Greensburg High School - Tower Tree Yearbook (Greensburg, IN)

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The Sunshine' and thc- Rain of Life Left to rrght Wxll Lanham Elmer C lerman uperxntendent Robert Woodltll Arthur Lyncn Greensburg School Board The board of School Trustees of the C1ty Schools has the Oll1ClGl manage ment of the schools w1th1n tts hands The present board ts a truly representa ttve tr1o of men from thrs communrty publtc mtnded srncere consctentlous successful tn busrness and promtnent 1n churches servtce clubs and tra ternal organtzatlons They have shown themselves loyal to every school act1v1ty keenly mterested IH the welfare of the young people of the clty and educatlonal advantages ROBERT WOODFILL prestdent and a member of the board for etght years trustee and former Sunday School supermtendent of the Methodist Church afhltated w1th the Elks Masons and Kntghts of Pythxas-asslstant cashler of the Decatur County Natlonal Bank ARTHUR LYNCH secretary a board member for one year member ol the Presbyterran Church-eactlve ln the Ktwants Club Elks Veterans of For etgn Wars a Scottrsh Rrte Mason member of the ftrm of Reed and Lynch automobrle accessory shop WILL LANHAM treasurer has served three years on the board Deacon ol the Presbytertan Church treasurer and dlrector of the Y M C A board presrdent of the Rotary Club a member of the 'Elks Masons and Kmghts ol Pythtas v1ce presrdent of the Garland Mrlhng Company determined to spare no personal effort to provide them with the best possible

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Irlu ilu Sur an 0 n Long Road I O O F Home Camegne Lxbrcxry Many of the best G H S The lb IS a tam11ar students l1ve here rendezvous of debater and S9f1lOI'S On State Road Z9 forty e1ght mrles southeast of Indlanapohs and hfty mlles north of Madrson IS Greensburg a thrrvtng commumty s1tuated 1n the mldst of a r1ch iarmmg sectron and renowned the world over as the c1ty where the tree grows on the courthouse tower A county seat of srx thousand populauon Greensburg IS a typlcal mxd westem town Although 1t IS not an mdustnal center busmess as well as farmmg IS carrred on rn an up to date manner A Splfll of servrce and frrend shrp such as xs found tn few places prevarls 1n Greensburg The many mod ern bu1ld1ngs and well kept homes attest to the pnde the cttlzens have 1n thelr C1lY The l1fe of the younger members of th1s communlty revolves around the Greensburg H1gh School whmch trams them to take thexr places not only ln a busmess world but 1n a socral and cultural world as w ll Commumty Gymncrsxum Post Office Here are fought many bat Students go here to trans tles between the Prrates and act bUS11'1e S Wlih the Umled frlendly rtvals States government

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Lrln Ihr Qnmothrwss or Roughness 0 a Road 1 '39- nf Carl Brllmgs Carl Brllrngs wleo has been the prrn crpal of G H S srnce 1972 and wno rs known as C B to all the students rs the rdeal prrncrpal Hrs cheery srnrle krndness and hrs broad rnrnded under standrng of young people have won lor hrm the respect and admrratron of not only the student body but the crtr zens of the cornmunrty as Well That G H S has no serrous prob lems ot drscrplrne may be attrrbutecl to hrs quret assured and tactful admrnrs tratron of school problems Few peo ple ever see hrm drscouraqed or an gry Hrs unfarlrng courtesy and farr ness always wrn the confrdence and trust of hrs students An rnstructor of crvrcs and econorn rcs, Mr Brllrngs has drsplayed hrs abrl rty to mrx fun and Work wrthout aet trng an overdose of erther A senror wrll probably always thrnk of hrrn a standrng rn the hall wrth a currorrs qurzzrcal expressron on hrs lace whrle wrrtrrrg out excuses by the score ELMER C IERMAN That the Greensburg scrrf , ern r regarded FI Ure fr the rnes' n t e ae of nd ana r ere frger orts of one rrrurrn f r f of trre Greensburg errools roo e oe-rt efrna Vw r ren rf fxffffl r ru ,ro rr and fvotrorr rfur tree C, vaneeruent ff eve w p a e eaucrtr n rn 1 een tr 1 t rtrve he torfe tr nr fr r WF fl Q suden so rrf err ehuo crree s fr t e ferr rr ere t nd errrg or e 'en t e r a e r r C dent reeognrze rn hrrn rf rvffa tured rend f ro orns rn nerr r r 4 n e e 1 tn C qratulate trrerrr upon the ccrrexe ments or to help them solve a lfnotty ro lem rn or out o te Cass r ea rng w rth hrs te cr rra , of rt solute rarrness loyalty fna an er sorrdrna he ha ther' re ect a tle r coore atren J 1 pcrrro kn w hrrn as a feen busrness war a trustfv rtt y steward of purlre es srbrlrty a nan Nho has rlar ed selool course to grve eve u or ersor t e est rodern ty e e e ratr n wrth tfre most pro' table ex enar ture of rublrc funds 5