Ervin High School - Echo Yearbook (Ervin, IN)

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I, Howard Featherstone, will to Bill Young my ability to be student manager of the Basketball team, and to get out of the assembly every day the last period. ' I, Norma Mynarski, will to Mary Wrightsman my ability to keep the back seat in Government Class, also my slenderness and tallness. I, Ruth Henry, will to Edith Mae Ford, my back seat in typing classg also my long hair not to be cut. I, Butch Tow, will to Joe Mason my ability to run, so that he can out- run Nancy Thinker. I, Gene Moore, do hereby will Richard Fouts my ability to make pass- ing grades so he can play basketball and to Kathleen Hensley my ability to hunt, fish, and trap, also my ability to play snooker. I, David Price, will to Jack Arthur my ability to drive his Ford with one hand. I, Betty White, will to Roberta Etherington my ability to keep up with Miss Byrum in Government Classg also my Government notebooks so that she won't have to work so hard. I, Bill Myers, will to Archie Robertson my back seat in Sociology Class, and to Richard Blangy my ability to be on the first five on the Bas- ketball team. I, Wayne Martin, after great consideration, being of weak and worn mind, sadly will Kenneth Pickett, my go get 'em wolf call, to be used on small town females. And, please do not tire your prized gray matter try- ing to be a Red Skelton-Einstein stand-in or get too care-free in buying my favorite El Roi-Tan cigars. I also bequeath my bashfulness and mod- est ways to Nola Cody. In addition, I leave Nola my typing ability, to be used in trying to trap a rich boss and husband. I, Ruth Ann Clingenpeel, being in sane mind f?J do will to Margaret Doinhour my natural curly hair and my ability to ride to school without nec mg. I, Mary Katherine Ford, will to Nancy Thinker my Shorthand ability las an aid in writing those letters to Joe Masonb and also my bright pros- pects of being an old maid! !!! I, Richard Ridenour, being of helpless and hopeless condition, will to Nelda Jane Brower my ability to get straight A's in Government, because I cou dn't. I, Jeanne Louthain, will to Mary Jane Smith my sweeping ability of 12 years and also my cheerleading position to lead the Eagles to Victory in 1948 and '49. I, Mary Fisher, will to Ivan Skiles my ability to stay awake in the assembly, and also my knowledge of First Aid. I, Lyndal Wilson, will to. Cecilia Cross my ability to sleep in the as- sembly, to help Miss Byrum pronounce oil, and my everlasting friendship with certain Junior girls. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this fourth day of March in the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight. SENIORS OF ERVIN SCHOOL Signed, published, and declared by the above-named Seniors of Ervin High School, as and for their last Will and Testament, in the presence of us and each of us, who, in their presence and at their request, and in the presence of one another, have hereunto subscribed our names as Wit- nesses on the day and in the year above written.

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CLASS HISTORY COLORS: Red and Blue. FLOWER: Red Rose. MOTTO: With the ropes of the past, we will ring the bells of the future. After eight years of hard work, fifteen Green Fres-hies entered E. H. S. on September 1, 1944. At the beginning of our first year we elected Gene Moore, President, Richard Ridenour, Vice-President, and Mary Katherine Ford, Secretary- Treasurer. Mrs. Marsh was our sponsor. During the year four students were added to the class. They were Paul Moore, Bill Myers, Robert Horn, and Betty White. Robert Dropped out before the end of the year. During the summer Harvey Bartley, Paul Moore and David Wolf left the class, which left fifteen members to start our Sophomore year. Carl Cody entered in the fall. Arley Tow took over as President, with Howard Featherstone, Vice-President, and Jeanne Louthain, Secretary-Treasurer. Mary Kay Ford was chosen as Representative for C. S. A. Our sponsor was Mrs. Hollingsworth. To raise money for our dream of a trip, We as- sumed the sponsorship of ice cream and candy sales. For our social events, We had a hay-ride and a supper at the school house. In our Junior year Gene Moore served as President, Howard Feath- erstone as Vice-President, and Ruth Ann Clingenpeel as Secretary-Treas- urer. Our C. S. A. Representative was Jeanne Louthain. Mrs. Hollings- worth led as our sponsor again. We sold candy the first semester. Mr. Nash took the responsibility of directing our successful attempt of a class play, namely, Cyclone Sally. We took the Seniors to Indianapolis to see Frankie Carle and his orchestra for our Junior and Senior Reception. On August 29, 1947, we began to see our long, hoped-for goal. It was our last year at Ervin. Gene Moore took the President's position for the third year. Howard Featherstone was elected Vice-President, Ruth Ann Clingenpeel, Treasurer, and Mary Kay Ford, Secretary. Arley Tow and Jeanne Louthain represented the Seniors on the Student Council. Mr. Bray carried the sponsorship of our class on his shoulders this year. Af- ter three years of hoping for a trip, it was finally decided that our wishes would be fulfilled. The Juniors and Seniors combined for the trip and went to Cleveland, Niagara Falls, and Detroit. Our Senior Play, Here Comes Charlie, was given after a lot of work and fun, mostly fun. Mr. Bray directed it. Those who attended Ervin twelve years are as follows: Gene Moore, Howard Featherstone, Jeanne Louthain, Mary Fisher, Lyndal Wilson, Wayne Martin, and Richard Ridenour, After Weeks of hard work, especially during the illness of Miss Daes, we succeeded in publishing the Echo of '48, Then came May 5, 1948, the day the Seniors and the teachers had been waiting for. We received our diplomas and bade farewell to dear old ERVIN HIGH, ringing the bells of the future. CLASS WILL We, the Class of '48 of Ervin High School in the County of Howard, State of Indiana, being of sane mind, make, establish, publish and ordain this to be our last will and testament.

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SENIOR CLASS POEM Of all the schools we know of, Old Ervin is the best. They talk of other high schools, But we'll give them a rest. In this good old high school, We give each class a boost, But there is one in high school That puts others on the roost. Toward success he is always bent, With a firm and steady hand, For to tell the truth about it- We've got others beat by far. Gene has served as president, With dreams that are lofty and grand Howard with his happy days, Is full of go and pep, And when there's work that must be done He certainly makes it step. Mary Kay is such a dainty lass, She dresses, O, so neat, She's the Secretary of the classg We know she can't be beat. Ruth Ann is our money bank. She takes in all the dough, And always has her lessons well. She's full of life and go. Mary is a jolly girl. She always wears a smile. She's always pushing ahead And making time worth while. Ruth, you will always know, By her giggles, full of cheer, In spirits you never find her low, We're glad she's been with us here. Jeanne is always in for fun, - She usually finds it, too, But still she gets her lessons done, And to Ervin she's been true.