Brownsburg High School - Memories Yearbook (Brownsburg, IN)

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History of the It was the fall of 1944- when our class began. Although there are more members finishing, not all of the beginning class are with us now. Those who began at Brownsburg and are finishing together are: Dick Burns. John Babbitt, Beverly Spangler, Hal Hufford, Richard Bollman, John Leveritt, Don Ray. Ann Pickett, Peggy Linkmeyer, Wayne Cassidy, Judy Willianis, Nancy Smith. Tom Clossey, Jim Phillips, Tom Hufford, Wiley,Davis and Donna Agan. Remember how solemn everything seemed? It didn't take long to get acquaintedg then what a difference! Mrs. Thorpe was our teacher. A lot of us had more than one '4turn in the little red chairs,,7 but it was fun when we got to be Brownies. Then we were promoted to the second grade. Mrs. Haase, our teacher, seemed to think we never could be quiet when we went to the cloakroomg consequently, we stayed after school. Maybe that was the beginning of our notorious career. Hal never has forgotten the D he got in citizenship for sticking Nancy with a pin! That year Joe Walker, Gene Ennis, and four who have since left us joined our class. Thanks to Mrs. Garner, our third grade teacher, we learned our colors better, even if it was only to mark on the blackboard the time we misbehaved. Here we picked up Beverly Kelsheimer, Jimmy Smith, Joan Timmons, Barry Kelly and Kay Davie. Jimmy is no longer with us. Kay didn,t know whether she was going to get to stay until she convinced Mrs. Garner her impetigo wasn't what it was. Before we knew it, we were in the fourth grade with Mrs. Marvel as our teacher. If teachers set the example, then we should have learned that the old saying, An apple a day keeps the doctor away, is very good advice. Several joined us but are gone now. Going on to the fifth grade where We had our first experience with different teachers for every subject. Mrs. Highshue was our home room teacher. All the girls had a crush on Mr. Bedell, our history teacher. It might have been interesting if there hadn't been a Mrs. Bedell. That year Bob Benge and two other boys were our new members. Mrs. Herdrich was our home room teacher in the sixth grade. Betty Alexander and Linda Eller joined our class. We didrft get to see much of Bettyis face at first because she was so bashful. A little l?l changed now! Even our writing classes were a riot that year! All in all, our last year in grade school was quite a year! Something happened to high school the next year. When the whirlwind subsided EVERYONE knew the class of '56 was in junior high. Mr. May had quite a time with 1'

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Class of 1956 us in English 7, between Judy doctoring Peggy's poison ivy in class and the boys throwing the girls' billfolds out the window. Mrs. Smith must have been stunned when she found out we had elected her our class sponsor. Here we picked up Jane Schlagenhauf, Barbara Mouron, Delbert Duncan and Harlene Newcom. We later lost Jane and Delbert. Mrs. Irish took over in our eighth grade. For our class party, we went on a wiener roast and hayride. How about another like that Betty??? Barb, how do burnt marsh- mallows taste? Norma Mitchell, Barbara Martin. Kent Davis, Kenny Phillips, Neil Linn, Delores Darland, Loretta and Don Vance, Lloyd McCor1nick, Glen Montgomery and Don Allen joined our class. The excitement of high school had worn off by the time we got to be freshmen. We elected Mrs. Irish our sponsor again. Our 26 members were: Alma Kiger, Nadine Copeland, Dona Hollaway. Kay Herring, Kenny Allen, Bill Brown, Winson Smith, Don Scott, Mac Moore, Jim Sering. Bob Rust. Bob Brown, Mildred English, Dorothy Carter, Mary Jane Brunes, Janet Haycox, Glen Eaton, Glen Heavilin, Patty Larkin, Sandra Wilson. Margarite Whyttenbach, Judy Selch, Sandra Becker, Barbara Clark and Herb Shelm. The last seven have since moved on. Mrs. Parker. the truant officer, tried to tell the six girls who played hooky why they shouldn't haveg it didn't work. We finally got to be sophomores and had Mr. Greene as our sponsor. The class party might not have been exciting but everyone surely heard about the wreck that Peggy, Ann, Larry and John had after the party. No serious injuries though. Don Hensley. Barbara Stephens, Larry Randle and Howard Thomas joined our class that year. Kenny Martin and Chuck Arnold came and went. Mrs. Smith was our sponsor again for our junior year. We had a lot of fun putting on our play, Off the Track. We FINALLY decided our class colors and flower and motto should be black and white with pink carnations and The door to success is marked PUSH. Connie Boltz and Don Waterman were our new members. We said good-bye to Barbara Stephens who was moving during the summer. THE YEAR was here at long last! Most of us weren't so glad though. Mr. Whit- tinghill was our sponsor. We all put a lot of effort into the play, but had a lot of fun, too. The trip was the big thing that year. New York will never be the ssfme. Even though there was quite a discussion over whether we would wear caps and gowns or formals and dinner jackets, graduation was still unforgettable. And so ended our twelve memorable years as students of Brownsburg Public Schools.