Daleville High School - Da Capo Yearbook (Daleville, IN)

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As we reach Daleville we see Bill Thornbro driving a truck which says 'City of Dalev1lle ' B111 has one of the most important Jobs of the city that of dog catcher He said that he was very lucky to get that Job but as he was a friend of Earl Everett who 1S mayor, the Job was his for the ask n Two of the important dignitaries from the 1951 class who are now on va cation are Charlene Neff and Earl LeMond Charlene is pres1dnet of Harvard and Earl is the world's foremost atomic scientist Last but not least we see Joan Bobbitt As we stop and talk we learn that she hasn't taught school for ten years She said that after sponsoring the class of 'Sl' for three years she d1dn't feel like her nerves could stand uch more we also learned that she had published a book called 'Shorthand in Ten Easy Lessons sS2l'll0l' Gfariif A5 t0l'g 'Twas the Hlght of the class party for the 1951 seniors The hours s11pped by The hilarity mounted and was climaxed when someone pulled out the first grade picture of twelve years a o There were Miss Lontgomery's darlings of 1939 Look at them Sue had long curls Barbara d1dn't have any front teeth Genie was the tough little mutt who stole D8V1Q'S and Earl Everett's girl Earl Lekond was so busy studying that he cou1dn't be bothered Nancy and Donna Barkdull were the champion basketball players of the class Marilee was always the f1rst one to arrive at school Rex was bashful CHe hadn't met Ila yet J Jack Reeves' vocal cords were already showing promise Sam's tendencies also had begun we often mlSS6d him at school out picking corn with Dad Charlene Joined us, and of course, we liked her smiles and curls Well time passes on we were soon in second grade We can never forget our nice little rugs on which we took naps Miss Drum let us use them often to keep us sweet and angelic Do you remember Janet Rees? Oh yes, she is one of the Einsteins of Yorktown Don't ever say we weren't considerate of our erst while rivals. The second year went fast and who should Mrs Muterspaugh see coming in her door but us On that first day in the third grade, the little girls all got a thrill, for it was then that they met the red headed charmer, Dick Groce The boys too, gained they thought L1lyan and Babette Overholser Joined our ranks Promotion came in due season There we got a former teacher but with a new name Miss Montgomery, now Mrs Weinie Students come and go Judy Barkdull depleted our ranks She decided to be an Owlet at Muncie Burris Why do our brain children have to leave? , Q 0 . - . I . I ' - 1 g. I o u' .1 . . . .ll ' - . lr . 11 gg . - .-. . O friends and made it worse by catching them on the playground and kissing them. .. I , . j 0 I O . O , . , O . . .

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Then before we could drlve Mrs Welnle completely lnsane she shot us up the 1nCl1D6 lnto Mr Nelson's klnd and patlent hands Who could ever forget the storles packed w1th adventure that he read to us' Only a few months gone by when we heard the strangest nolses We rushed 1nto the MUSIC Room whom should we flnd but Burcaw tickling the PIBHO, and, wlth hlm another boy, B1lly3oe Hhen mr across the hall 1nto hrs a sweet llttle glrl, and Aldrlch and she wanted to nelson had taught us all he could we started to JOlD our class had and new run E111SOD'S Sllth grade room In the rush we ran over as we helped her up, she told us her name was Jeanne Just when thlngs were gettlng dull who should walk 1D to remedy the situa tlon but hr Glndhart Also, there was another teaslng l1ttle fat boy who came to JO1n us thls year and annoy the glrls But how were they to know that he was to become a star basketball player for NMDCIS Central Ah yes Jim Lace Junlor Hlgh School was ant1c1pated but we had a few m1sg1v1ngs Would we have to act our age now that we were growlng up? But hr Heath took care of that The assembly was d1v1ded Ila Antrlm llked the group so much that she used her 8b1lit168 even more and come up to jO1D us to make another elghth grader The long looked for day came when the study hall doors were flung open and ln walked the Blg Shot Freshmen Ugh! IH1t18t1OHx Green Palntl Alum! A few rough edges smoothed off! A b1t of tonlng year we were gett1ng places we gave our The 8dd1t1OD8 to our ranks 1n the Freshman Stanley, Donna Mlller and Fred Hagney we were doing well we thought down! Well before the end of the first one act play for the P T A year were 1n the persons of Wanda Our Sophomore year mlght have been dull 1f Bob Moore had not put 1n h1s appearance My those flre englne red corduroysl Too, we were quite proud when all of our hands began to glltter wlth new class F1HgS We were Jolly Junlors except for one thlng the loss of our good frlend Ph1ll1o P1ttenger Ah, but th18 was a year of many fun packed act1v1t1es and m6mOF19S that w1ll forever llnger We w1ll never forget the carn1val,the play, and the prom Here we are senlors It seemed far away, but it has come sooner than we thought Those who remaln and those who have gone have made a chapter 1n Dale v11le H1gh School H1story The class of 1951 is happy to have contributed 1ts part . .v . . - . J ' 1 . . . . . e e V , , , V I . S . 7 . e . . . - - . . 1, Q. ,. Q e , . 4 . . ' 0 0 , . . I 0 . 7 ' e g ' ' . . , . 1 ,,,, a D 9 ' I . O - 1 O Q I 0 D . Q -V ' ' 0 4 e . , . . I - . - . . . . . . e I . D g ' e e s . . . . v , e , e . . . . . . - ' 9 . . . ' 0 . . . -.. -- I L e A ' . . . f . - . I e 0 . V . w . - . . . , . 0 e