Brook High School - Talisman Yearbook (Brook, IN)

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Senior Will con't. Bob Ormiston wills his ability to torment people to Sue Adamson and the fun he has had in good old B.H.S. to anyone that has the desire for such. Pat Hancock wills her ability to get along with John Axe to Sue Tanksley and her ability to get the car, when she wants it, to the envious under-age students of B.H.S. Kay Cooper wills her love for slumber parties to the Junior gang and her music ability to anyone that likes music. Janet Laffoon wills her position as cheerleader to anyone who wants to tackle the job and love for fun to Pickles. We, the Seniors, will our natural colored hair to the Junior girls and boys. We, the Senior girls, will a larger pair of shorts to Judy Johnson. We, the Seniors, will our privilege of wearing yellow cords to the lowly Freshmen and only Freshmen. We, the Seniors, will our government books to the Juniors. They’re new because we've never used them.' We, the Senior boys, will our ability to keep training rules to the Junior basketball players. We, the Senior boys, will our Ping-Pong talent to the underclassmen. They sure need it.’ We, the Seniors, will our Senior sponsor, Rowena Adamson, to the Juniors for future use. Lucky.'! We, the Seniors, do wish all the future students of good old B.H.S. all the fun and mischievousness we have had in our high school years.

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Senior Will Lucille Deno wills her figure to Sue Wilson and ability to have fun, under all circumstances to Porter Jacks. Delores Beaty wills her ability to stick to one boy, and like it, to Carol Anderson and her driving ability to Diana Lash. Ann Fitzgerald wills her good disposition to Carol Anderson and her slim figure to Peggy Cain. Ruth Wilson wills her love of music to Mr. Egli and her black hair to Laura Lou Hamacher. Bertha Ashbaugh wills her quietness to Donna Downs and her ability to blush to Pickles. Donna Lopp wills her naturally curly hair to Diana Lash and her interest in Purdue (in general, that is) to Lucille Deno. Cub Lyons wills his 180 pounds to Bob Cunningham and his height to Lowry. Dave Curts wills his curly hair to Shorty Wright and his tiger skin to Myrna Lyons. Dick Dowty wills his ability to get along with most people to Mr. Loveless and his long hair to Mr. Tanksley. Pat Boelke wills her yelling position to Joyce Denton and her flirtatious ways to Rita Evans. Shirley Howell wills her height to Linda Burton and her leopard skin to Alice Dearduff. Wanda Whaley wills her singing voice to Virginia Guthrie and her interest in Goodland to no-one. Judy Patterson wills her ability to study to Donna Harris and the ability to get home within training hours to Pat and Johnny. Karen Martin wills her ability to get along with Mr. Miller to Jim Pence. (At the rate he is going, he'll be around next year.) Jim Pence wills his interest in Kentland to Sue Carol Hendry and his Hot Rod Chevy to John Hammon. Nellie Riegle wills her ability to work and like it to Mr. Miller and her love for dancing to Lester Crudden. Leroy Murfitt wills his flirting talent to Jo Jo Brunton and his interest in sports to Alvin Whaley. Fred Ford wills his position as center on the Aces to Heckle and his interest for Judy to absolutely no-one. 18

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Class History ’54 The first, second, and third grade records have been destroyed. The fourth grade enrollment was as follows; Malcome Anderson, Jack Barnes, Juanita Carroll, Darwin Clark, David Curts, Patsy Dye, Bernard Flynn, Patsy Holder, Ruth Wilson, Naomi Howell, Shirley Howell, Janet Laffoon, Roger Lyons, Karen Martin, Leroy Murfitt, Judy Patterson, and Larry Schaeffer. In the fifth grade four entered. Delores Beaty, Phyllis Curtis, Emory Honn, Calvin Whaley. Jack Barnes withdrew. The highlight of the year was winning Stunt Night with the play Street Scene . Four also entered the sixth grade. Marilyn Wilson, Jim Pence, Rex Laffoon, and Beverly Fowler. Malcome Anderson, Larry Schaeffer, and Darwin Clark withdrew. Only one new member entered our class in the seventh grade, Mary Fleming. The eighth grade stayed the same with seventeen members. Our activities consisted mostly of parties. We sure had a lot of fun!! In our Freshman year fourteen new members entered. Fred Ford, Dick Dowty, Thelma Heaster, Donna Lopp, Kay Cooper, Bertha Ashbaugh, Nellie Riegle, Ann Fitzgerald, Sue Ricker, Pat Hancock, Lucille Deno, Bob Ormiston, Barbara Bassett, and Wanda Whaley. Emory Honn withdrew. One of the events of our Freshman year was initiation. How could we forget it!! We had only one new member enter in our Sophomore year, Pat Boelke. Besides the many parties, we also received our 54 class sweaters. Our Junior year was very exciting and different from our previous years in school. We received our class rings and of course some lost their rings and others gained a ring. Our Junior Play Peck’s Bad Boy was a smash hit. We entertained the Seniors of 53 with a delicious banquet served at the U.B. Church. Our prom theme was By The Light Of The Silvery Moon . It was one of the roost beautiful proms ever given at Brook high school. Thelma Heaster, Mary Fleming, Phyllis Curtis, Sue Ricker, and Barbara Bassett withdrew. In our Senior year we had a class of twenty-two members. They were as follows: Fred Ford, Judy Patterson, Lucille Deno, Delores Beaty, Pat Boelke, Dick Dowty, Jim Pence, Bob Ormiston, Cub Lyons, Dave Curts, Kay Cooper, Ruth Wilson, Nellie Riegle, Shirley Howell, Leroy Murfitt, Bertha Ashbaugh, Karen Martin, Donna Lopp, Ann Fitzgerald, Pat Hancock, Janet Laffoon. Juanita Carroll withdrew. In our Senior year we worked very hard earning money for our Senior trip, which was to New York. We have really had a wonderful time through high school and we hope other classes have as much fun as we have had. Z 0