Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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B, H. S. and go out into a world of peace. We have enjoyed working to- gether these past four years in spite of the hardships we have had, and as we close the doors behind us on our high school friends, we wish them a fond farewell. -Janet Houck. Believe lt or Not - Us In Ten Years When I picked up the receiver tonight, Operator Campbell, the former Janet Houck ignored my signal and talked on to her partner Lois Ginder. I noticed they were discussing my visit home and their former classmates of 46. So I listened to their conversation. A main event had taken place last week. The Butler Green Devils, consisting of Richard fLeftyJ Flynn, Kenneth fRedj Groff, Lynn QTubbyJ' Fuller, and William fSkinneyJ Adams played the hard-hitting Pistons, win- ning by the score of 100-2. Manager William QShortyJ Rosenberry gave his opinion of the game by saying, It was a tough battle, but we won. Since our team has been handicapped by the loss of Gene fNo-Hitj Snyder, we have been playing with four men instead of the regular five. 'No-hit' Snyder left us this last week. He has been called to duty as cheer-leader for Yale University. Another attraction that same evening was the appearance of the Twirl- ing Three, beautiful and fascinating Ann Baldwin, De Wann and Jeannie McKee, who had finished a tour of Europe and were on vacation before going back to Hollywood. They succeeded in thrilling their audience by tossing their batons in the air and letting the crowd catch them for souvenirs. Other celebrities attending the game were Helena Ricketts, Clarissa Bone, formerly Joan Smith, and Morrissa Bone, formerly Rhea Blanchard. They were here to attend the premier of their latest picture We Three, written by Evelyn Adams, and produced by Mildred Steckley. Naomi Brown and Velma Dohner also had leading roles. They mentioned War Correspondent Les Brown's articles about peace- time morale. This week's article covered the excellent work the Butler U. S. O. is sponsoring. The U. S. O- is operated by young and desirable Norma Moran and Barbara Kline. They had as their guest this last week, Dore Ris, formerly Doris Dickson, Hollywood's talented star. Lois described the beautiful drawings of Bernard Rohrer in Vogue magazine. She also described This wife, Doris Nodine Rohrer as a great conversationalist. The youngest son of Mrs. Robert Cornelius, who before her marriage was Joy Roland, was taken to school this morning by Truant Officer Bar- bara Miller. Miss Miller is very strict with the children about attending

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Some More History - This Time the Closs of '46 In the fall of 42 we enrolled in B. H. S. to make our first showing, which proved successful. At first it was difficult for us to adjust ourselves to the new surroundings, but later we became acquainted with the students, and some of us joined in activities such as Glee Club, F. F. A., Junior and Senior Band, Track, Baseball, Basketball, and Dough Girls. We organized our class by electing officers. Our President was Billy Anderson, Secre- tary-Treasurer, Maxine Wann. To make a good beginning, we chose as our motto- Per aspera ad astra , flower, American Beauty rose, colors, cardinal and white. We were fortunate to get to help with the different war projects under the leadership of Miss Butler. As we gradually turned our revolving door, we swung into another year of education. Fellow-mates, we are now sophomores. We again elected officers, with DeVon Hough as President, Helen Barkman, Secretary, and Mary Ellen Silberg at Treasurer. There were two new students, Doris Dick- son and Donelda Cox, who came to join us this year, and two of our mates, James Knox and Wendell Krontz, left us to help in the aid of our country. Some students had the honor of belonging to the Girl Reserve and Hi-Y. Now that we had found our way around on the first floor, we could make ourselves at home with Miss Metz and Mr. Berg as our guides. Our officers this year were, Alice Dirrim as President, Bill Rosenberry, Vice-President, Polly Baldwin, Secretary, and Lynn Fuller, Treasurer. We Jolly Juniors had the pleasure of being hosts and hostesses of the Junior-Senior Recep- tion. A circus was used as our theme. Some of our mates had the privilege of presenting the successful Junior Play, g'The Student Queen, under the direction of Mrs. Verl Oberlin. After three years of companionship and working together, we were ready to take the escalator to the last floor of our education in B. H. S. Mrs. Stage and Mr. McCrory were the guides who led the way for us. Our class officers were Kenneth Groff, President, Bill Rosenberry, Vice-Presi- dentg Allen Dirrim, Secretary, and Bill Adams, Treasurer. We were very busy trying to make our last year a big success. Some students were again honored to present A Case of Springtime, our Senior Play, which Mrs. Verl Oberlin directed. She 'left us at the end of the first semester and Mr. May came to take her place. One of our classmates, Jacob Keesler, left us to serve in the Navy. Some of our class members were guests at Pauld- ing, Ohio, to talk on the Junior Town Meeting of the Air. Doris Nodine and Donald Newcomer were Butler's speakers. Allen Dirrim and Velma Dohner both asked the speakers questions. Their topic was, Shall there be compulsory military training? The annual staff has been busy working on the annual with Allen Dirrim as Editor-in-Chief. We seniors have been very fortunate to be able to graduate from

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school regularly. She maintains the idea that a child has no excuse for be- ing late or tardy unless ill with a contagious disease. It was mentioned that the Three Jitterbugsn-Mary Dohner, Donelda Cox, and Genieve Ginder-competed with Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth for the National Jitterbug Championship, which took place in Butler last week. I was sorry to hear that they received second place. My old classmate Charles Oberlin, now president of the Wabash Rail- road, has hired an English teacher to give free lessons to his employees. He dislikes hearing the wrong pronunciation of words. The telephone buzzed with news of Jean Hollinger's last quarrel with Ruth Cotrill. Jean insists that Ruth should drop out of the Miss 1956 contest- Unless the quarrel is settled, their devotion for each other will end in disaster. Our two geniuses of 46, Scientist Allen Dirrim and Doctor Don New- comer, have given the world a cure for Rubeola, a contagious eruptive febrile disorder, commonly called Measles. This terrible disease has given the medical profession a great deal of perturbation. After such a long and interesting conversation, I realized my ten years away from Butler had been the milestones of my former classmates' lives. -Grace Naitzka. Last Will and Testament - And What We Mean, lt's Leaal We, the class of 1946, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make this our last will and testament, giving to the underclassmen and faculty some of our outstanding abilities and useful articles that we had during our four years of high school. We are sure that those who have received material gains in our last will and testament will appreciate them and use them to the best of their advantages. I, Bill Adams, will my ability to get into trouble over training rules to Howard Lehner. I, Evelyn Adams, will my first chair in band to Charlotte Morr. We, Polly Baldwin, Grace Naitzka, and Maxine Wann, will our ability as teachers little darlings, our grades, our leadership among other pupils. and last of all our right to bring Mom and Dad to school to George Smith. QDoes your halo fit too tight George?j I, Rhea Blanchard, will my good as new Civics book to any studious underclassman. I, Naomi Brown, will my desire for blond hair to Alice Lower. I, Dick Brown, will my quiet UD manner to Gene Casebere.