Brook High School - Talisman Yearbook (Brook, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1953 volume:

THE 1953 T AL1SM AN The Staff EDITORS-- Phyllis Whaley Margie Davis SPORTS EDITORS-- Norman Henderson Roy Murfitt ACTIVITIES EDITORS- - Ruth Wilson Nellie Riegle CLASS EDITOR-- Pat Hancock ALUMNI EDITORS-- Connie Schuster Phyllis Cline ART EDITORS-- Nancy Hershman Pat Boelke SENIOR EDITORS-- W ilma W right Ray Hiestand SNAPSHOT EDITORS-- Bob Antcliff Harvey Arbuckle CALENDAR EDITORS-- Ann Dorsey Bertha Ashbaugh BUSINESS MANAGERS — Tom Wilson Dale Evans 1 School Board EVERETT LYONS Secretary Appointed in January MAURICE BARTEN LESLIE AKERS VIOLET CRUDDEN Secretary of School RICHARD R. HERSHMAN T reasurcr W. G. PIPPENGER President EDWARD E. LOVELESS Superintendent, Social Studies Years at Brook 1 LAWRENCE HANNON Teaches Commerce Years at Brook il WILLIAM J. BLACK Teaches English and Latin Years at Brook I MRS. ADAMSON Teaches Home Economics Years at Brook 10 ALFRED NELSON Teaches Agriculture Ye irs � t Brook 1 NORMAN TANKS LEY Te -ches History, Government Ye :rs at Brook ZZ MARION WATTS Assistant Co ch, shop, Mcch nic 1 Dr iwing Ye irs .it Brook I JOHN AXE Te ches Science, M � th Ye ts it Brook 2 PHILIP MILLER Coaches Basketball Ye rs t Brook I AMY COOPER Te iches Gr des 1-4 Ye rs it Foresm n 33 PAUL EGLI Te ches Music Ye rs it rook 10 B! RNARD LENLEY Te tches Gr des Ye rs t Foresm.in 1 LEONA KANNE Second Gr ide Ye.irs l.iught .«t Brook-- yeirs NELLIE CAR ITR Fifth Gr ide Ye ,rs t.night .t Brook--ye irs JOYCE ROTHROCK Third Gr ide Ye � r t.iucht t Brook--! ye r BEN SLFNKER Sixth Gr ide Ye irs t iught it Brook-- ! 7 CLYDE MARTIN In Memoriam Dedication To the memory of Donald McCarty we dedicate this page. As a classmate and friend to all, Don was well-known and liked by all who had the opportunity to know him. He passed away in the summer of 1952 before the beginning of his Senior year. Our deepest sympathy is extended to his relatives and friends in their sorrow. JH The Seniors in Verse Here are the Seniors of 53 We’re as proud as vve can be It took us 12 years to get this far. Let’s now see how we really are. Burr-top Poss with his flying skill He busses roof tops with a mighty will. Harvey, with blond and curly hair, Never walks, but runs up the stair. Phyl beats the bass drum with a very strong stroke She really makes it rumble, and that’s no joke. A largie Davis, the last of her clan Has already found her ‘red-haired’ man. There is Ann with an innocent smile You can see her red hair for many a mile. Dale’s tagged “The Arizona Cowboy” He uses a water pistol like a toy. Here comes Bob with his black Chevrolet If you value your life, get out of the way' Red’s the ‘Clown on the Basketball floor’ Watch him leap as he raises the score. There’s Nan with her Cornet in hand She usually hits the right notes as she plays in the band. A Sousaphone, and here comes Ray He’s going to be a music director someday.- Well, here’s Connie with her observing ear She’s been voted ‘Phone Operator of the Year’. There’s a checked shirt, and yes, it’s Allen; He always drinks water by the gallon. Donnie W . with his bashful line He plays basketball all the time. Quick Charley Whaley with that flirting grin He loves to tell his jokes over again. Yell-leader Phyllis, as she’s been for 4 years, She can get up anc lead some lusty cheers! Red-headed Tom, who’s nickname is Tucker Someday maybe, he’s going to be a trucker. Wilma loses her gum almost everyday ‘Cause when the teachers catch her, she has to throw it away. 10 N.tmc - Dale Arnold F.v ins Nickname - Merle Quot ition - He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything. Song - Oh Happy Day P -stime - Riding, hunting and fishing. Ambition - Farmer Activities - Aceonian 2 years. Talisman Staff 1 year. Junior Play, Senior Play, F. F. A. 1 year, 4-H 8 years. Pres- ident, Secretary-Treasurer, Rec- reation Leader, Reporter of 4-H, Tractor Maintenance 1 year. N «me - Don Id Leslie Weishaar Nickname - Don Quot ition - All things come around to him who will wait. Song - Meet Mr. C llahan Pastime - Sports. Ambition - Undecided. Activities - Basketball 4 years, varsity 4 years. Softball 4 years. Baseball 3 years. Junior Play. Senior Play. Name - Constance Joan Schuster Nickname - Connie Quotation - Oh would that some power had the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us. Song - You Belong To My Heart Pastime - Telephone Operator. Ambition - Housewife. Activities - Aceonian Staff 3 years. Talisman Staff 3 years. Sunshine I ye irs. Band I year, F. H. A. 1 year, 4-H 5 years, Latin club 1 year. Chorus 3 years. Glee Club 2 years. Junior Play, Senior Play. 1 1 Nnme - Nancy May Hershm.in Nickname - Nan Quotation - Whatever is worth doing t 11, is worth doing well. Song - September Song Pastime - Reading. Ambition - To be successful. Activities - Band 4 years, Aceonian Staff 3 ye .rs. Editor 1 year, Talisman Staff 3 years. Glee Club I year. Chorus 2 years. Junior play. School Librarian 4 years. Sec- retary and Treasurer of Junior Class 4-H 5 ye irs. Sunshine 4 years, President 1 year. Senior Class Play. Name Norman Henderson Nickname - Red Quotation - Everyone can m ster a grief but he who has it. Pastime - Bowling and skating. Ambition - To be • success. ctivities - Basketball, varsity 2 years, Aceonian Staff 2 years. Sports Editor 1 ye ,r, T lisman Staff 1 year, Co-Editor of Sports. Junior Play. Senior Play, Softb «11 2 years. Baseball 2 years. Track 1 year. Name - Ray Elwood Hiestand Nickname - Dobber Quotation - What you ire to be, you «re becoming now. Song - Song of India Pastime - Dr iwino. Ambition - To be a successful musician. Activities - Band 4 years. Chorus 4 years, Aceonian Staff 2 ye «rs, T «lisman Staff 2 years, Junior Play, President of Junior Class. Secretary-Treasurer Band 1 ye «r. Basket- ball 1 year. Senior Play. 12 Nam - Robert Charles Antcliff Nickname - Poss” Quotation - Do unto others before they do unto you.” Song - Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Pastime - Flying Ambition - Jet Pilot - USAF Activities - Basketball 3 years, varsity i years, 4-H 6 years, Aceonian I years, Talisman Staff 1 year, Baseball 1 year. Track 1 year. Dairy Judging 3 years, Junior Play. Senior Play Freshman Class President, Senior Class Vice-Frequent Name - Laura Ann Dorsey Nickname - Cricket” Quotation - To be, or not to be. that’s the question.” Song - Till I Waltz Again With You Pastime - Eating and playing softball. Ambition - To succeed in anything I do. Activities - Chorus years, G. A. A 1 year, Sunshine 4 years, F H. A. 3 years. Name - Allen Taylor Nickname - Amo” Quotation - Do unto others as though you were the others.” Song - Meet Mr. Callahan Pastime - Keeping machinery running. Ambition - Farmer. Activities - Tractor Maintenance 1 year. Crop Judging 3 years. Prompter in Junior Play. 13 Name - Thomas Lee Wilson Nickname - “Tucker” Quotation - “Success is not won by lying awake nights but by keeping awake in daytime.” Song - Little White Cloud Pastime - Keeping the Mercury shining and running good. Ambition - To be a successful trucker. Activities - Basketball I year, Aceonian Staff i years. Talisman Staff 1 year. Basketball Manager 1 year. Junior Play, Senior Play, Senior Class President. Name - Robert Jormc Harris Nickname - “Fingers” Quotation - “He who learns to look each way may live to drive another day.” Song - Everything I Have Is Yours Pastime - Tinkering with the Old Chevrolet. Ambition - To be a success. Activities - Crop Judging 3 years, Tractor Maintenance 1 year. Prompter in Junior Play. Name - Margaret Louise Davis Nickname - “Margie” Quotation - “Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.” Song - Till The End Of Time Pastime - Having a good time. Ambition - Secretary and housewife. Activities - Sunshine 4 years, Aceonian Staff 3 years, Talisman 3 years, 4-H 6 years. Junior Play, Editor of Talisman 1 year. Senior Play, Sophomore class president. 14 Name - Phyllis Eileen Whaley Nickname - Phyllie ' Quotation - Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Song - Why Don't You Believe Me Pastime - Eating and target practicing. Ambition - To be a success in life. Activities - Yell leader 4 years, 4-H 3 years, Aceonian Staff 2 years. Talisman Staff 2 years. Editor 1 year. Junior Class Play. Secretary of Freshman Class, Senior Play. Name - Russell Harvey Arbuckle Nickname - Rod’ Quotation - Things done well and with care exempt themselves from fear. Song - Lady of Spain Pastime - Seeing good movies. Ambition - Air Cadet. Activities - Aceonian Staff 3 years. Talisman Staff I year. Basketball 3 years, varsity 2 years. Junior Play, Track I year, Vice-President Junior Class, Senior Play. Name - Wilma Wright Nickname - None Quotation - The secret of being loved and respected is to be all the time what you appear to be part of the time. Song - Tell Me You're Mine Pastime - Roller skating and chewing (popping) gum. Ambition - Secretary. Activities - Aceonian Staff 2 years, Talisman Staff 2 years, Senior Editor 1 year, Junior Play, School Librarian 3 years, Secretary-Treasurer of Sophomore Class, 4-H 4 years, Latin Club 2 years. Senior Play. Name - Phyllis Joan Cline Nickname - Phyl Quotation - “Never qo today what you can put off till tomorrow. Song - Star Cust Pastime - Reading Ambition - Undecided. Activities - Band 4 years. Sunshine 4 years. Chorus I years , Glee Club 1 year, 4-H, 8 years, Annual Staff, Aceonian Staff. Junior Play, Senior Play. Name - Charles Whaley Nickname - Fletcher Quotation - All the beauty of the world is but skin deep. Song - Keep It A Secret Pastime - Keeping out of trouble. Ambition - Undecided. Activities - Basketball 4 years, varsity 3 years, Softball 3 years. Baseball 3 years, Aceonian i years. Band 4 years, Junior Play, Senior Play, President of Band 1 year. CU-U o 'VLMf f°_—- 9— .VA-te 16 Memories Memories? Oh yes, good and bad. Let s ioua oack and relive a few of them for a minute. First was our coming into high school in our Freshman year. In that year there was initiation ( for some of us, that is ). Just ask the boys. That was one of the not-so-good memories.. The girls were pretty lucky, as they got out of it. Then came our Sophomore year, in which we had the honor of getting our class sweaters. We had quite a time deciding on what color we wanted. It seemed the boys and girls had different view points on the subject. Well, we finally did decide on royal blue, with red letters trimmed in white. Most of us were fairly well pleased with them after all, even though we had fought over the colors. Mr. Axe was our sponsor at that time and every class meeting usually ended up by Mr. Axe’s sending us back to the study hall before we had made any decisions at all. W onder why ? ? ? Our Junior year was a busy one. Although most of us carried five solids that year we had time for our many activities such as our magazine sale, in which we did quite well. The total amounted to around $1,500. We also received our class rings, but it seems that many have lost them already. Our Junior Play entitled “Dear Papa”, turned out quite well. Mrs Johnson was our adviser and we all had loads of fun preparing for the play. After the play that night we had a picnic dinner behind statue in honor of Mrs Johnson. Harvey, and narlie, who had birthdays during that week in October. So we had enough cakes to eat! The big moment of the year was the Junior and Senior Prom. For our theme we had “Blue Velvet”. The gym was decorated very attractively, and to set the mood for dancing was Paul Gates orchestra. Then last but not least has been our Senior year. At the very beginning of the year most of us started looking back over the years at B. H. S. Some of them were happy and some, sad. Now we are awaiting the one big day--Graduation, the 15th of May. Some of us are wanting very much for the day to come and others well, not so anxious for it. Now we have to look forward to life beyond school and to what we are to become, but we will always look back and remember our years at Brook High School. On the past we shall build our future. 17 Class History In the first grade there were nineteen children. We were unable to find a record of all their names, nor could we find a complete roster of our second year. In the third grade we had eighteen members. They were: Robert Allis, Peggy Baker, Darwin Clark, Phyllis Cline, Phyllis Curtis, David Curts, Margaret Davis, Glen Dowty, Mary Mae Dowty, Nancy Hershman, Naomi Jane Howell, Wrayforde Minick, Richard Pippenger, Beverly Ulyatt, Donald Weishaar, Calvin Whaley, Charles Whaley, Robert Schmidt. In the fourth grade two entered and three withdrew making a total of seventeen. Emory Honn and Carol York entered. Peggy Baker, David Curts, and Robert Schmidt withdrew. Three entered and four withdrew. Our fifth grade total was sixteen. Barbara Honn, Rex Laffon and Connie Schuster entered; Robert Allis, Darwin Clark, Naomi Jane Howell, and Wrayforde Minick withdrew. We were very proud of the sixth grade. We had three enter and seven withdrew to make our class an even dozen. Edwin Wilson, Dale Evans, and Lois Dangerfield entered and Calvin Whaley, Glen Dowty, Mary Mae Dowty, Phyllis Curtis, Emory Honn, Carol York, and Beverly Ulaytt withdrew. We had an Our Gang Club with officers that made us feel pretty big. The officers were: President: Connie Schuster Secretary: Donald Weishaar Treasurer: Charles Whaley Vice-President: Nancy Hershman Assistant Secretary: Margaret Davis We don't know if the high school thought we were too good for competition or not, but, after we won the stunt night, they didn't have anymore stunt nights. All in all we had a very interesting sixth grade and are very thankful Mrs. Carter could put up with us. In the seventh grade George Woods entered to make our class an unlucky thirteen. In the eighth grade we dropped down to twelve again. Ray Heistand, and Robert Antcliff entered; Rex Laffon, George Woods, and Connie Schuster withdrew. In our Freshman year we had twenty in our class. Ten entered and one withdrew. Harvey Arbuckle, Bob Harris, Floyd Keith, Allen Taylor, Geraldine Taylor, Nancy Wagner, Phyllis Whaley, Wilma Wright, Thomas Wilson, and George Woods entered, and Dick Pippenger withdrew. In the Sophomore year we had nineteen in our class. Three entered and four withdrew. Barbara Martin, Connie Schuster and Marie Tiede entered. Geraldine Taylor, George Woods, Floyd Keith, and Barbara Honn withdrew. In our Junior year we had eighteen members. We had two enter and three with- drew. Norman Henderson and Donald McCarty entered and Edwin Wilson, Nancy Wagner and Barbara Martin withdrew. In our Senior year we had a class of seventeen members. There are only five members of the beginning class that are graduating together. They are: Phyllis Cline, Margaret Davis, Nancy Hershman, Charles Whaley, and Donald Weishaar. Ann Dorsey entered and Marie Tiede and Lois Dangerfield withdrew making us a class of seventeen. Donald McCarty had been suffering from a very serious illness and during the summer his condition proved fatal. 18 Published February 24, 1953 Senior Will Purpose: To take up space We the Senior class of 1953 make this our last will and testament- Bob Antcliff wills his driving ability (with one arm and without running into fences) to Bob Ormiston. And his flying ability to Jo-Jo Brunton. Harvey Arbuckle wills Janet to Mr. Watts if he thinks he can get her. His ability to get along with the School Board to anyone that is planning on getting into trouble. Nancy Hershman wills her ability to “squeal corners to John Hammon, her cooking ability to Pickles Leitzow, and her good grades to Myrna Lyons. Ray Hiestand wills his musical ability to Dick Dowty and his long hair to Bob Cunningham. Also his eating capacity to Lester Crudden. Margie Davis wills her ability to hold her man to Myrna Lyons, and her ability to eat fried chicken to Wanda Whaley. Ann Dorsey wills her mechanical ability to drive a jeep to whoever thinks he can handle one. And her calm temper, that goes with red hair, to Sue Wilson. Wilma Wright wills her long hair to Kay Cooper, her skating ability to Mr. Tanksley; also her ability to “pop gum and like it to Bob Ormiston. Connie Schuster wills her job at the telephone office to Bertha Ashbaugh and her dislike for redheads to Delores Beaty for future use. Phyllis Cline wills her musical ability and love of the drum section to Jackie Danruther. Also her disability to get along with Mr. Tanksley to Sue Ann. Phyllis Whaley wills her place as cheerleader to Joyce Denton and her ability to leave boys alone to Sue Carol Hendry and Carol Snyder. And to Geraldine Tichacek her ability to dress like a young lady. Bob Harris wills his car to anyone who thinks they can keep it running and his ability to get along with Mr. Loveless to Ronnie Bartlett. Allen Taylor wills his seat in study hall to any Junior that happens to get put there. His ability to throw snowballs straight to Roy Murfitt, also his ability to sleep in study halls to any tired Junior. Charles Whaley wills his speed and alertness on the basketball floor to Bob Nugent and his ability to smile and joke to Marvin Pickett. Donald Weishaar wills his driving ability to Lester Crudden and his lightning- like speed on the basketball floor to Heckle Whaley. Tom Wilson wills his crop of curly red hair to Mr. Tanksley and Margie to no one. Dale Evans wills his outside interest in Goodland to Jim Pence and his ability to get along with the teachers to Wanda Whaley. Red Henderson wills his clowning on the basketball floor to Bob Cunningham and his red hair to Mr. Black. We, the Senior girls will to the Juniors our cord skirts to get dirty. We, the Senior boys will to the Juniors our yellow cords, if they can keep them clean. To the on-coming Seniors, we will the work Mr. Loveless had us to do for him. To Mr. Miller we will our new Health book, or almost new, because we didn’t use them anymore than we had to. We, the Seniors will our diplomas to anyone who dares try to get them. We, the Senior boys will our ability to play pool at noon to the Junior boys. We, the Seniors wish to will our used toys to Mr. Nelson to use for the kindergarten class of 1942, to use in the 8th period study hall. (1954 minus 12 equals 1942) To Mr. Nelson we will any one of the typewriters in the typing room he wants to use. We, the Seniors will our hard seats next to the windows in the study hall to the on- coming Seniors, and hope they stay in them more than we did. To “Dear Old B. H. S. we leave our memories though they may be good or bad? ? ? ? Signed, sealed, published and declared as our last will, we the Seniors set our hand and seal hereto this twenty-fourth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred fifty-three. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1953 Witnessed by Tom Wilson and Bob Antcliff Senior Prophecy Let’s look into the future and see what the class of “53” is doing or has done- Here is MARGIE DAVIS WILSON. She in a graduate of P. U. with the intention of teaching school. It seems Tom has changed her mind; she is now teaching the little Wilsons!!: HARVEY ARBUCKLE is doing fine as a sports announcer on W. L. S. and in his spare time is doing newspaper work. ROBERT ANTCLIFF is now doing very well for himself and family. He is married to “Nita” and they have five children. He is a “Fly Boy” for the T. W A. and hopes to test .lets some day. NANCY HEP.SHMAN After graduating from High School, Nan went four years to Ball State Teachers College. She has taught in many different schools including Brook, but at the present is settled down to a peaceful home life with Ray. TOM WILSON. Tom has now taken over his Dad’s trucking business and is increas- ing his “Fleet of Fords” to 10. He has the Biggest Trucking Co. around this community. He also hopes to have two or three sons to take over his business so he and Margie can retire. ALLEN TAYLOR has been running his own farm and doing very well. He also is a big-time trucker on the “State Line.” PHYLLIS WHALEY is now running her own farm and doing well. She also is a very good seamstress and making most of the Hollywood fashions. NORMAN HENDERSON is now Master of Ceremonies on a radio and T. V. program “People are Funny.” He really proves that (some) people are funny'.” CONNIE SCHUSTER CHAPMAN is happily married to DeWayne and they have two wonderful children, who no doubt take after Connie; but in her spare time, (if she has any), is a telephone operator. RAY HIESTAND is now conducting the United States Navy Band in Washington, and doing very well with his music as well as living a charming home life with his wife, Nancy WILMA WRIGHT. Wilma is a professional secretary for the President of the United States. In her spare time she is a champion skater and has won several awards. DON WEISHAAR is now head coach at Brook, and has a mighty good team. Now Brook will go all the way to the State in the tourneys. ANN DORSEY, started in at Nurses’ training, but didn’t make it through to graduate because she ended up being Wayne’s nurse. Maybe someday you can finish, Ann” BOB HARRIS. Bob is now the owner and manager of the “Big Chevrolet Company. He has improved the Chevrolet until it has taken the place of the Cadillac on the roads today. DALE EVANS. The owner of a large ranch, “The Evans Ride’em and Throw’em Ranch, ’ out West. He is doing very well as a “Horse Thief,” however, he has to have his Oldsmobile to make his fast “getaway from the Private Eyes. PHYLLIS CLINE is running a well known business, “Phyl’s Beauty Salon” in Brook. If you see any beautiful girls” around Brook, boys, the credit goes to Phyl and her Beauty Salon. CHARLES WHALEY. He is a “Big Time” basketball player, playing even better than in his high school days; if that is possible! He is drawing a very good salary (Outside of a few bruises) so he can “easily” support Delores, even though she has to have a new car every few months. ALUMNI NOTES Foreword The students that are now enrolled in this school--particularly the ones that are about to leave this year--thought it would be nice to hear from some of the former students. We wrote to members of some of the classes from the first graduating class to the present, picking at random members and asking them to write something of what they have been doing since they walked down the aisle to “Pomp and Circumstance and were presented with diplomas, and how they have come to appreciate the years they spent in Brook High School. We pass on to you some of the replies which we have received. To the Class of 1953, from the Class of 1916, Greetings, Congratulations on the successful conclusion of your High School work, and Welcome into the ranks of the Alumni Association. It is indeed a pleasure and an honor to have the privilege of ad- dressing you in this manner as spokesman for the Class of 1916. Having completed this important phase of your education as a group you are now ready to take off, each on his, or her, own chosen course, in pursuit of the individual objectives selected. You will find, for the most part, that your flight paths will become increasingly more divergent as the years progress and that the home bases which you eventually establish will be well scattered and some will be far distant. Even so, the close friendships, established by association through your grade and high school years, you will find to be forever lasting. In regard to reference to far distant places, it must be remembered that the world has gotten much smaller in recent years due to modern means of travel and, of course, I am referring to the airplane. Therefore, in matter of time you can be close to home in Paris, Rome, or Tokyo now that one was in 1916 if living in Los Angeles, and on this basis distance in miles is rather insignificant. Looking backward through the 37 years which have passed since my class graduated, and trying to arrive at some reasonable comparison of the situations then and now, I would say emphatically that the world is much more your pigeon than it was ours. There have been great advances made along all lines in the interim and it may seem to you that there are no more areas available for exploration or exploitation in any field. Actually, a lot of us have just been doing things the hard way through these years to furnish the knowledge, tools and equipment to make possible more rapid progress from points of take-off for you than we ever dreamed of. In another 37 years you will be looking back- ward over a period of much more fantastic progress than we have seen in the years since 1916. Whatever your chosen field, it is my observation that you will have to work hard and long to arrive at the goal desired, for regardless of the improved tools to work with, there is ever present the competitive efforts of others striving for the same thing and your eventual position must be won by excellence over others. This is as it should be, for it is the process of the Free Enterprise System which made this country the greatest on earth. The world is yours - go take it in true Jet Age manner! Don R. Berlin 23 Dear Class of 1953: Our Brook High School was commissioned in the year of 1906. There were only six of us to graduate that year--namely, Blanche Hess Gast of Warsaw, Indiana, Maude Adair Smeak of Crawford, Nebraska, Jennie Harry Beagley of Brook, Indiana. The other three members of the class are deceased. They were, Elsie Noble Eastburn of Sheldon, Illinois, Charles Lyons, Sheldon, Illinois, Clifford Harry, Tulsa, Oklahoma. We were not as fortunate as you are now, in having a complete library. In fact our Superintendent, Mr. E. E. Vance(deceased), made his library available to us and later donated it to the school. We took four years of Latin, and had to take two sciences in our Senior year in order to commission the school that year. Our first Alumni Banquet was held in the present United Brethern Parsonage in May 1906. Those present were the six graduates, our taithful Superintendent, Mr. E. E. Vance and our Principal, Mr. Fred Longwell, who is now a retired Methodist Minister. Sincerely yours, Jennie Beagley, 06 Greetings Class of 1953: Congratulations on attaining another milestone on the road of Success. To some of the members of the Class definite plans for the future have already taken shape; to others the future may seem uncertain and obscure. It is an assured fact that the future of this country will depend upon the manner you people shoulder your responsibilities. Your class may never have among its members a president of the United States; a five star general, a minister of a Fifth Avenue Church, or an Ambassador to the Court of St. James---if each individual accepts his daily tasks, and fulfills these obligations to the best of his ability he has attained his goal--SUCCESS. God Bless your every effort. . may each become one of the distinguished Alumni of B. H. S. Sincerely, I Lear Class of 1953: For the class of 1908 I am happy to write a note of greetings for the B. H. S. yearbook, The Talisman, and to say “hi to all those “fore and aft . Not many were before us as our class was the third one to graduate from Brook High after it was commissioned. We were a class of 9-7 girls, 2 boys--perhaps most of us strangers to you, so may I present Leila Foresman Hanson, Hazel Laurence Hess, Frances Hays Lyons, Ida Sell Kindig, Mae Whitmyer----2 , Mary Ballard, Ina Sunderland Peirson, Charles Conn, and Everett Hess. Both boys are now deceased. We were all of average behavior and intelligence, never failed “to pass’’--but back in 1908 we were very sure that we were very much above the average, a Senior complex. The years have deflated our 1908 egos but think I may say, in no one statement, that all have found useful places in life as average citizens, and we have kept, through the years, our devotion to B. H. S., and an unfailing interest in its students and their activities. We have watched with pride and pleasure the development and progress of our Alma Mater and are happy to extend proud best wishes to the students and faculty of this year of 1953 from the Class of 1908. Sincerely, Ina Pierson, 08 To the Class of “53 It it were possible for you grads of ‘53 to obtain a television set which could back- fire and pick up the events taking place at B. H. S. back in 1914, some of the things you would see flitting across the snow-speckled T. V. screen would make your eyeballs whirl in amazement. But you are concerned with the future, not the past. You are fortunate to be grad- uating at the beginning of the atomic age. In a few years, by the time you have settled down in a plastic home and started buying baby rattles, the standard of living in the good old U. S. A. will have advanced to that push-button stage. You will have more leisure time in which to enjoy living. However, in spite of all the scientific advances that are to come, human nature will remain the same so if you want a happy future make all the friends you can, and be a friend to all. Other members of the Class of ‘14 join me in extending congratulations and best wishes to you. Art Irwin, 1 4 25 Class of 53: I believe there are other members of my class who could offer better words of wisdom and tell of their accomplishments. However, writing this takes me back to enjoyable days at Brook High, and to be sure the most impressive event to me was Graduation, along with the realization that I was leaving behind an idealistic little world and going into the cold business-like world of reality, with the breaking up of the friendliest group of people with whom I have ever come into close contact. Watching and finding out what happens to people is probably as interesting as life itself, perhaps because that is part of life. It may sometimes be tragic, but it is interesting and thought-provoking. For the past three years I have been closely asso- ciated with graduates from hundreds of “Brook High's” all over the United States, in my capacity of Director of the Department of Power Plant Training, Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. Kipling said, “If you can dream and not make dreams your master. If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.” Very wise words from a wise and successful man. And too, an unknown said, “There is no anchorage in the river of time”, which is so true in these days of progress, almost to the extent of advancement revolution. It is difficult to add to the recognized wisdom of proven successful people, but association with recent graduates has brought out the “not reaching a decision in the field of endeavor early enough to take advantage of every opportunity”, whether headed for industry or the Armed Forces. The very fine aptitude tests that are available either in the Air Force or industry are helpful to the young graduate. However, we find that some in- dividuals turn in high scores in all phases. So then again, it goes back to the person's primary interest and desires. Self-analysis cannot come too early for the life-import- ant decision. Sincerely, Duane O. Sunderland Class of 34 To the Class of ‘53: I would like to thank you for asking me to write for my class of 1950. I hope what I have to say will be what each of them would say if they were writing. You are graduating and going on to make your ways in a world full of uncertainty and confusion, but if you keep faith in God, Your Country, and yourself, I know you can deal with whatever comes along. Best of luck to each of you in whatever you decide to do. Stanley Ricker Class of 1950 26 To the Student body, and class of “S3”. Since graduating in “51“ I have been employed as announcer at Radio Station W 1BC in Bloomington, Illinois. My work consists of reading the commercials that people dislike so, reading new scasts, and doing record shows. And of the three 1 enjoy the latter most. Right about now you, the class of “53“ fee! the way we the class of 51 did when we graduated. Or I suppose you do. The feeling that after looking over your days in high school, you find that by and large you enjoyed it all. The bad and the good. And that is the way it is when you’re out of school, you’ve got to take the good with the bad. bon't let the bad get you down, and don’t let the good go to your head. They say your career starts when you graduate. I think they arc wrong. It starts the day you enter the first grade, and never quite stops. Those twelve years mean a lot. For what you do in school, not just scholasticly, but in everything from cutting classes to basketball, has a direct bearing on the kind of a person you will be when you leave B. H. S. 1 know, I cut my share. Some said it better than I. “The road of life isn’t so tough, just get on the right track, and stay there. ’ Regards, Phil Nolan Class of “51” To the Class of “53” Hi, Kids: Well here 1 am in college and you still aren’t rid of me. I know that I haven’t for- gotten about you and all the wonderful times that I had in high school. Believe me when I say that you have one of the best times of your life while in high school. 1 don t believe that anyone experience is outstanding in my memories of school days, but all of them together unite to form a treasure for which I would take no amount of money. My advice to you is to take advantage of every opportunity that is offered to you both scholastically and socially. I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors. Sincerely, Mona Jean Goodwin Class of 1952 27 Juniors THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Dick Dowty, Bob Ormiston, Jim Pence, Cub Lyons, Fred Ford, Dave Curts, Leroy Murfitt, Mr. Black(sponsor). Mrs. Adamson (Sponsor), Bertha Ashbaugh. Karen Martin, Judy Patterson, Delores Beaty, Donna Lopp. K?y Cooper. Wanda Whaley, Lucille Deno. Ann Fitzgerald, Ruth Wilson, Pat Hancock. Nellie Riegle, Janet Laffoon, Juanita Carroll, Pat Boelke. Shirley Homell(absent). The Junior class started their activities by selling magazines. This proved to be quite successful and showed the talents of selling by the students. The Junior play was the next project for them to tackle. This took very much practice and patience on the parts of the Juniors and the directors (Mr. Black and Mrs. Adamson). It seemed as though the play “Peck’s Bad Boy“ would be anything but a success. But when the night arrived there was never a more surprised sponsor or class; for the play was far from a failure and the best in years. The class sold the concessions at most of the Basketball games. From this class came three of the four yell leaders and four of the first six of the basketball team. 29 Sophomores THIRD ROW: Ernect Yeoman, Sue Wilson, Joe Schuster, Lester Crudden, John Haynes, Clarence Leitzow. Bill Cline, Sue Tanksley. Mr. Watts (sponsor). SECOND ROW : Peggy Cain, Carol Sue Sell, Bob Nugent, Bob Cunningham, Gene Whaley, Rita Evans, Eileen Griffin. FIRST ROW: Virginia Guthrie, Bernal Varboncer, Sue Carol Hendry, Donna Harris, Marvin Pickett, Calvin Whaley, Martha Riegle, Carol Anderson. There are twenty-two members of the Sophomore class, eleven girls and eleven boys. During the year they lost one of their classmates, Bernal Varboncouer, and gained another, Ernest Yeoman. Have you seen those bright red flashes around school? Well, that is just the Sophomore class sweaters. (Yes, you guessed it!) They got them the hottest day of the season. To start off the Sophomore Frolics they had a hayride concluding with wiener roast at Andersons. King and Queen? Yes, the Sophomores won the popularity contest as usual, with Queen Rita Evans and King Bob Cunningham. At Christmas, the Sophomores sponsored the annual Christmas Dance. Before the main festivities started, the Sophomores had their gift exchange around the huge tree in the center of the gym. The Sophomores served cokes and cookies as refreshments. All in all the Sophomores had a grand time this year. 30 Freshmen THIRD ROW: John Hammon, Carol Snyder, Alvin Whaley, John Conn, Norman Standish, Jim Brunton, Wayne Downs, John Honn, Alice Deardurff. Mr. Miller (sponsor). SECOND ROW': Alice McCarty, Jim Brewer, Rex Whaley, Sue Jackson, Jim Plott, Betty Riegle, Jim Huff, Elinor McCarty, Arema Henderson. FIRST ROW: Margaret Standish, Jack Fenwick, Sandra Clark, Myrna Lyons. Ronnie Bartlett, Norman Wright, Norman Curtis, Geraldine Tichacek, Margie Malott (absent). Their first year of high school and NO initiation. Weren’t they lucky? There were twenty-three students last year, thirteen new students from Foresman, Ade, and Jordan. They also lost ten, leaving them a total of twenty-seven. Their first and only party was a Christmas Party. They had the usual gift exchange and went skatihg afterwards. Their very accomodating sponsor was Mr. Phil Miller. Parts of the student body from the Freshman class take part in Sunshine Society, B and C team basketball, Aceonian, Talisman, and F. F. A. work. 31 r Qrade Eight THIRD ROW: Ronnie Strain, Joyce Denton, Damon Hoover, Beverly Courtney, Sandra Sainte, Roy Herath, Sue Adamson, Rosella Honn. Judy Connell, John Lyons, Mr. Tanksley (sponsor). SECOND ROW: Fred Alliss, Chuck Pippenger, Bill Shepard, Laura Lou Hamacher, Larry Harper. Sally Clark. Martha Beatty, Don Antcliff. FIRST ROW: Joyce Dangerfield, Paul Rieglc, Judy Woods, Larry Lyons, George Curtis, Bernie Hiestand, Ruth Ann Antcliff, Vera Dowty. THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW FIRST ROW: Jim Bannon. Donnje naywortn. Betty Jo Wallace. Delmar Curtis, Herman Alliss. Philip Burton. Dotty Davis. Mr. Nelson (sponsor). Dick Antcliff, Linda Burton. Bob Lyons. Betty Dangerfield. Tom Antcliff. Don Parrish. Neal Carroll. Connie Martin. Harold Beasely. Joyce Hammon, Doyle Elijah. Janie Hiestand. Qrade Seven % V THIRD ROW: Marilyn Whaley, John Connell, Sally Bannon, Judy Kanne, Bill Balensiefer, Priscella Dean, Chuck Davis, Gerald Ervin, Mr. Slinker. SECOND ROW: Allen Toben, Jackie Curtis. Walter Richie, David Anderson, Jo Woods, Beverly Schuette, Lois Alliss, Bernard Freeland. FIRST ROW: Wan da Henderson. George Antcliff. Everett Honn, David Miller, Jack Danruther, Douglas Hiestand, fed Hamacher, Tom Anderson, Roger Pippen - r. THIRD ROW: Louise Adamson, Donald Doyle, Candy Honn, Terry Dyer, Carol Lawrence, Michael James. Leonard Honn. SECOND ROW: Sharon Clark, Marilyn Ashbrook, Holland Huff, Vada Huff, Billy Burton, Nancy Carroll, Diana Odle. FIRST ROW: Gary urley, Carroll Beasley. Paula Watkins, Larry Laffoon, Frances Ervin. Myrna Gerbracht. Theron Pickett, Jackie Strain. THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Left to Right; Mrs. Sainte, James Thompson, Sandra Whaley, Karl Sauders, Sandra Akers, John Hess, Judy Curtis, Donna Algright, Sharon Sainte. Linda Loveless. Chucky Martin, Tom Kindell, James Hermanson, Jim Nelson, Bill Sane, Julet Dean, Laura Henning, Joyce Antcliff. Daved Henderson, Michael Gravesen, Bill Denton, Barbara Miller, David Patterson. Jimmy Burley. Larry Antcliff, Tommy Clark. THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Left to Right; Ronnie Honn, Diane Long, Nancy Sutton. John Gerbracht, Larry Standish, David Baker, Buddy Shepard. Lawrence Riegle, Steve Rathbun, John Burton, Judy Schuster, Kathy Loveless, Larry Riegle, Eddie Wiltfang, Chucky Dangerfield. Cheryl Decker. Michael Schmitz, Jane Cunningham, Charles Ervin, Charleve Freeland, Betty Honn, Marvin Snodgrass. THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Left to Right; Ronnie Antcliff, Bonita Boelke, Carol Henderson, Mary Miller, Sar.dre Whaley, Phyllis Gravesen, Mrs. Kanne. David Hermansen, Stevie Peters, Dean Elijah, Sandra Montgomery. David Wilson, Susan Ervin, Gary Curtis. Left to Right; Sondi Pijut, Jim Woods, Peggy Brown, Nancy Bannon, Philip Connell, Sharon Jackson. THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FIRST ROW: Left to Right; Eugene Soudcrs, Jackie Watkins, Lana Whaley, David Legg, Carl Gravesen, Susan Anderson, Nandy Clark, Judy Irvine. Carol Long, Jackie Schmitz, Wilma Kay Kindig, Danny Hollingsworth, David Pijut, Patty Schuster, Janet Schuette, Mrs. Tanksley. Mary Kay Sinks, Bobby Penny, Billy Juff, Larry Henning, Donnie Albright, Terry Heistand, Julie Brown, Lisa Ann Bitler. 35 Qrade 5-8 Fore smart BACK ROW: Carol Wright, Joyce Cooper, Donna Putt, Jerry Wilson, Mr. Linley, Donna Downs, Erlcne Cole, Sue Bufkin, Ruth Wright. FRONT ROW: Tommy Broun, David Schucttc, Judy Wilson, Joe Conn. Judy Rieners, Jack Downs, Billy Antcliff, Wilma Jean Cole. BACK ROW: Ronnie Miller, Charles Schuette, Richard Rieners, Betty Jo Putt, Miss Cooper, Jerry Bufkin, Judy Morton, Roger otutesman. F1KST ROW: Louise Wright, Richie Schuette, Joe Downs, Larry Wright. Dwayne Cole, Jimmy Broun, Alice Dolten. Qrade 1-4 Fore smart Varsity Basketball The Aces, led by Coach Miller, seemed vastly improved over last year’s squad. Brook has defeated every team in the county at least once. High-lights of the season include defeating the favored Fair Oaks to take the Four Way Tourney, and dealing Kentland their first and their only defeat of the season. Their record shows that the team has played consistently well throughout the year. Their teamwork, ability to score, and their desire to win, plus the under- standing between coach and players have led the Aces to be one of the most feared teams in the vicinity. : :« : ;• -:« � '« B Team Basketball The B team has done a superb job in coping with their opponents this year. Sparked by the fine coaching of Watts, the team has won over 50% of their games thus far this season. Their record is quite a bit better than last year’s. Though their record isn’t outstanding, it shows that the team is out to win and never gives up. This B team is a scrapping ball club, and with their experience, the outlook shows that in the next few years they will be one of the best teams around. They show good sportsmanship and clean play. Varsity Team Back Row L-R Jim Pence, Mgr. Harvey Arbuckle, Charles Whaley, Bob Cunningham, Fred Ford, John Haynes, Roger Lyons, Mr. Miller, Coach. Fronl Row L-R Norman Henderson, Bob Antcliff, Dave Curts , Don Weishaar. Roy Murfitt. “B” Team Back Row L-R Lester Cruddcn, Mgr. Joe Schuster, Bob Nugent, John Haynes, Robert Cunningham, Clarence Lcitzow, Bill Cline. Ernest Yeoman, Mr. Watts, Coach. Front Row L-R Calvin Whaley, Dick Dowty, Rex Whaley. Gene Whaley, John Conn, Jack Fenwick. Brook BROOK BROOK BROOK Brook BROOK BROOK BROOK Brook Brook BROOK BROOK BROOK BROOK BROOK BROOK BROOK BROOK Brook Varsity Season Record 53 - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - -Goodland 56 57 — - -- -- -- -- - — - -- -- -- Freeland 51 65 - - -- ---------- - — - -- - -Remington 59 49 - _ — - — - -- -- -- -- -- - - Kentland 45 48------------------------ - - ----Morocco 58 53----------------------------------Mt. Ayr 45 69 - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - Goodland 57 66 - -- -- -- - — - -- -- — — - -Monon 44 52 - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- — ----Rensselaer 68 41 - -- -- — - -- -- -- -- -- -- Kentland 50 72------------------------------- -- Fowler 49 60---------- — — - - - - — - Morocco 51 43------------- - — - -- -- - - - -W. Lafayette 36 63 - -- - — --------- --------- Otterbein 40 63--- - — - -- -- -- - — - -- - Oxford 52 60 - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- Ambia 46 Holiday Tourney 55-----------------— - -- - - — - Earl Park 44 48-------------------------------------- - Fair Oaks 41 County Tourney 48 - -- -- -- — - -- -- -- -- -- Kentland 51 41 ( Indicates Win ) Individual Scoring Varsity Name P FG FP TP PF GP Whaley G 57 77 191 76 19 W eishaar G-F 29 15 73 34 15 Henderson G 17 19 53 33 14 Arbuckle G 0 1 1 4 3 Antcliff F 0 1 1 0 3 Lyons G-F 92 73 257 58 18 Curts F 73 46 192 41 15 Ford C 52 46 150 66 19 Murfitt F-G 36 37 109 26 18 Cunningham F-G 11 5 27 8 12 Cline G 1 6 8 6 6 T otals $ 368 326 1062 352 Individual Scoring Name P FG FP TP PF GP Cunningham F 25 16 66 6 7 Cline G 34 50 118 31 13 Murfitt G 6 10 22 3 2 Leitzow F 23 33 79 48 16 Haynes C 3 14 20 26 15 Nugent C 12 28 52 30 16 Dow ty G 7 18 32 25 16 Whaley, C . G 33 16 82 29 17 Whaley, G. G 17 16 50 23 16 Whaley, R. G. 3 8 14 0 5 Fenw ick G 0 0 0 1 2 Conn F 0 1 1 1 2 Schuster F 0 0 0 0 1 Crudden F 1 1 3 0 1 Y eoman F 1 1 3 0 4 Total s 165 212 542 223 � ;« 42 B Team (P-Position, FG-Field Goals, FP-Foul Points, TP-Total Points, PF-Personal Fouls, GP-Games Played.) PICKLES LEITZOW Sectional Champs 1953 FRED FORD DAVE CURTS DON WEISHAAR Sectional Champs 1953 CHING MURFITT JOHNNY HAYNES BILL CLINE High School Cheerleaders The Brook High School cheer- leaders had a very prosperous year. In addition to contributing to the support of the team; their sports- manship and co-ordination, not to mention their originality, led them to a trophy. They were chosen as the best performing cheerleaders in the Brook four-way tourney. The captain of the cheerleaders this year was Nita Carroll. She kept the group in high spirits through all the games. They attended all the games and led a good cheering section Pat Boclkc, Janet Laffoon, Phyllis Whaley, and Nita Carroll. Back Row: Clarence Leitzow . Charles Whaley. John Haynes, Roger Lyons, Robert Cunningham, Dave Curts, James Brunton, Mr. Watts, Coach. Front Row: Calvin Whaley, Norman Henderson, James Brewer, Alvin Whaley, John Conn, Bill Cline. Dick Dowty. Ronnie Bartlett. Softball The softball team this year was not t jo successful. The team was made up of mostly young players except for three Seniors. The team has good prospects for next year and the years to come. They lost three and won one. The team was under the supervision of ace coach, Marion Watts. The team beat Remington on the home field and lost to Goodland and Reynolds also on the home field. The boys made a trip to Goodland and found defeat there also. 45 “C” Team Back Row: Mr. Miller, Coach James Plott, Norman Standish, James Brunton, Lester Crudden, Mgr. Front Row: John Hamman, Jim Brewer, Ronnie Bartlett, Alvin Whaley. 7 8 Qrade Team i Back Row: Mr. Watts, Coach Delmar Curtis, Herman Allis, Roy Herath, Damon Hoover, John Lyons, Phil Burton, Chuck Pippinger, Mgr. Front Row; Don Antcliff, Larry Lyons, Larry Harper. Tom Antcliff, Dick Antcliff, Lon Parish. “C” Team The Brook High “C team has come up with a rough and ready squad this year. The prospects at the first of the year did not look good. The boys ended up with a Z won and 4 lost record. The boys have a fairly new squad with seven out of the first twelve players from Ade, Jordan, and Foresman. The team has its share of height and speed. The B team substitutes that don’t play too much on the squad compose the regular starters for the “C” team. These boys, from some of the spectators stand- points may be the sectional winners of '55 and 56. The team was coached by Phil Miller, regular “A” team coach. The boys were aided by Calvin Whaley in one of the games with Goodland. 7 8 Qrade Team The Brook grade school team was fairly successful this year. Their record was 7 wins and 4 losses. The games were all well attended. The team was coached by Marion Watts, regular “B” team coach. The starting five usually changed from time to time. The five that were most often used were: Dick Antcliff, Don Antcliff, Roy Hareth, Larry Harper, and Delmar Curtis. The team showed good sportsmanship, good coaching, and good team play. The hopes for next year’s team are fairly high. At most of the games the fifth and sixth grade team played. These boys were good 47 and gave any team that they played a good battle. They did not lose many games. Calendar NOVEMBER 10 Sophomores got Sweaters Nice eh! 12 Movie Stars in Brook: Wow! Band played. Very good. 19 Sunshine elected officers. Watch that training boys! 7 Senior Speech Class gave program, in honor of Famous Whitcomb Riley. Good. 10 Sophomore hayride and wiener roast. More fun! 11 District Sunshine Society convention at Camden. 13 Installation of Sunshine Officers. They’re installed! 17 Annual pictures taken. Watch the birdie! 19 Sunshine Initiation at Methodist Church. Beautiful! 23-24 Teachers Institute. Did you learn anything new? 30 Senior pictures taken. Smile now. Hold that chin up! 31 Hallowe’en Festival--What a face! 1 Goodland game; too bad we had to lose. First one, too. 4 Seniors got their pictures back. (Don’t I look better than that?) 9-16 National Book Week-More books! 11 Armistice Day - Peace didn’t last. 12 National Education Week- Didn’t learn anymore this week than last. 17 Sunshine had a Chile supper-mmm- was it good! 26 Thanksgiving Program 2 F. M. 27-28 Thanksgiving Vacation - What food! DECEMBER 5 Morocco - No Comment! 7 Band Concert by B . H. S. 1 1 Mr. Egli 4 Senior band members went to the “Music Clinic, at Chicago. Learn anything? 13 Mt. Ayr. Good game, we won! 19 Goodland H. We won this time. 22 Junior Christmas Class Party Sophomore Christmas Class Party Sophomore High School Christmas Dance. Boy, did we have fun! 24-Jan.5 Christmas Vacation! Loads of fun. Sfe 3 49 JANUARY MARCH 2-3 4-Vray Tourney, at Brook, and Brook won! 5 Christmas Vacation Ends- Back to School. 6 Monon We won!!! 9 Rensselaer We won’t talk about this one. 16 Semester Ends - Hope we passed! 16 Kentland It was a good game . But, those semester tests 20 Grades 6-12 watched Inauguration on TV. Wish we could have been there. . 23-24 County Tourney - They were all good games. 27 Fowler Good game, we won! Contest at Kokomo. Did very well. Many ribbons! 13 Oxford Boy! was that an exciting game, we won by eleven points!'.! 20 Dull as ever, nothing important happening. But it won't be long till the Seniors will be gone. APRIL 11 District Band Contest at Brook. 18 State Band Contest No squeaks now MAY 1 Prom - The Loveliest Night of the Year. What time did you get in? Alumni Banquet - We’ll get to see some old faces again. 10 Baccalaureate - We have finally decided to be good Seniors now. 15 Commencement - So long to the Seniors of “53 , we arc glad to see you leave but we will miss you. 20-23 Senior Trip - We have waited for this for a long time, we have worked hard too. What a time we will have!!! Ambia 21 State Solo Contest - Gee, we get to go to Indianapolis. 26-27-28 Sectional Tourney 50 Sunshine BACK ROW: Left to Right; Ruth Wilson, Juanita Carroll, Eileen Griffin, Sandra Clark, Margaret Standish, Phyllis Cline, Martha Riegle, Margie Davis, Margie Malott, Lucille Deno, Wanda Whaley, Virginia Guthrie, Carol Anderson, Arema Henderson. MIDDLE ROW: Mrs. Adamson, sponsor; Geraldine Tichacek, Betty Riegle, Delores Beatty. Nellie Riegle. Sue Jackson, Carol Snyder, Rita Evans, Ann Dorsey, Sue Wilson, Carol Sue Sell, Peggy Cain, Sue Carol Hendry, Karen Martin, Donna Lopp, Connie Schuster. Pat Hancock. FRONT ROW: Myrna Lyons, Elinor McCarty, Ann Fitzgerald, Nancy Hershman, Sue Tanksley, Alice Deardurff, Judy Patterson, Bertha Ashbaugh, Pat Boelke, Donna Harris. Alice McCarty. The year 1952-53 for Sunshine was opened October 13 with the installation of officers. Nancy Hershman was president; Margie Davis, vice-president; Phyllis Cline, treasurer; Juanita Carroll, recording secretary; Eileen Griffin, corresponding secretary. On October 19, all new members were initiated by a candlelight ceremony at the Methodist Church. Besides the help the girls gave to the Polio, Heart, and Riley funds, they found time to have fun making scrapbooks and dressing dolls for the Riley Hospital, and cheering the sick with Christmas carols. It was also made possible for some members to attend the District Sunshine Convention held at Camden, Indiana. The girls closed their successful year with the knowledge that they had fulfilled the words of their Sunshine slogan: “Service Above Self . This was achieved with the help of their sponsor, Mrs. Adamson. 51 Boys’ 4'H Club BACK ROW: MIDDLE ROW: FRONT ROW: Left to Right; Rex Whaley, John Conn, Dick Antcliff, Neal Carroll, Jackie Danruther, Tomn.y Antcliff, Gerald Ervin, Allen Toben, Ted Hamacher, Tom Anderson, George Antcliff, Mr. Nelson. John Connell, Dave Anderson, Jim Bannon, Jack Fenwick, Bill Balensiefer, John Lyons, Don Antcliff, Don Hayworth, Bob Lyons, Larry Lyons. Jim Brewer, Ronnie Bartlett, Bill Cline, Dale Evans, Fred Ford, John Haynes, Norman Standish. Jim Brunton, Roy Herath. Boy’s 4-H Club work in the Brook Consolidated School District was organized into the Brook-Iroquois and Washington township clubs. The Brook-Iroquois Club included students from Foresman school. Most of the 4-H agricultural projects were started in the spring and completed at the County Fair in September, but several of them were on a year-round basis as in the case of beef breeding and feeding, dairy production, and sow and litter projects. The officers of Boy’s 4-H for the past year were: Dale Evans, president; Bill Cline, vice-president; Don Ekstrom, secretary-treasurer; and Larry Lyons, reporter. 52 BACK ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FRONT ROW: Left to Right; Joyce Dangerfield, Martha Beatty, Wanda Whaley, Sally Clark, Sandra Clark, Myrna Lyons, Pat Hancock. Alice McCarty, Joyce Denton, Margie Davis. Donna Harris, Carol Anderson. Juanita Carroll, Phyllis Cline, Judy Connell, Rita Evans, Delores Beatty, Carol Snyder, Sandra Sainte, Sue Wilson, Carol Sue Sell, Sue Tanksley, Donna Lopp, Sue Adamson, Eileen Griffin, Phyllis Whaley, Mrs. Adamson, sponsor. Connie Martin, Nancy Carroll. Louise Adamson. Candice Honn, Ruth Antcliff, Judy Woods. Betty Dangerfield, Judy Kanne, Lois Alliss, Sally Bannon. Jo W oods. Wanda Henderson, Myrna Gerbracht, Marilyn Whaley, Frances Ervin, Joyce Hamman, Beverly Schuette, Marilyn Ashbrook, Diane Odle, Jane Heistand, Sharon Clark, Paula Watkins. The Girls’ 4-H had a very successful year including the Roundup at Purdue attended by Wanda Whaley and Connie Schuster, Junior Leader Conference at Greencastle attended by Phyllis Cline, State Fair School attended by Phyllis Whaley, Judging Contest at Morocco, County Demonstration Contest at Brook in which Wanda Whaley, Judy Connell, Joyce Denton, and Margie Davis were entered, and District Demonstration Contest in which Wanda Whaley entered. The girls ended the successful year with a picnic at Columbia Park in Lafayette. The officers for the year were Margie Davis, president; Pat Hancock, vice-president; Connie Schuster, secretary-treasurer; Juanita Carroll, reporter; and Myrna Lyons and Janet Laffoon, recreation leaders. 53 V Band Qlce Club The Junior High Band is made up of instrument players from the fourth grade through the ninth grade. When a student has advanced enough on his instrument to be able to play the music of the Junior Band, he becomes a member of that group. This band is a preparatory or training band that the player must go through before becoming a member of the Senior band. The group met each Monday evening after school was dismissed. There were thirty-five members in the group this year. The 7th and 8th grade girls were organized into a glee club this year. They learned and memorized several songs. The group made one public appearance on December 8, when they sang two songs for a P. T. A. meeting. This group was organized to prepare the girls for the high school Glee Club, and they made much progress this past year. Brook High Band was larger this year than it has been for some time. At the beginning of the year it had 43 members, and it increased to 52 members. As usual, the Band was busy with its numerous activities. The High School Band gave a Fall Concert on December 7, and was very honored to have Mr. Nils Honey, from the Arthur Jordon Conservatory of Music, as guest conductor. At this concert four Seniors, Charles Whaley, Ray Hiestand, Nancy Hershman, and Phyllis Cline, were awarded Band sweaters, which were contributed by the Band Boosters. This year the Band worked on several new selections, some of which were more diffici lt than usual. On February 7, several band students went to Kokomo to participate in the District Solo and Ensemble Contest. As a result of this contest there were 23 students eligible to enter the All State Solo and Ensemble Contest held at the Butler University in Indianapolis. The Brook Band also had a Spring Concert in April. The Concert consisted of a variety of music, which offered an enjoyable hour of listening. Again, as in 1951, the District Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Contest was held in Brook on April 11. The Brook Band Boosters sponsored this contest. 54 High School Band and Chorus BACK ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW: FRONT ROW: Left to Right; Jackie Danruther, Donna Lopp, Wanda Whaley, Phyllis Cline, Mr. Egli, director. Pat Hancock, Lester Crudden, Martha Beatty, Betty Jo Wallace, Sue Jackson, Ruth Ann Antcliff, Ray Hiestand, Bernie Hiestand, Allen Toben, Nellie Riegle, Clarence Leitzow, Roger Lyons, Gene Whaley, Louise Adamson, Donnie Parrish, Bill Cline. Delores Beatty, Carol Snyder, Sue Adamson, Connie Martin, Karen Martin, Charlie Whaley, Nancy Hershman, Jim Pence, Bob Nugent, Joe Schuster, Sandra Sainte, John Lyons, Carol Sue Sell, Jo Woods, Judy Woods, Jim Bannon. Juanita Carroll, Sue Tanksley, Bob Cunningham, Kay Cooper, Joyce Denton, Sally Clark, Sally Bannon, Judy Connell. BACK ROW : Left to Right; Sandra Clark, Alice McCarty, Bertha Ashbaugh, Geraldine Tichacek, Martha Riegle, Delores Beatty, Sue Carol Hendry, Donna Harris, Elinor McCarty, Eileen Griffin, Pat Hancock, Wanda Whaley. MIDDLE ROW: Mr. Egli, director. Sue Jackson, Peggy Cain, Karen Martin, Nellie Riegle, Carol Sue Sell, Sue Wilson, Shirley Howell, Carol Snyder, Sue Tanksley, Alice Deardurff, Betty Riegle, Rita Evans. FRONT ROW: Juanita Carroll, Janet Laffoon, Ann Fitzgerald, Kay Cooper, Nancy Hershman, Myrna Lyons, Phyllis Cline, Carol Anderson, Virginia Guthrie, Arema Henderson. 55 Jr. High School Band and Chorus BACK ROW: Left to Right; Roger Pippenger, Jimmy Nelson, Judy Kanne, David Anderson, Bill Balensiefer, Jack Danruther, Bernie Hiestand, Allen Toben, Ronnie Bartlett, John Hess, Mr. Egli, director, Chucky Davis, Geraldine Tichacek, Louise Adamson, Don Parrish. MIDDLE ROW: Ruth Antcliff, Martha Beatty, Betty Jo Wallace, Sue Jackson, Alice Deardurff, George Curtis, Sandra Sainte, John Lyons, Laura Lou Hamacher, Jo Woods, Judy Woods, Jim Bannon. FRONT ROW: Carol Snyder, Sue Ann Adamson, Connie Martin, Joyce Denton, Sally Clark, Judy Connell, Sally Bannon. 56 BACK ROW: Left to Right; Mr. Egli, director, Joyce Hammon, Dotty Davis, Rosella Honn, Sue Ann Adamson, Sandra Sainte, Joyce Denton, Beverly Courtney, Judy Connell, Sally Clark, Laura Lou Hamacher, Karen Martin. FRONT ROW: Connie Martin, Vera Dowty, Ruth Ann Antcliff, Judy Woods, Betty Jo Wallace, Martha Beatty, Betty Dangerfield. Joyce Dangerfield, Linda Burton, Janie Hiestand. Library Staff BACK ROW: Left to Right; Janet Laffoon. Sue Tanksley, Joe Schuster, Rita Evans, Ruth Wilson, Mr. Tanksley, sponsor. FRONT ROW': Carol Snyder, Phyllis Wrhaley, Margie Davis, Nancy Hershman, Wilma Wright, Donna Lopp. The people appointed by Mr. Tanksley to be librarians have many jobs to perform besides checking books in and out for people. They have to keep the shelves in order, re- pair torn books, and look up information for other people. The librarians are an essential asset to the running of the library with efficiency. Latin Club BACK ROW: Left to Right; Mr. Black, sponsor. Joe Schuster. Myrna Lyons. Ronnie Bartlett. FRONT ROW: Sue Tanksley. Alice Deardurff. Carol Sue Sell, Carol Snyder. Sue Jackson. Eleanor McCarty. This year, Latin I and II were combined to form the Latin Club. There were nine members. The meetings were held on the second Friday of each month. A very interesting study of the Roman Gods and mythology was made. On the first meet- ing, each member gave a report on a certain Roman God and chose the God s name to be his Latin name. In February for Valentine’s Day, special reports were given on the love stories of the Gods. Members of the club also went to the movie “QUO VADIS”. Club officers were: Sue Ann Tanksley, president; Carole Sue Sell, Vice-President; and Sue Jackson, Secretary-Treasurer. 57 Commerce BACK ROW: Left to Right; Juanita Carroll, Phyllis Cline, Lucille Deno, Margie Davis, Janet Laffoon, Donna Lopp, Delores Beatty, Karen Martin, Kay Cooper, Nancy Hershman, Connie Schuster, Wanda Whaley, Pat Boelke. MIDDLE ROW: Jim Pence, Dale Evans, Ray Hiestand, Dave Curts, Bob Harris, Roger Lyons, Fred Ford, Thomas Wilson, Shirley Howell, Ann Dorsey, Charles Whaley, Robert Antcliff, Harvey Arbuckle, Dick Dowty, Mr. Bar.non, teacher. FRONT ROW: Allen Taylor, Bob Orminston, Roy Murfitt, Phyllis Whaley, Ruth Wilson, Nellie Riegle, Judy Patterson, Pal Hancock, Ann Fitzgerald, Bertha Ashbaugh, Wilma Wright. This department was composed of the Typing I and II classes, and Shorthand. Mr. Lawerence Bannon is in charge of this department. The Seniors are in Typing II, the more advanced class. The Juniors occupied Typing I class. Because of a larger number of Juniors than Seniors, the Juniors were divided into two typing classes. There was only one Shorthand class. It was composed of 12 Juniors and 1 Senior. This department proves itself very useful to those who wish to go into commercial work. 58 Aceonian Staff BACK ROW: Left to Right; Juanita Carroll. Phyllis Cline. Lucille Deno, Margie Davis, Janet Laffoon, Donna Lopp. Delores Beatty, Karen Martin, Nancy Hcrshmann, Connie Schuster. Wanda Whaley, Pat Boelke, Wilma Wright. Mr. Black, sponsor. SECOND ROW; Jim Brewer. Donna Harris. Peggy Cain. Carol Sue Sell, Jim Pence, Sue Wilson. Dale Evans. Tom Wilson. Shirley Howell, Judy Patterson. Sue Tanksley. Eileen Griffin. Myrna Lyons. Ronnie Bartlett, Jack Fenwick. FIRST ROW: Carol Snyder. Ruth Wilson. Bertha Ashbaugh, Nellie Rxeglc, Sue Carol Henry. Virginia Guthrie. Phyllis Whaley. Norman Henderson, Carol Anderson. Rita Evans, Ann Fitzgerald. A ceonian Staff The Aceonian paper is printed for several reasons: to mold student opinions, to support school activities, and to be enjoyed by the student body. It is published nine times each year. The paper is exchanged with other schools. Money was made by selling subscriptions and selling concessions at ball games. The editor was Nancy Hershman; assistant editor, Phyllis Cline; feature editor, Donna Lopp; copy editor, Connie Schuster; assistant copy editor, Ann Fitzgerald; sports editor, Norman Henderson; assistant sports editor, Judy Patterson, Each of these editors was aided by reporters. 59 Annual Staff BACK ROW: THIRD ROW: SECOND ROW FRONT ROW: Left to Right; Juanita Carroll. Phyllis Cline, Lucille Deno, Margie Davis. Janet Laffoon, Donna Lopp. Delores Beatty, Karen Martin, Nancy Hershman. Connie Schuster, Wanda Whaley, Pat Boelke, Wilma Wright. Peggy Cain. Carol Sue Sell. Ray Hiestand. Bill Cline, Bob Cunningham. Sue Wilson. Dale Evans. Thomas Wilson. Dave Curts, Lester Crudden, Shirley Howell, Judy Patterson, Sue Tanksley, Mr. Black, sponsor. Bob Antcliff, Donna Harris, Bertha Ashbaugh, Nellie Riegle, Sue Carol Henry. Joe Schuster, LeRoy Murfitt, Norman Henderson, Rita Evans, Harvey Arbuckle, Pat Hancock. Ruth Wilson. Martha Riegle. Virginia Guthrie. Eileen Griffin, Carol Anderson. Phyllis Whaley, Ann Fitzgerald. Annual Staff The Annual Staff has given every effort to making this year’s Talisman a different and interesting book. It furnishes many new features and some old and familiar ones. Mr. Black acted as faculty advisor, and he chose editors for the various sections from among the Seniors and Juniors. Money for the Talisman was made by selling at two basketball games, getting ad- vertisements, and selling subscriptions. This is the sixth year of publication of the Brook Annual. 60 % C ompliments Of FINE CEASS RINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS Y earbooks Awards JOSTEN'S Compliments Of The Smith Studio Camera Shop ATTICA, INDIANA 67 Compliments Compliments Of Of THE B B STORE KENNEY’S PHARMACY Newton County’s Leading The REXALL Store Men’s Store Phone 24 Kentland, Indiana Kentland, Indiana Compliments Compliments Of Of R. E, HERSHMAN HARDWARE Established 1901 BAUMER’S STUDIO General Electric Appliances Hardware - American Fence Kentland, Indiana Brook, Indiana F. O. 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