West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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Members of 'lhe I945 class now serving in +l1e Armed Forces BFS! Bill Gusfefson Don Holmes Jack Drury Jim Caskey Bill Carlson Dale Dilrlcers Bill Delaney Melvin Moreho Fred Jafflre Tom Boyd Erwin Chernoll Eugene Applequisl Waller Dabney Owen Gillen USE

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Senior Class of I945 had a very en- year. The firsT acT of The class in preparaTion ioyable and successful for iTs final year Took place in The spring of 1944 when The class officers were chosen. AfTer a biTTerly conTesTed elecTion Bill FleTcher was made presidenf: Henry Funk, vice-presidenfg PaT Frazier, secrefary: and Tom Palmer, Treas- urer. These officers led The class very ably dur- ing iTs lasT year of high school. Seniors were also elecTed To The imporTanT STudenT Council offices. Bill Gusfafson was presidenTg Paul Riddle, vice-presidenT7 Rose- mary DoroThy, secreTary1 and PaT Nicholls, Treasurer. During The year Bill was forced To leave for The Service and Paul Took over The presidency. The EOS and The Red and Blue were also capably led by members of The senior class. LasT spring Jane Pierce was elecTed Edifor of The I945 EOS. The Senior ediTors of The Red and Blue were Barbara Doane, Jeanne Plain, and Charlene Quinn. The annual Senior dance, The Snowfalke So- naTa, was well received by The enTire sTudenT body. Ralph Weber and Joy Oddy were The co-chairmen. The ouTsTanding feafure of The dance was The elaborafe snowflake decoraTions. AT The annual band benefiT carnival a rush- ing business was carried on aT The Telegraph concession which was sponsored by The seniors. This was one of The mosT popular concessions aT The carnival. This year There were more seniors Than ever consulfing college counselors on College Day, a yearly evenT aT WesT High. Many seniors also Talked wiTh Dr. Frank SluTz, noTed guidance exe perT, abouT Their vocaTional and educaTional problems. Many seniors showed professional acfing abiliTy in Their class play, Pride and Preiu- dice. The casT included Dave Morris, Gloria MaTThews, Ann Spurgeon, Mary Lou Kinnally. Melva Yellin, Joy Oddy, Sue Daleiden, Audrey Hamrin, PaT Sfubbs. Sarah HollisTer, Richard Bannisfer, Gordon HunT, Marilyn Erlanson, Dor- - -,wi-'-' '. rw. '- A ligiielwefsf-s 1 H ,. ,i.i.--fjf'v,.,.M T, '. '- -his f-WH..--Tllfgf-'--'-'gr. , . , X- -- L , 31' , r --His. -,L lg 'il '. '.51' 'f T ,F-an .- fs -f T fil e as Tiiiii ,rii .5 , 'T - - - V ' ' 1 f -fi 3 3,113 , -V . A- I, ,A -- ,G 11 '-7:4 if : 1 fa, is ', -Viv 3 , , A i ' 1 LN f V ysiv ,, ,Q , ' - ' in ' ' 'if A ' N i - ,winw . uf - 1 'ne A 'Pie ?'f Tf '.' I , w l fs??'gsi T fa ,gi T , '- ' .+ -.va if 4 , 1 i' 5 ' , . ' , A if ' H . v T 1, . 3 ,V s 171, if . - ff - . :V : 5: i 1:23, ,V I. - ' ,gr J.. -' ', . We. .. j- W' ,J r' v ..,,..f .1-' if ' T 'xg .5 1+ f- I,-1.4 sq: , 1 Y: 1 ' ' if ' is . J, ' tug: 5 L ' , . Rm if . 354, 7-in . . . T f 7 , V, 3 - J nf . . V . , 2 I .Vx 5 A il. . .-- .1 1 X In -, ,9s?i'ml.?5- :iam ' v ifiark- f V ' W A M715 Ti if 1 .. Q all L - - : i:Ji::Fi'-ff '- 1. 5.1. F if-Y T if ,Q ' Q.i'?T:,f'f'S.' ' '..i-gfii' , , -' or T fp. - - ,- 3 , - j 1 Fig' ' v- 1. . 3.1.5, ,V A . as -25 1' f . ' -'2.5i:f'44- z' - - 5- Y ' ' is v l' if ' h e 'ill' - W ' inf A TT F - ' W' ' -- iff' X...-1-'f ' ffivgnq ' 'V '-s . . , f., .. ni, ' K 10' PAGE 5 oThy O'Brien, RoberT Wafson, PaT Barnes, Con- nie Gadow, DoroThy Weisman, Eleanor Shelp. Dave Schwanz, George Volinfine. Jane Ann Johnson, and Charles Mifchell. Climaxing The year were BaccalaureaTe, The Junior Prom, Class Day, and CommencemenT. The CommencemenT commiTTee was composed of Charlene Quinn, ArT WyaTT, STewarT BeTz, Gloria MaTThews, Rollin Ashfon, Henry Funk, Rosemary DoroThy, Melva Yellin, Charles Par- kin, Ralph Weber, Richard Worfman, George SingleTerry, Joanne Knapp, June Sandell, Joyce Kline, Barbara Weil, Richard Fairclofh, RoberT FagersTrom, Joy Oddy, Ann Spurgeon, Jane Pierce, and Jeanne Plain. WiTh The year's acTiviTies finally compleTed, high school remains buT a happy memory To The senior class. Some will go on To college: some To iobs and business careers: some To service in The armed forces: buT wherever They are, The members of The class of I945 will look upon Their high school days as The happiesf of Their lives.

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Members of fhe I945 class now serving in fhe Armed Forces are: Chuck Wallace Jim Sellen Paul Riddle Jake Winn Bill Usry Bill Paull Glenn Pierce Gordon Worfman Bob Richardson Ralph Weber Dick Villwock Wayne Slaugh+er Don Nelson Jim Morrisseffe