West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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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

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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

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'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.