Avilla High School - Panther Yearbook (Avilla, IN)

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SEPTEMBER Principal Helmer sweeps off the steps and decides to start school again — Mad scramble for books. i„oach Strycker starts Softball practice. Softball team travels to Albion to try their wings which are promptly clipped 14-5. Another Softball game, this time with Ligon- ier. Panthers lose 14-2. Sof;ball Panthers again outscored. Hunter- town wins 17-12. 14. Students take ten-minute break from class- es. (Weekend). KendallviUe tangles with Panthers on Avilla ' s diamond and wins easily 15-2. You can ' t keep a good team down forever! Panthers swamp Wolcottville 12-5. Soflball team ' s winning streak broken by Cromwell 9-6. Blue Monday. Team and fans steel them- selves for three straight Softball wins this week. Wolf Lake shatters the glass ball by win- ning a close one 5-3; first call to basketball- ball practice; the Panthers staff selected by i: ' opular vote to edit the tenth school year- book. Hooray! Magnificent last inning rally gives Panthers sweet revenge over Huntertown 12- 11. Individual pictures taken; Panthers wind up their Softball season by losing a 10-3 de- cision to Wawaka. Eighth grade tries to forget the horrible past by staging a class party. OCTOBER Agriculture meeting at KendallviUe. Organization and first meeting of PTA held at scho olhouse. Miss Miller ' s hair turning white as Junior Play deadline draws closer. Last day to apply for cheer-leader. Freshman Class Party. Juniors have their black and gold class sweaters on order. 16-17. Juniors present their class play which was a dramatic, financial, and educational success, or so we are told. 23-25. May the man be praised who invented teachers conventions. Senior Class travels to Crone-Leon Studios to be shot — by the camera. Band leads Halloween Parade through city of Avilla. NOVEMBER Panthers get a good start in basketball by edging Ligonier 28-27. Game was played at KendallviUe as our gym was being repaired. Seniors receive proofs of their pictures. Com- plaint department working overtime. P.T.A. ' s Auction starts their treasury off to another good year. Tape Recording machine demonstrated to the Senior Class. New gym floor completed and ready for action. What ' s this?? Harold Englert, basketball player, ineligible?? Incredible, outrageous, prepostrous, impossible — we hope. Albion drubs Panthers by 41-36. Avilla misses chance to win Old Oaken Bucket. Continued 1. • 2. V. U. 12. 1 16. 17. U. 22. 23. 24. 26. 29. 10. 13. 14. 29. 31. 1. 5. 6. 6. 7. . . . CALENDAR 10. Speech Class and Music Department, with help from the grades, present play written by the noted playwright, Robert Needham, at PTA meeting. 14. Fremont Eagles wing their way past Panthers 39-34. 15. Moans and wails prevail all over the school as Harold Englert is ruled ineligible until December 1. AviUa has yet to win an ath- letic contest this year. 17. Demonstration by the Anti-Saloon League. 18. Senior party held at home of Lillian Myers. 19. Mr. and Mrs. Myers stiU picking up the pieces. Wire recorder demonstrated to Senior Class. 21. Churubusco journeys to Avilla with blood in the eye and leaves with black in the eye. We won 44-39. Pepsi-Cola Scholarships given. 25. Wildcats from Waterloo decision Panthers 58-41. 27. Thanksgiving vacation. Please pass the turkey. 28. Please pass the medicine. 29. Last call for cold turkey. 30. FFA boys make tour to Chicago. DECEMBER 1. PANTHER selling campaign starts. 4. Faculty edges out the strong FFA quintet 44-21. 5. Panthers gain possession of the victory bell by overpowering the Ashley Aces 35-21. 9. Avilla 7th-8th grade team loses 37-10 game to York Center. 10. PTA meets in another attempt to solve school problems. 1 1 . Home Economics class organizes the Future Homemakers of America. County Tourney starts. Panthers go after Wolf Lake with a vengence but find Wolves have even more vengence and lose 42-36. 13. Albion cops County tourney by beating Ken- dallviUe. 16. Huntertown Wildcats trip over dope bucket as Panthers win a hard one 27-22. 19. Panthers subdue the Cromwell Spartons 46- 35. 21. Mr. Needham marries, (no further com- ment) . 23. Speech class presents Christmas program to student body. Revengful Panthers mrn the tables on Wolf Lake by trimming the Wolves 32-31. 24. Christmas ' Vacation begins. 25. Santa Claus was here!!!!! 27. Miss Hawbaker leaves the classrooms to marry. 31. New stokers installed in school house. JANUARY 1. New Years resolutions made. 2. New Years resolutions broken. 6. Panthers travel to Wolcotrville nursing a three-game winning streak which is promptly nioped by the Bulldogs 56-41. 8. FFA basketball game with Angola; Angola won 24-23. 9. Rome City has never beaten Avilla and this year is no exception as Panthers win 44-32. 10. Avilla FFA sponsors a scrap paper drive. 11. Mrs. Sisson recovers from flu and returns to her teaching duties. 13. KendallviUe Comets wallop Panthers 42-26. on Page 46 19

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VI$I€N$ Cr THE rUTLCE A stranger has just come through the doors of A. H. S. He is short in stature and timid by nature. His head is very round and completely bald. He gives to us a strange instrument somewhat resembling a telescope. We look into this device and see an enormous pair of eyes which slowly fade into the background and a number of familiar faces appear. First we see a sideshow at the Avilla World ' s Fair featuring the world ' s fatest woman, Lucille Hampshire. Here is crooner Johnny Weimer, idol of millions of women, picking on the freshmen girls as usual. Delores Grimm and Betty McBride, now woJrld famous magicians, are better known as the Female Fakes. Jerry Mueller has now taken up permanent residence at Alcatraz for running off with Professor Helmer ' s beautiful secretary. Donna Blotkamp, chief wardeness, says Jerry is her favorite boarder. Now we are looking at Jim Bianski, the Olympics swimming champion, who has just established another milestone in the sport of swimming by making a transatlantic swim across the Pacific Ocean. Now we are switched to Africa where we see Marilyn Geinger, of the F.B.I. , leading the search for Doctor Loyal Perlich, who has been missing in darkest Africa for several years. Back in civilization we find that D ' Maris Uhl is the women ' s wrestling champion of the universe. Dick Helmkamp is the overworked editor of the Police Gazette. We have reason to believe that Dick enjoys his job. Pat Crothers is now the first lady of the land. She seems to have made a lucky matrimonial catch. Jean Imler has seen fit to change her name to Mrs. Uhl and is now the eleventh vice president of the Uhl Petroleum Products. She is in charge of the president, Mr. Jr. Uhl. The recent revolution in Mexico has ended with Ellen Parks, leader of the revolutionists, crowned queen. Queen Parks has declared war on any and all nations who refuse to recognize her government. Harold Englext, president of the United States Senate, is engaged in a terrific fight to get congress to lower the voting age to four. Harold says, Anyone who is man enough to chew the new super-deluxe bubble gum is man enough to vote. Alberta Fischer is the leading attraction on Broadway again this year. Her superb performances as a fan dancer has been packing theaters for the last three years. Now we see that a sure cure for hay fever has finally been discovered. The person responsible for this cure is Dorothy McCoy. Thersa Teders and Lois Traxler have teamed up to make the popular singing duo known as the Puddlejumpers. Wayne Tarlton, the secretary of the treasury in the President ' s Cabinet has suddenly disappeared. By a strange coincidence ten billion dollars also disappeared at the same time. That nationally known deep sea diver, William Eley, has made another record breaking dive. Three weeks aso he went down off the coast of Florida on a search for Mermaids. As far as anyone knows he is still searching, or maybe he caught un with one. Donna Bell M ' ller has just been chosen Miss America of the 20th Century. Miss Miller is now attemtiring to decide whether she will accept movie contracts from Hollywood, dramatic con- tracts from Broadway, or marriage contracts from Avilla. Merton Buehrer, the enersetic president of General Motors, has acquired a monopoly on the automotive industry. Mr. Bu ' -hr r issued a bulletin stating that only n odel A Fords will be made from now on because, as Mr. Buehrer says, You can ' t be killed on a highway, as long as you ' re in a Model A. Ivan Dressier has followed his bovhood occupation and become a common everyday farmer, although his f rm is a bit out of the ordinary in that it rovers the entire Midwest United States. Mr. Dressier, furthermor-;, says that if taxes don ' t come dov T he will recede from the Un ' on. Roger Harrod is the modi-rn vcrsif ! of the ancient Romeo. Ro ' er is n ' the head of a larse firm that specializes in giving advice to the lovelorn. Ethel Bohnenberger, the famous woman explorer. h?s discovered that the North Pole ■ ' ; lost. She is conducting an extensive se-fh for the Lost Pole. Pat Walt is the nation ' s leadintr a- ' -iatr ' x, who h s iust set a new speed record between Earth and the moon by the way of Mars. Lillian Myers, who started working -as a salesgirl in Woolworth ' s five and ten cent store, has been promoted. Sh= row holds the controlling interests in Woolworth ' s and Myers ' five and ten dollar stores. The ' 4S class picked Paul Uhl as the one most likely to succeed. Paul lived uo to his billing by turnini a professional tramp and is now k ' nT of the American Federation cf Respectable Hobos. Police in ■jS states have been alerted to watch for the notorious bandit. Paul Geiger. Gruesome Gei-cr h s just held up the Communitv Sind Band at Avilla and made off with several million dollars in counterfeit checks. Alice Wri ht has finally proven that she is a direct descendent of the famous ■Wright br ' hers. The Supreme Court has ruled that Miss Wright is riehtful owner o{ the epf ' re airplane industry. Working d v« are now a thinT of the past because that great in-enror, Frarcis Lev. has worked out a formi-Iti for roetual mof ' oi Now as we are still lookin-r i- ' o this strange machine, we see a siffn massing by. The sign reads; It is not advisable to place much stock in the truth of the things vou have iust seen. It is m.y duty to inform you that this instrument was invented by Jack Moore who is now residing at the institute for the insane. Signed, The World. Whether the things we saw are true or not is up to Father Time. But these are visions of the future of the class of 1948, as seen through the eyes of the world. IS

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JLNICI S The Juniors started under the capable sponsorship of Miss Miller, with the following officers: Richard Bender, President; Max Sneary, Vice President; Max Robart, Secretary; Raymond Bell, Treasurer. They have taken part in the following activities to increase their treasury fund: Selling candy and ice cream during noon and at home basketball games; selling headscarfs, blue and white beanies, magazines and Christmas cards. With great enthusiasm they received their gold and black class sweaters in the early part of November and their class rings the 9th of September. » Tom Angel Esther Baney Bob Beckberger I :i,n y 3td Campbell Teresa Carteaux Irvin Croy ■B Kenneth Douglas ' - Pat DeWitt Wayne Diehm I -| Mary Gienger - J Betty Grocock Bernard Haines . Frank Knach Robert Kugler Ruth Lash Ivan Potter Bernard Rhodes Fred Ritter Barbara Schlotter Robert Schlotter Georgia Schlupp Max Sneary Joan Teders Withdrawn Raymond Bell Richard Bender Richard Braun Janet Debes Imogene DeLong Connie DePew Eugene Duehmig Charles Fordyce Mary Gadomski Pat Helmer Bill Huelsenbeck Maxine Jarrett Toan Marti Richird Msrti Max Robart Chloe Peters Sally Schauweker Alene Scheurich Bertha Schraeder Ethel Sch iefpr Norman Simon Velma Weimer Willard Leitch 20