Knightstown High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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M4609 as 77 The student council, this year, has been engaged in several activities. It was in charge of the United Fund Drive, seating the students at convocations, and putting up the Christmas star on top of the school building. It helped choose five possible nicknames for the athletic department. After the student body chose the nickname, Pan thers, the student council sold Panther stickers to eam money. The council is making tentative plans for publish mg a student handbook in the future. Pictured FIRST ROW, Left to Right: David Brown, Karen Ripberger, Becky Welsh, David Steele, Larry Carmony, Mark Ulrey, Rose Ann Meeks, Martha Cable, Marjorie Hoover, vice presi dent SECOND ROW: Richard Runyon, Norman Barga, president, Danny Vaughn, Mike Scott, Sherman Graham, Ronnie Ballenger, Cary Ellis, Rusty McMillan. THIRD ROW: Mary Jo Sorrell, Nancy McNew, Cindy Manlove, Ricky Forst, John Pidgcon, Hugh Lee, Myrna Snodgress, Sybil Brammer, treasurer, Mattie Shepherd, Laura Irwin, secretary, and Mr. Myers, sponsor. Eazygwdni?-' The Betty Crocker Homemaker of To- morrow contest is open to all senior girls. The girl with the highest test score in her school wins. Her paper is then sent to the state, if she wins this, it is sent to the national contest to de- termine the All -American Homemaker of Tomorrow. The first place awards are: local-a Betty Crocker cook book and an engraved, gold Trifari pin, state a 51,500 scholarship and a trip to the East, national- a 35,000 scholarship. Vechell Bilbrey was the winner for our school. Each year the Major Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution in conjunction with the state and national organizations holds a contest to choose a Good Citizen. The seniors in each four-year accredi- ted high school choose three girls on the basis of four qualities - dependa- bility, service, leadership, and patri- otism.The faculty then chooses one of the three girls to represent the school. Roberta Paul, our represen- tative this year, won in Henry County and went on to the state.

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This year at the end of seven semesters the senior boy and girl having the highest grade average were, as seen in the upper left hand picture, Tom Meelc and Teddy Zerr. Each year at the fall Band Booster Blowout a king and a queen are chosen and crowned to preside over the evening's events. Last fall the ones chosen, as seen in the lower left hand picture, were King Rusty McMillan and Queen Carole Ulrey. As the sectional toumey approaches each year everyone guesses whom the Student Council will chose to be Mr. and Miss Henry County candidates for our school. The county winner is drawn at the dance following the final game. The candidates, as seen in the lower right hand picture, were Dee Ellen Haase and Larry Collins. 20

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,470e2uza Charlotte Butler represented our school at the Indiana High School Forensic League state contest held at Indianapolis in May, 1957, where she entered the dramatic interpretation with a reading The Snow Goose. In Novem ber 1957 she received the degree of distinction in the National Forensic League after she had earned 250 points in contests and by giving service Speeches Charlotte is the first Knightstown pupil to have won this honor ince the NFL charter was granted in 1956. To get the degree of excellenc three other degrees the degree of merit, honor and excellence, must have x 22 ea ?ounab The Knightstown School was granted a char- ter by the National Forensic League in 1956. N.F.L. members are entitled to wear a silver pin which is shaped as a key and contains different stones to represent the degrees held. N. F.I.. 's greatest value is found in the en- couragement and incentive it gives pupils to become an effective speaker and hence a more successful and influential citizen. Members shown are from Left to Right, FIRST ROW: Charlotte Butler, Roberta Paul Dee Ann Murray, Carole Ulrey, Darlene Cox, Sandra Watts, Sybil Brammer, Alice Jones. SECOND ROW: Rebecca Porter, Richard Runyon, Mickey Bell, Ronnie Lawrence, Sam Chase, Carl Kegerreis, Tom Meeks, James Walker, Rebecca Beatty. THIRD ROW: Patty Stoots, Mariellen Ammerman, Marilyn Smith, Janet Edwards, Beverly Hudelson, Barbara Conner, Linda Ewing, Julia Hamil- ton, Betty Jolly, Pat Butler, Joyce Skaggs, sponsor. Omtou Each year the American Legion Post sponsors the oratorical contest in the local high school and on throughout the county, district, zone and state. Cash prizes are given. The winners this year were: STANDING, Carole Ulrey, second, SEATED,Left to Right, Mari- ellen Ammerman, third and Betty Jolly, first. George Chew, local commander, held a very nice local contest.