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

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at class NISTSGI2 an lt was August, 1946, when fifty, scared but expectant, five and six year-olds, trooped into the gigantic structure that was to be their home for twelve years. Their teacher was Mrs. Minne Bee Parsons. The students starting their first year were Terry Adamson, Ronald Bartley, Velda Bates, Chelta Belt, Geoffrey Bradley, Barbara Cartlidge, Judy Chandler, Wayne Coursey, Irene Crouch, Tracy Crump, David Cserep, David Hancock, Diana Haus, Caroline Heckathorn, Kenneth Henderson, Julia Jenkins, Jack Kepler, Judy Kocher, Roddy Lane, Shirley Mears,Sandra Monday, Norma Muncy, Rollin Nichols, Carolyn Parsons, Nancy Plasters, Hazel Price, Mary Jane Roberson, Myrna Roseboom,John Russell, Dale Shaw, Dale Smith, Ronald Smith, Claire Stanley, David Woodall, Jacqueline Young, Thomas Ridenour, Patty Duree, Ronald Conner, Grace Anne Kemp, Martha Rushton, Eugenia Darnell, and Othella Darnell. There were forty-three of us when weentered the second grade in 1947. Our teacher was Mrs. Horton. We gained ten students that year. They were Brent Bowden, Warren Gray, James Kern, Joseph Parrish, Terry Shields, Loren Fletcher, Jeanne Urick, Minnie Bentley, Sandra Graham, and Janet Gerdts. We lost Barbara Cartlidge, Judy Chandler, Wayne Coursey, David Cserep, David Hancock, Kenneth Henderson, Mary Jane Roberson, John Russell, Ronald Smith, David Thomas, David Woodall, Jacqueline Young, Ronald Cooner, Grace Anne Kemp, Eugenia Darnell, and Othella Darnella. F ifty-one students entered the third grade in 1948. Our teacher was Miss Virginia Parsons. The new additions to our class were Allen Benslay, IrvinEnglish, Marcia Enlow, Tom Gentry, Nancy Lewis, Richard Lewis, Dick Wright, Kenneth Dozier, Ralph Hunt, and Chester Bragg. Brent Bowden, Joseph Parrish, and Patty Duree left our group. We had forty-five students in the fallof1949. Our teacher was Miss Risley. Richard Bennett, Wallace Eggers, David Willoughby, David Hugo, George Porter, Dallas Summerlot, Patricia Morrow, and Marvella McClain joined our group. Chelta Belt, Minnie Bentley, Irvin English, Warren Gray, Carolyn Heckathorn, Roddy Lane, Nancy Plasters, Thomas Ridenour, Kenneth Dozier, Terry Adamson, Martha Rushton, and Chester Bragg dropped from our list. Fifty-one of us entered school in the fll of 1950. Our teacher was Mr. Wallace. Robert Adams, Richard Autry, Tom Cole, Betty Jean Hartsock, Ronald Hiser, Donald Bledsoe, Mary Long, Iona Ham, Carolyn Webber, Robert McLauchlin, Leonard Gann, Larry Brinker, Nina Gates, and Barbara Troutman decided to enter our ranks. Richard Bennett, Wallace Eggers, Julia Jenkins, Dale Sm-ith, David Hugo, George Porter, and Patricia Morrow departed for other schools. Our troup totaled forty-three as we entered the sixth grade in 1951. Mr. Hill was our teacher. Kenny Duke, Leonard Farrand, Marcia Mueller and Caroline Howellenrolled in our class. That year found Robert Adams, Ronald Bartley, Betty Jean Hartsock, James Kern, Sandra Monday, Carolyn Parsons, Donald Bledsoe, Mary Long, Iona Ham, Carolyn Webber, Robert McLauchlin, and Leonard Gann missing from our group. The year of nineteen hundred fifty-two, the year for which we had waited,0pened with fifty students in the seventh grade. The new building was completed and we started our new schooling in Room 2. Our home room teacher was Mr. Cox, and our principal was Mr. Robert Price. Jim Coons, Jerry Cooper, Wallace Eggers, Eric George, Terry Jackson, Judy Vehling, William Reffitt,iSandra Stainbrook, Carol Stainbrook, Denita Del Signore, Kenneth Early, Carl Shorter, Margaret Cox, Morris Francis, and Bill Lane entered our class. Leon F arrand, Nina Gates, Nancy Lewis, Richard Lewis, Marvella McClain, Marcia Mueller, Dale Shaw, and Barbara Troutman departed for other schools. aes as as mm waz wa at 4 1 44 14, eff! an an an fo? W io wx xxx ww xslt: 22 mn