Bippus High School - Bipponet Yearbook (Bippus, IN)

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7fehZofzqofZde6la44af7955 0 On August 26, 1943, fourteen boys and girls, namely Alice Altman, Betty Carroll, Larry Hoch, Ron- ald Iordon, Cleaman Lahr, Ronnie Lancaster, Max Schenkel, Margaret Sell, Ruth Sell, Beverly Shafer, Monica Torpy, Dorothy Steffen, Bob Vendrick, and Esther Wohlford, started the first grade of school. On our first day everyone was decked out in their best clothesg gingham and calico dresses and dungarees. That first day we experienced many new things. We met our new classmates and also our teacher, who was Mrs. Hayden Schenkel. During this year we learned to read, print, say our alphabet, and number up to 100 and many other things. A few months after school started one of our classmates moved, leaving us with thirteen. After the first year was over most of us had lost a lot of our bashfulness and knew all the kids in our room and we were ready to enter the second grade. The next fall thirteen students started the second grade. This year we had a new student to take the place of one who moved and again Mrs. Schenkel was our teacher. This year many new experiences came to us and we liked to tell the first graders what they could do and what they couldn't do. As we look back to the second grade we remember that Bob Vendrick was a very popular boy. One day when the teacher went out of the room all of the second grade girls ran up to sit beside him. It was rather embarrassing when the teacher walked in. Another time all of the girls wrote a note to Bob saying I like you, do 'you like me? and then we would make him write an answer. We learned more new thingsg such as bigger words, how to spell them and the books we read were larger. When spring came, we were all looking forward to entering the third grade, so we could change rooms and teachers. When we came back to school, we found that there were still fourteen of us and we were cell mates, in a different cell. The recesses were the most fun because they were nice and long and we learned to play together in group games. After one recess when the teacher didn't come into the room right away, Ronnie Lancaster got bored and decided to try climbing the pole that was directly behind his seat. After succeeding in reaching the top, the teacher walked into the room and caught him. Another time Miss Moore, our teacher, caught Ronald Shafer, a fourth grader, eating candy during school time, so she made him share it with the whole room which delighted everyone but Ronald. During November of that year we gained a new student by the name of Phyllis Sims which made us a total of fifteen. ln the fourth grade we started to school for our fourth time and we still had 8 class of fifteen. We had a new teacher by the name of Mrs. Burris, whom we liked very much. Again we were the older class in the room and we thought we were the smarter also, although the teacher doubted this several times. In the spring we were looking forward to entering the fifth grade with some dread. We heard that Mr. Whitacre was kind of tough on his students, especially the boys, and since he was our first man teacher we believed the rumors. In the fall of 1947 the fifteen of us entered the fifth grade of school and we were taught by Mr. Whitacre. He wasn't as tough on us as we thought he would beg in fact he was a lot of fun because he got out and played softball with us. Instead of just playing basketball and softball between ourselves, Mr. Whitacre got games with other schools which delighted everyone in the room. The next fall we made it to the sixth grade, but it wasn't much different from the fifth. We thought we really were something, because we were the oldest class downstairs. At the beginning of the year we had fifteen in our class, but later that year two more new students moved in and one other student moved out leaving us with sixteen in our class. Since we were the oldest, most of the boys made the first team of softball and basketball. In the spring we were looking forward to moving upstairs for the rest of our six years of school. Mr. Whitacre tried to tell us what some of our subjects would be and what the social life would be like. ln the fall of 1949 things were quite different for us. This year we were in Junior High School and did we ever think we were something! But it wasn't long until we had our minds changed, One of the things we liked most upstairs was that we got to change rooms and teachers almost every period. We also got to have class parties, one each semester. Our first class party was a hayrideg but that was our first and last one. Mr. Earl King was our sponsor and Mr. Funk was our principal this year. It was during this year that Sandra Burton, who is still with us, and Don Ware joined us making a total of eighteen in our class. This is the most we have ever hadg but soon we were left with seventeen. fCont.J

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RONALD LANCASTER Class Plays 3-4g Chorus 1-2-3-4g Baseball lg Basketball 3-43 Octet 45 Track 3g President 2, Y' 'T' 'a 'Ul ESTHER WOHLFORD Class Plays 3-43 Chorus 1-2-3-4g Band 1-2-3-4g Sextet 3g Octet 4g Saxophone Quartet 1-2-3-4g Cheer leader 3-4g President 1-4g Girls' Volleyball Team 3-4. MAX SCHENKEL Class Plays 3-4g Chorus 1-2-3-4g Band 1-2-3-43 Basketball 3-4g Base ball 1-2-3-4g Vice President 3g Quartet 3-4g Octet 4. MARGARET SELL Class Plays 3-4g Chorus 1-2-3-4g Librarian 2g Band 1-2-3-4g Sextet 3: Octet 45 Office Staff 1-2-3-45 Cheerleader lg Vice President 1g Girls' Volleyball Team 3-4. RUTH ANNE SELL Class Plays 3-4g Chorus 1-2-3-4g Sextet 3g Octet 4g Cheerleader lg Girls' Volleyball Team 3-4,

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D Little happened to us in the eighth grade, We were just plain old eighth graders waiting to become Freshmen. This year Mr. Tilson King became our new principal and also our new class sponsor. In August 1951, we were Freshmen. We thought maybe things would go better, then we were remind- ed of initiation. When that day came, you never saw such a mess. The girls couldn't comb their hair, the boys and girls both had lipstick smeared all over their faces and everyone laughed at us. It was a hard day for we had to make sure all the sophomores' books were in the room where they were supposed to be. This required a lot of extra steps in those awful clothes we were forced to wear, which made walking very difficult. We enjoyed all of it though. One thing that was a little different this year was that we got to choose more of our subjects. Here we are, sophomores. It doesn't seem that we could be this far already, This was the year that Pete Mitchell came into our class. Later we found out that he was very full of mischief and put a little more life in our classes, especially Mrs. Swales' English class and Mr. Elsmeres' U.S. History class. Gradually in the past few years our class seemed to be decreasing in number and by spring we only had eleven left in our class. ln the freshman class, our dues went toward the junior and senior trip, but that was about all we contributed. When we were sophomores, we were permitted to have a scrap drive in order to make money and also have a lot of fun doing it too. In 1952 we stepped up into the junior class, coming nearer to our last year. It seems every year there are more activities than the year before. This year we had our junior candy sales, where we took turns selling at noons and the girls would sell at ball games, This year we also put on a play directed by Mrs. Swales, called the 'Monkeys Uncle. What fun we had at our play practices, but, oh that memorizing. We can remember that Mrs. Swales would get disgusted with us and that seemed to delight Pete. He would then try to get into more trouble. Finally we made our goal that we started for in the first grade. We became seniors. Eight of the ten that are still left started together in the first grade. The other two being Pete Mitchell and Sandra Burton. During the Summer of 1954, we went on our trip with the seniors to Washington D.C. and New York City. There were a lot of beautiful and interesting sights in Washington. We visited most of the memorials in the town and we watched congressmen at work ir1 our government. In New York the people probably knew we were from the country. We were always going around looking up, trying to find the top of the buildings, which was very hard to do unless it was a clear day. We took sightseeing tours all over the city, which were very interesting. I think we were all glad to get back home, away from the busy city. Our senior year we took two field trips in psychology class. One was to Richmond to the state hospital that takes care of the mentally ill people and the other was to Chicago. The class raised the money for these trips by having a bake sale in Huntington. We went through the Museum of Science and Industry and the Field's Museum of Natural Science. The Senior Play was a lot of fun to put ong however, the class didn't work as hard on it as we did on the Junior Play, therefore, it wasn't as good. The name of the play was The Campbells are Coming. At our one and only Senior Class party we went to North Manchester where we all bowled, After this we returned to the home of Mr. Tilson King, who was our sponsor. Here we enjoyed the rest of the eve- ning in the wonderful hospitality shown by Mr. and Mrs, King, Now we are almost through with high school and each one will be going in a different direction, hoping to find success. Some will probably go to college, others will find work or settle down at home. A few months back it seemed as if we would all be ready to graduate but as time draws closer many of us are wishing we could stay in school a little longer. Many of us, I am sure, in years to come will look back on these last twelve years, Remembering that many, new, happy, unhappy, and exciting things happened to us during these years, we will always remember our school days,