West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 3. School begins! 6. Dismissed half day for Edwards County Fair. 7. Soft ball game with Lancaster, postponed—Rain as usual! 10. First soft ball game. We beat Lancaster. 10. Senior Class officers elected. 11. Organization of Glee Club. 12. First Ministerial Assembly—Rev. Ellis. 14. School dismissed six days for polio. 24. School resumed. 25. Soft ball game at Bone Gap—Another win for us! 26. State safety man speaks. 28. Initiation of Freshmen by the school. Painted freshies! OCTOBER 1. Old Standard Time resumed. More sleep! 3. Bone Gap soft ball game. Another victory! 3. Rev. Stoltz spoke in Assembly. 4. Soft ball game with Lancaster. 4. Annual staff selected. 5. First band practice—What a noise! 8. Election of Cheer Leaders. Wanda Faye GTllard and Jim Bennett. 11. Redskins beat Packers! 12. Institute for teachers—vacation for students. 24. Started magazine campaign. 24. Assembly—Rev. Smith. 25. Minstrel Show put on by Seniors—Hard on faces! 29. Juniors sponsored Pie Supper—$163 success. NOVEMBER 1. Victory Bond Movies. 2. End of first quarter—Examination. 2. Game with Parkersburg—First basketball game. 5. Film on Victory Bonds. 6. Game with Allendale—A hard victory! 7. Assembly—Rev. Koch. 7. Magazine Drive came to close—Net Proceeds $124—Not Bad! 12. American Education Week—12th to 16th. 13. Played Calhoun. 14. Assembly—Rev. Stone of Browns. 16. Sophomore Dog-Patch Party. Lots of fun! 16. Assembly by Rev. Harmon from Lawrenceville. 20. Defeated Grayville—What a game! 21. Thanksgiving Service with Rev. Longbons as speaker.

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22 and 23. Thanksgiving Vacation—to eat Turkey. 27. A group of Seniors motored to Mt. Carmel to sell ads. 27. Game with Noble—Were defeated. 27. Everyone enjoyed the Dog Show. 30. Beat Claremont. 30. Sold Ads at Albion. DECEMBER 3. Senior Christmas Party—Blues entertained the Reds. 3. Junior Skating Party at Olney. 4. Sold ads at Olney. 5. Beat Bone Gap. 10. Flu epidemic hard on school attendance. 11. Colds and flu—35 students out—Sniffle! Sniffle! 14. Game with Browns. Hooray for us! 18. Defeated Grayville. 21. Christmas gift exchange and Christmas Assembly Program. 24 to 29. Christmas vacation. 28. Alumni defeated High School. JANUARY 1. New Year Resolutions made. . 5. Won second place in Little Ten Tourney at Noble Trophy i 9. Rev. Koch spoke, in Assembly. 11. Beat Bone Gap. 14. Mr. Stoltz substituted for Mrs. Bassett all week. 16. Beat Calhoun. 17. Assembly—Free Methodist Men’s Quartet. 17. End of two day’s semester exams. What a relief! 22. A victory over Lancaster. 23. Rev. Longbons spoke in Assembly. 25. Game with Allendale—Too bad for us! 29. We played Lancaster. FEBRUARY 7. Game with Noble. 8. Teachers Institute—School dismissed. 12. Lincoln’s Birthday—Another holiday! 13. Rev. Ellis spoke to us in Assembly. 15. Game with Browns. 18 and 19. Class tournament. 20. Old Louisiana—First educational film. 26. Regional Tourney at Carmi. 27. Daniel Boone—Educational film. really nice