Bristol High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Bristol, IN)

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C4156 ljshalory On the first day of school in September, 19hl, twenty three bright eyed boys and girls, with hair all combed to perfection, entered the first grade of Union School Mr E M Bryant was our most understanding teacher Those who entered school that day, were Olla Mae Brown, Audry Dunham, Jerry Haymaker, Janice Moore, Richard Morris, Ida Murray, Stanley Poe, Norma Rund, Norma Siddons, Shirley Sledge, Mark Sloop, Merrill Smith, Frankie Starnes, Alice Thompson Lois Utterback, Shirley Utterback, Charlene Wheeler, Earl White, and Maurice Moore Janice Coffman, Magdeline Harris, George Green, John Jones, Dorothy Hensley, and Doris Eads joined us later, completing our class of twenty nine When we returned in September, l9h2, we were minus George Green, Shirley Hommel, Thomas McCoy, Norma Siddons, Frankie Starnes, Charlene Wheeler, Earl White, Maurice Moore John Jones, Dorothy Hensley, and Doris Eads During that year, Theda Parmerlee, Victor Brandriff, Carolyn Cook, Shirley McTarsney, Donald J Johnson, and Olaphine Green joined us This made twenty six in our class M s E M Bryant was still trying to teach us Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic During the third year of our schooling, Miss Catherine Boaz, now Mrs Catherine Bridges, took over the task of teaching us Now we d1dn't need our parents or sisters or brothers to bring us to school since we were full fledged scholars and knew our way Our fourth year of school was very exciting and in teresting We had the same teacher, Miss Catherine Boaz We were in plays, learned our lessons well, and played Skaggs, Anna Parker, Eugenia Mabry, and James Mabry joined our class, but we lost several Mrs Mary B Harris taught us in our fifth year Multi plication tables and long division were hard to learn and memorize Spelling and reading were harder Several class mates left us and we added some new ones Ada Wiles, Robert Rainey, Richard Smith, Tilford Hash, and Phillip Porter Guess who taught us in our sixth grade' Yep! Mrs Mary B Harris! By this time reading, English, writing, spelling, social studies, arithmetic, health, music and citizenship were getting harder by the day William Query joined our class Well what do you know? We were now in the seventh grade and considered the teen age group Our principal, Mr E S Houston, signed our grading cards Our main pro blem in the seventh grade was adjusting, so that we would be in the right place at the right time We felt quite big since we now associated with the upperclassmen Pat ricia Gill, Marcella Housman, Cletic Shaw, and Marilyn Stillabower joined us that year, bringing the number in the seventh grade to twenty four Our eighth year! Were we sorry? Oh noi We would soon be in High School and expected a little respect from the underclassmen Betty Ralrdon and Harold Board joined our class continued an looster page 9 . S. 9 grown-up games during our fourth year. Gene Sheely, Leroy

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ofadf ,UU all e6f6U'l'lQl'li We, the Seniors of '53, being of keen mind, have agreed upon these, the following, as our last will and testimony, hoping that all will benefit by it I, Jerry Haymaker, will my intelligence to Benny Chaney on the Installment Plan, 201 the sophomore year, 301 the junior year, and 501 the senior year I, Dudley Daniel, will my height and ability to stay out of trouble to Roger Findley I, Eugenia Mabry, will my quiet manner to CeCelia Wood I, Shirley Fletcher, do will and bequeath all my nick names to anyone who is unlucky enough to receive them I, Norma Rund, will m ability to go steady for four years to Cynthia Hooks I6 Stanley Poe, will my ability to stand up for 'Civil Rights in all my classes to anyone who has the nerve I, Gene Sheely, do will and bequeath to quiet James Burgett my ability to torture and exasperate the teachers and still keep their friendship I, Alice Thompson, will and bequeath getting to be yell leader in my senior year to Joan Hommel hope you'll get it I, John Belden, will my ability to hit a home run to Glen Crandall I, Phillip Porter, will and bequeath my 'Crazy Legs,' to Robert Shireman, I hope he uses them to his best advant- age I, Marilyn Stillabower, do hereby will and bequeath my gay lovable characteristics to Maxine Day so that she may be in a good mood every day I, Shirley Utterback, will my dancing ability to Char lene Wheeler I, Edward Basham, do hereby will and bequeath my wavy hair to Buzz Brown and hone that he will keep it combed I, Bill M ere, willmy ability to move fast and to sleep in class to Donald Price I, James Mabry, will my ability to leave school and go to Columbus to join the reserves to Phillip Jones I, Harold Board, willmy ability to leave school as soon as the 3 15 bell rings to anybody who can get by with it I hope they have better luck than I did I, Lois Utterback, will my ability to bring my report card back on time to Dorothy Hensley I, Mark Sloop, will my ability to draw cartoons in Ing lish class to Richard Morris to keep him busy I, Olla Mae Brown, willmy ability to run the mimeograph machine to whqmever gets stuck with the job O L . ij sooner than I did. -- b