French Lick High School - Plutocraft Yearbook (French Lick, IN)

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PLUTONIAN 1949 'Y The school chose three girls for yell-leaders that year and two of them, Patty Lane and Bonnie Qualkinbush, were from his class. The class had its first class play and Mort remembered with a smile the antics performed by the cast, namely George Bullington, Ann Wininger, Tommy Owen, Jim Leonard, George Burch, Wayne McCarty, Bonnie Jo Qualkinbush, Ruth Esther Toliver, Patty Lane, Colleen Crowder, and Ruth Curtis. Five of his class-mates were nominated to the National Honor Society, name- ly: Colleen Crowder, Norma Carter, Ann Wininger, George Bullington and Tommy Owen. Since his Senior year was not in the too distant past Mortimer had no difficul- ty in remembering his class officers: Tommy Owen, presidentg Jack Drabing, vice-pres- identg Colleen Crowder, secretaryg Bonnie Qualkinbush, treasurer, and Norma Carter, reporter. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pershing, senior sponsors, helped Mortimer over many rough places during his last year. Mort had also helped to elect three of his classmates as yell-leaders, namely: Patty Lane, Tommy Owen, and Jack Drabing who did their class justice as they led in the many new yells. At the beginning of his last year there had been fifty proud Seniors since five new students, Russell Wiggs, Gene Conrad, Georgia Wininger, Mary Tredway, and Claude Hagan, had entered French Lick High School. Three more of Mortimer's friends, Bonnie Qualkinbush, Dorothy Speedy, and Keith Brown, were elected to the National Honor Society. Yes, those really were the good old days, thought Mortimer as the Commence- ment speaker bowed to the audience and returned to his seat. The light must have been bad in the auditorium because Mortimer blinked a couple of times, wiped a bit of moisture from his eye and realized that he was going to miss the old place after alll! -,Y PAGE THIRTEEN

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PLUTONIAN 1949 -N' Class History Mortimer Hammerslog sat in the second seat of the third row listening, per- haps a little inattentively, to his Commencement speaker. For him, like the forty- seven others of the graduating class, this Was a great day and a great event. How often he had longed for this day when the routine of school life would be at an end. But now, as he looked around at the capped and gowned figures seated around him he realized that some of the happiest days of his life thus far had been spent in this school. , As his mind wandered back through the past four years that he spent in a never-ending quest for knowledge he recalled the first few days he spent at good old French Lick High. Ah, those were the days! He had entered with seveny-six more or less lmostly lessl green than he. As those first few weeks of school passed, Morti- mer was initiated into the various functions of school life. The little blond, who sat across from him in Algebra I, took most of Mortimer's thoughts that were not occupied with small things like lx-yy times Cy-xl and the superlative degree in English. 'Eihen there was his first class election. Mortimer, though nominated for reporter, ran very poorly in this election but he remembered his friends who had been more successful. Tommy Owen was president, Norman Nicholson, vice-president, Bonnie Qualkinbush, secretary and treasurer, Norma Carter, reporter. Although Mrs. Chester Knight was unable to be present, the few outbreaks of merriment were quelled by Mr. G. L. Ayls- worth. Like most Freshmen, Mort's first year was none too eventful, fexcept that the little blond told him N0 454 timesl. Mort remembered how, with lagging steps, he, with his 63 classmates, re- entered school on the first of September in his Sophomore year. He rememberd, on those first days, how he looked with contempt at the blunders of the new Freshmen who flocked togethenbewilderedly in the halls. He found that many of his former classmates were not present but had found more enjoyable tasks to fill their time than attending the numerous classes. There were many things to look forward to in his Sophomore year and one of the most important events was his second class election. A guiding hand was offered by his sponsors, Mrs. Gladys Denbo and Mr. Edward Claxton. George Bullington was elected president, Jack Drabing, vice-president, Julia Ann Beatty, secretary and treasurer, and George Burch, reporter. In October Mortimer made a new friend, Fred Wesemann. Mortimer had never known foreigners so Fred was a real prize, since he had come from Bloomington, Indiana. Tommy Owen and Ann Wininger were yell-leaders that year and everyone was playing with, of all things, a yo-yo. As Mortimer's mind paused to look back upon his Junior year he glanced down at his left hand, which was at the moment firmly clutching his commencement program and there was the gold class ring with the figures 1949 clearly imprinted upon it, which he had received when he was a Junior. This ring brought to his mind a certain little incident for which he hoped his sponsors, Mrs. A. E. Pershing and Mr. T. Roy Roberts, had since forgiven him and glanced out of the corner of his eye at Mrs. Pershing to make certain .... Yes, she looked as if she were going to miss him too. That was some class election that year, thought Mort, 'Td have been president if it hadn't been for George Bullingtonf' The vice-president was Bob Lane, Bonnie Qualkinbusli was treasurer, Ann Wininger. secretary, and reporter, Norma Carter. ..xf , PAGE TWELVE

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L PLUTONIAN 1949 W -Y ,W l First row, left to right: Wayne Zimmerman, Patricia Pinnick, Norma Ann Denbo, Martha Sue Harrison, Marvin Thompson, Joann Collins, Brooks Brubeck, Glenn Walters, Gene Simmons, Lois Mathers. Second row: Marion Hagan, Donald Harris, Marguerite Anderson, Verla Flick, Ilene Smith, Norma Young, Alta Hardin, Richard Morgan, Lee Howerton. Third row: Frankie Leonard, Jackie Tarr, Donald Clark, Delores Palmer, Ralph Har- rison, Muriel Freeman, Leon Hopper, Mr. Kenneth Wiggs. Class Officers President ,,,....l.......,,,............................,,.... Leon Hopper Vice-President ,...., ......... M uriel Freeman Secretary ............ .... N orma Ann Denbo Treasurer ........ ............. N ancy Myers Reporter ..........,.. ..,.............,. P hyllis Jones Class Sponsors ..... ..... M rs. Minnie Hamilton Mr. Kenneth H. Wiggs Juniors The class of 1950, long thought of by fellow students as being rather dead. came to life with a bang this year when they presented their class play, Tumblin' Creekn, on November 17, 1948, topping all previous attendance records for such an activity. Representing the juniors in the various school organizations are: five in National Honor Society, seven in Tri-Hi-Y, eight in Hi-Y, seven in Commercial Club, and one in G. A. A. ' .-,I -L PAGE FOURTEEN