Zion Benton Township High School - Nor Easter Yearbook (Zion, IL)

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ofooging Z?acLwar SIX MONTHS AGO DEC. 1, 1944 Oh, Oh!! End of second six weeks. At four o'clock the Freshmen play Waukegan. DEC. 4, 1944 Christmas music floated down the halls of ZfB. T. H. S. tonight as our parents and teachers got together for another meeting. Some of the Public Speaking class talked on What Christmas Means to Me. Was that drum background music or their knees? DEC. 5, 1944 Will we never lose? Beat Hebron tonight 49453. DEC. 7, 1944 Pearl Harbor day and again the junior Band gave a stirring concert. DEC. S, 1944 Another happy dance, this time a matinee dance, after we beat Waukesha this afternoon. Dance was given by the Annual staff - probf ably paid for some of this paper I'm writ' ing on. DEC. 12, 1944 Nuts!! After struggling down to Lake Forest in buses, cars, trains, or thumbs we lost the game. Only by three points though, 3229. DEC. 15, 1944 I'm glad my Mom didn't see how fast Jack Rank could dress in assembly today or she'd never understand why it takes me so long to get ready for school. The seniors' study of Macbeth finally came in handy. Mr. Rank was good, wasn't he? DEC. 15, 1944 The Christmas Dance was a huge success, both in entertainment and proceeds. We dis' covered we have a very talented songstress in our midst, Miss Audrey Bourdeau. Vic also arranged for Carmen Miranda to be present in a lavish South American accent and costume. Q DEC. 18, 1944 After several mighty swings the Pinata was knocked down tonight at the Spanish' Latin Club party. As always it was a super party. I PAK E SEVENTYYTWO 1 in flue War ,gadfer DEC. 21, 1944 At Last!!!!! The day we've been waiting fort Christmas vacation begins. FIVE MONTHS AGO JAN. 3, 1945 What a Christmas everyone had!! Weather was perfect for ice skating, skiing, tobogf ganing, and all. Although we return with long, sad faces, it takes little time to get back in to the old groove. One drastic change has been made in our educational institution. Because of a fire resulting from spontaneous combustion, we ind the lower hall minus one storeroom, and the woodwork and walls blisf tered and cracked. However, it was dehnitely proved that no student was trying to sabotage our good old school! JAN. 4, 1945 Everyone is sporting new Christmas pres- ents. The big broad grin on Beatrice Swan's face couldn't be because she has a new piece of jewelry on the third linger, left hand, could it? Best wishes, Bea! JAN. 6, 1945 Winning streak resumed as we beat Lake Forest, 39f28. JAN. 10, 1945 Who washed Beaver Schmalfuss's face during the third period Geometry class? Not to mention any names, but you really did surf prise him, didn't you, Miss Studer? JAN. 12, 1945 Neighbors grumble as they turn over in their beds and try to go back to sleep, only to be awakened by another loud shriek. No one is being killed! It is just the ZfB rooters letting out some of that extra enthusiasm ref sulting from our win over St. Catherines 33451. Both teams were tied nearly all the way through, but the Zee Bees dood it again. JAN. 16, 1945 How is your vision? Is your reaction speed high or low? In case of emergencies, do you know what to do? After taking a safety test given by Police Sgt. john De Pew, many of us were able to answer these and many other questions concerning the type of driver or pedestrian we'll make.

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o!!ooLing gaclfwar NINE MONTHS AGO SEPT. 6, 1944 Back to school again!! No more sleeping 'till noon or Wednesday afternoon swims. SEPT. 7, 1944 Current fad causing many headaches. The fad? Why, changing programs! SEPT. 9, 1944 Freshies are still struggling with locker com' binations. SEPT. 15, 1944 Wanted: One bucket in which to catch tears. Lost first football game to Lake Forest, l9fO. SEPT. 22, 1944 Another home game. More bad news! Lost to Libertyville, 24f0. SEPT. 29, 1944 Yea, Rah, Team!! Skunked Washington Park by score of 27f14. First win of season. Are we happy! EIGHT MONTHS AGO OCT. 2, 1944 First P. T. A. meeting of the year. Mom and Pop returned to school after years. They enjoyed each class thoroughly. Some, however, were puffing rather hard after having to climb the stairs for the third time. ,OCT. 6, 1944 Waukesha, you're defeated, was the glad cry of the ZfB students as we came smash' ing through with a l2fO victory. All our yelling was not in vain! OCT. 13, 1944 The football squad tasted a bitter defeat on this, our homecoming, day. Many of the alumni were out there watching our boys put up a valiant but unsuccessful fight against Lake Geneva. A dance held in the gym aff ter the game helped to lighten our heavy hearts. All alumni were invited. . OCT. 17, 1944 The LatinfSpanish students decided it was time that they, too, had a party. Tonight was the night they were to substitute pleasure for the old homework routine. The games played at the party made them forget that they had ever struggled with a language. All were happy that they had taken Spanish or Latin so that they were eligible to come. in fke War Zzazifer OCT. 20, 1944 Although the football fans dragged home with reddened hands and sore throats, our team was unable to defeat the Belvidere boys. Since this was the first night game we've played, our defeat must have been caused by the lights! OCT. 23, 1944 The teachers went to school this day. Stu' dcnts regretfully stayed home because of the North Shore Teachers' meeting. OCT. 24, 1944 Annual pictures were taken this morning. Van Johnsons and Hedy Lamaars pose draf matically as Mr. Klein blinds you momenf tarily with his flashbulbs, OCT. 27, 1944 Facial expression of the daymlong drawn face. Reason? Lost to Harvard, 14f0. SEVEN MONTHS AGO NOV. 3, 1944 Music dept. gives party. Good time had by all. NOV. 10, 1944 Tom Boy proves huge success. Juniors set secord in selling tickets for play. NOV. 17, 1944 Z-B gym resounds with melody of laughter as the Seniors enjoy their first class party of the year. .Girls in braids and boys in overf alls can be seen as the Sadie Hawkins Day theme is followed through to a NOV. 21, 1944 The basketball team don their new suits to trounce Richmond 4146 in the first game of the season. NOV. 22, 1944 Mr. Pearce gives us an extra reason for being thankful! We're dismissed early to work up our appetites for the next day. NOV. 23, 24, 1944 Also given an extra day, besides the week' end, in which to recover from gorging our' selves with turkey and cranberries. One note of gloom added to holidays, though. Lost to Libertyville, 37f22. NOV. 28, 1944 What a game! What a team! Beat Warren 3380. After trailing them all the way, we came up during the last few minutes of play to win. I PAGE SIEVLNFYON1 I

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ollooling gacgwar FIVE MONTHS AGC Continued JAN. 19, 1945 5 The allfschool party to be given in honor of the class that won the bond drive took place tonight. lt was enjoyed not only by the winning class, but by all because the school, instead of the losers, paid the expenses, and the faculty took care of all other arf rangements. No wonder everyone was in top spirits! 1 JAN. 20, 1945 Warren came here for revenge, but they tasted bitter defeat once again. Score was 43 to 27 in our favor. JAN. 25, 26, 1945 Study hall is filled to capacity before the janitor has a chance to unlock the doors. All around you see students guilty of crammer's crouch. Even in their state of extreme agony, these eager beavers are able to make a few wisecracks such as, Charlie, you'd bet' ter close your eyes before you bleed to death. This scene holds true not only in the study hall, but in every vacant room, for today is the day known to all schoolfgoers as EfDay. fExam Dayj JAN. 30, 1945 The Band gave its annual concert tonight. All who attended were certainly amazed at the improvement both the bands and the chorus had made. Those who had heard them practicing couldn't believe it! You could easily have imagined that you were listening to a Chicago Philharmonic concert. Maybe I'm just prejudiced though! JAN. 31, 1945 Sam Campbell, the noted naturalist, hon' ored us once again by speaking to us in asf sembly and showing us some of his natural colored pictures. We all freely admitted that it was one of the most interesting assembly programs we've had this year. FCUR MCNTHS AGO FEB. l, 1945 Don't vibrate! Mr. Klein is here again. A lot of lucky club and gym kids got out of class today to have their annual pictures taken. in fda Wolf Zlcwfer Another lucky dozen or so helped him with his equipment. FEB. 2, 1945 All the Juniors were very happy today- their class party is tonight. FEB. 4, 1945 Anasthesia is on the beam. We beat Northf brook tonight 3960. FEB. 5, 1945 The school was greatly shocked and sorf rowed to hear of the death of Mervin Cena yesterday in an auto accident. Merve was a junior who will be missed, yet remembered by all, especially so in the athletic depart' mcnt where he was a manager. FEB. 7, 1945' So far the basketball team has won 13 out of 15 basketball games. Pretty slick, eh!! FEB. 8, 1945 We've had a new SeniorfFrosh romance in school since the Christmas Dance. I'd better not tell you their names but here's a hint- their parents' names are De Pew and Nielson. FEB. 13, 1945' Beat Washington Park tonight in a fast game. Reserve score 16fl8. Varsity 27f36. FEB. 13, 1945 - Graham crackers and milk are good but it would take a steak dinner to restore our pep after that state I. Q. test we took today. I noticed the Juniors had to struggle along with the Seniors on it, too. FEB. 24, 1945' Niles Center is pretty good in basketball. They beat us 30-36. It was the last game of the '44945 season too. Oh, well the dance afterwards cheered us up. FEB. 27, 1945 Four bells echoed through the halls after second hour today. We whizzed down to the gym, hitting as few frosh as possible and found we were having a pep meeting, the last one this year. Mr. Stanton called the team on the floor to be commended for hard work all season. Weeds Wedekind is home on leave from the Navy. Guess what senior girl is walk' ing on clouds! I PAGE SEVENTY THREE 1