Fortville High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Fortville, IN)

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Eugene Adam Jimmie Johnson Junior senlor Fl y Cavalcade if Chorus 3 1+ L ebal Countj Festival 3 '+ a r Qfayfl Lkxgforpo Along with the usual air of expectanc and confusionof the f1TSt day, twent ei ht eager, llttle bovs and glrl te ed the doors of Fortville Cchool on a Sebtembermornlng 1D 1937 Iith Miss Addlsod as thelr bcglnnlng teacher, the chool year started wlth a bang A party was given t e f1rst day for these boys and girls If school were like thls, it was golrg to be fun It was soon troug t differently At the end of the first year, most of the students Ven tured together into the s cond grade Much ecperience was ln store for them, and surely much was learned That w the year that R1ley's home was honored in be ing JlSlt6d b this llttle herd It was also durlng th1S eventful ye r that the Rhythm Band made lts debut under the dlrectlon of Miss Fhomas when the t sks of learnlng the 23rd Psalm and countlng to one thcus nd were acco nlished, some students beca e famlliar Wlth the fir t notewrlting igence in this clas there ha always been one allbi whlch was exrressed There was always some doubt as to whether or not muck 1 s achieved tUlS year due to the necesslty of three dlffcrcnt tc cher Ihen nrogress was made on to the fourth r de, it was only natur l that the lDdlViGUa1 health ch rts were always acknowledged Thls wa the year that book review contests xere sllghtly enfoyed and regular dictionary contests were ratler dlsgustlng he flfth g de was fllled to the brim wlth events Tvcrythlng from a weddlng, declarlnv of war, and an oper tta w re exn rienced Of course a clrcus narty, given at the home of the teacler, Mrs F rn Barrett, wa vcll remembered lt w HllHP th s year that the Ne t Bakery and Children's Museum w c vislted Donald Vellermeyer left Fortvllle and move to West Mllton, Oh o Upon enterlng the slxth grade, WhlCh to some w s known as a reparatory cla s for hlgh school llfe, to others lt was a orenaratlon for cosmetoloav -F ' fl - '3,, 1 U Y - - Yell-Le de 3 7 L1 , .J , Tv? ' y- g, Q ' U ,' s en- crs ' U .. A, ' c' , . A . . . A A S r , ig El . C .J . . ar f V . e . 1, 7 . A ' . 's ' . - - - ' I' ' . . ' ' a l . . . , I YT N - ' ' . cl . , ' cmnl - . e m H' ' , . s ' . Whenever there was a comment upon the lack of intell- n 3, A . s R ' - ' , . . .. A 'IA J. 1 . ' ' Ha s. U A . g a 'N ' 'K ' .V Cl Q. . , I ,Q . .,S L 1 . . . T . ra . . . . , . . . O rl , .. , , , V e e -, , , ' .V f Q r . ' A . ue s X3 . , . as 4 -' .j, W V 5 , Q . g p. . d ' 1 , ' ' ' - A a n s ' ' A , ' . . . .,. 0

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'hen lt was tlme for the tra sf r from t e ele entary Slap of school to Junlor Hlgh, ev ryone was thrilled The class started the year rolllng by electlng Sue CHmm1HS as PT9S1d9Ht, Gay Bee Goudy as Vlce President, and Bob 'dams as ecretary and Treasurer hiss Blind recelved the honor of belng class sponsor This was the year the seventh graders blessed the Old Soutl by impersonatlng Southern belles and dlstlngulshed gentlemen in dancing a minuet in the Patriotic Pageant It seemed strange that rather suddenly arithmetic be came the favorite subgect with most of the s udents while in the elghth grade This couldn't be because of access to the answer book could it9 A book entltled, Revlews .nd Previews of Fortville, w s COmGll6d by these students in the eighth grade under the SUDGTViSlOH of Miss flSh3Td standlng green freshies The class started the freshman year with several new students from Center and Ingalls Thls flrst year of high school began with students Joinlng as many actlvities posslble, to gel out of class The glrls eagerly joined the Sunshlne Society The boys were soon making plans for the terrific appearance in the memorable, 'Womanless Iedding It was this pantcmine of the l9H5 Folloween Carnlval, that rocked Fortvllle with laughter Along wlth these opportun itles to be a part of high school activlties, the talent of this freshman class began to bloom The operetta, UBand Wagonn, will always remaln in the memories of those who partlclpated in the production The seniors of M5 complimented these freshies by stat ing in thelr annual that effort had been made to write all their Jokes on tlssue aper, so that the freshman might see through them This extraordlnary class of 1949 rather slid through the sophomore year with a speclal skatlng party, and the fOTV3t1OH of a Social Studies Club At the beglnnlng of the jHH10T year, curiosity pre valled about the ideas of the new principal, Mr J B Good As the new year moved along, it was soon learned, that Mr Good was very co operative and understnading with allstudent problems These jolly junlors have never forgotten the absurb movles of Frankinstein and his son Perhaps the reason for this memory is due to a double feature The thought of the comlng play ent1tled, NTattletale' brought excitement to the students. It was during this year that some students becamecharter members of the new Latin Club. During the last of March in 193-+7 some of these students were sent to Anderson College as delegates to the model United Nations Security Council. M ' ' 1 c h m .' .uv . . C . . . - A ffl .' ' .L . O . I . . G L , n . C 21 ., L Y ' YV, ' As usual, the class of H9 entered high school as out- . O . . . , A . .L . as . , C . . 4 0 - - ,- H . 'f 2 X .W L . . . - I O O 1 - . . H . . O . . . Q . O U 0 O O . I I . . , 7