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

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fayaff- Let me introduce Alice and Elmer to you. This girl and boy were chosen the most typical seniors by popular vote of our entire senior class. Alice is a pretty brown-haired, blue- eyed girl with a friendly, sparkling personality. She has taken part in oll the school activities such as C.A.A., Chorus, Spanish-Latin Club, and the Commercial Club. Tall, quiet Elmer is really full of mischief and fun when he has the opportunity. Sports is his forte, and Iltxfrs- I'1lly!1-111 basketball and football are his favor- ites. l-le is a favorite with all the students. Since Alice and Elmer are typical seniors, they have a typical senior scheduleg so let's go with them dur- ing the day as they travel through the halls of learning at Zion-Benton. Bright and early in the morning C8:3O A.M.l we see Alice and Elmer outside the school waiting for the gang. Notice the energetic, peppy looks on their faces.t?D

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076146 The Mills Brothers and Betty Hutton received a great welcome this year. They had the girls screaming and the clowns swooning. The parents, students, and children alike got a big kick out of Harrison Koetz's hula-hula on the tight wire. Ginny Talkington, Marjorie Neave, and Genevra Books per- formed many stunts with grace and ease with their co-workers, those two musclemen of Z-B T., Charles McDowell and Dennis Burgan. 18, 19, 20, - Around and around they went with dizzing speed, those Wizards of the High Bar. Rose Miller, Ioan Brune, and Betty Burgan demonstrated frontward and backward flips on the trampoline. Kato Reinier and Bettie Haas showed their skill and perfect timing by jump- ing rope on it. Then a group of boys displayed their skill by walking on their hands, doing flips with and without their hands, and other stunts. To the winds! March! This was one of Pat Baughman's commands to her marching girls who gave a snappy performance. Squeak! Went the springs of the trampoline as the boys enacted face flips, frontward and backward flips, and other combinations of tramp stunts, but the springs were unnoticed because of the boys' excellent showmanship. Then came the girls' beautiful pyramids of symmetry and design and the boys' pyramids of dizzing height and massive strength. All good things must come to an end, and so it is with our circus. The grand finale, always an impressive affair, was made up of a massive pyramid of boys and girls plus a solo by Audrey Bourdeau. And so, on Saturday night, March 30, the Sixth Annual Zion-Benton Township High School's circus came to an end. On the Thursday night performance we were honored with the presence of the Governor of Illinois, Dwight H. Green. Miss Victorik, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Sanford deserve great credit for backing, devising, and staging the Big Show. We thank them and wish them luck in their future circus productions. Pc: 'Jo Filly-Ili

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Ala? az?- The first class in the morning is American History. This class is never dull, for Mr. Stanton keeps a lively discussion going among the students and it is always interspersed with stories and anecdotes of his own. In this class we learn the basic principles of democracy and good citizenship that will make us better Americans in the future. We learn about the first exploration and set- tlement of our country: the first poor attempts at government. We learn of the gradual expansion and growth of our people and business. We learn of its progressiveness, that qual- ity that makes our America the great- est nation in the world. Next were going with Alice to gym. Alice is working out on the trapeze for her part in our annual gym cir- cus. The circus is the gayest and most important event of our year. For several months previous, the stu- dents of Z-B try out and practice for their acts. School studies are prac- Paqe Fifty-live