Cortland High School - Echo Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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The last of September and the first of October passed quickly because we were busy practicing our play, Quit Your Kidding . We presented it Octobe r Z4. Next we had our Christmas party at the home of Laretha Hehman, and all members were present except Joan Robertson, Marvin and Thelma Mc Kain, Carl Hooker and Nellie Wright. Senior High School Calendar We were glad to begin the last year of our school career at C,H,S, with the new principal, Arthur Glaze. During the first week of school we held our class meeting. The following officers were elected: President, Mary Lee, Vice -President, Lesterg Secretary, Velma, Treasurer, Louisg Reporter, Shirley. Our sponsor is Ralph McKain, whom we had during our junior year, too. During the first week of October, we elected our officers for the Cortland Broadcast, our school paper. They were as follows: Editor-in-Chief, Lester Kuehng Assistant Editor, Mary White, Sports Editor, Louis Fleetwoodg Art Editor, Bill Prewittg Sunshine Reporter, Delores Klostermang Senior Spotlight, Shirley Kreinhageng Joke Editors, Imogene Grant and Joe Wineinger Dream Boy and Girl, Coleen Fleetwood. Later in the month another meeting was held in which we elected officers for the annual staff: Editor-in-Chief ....................... . . . . . . Assistant Editor-in-Chief. . . , , Business Manager . , . , , , , , , , , Assistant Business Manager. . . . . . Advertising Manager. . , , , . , , ,, FeatureEditor.........., ArtEditor............... .. Typist and Upper Grade Editor . . . , , Assistant Typist and Lower Grade, , , , Sports Editor ,,,,,,, Assistant Sports Editor Senior Class Editor, . . Junior Class Editor . . . Sophomore Class Editor. . . , , Freshman Class Editor. Junior High Editor .... Calendar Editor. . . Velma Burns Mary White Lester Kuehn Louis Fleetwood Chester Rust Delores Klosterrnan Jewell Corn Shirley Kreinhagen Lmogene Grant Bill Prewitt Bill Bell Coleen Fleetwood Sonny Hendershot Gene Fleetwood Walter Darlage, Jr. Francis Mellencamp Joe Neal Wineinger 1 Bad news came that Harlan Dringenburg, our commercial teacher, who had been with us during our first three years in high school, had to go to the army. Three days later our new commercial teacher, Mrs. Hall, arrived. We had several parties during September and October. Pictures were taken for the annual of the entire school on January lZth. We had our individual pictures taken Monday, October Znd. Our yell leaders, Imogene and Delores, were elected in October. On January lst there were sweaters presented to seven senior boys after they had won the tournament at Vallonia on December 30th. The boys that received honor sweaters were Bill Bell with three stripesg Gene Fleetwood with one stripeg Louis Fleetwood with two stripes, Sonny Hendershot with four stripesg Lester Kuehn with three stripesg Bill Prewitt with three stripesg and Joe Wineinger with two stripes. We were out of school for several days on account of high water and muddy roads. Several of the children were unable to get to school for these reasons, and not only the children, but also some of the teachers were unable to get to school. We have arrangements made for our senior trip to Washington, D.C. The baccalaureate will be held on Sunday night, April 22nd, and our commencement will be held on Thursday night, April 26th. We seniors, the boys espe- cially are looking forward to a very nice basketball banquet given by the Sunshine girls of our school. This will be held on March 15th. We seniors are looking forward to the reception which the juniors are planning in our honor, April 19th. Joe Wineinger Z3

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Freshmen In the first week of the semester we held our first class meeting in which the following officers were elected: President, Ervin Newkirkg Vice-President, Herschel Matlockg Secretary, Carol Helwigg Treasurer, Jean Findleyg Reporters, Patty Burrell and Jack Clark. Our sponsor was Harlan Dringenburg at the first of school, but news came that Uncle Sam wanted him for the armed forces. Three days later the new teacher arrived. She was Mrs. Hall from Scottsburg, Indiana. After we had been in school about a week, Dickie Roberts left our class and went to work. We gained two new members, Mary Cochran and Carol Schlehuser, who entered from White Creek Parochial School. Bertha Miller thought it would be a happier life to get married than to go to school. Mary Cochran soon moved to Heltonville. A farewell party for Mr. Dringenburg was held at the home of Carol Helwig, We had a Halloween Party at the home of Patty Burrell, a Christmas Party at the home of Jeannie Findley, and a chili supper at the schoolhouse. We had our pictures taken on January 125 all turned out very well. Sophomores In the first week of school we held our first class meeting in which the following offi- cers were elected: President and Vice-President, Ervin Otteg Secretary and Treas- urer, Donny Ray and Reporter, Archie Sanders. Our class sponsor for this year is Earl Sewell. At the first of the year two members answered the roll call, Richard Hercamp, from Seymour, and Dwayne Brown, from Bellafontanina, Ohio, making the total of thirty-four members in our class. To get the ball rolling, we held a skating party at the Rok-Sey Roller Rink in late September. Then the month of October when all things can happen, two of our class members left the class. One of them, Joan Scott, quit school and the other, Bill Gay, moved to Ohio. On the first of October there was a Halloween Party, which was a wiener roast, at the home of Beulah Meyers. The individual pictures were taken about the second week of Octoberg they turned out fair to the majority. In December we held our first school party, on January 12, the class pictures were taken as a group, on January 17, we held our second skating party of the school year. Juniors ln the first week of September we held our first class meeting in which the fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Jewel Fleetwoodg Vice-President, Marvin McKaing Secretary, Ronnie Baurleg Treasurer, One Mae McKaing Reporters, Larna Kuehn and Billy Lynch. Our sponsor for this year is Miss Kasting. At the first of the year the roll call was answered by the same number as last year, with twenty members. During the middle of the semester Bill Pitts left C.H.S. to go to Remington High School in St. Louis, Missouri. The first interesting thing was when the class rings arrived on September 18, 1950, which made things interesting because we had our first party, a skating party, in which to show the appreciation of our new rings. 22

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The Sunshine Society As you all know the Sunshine Society has been in our school for quite some time. Every year most of the girls who belong to the Sunshine Society enjoy and honor it very much. The motto of our society is Others , Our creed is as follows: With love in my heart, forgetting self and with charity for all, 1 will make the object of my life, helpfulness and kindness to others. I shall try to fit myself to give intelligent service in making my community a safer and more beautiful place in which to live, Thus will my own life become rich and complete. All of us Sunshine girls do our very best to live up to this creed. The emblem is the rising sun, the song is My Sunshine Girl , the colors are yellow and white, and the flower is the buttercup. The society was first organized around- Christmas time at Crawfordville, Indiana, in 1900 and has been going strong all over the state of Indiana ever since, There is a Sunshine Camp near Delphia, Indiana, where Sunshine girls from all over the state attend each year. The name of the camp is Camp Tecumseh, lt is an ideal place for girls to go if they want ten days of their life that they will never forget, Now I shall tell you a little about our own society. We have thirty-seven mem- bers in our society this year, Everyone seems willing to work and co-operate well. Miss Quebbeman is our sponsor. At the beginning of the year we introduced eleven new members into our society. They were all freshmen. The first get together of the year was the formal initiationg then the informal initiation was held. This was the time when the freshmen knew that they were admitted into the society. Flour, water, cold cream and lipstick on their faces, really added a lot to their looks but not for the best. The next day they had to wear their clothes backward to school. They were all glad when that day of days was over, To increase the money in our treasury, we sold magazines and rafflecl off a turkey for Christmas, They sent charity baskets to the sick and shut-ins for Christmas. They con- tained several different kinds of fruits, candies and nuts. We hope the people enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed giving them out, This is about all we have done this year so far, but we have big plans for the future, mainly a basketball banquet. 1 hope what we have told you will help you understand better the purpose of our society which is to spread joy and sunshine to others. Z4