Galveston High School - Galvestonian Yearbook (Galveston, IN)

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Sue Pierce Emilee Rockwell rusl 2 3 4 Ann C rusl 2 4 Annual gl aper Staff 4 4H I er Staft 4 4H1 3 4 Sun ine l 4 Sunshinel 2 3 4 ass Play 3 4 H Secretary Z Jr Leader 2 4 Joe Walker Bob Walker l Ch rus 1 2 l 4 Cho Annual Sr sketball l 2 3 Officer 2 S all 3 4 Paper Staff 4 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On September l l939 in Jackson Township Cass County Indiana a group of meek six year olds stepped into the starting lanes for an educational hurdle race They ran well and crossed the first eight hurdles with the usual amount of additions and subtractions The first big hurdle was approached on August 29 1947 when twenty five green freshmen came strolling into the halls of GHS They elected Bynom Troyer president Eileen Lake vice president Faye Savage secretary Jim McCoy treasurer and Ronald Chambers reporter Mrs Pullen the faculty advisor counted noses at the big rnitia tion and found Melvin Armstrong Sammy Bechdol James Bevington Margaret Clark Tom Cree Nancy Holman Toney Finney Paul Geiger Conrad Gerdes Carolyn Hosier Jim Hodson Richard Irwin Eugene Lake Joretta Merrell Nancy Otiker Sue Pierce Emilee Rockwell Bob Walker Joe Wal- ker and Omer Young. Betty Bryan joined the marathon early in the year. The torrid pace proved too much for Sammy Bechdol and Omer Young. They stumbled and fell by the wayside after crossing the first few obstacles. By- nom Troyer and Nancy Otiker left us and joined a similar meet in Summerfield Florida, and Kokomo, Carl Williams gave the second call tor entrants in the sophomore meet and found that Carol Bresnahan Mel Dona- hue and Ralph Phillips wished to wear our colors. Student managers for the year were Jim McCoy presidentg Dick Irwin vice-president Melvin Armstrong treasurer Jim Bevington secretary- and Betty Bryan reporter. We met and conquered the serious problems of ordering class rings and initiating the freshmen. During the year Dick Irwin and Faye Savage were lost to Kokomo High School and Carolyn Hosier to the hurdle of matrimony. Bill Sh pley blew the whistle for the third big race Wel comed additions were Ronald Halsey Bonnie Merrell and Jean Fallon Student managers elected were Jim McCoy president James Bevington vice president Eileen Lake treasurer Betty Bryan secretary and Eugene Lake report er Three high hurdles that were gracefully passed were the class play Spookey Junction the junior senior recep tion at Veaches in Peru and the junior senior trip to Cin cinnatr Louisville etc The most pleasant jumps in this phase of the race were the zoo and the baseball game be tween the Cincinnati Reds and the St Louis Cardinals in Cincinnati the Brown Hotel and Churchill Downs in Louis ville and Marengo Cave and Indiana University 111 South ern Indiana The wear and tear of th educational pace left Carol Bresnahan Mel Donahue Jim Hodson and Jean Fallon prostrate on the turf. Andy Fernung called the roll for the fourth and final big race. Tom Cree had moved to Onward' however he decided to leave his adopted insurrectionists and returned at mid- term. Joretta Merrell joined the ranks of matrimony. The class elected as their student managers, Jim McCoy presi- dentg Ronald Halsey vice-president' Eileen Lake treasurer' and Betty Bryan secretary. The usual stumbling blocks were met and surpassed in admirable fashion. The school paper THE CARDINAL CORNER and the annual THE GALVESTONIAN were published. The annual magazine drive was completed with the largest per capita sales in the history of the school. The senior play was the pride and joy of the papas and mammas. Yes the class was successful in curricular as well as extracurricular activities. The Lake twins Ronald Halsey Jim McCoy James Beving- ton, and Emilee Rockwell hovered at the top of the class in an academic sense. On April 30, 1951, twenty proud seniors were awarded diplomas from Galveston High School. Page Fourteen

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SE ICR CLASS PRGPI-IECY May 3 1965 Humortown Kansas Dear Mr Shlpley I have Just frnrshed reading rn the paper that you are now the oresldent of the Typrcal Typrst Socrety Congratu latrons' I thought you mrght be rnterested rn knowrng what the class of 51 are now dorng As you probably know Margaret Clark rs the l t woman Presrdent of the Unrted States Also Ralph Phlllrps IS the Secretary of State Sue Plerce rs strll marrred to Rube and dorng very nrcely wrth therr erght klds Dmgbat Ignat Un huh Huh uh Ugh Mo Bo and No mo by name I have just come back from a trrp to Mars The navlga tor of the rocket shrp was Melvin Armstrong He had never been to Mars before and he had a hard t1me frndlng rt When I clrmbed on board the rocket whom should I see but Ronald Halsey and Jrm McCoy They were herng sent to Mars by the Pre rdent Mrss Clark to make a peace treaty Bonnre Merrell was the stewardess on the trrp As the shrp was gettrng ready to take of'f I saw Betty Bryan runnrng towards rt She was also a stewardess Late as usualll Someone was carrying her luggage I saw to my snrprrse that t was Paul Gelger I learned later that they had been marrred for ten years Paul had to come along wrth Betty because he always gets so lonesome wrthout her After the shrp took off I sat down rn my seat Rrght across the arsle from me sat Nancy Holman and Ronald Chambers They had yust got hltched and were takrng therr honeymoon rn Mars Much to my surprrse as we were traveling I looked out of the wrndow and whom should I see but Joe Walker rn a flyrng saucer He was takrng one of the men from Mars back to Earth wrth htm After about three hours of huntlng our navrgator found Mars and we landed Who should be there to greet us hut Ermlee Rockwell' She was the receptlonrst at the statron She took us to the hotel and we saw James Bevrngton who was the owner of the hotel After talkrng to hrm for a while we decrded to go to our rooms We called fo a bell boy and much to our asionlshment rt was Bob Walker A few hours later we had drnner served to us by the chref Chef Toney Fmney The entertamment of the even who are great dancers and a brg attraction for the hotel The next mornmg we had to leave The shrp wasnt rn good runnrng condrtron but after a few hours delay the mechanrc Gene Lake had everythrng rn order As we were takrng off I saw Paul srttlng by hrmself He was so sad When I asked htm what the trouble was he sard Betty had found a lrttle Man from Mars and would not come back to Earth wrth htm When we got back to Earth we saw an advertlsement 1n the paper See the sensatronal new Cree Corffure All of us declded we would have to try rt I suppose you are wonderrng what I am doing Well I am secretary of Conrad Gerdes who rs the presrdent of the Gerdes Lunatrc Assocratron That may explarn a few of the things I have wrltten rn this letter Yours srncerely Erleen Lake Page Frfteen , , , ' irs ' ' - ' ' T h I . . I 'I I I I I l : - - - - - ing was furnished by Bonnie Merrell and James Bevington, c- - . I I - ' I I . r