Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Here is the Record! HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ' 45 Tn the autumn of 1941, we enrolled as sixty enthusiastic young students. Within two or three weeks, we became acquainted with the daily routine and prepared to deal with our trials and difficulties, as well as our duties and privileges. We organized our class by electing officers. Ruth Hagerty was elected president; Lester Rohrs, vice-president; Joan Houck, secretary- treasurer. During this first year, we were allowed to participate in a variety of activities including Glee Club, Junior and Senior Band, Dough Girls, F.F.A., basketball, baseball, and track. As we began our second year, our class numbered forty-eight. Several had dropped out for various reasons. Two new students, Dorothy Camp and Harry Evanoff came to Join our group. Various members of our class, who were eligible, enjoyed the privileges of joining the Blue-Triangle and Hi-Y. The officers for this term were: Joan Houck. president; Gene Campbell, vice-president; Dorothy Camp, secretary-treasurer. In the Junior year, the class numbered forty-seven, including most of our old inembers and two new ones. Donna Hinshaw and Alice Willard. During the previous vacation, two of our classmates, Lynn Bender and Harry Evanoff, answered the call of our Country by serving in the U. S. Navy or Army, For this year, we elected Donald Houser, president; Lois Tomlinson, vice-president; Dorothy Camp, secretary-treasurer. Some of our members were privileged to show their ability by portraying characters in the Junior Play, A Mind of Her Own. The cast with the aid of Mrs. Verl Oberlin, Director, made it a success. With pleasure, we sponsored the annual Junior-Senior Reception. An Old-Fashioned Garden theme was used. Thus, we completed our third year; and during our annual three- months ' vacation, we awaited our last one. Thirty-eight members returned to continue our last course of education for life. Several more of our classmates, Donald Houser, Darrell Wilson, Jake Rex, Jack Jenks, and John Boyer answered the call of our Country by serving in the U. S. Navy, Marines, or Army. Now our staff of officers con- sists of Amos Snyder, president; Donna Dielman, vice-president; Gene Campbell, secretary; and Richard Carpenter, treasurer. Richard Carpenter was also elected editor-in-chief of our annual, the Tropaeum. The Senior Play was a farce-comedy entitled, The Cannibal Queen. Once more, a number of the class revealed their talents with the earnest aid of Mrs. Verl Oberlin, Director. Butler High was host to the Central High School of Fort Wayne in the broadcast of the Junior Town Meeting. Two of our classmates, Joan Houck and Ruth Hagerty, were chosen to speak over the radio. The subject of discussion was, Should Students Be Compelled to Attend School Until They Are Eighteen Years of Age? While our friends and relatives are fighting for us in this torment of war, we tried to help by keeping up our sales of War Bonds and Stamps. With earnest effort, we have strived to obtain our diplomas. Upon re- Page 15

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And So, Goodbye! JAMES SUDBOROUGH B. H. S. 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Jr. Play Sr. Play Annual Staff LOIS TOMLINSON B. H. S. 1, 2, 3, 4 Band 2, 3, 4 Jr. Play Sr. Play Annual Staff Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4 Blue Triangle 2, 3, 4 Valedictorian LEON ULM B. H. S. 1, 2. 3, 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Hi-Y 3, 4 Sr. Play Track 2. 3, 4 Basketball 4 DUANE WHITMAN B. H. S. 1, 2, 3, 4 F. F. A 1, 2, 3, 4 ALICE WILLARD B. H. S. 3, 4 Angola 1, 2 Blue Triangle 2, 3, 4 Glee Club 3 Annual Staff SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President Amos Snyder Vice-President Donna Dielman Secretary Gene Campbell Treasurer Dick Carpenter »«.• Class Flower American Beauty Rose Class Colors Blue and Grey Class Motto Quid erimus, nunc fiemus (What we are to be, we are now becoming) Class Sponsors Mr. McCrory, Mrs. Stage Page 14

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ceiving them, all will be glad, but some will have a faint feeling of regret that our school life is past. Golden friendships have formed in our happy school days; and as we wander apart, we will have the sweet memories of them. Now we shall take our places in the world to help retain the freedom of which we are so proud! Esther I. Spahe. What is To Be? fT IS 1953 end Ihis is an account of my trip throughout the United States as a result of winning the contest for my 25 additional words or less on why I like the new Fluffy Duffy soap chips invented by the two well-known chemists, Florabelle Dixon and Rosemary Ramey. I had packed immediate- ly and called for my taxi The Camp and Call Special. As I reached the plane, the aviator, Billy Albertson was preparing to take off. The plane was one of those modeled by Jim Sudborough. On the plane I noticed the former Dolores Krontz, sitting across the aisle from me. She informed me that the plane is now equipped with a nurse, Ruth Hagerty, and doctor, Dick Carpenter, since Billy has had so many crackups. As we crossed Wisconsin, Dolores pointed out the Campbell Dairy Farm, and told me that Gene was married and has four girls. While we were talking she also told me that Henry Carr is now the new manager of the Ford Automobile Industry. When we passed over Lansing, I learned that Duane Whitman and wife had recently purchased a new home there. Evi- dently Duane developed a way with the women. The Stewardess, Joan Houck, handed me a newspaper. On the front page I noticed an article by Esther Spake, which stated that Amos Snyder was appointed new Secretary of Agriculture. Just then Dolores called my attention to a ranch near Denver, which was owned by Delbert Creager and Max Gaff. We passed over a bridge in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that was being con- structed under the direction of Engineer Leon Ulm and financed by LeRoy Keller, who is the owner of the Ladies Lingerie Corp. of Tulsa. Then we were told to fasten our safety belts for we were going to land. When we started up again, the former Donna Hinshaw and Ilene Scott had joined us. They were going to Hawaii where their husbands are stationed. No sooner had we started than we had to land to search for Charles Lott ' s plane that had been lost somewhere in our vicinity. We soon found where he had crash-landed. Luckily no one was injured. Donna Keefer and Normagene Mullet were passengers, returning from a shopping tour in Paris. We were to be detained here for about three days while our plane carried Charles ' passengers back, so I decided to look Tulsa over. My com- Page 16