Flora High School - Florian Yearbook (Flora, IN)

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Eastern National Livestock Judging Team of 1955 are (from left to right) Martha Schnepf, Harold Thompson, Coach; Pat Meade, Harold Craft, Mary Jo Thompson. World's Champion Junior Livestock Judging Team of 1947 are (from left to right) Tom Allen, Harold Thompson, Coach; Fritz Schnepf, Jr., Kenneth Sharp, Bertis Berkshire. But more important than the past are the plans and prospects for the future. For one thing, we hope to see the complete redecoration of the interior of the school building as soon as possible. Plans and adjustments will also have to be made for the increasing enrollment sure to come. The next logical step in the progress of our school is to gain admittance to the North Central Association. To do this we would have to meet certain requirements toward which we are constantly working. So goes our story—a record of accomplishments which constitutes the tradition which is Flora High School. 13 9

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The 1932 Debating Team who competed in the State Finals are (from left to right) Minnie Lou Chittick, Virginia Hawkins, Madonna Barnes, Coach; Mabel Ridenour, and Marjorie Niccum. trophy for their efforts. They also won the right to compete in the state contest at South Bend that year. With such an auspicious beginning, the future will surely find new laurels being added to the F.H.S. record from this department. Flora has really been on the ball—we mean baseball. For three consecutive years they have taken the county championship and we are mighty proud of that record. In recent years baseball seems to be playing a bigger part in the sports world at Flora. Since School Daze, our school paper, was started in 1938, it has been entered many times in national scholastic press competitions and has consistently been rated in the first-place group. One rating of All-American was achieved, and All-Columbian ratings for art and typography have been claimed at various times. We hope that last year's first-place rating for the Florian was the beginning of an outstanding record as well. Flora High School received a certificate for a new commission from the State Department of Public Instruction in 1955. Grades one to six remain on a Continuous Commission, while grades seven to twelve now operate on a First-Class Commission. We are very proud of this achievement and hope to maintain in the future the high standards which made this possible.

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IN OUR TROPHY CASE BASKETBALL 1923—Carroll County Champs 1923- 23—Junior High School Champions 1924- 25—Carroll County Championship 1926— Carroll County Champs 1927— Carroll County Champs 1928— 29—Flora Invitational Tournament Champs 1930-31—Flora Invitational Tournament Champs 1935—Flora 4-Way Tourney 1938—Junior High Tourney at Flora 1940— Flora Invitational Junior High Tourney 1941— Carroll County Champs 1943—Carroll County 1945— Carroll County Champs 1946— Carroll County Champs 1946— Sectional, Regional, Semi-Final Champs 1947— County Champs 1947— Delphi Frosh Tourney 1948— Cerroll County Champs 1949— Carroll County Champs 1950— Junior High Champ 1951— West Central Junior Tourney 1953—Logansport Invitational B Team Tourney 1953-54—Camden Invitational Tourney 1953- 54—Hoosier Conference Champs 1954- 55—Camden Invitational Tourney 1955- Carroll County Junior High Tourney 1955—W.C.J.C. Junior High 1955—Brookston Invitational Tourney 4-H 1947—International Junior Livestock Judging Champions. 1955—Eastern National Livestock Show MUSIC 1917—Carroll County Chorus Contest 1929—State High School Orchestra Contest—First Prize, Class C 1929— Participant National High School Orchestra Contest, Class B 1930— State High School Orchestra—Second Prize, Class C 1941— Delphi Band Contest—for Playing 1942— Northern Indiana School Band, Orchestra, and Vocal Association—District III—Sweepstakes Award SPEECH 1955—Delphi Speech Festival—Third Place BASEBALL 1941—Carroll County Champs 1944—Carroll County Champs 1953— Carroll County Baseball Champions 1954— Carroll County Baseball Champions 1955— Carroll County Baseball Champs TRACK 1951— Carroll County Track Champs 1952— Carroll County Champs 14