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

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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

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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 -or First POW. left to right: Jack Leonard. Nancy Miers, Genevieve Walters, Jean Royer, lliilaylhs Jones- Norma Faye Kerby, Mary Alice Kearby, Norma Kellams, Cari 1 ey. Second YOWT poflaldv Hafdifl. Barney.Seybold, Kenneth Jones, Robert Mills, Virlce Haefllllg, Vlrginia Lee Haefllng, Pauline Henson, Rena Lee Jackson, Miss Barbara Bush. Third rowzt Marlin Simmons, Walter Burton, Bill Flickner, Donald Wilkinson, Ivan Wineinger, David Lawson, Fred Goldman, Sam Wininger, Robert Drake. Juniors Qcontinuedj Fiesta was chosen as the theme for the 1949 banquet given by the juniors in honor of the seniors. The banquet, followed by a dance and entertainment, was held in the French Lick American Legion Home on May 7, 1949. This year the class chose the following officers to guide them: Leon Hopper, presidentg Muriel Freeman, vice-president, Nancy Miers, secretaryg Norma Denbo, treasurer, and Phyllis Jones, reporter. The class of 1950 feel very fortunate in having as their class co-sponsors, Mr. Kenneth Wiggs and Miss Barbara Bush, who has recently replaced Mrs. Minnie Ham- ilton, who was the co-sponsor until she accepted the position of Orange County Dem- onstration Agent. -W PAGE FIFTEEN