Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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HITTING THE HIGH SPOTS For 1949-50 SEPTEMBER On the 7th, Registration . . . excitement day for incom- ing freshmen . . . time to meet old friends for upper- classmen. The 28th . . . magazine drive started . . . Monte Shambaugh was winner for the Purple side . . . John Dale White . . . for, appropriately enough, the White side. OCTOBER The 14th . . . that wonderful play with its trick stage settings . . . I Remember Mamma. NOVEMBER Fall Festival on the 4th . . . sponsored by P. T. A. . . . enioyed by young and old. Home Economics depart- ment sponsored a Bake a Cake Contest on the 7th . . . Ann Abbott was the winner . . . Boosters Club invited Marion County schools to a Yell Clinic . . . recorded, and broadcasted over the radio next day . . . essay contest in English department . . . Bob Sutherland went to the District Contest to represent Ben Davis. DECEMBER Patricia Cloud elected D. A. R. Good Citizen . . . on the l0th, Victor Kendall went to Washington to enter National Vegetable Judging contest . . . the l6th rolled around and with it . . . the Snowball Hop . . . spon- sored by P. T. A .... Christmas vacation started Decem- ber 22 . . . sometime during this period Miss Esther Williams became Mrs. Erhard Steimlorff . . . Santa Claus visited all good little Ben Davis students on the 25th. JANUARY Back to s:hool . . . tired out . . . on Monday 2 . . . extra vacation . . . icy roads on the 6th . . . Freshmen won County Basketball Title on the 2lst FEBRUARY Thespian Winter Wonderland formal dance . . . the 4th . . . fir trees and snowmen with snowbanked bleach- ers . . . oratorical contest, the 9th . . . Jackie Hanne- man, first, went to District contest . . . Bernie Wurger, second . . . Ann Abbott, third . . . Wayne Edmonson, fourth . . . new Camera Club organized the 8th . . . Sunshine members and Hi-Y boys danced together on the l4th . . . Booster Club sponsored Sportsmanship Dance on the 21st . . . Jackie Hanneman won National Pie Contest and went to Washington . . . papers filled with publicity . . . Ben Davis on the newspaper mapl . . . Gold and Silver Key Contest started the 24th, ended in stiff competition the night of the Keyhole Dance . . . sale of votes reached S56 . . . Helen Arnold won first at County Playday . . . FIRST DAY OF SECTIONALS . . . BEN DAVIS DEFEATED FAVORED CRISPUS ATTUCKSI . . . everyone amazed. MARCH Doris Small won Symphony Poster Contest . . . coal strike worried students but no vacations granted . . . Keyhole Dance on March 3 . . . Phyllis Layne and Wal- ter Andrews crowned Gold and Silver Keys . . . square dancing noisy but spotty . . . freshmen made merry at Shamrock Shag on March 'I7 . . . music department presented Belle of Bagdad on March 24 . . . sopho- more party on March 31. APRIL No fooling-on April 1, Wanda Gibbons and George Bauder won Best Actress and Best Actor awards . . . Ball State Drama Festival . . . Spanish Club celebrated Pan American Day on April I2 . . . bowlers won awards at banquet . . . on the 12th . . . Barbara Timmons and Robert Atwell were high scorers . . . achievement day winners went to l.U .... April 28, Bernard Wurger, Jackie Hanneman, George Bauder, Ann Abbott, and Victor Kendall . . . district winners in speech . . . Shir- ley Engleman, Marlene Sterling, Edward Heath, Jack Hutchison, Barbara Bartlett, Dean Toombs, Wayne Ed- mondson, and Bob Swick, in math . . . Carolyn Barn- hart, Carolyn Valentine, Betty Cornwell, and Verna Montgomery in Latin . . . second in County Track Meet the 26th . . . Pat Cloud was Track Queen . . . Mother ls a Freshman, senior play, the 28th . . . Peppermint Ball . . . Sunshine Society's Annual Dance . . . the 29th . . . Jackie Hanneman and Bernard Wurger won firsts . . . dramatic declamation and humorous declamation, respectively. MAY May lst . . . Paul Sterrett hurled a no-hit-no-run game against Boys' School . . . Jackie Hanneman, Paul Angle- ton, Dick Stewart and Lucille Wilson reigned as queen, king, prince and princess at the Junior-Senior Prom on the 6th . . . Honor Day . . . Dave Henderson received Sportsmanship award for football . . . Bob Swick re- cevied the award for basketball . . . Farewell Party . . . the 25th . . . COMMENCEMENT . . . 26th.

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