Linden High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linden, IN)

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'ftytAtony In the fall of 1944, twenty-five bombshells hit the first grade of Linden High School. We were very excited with summer just passing and school days coming forward. Miss Inez Stephenson was our teacher. There are eight of these bombshells left in dear ’ole Linden High School. We are Mary Sue Smith, Pat Miller, Ramona Eutsler, Dick Hunsicker, Al- len Waltz, Bill Vail, Steve Storms, and Russell Grenard. The other seventeen who helped make up our first grade were Dorothy Lyons, Velma Sue Martin, Martha Coopman, Wilda Mae Talbot, Roger Cooksey, Lee Yorks, Joe Harget, Don Sutton, Billy Ray Switzer, Clyde Ritter, Ronald Bible, Boyd Bonifacius, Betty Horn, Judith Keller, Marie Petter, and Fred Winger. Sandra Todd joined our class before our first semester closed. We boomed right on into the second grade with Mrs. Meek as our teacher. Delores Guinn enrolled this year. Here we struggled with our three R’s. Then zooming into the third grade we met Mrs. Edith Doyel who guided us through the mazes of the third year. Onward we went into the fourth grade with Mrs. George Bums as our teacher. We sat dream- ing of the days when we would be able to go up the stairs to the fifth grade. The day came when our dream came true. We were promoted to the fifth grade. Here Miss Dorothy Davis capped the bombshells for the next two years. We were in the same room with the sixth grade which became very confusing to us. Jim Clements, Oliver Lambuth, and A noma Whit- low fell into step with us. Upon returning the next year, we remained in the same room with a little more understanding of how two classes room together. Freda Barton, Carl Schaeffer and Carl Snyder also joined us in our march to junior high. We felt bigger now that we were going into the assembly for the seventh grade. During this year, Mr. George Beatty took the seventh and eighth grades to Chicago to visit the scenic spots. Some of the students had never been out of the state. Mrs. Robert Ray, the home economics teacher, was our sponsor. We enjoyed class skating parties and wiener roasts. On to the eighth grade we went. We now were getting used to going from class to class. We finished our eighth year with the enrollment of eighteen. Many have joined our class and have been with us a few months and even a few for several years and have transferred to other schools. We hope their names are on the graduating lists of other schools for 1956. We can remember many of these such as Mary C. Tipton, Vebra Cook, Lloyd Hartle, Alice Sadler, Doris and Phyllis Dyer, Sandy Ryker, Delores Colwaiser, Diane Me Clure, Sylvia Harper, Larry Priebe, Billy Wagner, and Bob Apple. Others wno started with us are still enrolled in Linden High School and will graduate with a later class. Now finally our freshman year, we were joined by Mary Bushong who stayed throughout this year and part of the sophomore year. Marilyn Meharry, who came with us at the end of our eighth year, stayed throughout our Junior year. As freshmen we chose our major course to follow through high school. The boys chose their athletics and many of the class participated in the choral festival at Attica. Mrs. Betty Ray was still our class sponsor.

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First row: Donnie Sutton, Dick Hunsicker, David Ronk, Ronald Bible, Billy Ray Switzer, Russell Grenard, Clyde Ritter. Second row: Allen Waltz, Roger Cooksey, Harley York, Mary Sue Smith, Steven Storms, Cornelia Potter, Ramona Eutsler, Patty Miller, Joseph Her get. Third row: Miss Stephenson, Boyd Bonifacius, Billy Joe Vail, Dorothy Lyons, Velma Sue Martin, Martha Coopman, Wilda Mae Talbot. First row: R. Eutsler, P. Miller, M. Smith, Miss Stephenson. Second row: A. Waltz, S. Storms, R. Grenard, D. Hunsicker, B. Vail.

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When we became sophomores, we proudly received our class sweaters which we had looked forward to for years. We earned money by having paper drives. In the later part of this year Etta Linedecker joined us but left the end of our junior year. Still marching on, we became jolly juniors with enthusiasm over getting our class rings, putting on our play, selling magazines, and concessions. Our junior year was a thrilling year for we sold the highest record on magazines. Our junior play, which was a hit, brought a full house. We had suddenly turned into a mad bunch of hillbillies doing Hillbilly Weddin'. We honored the class of '55 at a recep- tion held at Turkey Run Inn. We had be- come very anxious and inquisitive as to what it would be like to be a senior, but we knew if it were to be anything like our junior year it would be wonderful. Hillbilly Weddin”' Reception' At last the year had arrived for us to wear the traditional senior cords and to sit in the senior row. Sharon Cleveland and Fred White joined us from Bowers. We sold Christmas cards to make money for our trip. The senior boys and girls that had been in athletics and in band received their award jackets. On April 13th we presented You Can’t Take It with You. ” We feel that if the next twelve years are as happy and successful as the past twelve have been, we will have success in life. REMEMBER CLASS OF 1956, The Motto -- Forward Ever, Backward Never.