Brook High School - Talisman Yearbook (Brook, IN)

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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

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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

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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