Burney High School - Rehtnap Yearbook (Burney, IN)

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were Algebra, Enlll I at T s C l rfghy, tote J and eome r Some of the activlrie le cdowl BWQ 1.lnlty were ox anu ,ie run drlll room drill, lr LP L e a pPll 1 ree Srme of the e rly n nur ey wfre lam lelenn Joel rlwes, Charles L Powner n e ns was an ear y ounty Suterln erdent Elmer Jarman was also 1ere Q AI lve iterary Soolety 'x the Jurney co xullt Ula sotlety net n lmursday 6J6IlU s afr0nJ hr and kms Robert S Dlnvldrle hm and Mrs S Boyd Todd Herrod Carr Mary C Billeaux Loren H York Edell Nadlng Marie Bombard Theodore Stout Earl A Brewer L A Updike Allen Shoemake Corbett k Craig Hdw Rav's Shell Service Bailey Jones Inc Link's Cigar Store Styers Radio Shop Ralph L. Williams Park F. Snyder Howe Funeral Home Mr. N. R. Beanblossom Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Cary Self Service Laundry Hyatt and Foster Ralph Pavy Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pavy Bess Osting Mary M. Platt Mrs. C. W. Childress Mrs. Robert P. Acher 53 age S and d Todd ' j si, L in, ply lea feo'-1' ' V n', 3 . L y . , ,S of tn s 1 f, A 4 cotmm' . b I f J X-, , b A Y 17 A ill, and zharuo. no S lr' ofzl. . w , a te where at Q n ' ' ' will . W 1 , . , . , Jon. N. J mul - 'l C v S w z A . il , wa. 1 act' l .. . , ' lr ' ' T, . ' J ' U Q 'Y ' ' Q' Q . -- , Nye 1 I -4 1 0 l O A . . . . . . . . . . 9 1 I

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school or moved away Some, who attended were Mary Keen, Earl Hays, Smiley Fowler, Edith Keen, Mable Harwood, Clarence Pumphrey, Harry Peterson, Ruby Elwyn, Sherman Miers, N111 Lmby, and Octavia Messens Levimer Elbert Blades, Opal Elwyn Ernest Embry, Gladys Miers The social and recreational phase of hi h school from that of to day Spellinv bees, debates, box and life was very different pie socials, slel h rides skating nights, when Clifty Creek was frozen sflld on campbellite Fole, which was over the hill from the school house By the llsht of a big bonfire on the creek bank the more venturesome parents and teacher embled to see the fun and chaperon the young people Also we had taffy pulls, apple and popcorn parties, and occasionally some blr hearted farmer or parert would take us on a hay ride or bob sled party The hilford Hivh School was abandored in favor of a hizh school at Burney J Chas n Powe Examiners 1860 1860 1868 1871 1875 1870 1876 1877 1878 1879 1881 1889 1891 1897 1903 1911 1917 1929 1937 1941 1945 1866 1868 1871 1875 1875 1816 1877 1879 1881 1887 1891 1837 1905 1911 1917 1929 1937 1941 1945- Powner Mallett R Hall Powner James County Superintendents J Powner Philander Ricketts James L Farr Jorn Bobbitt Ryar ames L Carr Tohn P Bobbitt Braden Jenkins flmer C Jarman Edgar Mendenhall Frank C Fields R Crawley Paul Alexander Elbert eriffith Raymond Moller Loren York John Clay Township Trustees Lon Nanlove Ed Burney John Burney Jeremiah Braden Jin ailliams Oscar Trimble lafe llson Caleb sri ht Francis Pumphrey Albert Howe fd Pumphrey John Calender carl rown Sherman iers Ralph Pavy Joe noban 1951 195o 1959 1947 1901 1955 1939 1947 1901 The town of Burney came into existence after the C W and G Railroad was built in 1884 Children from this district attended the Burney School which was located on the Bd Pumphrey farm The city was named for Milton Burney The first building on the pre ent site was built during the tire when John Burney was tru tee of Clay Town hip about 1890 There were two rooms down stair and the upstairs had two rooms with a movable petition The A of P Lodge was formed and used the upstairs room as a meetin place This building was almost a duplicate of the Milford school The building became crowded and the old bulldlnr was built in 1911 during the term of office of Caleb Wright The addition of the east end of the buildinf wa made ln 1921 The first class to have examinations and to be awarded diplomas from com mon school in Decatur county was held in Burney This class which received dl plomas from the Burney community consisted of FarnieCPumphrey1 Vinor, Ida Galbraith McClintlc, Frances Johnson Cru er, Zelda Parten Some of the students went ahead and took some high school subjects along with the rest of the school There were two boys at the Tanner School ln 1897 1899, Ernest McGee, and ilbur McGee, and Ida Galbraith of Burney, who had some high sbhool subjects at Burney Some of the subjects tauyht at the time 52 . I A U 1 - U ' , ' .' e - - S , ., . , . . . L, . , n. s ass, . W C L 1 9 - - . X . V - 1. ' Tv' Sn 1 1 Q 1 - . --W. H. '- --J. B. 3 3- A I kv - --W. H. - --W. H. A F' F '- .J , - -- 1 - --W. B. . . '. - 1 Q v ' A - --U Y. 1 1 W - 1887-1889--John W. Jenkins Ed Pumphrey - --L. D. 7 Y g - H -- N, , - --4 , - -- ' . 1 1 31 0 N :ul 1 ,- - --J, , f 1 3 ----- C- - -- , .. H -- - 3 -1: ,w cu-DSC 1 Y 7 'V C . L. . . . ' V. s - , , , s L s . ' 4 ' s O Y I C ' 5.4 8 ' J A 1-A o , 1 xl v f . - s . r A L. KJ 9 A O L 1 4 A IL . S J o V Q I ., 1 -L A. 3 ' .il . L J

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ALUMNI 1907 Glen Galbraith, Burney, Indiana, teacher Clarence Pumphrey, Shelbyville, Indiana, farmer 1908 1909 Frances Cruser, Hamilton Ave , Cincinnati, Ohio, nurse at Lethodist Hospital Hugh Gilmour, Franklin, Indiana, farmer Harry Galbraith, California, banker 1910 Casper Grim, Cdeceasedl Hester Porter, Westport, Indiana, home maker 1911 1912 Estella CNorr1sJ Cox, New Jersey Harvey C Minor, Columbus, Indiana, factory Elwin Gibson, Greensburg, R R 4 teach r Zelpha Leah CGalbraithJ Jackson, Greensburg, Indiana, R R 4 home maker Monta Lavern KCilmourl Gilliland, Hope, Indiana, R R l, home maker 1915 Ralph Alexander, Burney, Indiana, teacher Ethel Lena CLutherJ Johnson, Cdeceasedl 1914 Herrod Carr, 240 East First St , Greensburg, Indiana, lawyer. Lena Mae CGalbraith1 Carr, Greensburg, Indiana, home maker Florence COst1ngJ Barnes, Cdeceasedl Herbert Hyatt Lawson, Gwynneville, Indiana, transport trucking Ruth Uphouse 1915 Earl Watson Carr, Anderson, Indiana, R R 8, Box 460, farmer Louis Mowery Carr, 255 Lincoln St , Lafayette, Indiana, insurance agent Harry Everett Clapp, Peoria, Illinois Garrett R Clapp, Toledo, Ohio, dental supply department John Henry Barnes, Clifty, Indiana, farmer Katie CGalbra1thl Gibson, Greensburg, Indiana, R R 4, home maker Helen Kwhipplel Alexander, Burne , Indiana, postmaster and home maker Mamie CRobb1nsl Elder, Cdeceased 1916 Lory Hays, Rockville, Indiana, banker Ira Woodruff, Greensburg, Indiana, R R 5, farmer 1917 Russell Corya Greensburg, Indiana, R R 4, farmer Lena lJohnson Alverson, Greensburg, Indiana, R R 4, home maker 54 . . , e . 0 I , Q C J J I 0 0 Alpha May lHancockJ Mires, Greensburg, Indiana, R. R. 4, home-maker.