Jefferson Township High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Mexico, IN)

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SHIRLEY MARTIN ODEN LEE MCCLAIN Shirley' Oden' X ' R X 5 1 K . -Q V s - ':k. i. . Play.. .... .......3.4 Play .... .. . Chorus.... ...1,Z,3,4 Chorus..... Cantata... . . . . . .... 4 Basketball.. . Softball ...... Volleyball .... Track ...... Operetta .... Cantata. . . WILLIAM DONALD MILLER Play. . . . . . Chorus .... Operetta. . . . Ham-- BUD OVERFIELD PATSY ANN RABER ENNO SCHMIDT IIBudVI Play. . ........ Basketball. .... . Track ......... . . Student Council. . . . - - - - - fFulton I'l.S. . upatu Play ............ . ......... . . . Band........... Chorus ........ . . Vice-President. . . . Secretary ..... Queen.......... Librarian. . . Play ..... V. Band ....... Basketball. . . Enno

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Class History A Date With Yesterday Let's see, now, just how many ye ars has it been since we started to school in the Mexico and Denver Grade Schools. Oh yes, we remember, it was in September of 1941. Were we scared that day when we first went to school! There were twenty-six of us in grade one at Mexico and Denver. We never did exactly understand just how Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Tharp ever taught us to read and to write, but when the first term had come to a close we had learned enough to be pushed on into the second grade. Here again we started the year with twenty- six. As little tots, we can remember when we used to see the basketball boys play in the games, and we wondered if we would ever get to high school. We used to see Mr. Miller and Miss Fisher and wondered what it would be like to sit in high school classrooms and study high school subjects. Well, one day we found out. For one September morning found a bunch of us enrolled as Freshmen of the Jefferson High.School, and did' everyone make fun of us! As we think about it now, we must have been funny. We didn't know where to go and we didn't know what to do. For' a while we didn't even know how to study. It seemed queer to recite in one room, study in another, and then go to other rooms for other classes. The class records show that the following people were brave-enough to start to high school: Ardith Arnold, Bob Hillman, Sharon Flook, Doris Kline, Bette Winningham, Mary Staller, Patsy Raber, Hughie Leiby, Janet Benedict, Louise Hetzner, Su Nell Harrison, Margaret Shultz, Alvena Yoder, Byron Howell, Shirley Martin, Beatrice Howell, Bob Butler, Jim Stockdale, Nancy Cunningham, Jerry Ault, Jim Snyder, Enno Schmidt, Bob Allman, Delores Donaldson and Jack Holden. We were without a doubt the most wonderful Freshman Class ever to enter the portals of J. T. H.S. There was more intellectuality in the atmosphere of the institution that year than has ever been present at any time since the day of our graduation, or before the day of our entrance. Of course, we were shy and suffered many indignities from the Sophomores, but nevertheless, that was an important year for our class. We enjoyed several parties, the most im- portant of which was initiation. We were made to do many things against our better judgement. By the time the year was over we had really fallen in love with high school, and eagerly awaited the opening of the Sophomore year. Our class sponsor was Miss Curnutt. As Sophomores we passed the many indignities we had received as Fresh- men back to the incoming Freshmen. The year went all too fast. We felt we were now very experienced. Really, aside from our Senior year, we believe the Sophomore year was more exciting than any other year. That year Jim Stockdale, Jim Snyder, Byron Howell, Bob Allman, Jack Holden and Hughie Lieby made the high school basketball B-team. During the year we began to