marianna HerringTon enacT a scene from The freshman class play. Members of The casT of Two Many Hands on The WaTch look over The scripT wifh Miss Van Raden. SeaT- ed are Anfhony Salerno, Barbara STowell, and Miss Van Raden. STanding are Bob HerTing, Marilyn Ries, and Marianna HerringTon. Upper lell: Donna Fae Hipp was lhe 'firsl quarler edilor of lhe Red and Blue. Upper righl: Second quarler edilor was Belly Cones. Lower lell: Larry Yellin, lhird quarler edilor, coordinaled lhe Bond for Viclory campaign. Lower righl: Belly McVicker was 'rhird and 'fourlh quarler managing edilor. PAGE 84 The Red and Blue, realizing lhe increased responsibililies ol a high school newspaper broughl on by warlime, sel up a lour poinl program al lhe beginning ol lhe year as campaign aims, namely: The conlinued colleclion ol scrap melal lhrough lhe year: l2l a Uniled Slales War Bond lor every Wesl l-ligh sludenl: l3l lhe promolion ol an ex- panded physical educalion program and special courses in aeronaulics, dralling, pre- induclion mechanics, and salesmanship lo gear lhe high school lo meel rigorous war- lime requiremenlsg l4l co-op- eralion in all nalion-wide drives such as lhe Red Cross and March ol Dimes cam- paigns. Wilh lvlr. Edgar R. Newman as adviser and lirsl quarler edilor Donna Fae l-lipp, man- aging edilor Belly Cones, and copy edilor Belly lvlcViclcer, lhe ninely members ol lhe Red and Blue slall were weld- ed inlo an ellicienl organiza- lion. Classes were organized early in lhe year by lhe edi- lors lo inslrucl beginning re- porlers in lundamenlals ol correcl reporling procedure and in melhods ol dislinguishing news values. Tryoul reporlers were assigned posilions on lhe slall according lo lhe special lalenls lhey displayed al lhese classes. Promolions were based on poinls earned by aclual wriling. To as- RB! sure lhe complele cover- cl age ol news, beal re- an porlers were assigned lo various clubs and aclivi- glue lies ol lhe school. Slu- denls who worlced lheir way on lo lhe regular slall by lhis melhod learned lhe rudimenls ol newspaper composilion. Mr. L. H. Gee's boys in lhe prinl shop sel up and run off lhe Red and Blue. Piclured are Clarence Green Loyd Lage, Bob Murlaugh, and Erwin Gemmer. The sporTs deparTmenT oT The Red and Blue, under The ediTorship oT Jim lvlarzulci, TirsT-halT ediTor, and Bill SmiTh, lasT-halT ediTor, came paigned Tor increased sTudenT parTicipaTion in The school's physical educaTion program. Among The many ouTsTanding TeaTures oT The Red and Blue sporTs secTion was The coverage given The TiTTieTh Thanksgiving Day TilT and The regional basl4eTball TournamenT. During The second quarTer ediTorship oT BeTTy Cones, The Bond Tor VicTory-l-lowiTzer Tor Free- dom campaign, as visualized by managing ediTor Larry Yellin, was organized. WiTh iTs SI7,000 goal To buy a l55mm howiTzer Tor our Armed Forces, The school campaign was en- dorsed in eTTecT by The Treasury deparTmenT, which has since advocaTed on a naTion-wide basis This same policy oT seTTing up a parTicular piece oT equipmenT as a goal Tor proceeds Trom war bond and sTamp sales. WiTh Larry Yellin and BeTTy lvlcViclcer as Third quarTer ediTor and managing ediTor, respec- Tively, and Mrs. l-larshbarger as TaculTy adviser, Red and Blue sTaTT members were selecTed To record sTamp sales Through The secTion rooms, a war bond honor roll Tor each monTh was 3 compiled, and a Bond and l STamp ThermomeTer record- ing The rise Toward The Sl7,- OOO campaign goal was builT. Through The eTTorTs oT The Red and Blue, The MinuTe Man Flag , a symbol oT The school's ouTsTanding service on The war bond and sTamp TronT, was secured Tor WesT High. As a special TeaTure oT The bond and sTamp drive, ediTors Yellin and lvlcVicl4er planned and carried ouT an unusual bond and sTamp Tag day cli- maxing The special April l invasion issue oT The Red and Blue. Elaine RebensTorT and T-lelen ScoTT, business manager and circulaTion manager respecT- ively, senT more Than one hun- dred Tree subscripTions oT The Red and Blue To WesT l-ligh graduaTes now in The Armed Forces. This plan has since been adopTed by many papers ThroughouT The counTry. The Red and Blue, in co- operaTion wiTh The STudenT Council, compiled a lisr oT WesT l-ligh graduaTes now in The Armed Forces Tor use on a service plaque. l i STudenTs receive copies of The Red and Blue disTribuTed Twice monThly by Helen ScoTT, circulaTion manager, and Mariorie Willis, sTa'ff assisTanT. Upper leTT: Jim Marzulci, Tirs+ semesTer sporTs ediTor, 'files some copy. Upper righT: For The second semesTer, Ruby Massee was head copy reader. Lower leTT: Helen ScoTT, circulaTion manager, and Elaine RebensTor'F, business manager, headed The business sTa'FT Tor The enTire year. Lower righT: Bill SmiTh was second semesTer sporTs ediTor. PAGE 85 l LeTT To righh Dorofhy Hamann, secrefary-Treasurer: An- ToineHe Scarpino, disTribuTion manager, Zelda Sfone, verTising manager: and DoroThy Marfin, circulafion man- ager. One oT The mosT imporTanT senior acTiviTies is The publicaTion oT The Eos. This year The sTaTT was headed by co-ediTors Bob Jones and Car- leen Gormsen, who worked wiTh Mr. Edgar Newman in The preparaTion oT The dummy. They conTinuecl Their work wiTh Mrs. l-lelen Harsh- barger aTTer Mr. Newman enTered The Navy. Mary Lou Pike and Lawrence Yellin Tied Tor The posiTion oT business manager by soliciTing The ad- Firsf row: Florence DeBarTolo, copy ediTor: Joan Torrance, adminisTraTive ediTor, ElizabeTh Deuchler, class ediforq BeTTy Johnson, picfure ediTor. Back row: Bob Barr, sporTs ediTor: RuTh Janda, acTivi+y ediforg Bill M.ller, make-up ediTor, BeTTy Walker, arT ediTor. lllffnanawafzeneddaflfzedelimed . . . PAGE 86 largesT number oT ads. They were aided by Zelda STone, adverTising manager: DoroThy MarTin, circulaTion manager, AnToineTTe Scar- pino. disTribuTion manager, and DoroThy Ham- ann, secreTary-Treasurer. Florence DeBarTolo was chosen copy ediTor, and her sTaTT consisTed oT Dor- ris Edmunds, Mary Mar- gareT FriTz, Carolyn Jame- son, BeTTy DeSorT, and RuTh Elaine Flanders. Class ediTor was ElizabeTh Deuchler wiTh KaThleen PoTTeiger, Jennie Saun- ders, Lola Jean Freeman, and Joe Skom com- prising her sTaTT. They collecTed all copy per- Taining To The classes. Also helping wiTh The class copy were Lois Klein, DoroThy Denney, Marny l-laTer, and Sheila WallenTin. Bob Barr headed The sporTs sTaTT and was assisTed by Ken Caughey. Dave Armsrrong, Dick Cooper, Jim Marzuki, and BeTTy DeSorT. RuTh Janda was chosen acTiviTies ediTor and worked wiTh Irma Bushrod, RuTh Currier, Carol Farley, BeTTy Kearney, Bill Millard, Jim Rice, god Co-business managers, Mary Lou Pike and Lawrence Yellin, design a posTer for The sTudenT Eos campaign. The Two managers won office by selling The mosT paTron adverTisemenTs. Phil Ruby, Joe Skom, Belly Cones, and Law- rence Yellin. Belly Jean Johnson, piclure edilor, and Thor- ald Ransom look mosl ol lhe club and aclivily piclures, Bill lvliller was elecled make-up edilor and chose Bob Mickelson, Dick Rogers, and Ken Unliedl lor his assislanls. Belly Walker and Joan Torrance, who were elecled as arl and ad- minislralion edilor, respeclively, compleled lhe slall. Slriving lo make lhis year's Eos one ol lhe besl yearbooks ol Wesl l-ligh, lhe edilorial slall and assislanls worked diligenlly in an al- lempl lo produce an oulslanding book in spile ol reslriclions resulling lrom warlime condi- lions. One ol lhe highlighls ol lhe book was lhe cover, an original modernislic lype, Belly Walker, an arl sludenl, made lhe original skelch which was proporlioned and delailed al lhe cover company. Unlike mosl yearbooks lhere was no llag waving , bul inslead, lhe lheme lealured lhe parl sludenls and lhe school are playing in lhe war ellorl. This was duly accomplished lhrough lhe copy and piclures bolh. Allhough lhere,was conslanl lear ol govern- menl lreezing cerlain vilal ulililies, lhe book neverlheless was on schedule and lived up lo lhe slandards ol Wesl l-ligh. V Aller lhe copy, piclures, and caplains were delermined lhe book slarled on ils iourney lowards complelion, Firsl, il was senl lo lhe Edilors Bob Jones and Carleen Gormsen check page lay-ouls ol lhe Eos. The co-edilors were nominaled by lhe Publicalions Board and elecled lo lheir posilions by lhe sfudenl body. piclure engraver in Champaign, Illinois, lollow- lhis il was senl lo lhe Aurora Mid-Wesl Prinlers, Incorporaled, and linally, lo lhe binder here in Aurora. Mrs. l-larshbarger kepl a conslanl check on lhe slall lo make lhem meel lhe planned deadlines, which were easily mel lhrough lhe cooperalion ol lhe people who worked in com- piling lhe book. Under lhe supervision of Belly Jean Johnson, piclure edi- All make-up and composilion 'For lhis year's Eos was handled lor, a shol is made by Thorald Ransom, slafl pholographer, by Bill Miller. He was assisled by a slafl who aided in for lhe yearbook. mounling all piclures. Zyedblmenafleiliefut... Organized in I936, The l.eTTermen's Club has now compleTed anoTher successTul year, noT only in iTs various acTiviTieS under direcTor Marger ApsiT, buT also in The main TuncTion oT acTing as a model To oTher sTudenTs in order To creaTe beTTer cilrizenship, school spiriT, and sporTsmanship in The sTu- denT body. faded- AT iTs TirsT meeTing This Z year, The LeTTermen's Club elecTed Bob BuTTrey as presidenT, wiTh Bobby Clarlc, now oT The UniTed STaTes Navy. as vice-pres- idenT and Ed McWeThy as secreTary-Treasurer. Among various oTher duTies, The club Took charge of ushering aT The i943 regional baslceT- ball Tourney. IT also sponsored a semi-Tormal dance on May I, which is expecTed To be main- Tained every year as an annual aTTair. Glad PAGE 88 Fronf row: Ed McWeThy, Neal Sprague, Bob Buifrey, Bill McKnighi', Tom Wood, Dale McCurdy, Don BarreTT, and Paul Toomey. Second row: Eugene McCurdy, Bill Foulke, Jim Marzulri, Phil Davies, Rudy Desmond, Clif- ford SmiTh, George Hafhaway, Franlc Sanfelli, and Her- ber+ Jebens. Third row: Kenney Caughey, Ralph Weber, Carl Kaufman, Bill Paull, Dean Schroeder, Henry Funlt, Don Foley, Howard Nichols, and Tony Salerno. FourTh row: Don Nelson, Bob Gregory, Guy Weaver, Bill Gus- Tafson, Bob Powell, Don Schroeder, Jack Drury, Jerry Ealcle, and Jim Miller. FifTh row: Jaclt Michels, Bill Aborn, NorTon Shoger, Glen Pierce, Carl Lee, Erwin Chernoff, Bill FleTcher, Dick Verbic, Miller McCall, Jim Sullen, and Jim BiancheTTa. The chairmen Tor The various commiTTees Tor The dance were: Tom Wood, orchesTrag Bill Gus- TaTson, reTreshmenTs: NorTon Shoger, locaTiong Don BarreTT, decoraTionsg Diclc Coolc, clean-up: and Neal Sprague, TiclceTs. This dance was The TirsT one sponsored by The l.eTTermen's Club in several years buT iT proved To be a compleTe success. i Ta 5 sg,-f 'Hman'- 4' .5 ........during the year sports were not forgotten in the rush of war work, but were even more enthusiastically participated in and backed by West High students. Huge crowds attended all the football games, with record attendances at the Homecoming and Thanksgiving Day games, In basketball tourney-time was victory-time, Aided by winning teams, the band, and cheer leaders, school spirit hit a new all-time high. PAeEa9 ,ffwxu zwea. .. Wilh only one relurning regular, Neal Sprague, and lhree lellermen, E. J. lVlcWe+hy, Bob Spackman, and Bob Bullrey, ihe Blackhawks compiled a near record ol six wins and rhree losses for l942. The leam was malerially slrenglhened by boys from lasl year's cham- pionship Frosh-Soph Team and Sophomore Bill Gus- lalson. V Bob Powell and Roland 4 Vaughn, 'rwo reserve line- men from lasl year. de- veloped quickly and be- came lhe mainslays of lhe l-lawk line along wilh Caplain Neal Sprague, E. J. lvlcWelhy, Paul Schriber, Bill lv1cKnigh+, Carl Kaufman, Dick Rogers, Guy Weaver, and Bob Bulrrey. Their crowning achievemenl' was lhe viclory over Easr l-ligh in lhe annual Thanksgiving en- BeH'er hang on lighf, brofher would be fhe besf ad- vice 'lo lhe man 'Frying +o pull down speedy Bill Gus- fafson. Bobby Clark, Sfanley Ellis, Pai' Bacon, Tom Phillips, Ed Lundgren, Phil Erlinsen, Donald Smifh, Waller Ewing, Ray Madison, Miles Anderson, Jim Miller, and Roland Vaughn. Ned Pull, Bob Gregory, Tom Wood, Sam Lilley, Don Barrefl, Jim Bian- chefla, Jim Marzuke, Dale McCurdy, Bob Nelson, Jesse Hershey, Don Foley, Paul Schriber, Ralph Buller and Dick Rogers. Neal Sprague, Bill McKnighf, Howard Nichols, Bill Smilh, Ed Brown, Bob Powell, Guy Weaver, Ed McWe+hy, Jack Do- mier, Carl Kaufman, Bob Buffrey, Bill Gusfafson, and Bob Spackman. PAGE 90 gagemenT, which made The second sTraighT win over The CaTs. Our varsiTy opened iTs season againsT highly raTed EasT Moline and Turned back The invaders I9 To 6. WesT Took The opening kick-oTT and marched sevenTy-six yards To iTs TirsT marker. Two more drives oT eighTy and sixTy-six yards gave The I-Iawks Their remaining poinTs. The line, led by IvlcWeThy and Schriber, held EasT Mo- line To only Tour TirsT downs. Scoring was di- vided beTween Tom Wood, Bob Spackman, and Bill GusTaTson. A snowsTorm marked W. Afs TirsT conTerence engagemenT wiTh FreeporT. ATTer slipping and sliding, The I-Iawks checked ouT wiTh a 7 To O win. Bill GusTaTson was OTT on many long runs buT was able To score only once. Jack LuTz, FreeporT sTreak, goT loose on one long run buT was sTopped on a brillianT play by Bob BuTTrey. Blocking beauTiTuIIy Tor Spack and Gus was I38 pound Bob Clark, now in The Navy. ThornTon I-Iigh School oT I-Iarvey, one oT The besT Teams in The sTaTe, handed The I-Iawks Their TirsT deTeaT in a bone crusher game. The score, I9 To I2, was no indicaTion oT The game played, Tor WesT ouT-played The I'larveymen in every deparTmenT wiTh TourTeen TirsT downs To nine Tor I-Iarvey, and 239 yards To II7 Tor The ThornTon Eleven. Carl KauTman scored by re- covering a 'IhornTon Tumble in The end zone. Tom Wood added The oTher marker. BoTh oT These boys are iuniors. AT Elgin, WesT won iTs second sTraighT con- Terence game by deTeaTe ing Elgin I2 To 6. Bob Spackman scored The TirsT Touchdown on a plunge and Then added The exTra poinT. WesT reTained The ball because OT Elgin's oTT- side penalTies. To make The vicTory more secure, The I-Iawks scored an- oTher Touchdown in The closing minuTes oT The game. Roland Vaughn, one-Time Elgin grid man, disTinguished himseIT by his brilIianT play againsT his Tormer TeammaTes. Wauazq Waddell In The annual I-Iomecoming baTTle WesT dropped a hearT breaker To The championship LaSalle-Peru club wiTh a score OT 7 To 6. WesT ouTgained The Gold and Green as Bill GusTaT- son ouTpassed and ouTran The briIlianT Bray. FleeT-TooTed Bray did make one brillianT sev- enTy-one yard punT reTurn To pull The game ouT Top: Bruisin Bob meeTs a IiTTIe resisTance. Middle: There he goes agafn, ouT for blood, rarin' To go, BoTTom: GeT off my noggin cries an opponenT as Gus keeps right on going. oT The Tire Tor LaSalle. Leibe won The game wiTh his exTra poinT booT. Tom Wood Then scored Tor WesT on a reverse play. ATTer baTTIing and puTTing up such a brillianT game againsT LaSalle, The I-Iawk squad was no maTch Tor WesT RockTord, co-champs oT The league, and came ouT on The shorT end oT a 26 To 7 score. Our aThIeTes played briIlianTly To sTop The powerhouse lv1cCrudden and keep The score I PAGE 91 vase, may Wesi Aurora's gridiron heroes, ihe Black- hawks, scored Jrwo iirsl-hall Jrouchdowns lo de- leal Jrheir rradilional Turkey Day rivals, lhe Tom- cals, loy a score of I3 lo 8 on November 26. In a game which always packs as many Thrills as mos? college Tussles, lhe fension ai one lime became so grealr Thar 'rhe 'rwo Teams began slugging il ou'I' in a momeniary Tree-for-all. The Tirsr half was all Wesl as bruisin Bob Spack- man scored lwice. The second half, however, found The l-lawks lighling desperalely +o hold Jrhe lead as Easl scored Jrwo poinis on a safely and six more on Jrheir only louchdown oi ihe game. In Jrhe waning momenfs ol Jrhe game, Easl lhrealened io score and were dangerously close io scoring, lou+ The l-lawks held unlril lhe final gun wen+ oil, giving Wesr ils second siraighl' Turkey Day rriumph and i+s Jrhird viciory in Tour Thanksgiving Day games. Leif: Hawks dash ou+ on The field for ihe Turkey Day game. Lower Ief+: The s+uden+ body furns ouf en masse 'For +he big game. Below: Jane Ann Johnson lends lhe Hawks a li'Hle moral supporl. Upper righl: Speck plows fhrough. Near cenlerz Capfain Neal Sprague accepls 'The Ex- change Club frophy. Far cenier: 'iSpack cu+s back for a gain. Below, near righf: Bruisin Bob plunges like crazy. Below, 'Far righ+: Board of Direciors, Apsif, Jebens, and Tilly. R 1,1Q1?L2iL1gS?3bm,m Will WIIEELHQSN' Bobby Clark, whose I38 pounds packed Hawk dynamile is lripped up despile lhe efforls of Bruisin Bob Spackman on a reverse. down lo lwenly-six poinls. Bill Guslalson scored lhe only louchdown aller lhe l-lawks lried lo make a come-back by oul-playing lhe Rab leam in lhe lasl quarler. Bob Gregory added lhe ex- lra poinl. lvleeling Joliel in lheir lillh conlerence game, lhe l-lawks couldn'l seem lo gel lhe ball over lhe goal line, even lhough lhey were consislenlf ly hilling lhe Sleelmen lor len lo lilleen yard gains and won I2 lo 7. Bob Spackman, Wesl's chunky lillle lullback, scored lhe lwo louchdowns and moved higher PAGE 94 up in conlerence scoring. Bob Clark again proved whal a lighl man can do in lhe blocking spol by mowing down men many limes his size. ln Wesl's lasl game be- lore lhe Turkey Day bal- lle, lhe l-lawks kepl on lhe viclory lrail by clelealing Easl Rocklord 20 lo I4. The l-lawks pul logelher smoolh line-play and brilf lianl loacklield work lo achieve lhis viclory. Bill Guslalsons brillianl sevenly-eighl yard run was lhe highlighl ol lhe game. Bob Clark caughl a pass in lhe end zone lor lhe second louchdown. Bob Spackman cracked over lor lhe lhird marker. Bob Gregory, place-kicking specialisl, added lwo poinls lo lhe linal score. 'lfalzdify Qwldali The l-lawks, in delealing Easl l-ligh in lhe annual Turkey Day classic, ended lhe I942 grid! iron season wilh an impressive record ol live viclories and lhree deleals, once again proving lhe superlalive coaching abilily ol lvlarger Apsil. Menlor Apsil's charges nexl year will be led by co-caplains Tom Wood, hallback, and Guy Weaver, cenler. Olher relurning lellermen in- clude Bill Guslalson, Bill Mclfnighl, Jack Do- mier, Carl Kaulman, and Don Foley. Bill Guslalson rips lhrough lor a gain againsl LaSalle- Peru. Guslalson is expecled lo carry much ol lhe load 'for Coach Apsil's backfield nexl season. Jlewfdafh For The Third consecuTive year Coach Leo Tilly led WesT's Frosh-Soph gridders To The Big EighT TiTle. Back in I94O Coach Tilly direcTed The Team To a Three-way Tie Tor The TirsT place honor, in I9-'il a Two-way Tie, and in i942 The un- dispuTed championship. 4a'a4A 4g0f'!f' Losing his whole TirsT Team including sophomore Bill GusTaTson To The Var- siTy squad, Mr. Tilly had To compleTely rebuild his squad. Using boys who had seen buT limiTed service The year beTore, he builT a poTenTial powerhouse. Dean and Don Schroeder com- prised The blocking halT oT The bacldield, while hard-charging Bob STouTenburg and Bill Aborn compleTed The running halT. Led by Glen Pierce, versaTile TooTbafler who disTinguished himselT by ending The year aT quarTerbaclc, The line boasTed such hullcs oT power as Paul Toomey, Bill FleTcher, Jack Drury, Bill Usry, Bill Foulke, George VolinTine, and Don Nelson. The l-lawkleTTs had plenTy oT reserve back- goalie!! idle . .. Bob STouTenburg, sTar HawkleTT ball carrier, cuTs back for a gain in The LaSalle-Peru game. The HawkleTTs Took The undispuTed Big Seven Conference championship This year. FronT row: Kenny Schruel, Manager Bill Pessina, Francis Healy, Bill Aborn, Glen Pierce, John Mahoney, Jim Sellen, Dick Wagner, Charles Secor, Glen Kasper, and HerberT Jebens, manager. Second row: Eugene Applequisi, Rudy Desmond, Raoul Usry, Donald Nelson, Bob WaTson, Henry Funk, Bob FagersTrom, Bill Kearns, Charley Vaughn, Sam Viola, and Paul Riddle. Top row: Coach Tilly, Bob STouTenburg, Jack Drury, Don Schroeder, Dean Schroeder, George VolinTine, Bill FIe+- cher, Ralph Weber, Jack Erickson, Paul Toomey, Bill Foulke, and Coach Goiher. I Bob STouTenburg evades a maze of Tacklers. Rapid RoberT led The Hawks and The enTire conference in scoring. Tield sTrengTh in Jim Sellin and Charles Secor, who pulled down The sTarTing assignmenT many Times. The mosT imporTanT vicTory oT The year, nexT To beaTing EasT, was The Triumph Trom EasT Rockford, which gave The boys The TiTle. ln Their TirsT encounTer oT The year, The Frosh- Soph gridmen blasTed Glenbard I8 To O. Supe- rior line-play and a smooTh-working backTield on Their heels mosT oT The game. Don Nelson scored The TirsT Touchdown on an end-around play good Tor TourTeen yards. ln The TirsT conference game, WesT did noT like snow aT FreeporT and dropped a 12 To 6 decision To The PreTzels. Scoring WesT's only Touchdown was Bob STouTenburg, who raced over The goal in The Third quarTer. This loss To The yearlings made iT Twice as diTTiculT To win The conTerence TiTle. MoosehearT came down To enTerTain Aurora nexT buT were Turned back 32 To O. Bob STouTen- burg, WesT's sTreak oT lighTning, broke loose Tor Three Touchdowns while Dean and Don Schroeder Took care oT The oTher Two. WesT used all The subsTiTuTes on The bench in This game and each Team puT on a greaT de- Tensive show as well as run-away scoring. Pierce, Nelson and all oT WesT's linemen kepT The 440411-59711: goalie!! kepT Glenbard back Bob STouTenburg sTreaks around end To add more yard- age and poinTs To his Big Seven Conference scoring. Bob will be playing on Mig ApsiT's varsiTy squad nexT year. PAGE 96 MoosehearT aggregaTion Trom gaining over 50 yards. IT was STouTie again as The l-lawk yearlings Trounced Elgin I2 To 6 aT The WaTch CiTy. Pushed around in The TirsT halT, our line came back To hold The Maroons Tor The remainder oT The game. WesT's backs broke loose many Times Tor long gains buT could puT over only Two markers, alfhough These were enough To win. The Maroons ThreaTened WesT's goal many Times buT, as in previous games, The l-lawkleTTs' sTubborn seven pillars lcepT The Elgin boys Trom crossing The goal line. These boys held opponenTs To 43 poinTs while scoring l49 poinTs Themselves. ln The annual EasT-WesT Frosh Tussle, The boys avenged lasT year's deTeaT by baTTering The KiTTens 27 To O. WesT drew TirsT blood in The beginning momenTs OT The game on Charles Secor's TwisTing sevenTeen yard scoring dash. STouTenburg added The poinT. Midway in The second period iT was Secor again pushing over a marker. Changing TacTics, The l-TawlcleTTs Tool: To The air wiTh The persisTenT Secor on The heav- ing end. Passes To STouTenburg produced The Third and TourTh Touchdowns. LaTe in The game, The Schroeder Twins puT on a Two-man show, marching TiTTy yards To The EasT TiTTeen yard sTripe, only To be sTopped by The gun. The l-lawk line, led by Pierce and VolinTine, proved To be seven pillars oT sTrengTh and held EasT scoreless. The l-lawkleTTs compleTely ouT-played LaSalle- Peru in The Homecoming baTTle and came ouT on Top, Zl To 6. Bob STouTenburg moved his scoring record up by scoring Three Touchdowns, WesT's line, led by VolenTine, Toomey, and FleTcher, held The Cavaliers To very liTTle gain during The encounTer. This romp was The brighT- esT spoT in The annual Homecoming game as The VarsiTy losT a hard ToughT baTTle 7 To 6. WesT Rocldord, The nexT vicTim, wenT down beTore Tilly's Toughies I9 To l3. STouTenburg again was The big gun scoring all The poinTs. Glen Pierce and The Schroeder boys puT on a brillianT blocking show. Toomey, FleTcher, Volin- Tine, and Bill Foulke shone brillianTly as The Frosh-Sophs moved closer To The TiTle game. AT JolieT The boys l4epT The TiTle wiThin grasp by winning Trom The STeelmen I9 To l2, nearly The same score as in The previous game. The baTTle remained in a deadloclc unTil The lasT quarTer, when Bob STouTenburg scored The win- ning Touchdown. Bill Foulke, Bill Usry, and Jaclc Drury This Time led The line play in This all imporTanT vicTory. As JolieT ThreaTened To score, Time and again The l-lawlcleTTs' deTenses lcepT The STeelmen in check. They also laid down The opposing line- men on STouTenburg's brillianT lasT minuTe dash. An eighTeen yard pass, Pierce To STouTen- burg, climaxing a nineTy yard drive, gave WesT's Frosh-Sophs a well-deserved 7 To O vic- Tory over EasT Rocldord. The win broke The deadlock Tor The TiTle. STarTing aT quarTerbaclc, Tormer lineman Glen Pierce, along wiTh Bob Top: Bob Sfoufenburg comin' Through The rye. Middle: Homecoming queen and aTTendanTs aT The La- Salle-Peru game are Mary Lou Pike, DoroThy Denney, and Barbara Anderson. BoTTom: STouTenburg crashes on for more HawlrleTT poinTs. STouTenburg, played brillianT lasT game roles Tor The l-lawlcleTTs. This win gave our Team The undispuTed championship oT The Big EighT, an honor which The Frosh-Sophs have shared ever since The league was sTarTed. WiTh The reTurning leTTermen Tilly should do well again nexT year and possibly bring in an oTher TiTle. ln The Frosh-Soph league The draTT will noT worry The coaches, and unless Transpor- TaTion diTTiculTies show up we are loolcing Tor- ward To anoTher greaT yearling season Tor WesT l-ligh. PAGE 97 i PicTured above wiTh menTor Blubaum are The members of The Wesi' High baskeTball squad. From leff To righi, TirsT row are Coach Blubaum, Bob BuTTrey, Shelby Pielef, Jack Domier, Bill GusTafson, Don Foley, and Morgan Meyer. In The back row are Manager Billy Paull, Dean Schroeder, Bob Powell, Dick Verbic, Don Schroeder, and Bob Gesler. ln Their TirsT game under The coaching reins oT The new menTor, Mr. Clarence Blubaum, WesT's varsiTy enTerTained a sTrong WaTerman quinTeT on The WesT oak and were beaTen by a score oT 35 To 23. The T-lawks led only once in The enTire game, I9 To I8. GusTaTson scored The poinTs To head The l-lawk scoring, while SchulTz Took honors Tor WaTerman by pouring in sixTeen poinTs. A week laTer, on December II, The l-lawks Traveled Tar down To LaSalle-Peru To Tlag Their TirsT conTerence game oT The I942-I943 season. WesT held The lead Tor Three Tull quarTers and parT oT The TourTh buT Tinally succumbed To a Cavalier rally, 30 To 28. Don Foley led The l-lawk hoopsTers in scoring wiTh Three buckefs and Two Tree Throws. The Tollowing nighT WesT came home To soundly Trounce George lre- land's buckeT boys 4-4 To 27. Bill GusTaTson Took PAGE 98 scoring honors wiTh seven baskeTs and Tour char- iTy Tosses. December I8 Tound EasT's TomcaTs aT WesT in The TirsT oT a Three game series beTween The Two schools. The l-lawks Took a Tour poinT lead in The second guarTer and did noT relinquish iT unTil The Tinal gun sounded wiTh The score 3I To 25. The l-lawks played Tiery baskeTball in holding a Tavored EasT Team. Gus Took scoring honors again wiTh Tive buckeTs and Three Tree Throws Tor ThirTeen poinTs. WesT beaT ST. Charles in Their only game oT The ChrisTmas holidays by a score oT 43 To 3I. ln The TirsT game oT The New Year, WesT en- TerTained a powerTul Elgin guinTeT ancl Tell be- Tore The Maroons, 40 To 37. The l-lawks rallied in The lasT quarTer, buT The eTTorT Tell shorT. Foley sparked The l-lawk aTTack wiTh TiTTeen poinTs. Three nighTs laTer on January 8, The Black- hawks were noT able To cope wiTh The sfrong Wesf Rockford five, led by Johnny McCrudden, 4I To 28. The Rabs sprung info The lead wiTh a sixfeen poinT Third quarfer spurT. Wesf losT Their Third sTraighT game on January 9, falling before Hinsdale, 48 To 29. WesT wenT over To The Prison CiTy on Jan- uary I5 To engage The JolieT Sfeelmen. lT was a wild conTesT in which The score was Tied Ten Times, wiTh The Hawks finally coming ouT on Top by a score of 49 To 46. Gus came in for scoring honors wiTh fourfeen poinfs, Don Foley had eleven, and Dick Ver- bic and Shelby Pielef had Ten apiece. Pohlman, high scoring Sfeelman, dropped in ThirTeen poinfs. EasT Rockford came down The following week To Tall before The Hawks by a score of 31 To 23. Wesf Took final confrol of The game in The Third quarfer. Bob Powell played an oufsfanding game, while Bill Gusfaf- son led The scoring wiTh eleven poinTs. On January 23, Wesf iogged over To Mar- mion To score Their second easy vicTory over The Cadefs by a score of 47 To 39. Gus again led The scoring for Wesf wiTh fourfeen poinfs. George Olinger Took Marmion honors wiTh sevenfeen poinTs. Wesf Took an early lead and sfayed in froriT for The enTire game. The following Friday was more or less dis- asfrous as far as WesT was concerned, for FasT's TomcaTs soundly Trounced The Hawks, 42 To 27. Bob LaVoy Took scoring honors for The game wiTh sevenfeen poinTs, while Dick Verbic led for The losers wiTh nine poinfs. WesT could noT hiT The buckef aT Elgin on February 5, for The Maroons whipped The Hawks by a score of 5I To 34. A Third quarfer aTTack of Thirfeen poinfs sewed up The game for The hosT club. Bill Gusfafson led The aTTack for Wesf by scoring fourfeen poinfs. The Hawks goT back info The win column The following week againsT FreeporT on The Aurora oak. IT was a wild affair, wiTh The Hawks finally winning 39 To 36. JolieT's Sfeelmen avenged an early season Hawk defeaf by beaTing The Hawks The follow- ing week, 52 To 25. Gusfafson led The Hawks by scoring five poinTs, buT JolieT's Pohlman Took Top honors by neTTing fiffeen. The resT of The Hawk quinTeT were cold in Their shoTs and seemingly losT on The floor. ln an overTime game The following nighT The Hawks defeafed Wheafon by a score of 3l To 29. Gusfafson led The scoring for The winners wiTh eleven poinfs, buf iT was Don Schroeder 'Uaauiy Badkelzalf Bill GusTaTson, sophomore flash and Hawk high scorer, goes up Tor a buckei' in The WesT-Glenbard game. WesT Took The game in The overTime period. PAGE who came Through wiTh The winning overTime baskef. The Hawks beaf Glenbard in The lasT game before The regional Tourney, 49 To 48. lT was The Hawks' second sTraighT overTime vicfory. Don Foley and Bill GusTafson each acquired Thirfeen poinfs To Take scoring honors. In The firsT Hawk game of The regional, Wesf defeafed Bafavia by a score of 32 To 30. The following nighT in The semi-finals, WesT beaT ST. Charles 29 To 26. 99 Coach Blubaum and acTing Capfain Dick Verbic receive Dick Verbic, Hawk guard, leaps high in The air To block an a plaque from Principal Bergman in recognifion oT Hawk opposing pass. Triumph over EasT's Tomcafs in regional Tourney finals. An amazingly inspired Blackhawk quinTeT came ouT on The Tloor for The finals of The Tour- ney To knock oTf a favored EasT Aurora quinTeT, 34 To 3 l. Jack Domier sTarTed The game and was Told sTop Lavoy . This he did so brilliarnly ThaT hc won high praise from The Throngs of boTh sides. Morgan lVleyer's Two quickie shoTs also broughT The crowd To Their TeeT and helped bring The game To a successful conclusion. Advancing To The Elgin secTional The follow- ing week, The Hawks were no maTch for The Elgin Team, who Triumphed 37 To 28. ln losing, WesT's varsiTy closed a successful season under Clarence Blubaum wiTh Twelve vicTories and nine defeaTs. This record is excepTional con- sidering ThaT The l-lawks had no reTurning leT- Termen and ThaT a new coach, lvlr. Blubaum was inTroducing a new Type of offense and de- Tense. Blu favored a Tasf fire engine Type of baskeTball wiTh abouf 607, offense and 407, defense. The offense cenTered around Bob Duck Powell, Bill GusTafson, and Don Foley, who were The leading scorers of The Team. On The de- Tensive side were Dick Verbic, who consisTenTly added ThaT sensaTional one-handed push shoT, and Shelby PieleT, defensive ace. Among The sophs who played good ball were Dean and Don Schroeder, Two boys who dis- Tinguished Themselves in The Tourney. Dean and Don, along wiTh Gus , Foley and oTher Frosh- Soph aces should make up an aggregaTion diT- ficulT To beaT nexT year. v Diminufive Don Foley, Hawk forward, leaps high in The air Tor Two WesT High poinTs. Don was second high in scoring for The Hawks This year. PAGE T00 ...Qaiheaig Zz Playing The enTire season wiThouT The services oT Three sophomores, Bill GusTaTson and Dean and Don Schroeder, all of whom played on The varsiTy, lvlr. Arnold GoTher's Frosh-Sophs played an abbreviaTed season oT TiTTeen games under new Big EighT Comference regulaTions. The l-lawkleTTs won six and losT nine. ln Their TirsT game OT The season, The l-lawk- leTTs capTured a 40 To I8 vicTory over The Wa- Terman yearlings. Glen Pierce, Frosh-Soph Tor- ward, Took scoring honors Tor The l-lawkleTTs by pouring in eighT Tield goals and Two chariTy Tosses. On The Tollowing Friday, because oT new conTerence Travel resTricTions, The Frosh-Sophs did noT Travel wiTh The varsiTy To LaSalle-Peru. ln The December I2 Marmion game, WesT could noT maTch The powerTul cadeT quinTeT, whose heighT and speed were Too much Tor The Frosh-Sophs. One oT The mosT Thrilling games oT The sea- son saw The l-lawleTTs beaTing The EasT KiTTens in a see-saw baTTle by a score of 3I To 30. Glen Pierce neTTed Ten poinTs To lead The vicTors in scoring. In anoTher close encounTer, The Frosh- Sophs losT To ST. Charles by a score oT 20 To IB. Elgin's lvlaroon yearlings were Too powerTul Tor WesT in Their game, and The Elgin club Tri- umphed by a score oT 47 To 24. The lvlaroons, led by Parker who poured in sevenTeen poinTs, were Too Tall Tor The HawkleTTs, whose leading scorer was The dependable Glen Pierce. The l-lawkleTTs goT a week's resT aTTer The Elgin game when The l-leavies Traveled To RockTord Tor The WesT RockTord game. ln The second EasT l-ligh game, The l-lawkleTTs were deTeaTed by The TomkiTTens by a 50 To 36 margin. l-linsdale's yearlings made iT Tour sTraighT losses by beaTing our Frosh-Sophs, 37 To 20. ln The prelim oT The EasT Rockford game, The Coach Arnold GoTher is piclurecl here wiTh his Freshman-Sophomores: Jack Michels, Arf WyaTT, Bob S'rouTenburg, Glen Pierce, Henry Funk, John Mahoney, Ralph Weber, Bill Aborn, Jerry Eakle. Back row: Allan HaTch, DelmonTe Darby, Russ Foley, HerberT Jebens, Tony Salerno, Ralph Swan, Bill Miller, Bob Beckman, Dick Truesdale, and Gene Kearney. PAGE lOl WesT quinTeT beaT lvloosehearT by a score oT 4l To 3l. Glen Pierce again led The scoring Tor The l-lawkleTTs wiTh Ten poinTs. Marmion's Frosh-Sophs again deTeaTed The l-lawk yearlings by a score oT 29 To 28. The lead changed hands several Times buT The cadeTs Tinally came ouT on Top. Pierce again was high scorer Tor The l-lawkleTTs. EasT l-ligh's KiTTens beaT The WesT Frosh- Sophs 46 To 33 To TurTher avenge The licking ThaT The l-lawkleTTs had given Them. WesT led aT The end oT The TirsT quarTer, buT EasT puT The power on and came ouT vicToriously. Glen Pierce goT six Tield goals and Tour Tree-Throws To lead The l-lawkleTTs. In The second Elgin game The Maroons again Triumphed by a score oT 47 To 36. Elgin Took an early game lead oT seven poinTs and held on unTil The game was won. Mahoney and Pierce each scored Tour Tield goals, and lvlahonev's chariTy Toss gave him scoring honors Tor The l-lawk quinTeT. The l-lawkleTTs goT back inTo The winner's circle by deTeaTing EasT Aurora in Their Tinal game oT The year, 52 To 50. The game seee sawed back and TorTh unTil The Tinal gun, buT WesT's TiTTeen poinTs in The final period proved Too much Tor The cross-Town visiTors. Mahoney 'and Pierce again led The scoring Tor The vicTors by neTTing TiTTeen and TourTeen poinTs respec- flank Sofzlm Badkeldafl Tively. This Triumph Tor WesT gave The Team an even break in The Tour games played during The season. On February I9, JolieT's STeelmen came To Aurora and vanquished The l-lawkleTTs wiTh a 3l To 25 counT. The visiTors Took an early game lead and held Tor The enTire conTesT. The Tollowing nighT saw WesT conquering WheaTon's Freshmen-Sophomores by a score oT 44 To 33. WesT's ll To 2 TirsT-quarTer lead was mainTained ThroughouT and The l-lawkleTTs won easily. Glen Pierce led The scoring wiTh TourTeen poinTs. The l-lawkleTTs closed Their I942-43 season againsT Glenbard by coming ouT ahead in a Thrill-packed 33 To 3l game. Glenbard led ThroughouT The TirsT halT, buT The l-lawkleTTs came back in The second To emerge vicToriously. During The somewhaT shorT Frosh-Soph sea- son, The Team boasTed The largesT number oT players in The hisTory oT WesT Aurora. There were 20 boys who Coach GoTher ThoughT were worThy oT sTaying ouT Through The season. The line-up underwenT many changes during The sea- son, buT when The Tinal game was played The boys ended up wiTh Glen Pierce, leading scorer and all around player, playing aT one Torward. l-lolding down The oTher TronT line posiTion was ArT WyaTT. STarTing aT The cenTer posiTion was l-lank Funk, one oT The biggesT boys on The squad. Bob STouTenburg sTarTed and Tinished The season aT his guard posT, assisTed by high scoring Tubby Mahoney. shorTie oT The Team and one oT The besT ball handlers. Henry Funk goes up in The air in a mad scramble Tor The Up goes John Mahoney Tor Two poinTs againsT Hinsdale. ball. Henry is having Trouble here, buT you can be sure he Though small in sTaTure, BuTch was one of Coach Arnold came down wiTh The ball. GoTher's aggressive Freshman-Sophomores. PAGE lO2 Aww-f NWN 'l N U w-w,, ecufli lifaeifz aa aa .... Cold wafer can'+ dampen 'lhe viclory smiles of Ralph Weber, John Mahoney, Henry Funk, Bob S+ou+enberg, and Jerry Eakle a'F+er 'rhe game in which +he HawkleHs look Glenbard wiih a rousing 33 'lo 3I viclory. This lriumph closed a Hawk- leff season of six viclories and nine clefeafs. PAGE IO3 . . . golf, lennift, hack . . . Q Dave Armsfrong, Bill Baysinger, Bill Millard, and Allan Hafch look on as Miller McCall sends one down 'Phe fairways. Spring sporls ar Wesr High have definiiely Jrurnbled for The durarion as The golf, Tennis, iraclc, and The newly formed baseball schedules have been considerably abbreviared. The golf learn, whose rerurning lellermen in- cluded Bill Baysinger, Bill Millard, Miller McCall, Dave Armsirong, and Bernard Duckefr, had only five scheduled marches counring The disrrici four- namenr. The linksmen doclceled Two marches wi'l'h 'rhe Prison Cify boys of Jolier and fwo more wi'rh our crosslown rivals from Easl' Au- rora. Coach lvlarger Apsir planned To send his four besr golfers info disrricr compeiirion ar Joliei. These boys, Duckeri, Baysinger, Armslrong, and McCall, copped rhe disrricr wirh a score ol 354 ro second place Eas'r's 358. Duckerr led The field wirh a brillianr 85, closely followed by 57101114 Fronr row: Erickson, Harvey, Frey, Sfephens, Smiih, Phillips. Bu++rey, Spackman, BiancheHa, Bacon, Smifh, Secor, Salerno, Wagner, and Feehan. Second row: Roberfs, Healy, Eakle, Caughey, Sprague, Domier, Newman, BarreH, Palmer, Fager- sfrom, Ferrell, Drury, Foley, and Darby. Third row: Beckman, Kasper, Sandburg, WyaH, Ewing, Morsch, Shelp, Sfouien- burq, Kaufman, Dean Schroeder, Foulke, Don Schroeder, Weber, Erickson, and Hafhaway. Fourfh row: Thurow, Herring, Desmond, Weaver, Smifh, Aborn, Toomey, Lundgren, Wood, Brennecke, Gusfafson, Wafson, Randall, Barnharf, and Gillen. Fifth row: Coach Tilly, Fihgerald, Volin+ine, McKnigh+, Enrile, Bell, Truesdale, McCurdy, Graham, Coach Jebens, and Coach Go+her. PAGE IO4 line gfaeal' 14 myzican game Bill Baysinger who shoT 86. ArmsTrong and McCall carded 88 and 95 respecTively. The Team will go down-sTaTe Tor The annual high school Tour- ney. A new spring sporT, base- ball, was inauguraTed This year under The direcTion oT Marger ApsiT. SixTy-eighT poTenTial Babe RuThs answered The call in WesT's TirsT aTTempT aT soTT- ball. Teams were Tormed To play each oTher in a round- robin schedule, The winner To be crowned inTramural cham- pion oT WesT Aurora. BaskeTball coach Clarence Blubaum has Taken over The duTies oT coaching WesT's neT- men. ReTurning Trom lasT year were Morgan Meyer, Bob Gesler, Bob Newman, Blaine Wiley, Chuck Lewis, and Bob Shelp. No meeTs were deTiniTe- ly scheduled, however. ln The only meeT beTore This Above are picfured The members of Wesi' Aurora's Tennis Team. FronT row: Bill Sfeiner, Blaine Wiley, Gordon HunT, and Jack Michels. Back row: Chuck Lewis, Larry Yellin, Joe Skom, GarTh SmiTh, and Henry Funk. book wenT inTo publicaTion The WesT Tennis Team deTeaTed EasT by one maTch. Hawk Thinclads, under The guidance oT Coach Leo Tilly. engaged T in Tive meeTs This spring. The TirsT oT These was on April 24, when The cindermen invaded WheaTon To sTake a claim on The WheaTon re- lays. One week laTer, on May I, The Hawks wenT To MoosehearT Tor The Kane CounTy meeT. Then Tollowed The disTricT meeT aT EasT, a dual wiTh Downers Grove, and Two dual meeTs wiTh EasT: one Tor The VarsiTy and one Tor The Frosh-Sophs. Leading l-lawk leTTermen were Kenny Caughey, Neal Sprague. Bill GusTaTson. Bob STouTenburg, Jim Morsch, and Don BarreTT. GusTaTson, STouT- enburg. and Morsch sTill have Trom one To Two years oT compeTiTion leTT and should make Things mighTy Tough Tor The opposiTion nexT year. Also reTurning nexT year will be Bill Mc- KnighT, Carl Kaufman, and Jack Dunley who are Top performers on This year's squad. Many Treshmen will be sTriving To make The Team nexT year and if TransporTaTion doesn'T hamper The Team, The boys will be a much needed parT oT The Track Team. BobuSpackman, Bill McKnigh+ and Bob BuH'rey play ball as baseball was inauguraTed This year under The direcTion sof Merger Apsif. PAGE IOS . . . all 'man campelllll' Back row: Ted Carlson, Howard MelcherT, Bob Gregory. Bob LenerT, and Bob MurTaugh, Junior-Senior baslueTball champions. FronT row: Russ Foley, Tony EnTile, Melvin Morehouse, Frosh-Soph baslceTball champions. NoT pic- Tured: Hap Jebens and Bill Paull. InTra-mural sporTs have become an irnporTanT parT oT WesT l-ligh's acTiviTies in The pasT Tew years. This year They hiT a new high Through The eTTorTs oT Mr. I-lerberT Jebens. l-le realized ThaT compeTiTive sporTs Tormed an imporTanT parT oT school liTe. Boys who Tor various reasons could noT go ouT Tor regular inTer-scholasTic sporTs goT a chance To play in The inTra-mural program. This program sTarTed in November wiTh The noon hour volley-ball league. This league was divided inTo Trosh-soph and iunior-senior com- peTiTion. The usual noon hour baslceTball league was supplemenTed This year by a SaTurday league. This SaTurday loop helped To sTimulaTe a greaTer inTeresT in baslceTball aT WesT l-ligh and was run by varsiTy baslceTball coach Clar- ence Blubaum. The Two winning inTra-mural Teams banded TogeTher and challenged The Fac- ulTy Furnblers who deTeaTed Them I9 To ll. Bowling played an imporTanT parT oT inTra- murals This year. A group OT Ten Teams includ- ing The TaculTy squad bowled regularly once a week. Ping pong, aerial darTs, badrninTon, and horseshoes played an imporTanT parT oT inTra- murals. Horseshoe compeTiTion began laTe This year because oT The weaTher buT was enThu- siasTically parTicipaTed in. Back row: Eldred Alcorn, Howard MelcherT, Dick Verbic, PaT EnTile, Bob MurTaugh, and Cliff SmiTh, Junior-Senior volley-bali champions. FronT row: Russ Foley, Tony Salerno, George Bell, Jerry Ealcle, ArT WyaTT, and Gene Carney, Frosh-Soph volley ball champions. PAGE IO6 adam uw! Gym Club Adviser Hap Jebens, Presideni' Neal Sprague, and Secrefary-Treasurer Bob Gregory look over The Gym Circus program. All members of The Gym Club par+icipaTed in The Gym Circus. The Boys' Gym Club is an organizaTion whose purpose is To develop physical TiTness, promoTe physical educaTion, and achieve skill in gym- nasTics. Led by Mr. l-lerberT Jebens, The club successTully compleTed iTs TiTTh year oT exisT- ence, wiTh The assisTance oT Neal Sprague, pres- idenTg WalT Evans, vice-presidenTg and Bob Gregory, secreTary-Treasurer. TogeTher wiTh The G. A. A., iT helped purchase I gayd' new eguipmenT Tor The physical educaTion de- Qffm parTrnenT and aided in e! A making The annual Gym M Circus one oT The besT in iTs hisTory. ln addiTion, The club conTribuTed To The ever-popular Horne- coming Parade a TloaT which won The recog- niTion oT The enTire sTudenT body. The club consisTed oT 25 members and held iTs meeTings aTTer school or in The evening. Awards were presenTed To Those who earned The required number oT poinTs by Mr. Jebens and a council composed oT Tour seniors. The war has increased inTeresT in The desire To be physically TiT, and, consequenTly, many oT The boys enrolled in The Gym Club in order To aTTain This goal. FirsT row: Russell Evans, George Komes, Spike Healy, Gordie Thurow, Gordie HunT, Jack FriTz, Russ Foley. Second row: Bob Shelp, Howie Richmond, Joe Frey, Paul Young, Ari' Galli, Ken Schruel, Paul Riddle, Jack Dunley. Third row: Bill Towry, Bill Usry, Bob Gregory, Bob BuTTrey, Bill Smi-Th, Neal Sprague, Harry Van Flee+. PAGE IO7 gzilinedd, aa WJOZO-'L . . . Wesr l-ligh's annual Gym Circus program was opened a+ 8 o'cloclc on April firsr and sec- ond by masrer of ceremonies Ken Caughey. The program was buill around Jrhe rheme Vic- rory Through Physical Fi+ness . Alrhough +he circus This year conrained as many inreresring specially acrs as in previ- ous years, The basic idea behind Jrhe performance was 'ro show The audience whar The m classes of , Wesr l-lighglwere doing in efaaffd accordance wirh rhe pro- gram To aid lhe war effort The special acfs Jrhis year included body bal- ancing, pyramids, rumbling, and many orher srunrs +ha+ lhe srudenls had perlecled on 'rheir own iniriarive. Behind The success of rhe circus were Miss Miriam Pager and Mr. l-lerberr Jebens, physi- cal educarion insfruclors. lr was 'rhrough rheir work and cooperalion wirh Jrhe sludenrs Thar rhe program received such an ovalion. Nor only did Jrhey srress Tirness, buf rhey also slrived roward developmenr of skill in gymnasrics. Arf Galli, pariicipafing in l943's Gym Circus, breaks fhe world's record for 'two-'fingerecl chinning as Paul l Young looks on in sileni' wonder. One of +he more difficulf body balancing acfs of fhis year's Members of +he boys' gym classes demonsirafe agilify and Gym Circus was fhe bird liff execuied by Bob Buifrey and fiming by fumping off fhe parallel bar on fo a mai' below. Doro'rhy Denney. This is only one example of +l1e new commando 'rac'rics. PAGE I08 sv :HM f vm, wg in , A.,, g iff gms . HS 1 M ' WW , .m + K WW? .5 as f3'faisl ggfWaB fa fticaf fe . -'rw fff Piclured in fhe baclr row of fhe execulive board are Barbara Anderson, vice-presidenlg Junella Vonclc, Treas- urer: Dorolhy Denney, presidenh Alice Marie Hill, secre- fary. From' row are Carla Heiss, poinl secrefaryg Miss Miriam Fager, and Charleen Quinn, sophomore repre- senlafive. Because ol lhe ever increasing slress pul upon physical educalion, lor women as well as lor men, The Girls' Alhlelic Associalion of Wesl l-ligh has had a very aclive year. Miss Miriam Pager, who came lrom Green- man and Nancy L. l-lill grade schools lo leach girls' physical educalion, is lhe sponsor ol lhe G. A. A. Members elecled Dorolhy Denney, presidenly Barbara Anderson, vice-presidenl, Junella Vonclc, Treasurer: and Carla l-leiss, poinl- QM' secrelary. 5 ic. G. A. A. aclivilies are now on a year-round basis. ,qddln The hlirsl sporl al The be- ginning of school was soc- cer, lor which lorly-lwo girls reporled lo 'rhe alhlelic praclice field. Al- ler several days of praclice a lournamenl was held. Bad wealher finally halled The soccer lour- namenl, bur G. A. A. members soon conlinued 'rheir sporls program in The gym. Nearly one hundred girls reporled lor baslcelball. The cli- max of lhe baslcelball season was a rournamenl which was won by lhe iunior leam in a very close finish. The heighl of lhe indoor sporl season was lhe program presenled by lhe G. A. A. in col- laboralion wilh lhe Gym Club and lhe gym classes. This program, Viclory Through Physical Filnessn, given before a paclced gym, look The place ol The annual Gym Circus. Elizabefh Wrighl, June Mirely, Virginia Nichols, and Marilyn Ries parlicipale in oufdoor soccer, fhe G. A. A.'s firsl' ac- fivily. Allhough il was slill exlremely cold in Seplember, These girls were aclive in This and many olher G. A. A. sporfs. T l i i Several of The 'forTy-Two girls Thai' reporTed To The aThleTic 'field aT The beginning of school for soccer are shown above in acTion. They are: Jean Mirely, Helen Rae BiorseTh, ElizabeTh WrighT, Audrey Hamrin, Marilyn Ries, and Virginia Nichols. The soccer TournamenT was halTed by bad weaTher which forced The girls To conTinue Their acTiviTies in The gym. Following The lasT performance oT VicTory Through Physical FiTness , G. A. A. members eagerly awaiTed spring and The chance To en- gage in baseball, baclminTon, archery, and swim- ming. G. A. A. oTTered Two new sporTs To iTs mem- bers This year. lvlany girls Toolc advanTage oT swimming aT The Y. W. C. A. and bowling aT The Sylvanolell. Nearly TorTy members improved Their Torms and Tigures lboTh physically and on The scoreboardl by bowling. This year G. A. A. in- novaTed The publishing oT GM' a year boolq, presenTed To each member. e C Club members also par- A44,'n TicipaTed in many acTivi- Ties having more social Than physical beneTiT. One oT These was a Sadie l-lawlqins dance held during November in WesT l-ligh's gym. AT This dance girl aThleTes were given a chance To display Their knowledge oT iu iiTsu by capTuring a man To Take To The dance. JusT previous To This The club had iTs GeT AcguainTed parTy To inTro- duce all new members To The veTeran members. A Teed immediaTely Tollowed The soccer and baslceTball TournamenTs. The iniTiaTion parTy Tor ln a fasT game of volley-ball Carla Hefss and Norma Oley send one back over The neT as Blanche SmiTh and Helen Rae BiorseTh sTand ready To give able assisTance. TorTy new members was in The Torm oT a candle- lighT ceremony. Besides The regular ouTdoor ac- TiviTies, a number oT 'lSplash parTies were held aT The Y. W. C. A. during The spring. The lvloTher-DaughTer bangueT culminaTed The busy year's acTiviTies which included parTies, sporTs, and dances. PAGE III 7 , ' 4 'Ss :fb QP ,, , G , , . ,,.L 1554 ,1 J 3 K1 53, 3 N ' 'Qu Q ., A-KLM S? :mg Q V , ,W is 15 'Q' 55' 22' it-fa Wk 95 A 5253 iajgft 'S , 3 AT wp ?fQiiE.i:.i 5g 5 A '.1 V V W 4 ' 2 2 f :::.', 1 ' : 2 Aypx Co I TEETH M 5-izaixfsses.. QE My 3 ff, si 3,14 .,,. N g i , nl i Q M' ', ' ' Q Tl ' or 1 I . 'fiif -Y , A 'J Sp Iv 1 fl 1 7 , Qrgijf 53 K Q 2 ' A wi? . fn AUTOMOBILE AGENCIES Berfhold-Hanson I0 Soulh Lake Sireel' Crowe Moior Sales Company I08 Soulh LaSalle Slreel' Dewey and Company 233-37 Galena Boulevard J. H. Kelley Moror Sales IOI-9 Souih Lake Sfreei' Ari Newquisl' Molor Company 55 Soufh Lake S+ree+ R. 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I+ is Ihis loyal suppori' , +ha+ makes all of our ac'Iiv- i+ies successful. Wilhour financial aid, our yearbook could no'I be published: Ihis would deprive us of some+hing we cherish high- ly. We hope l'ha'I' our pa- I'rons will be grafified by +his fhoughl, and in Ihe knowledge 'lhai' we will re- member Ihem. I We gra'I'e'Fully say . . . A THANK YOU. l BUILDING MATERIALS John H. 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II4 Downer Place Main HaHers I09 Main SIree'I' Masfer Cleaners 4I Walnul' S'I'ree'I Walker Laundry 32 Walnu+ Slreei' Wi'r+ry Cleaners 8a Dyers 568 Soulh River Sheer CLOTHIERS Alshuler Broihers I7 Sou+h Broadway Anderson 8c Duy Paramouni' Thealre Building Bill's Har Shop 6 Fox Slreei Franch's Pan'Is Shop 56 Main S+reeI' Joe Hauser Men's Wear 42 Downer Place Kleiner+'s S'rore 69 Fox Sfreel' Schmilz 81 Grelencori 26 Soulh Broadway SI'ewar'I's Clofhing Sfore 5I Soulh Broadway WeingarI's, Inc. 5 Norrh Broadway Weingarl 8: Pillafsch I3 Soulh Broadway Yellin's Cloihing S'Iore I4 Norih Broadway ia- 8 -xmp COAL AND OIL Herberl' D. Brown Company 702 Soulh L'ncoln Avenue Fox River Supply Company 20l Norfh Broadway Andrew HeiIkoH'er 30I New York SI'reeI Hurd Coal 8: Feed Company 408 Garfield Avenue King Coal Company 625 Illinois Avenue Dan Lilley Coal Company I69 Woodlawn Avenue Michels-Harral Coal Company 226 Spring Sfreel' Rauscl1 Coal Company 52 Norfh Lincoln Avenue Service Ice 8: Coal Company 723 Soulh Broadway Silvius Dusfless Fuel Company 37 Pierce Sfreef CONFECTIONERS Liffle Dufch Mill Candy Corporafion 7 Soufh Island Avenue Theodor Brofhers 5 Norfh River S+reeI' W. S. Wagner 8I Soufh LaSalle Sireef DAIRIES Aurora Dairy Company 65 Soufh Lake Sfreef C. W. Barnes II4 Russell Avenue Baiavia Dairy Company I36 McKee, Baiavia Berry Milk Depof I028 Prairie Sfreel Fifchome Farms Galena Road Oafman Brofhers. Inc. I5I Middle Avenue Oberweis Dairy Company Church Road L. V. Pike Dairy 208 Soufh Smi+h Sfreef DENTISTS Aurora Denlal Socieiy Dr. Clark P. Currier 50I Graham Building Dr. C. R. Deindorfer 30 Island Avenue Dr. William B. Downs 33 Island Avenue Dr. C. B. Freeman 2 Norfh Broadway Dr. H. R. Johnson 502 Graham Building Dr. H. W. MaHhews 809 Aurora NaI'l Bank Bldg. Dr. Ivor Morris 33 Soufh Island Avenue Dr. Rieger and Dannewiiz 28 Fox Sfreel Dr. Arfhur Roberls 2 Souih Broadway Drs. Thompson Zn Thompson 2 Norfh Broadway Dr. George W. Wilson 5l Fox SI'ree+ DEPARTMENT STORES Block and Kuhl Company 5 Main Sfreef Sidney Ginsberg I8-20 Fox Sfreei Lielz and Gromefer 24 Soufh Broadway Sears-Roebuck and Company 46 Soufh Broadway S. S. Sencenbaugh Company 20 Souih Broadway DRUG STORES Cify Hall Pharmacy I4 Fox S'IreeI R. M. Eberly 27 Norfh Broadway Galena Pharmacy 93I Galena Boulevard Grimm's Drug S+ore 59 Fox Slreef Harkison Pharmacy I02 Downer Place Harfz Drug Company, Inc. 40 Soufh River Sfreef 2 Souih Broadway Rollins 8: Rfce Drug Sfore II5 Main S+reeI' S+audI and Neumann Company I5 Soufh Broadway Wilcox Drugs 33 Sou+h River S+reeI FARMS Sugar Grove Farm Sugar Grove Walnuf Gables Farm Sugar Grove FIVE CENTS TO ONE DOLLAR STORES W. T. Granf Company I2 Soufh Broadway S. S. Kresge Company I6 and 29 Soufh Broadway F. W. Woolworfh 8: Company I9 Soufh Broadway FLOOR COVERINGS Pence's I2 Downer Place Sodersfrom-Arbeifer 28-30 Walnuf Sfreef FLORISTS Aurora Greenhouse Company I Downer Place Pefer A. Freeman 358 Cedar Sfreel Pefer W. Jungels II7 Main Sireei' Schwabe's Flowers 33 Norih River Sireel SmeIy's Greenhouse 5I6 Souih Fourfh Sfreef PAGE II4 FURNACES AND AIR CONDITIONING Aulomalic Hear Sales Company 36 Burrell I3 New York Sfreef Conover 2 Soulh LaSalle Sfreef Holland Furnace Company 75 Soufh LaSalle Slreei Kalamazoo Siove and Furnace Company 25 Soufh River Sfreel Jack Slowell 2I0 Norfh Highland Avenue Aurora I0 Biever 6I FURNITURE Furnifure Company 0 Gale Sfreef Furnilure Company -63 Norlh Broadway Leafh and Company 24-26 Main Sheef Podolsky Furnifure Company 68 Simons 36 Norfh Broadway Furnifure 8: Rug Company Downer Place Ward 8: Jones Furniiure Company 60-64 Soufh Broadway GARAGES AND SERVICE STATIONS A-I Service I3 62 Galena Boulevard American Bonded Oil Company I0 Aurora 60 Aurora 83 I Soufh Broadway Body Shop Soufh River Sfreef Tire 8: Baffery Service Soufh River Sfreef Boys Mofor Car Service 93 Alberl' I2 Gallag I2 9 Galena Boulevard Frifz 5 Downer Place her's Garage 2 Soulh River Sfreef Ingraham's Service Sfafion 25 Island I Jack's 7 Walnul' Sfreef Texaco Sfaiion Holbrook SI'ree+ Super Service Sfafion 2 IO Prairie S+ree+ Johnso 68 n's Pure Oil Service Benfon Slreel Louis Lee Body Shop I2 0 Woodlawn Avenue Midway Garage 3 Holbrook Sfreef S+ouIy's Aulo Service 25 Unired 47 Norlh River Slreel Au'Io Service Soufh Lake S+ree+ Wendling Service Slafion 77 While I2 Souih Lake Sfreef Fire 8 Galena Boulevard GLASS AND PAINTS Olson and Robinson Painf Sfore I3 Souih River Sfreef E. J. McWe+hy beams a benevolenl smile al an unknown make-up A scene in room 207 aboul len minufes before curlain lime. Kalh- arlisl' before he goes on slage 'For lhe Spring Revue. Over IIO eryn Eelen smiles al' Dorolhy DeFral'es while behind h sludenls were in lhe casl and all had lo have make-up applied. and Dorris Edmuns make-up Dean Schroeder. J. D. Rice and Son 38 Soulh River Slreel' Schor Glass Company 2I9 Galena Boulevard Wallbrunn-Kling 81 Company 30 Norlh Broadway GROCERS AND BUTCHERS Andy's Pan'lry 853 Walnul Slreel Aurora Cash Food Markel 544- F,f+h Avenue Baker Food Company 29 Norlh Broadway Mrs. M. Carpenler 90I Wesl Lake Slreel M. DeBarlolo 8: Son 5I9 Soulh Lake Slreel George W. Esser 597 Sou'I'h Lake Slreel' Hosler Food Slore 652 Hammond Avenue Komes Slores 365-370 Illinois Avenue Lincoln Camp Slore Norlh Lake Slreel Road Lirol and Pauly 226 Illinois Avenue f1 Manning Merkel I9 Soulh River Slreel C. W. Marshall 8: Company 46 Downer Place Michaels Brolhers Monlgomery, Illinois Nalional Tea Slore 64I New York Slreel' K. Ochsenschlager I29 Soulh Fordham Avenue Scribner Ochsenschlager 224 Blackhawk Slreel Ogden Fruil Gardens New York Slreel' Road Peaks Royal Blue Marker 372 Walnul Slreel E. W. Pierson 701 Prairie Slreel Public Food Mar'l II45 Norlh Lake Slreel Reliable Food Slore 5I5 Galena Boulevard Schalz's Meal Marker 3I Soulh River Slreel Slein's Fish Markel' IO Soulh River Slreel' T. E. Tevelin 3II Norlh Locusl- Slreel U. S. Markels 28 Norlh Broadway PAGE ll5 HARDWARE Myron J. Davis Hardware Company 35 Soulh River Slreer Tanner Hardware Company I5 Soulh River S'I'reel' Wolf-Parker Company 62 Soulh LaSalle Slreel ICE CREAM Borden's Velvel Ice Cream Company 2OI Norlh Lake SI'ree'l Brock's Ice Cream Shop 93I Galena Boulevard Fisherls Snack Shop Walnul and Wilder Slreels Fox Valley Ice Cream Company 60 Pierce Slreel Harl's Drive In Norlh Lake Slreel' Road INSURANCE G. A. Anderson Graham Building Charles Day Agency 34 Soulh River Slreel Chicago Molor Club 48 Galena Boulevard er Bob BuHrey Frazier 81 Evans 35 Frazier Building Emily A. Hurd Old Second Nalional Bank Mariner's Insurance 7I I-I4 Aurora Nafional Bank Building McCIaskey Insurance Agency 78 Soulh Broadway Thomas F. McGowan 42 Downer Place McWeIhy Brofhers 63 Sou+h Broadway Moschel 81 Tomblin Agencies 9 Fox Promenade Mylius Insurance Agency 33 Souih Island Avenue Nalion Wide Insurance Service 2I8 Fox Sfreei' Norfhwesfern Mufual Life Insurance Company 75 S+oIp Avenue Hurley C. Reed Insurance Agency 637 Fox Sfreel Guy A. Schick 47 Fox Sireel' Arlhur J. Shoger Merchanls Nafional Bank Building INVESTMENTS AND SECURITIES Aurora Invesfmenf Company 63 Souih Broadway William H. Fleniye 8: Company Graham Building Emil O.--Fred D. Schwanz Merchanis Naiional Bank Building JEWELRY Fodor's Jewelry Sfore 28 Soulh Broadway Harry Frohlich 8 Galena Boulevard E. P. Garvin, Jeweler 3 Norlh Broadway GreenwaId's Jewelry Slore 9 Soulh Broadway Huesing's Jewelry Slore 32 Island Avenue May Jewelers 6 Norih Broadway Navarro's Kredil' Jewelers II Norlh Broadway PaHerson's, Inc. 6 Sou+h Broadway Ridge Jewelry S+ore 82 Souih Broadway LAWYERS Alschuler, Puinam, Johnson 8: Ruddy 32 Wafer Slreel David B. Givler 402 Keyslone Building Lillle, Perrine 8: Wilson 309 Graham Building MaHhews, Jordan 8: Dean 205 Graham Building McCay and Pierce 20I Graham Building pawn Lamberi M. Ochsenschlager I0l Sou+h LaSalle Sfreei' Charles O'Connor IOI SouI'h LaSalle Slreei Ar+hur L. Puklin Keys+one Building LOANS Aurora Building 8: Loan Associafion 34 Soulh River Sfreei Ciiizens Loan Trusf I00 Main Sireel' Home Building and Loan Associalion 220 Main Slreel Home Finance Service, Inc. 202 Keyslone Building Improvemenl Building 8: Loan Ass'n I2 Main Sfreel' LODGES Elks Lodge No. 705 B. P. O. E. 77 Slolp Avenue Moose Lodge No. 400 69-7I Souih LaSalle Sireel' LUMBER Globe Supply Company New York Sireel Road Mall Lumber Company 82 Norlh Broadway Whiie and Todd Lumber Company 58 Sou'rh Lake Sfreef Winn Supply Company, Inc. 3I Cedar Sfreei MANUFACTU RERS All-Sieel-Equipmeni' Company Griffifh Avenue The American Well Works I00 Norih Broadway Aurora Corsel Company 603 Sou+h LaSalle Sfreel Aurora Equipmeni Company 422 Cleveland Avenue Aurora Me'I'aI Company 6I4 Wesi Park Avenue Barber-Greene Company 63I Wesi Park Avenue Carlson Tool 8: Machine Company 206 Norfh Highland Avenue Consolidaied Paper Company 705 Norfh Farnsworlh Durabill Sleel Locker Company Jericho Road Elgin Walch Company Elgin, Illinois Fooie Broihers Gear 8: Machine Corp. Chicago, Illinois Fox Valley Po+a+o Chip Company I32 Downer Place Louis Isman 8: Son, Inc. 46 Holbrook Slreel R. 81 M. Kaufmann, Inc. 4I Holbrook Sfreef Life Soap Company I8 Soulh LaSalle Sireel' PAGE II6 Lyon Meial Producfs, Incorporaled Monlgomery, Illinois Mann Sash 8: Door Company II47 New York S'I'ree+ Midwesl' Associafes 204 Norih Highland Mid Wesi Equipmenl 70I Illinois Avenue Miller-Bryani'-Pierce 81 Co. 227 Souih River Slreel Nalional Brush Company IOI Illinois Avenue Piciorial Paper Package Company 232 Soufh Lake SI'ree+ Richards-Wilcox Mfg. Company I74 Third Slreel Sfephens-Adamson Mfg. Company Ridgeway Avenue S'l'iIIman Freckle Cream Company 466 Loucks S+ree+ Sfoner Manufacluring Corporalion 328 Gale Sfreef Wesfern-Aus+in Company 60I Norlh Farnsworlh Avenue MISCELLANEOUS Aurora Chamber of Commerce I7 Soufh Island Avenue Aurora Counfry Club Prairie Road Credii Bureau lncorporaied III Downer Place Frosl Eleciric Shop I6 Souih River Slreel Galloway-Bells Spori Shop 66 Soulh Broadway Grand Hol'eI II6 Galena Boulevard Harling Servisofl Company I03 Soulh LaSalle Slreel The House of Vision Opiician 9 Soufh Island Avenue Love Broihers, Incorporafed I40 Sfone Avenue Ralph R. and Kafherine M. Milchell Naprapalhs 203 Graham Building Muih Feed and Seed Company I6 Norfh River S+reeI Pfleeger-Ferguson Implemenl' Company 605 Norfh Broadway Lulu M. Populorum Elecfrolysis 605 Graham Building Rhyihm Hawks Orchesfra H. L. Sanders Chfropodisf 2 Norfh Broadway Singer Sewing Machine Company 26 Souih Island Avenue Troupe's Music Siore 6 Downer Place Wesiern Uniled Gas X: Elecfric Company 50 Fox Slreel' W.M.R.O. 34 Sou+h River Sireel' Y. M. C. A. 205 Fox Sireel PUBLICATIONS Aurora Daily Beacon-News 4 Main Sfreef Aurora Economicf 7 Norfh River Sfreef Lisberg Brofhers 22I Galena Boulevard OFFICE SU PPLI ES Adding Machine 8: Typewrifer Sales 44V2 Downer Place Columbia Office Supply Company 227 Main Sfreef A. J. Erlenborn 8: Company 30 Soufh River Sfreef Paramounf Sfafioners 24 Fox Sfreef L. C. Smifh Bu Corona Typewrifers, Inc. OPTOMETRISTS George E. Ruby 2I0 Oak Avenue Sfrafz Opfical Shop Paramounf Theafer Building PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander 522 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Armbrusfer I6 Gladsfone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Armsfrong l40 Buell Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Guy Banisfer 2I0 Evanslawn Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Barber I346 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Barr 830 Downer Place Mr. Thomas H. Beale l350 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Billings I23 Calumef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brunnemeyer I5I Evanslawn Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Burzlaff 74I Grand Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Buffrey 70 Gladsfone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Caughey I25 Gladsfone Avenue Mr. Warren C. Cavins I48 Calumef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cooper 6 LeGrande Boulevard Mrs. Arthur N. Cordell 540 Galena Boulevard Dr. C. L. Daniels 2I0 Blackhawk Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Davidson l533 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Day 376 IlI,nois Avenue Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Denney I3I9 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Deuchler 3 Calumef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Domeier 355 Lawndale Avenue P Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Ericson 55 Soufh Highland Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Foley I329 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Foulke 407 Calumef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Frazier I440 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gavenman 334 Walnuf Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Gesler 245 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. Walfer Gibson I Soufh View Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm R. Giles 7I Gladsfone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gormsen Box 205B, Norfh Lake Sfree+ Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Gray 555 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Greene I300 Garfield Avenue Lieuf. R. G. Griffefh II04 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gurry I36 Gladsfone Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gusfafson I2I4 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hafer 2I3 Norfh View Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Harf I5I5 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Hafch 32I LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Heiss I205 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hipp 235 LeGrande Boulevard Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Holmblad 654 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Holfy II5 Calumef Avenue Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Horsfick 8I7 Hardin Avenue Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Humm l2I8 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hurd 2l0 Soufh Highland Avenue Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Jones I2 Hawfhorne Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Jones 2l7 Plum Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Kinnally 365 Sunsef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Krause 449 Spruce Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lungren 2l5 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Mafson l304 Galena Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McKnigh'I II4- Calumef Avenue Mr. and Mrs. Augusfus S. McWe'Ihy 7I0 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Noble 203 Blackhawk Sfreef Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Pierson 822 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pike I03 Calumef Avenue PAGE II7 Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Power 50 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Quinn I83 Glenwood Place Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Robbie, Sr. 823 Iowa Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rosf 4I3 McDonald Avenue Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Saunders 726 Norfh View Sfreef Mrs. E. F. Schoeberlein l306 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Sinden I348 Kensingfon Place Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Smifh I59 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Spackman I445 Garfield Avenue Mr. H. W. Sprague 646 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Sfephens I3II Downer Place Mrs. Dora Sfone I3 Soufh Lancasfer Avenue Rev. and Mrs. G. Paul Sfowell 42I Iowa Avenue Mr. C. B. Sfrohn 450 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Unfeed I45 Evanslawn Avenue Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ward 4I3 Penn Avenue Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Weber I36 Commonwealfh Avenue Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Weil I26 LeGrande Boulevard Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Wells I334 Downer Place Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wiley 5 Commonwealfh Avenue Mr. and Mrs. W. York I037 Garfield Avenue Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Zabel 337 Sunsef Avenue PHOTOGRAPH ERS Aurora Sfudio I6 Downer Place Miles Evans Sfudio 35 Norfh Ohio Sfreef Godfrey Sfudio 308 Fox Sfreef Milfon Sfudio 204 Fox Sfreef Norfhwesfern Phofo Engraving 2I8 Fox Sfreef Anfhony A. Osfroff 2l0 Norfh Lake Sfreef PHYSICIANS AND SU RGEONS Dr. Harlan Anderson 2 Norfh Broadway Dr. E. R. Balihazar 59 Fox Sfreel- Brennecke Clinic 323 Main Sfreef Dr. R. K. Collins 33 Soufh Island Avenue Dr. F. J. Coughlin I5 Soufh Broadway Dreyer-Denney Clinic 33 Soulh Island Avenue Dr. D. J. Evans 2 Norlh Broadway Drs. Heimdal and Goodfellow 33 Souih Island Avenue Dr. Karl Kafser 30 Souih Island Avenue Drs. Kilenplon and Young 30 Souih Island Avenue Dr. S. Klein 2 Norlh Broadway Dr. Emmeff L. Lee 2 Soulh Broadway Dr. E. E. Meisfer 30 Soufh Island Avenue Dr. C. R. Nelson 33 Soulh Island Avenue Dr. E. M. Thomas lI5 Main Sfreel Dr. C. G. Weller 2 Soulh Broadway PLUMBERS Clark Broihers 20 Soulh River Slreef Crane Company 544- Soulh Lake Slreef Edward J. Farrell 83 Soulh LaSalle Slreei' Ruddy Brolhers 65 SouI'h LaSalle Slreel' PRINTERS Alexander Press II5 Galena Boulevard Aurora Mid-Wesl Prinfers, Inc. 75 Sfolp Avenue Aurora Priniing Company 32 Soufh LaSalle Sfreef Finch 8: McCuIIouch 84 Soufh LaSalle Slreef Hans Gugler and Son, Inc. 222 Galena Boulevard B. C. Jess Company I8 Downer Place The Kelmscofl Corporafion 2I5 Fox Sfreel' F, O. PeIerson's Sons l23 Spruce Slreel Charles B. Siegmund 58 NVa'rer Sfreel' REAL ESTATE Berry and Offull 42 Galena Boulevard Mifchler and Barron 28 Fox Slreef F. H. Riddle Merchanfs Nalional Bank RECREATION CENTERS Classic Bowling Lanes New York Sfreel Road Skafeland Roller Rink Summil' Avenue Sylvandell Recreafion 35 Galena Boulevard ROOFERS Malcor Roofing Company 2I9 Woodlawn Avenue are Pciacma A Miller Home Insulaling Company 625 Illinois Avenue Norlhern Roofing and Insulaling Company IIO Soulh LaSalle Slreel SCRAP IRON Abraham Block Iron 81 Melal Company I20 Holbrook SI'reeI' Aurora Iron 84 Me+al Company I37 Soulh River Slreel SHOE AND SHOE REPAIR Broadway Shoe Repair Shop 7I Norlh Broadway Chris Lell Shoe Shop 4I Downer Place The Connie Shop 64 Fox Sfreel Galena Shoe Repair 937V2 Galena Boulevard GoldsmiIh's Shoe Sfore I5 Norlh Broadway London Shoe Repa'r Shop 84 Soulh Broadway MasIer's Shoe Company 27 Soufh Broadway PeIe's Shoe Shop 55 Soufh Broadway Tanquary's Shoe Sfore 5 Fox Promenade Waegner and Company 25 SOLIII1 Broadway Wes'I Side Shoe Repair I06 Downer Place SOFT DRINKS High Life Bolfling Company 742 Soulh Lake Slreel A. J. Meiers, Incorporaled 955 New York SIree'I' TAILORS AND FURRIERS Chicago Aurora Tailoring Company 2II Norlh River Slreel Chris and Joe 6 Norfh Lake Slreef Hull Tailors 45 Fox Sfreel M. Kuhn 32 Soulh Island Avenue George E. Kuker 52 Downer Place Michael Pasnick 37 Soulh Island Avenue Slavos Furs 28 Soulh Broadway TEACHERS OF MUSIC AND DRAMA Rufhanne Farrell I4 Main Sfreel Geneva Johnson I4 Main Slreel Lucy Spencer 242 Soufh LaSalle Sfreel Toenniges Conservaiory of Music I4 Main Slreel PAGE IIB TH EATERS Isle Thealer 2I Soufh Island Avenue Publix Greal' Slafes Theafers, Inc. Aurora, Illinois TRANSFER SERVICE Aurora Ci+y Lines, Inc. 6I0 Norlh Broadway Aurora Transfer Company 605 Spruce SI'reeI BIackwood's Molor Service Soulh Lincoln Avenue Fox Valley Mo+or Service, Inc. 260 Soufh Highland Avenue UNDERTAKERS Corcoran Funeral Home 220 Norfh Lake SIree'I Healy Chapel 332 Downer Place WELDING AND SHEET METAL Aurora Welding Service 3l3 Gale Sfreel R. H. Marlin 20I Galena Boulevard Vern McDoIe 205 Galena Boulevard WHOLESALERS Aurora Fruif Company 200 Main Sfreel' Aurora Packing Company, Inc. ZII New York Slreel Eby-Youngen Company I22-I28 Downer Place Illinois Wholesale Company 74 Nor'Ih LaSalle Sfreel' E. G. Magill II6 Walnuf Sfreel' Q Candy 8: Novel+y Company I0 Norfh River Slreel' F. E. Royslon 8: Company 500 Ralhlsone Avenue F. J. Weddige I3I Soufh LaSalle Sfreef WOMEN'S APPAREL ArIhur's 62 Fox S+ree+ Blue Bell Dress and Hal Shop 34 Soulh Island Avenue Charles J. Boorkman 36 Soulh River Slreel' Colby, Incorporaled 2 Norlh Broadway Daylime Frock Shop 5I Main Sfreel- KIein's 53 Fox SI'ree+ Three Sislers, Incorporaled I0 Soufh Broadway Weils, Incorporaled 23 Soulh Broadway Young Modern Shop 24 Soufh Island Avenue 15233525 1 X QQ - wL55'3iFf3f1 an ' ' Mx ma ' Ufviffgf fgsfig . wvfswm-1 .... mg- , -5 lfsfxzaxmi , A fsimasfbx :qs :55ff:P2ji'f A ',5'I.:J,:?S9'5i' 55,5 iff--GQ3 zf gps- .ggi . ,:h, x T, ., .f-:.f,g.A,. 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