Francisco High School - Treasured Echoes Yearbook (Francisco, IN)

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|p Senior Class History iu{Uit 29, 19 2, JO very ©oared little first graders drudged into rtncUoo High School for the first time. ■■ Mow twelve years have passed, and many things have happened along fee way. 4 Our first year must have been quite a problem to Miss Esther Arburn, ur teacher. Will we ever forget those little pink and blue baby bibs ■hat were tied around our nooks when we committed some misdemeanori Those graduating this year from our beginning class are t Wendell ►alley, Maurioe Bolin, Oharles Farmer, Dona Peavler, Ellsworth Ross ►onnie Stapleton, Ida Mae Vaughan and Jack Wilder. As our grade sohool years continued Richard Litherland, Russell ►roeheaxs, Vernon Davis, Don Sokeland, Dennis Wirth, and Wendell Qoooh, olned us. Our next step was junior high, and again everything was different. ►alls ringing and running to and fro to classes was really a big differ- ince over grade sohool days. Then oame high sohool, and we were at last Green Freshmen. Dux— ir.£ Our freshmen year we lost several members! Patty Lemmons, Burley laal Jr. Blanch Joann Settler, James Woods, and William E. Truckey. then we beoaae Silly Sophomores, and this year Eugene Coburn Iropped out, leaving us 20 members. - v’J-kThon oame our junior year, and only fourteen classmates returned; hose who dropped out were Barbara Ledbetter, Ruth Virginia Debord, Shirley Cole, and Mary Louise Debord. This seemed to be the year that' katrlmooy set in. The olaes was greatly grieved over the death of one of our class- mates, Dorothy Landrus. It W S during our junior year that we gave our stage debut, Peek- tboo Penny. Ve took the senior class to Lincoln State Park and Santa laus Land on our trip. ' -Then earns our last and biggest step, the Senior Class of 1954. Dur- first part of the year we presented Alias the Butler. We ran •he eonoession stand at the ballgames for our main money making project. 'ime advances, and we are slowly ending our career at dear old Francisco Ugh School. ■ ihrs. Redman has been our sponsor for our four most trying years, nd we Wish to take this time to thank her for helping us through he peat years and to a brighter future. HU Birthdays 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1955 Wendell Belley----------July 20, 1956 Kaurioe Bolin———September 13, 1956 Russell Broshaars------------June 6, 1955 Vernon Davis--------------January 1. 1935 Charles Farmer-------October 11, 1936 Wend el Goooh----------July 22, 1936 Richard Litherland----- June 15, 1936 Dona Peavler——--September IO, Ellsworth Ross——-December 11, Donald Sokeland-------May l4, Connie Stapleton——June 5» Ida Mae Vaughan--November 14, Jaok Wilder——————-----July 1, Dennis Wirth-------—March 1,

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fc Senior Class Will 5S pH olaes of 1954 of the Franolsco High School, aflor consulting the UBIflrptolene, realize that our days are numbered, and that our constitut- under the strain of work in the paat four years. We there— beinf pf sound mind and wishing to dispose of our possessions, will to IfMlWseiies and otherwise the following; and we hope they, too, may - social standing gained by the class of 1954. he Seniors, will to the faculty as a whole our good will and sincere ioa-' i'or helping us win our first great victory on life's journey. T® » our principal, and Mrs. Redman, our sponsor, our sincere , fctever honor wo may win in the future. : juniors and Mr. Hardesty a basketball team as good as the '54 (We know how it the sophomores some new boys to balance the olass. freshmen the right to call your underclassmen Greenies next s. s’ljindell Ray Bailey, will fifty pounds to Alfred Stewart. •T jlsurioe Lee Bolin, will my beauty secrets to Aaron Green. DeWayne Brosheara, will my pitching position on the baseball to Ronnie Wirth. Ternon Russell Davis, will twenty-four copies of How to Become a to twenty-four enterprising freshmen. Robert Farmer, will my seat in the Beta Club to Joe Beaeley. , ,-lfondel Lee Qooch, will my right to go steady to Carmen Stapleton. Ab mlefcard Keith Litherland, will my ability to sleep in govern- 4 lass to Fred Mason. Url n P aTler» wl11 “y Jolly happy go lucky ways to Judy Paul. Iy Osoar Ellsworth Ross, will my ability to concentrate to Jerry Green. X, Donald Ray Sokeland, have nothing to will because I need every cent. Z, Donnie Kay Stapleton, will my right to wear a Princeton sweater to ig Bartley. Mae Vaughan, will my mischievousness to Mary Houchins. ' I».; Jnok Steven Wilder, will my speed tiokets to Donald McEllhiney. will my ability to score at basketball games to Larry I, Dennis Wirth, , registered and signed to take effect the 4th day of May, in the EjjffWfr Lord, One Thour« d Nine Hundred and Fifty-four. R Mdj I' ■542 • ms ■ jg5 Jr ■P fr

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Senior Class Prophecy What? Oh! Dona found and eloped the to Well, hello, Connie—Or should I aay Lieutenant Stapleton? Co .ie in, won 1 ,My, you look aharp in your FLW uniform. You certainly uurpriaod us when m joined tho Foreign Legion for Women a week ui’Ur graduation, ju just gave up looking for the perfect man, huhi Well, 1 gueai rfect man, though. The night after graduation »h« i ith eoee gypsy passing through town. I hear they joined u tribe of gypsioa Dona is tho star fortune teller. Well!11! Look who just went by. That a Jack Wildor. He doesn t ovon other to speak to us since he won the Indianapolis Speedway ftaco last May. r.) stuck up. They say he won it in hie little old blue ford, too. Oh, by the way, I saw Wendel Gooch at the bull g« mo luut night. ho was ■oiling tickets. He directs dramatics at the now Franciaco Grade School, you t ' w. My but that waa an exciting ballgume. Everything was all tied up l»st quartor and at tho very last minute out eowee little Junior Wirth score the winning two points from the center of the floor-. Well, you know what thay aay—a chip off the old block. That’s too bad about Dennis, though, isn t J. ? I hear he made thousands right after graduation playing professional bao- katball but ha married some gal from Chicago and aho “cleaned him.- Though, t'Sfvnia naver was too clever when it came to women, was he? Quick look, there goes Russell Brosheure in one of tho now Broshoars Cus- tom Sedans. He manufactures them, you know. Oh, by the way, I saw the best movie last week; “Kiss Mo, Davis, star- ring the current dreamboat, Vernon Davis. My, tho theatre wu packed with .Soring teen-agers. Why, here’s the beker. You remember Wondell Bailoyt Ho delivers a rash loaf of his homemade bread every day. Well, I suppose you’ve already moat of your old school mates since you've been homo on furlough. What? io, 1 gun as you haven't seen Charles Farmer. He's been touring Europe giving lecturas or., of all things, U. S. Government. And spooking of Europe, I rat pc.ne you heard that Richard Litherland has been employed by an English fami- ly as a butler. His professional name is Smallwood—Jasper Cl. Smallwood. Soy, have you heard of the Maharajah of India! His name la Maharajah Oscar Roaaoar—that's right, old Elzie—and 1 hear ho has one of tho most out- standing harems in tho country. And Haurice has done pretty well for himself, hasn't LoT He's the pro- prietor of Holin's Ballroom across from tho Waldorf Astoria and last yoar he waa elected the moat eligible bachelor of 197}. And speaking of ballrooms, Donald Soke land has openod a new school of dancing in Evansville. I hear all Ur Fort Branoh girls are flocking down thore. Who, me? Well, I've been pretty busy, too. Yea, I'm coach of the new . girls basketball team of Franciaco, and gee, I'm proud of pur team. WE'VE beaten tho boys aeven times on a straight. Oh, must you go alroady? Well, it's been awoll seeing you again, Connie. Things have certainly ohanged since Graduation Day, 19!? » haven't they?