Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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The Record of o Great Post . In the autumn of 1943, we entered B. H. S. as forty-five enthusiastic young students. At first it was hard for us to adjust ourselves to our dif- ficulties as well as our duties in our new surroundings. Within two or three weeks, though, we became acquainted with the daily routine. We organized our class by electing officers. Junior Price had the honor of be- coming our first President. As Freshmen we were permitted to participate in a variety of activities such as Glee Club, F. F. A., Dough Girls, Junior and Senior Band, Baseball, Track, and Basketball. As we began our second year we were somewhat smaller in number. Several students had dropped out for various reasons. Those of our class who were eligible had the privilege of joining the Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y. We again elected officers, with Elvin Lee Griffin, President, Clarence Harter, Vice-President, and Kathryn Casebere, Secretary-Treasurer. In the Junior year, our class- was only thirty-five in number. During our previous vacation, Duane Cather left us to enter the World of Ever- lasting Peace. For this year our officers were Clarence Harter, Presidentg Lee Carpenter, Vice-Presidentg Elvin Lee Griffin, Secretaryg and Reynold Johnson, Treasurer. Some students had the pleasure of showing their ability as actors and actresses. The Junior play, Almost Summer, was under the direction of Mr. Francis E. May. With pleasure, we became the hosts and hostesses of the Junior-Senior Reception. We used a Dutch theme. Having completed our third year, we looked forward to our annual three-month's vacation and our last year in Butler High. Thirty-three students returned to continue our last course of education at dear old B. H. S. Our class officers were Elvin Lee Griffin, Presidentg Armand Sicard, Vice-President, Reynold Johnson, Secretary, and Clarence Harter, Treasurer. Clarence Harter was also chosen as editor-in-chief of our annual. The Senior play was a farce-mystery entitled, Murder in Re- hearsal. Once again, a number of the class revealed their histrionic talents with the aid of Mr. Francis E. May. The Senior class was also very for- tunate this year in lbeing able to attend sessions in the House of Repre- sentatives and the Senate at Indianapolis. It was a treat which I am sure we won't forget. We Seniors have been fortunate to graduate from such a grand school as Butler's. We have enjoyed it in spite of the hardships we have had dur- ing these past four years. As we leave, and others enter, we wish them a fond farewell and hope that they appreciate B. H. S. as we did. -Roselyn Thiel. -14-

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ARMAND SICARD Band 1, Hi-Y 2, 3, Treas. 4, Senior Play, Annual Staff, Baseball 3, 4, Track 2, Basket- ball 3, 4g Senior Vice Pres., Latin Club 4. HAL SUDBOROUGH Band 1, 2, 33 Pres. 4, Glee Club 1, 2, Track 1, 23 Senior Play, Yell Leader 43 Hi-Y 2, 3, Sgt.-At-Arms. JIM TOMBOW Junior Play, Senior Play, Hi-Y 2, 3g Pres. 4, Annual Staffg Band 1, 2, 35 Vice Pres. 4. FRANK WALTER F.F.A. 3, 4. HERBERT SLENTZ Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Base- ball 1g F.F.A. 1, 2, 3, Pres. 4. ROSELYN THIEL Valedictoriang Senior Play, Annual Staff, Glee Club 1, Latin Club 4, Tri-Hi-Y 2, 35 Vice Pres. 4. HARRY VAN WYE Garrett 1, 2, F.F.A. 3, 4. KENDALL WILSON Orchestra 15 Annual Staff, Junior Play: Sen- ior Play.

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The Shape oi Things To Come . While I was sitting beside the cheery fire in my old home in Butler on one of those cold, blustery nights so characteristic of mid-winter, my thoughts gradually drifted to my old schoolmates. I arose from my chair walked over to the book case, and took down my old annual, published by the Class of '47. Perusing through the book, I saw all of my old classmates as they were then. I know that in the passing of the years all of them have changed, some more than others. It has been my pleasure to meet some of them during the intervening years. The others I have often wondered about. Several are still residents of Butler. Reynold Johnson is now doing very well in the old established firm of Johnson and Son, Morticians. Armand Sicard is president of the internationally known Butler Company. Bill Schimpf is now chief engineer of the new Douglas Aircraft Division which was just built in Butler. And Marceline Robbins is head of the recently completed Butler Memorial Hospital. In the area surrounding Butler live the nationally famous Three Mus- keteers of the Soil, Lyle Call, Frank Walters, and Russell Lyon, Jr. Pur- due again, for their tenth consecutive year, has picked their farms as the Ideal Farms of the Year. Ralph Jennings was runner-up in this contest. And another famous Butlerite, living near Auburn, is Wendell David. He is a prosperous potato grower, and they say he is now worth 2,000,000 bushels of potatoes. While I was still leafing through my annual, there was a knock at my door. Before I could answer it, in walked Hal Sudborough, my old friend and classmate. I had seen him only twice in the ten years since we gradu- ated. When he saw my annual, he mentioned that he had seen many of our old classmates on his travels with his orchestra. He said he had come to Butler for a rest after a tour of the United States with his famous orchestra. He said that while he was in New York he had met Roselyn Thiel, a world renowned actress, who is starring in the current Broadway hit, Her Father's Secret. He also had seen the fabulous Alice Knox, who is said to have broken the hearts of men from New York to Paris and back again. Her escort, believe it or not, was Harry Van Wye. He had just divorced his eighth wife and was in close compeition for the title of The Divorce King!! Hearing that he was in New York, Violet Provines and Melva Gunsen- houser fthe former Violet Keller and Melva Provinesb, who now own and operate the elite 450 Club, invited him to dinner one night. Hal said that