Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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RICHARD STRAM Amiable FRANCES STURGEON Precise CAROLYN TEEPLE Determined BETTY THOMA Accomplished ROBERT TUTTLE Deft ELIZABETH WITZEMAN Plucky m emcnrS ((Continued) forget Sherm Steffen’s rendition of Billdad Tap, nor Curt Sprunger as Skeeter, gulping fish worms. Betty Thoma, Elizabeth Witze- man, Susanne Markley, and Marilyn Park were taken into the National Honor Society and Mary Avolyn Culver was made a mem¬ ber of Quill and Scroll. Bill Conner did not surprise us at all by going to the state alge¬ bra contest, and on Class Day received the coveted Bob Hannie Memorial, while Susanne Markley received the Psi Ote Ring. We finished this year by giving a Reception for the departing Seniors. The gym was trans¬ formed with myriads of apple blossoms, setting forth a typical “apple blossom time.” Our class this year was under the able lead¬ ership of Dick Roth, president; Susanne Markley, vice president; Doris Brown, treasurer; Nondes Kipfer, secretary; Neil Harris, athletic council member. At last the big year has arrived. We are Seniors. All class officers were re-elected with the exception of the athletic council member, which this year is Bill Conner. Once again in giving our class play we donned the grease paint and make-up and presented “The Fighting Littles” which was a huge success. Ei ght members of our class, Doris Brown, Bill Conner, Mary Avolyn Culver, Marcille Mailer, Sally Foster, Dick Roth, Ann Shoemaker, and Nondes Kipfer were selected to the ranks in the National Honor Society. Betty Thoma, Marilyn Park, Sally Foster, and Nondes Kipfer were elected to the Quill and Scroll. A group of us in the fall went to Elmhurst High School to be on the Junior Town Meeting and in the spring another group of us represented Allen High on Around the City Desk. When we started ordering name cards, were measured Page 21

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smm l MAE MOWERY Mischievous CATHERINE MUSTER Energetic SAMUEL MYERS Enthusiastic MARILYN PARK Versatile PHYLLIS PEARSON Chatter-box PEGGY PENROD Bombastic JOAN PROUGH Artistic GARNETT RAUCH Complacent RICHARD ROTH Regular Fellow BILL ROUSH Unpredictable VIRGIL SCHAEFER Easy-Going JOYCE SCHARLACII Sincere JO ANN SCHMOLL Flirtatious JAMES SHULTZ “Admiral” ANN SHOEMAKER Controversial CURTIS SPRUNGER Agreeable ANNA STEFFEN Cute SHERMAN STEFFEN ‘“Speed-king”

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m emoird CC on tinued[) for the caps and gowns, and mailed our com¬ mencement announcements, we knew that soon our high-school days at B. H. S. would be ending. But these thoughts were put aside with the graduation activities. First came the reliving of our childhood, Kid Day, and then the traditional reception given by the Juniors in our honor. The impressive Baccalaureate service made us realize that the end was near. And now we have reached the long-awaited time, Commencement. As we rise and move our gray tassels, there are sighs of relief and smiles. Among the tears and congratulations we realize that we have completed a milestone. But we are not sad. We are now men and women ready to take our ways among the crowded paths of life. What the future holds for us we know not. As for the past, it can never be for¬ gotten. The friends we have made will al¬ ways linger in our minds and later we will know that friendship was one of the greatest achievements of our high-school days. Bill Blair and Marilyn Park look sophisticated as they admire their newly acquired diplomas. ■