Fortville High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Fortville, IN)

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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

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The class received thelr long amalted x aters ln thls same w 1ter The class of H9 began the suppo edly fi l chool fear at Fortvllle, by electlng Robert Lu m1s aspresident,Clarence Humbles, vice presldent, Sherry Rash, secrctany,Sue Cummin treasurer, Mlss Bower was elected as class sponsorthesecond consecutlve time Homer ROblUSOH and Jlm Hardin left this class Homer Jolned the Marine Corps, and is now bound toward the west coast Jlm joined the Army and has been statloned 1n Japan for some time Plans we e amde and actlon lmmediately begun or the The boys got together and formed the H1 Y Club with Mr Youngblood Near December, these decided to have thelr pittures taken at Towers Studio in Indianapolls Be havlng an early appointment, there was hope in recelvmng the pictur sinti e for Chrlstman Upon receivlng these pictures, there was the usual air of disappointment happened to be of nature The enthuslasm for the basketball fans re ched a new peak at the Regional Tourney Mr and Mrs Rickel sponsered and directed a Cavalcadeof America Many of these seniors participated in this muslcal productlon In March, the senlor girls were entertalned by the Business and Professlonal Women's Club at the CannaryCottage Mlss Irma Zook from the Indlana Central College of Beauty Culture, was the quest speaker Cl 3 Csegfamenf The class of l9M9 wllls its prosperous and Joyful year to the class of 1950 Bob Adams wills his ability to go steady at the edge of a whip for several years to Jack Whelchel D1ck Adams wills his abillty to carry on an intelligent conversation in Physics class to Bob Norris Mariann Trennepohl wills her curly hair toClaud1aGinn. Mary Lou Brandom wills her first chair in band to Roma Sharrett. Eddie Brattain wills his shop ability to Russell Himes. Rosemary Spaur wills her ability to go with a McC!ords- ' s na s 1 class play, nBing A Song of Sixteen.N V A cf i an ville boy to Judy Sylvester.