Amo High School - Amoace Yearbook (Amo, IN)

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KW fp e-..-Qiw Q K Q'?iqQmm5Q CLASS HISTCRY Freshmen After our Journey through the Grades ard JUFIOP Hlgh, we the Class of '49, began the upward trall throu r n1gh school Our f1rst year as Freshmen we had ten Prospectors Cboysl and s1xteen Gold dlggers Kg1rlsJ, maklrg a total of twenty SlX borty h1D8PS 1D the covered wagon By tD1S tlme it was Det tlng rather crowded but we manager to make room for two new members Burneda Brown and Connle Cress To command our wagon thls year we elected lommy Crews, Pres1dent, Anne larley, V1ce Pres1dent, waur1ce Bombel, secretary and Trea surer, and Dav1d Bolles, as Reporter r kerhlnger, our sporsor, was to protect us from Indlar 8ttaLKb wowever, he fa1led DlS duty, ror or sept 14, we were attacked by the sophomores who throughly 1n1t1ated us 1nto Hlgh School Our ooys wore glPlS bathlng Sulto, gum boots, bathlng caps and ralncoats on backwards fney carrled an lnnertube and the1r lunch on a St1CK wrapped 1D a red bandana The g1PlS wore Ind1an blankets, thelr ha1r ln a knot on top w1t1 feathers 1n lt, men's work shoes slze 10 on the wrong feet, and a doll able bophomoresn gave a party for us and the hlgh school mveryone enyoyed the entertalnment and del1c1ous refreshments It seems that tnls year our Forty NIHEPS became lDVOlVed 1n many squabbles durlng class meet1n5s and could come to no d8C1S10DS on a party, but we dld learn the proper proceduneof a class meetlng from kr M9DP1De6P CIt says here D Two t the few d8C1810HS that we did reach were to have green and whlte as our class colors, and Vlrglnla atrahl and alberta Booty as our class Yell leaders nO1S Frlstche, Tom mcCaamack, Harold Appleoate, and Alberta Elliott were ln the band and helped make muslc for our covered wagon we also engoyed the entertalnmert pro vlded by our magorettes, wargorle beller, Ruth harley, ulendllne Hubble, and Mary Hanlor we engoyed many excltlng sports th1s year, and were very proud of our Prospector ', who part1c1pated ln baseball, b sketoall, and YPSCK e were very d1sa:oo1rted that no class tourney was held thlb year Bel1ev1nb to have struck a gold mlne Cof knowledgel, we declded to pltch camp tlll September CQ 2' Z-TIE 652223-725 cf? N-N Nsss-::gggggg2::5' .-- GX . r p . ni A. . . ' 5- I ' 4 . ,Q 4, r , O . N 0 . , ,, H .f D M, , . . ',A . . - F I Q O ' . 0 l K -- fn . Av . u.. . y .I 0 . r . , . . . , straped on their backs as a papoose. That night the Hhonor- D 1 'V u I . 0 o on . . I K ' ' U 1 1. ' J ' ' ' 'N ' X I' S' , . . . ap ., .. I ' ' C U . ' ' . ' o . . . ' , 1 Y Z