Fortville High School - Silhouette Yearbook (Fortville, IN)

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azw .Nw for? On a September morning in 1939, sixteen eager boys and girls entered the first gr de at Fortville School A few of these were Alberta Denney, Janet Martln, nrline Lummis, Helen Sharrett, Floyd Lew rk, Bruce Corman, and James Fisher with our first teacher, Miss Jarrett, 'the little herdu took a train ride to Anderson Some of the mothers met us and brought us home Our number increased to twenty one in the second grade Jewel hichwine moved here to help increase our number Mrs Reichenbach xas our second grade teacher That year we visted the airport in Indianapolis In our third year of school, we had several new and different experiences Mlss House, our teacher, took our growing flock to the Chilcren's Iuseum in Indianapolls ning a shower for her Moving on to the fourth grade, Miss Schwartz was our teacher Indivldual health ch rts and weekly dictlonary contests were introduced to us Jhen we progressed on to the fifth grade, there was some doubt whether much was achleved that year The reason was th t we had flle dlfferent teachers By now, we had several new members in our class Nancy Swarts, Joann Gudgel, and Robert Smith came here from Mc Cordsville Upon entering the sixth grade, to some it was an intro duction to high school, to others it meant it wouldn't be long until they could use cosmetics Miss Leonard had the hard task of preparing us for high school hveryone was thrilled belng on the high school side The class st rted things rolllng by electing Jean Small as president, Larraine Reeder as vlce president, Janet Martin as secretary, Helen Sharrett as treasurer, and Mrs DeCorsey as sponsor Alberta Cramer came back after being gone for a couple of years O I 'z -1 '.At Christmas, Miss House became Mrs. Dennis. We had fun plan-

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The farther we advanced the more important our nllttlen number felt The eighth grade class offlcers were pres ident Helen Sharrett, vice president Floyd Lewark, secretary Alberta Denney, treasurer Joann Gudgel Mrs Owens had the honor of being our class sponsor Sharron Sigler and Kenneth Graham were new students in our class As usual, the class of 'Sl entered high school as out standing green freshies Our number was unusually small for a fresh an class Alberta Denney presi ent, Robert Smith vice presi ent, Kenneth Graham secretary, and Janet M rtln treasurer were our officers for our first year of high school The glrls were joining the Sunshine Society Under the direction of our sponsor, Mr Bailey, the group was making plans for our Halloween Carnival Our show was the unforgetable HL1fe of Kllroyn Frances Vaughn was one of the few new students that year A memorable occassion was our class party It was the night of the tornado that completely destroyed one town and damaged much property Having lr Mosele for sponsor, our officers for our Robert mlth vlce preswdent, Helen Sharrett secretary, and Erline ummis treasurer nThe Silly Sophomore Circusn was our H lloween Carnival show that ye r Ralph Sears moved here from Ladoga to dd to our class The class decided on gray sweaters wlth royal blue numbers outlined in white There was much to look forward to in our Junior YL r After electing Miss Bower for sponsor, Lrlnnc Lummis pres ident, Alberta Denney vice president, Helen Sharrett sec retary, and Ralph Sears treasurer s the officers for the class of '51 The thought of the comlng play entltled, WHe Couldn't M rry Fiven, brought much excitement to the jolly juniors We closed the year w1th a vlsit to Victory Field to see the Indlanapolis Indians 0 I : ' I 0 I O V l m . 5 - A 8 . . , l O O O I 1 , ' , , second year in high school were: Janet Martin president, L . ' Q. L1 , U x S. 1. 4 .' . V l . Q1 . . 1' ' .T .. El O a 1 . . O