Wyoming Community High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Wyoming, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1945 volume:

KG? .ff V1 Qrder of Book Classes Spo fs Feaf es Adminisfrafion f' LH' Cr FOREWCJRD We 'lhe Senior Class of I945 have endeavored +o bring forlh in lhis boolh 'rhe oulrslanding evenls personalilies and organizafions which we believe will mean mosl' 'ro you in laler years when recall- ing 'rhe many happy Times here in high school. nard C l?cm Eujerw Be:-rl' 'R ef-15 , ,, Jlvn Hrnfl 593K Bar- o i 6 05 r r nm i i' Gerald McManus Rohrf page-,S i 0 u F roy will ll. Il' a 415PM Qi' X Fifi' X Aulmvf was A ,Hee Phyllis Hall Ofhce Secrda Y A hur Paul: Leoar' RuTledoe CusToduans BOARD OF EDUCATION We The sTudenTs oT The Wyomlng CommumTy T-hgh School wnsh To Thank The Board oT Educahon lor The Tune 'ob They have done ID malcmg our school one oT The besT IH lllmons we have been supplued wrTh The besT OT equ1pmenT a mce build mg and a c:ompeTenT sTeTT of Teachers 4 gkfv' wig? Q' Qi 1 MR RALPH ZECI-I Unwersuly of Illmoxs Coach Science MISS JEAN JOOS Bradley Malhemahcs Physncs Glrls Physncal Educahon QQ' i xf FACULTY MR STANLEY PERRIN Bradley Urnversnty of Iowa Prmcnpal Economncs Book heepnng Glee Club Band MISS MAXINE BLACK Bradley Indnana Slale Teach ers College Speech Socual Scvence U S I-Ilslory World Hnsfory 3 of 1.5.1 Yr 1' I MR PAUL NILELY Umverslly of Illnnols Aqrnculfure MISS MARGARET I-IALLSTED Bradley Home Economics MISS ZELMA PEARD MISS DORIS ADAMS Eureka College Umversnfy of Wesfern Illmoas Sfa e Teach Colorado Umversuly of Iowa ers College G eqq Collpq Enqlush Llbrarlan Typlnq Shorfhand Engllh ,, , Q 1' or A -sr 3.5 N , I , A A ,ff '- I 'xx X 'F A xr ff 1 .Q f W. Q gr. 'TE' ,H-M H ' ' ,,,, ' 5' ' - , . X , '- , , - ' .- H .mo ' X fi .I x:X 7 F L ' 'QI I . -H ni? , ,I M, e' S V. ' ' N ' ' r A :K 3' J A , iiiyf w, v-my .F K 1 M, ' I ,- I . .. , 1 . . . . : In I I' - I ' ' : I , I I ' ' . . - D . . : ' . I . I ' ' l . ' ' ' ' I I I . . - . 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'Z as 4.1 -'s fb Y' Q' HENRY BANKIE If fhe hear? of a man e depressed wlfh a care Ihe mls s duspelled w en woman appears DEAN BURWELL Here I am come chase m QIFS GERTRUDE EMERY Her Iwear+ IS IrIce II'1e moon ever cnanqlng and There IS always a man In If i if ...r -.ir 7 fe'-gg ji. Jr i z sq- .7 4 CARL BRITTINGHAM Be an afI'nIe're and see The rnvals faII SARA BUSKIRK Bu? In her duiy prompf every caII VIRGINIA GILLESPIE She was made fo be fhe ad mnrahon of everyoody buf II16 Iwaporness of ons- TIS '-'Af KENNETH BROWN A Inon among fhe Iadues JUANITA CRADY Tus Irue Ihaf she rs much un clmed fo dun and faII: wlfh aII mankind BETTY GRIG6 I-Ier voxce was ever soff gen +Ie and Iow an exceIIenf+I1xng In woman 2. I . ' S I ' , 4? , ' 4: - I A V, K I .f ' I A Q' dig. X U' A -' Xa 6 M ,f' Q Q I ' J , ! f , ' f ' ' , ' - - A . 'T 'V ' : A ' X J' i f ! i ' .xx E' I I I , X 'f I I I .1 I w uv- AQ Liv. I A-:J '65 I I? 43 sf ,,,x, I gmfwb 4, 1137 L ' A A E Y ? I 'I V 'I I XI I Egv A I A I ' I ,, b .. . . '+ 5 ' If G ,, V el ,, . v to ,, . . . h N1 'a W ,' xg I I 1 5 2 ' 521 13 -avi QUUP MARY HALL I will sn? down now buf e hme wnll come when you w hear mn. ROBERTA KINSELLA I Icnow Ihs answer uf I us forgo? HARRIET MQDONALD Lefs say naughf but good of her sh s so sm . I I I 1 A 993-. 4-v 'sunt' MYRON HOLMES comp a man who are more ns none LOIS LEADLEY Whai' I nl: Imus spea JACK MCG-INN If sxlence were Golden Id a mallaonalre ROBERT IRWIN a Ixlfle home and Bee LEO MARTIN The world owes me a Ilvung WILLARD MEAKER Somehmes I lusf srl and Ihnnlr and somefames I lusf sr? , . 3-Q nd x 1 2' . I W HY I, 1 I I ' or X I I r I lx ' ' , Ih I dare do all fha? may be- A Iiffle weaI+h. a Ii+fIe health. ' ' ill , . d do ' - II .IJ I 'I I hi , I Il. II I' .' ., . ,. . 4 be ,, . . . . . 6 I all. I I I ' ' 'Q ff 'f 1 of-'T sr.-rf, rss 7 ef!!- 'F .44-1' -8- GLENNAFA NORET WAYNE ONEY eech IS silver snlen e All qreaf men are dead and golden lm nof eelmg well PHILIP RATCLIFF In Ihe counfry one grows fo be a man CALISTA STREITMATTER We may Ilve wlfhouf friends we may live wxihouf books buf cevnluzed man can? Iave wI+hou+ cooks HARLEY SHOEMAKER Gave me fume Ill nof worry qreaf fhmgs aren+ done In a hurry BEATRICE WHITE Hs nsce Io be nafural when you re rvafurally mce CAROLYN PETTIT A merry hear? malcefh a C er ry counfenance ROBERT SIEBENTHAL Snlence and wusdom go I-:and an and MERLIN WILKINSON Much sfudy as wearlness Io fhe flesh , Q 'ml ' f A W., , -'Cf ' ' 5.1 I M' I 'If'-? 1-,',, I 's .Y ! r X. ,,. ,- 'Tia 1,,. ' ff 6 fl 'A ' wb V. ' . ,sf ,,,v , V . .- 'ffh in ' A ...V -'M K N K , ' X I V I -9 f - .775 5: L . f . ry I , A3 A A K ,ti 57' Jaws , - 515. 'iss 1 sp H ' ' . ' C is y I H . H h - XC? CLASS OFFICERS 'XNQR 'Qu I' ra' ....-af' , . F . A., 1 3 1 W, I7 AAL? MR, PERRIN-Principal MISS JEAN JOOS-Class Advis Ol' SENICDR CLASS I-IISTCRY Four years ago wheun we e Ter d Tne Tam ly oT VV C IJ h cur hearTs we e Tulled wTh hope and eagerness Tor The comung years We lrnew lhaT rnany good Tumes were ur sTore Tor us Tor every oTher class had had Them Durung our Ireshman vear we had a ew unTeresTung uncude'uTs unc ud ng The Tunne when Tub by Shoemaker became hungry and decuded To leave beTore Mr Wuclcersham dusmussed us I-le IeTT wuTh a IuTTIe help' We en oyed our elves aT all he school parTues and Im sure well never TorgeT our TursT class parTy vhuc was a weuruer roasT aT The Raulroad Brudge The LaTun LaTun NexT as Sully Sophomores ard we mugh add ThaT The TuTIe TuT us we learned by exper uence ThaT There were Tumes Tor us To have Tun and Tumes Tor us To sTudy An abundance OT enThusuasm and energy helped us come ouT second un The scrap druve Thus uncreasung our Tunds Tor ThaT goal oT all under classmeh The PRCM Our uunuor year was guuTe an evenTTuI one whuch sTarTed ouT wuTh a parTy aT Bee WhuTe s and ended wuTh our Jr Sr P one By Th Tme we had learned Tc pull TogeTher and we proved uT by The Prom we puT on The decorahons were The besT ever I-Iere Too our class made husTory Tor uT Toolc Two nughTs Tor OUR Prom as There was one Tlaw The orchesTra Tauled To show up The TursT nughl AT IasT we are senuors' Qur one maun ev enT was 'Iacky Day We spenT uT aT The Raulroad Brudge and Thougn uT was Too cloudy To Talce pucTures we dudn T IeT ThaT spoul The swell Tume we ha Our hugh school career wull end wuTh The ba ccaIaureaTe servuces May I3 and commence menT exercuses lvlay I8 We havenT reached The Top buT we are clumbung and wull I am sure conTunue To do so ' I . n 'e I , u ,l ' I. . Q., I r ' I - u D . L ul l I I .Z . I I . . . . . , . . ,. I , I P u I I I ' -- I . . ,I f S , T I ' I ', . X' YV . yy .1 I . , I . Club lea was an ImporTanT evenT cT The year Tor Those ol us who were brave enough To Tackle ll 4 Il c 4 + H ' J l - I ' u . . I I . . I ' .- . r u. uls l , u , ,I F I . l , I . 1 1 1 d. u - I u I rv wu.,.,.,.wQwem-'P ww dcllyd 1 vii' ,A We ...L..... un-nv QFFICERS J MCCURDY N vesr J KE LEY F LEADLEY Sfcndlng Bob Meeker Kenne+h Cox Bob Allfop Joan Ogburn Mass Black Seafed Doris Leadley Paulme Dlerckson Nnna Gibson Regina Hancher Marlowe Long Boifom Row Kennefh Grlqg Dean Foqlesonger Keeley Jlm McCurdy Clemen+ Cox Dean DeMen1' Maruloulse Burdsley Vos? Varglma Graham Marfha Kiepfer Bonnie Wnil Tracy Francis Leadley Bob Shane James r JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Remember fhaf famous dafe77 Whaf dafe77 Why on Augusf 26 I945 +h1rfy one char acfers under fhe1r gang leader Jaclc lvlcGarvey who leff us affer f1ve monfhs of hard labor and fheur moufh p1eces Bob 'vlealcer and Blll Frnsby who also leff V1rg1n1a Graham and Jlm lvlcCurdy plus one mafron lvllss Maxlne Black were admlffed fo fhe unsfxfuflon lanown as yes' You ve guessed sf' Wyoming Commumfy l-hgh School Slnce fhen fsffeen have escaped and we wave hopes of correchng four new unmafes No OOI Manlounse Blrdsley O02 Bob Alfop O93 R glna I-lancher amd O04 Fsfher lvlannvng 1who was fransferred fhe same year because of c1rcumsfances beyond our confrol For good behav1or we were lef oufsude fhe bars and foolc fo fhe woods for a welner roasf We should have sfayed an fhe wood buf sflll havung flghhng Splfll we hunfed scrap S43 O21 worfh Twenfy seven unmafes llved fhrough fhe gruehrg punlshmenf They were now veferans of nlne monfhs shll under fhe supe v1s1on of Warden Perrzn Jum lv1cCurdy Ken Cox Joan Ggburn Vlrgunla Graham and MGFIOFIG Long as our old leader were fhrown ouf of offace because of fhenr Il'1GDllll'y 1o shorfen our senfence of four years Called before fhe parole board we were granfed a snorf leave Affer a mghf of Jrerror on fhun 1ce we sub shrlpfed fo a yearly ussue of :ce cream and calcel7 For a1d1ng fhe escape of cell male Bob Shan No OOI3 our ferm was exfended Leadung our gang and ploffmg agalnsf Warden Perrm fh1s year were Con lvlcCurdy no 3rd ferm1 wlfh Francs Leadly Nxna Vesf Grnny Granan and Ken Cox as subordlnafes We were IO fhe process of malcnng a brealc for our freedom when Pafrolman O P Nncely broughf us bacls on a hayraclc ln fhe w1nfer of 45 a lol of old hmers nof l1fers gof fogefher and held a barn oance fo raase money for our prnsoners fund Funally 1n honor of fhose whose senfences were almosf explred we fhrew one lasf bug b awl lfhe prom Th 1nsf1fuf1on gels a break May l8+h for fhree monfhs because of o 1r paroles , .. .. 1 , , ' ' -, 1 1 1 ' I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . C. . I . 1 I E . . I Q . . . . - - ' 1 1 1 5 . ' ' . ' f . .- u . e 1 f - , A 1 1 . 1 . . . S FS, . . I. . . Q I 1 , . . - . . . . 1 ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . r . I 1 1 5 . . 1.1. L , . 1 , 1 5 . . . 11 . 11 . , . , ' . . A D - . V, . 1 . . . . . 11 11 fx L 1 1 1 . . . . 1 X . . - 1 1 -1 - - . , . . . 1 V. y - D 1- . . 1 . . - 1 . . r J , . S , ' - .A . L F ' . Leff To R oh+ STandmg Davd M sse ar n R E 'her Kurrpp Madge Whde Bar are wrnor Tor a nx ara y B b McMullen Mlss Pear SeaTed Margare' Ab a E n P Lund ev Sl-Trey Ryan Ru'h C ady Marcella Bayer Doro y Bo om Row on Baye Jah M :roy Masha MCCT. oy James Crcne Ben Mealcer c Bushop Bob Knob och Gere Ml er Don Berg Bob NoreT SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY Pres1denT MARCELLA BAYER SecreTary BILL McGlNN Vice PresvdenT ROBERT KNOBLOCH Treasurer RUTH CRADY Sfudenf Coun ll ESTHER KLUMPP and DAVID MUSSELMAN Adv sor MISS PEARD Our class enfered hugh school wnTh TorTy mem bers buT has decreased To ThlrTy Tour Thus year we have Two new members Muldred Mercer and James STogsdlll The mosT engoyalole Thang we dud Thus year was The planmng and carrynng ouT The Freshman lnuhahon We especially delughTed an bemg able To order The Freshmen abouT To say BuTTon over and over and To dedncaTe The weurd garb The Freshmen appeared an ThaT day Thus lasT Tall our class had a welner roasT aT The Cables A Thrilling momenT was when highway men sTarTled some oT The Sophomores and nearly made Them belueve They were benng kidnapped We were lusTly proud when Marxlyn STrenTmaTTer won The mm:aTure Army mule Tor having The haghesT number of mduvudual sales Tor The TnrsT day OT The magazune campalgn T l l I ,V -4 u lone' An' Sr, Q D: fd assle' sl l , X, V ' I b Fl T 9 L ' S Ido Nra Bl:P.e'T R7ch ' Kell c ' . , ' d, I V r rns on T, ' V' ,' ' f I I fh Colgan, Nellie Av.1arb'fol'T Marfn STfleTr aTTev' Ru'h Messe-rsrniTh, PaTrlcia DuTTy. TT 1 D - ,A f 'T l I B b c'- . . . . , T. H . . . . 1. . .- Y' W., e + fo Rughl Raymond Rassler Glenn Tulfle Rolland Rapp owl Charles Bearce Wulluam Rucker? Kerunerh Clark Duane Marlun Franlclun DeBoer James Bayer Row ll Marlha Cox Marlon McG1nn Dorus Barfon Shurley Duxon Dorus Graves Mary Jo Smufh Berruadune Hughes Dorus Thurslon Wulrna Brewer Luva McBrude Marlorue Slorey Muss Adams ow lll Pau une Bayer Ceculua Banlrue Auluece Leadley Palruca Eubeclr Dena Brazee Ida Norel Rufh Tracy Belly Horlon Josephune Hancher Muruel Tracy Bollom Row Charles lu-lucolr Oluver Krelzer Andy Wallrer Lance Tracy Donald Klepfer Kennefh Carroll Louue Orr FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY Presudenl ROLLAND RAPP Secrefary Treasurer OLIVER KRETZER Vuce Presudenl' BILL NELSON Advusor MISS ADAMS Sludenl Council MARTHA COX and LANCE TRACY As Green Freshues lorry Three un all we marched unlo Wyomung Communuly l-lugh School las? fall 'lo begun our long 'rrelr 'through hugh school Durung 'fhe year we have welcomed Three new members Jean Green Irene Malone and Gus Zummerman Luke all freshmen we were unulualed unlo Wyomung Communuly l-lugh School Though we were Thorough ly lured by The experuence we enuoyed nl very much Our lursl' socual evenl un hugh school was a weuner roasl' and we found fhus occasuon a good excuse for lhose lullle gel lo gelhers DATES -. P4 L 5 . - ' nl 54. . ' 'fu W . y 1 ' S l Le l g u 1 s 1 s u Q S l , , Q ,xg , L l ' : A Top Row: Bill Nelson. Charles Eaglesloru, Fred Eafon, Paul Malflngly, Merlin Meelner. Jack Billing. CO- N x 14? hr mf I0 Ns 5 W QNX X X X X I ' i,Q - 2 X- I 5 D S N NR X X X f X f X ff' 5, f X !I g Z f ff f f XX i X X! Xxx f f 1 zz X G ff X f X X f ff X .' X X E 'lr my 'WA wi' 'MF BAND The band under lhe derechon ol Mr Perrin fool: par? sn several acfuvnhes lhns pasl year In addnhon To playunq belween ads of 'rhe school plays and al baslcelball games lhe band alfended lhe Black hawlc Musuc Feshxal a+ Galva gave concerfs af varrous surroundung fowns, and presenled, sn collaborahon wllh fhe Glee Club, fhe Annual Sprung Concerf glven an 'rhe hugh school audnlorlum In May e fr , ' ve' D 4 .X .V .Y . ' ' a?3 r jk J ., 31 K ink K 4. H ,A ,af xl , A 4 T e l M gl N 5 , 1 1 ,, A fl' ' al . , g Y ' , , D w , ' .L . ' ' ! . he X lg 1-f .lv , V - ' 1? ' ' K 9' ' el W -fm' . A 1 5 ' I ' - . . I . . GLEE CLUB Our Glee Club was orqannzed un 1938 by Mr l-lencle son who as now an rhe Service lvlr Perrin has been our Capable dureclor Tor The pasl Two years and Vurgnnra Gullesple has served as accompannsl for lwo years The Glee Club has been cur +0 Terry members 'rhns year and nl has been drvuded Info The gurls chorus lhe boys chorus and 'rhe rnrxed chorus The gurls Chorus sang for fhe Chruslman Men s Banque? un February and lhe enlure Glee Club allencled lhe Black hawlr lvluslc Feslrval an April The Annual Sprung Concerf was given ln con unclnon wlfh The Band ln May . . T r'- . r I , - . . l x . v . . . . . , , 1 , . . , . . , , ' - g T., . HQQQ. QI pq gn ,X fm 6 STUDENT COUNCIL P d f DEAN BURWELL SARA BUSKIRK V P d f HENRY BAN MR PERRIN ln order 'rhaf our school may have a governmenf of fhe s+uden+s by +he sfudenfs and for fhe sfudenfs Wyomnng Communny l-llgh School has a Sfudenf Council This organuzahon consnsfs of Jrwo elecled members from each class and 'rhe presldenfs of 'rhe four classes The presvdenl of The Sludenl Council IS elecfed by 'rhe enhre sfudenl' body Many fhlngs were accomplushed by 'the Srudenf Councal 'rhls year Several parhes were given for 'rhe sfudenf body and a moclc elechon was held in November Four members of fhe Sludenf Council were senf +o Welhersheld I-hgh School 'ro unveslugafe 'rhe Junior Red Cross Work and fo gel ideas on how fo s'rar+ a Chapfer In Wyomnng l-llgh Probably 'rhe mosf lmporfanlr prolecf of 'rhls organlzahon was lhaf of framing pacfures of boys who had glven fhenr lnves for fhenr counlry The porfrarfs will hang In 'Phe assembly and In +hls way fhe deeds of rhese boys wvll luve forever : . muh- N s : g 4' . . x U K 1 . f 4 ' R4 , 2 R , -A 1' 'C' ,V z i A ,, , ' , 1gm , f ' ' . M ' 1 4 z 5 W ' i Y' ... g - a ' ' + E .1 . g 2 . g A' If '- E , A R ' 1 no Z ..- n P ,, ' ' A . .11 2 A 3 1 . , -1- .1 . K Q f ' ,X -- ,. 1 Q .1-, ' r ll 13 5 , - . 1 , f A . X X A 3 5 4 ' 4 ., , A A ' -M?-' W' x X A v.--.Z , I ,.,..s! A ' uf, . I, F . ., A ' ' ,. , . 1 Q I A ...lf X V '. c A, i V ' 1 If , L an I. A . 4. 3' S I 57 . ' M 1 . v ' K , , 5 . .r ' . f ,I Ag l.-I g Y li!! V. Q V - ' f 'K 4. 4. ,A ,A Q ,,,,f-gf.-.. b , 7 ' V ,J .4 Ag 1, ' Z . ' ,S V . . ' - 'Aw A , V ..Q-.y 4 32..-A-A resi en - Q Secrefary-Treasurer- ice resi en - KlE Advisor- . v v , . ' I -vi.w..,..,..,.,,,, NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY P d T DEAN BURWELL S Tay BOB SIEBENTHAL MISS JOOS d MR PERRIN One of The ouTsTandung organuzahons nn The hugh school as com prnsed oT sTudenTs chosen by The TaculTy on The basns of Therr scholar ship leadership characTer and service As The name suggesTs This as a nahonal organnzahon wnTh mosT hugh schools ThroughouT The counTry having chapTers The Wy l-In ChapTer No I474 was organized In I934 ToTal membershvp now us nnneTy mne ln The year I944 45 seven members were elecTed To The soc1eTy The sensor elecTees were Vnrgunla Gnllespue and Sara Buslcurlc gunnor elec Tees were Francis Leadley Dean Delv1enT Marlorue Long Jam lv1cCurdy and Vlrglna Graham resi en - , eye ,- - Advisors- an . I - . T I - I I - I .1 ' - l I I I . . I 7?-'l '53 NATIONAL THESPIANS 1 VIRGIMA G! LE fa yT CALISTA STREVTMATTER P d + YENNETH BRO A MISS BLACK The aim of The Nalional Thespian Organizafion is To creale a spiril of acrlve and inlelligenl inleresl in dramalics among boys and girls of our secondary schools. This organizafion has as Hs mollo lhis line of lhe greal bard Snalcespeare: Aol well your parl lhere all lhe honor lies. Eighl new members were admilled info The Nalional Thespian Or, ganizalion al a formal inilialion, February 27, l945. Several more were admilled laler in lhe spring. DRAMATIC CLUB The aim oT The DrarnaTic Club is To creaTe inTeresT in drarnaT1cs The club is made up oT sTudenTs inTeresTed in acTing sTage crew worlc malce up worlc TlclceT selling or any kind oT worlc connecTed wiTh The pro ducTion oT a play The DrarnaTic Club is one oT The larqesT orqanizahons in The school The qreaT inTeresT in This orqanizaTion is due in The mosT parT To The direcTor Miss Blaclc IT was only Through The unhring eTTorTs oT The members oT This or ganizahon ThaT The Two mayor produchons oT This year Ever Since Eve and The Nigh+ OT January 26 were successTul Ever Since Eve was a sTory oT Typical Teen-age people: while The NiqhT oT January 26 was a very unique play, in ThaT several mem- bers oT The audience were selecTed To come up on The sTaqe and acT as a iuryg Their verdicT deTermined The end oT The play. Surprise and sus- pense were TeaTured in ,boTh proclucTions, QQ QC S Fa ff v Sw! 47 r .r fm s r sm...xm5.,S.f F. F. A. PresldenT MYRON HOLMES Treasurer JIM MCCURDY Vlre Pre-srdenT DEAN BURWELL R porTer JACK MCGINN SecreTary ROBERT SIEBFNTI-IAL WaTchdoq MERLIN WILKINSON Advisor MR PAUL NICLEY This year The acT:vuTues oT The Wyoming ChapTer oT F F A have been IumlTed In The Tall oT The year The boys supervised a Purebred Boar and GIIT SaIe. sponsorung The buyung oT a purebred boar Tor use by IocaI breeders and F F A boys In January The Treshman aqrncuITure sTudenTs were snnTnaTed nnTo The club as Green I-lands and will become acTuve members oT The FuTure Farmers oT Amenca nexT year In The sprung F F A sponsored a pnng pong TornarnenT open To any member oT The sTudenT body Loving cups oT various suzes made Trom Slnclaar OIT cans by The experT TnnsmnThs oT The organuzahon were awarded To The TnrsT second and Thnrd place wznners. fra-M fn Wk umm EN QHL UO 1154 4.9451 HOME ECONOMIC CLUB d f BEATRICE WHITE PAULINE DIERCKSON Pe d + MARJORIE LONG MISS HALLSTED The l-lome Economics Club opened ils season of evenrs wirh a pol- luclc supper followed by The iniriarion of Jrhe freshmen. The iniriarion was a very formal affair in which over rwenry girls were admiflred info fhe organizafion. The girls of lhe club spread cheer ar Chrislmas 'rime by singing carols, ar Jrhe homes of many siclc people in Wyoming. Affer The girls were 'thoroughly chilled, Bealrice While Tools 'rhem ro her home where hof chocolare and cookies were served. The parry was furfher enlivened by a Chrisfmas gif? exchange in which every+hing from hair bows 'ro ra++Ies were exchanged. Several organizalions were served by rhe Home Economics Club. A banquel' for rhe Lelrermen was held March 23, and a dinner for The Wyoming Communily Club was held March 26. I WY HI BOOSTER Edt JUANITA CRADY I VIRGINIA GRAHAM FRANCIS MISS ADAMS LEADLEY d MARJORIE LONG The Wy l-lu Boosler was founded an l93O wulh The lollownng plallorrn I To Increase lhe Inleresl ol Ihe publac In school aclnvuhes 2 Urge higher scholarship Encourage clean sporlsmanshup Keep our school on The accredlled llsl Shmulale loyally among Ihe sludenl body and 'rhe alurnnl Supporl all school acllvlhes During 'fhe year l944 45 Ihere were aboul forly sludenls helping lo pu oul 'rhe paper every Iwo weelcs Perhaps Ihe hnghesf Irubule pand 'ro Ihe slall IS lhe fad lhal when lhe assembly group fund 'rhelr paper, one can almosl' hear a pun drop, and Ihere as no rush lo leave lhe sludy hall ANNUAL STAFF C Edf s SARA BUSKIRK d HENRY BANKIE g VIRGINIA GILLESPIE A t g M ge MYRON HOLM S The enhre Sensor Class asslslecl In wrnhng feafures 'lypmg arhcles achnq as salesmen and collechng snaps efc The co ednlors dnvndeo fhelr work nnlo fwo duvuslons Sara Buslurk supervnsung The wrlle ups and plcfures whale Henry Banlue did lhe arf work We wlsh fo lhanlc everyone who auded us IU publushung our volume of fhe Pnoneer o- 5 or - an ' Business Mana er- dver isin ana r- E I I . . . . . . , I I ' ' I , ' fix GAA Du of Zu Xl, X P d T ROBERTA KINSELLA T VIRGINIA GRAHAM DOROTHY COLC-BAN CAROLYN PETTIT P d T Ai J ESTHER KLUMPP Ad s MISS JOOS TN-IX Kyxfx b Th G A A was a poT luck supper lmmeduaTely Tollowung Thus The TursT parTy guven y e supper The poor TorTured souls oT The Treshrren were Trued To The IumuT Tor uT was unuTuaTuon nughT Eleven members oT our G A A aTTended a play day guven by The G A A oT Toulon Hugh For The lucky eleven The day began wuTh a bus rude To Toulon Upon arruvung aT Theur desTuna Tuon The gurls were puT on Teams such as The MuTchell Bomber SpuTTure eTc and games oT baseball Table Tennus badmunTon and volleyball were played Then came eaTs and enTerTaun menT and The G A A oT Wyomung CommunuTy l-lugh School showed Themselves masTers oT The arT oT l-luTch hukung Tor They walked no more Than Ten yards beTore They had a rude home Durung The wunTer baskeTball and volleyball games were held un The gym from seven ThurTy To eughT ThurTy un The evenung once a week The G A A has been a very acTuve and enTerTaun ung group all year 'YI' -:N , i . .- 9 Q A I :,- ' ' ll , . 1' . I - QR ' F . ' . I A , X Q ' 1 A ' 'T' s wa V ' sh , K-yuh.. - A , Q A nz.. 7 ' ' Y ,. . 5 V' - u 'Wu Q ', H . L' X 9,15 uv uf Y 1- A , Af' -11. lf ' A ,Q u e y L N x yx M ur ' - 'A y ., A X., , Q, ,, J, T V l -X! Qxk. 0 0 ' XX I' My-1 ' ., V Kill? l XXV resi en:- Poin Chairman- J :J Vice resi en - Program Chairman- ' 1 SecreTary'Treasurer- vi or- , 1 X 1 X lv xkxxo fu u u I T - 1 - ' ' ' ll U I' ll ' ' 'I . I I I 'I I u I ' ' l - LETTERMAN S CLUB P d T MYRON HOL COACH RALPH ZECH A new club was formed sn Wyomung CommumTy Hugh School Thus year known as The LeT Terman s Club IT conslsTed of nuneTeen boys all of whom had earned a leTTer In one of The Three mayor sporTs TooTball baskeTball or Traclc The club has a consT1TuT1on whnch prohublTs anyone from wearnng a leTTer which he hnmself has noT earned and prohubnTs The wearing oT leTTers from oTher schools IH The hopes ThaT a leT Ter will become an umporTanT symbol unsTead of someThung anyone can buy ln order ThaT They mlghT have some money in Thenr Treasury They boughT pencils wsTh The baskeTball schedule on Them and each member had To sell TwenTy A banqueT served by The Home Economics Class was held March 7 an honor of l-lenry Banlue ClemenT Cox Carl Br1TTnngham and KenneTh Brown who had all enllsTed an The Navy W l 5 l A Li ,Q 'A J.: ' 'M 'f I A . . I ' 1 . 3 A f . . f 1 . I Presidenf-KENNETH BROWN Secrefary-Treasurer-CARL BRITUNGHAM Vice resi en- MES Advisor- ' - I . . C . T v u - 9 QA X X X X X X f X ff X f X ff K6 ff f f f f Z X f f ,f ff f f f f X f f f S f X f f X ff X ff X f X f FOOTBALL The foolball leam 'rhns year was no'r quule as successful perhaps as 1+ could have been We had seven scheduled games We won only one of lhese losl 'rhree and hed Two The olher game was wnlh Chills colhe buf since I+ could nol be played because of nnfanhle paralysus al defealed W ommg Wyoming Wyomung Wyoming W omung Wyoming Wyomung Walnul' 20 G va I3 Manual 7 Dunlap-O Welhersfeeld Tou on I4 l 3 Bradford O Jrheir school, we played a gamenwilh Peoria Manual Reserves whom we Y ' - 0 - ' -I3 al - ' --l3 - ' - O . Y . - O . ' -- O l - :f??!8i ?fK?W'?ly. BASKETBALL Wyomxng s squad has won seven games whale dropping slxleen buf 'lhree games were los'I' by a single poanl anolher by a +wo pounf margun and several olhers were by close scores In well played games Three nmporlanl Blackhawk confesfs were losl' In 'rhe final mlnule of play The lndnans placed second In Prmcevulle lnvulahonal and Slarlc Counly lourneys One of The greafesl vnclorues of Jrhe season was deleahng our old rnvals Toulon Wyomnng 22 VVyomlng-4l Wyoming I8 Wyoming I9 Wyomung-42 Toulon 35 Galva 30 Wa nu'r 3l Laliayefle 23 W omlng Prnncevnlle-4I W omang Dunlap 28 Chxllncolhe-33 Bradford 23 W omlng Prnncevllle-27 Bradford 27 W omlng W omnng PRINCEVILLE TOURNAMENT Wyommg W omung Wyoming W omnng W omlng Wyommg 39 Glasford 34 Wyomung 24 Pruncevllle 22 Wyoming 25 Brxmfleld --40 STARK COUNTY TOURNAMENT Wyoming-40 Bradford 26 Wyoming 26 Tou on Dunlap-39 Toulon-43 LaFayeH'e-28 Galva 30 Wa nul' 2l ' - - y ' -38 scss,ccs,,,, - ' -I8 ..,..... ' c,,.,. 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PT unnplvmil M M A zOHHPwHmZOZmU AUGUST 28 All roads lead fo W C H S Semor boys gladly go fo Physics 29 Second day of school Poor mzxed up freshmen 30-Physlcal exam-4 Es exempfed from P E SEPTEMBER I Elecf class officers Sensor boys grab offices 6-Freshmen grven I fesf Gee' whaf dnrecfrons fo follow More fesfs for freshmen Anyway fhe scores donf go down In fhe grade bool: Congrafulafuons Arf we see you prefer married lnfe fo school 5 Bug Day I I I Elrsf foofball game of season wnfh Walnuf Also fhe freshmen gef formally nnnfnafed Info W C H S wufh blg all school parfy Bnology sfudenfs engoy class foday because of a fneld frlp 20-Lefferman s Club organizes and sefs farm rules for gurls Tue wlfh Galva un fhe mucl WARNING slaps no dafes no shows no nofhung buf sfudy 3 Bug weelc end for Juniors as fhey spend 'rhenr 'fume flashzng new class rings around Chill' game cancelled play Manual Reserves lnsfe ad OCTOBER Bofh freshmen and sophomores have wemer roasfs Iclnda darlc wasnl n+7 Bad news for Sensors Taclcy Day IS posfponed 6-Pugslun baffle wnfh Wefhersfleld 7-G A A gurls fly fo Toulon for Playday I0-A+ lasl we have Taclcy Day Iunda cloudy buf everyone has a swell 'mme Sensor foofball boys play hoolcey from pracfuce Sensor boys gef 'ro play In Dunlap game and whaf a game I I I O O Friday fhe fhsrfeenfh Teachers have fo go fo school fhrrfeen always was our luclcy number OH SLEEP' I Lovers of musuc can now learn more abouf fhe classucal 'rype Baffle wfh old rsvals Toulon 30-Too bad Mr Perrnn doesnf rause chuckens as hes gof enough corn 'ro feed fhem now NOVEMBER 3 Bradford game GOOD NEWS WE WON I0-Chuck and Marlon find romance Oh' 20-Play prachce sfarfs Mnss Black wonders If well ever learn our parfs 27 Flrsf baslcefball game of season wufh l.aFayeffe 28 Pruncevvlle baslcefball game fhere 30-Thanlcsguvmg vacahon o dlefs bur plenfy of sleep DECEMBER I All school play Say McCurdy we hear you re a gemus af leasf fhafs whaf fhe program says 4-Baclc fo fhe old rouflne S-Dunlap game here bad luck we losf 8-Bradford game here and VICTORY In OURS 9 Bug nughf for Bee as she affends Bradley Fra'rerm+y Dance IO-Sensors sell Chrlsfmas Cards fo rasse funds for annual I2 Berl fakes vacaflon wlfh Jack fo Chvcago I4-Wefhersfneld baslcefball game and we are defeafed by a few polnfs 20-G A A has flrsf mghf volley ball game 22 Sanfa vusufs W C H S Everybody happy 23-Chrlsfmas holedays fen days :snf Sanfa good fo us7 JANUARY 2 Back fo school affer vacaflon and sfudyung for exams lPleasan+ fhoughf 3 Sfudy Sfudy SNOWBOUNDI 4-Farsf semesfer exams 5 Play Toulon here and WE WON 7- . 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'BROWN 81 SON ALDRICH BLIRNERS Ice DeI very SaIes and Servuces WYOMING ILLINOIS ADOLPH FUIKS J ALLAN BLUME The S+o e For Men WYOMING ILLINOIS An+ que Shop Fur Iu e General Repa r UphoIsIerung CompI me Is GEORGE SHULLAW MILES G COLWELL General I su ance WYOMING ILLINOIS 0 W o g 42 n CHARM BEAUTY SHOP Laura Wesfefer Prop Pho e IOO WYOMINC ILLINOIS Shafer Reconduhoned Cylunder Head Co Ge e aI Weldung WYOMING ILLINOIS Bug Husky Chucks Jamesway Equupmenf A cady Feeds O I3 WYOMING LLINOIS FLUHRER S HATCHERY FREE METHODIST CHURCH N Galena A e 81 Adams SI Re A A Funders PasI'or uhe n a esf congrafulaf ons of The Church are co o aIIy e e ded Io Ihe g adua+ ng CIass of I945 Wo Foay nce Gas SF ed Commercual Telephone Company THE METHODIST CHURCH c WYOMING ILLINOIS THE KEWANEE STAR COURIER Furs+ n Hugh School Spor'Is ehed CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WYOM we ILLINOIS SERVING y a d SIaIc Com I I I I .. r .. rII r . I ' I n . QI n I Ph ne: y rnIn , Pri ce., IO ' ' ru r ' n 1 . ' . v . , r v. . . 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