Avon High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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At last we were ready for f1nal Journey Dumg the n1nth year the Magtc Carpet took us to a new hrgh school btuldlng Wh1Ch was qu1te drfferent to us for the ftrst few weeks but our new Genre Mr Robert PFICC pr1nc1pal and Mr Ewan McCla1n f1na11y got us under control for Ih1S tr1p The passengers that entered Wllh us Ih1S year mcluded Fred R1ff1tt Ralph Elhs Larry Clark Joyce Redford George Dtehl Ph1l Dav1s Donald Beavers Gordon Everhng Larry Kelso Kenneth Mahurtn John Snapp and Donald Wrlght The people who dectded to leave us were Larry Clark Kenneth Mahurtn Donald Beavers Fred R1ff1tt Joyce Redford Phtl Davts Phyllts Schrter George D1eh1 Phtlhp Elhs and Patty Ward We were ready to enter the tenth year of our Journey as we had a httle more exper1ence We ptcked up another new Gen1e Mr Orvtlle Woody and also ftve more members They were Bruce Clark Jodle Hawkms Buddy Sokol Barbara Garrett andJan1ce Cox We also lost two passengers Robert Pharr and Yvonne Glfford We had now reached our eleventh year onthe Magtc Carpet wh1ch was a year of hard work as well as a year ofalot offun The Geme for the eleventh year of thts tr1p were Mr Ewan Mc Clam prmctpal and Mr Arthur Dav1s our teacher We had two members James Ftnk and Lymon W11l1ams and we lost three people as we went over the rough places they were Barbara Johnson B111 Chr1sty and Ronald O Dell We landed the carpet on May 15 1956 The th1rty three passengers that have completed the tr1p are Ralph Blssell LarryBos1ey Phyll1s Bruce Bruce Clark J an1ce Cox Dav1d Derbyshtre Norma Englehart GordonEverhng BarbaraGarrett RochelleHand J od1e Hawkms Nancy Hopk1ns Larry Kelso Gerald Knarr Carol Masten Dan McCla1n Rex McCla1n Charles Mtller Dova Mtller Lmda Mlller Marjorte Muncy Ronald Murphy Donald Muston Charles Patterson John Pock Charles Schoen Eagle Shaw John Snapp Buddy Sokol Everly Summerlot Mary Tharp Donald Wr1ght and Larry Wrtght Our end1ngGen11 are Mr Ewan McCla1n pr1nc1pa1 and Mrs Myrth McCorm1ck our teacher Our sponsors durtngtlus year were, Mrs Mar1e A Mxtchell and Mr Ewan McCla1n . . .., . . . . ' .' . .' .. ' ' .,. - -. . . '. ..' ., I l ,I D -I I no 1 ., ' . . . ' .I 1 .'v 1. .9 I 1 . . .. .' 1 . . .' . . D . . Z v , .9 I 1 . - 1 1 . 1 . . y ..' . ., . . .' I' n 9 I . . , g . I 0 I I z . l I , I I 1 9 . 'I . . . '. I 9 I I 1 l I 9 I .1 .9 . 0 D ll , I I O I I I I 9 v n 1 9 1 ., .. . .. . .'..' ' . - . ,

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9' In the fall of 1944 a group of fr1ghtenedch1ldren chmbed aboardthe Mag1c Carpet whxch was to take them through twelve years of mystery Our two Gen11 were, Mr Roy Jones pr1nc1pal and Mrs Mmme Bee Parsons our teacher The thrrty e1ght frrghtened passengers aboard were Ronald Baere Norman Blrch Phyllxs Bruce B1llChr1sty Elvm Capps Betty Clossey Jean Coons Lee Carter Dav1d Derbysh1re Iva Eggers NormaEnglehart Sue Hancock Barbara Herr1n Donald Hxmes Nancy Hopk1ns Judy Head Joyce Jenkms Carol Masten Dan McCla1n Rex McCla1n Charles Mxller Marjorre Muncy Donald Muston Ronald O Dell Charles Patterson Gertrude Pumel Margaret Pxttman George Roberts FayeSelch T1ldenSh1elds Carl Short J ud1th Terhune Fred Welch Florence Wr1n John Wrlght Dwlght Wllcher and B111 Woodall Dur1ng the second year of our Journey we stopped along the way to gather up a few more passengers two of whxch were new Genu Mr Ewan McCla1n pr1nc1pal and our new teacher Mrs Glendora K1rk The other passengers aboard were Bob Moulder Carolyn Maxson Sara McDonald Davld Franc1s Arless Lark1n Rlchard Cumm1ngs John Pock Kenneth Phtlhps and Mary Tharp Dur1ng thxs year several of these ch1ldren wandered too close to the edge of the Mag1c Carpet and dropped off They were Elvm Capps Lee Carter Iva Eggers Judy Head Donald Htmes Gertrude Pumel Ttlden Shtelds Carl Short Jud1th Terhune Florence Wrm Dwlght Wllcher Davxd Franc1s Sara McDonald Bob Moulder Carolyn Maxson Joyce Jenkms Ronald Baere James Coons and John Wrtght As we traveled on through the th1rd year w1th M1ss V1rg1n1a Parsons Jolnmg us as our Geme we agaxn added a few more passengers They were Jane Barlow Jean Barlow James Elmore Flora Roberson Barbara Robmson Larry Wrlght Herbert Hugo Thelma Cook James Rxdenour and Donald Rushton We lost several members durlng the year They were Herbert Hugo Margaret Plttman B111 Woodall Sue Hancock James Elmore Thelma Cook and Barbara Johnson We entered the fourth year of our Journey w1th Mr Claude Walls our new pr1nc1pal and our new teacher Mrs W11ma Mann Seven more ch1ldren cllmbed aboard our carpet durlng th1s year They were Larry Bosley Agnes Brattam Glen Carpenter Larry Creech Larry Gray Barbara Johnson and Phyllts Schrler We lost Agnes Bratta1n Rxchard Cumrrungs Donald Rushton and Barbara Johnson The ftfth year our new Gen1e Mrs lla Mae Shnker brought several passengers aboard w1th her They were Wayne Blanton Mary Lou Ferguson Robert Mtlner Charles Schoen Mart1n Lynch Trula Burchfleld Agnes Bratta1n Gayle Ostmg, Robert Pharr BeverlyF1elds Harold Fxelds Dova M1ller Rosahe Holt and Donald Rushton Elght passengers left us They were Larry Gray Mary Lou Ferguson Arless Lark1n Agness Bratta1n Beverly Ftelds Harold Fxelds Donald Rushton and Samuel Rob1nson As we reached the s1xth year we found Mr Rrlus H111 our Gen1e The new passengers w1th us th1s tlme were J an1ce Barlow Ralph Elhs James Parsley Eagle Shaw Donald Beavers Herbert Hugo Sue Batnes Gene Mendenhall Everly Summerlot Gerald Knarr and Fern Tharp Some of the passengers declded to get off here namely Martm Lynch Gayle Ostlng Trula Burch fteld J amce Barlow Jean Barlow Jane Barlow Donald Beavers Gene Mendenhall Betty Clossey Fred Welch George Roberts and Glen Carpenter The Mag1c Carpet next gl1ded us to our seventh year of school w1th Mr Frank Hanson our Gen1e A few more passengers chmbed aboard durlng th1s year Louxs Ford M1chael Kmg Lxnda M1ller Ronald Murphy Conme Weddle and Patty Ward We also lost some passengers M1chael Kmg Sue Barnes Kenneth Phllhps Rosahe Holt Louls Ford Barbara Rob1nson and Barbara Herr1n As we entered the elghth year of our Journey w1th Mr Wendell Scudder as our Gen1e the new students who came aboard were Arnold B1dlock Ralph Bxssell Yvonne G1fford Dolan J elhson June May and James Maddux Only four passengers dropped off at th1s po1nt They were Arnold B1d10Ck Ralph Elhs Conme Weddle and June May C I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . . , , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - I I I I I I - I I I I I I I I I I - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - I I I I I I I I I I I , I I I I I I I I - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - : I I I I I I I I I I I I I - ' I I I I I I I I , I I I I I . I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I . . - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I , I I I I I I

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A, Jfwaphecg In thls year of n1neteen hundred and f1fty s1x we of the Sen1or Class are enterlng tlus b1g world of experlence and ldeas Let s move ahead twenty years and see how the members of th1s class have done 1n the1r efforts toward success Let s take a ghde around the world on our most recent means of transportanon The Maglc Carpet Just before we boarded the carpet we had our medlcal check up by the world's most pro mlnent physlclan Gordon Everhng We made our f1rst stop at Wash1ngton D C where we were greeted by the F1rst Lady of the Wh1te House Dova M1ller whose husband Buddy Sokol the Presldent was 1n conference w1th the Secretary of State who was John Snapp Our next stop was at the Annapohs Naval Academy where we VlSlICd w1th Admlral Larry wrtght We ghded over to New York and ran 1nto Rex Mc Clam who was the sales representatxve of the New York Stock Exchange Hts prlvate secretary was Norma Englehart who could take dlctauon at one hundred mnety words a mmute Whlle we were 1n New York who do you th1nk we saw commg rlght down the nuddle of the street? None other than Colonel Marjorte Muncy who was drlvmg a 1976 Mercury convertrble and who was leadmg a parade of one hundred WAFS We left the Umted States and stopped at Reykjavlk Iceland We saw General Donald Muston of the Unlted States A1r Force who was ln command of the Alr Force base and we also met h1s head pllot who was none other than Captatn Dave Derbyshlre greeted there by the Fore1gn M1n1ster Chuck Schoen and h1s very charm1ng secretary Mary Tharp They accompamed us on a VISII the Prtme Mmtster of England S1r Lawerence Fredr1ck Kelso who was tn conference w1th the Checquer of the Ex checquer Gerald Knarr and Lord Charles Wxlham Patterson We hstened to Jod1eHawk1ns Chlef reporter from the London T1mes who mtervtewed Rochelle Hand Rochelle had set the record for sw1mm1ng the Enghsh Channel the day before we arr1ved there Our next stop was Pans There we V1SlICd a style show Carol Masten was modehng the latest creatlons of the world renowned deslgner Ronald Murphy We v1s1ted the Art museum and notloed a portra1t of Nancy Hopk1ns that had been done by the famous pa1nter Bruce Clark We ghded down to the famous French R1v1era and saw Jaruoe Cox the New York soclety gtrl We left the French R1v1era and ghded over to Rome Italy We met the famous race car dr1ver Larry Bosley and h1s head mechanlc Eagle Shaw They were on a s1ght seelng tour We ran out of magtc nllld and headed back to the USA We thought that we would stop at Hawau to see 1f any of our classmates were there We dropped rn the Club Wa1k1k1 for a llttle entertarnment and found to our great surprrse thatBarbara Garrett was the proprletress Everly Summerlot the famous pmeapple farmer was seated at the table across from us We wanted to spend several days 1n Hawau but thought that xt would be better to return home Because of the very cold weather in Iceland, we decided to glide down to London. We were