West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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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

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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.

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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