Helmsburg High School - Tiger Echoes Yearbook (Helmsburg, IN)

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 ' X OUR UFS AND DOWNS tp of exceptionally green freahmen reluctantly en- It was th?t same year on one of the last days of September 8, 1944, a grou tered Helmeburg High School. „««, i !h««Lth8L8°“%“e?b!ir8 lu18 aaaa «rouP blessed the Institution' with their tionS enff°iKdaf fornhoolty« ' they said, and chose to divert their atten- J“'na ° ard a 1neighboring Brown County town. It was this incident that caused „ 8 b? oa J?’ hat class has torn down a reputation in one day thatlt has taken Hela6burg twenty years to build.■ foll 8nr0lTe 1 ihat, lr8t «« eater of our freshman year were as Rniin q -DK1J 3rpA1iendSr' .June Arn°ld Ronald Barnee, Clara Alice Barrlck, Eeaale P?r!nir3u?2belaBrnd’ rM2Jj0Sle BoydL Hel«n Louise Davis, Janice FJ.eener, Wilma Wi ???!!'Fry Uda, Har 7' D“nlel «wklne, Olen Johnson, Esther Merrlaan, £‘nanda DSroth«a 2cCoX' Mary KeC°y' Lu«ene Phelps, Charlei son pitriai'!1R,R2 n'..Uqlan “2 |va Richards, Mary Richards, Ellen Robert- s'3? Patricia «und, Betty Sawyer, Emma Sieson, Luther Smith, Edna Teague, John WaiKer, Russel Ward Carol Wllk.raon, Jerome «1111., Evelynni Wlntergerft JameS Rofeaary Bradley, Oliver Colline, and Joe Haskell. Those entering the l °fv0Ur r!,hman y r were Bob Barrlck and Eugene Turner. This made our total number forty-two. . . After ® vacation of four months we returned again to school. This was the beginning of our sophomore year. To tell the truth, we all were glad to be back, when we returned, vs found we had a new member who had moved in from Bloomfield and whom we learned to know as Bill Hunter. We realize now how fortunate we were Irt£0r Jlnce thst tim® h« has groved to be a star b sketball player and fell?w v« returned after our Christmas vacation to find that we had an- 0lfSi®tttt' Georgians Kakavecos. During the last semester three members withdrew. They were Joe Haskell, Lela Ramsey, and Lillian Ramsey. Our Junior year started In tne fall of 1945, and we found that we had re- celved a new member, Audens Maddux. However, she stayed on'y a short time. .Dur- ing that year we also had four old schoolmates drop out. They h d been with us aorry t0 Bee thea g0 The w«re «« follows: Mar- n?n r% Luther Eugenc PhelP and John Walker. Marjorie entered a • ?°o1' aDd John J°inad th® Alp Force and Is finishing school in the service. Georgians Kakavecos left us that year also and became enrolled In school eisevnere. When we returned to school for our senior year, our grouc had simmered down to a nice class of twenty-two. They were as follows: Dolly Allendar, June Arn- £J,?f aBa?rlc ' au8abel £°nd Helen Louise Davis, Janice Fleener, Wilma Flee- ner, “ill Hunter, Georgians Kakavecos, Esther Herrlman, Dorothea McCoy, Mary Mc- w A ««ry Richards, Emaa Sisson, Edna Teague, Eugene Turner, Russel Ward, Carol Wilkerson, Evelynne Wintergerst, Art Adams, and Samuel Fritch. Those ifw!eL 5° senior year. 3am had been in our school before and would graduated with the class of 45 but had enlisted In the Army Air Coros. Art Adams Came from Tech in Indianapolis end Is a member of the Naval Res- erve. During this, our last year, ve have spent a great deal of time In plan- nlng programs for special holidays and have presented a couple of them for the r A ?• have notlced ln preparing these programs that our work that plies up and the going gets tough, everyone pitches in to Drove thnt we were wrong when at times we thought that spirit might be lacking. As things stand now, we are all looking forward to the night when we shall our diplomas. Before we go, we want to thank Mr. Hill for his helpful ad- rt?dwS?!lJ {JiIe 1TC2nfldenCeAln I?8 In p ® 1® » we mention, too, our grand field trip of which Mr. Lehman was In charge and say also that we enjoyed our driving lessons immensely. And let us not forget to turn the the spotlight on Mies Lois Chitwood who la our sponsor. She Is helping us to make our yearbo k a eucc«s and will also sponsored direct our class jiay, which will le given in the serin 3 2 SW tlivert Mr. Hurt, Mrs. CM twSod M?f s zoung, Mr. Baber, and Miss Mathews, we my thank you for your guidance, your catl- enee, and the Ideals you have Insured in ue. The senior class as a whole would liKe to say one thing to the classes who follow: Treasure your school days hlgh- ‘ ly, fQr.JJ.opu tbi.ex. a memory.