Bedford North Lawrence High School - Reflections Yearbook (Bedford, IN)

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PRINCIPALS E.W. MONTGOMERY 1913-16 MERLE J. ABBETT 1917-25 L.E. SINGER 1926 ROY B.JULIAN 1927-30 came an extra curricular activity with no credit towards graduation. This club is still one of the most popular at B.H.S. On May 9, 1962, tragedy struck Bedford High School. The auditorium which had seen so many plays, cantatas, famous lectures, and convocations was en- veloped in flame and smoke. After the damaging flames had been extinguished the rebuilding was begun. The approximate cost of the new structure was $650,000. The new junior high building was completed and opened for use in the next year, 1963. This school was much better equipped to teach the students. Some of the new additions to B.H.S. were the reading lab, chemistry lab, and library facilities. Miss Imogene Chase retired at the end of the year after serving as instructor of English and advisor to the Student and PIONEER. The building was rewired and new electrical fix- tures were installed in 1965. In athletics, the football team under coach Wally Yeoman won the SIAC cham- pionship and turned in a near perfect season. The year 1968 brought a major change to the heat- ing system of Bedford High School. Due to deter- ioration and inefficiency of the coal fired furnaces, automatic boilers were bought and are now used, none too soon, though, because the old boilers were purchased in 1924. The most notable achievement of 1969 was the B.H.S. tracksters were undefeated. School records fell in the 440, the mile run, and the mile relay. One runner, Maurice Ragsdale, was sent to the state champion- ship meet. The cindermen under Ted Fox placed sec- ond in the sectional and sixteenth in the regional meet. Another special event in sports for the year of ' 69 was the trip to the semi-state with our basketball team. Coach Ray Manis had led the team to many victories and for the first time in twenty years a trip to the semi- state. The 1970 PIONEER was dedicated to Principal, Elmer Dunbar, who was retiring after eleven years at B.H.S. Another faculty member who will be missed by all of her students is Mrs. Helen Gunn Chandler who retired after a forty-six year tenure at Bedford High School. In the fall of 1970, many of our students were spending a part of their school day at the new Voca- tional Building that was completed during the summer on the site of the proposed new high school. . . . and so in 1971 Bedford High School recalls the days victory, the days of defeat; the times of sat- isfaction, the times of sorrow; the people who have made it great; and compare these with the exciting times in our own lives at B.H.S. We look forward with anticipation to the future for it will have to be GREAT! HARMON BALDWIN 1957-59 ELMER DUNBAR 1 960-70 DR. BILLY ABEL 1970- 25

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