Fillmore High School - Echoes Yearbook (Fillmore, IN)

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The next project also a successful one was that of sell1ngChr1st mas cards October 19 was a most 1mportant occas1on for It was then under the d1rect1on of Paul Pru1tt that the class play SEVENTEEN IS TER RIFIC was presented B111 N J B Roy Jerry and Russell Jomed the vars1ty th1s year Jackle A was student manager To clxmax a year of successful endeavors the Jumor semor prom was held on Aprll 19 at Skyland Lodge near Spencer After a de11c1ous fr1ed ch1cken d1nner and usual toasts and responses the evemng was spent danc1ng playlng cards or 1n talk1ng on the old southern plantat1on 1nto whxch the Lodge had been transferred Seven g1rls and th1rteen boys beoan the1r sen1or year on August Z7 1952 an eventful vear and a short one Roy was selected to lead th1s d1gn1f1ed group 1n meetmg the many problems confrontlng a senlor class Kenneth became v1ce pres1dent wh1le Rachel and Anna were re elected to the pos1t1ons they held as Jumors Jack1e became reporter Wlth M1ss Joseph as sponsor the class undertook many projects to help flnance thelr sprrng tr1p to Wash1ngton D C Ph1ladelph1a and At lantxc Clty On December 6 some of the class p1cked up corn g1ven them by Kenneth Ames and h1s father Another group helped complete the task from whlch the class reallzed S107 Z5 Bookstore sales of school suppl1es and candy axded the f1nanc1alcon Wh1te sweatshlrts and card1nal socks sold by the class were very pretty at the ball games Hlstory repeats 1tself' On December 23 the senlors agaln sponsored the h1gh school Chr1stmas dance wh1ch they had orlgmated as sopho mores A VlS1t to lnd1anapol1s on February 10 was an 1mportant occas1on It was then that the Jun1ors and semors vlsxted the lndmana General Assem bly where they were 1ntroduced 1n the House by Representatlve Grxmes and 1n the Senate b, Senator R1st1ne Central Busmess College the World War Memor1al and the natlonal headquarters of the Amer1can Legxon were also v1s1ted on February lO The school publ1cat1ons THE COMRADE and the yearbook ECHOES were also projects of the class Thls has been a busy year much too short for most of the senlors A real1zat1on that the tlme for graduat1on1s approachlng 1s seen 1n many ways Honor sweaters were awarded to Russell J B Jerry B111 Roy and Jack1e on March 3 A letter was awarded Rlchard S Pract1ce on the class play w1ll begm before long and from now unt1l May l the class w1ll be qu1te busy wlth clos1ng school act1v1t1es The prom on Apr1l 18 15 eagerly awa1ted s1nce the senlors recall last year when the semors of 52 were the1r guests Baccalaureate se rv1ces wxll be held at the Method1st Church on Apr1l 26 The coveted d1plomas w1ll be rece1ved ln commencement excerc1ses at the Chr1st1an Church on Apr1l 30 The cl1max of the year and maybe of more than the one year IS the seven day semor trmp beg1nn1ng May Z dition of the class, also. Home made candy was always quickly sold. . , .

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Sl NIR MASS HISTIIRY As school began 1n September 1949 twenty f1ve freshmen took thelr places 1n F1llmore Hlgh School Enrolled ln the class were Jack1e Arn old Kenneth Ames M1ldred G1rton Anna Bryan Barbara Fra1zer Jerry Watson Donald Bu1s J B McKamey R1chard Stewart Roy Har court Rachel Cooper Darrell Storm Edwm N1chols Melba Zarmg RussellCash Cllfford Tmcher R1chard Gorham Mary Jo Brown Jerry Broadstreet Patr1c1a Masten W1ll1am Newklrk Larry M1ller Jackle Cl1fford Ga1l Hall and Helen Sutherhn Before the year was over B111 Wllson came from Amo to Jom the class Under the gu1dance of Mr Sm1th a class elect1on named Patty as pres1dent She was ass1sted by Jackxe C as v1ce pres1dent Roy took care of the correspondence wh1le J B recelved class dues M1ddy was reporter ln the fall of 1950 the class enrollment had grown to twenty e1ght Barbara Chadd who had attended Manual 1n Ind1anapol1s rejomed her class 1n F1llmore I-hgh Fred Goodmght and Fred F1sher became new members of the class Before the year ended however Cllfford T1n cher qu1t school to get marr1ed Mr McC1eerey as class sponsor a1ded 1n the elect1on of class of f1cers Barbara was made pres1dent wh1le Fred G became v1ce presl dent Rachel was named secretary Russell served as treasurer and Patty became reporter for the school paper THE COMRADE The flrst b1g pI'fJbl6l'T1 confront1ng the class was the 1n1t1at1on of the freshmen on September 15 The sophomores had not forgotten the1r 1n 1t1at1on so they proceeded to scare the fresh1es half to death' On December 20 the class sponsored a very successful Chmstmas dance to wh1ch the ent1re h1gh school was 1nv1ted Many famous person al1t1es were present at the dance Patty Masten L1ttle Lula Don Ruark Frank Smatra Llnda Sh1pman fBetty Huttonl Roy Harcourt fEdd1e Arnold Jerry Broadstreet and Edw1n Nlchols Rudolph Dav1d Gr1mes Frank1e Carle and B111 Newk1rk Santa Claus' helper helped to make the occaslon a most memorable one Several boys 1n the class part1c1pated 1n the athlet1c program Ed w1n was a member of the softball team whlch won the county charnp1on sh1p Russell Jack1e C Fred F B111 W Roy J B and Jerry were members of the B team 1n basketball Fred G was selected to be one of the yell leaders Only twenty one answered the roll call as Jumors Helen and Ga1l had transferred to New W1nchester Fred G to Lebanon Fred F to Amo and Jackle C to Ba1nbr1dge Barbara F qu1t school and before the end of the year B1ll W re entered the Amo school MISS Molter class sponsor a1ded 1n the class organ1zat1on J B became pres1dent w1th Roy v1ce pres1dent Rachel was reelected sec retary Anna became the treasurer wh1le Patty was named reporter 'Oh what pretty class r1ngs was an often heard statement on that day 1n early September when class r1ngs arr1ved On September 4 w1th a goal set at S1200 the class began a cam pa1gn to sell magazmes The total sales S1303 60 surpassed the goal so a turkey d1nner was enJoyed at the school bu1ld1ng on December ll 4 f, - 7 . . c ,

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S1 IIIH lZlASS Wlll We the members of the F1llmore I-hgh School Class of 1953 be1ng of sound mmd and capable of mak1ng dec1s1ons 1n t1me of need do here by make the follow1ng bequests both as a group and 1nd1v1dually To the Class of 1954 we forever bequeath the ab1l1ty to make the honor roll To the Class of 1955 we forever bequeath the sponsorshlp of the Chr1stmas dance To the Class of 1956 we bequeath the ab1l1ty to p1ck up corn regard less of the weather To the chemlstry class we w1ll our ab1l1ty to make stronger smells To the bookkeep1ng class we w1ll an add1ng machme that w1ll add long columns correctly To the Lat1n class more boys It was too lonely for R1chard Stewart To the Journahsm class we w1ll the ab1l1ty to make passable 1nter v1ews To the government class we bequeath the ab1l1ty to learn more about local government To the shop class we bequeath the ab1l1ty to run a stralght head To the muslc class we bequeath more boys to supply more harmony I Kenneth L Ames do hereby and forever bequeath to J1mm1e Ar nold my ab1l1ty to get along w1th the cops I Jack1e Arnold do forever bequeath to Jack Underwood my ab1l1ty to be a stup1d student manager I Jerry Broadstreet do bequeath to Larry Thompson my love for br1ght colors I Mary Jo Brown do bequeath to W1lma Zarmg my ab1l1ty to pay no attent1on to boys I Anna Bryan do forever bequeath to Ga1l Irw1n my ab1l1ty to type a sentence w1thout error I Don Bu1s do forever bequeath to Rex Harcourt my ab1l1ty to eat candy 1n the study hall w1thout bemg caught I Russell Lee Cash do hereby and forever bequeath to Bob QBrother I Barbara Chadd do hereby and forever bequeath to June DeWeese my qu1etness I Rachel Ann Cooper do hereby and forever bequeath my naturally curly ha1r to Nancy Sutherl1n I M1ldred Chrton do bequeath my d1mples to Martha Jane W1ll1amson I R1chard Gorham do hereby and forever bequeath to Mr McC1ee rey my ab1l1ty to see all of the Amo ball games so that Fxllmore w1ll always be able to beat them I Roy Lee Harcourt do bequeath my bookkeepmg ab1l1ty to anyone who can stand lt I Patr1c1a Lou Masten do forever bequeath to Marleen Tharrm my small hands and feet I hope she can p1ck up more corn than I d1d I John B McKamey do bequeath to Maur1ce St1erwalt my ab1l1ty to keep the St1lesv1lle gxrls from know1ng of my adventures at the Y I Larry M1ller do bequeath to Marv1n Broadstreet my seat 1n soc1 ology class I W1l11am Newk1rk do hereby and forever bequeath to Norman Jones my ab1l1ty to be a professxonal loafer I Edwm N1cholas bequeath my hot rod car to Roy Smxth I R1chard Stewart do bequeath to Roland Cavm my ab1l1ty to keep a car runnmg I Darrell Storm do bequeath to DeLoss Greenlee my affect1on for Hendr1cks County g1rls I Melba Zar1ng do hereby and forever bequeath to Beverly Maxwell my ab1l1ty to dr1ve a car w1thout tear1ng off fender sk1rts We hereby attach our s1gnatures th1s f1fth day of March 1n the year of our Lord n1neteen hundred flfty three mn Room 4 at the F1llmore school house 1n F1llmore Ind1ana Hawk, Sibbitt my love for certain girls. - K ' ., . 9 i .-1 , Q . I 1 , n 'I'