Losantville High School - Mysticlens Yearbook (Losantville, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 52 of the 1950 volume:

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Andl stray down the banks whare the trees ust to be-- But never again will theyr shade shelter mel And I wish in my sorrow I could strip to the soul, And dive off in my grave like the old swirnmin'-hole. Well remembered poem read by Lowl at the Senior Riley Day Program. Z ifiMxyE?i3 Q Q fi Kb Q dw v fy EEMIMQKSFMMFIWM X 12 lf 6 s Z 1 l M. E. JACKSON, PRINCIPAL EDGAR STRICKLER, TRUSTEE I MR. CHURCH MRS. JOHNSON MR. HAVIZA, COACH MISS BROOKINS MRS . WIGGINS 4 Popularity Contest GIRLS Most Popular ........ Pat Quate, Phyllis Odell Most Conscientious Worker ...... Phyllis Odell Nicest Complexion ...... . Adelene Ellis Nicest Voice ...... . . . . Phyllis Odell Prettiest Eyes. . . Prettiest Teeth. . Prettiest Hair. . . Prettiest Legs. . . Prettiest Hands. . Prettiest Smile. . Best Student. . . Best Skater. . Best Sport. . Best Dancer. . . Best Dressed. . Best Figure .... Best Classmate. . . Best Looking. . . Best Personality. . Biggest Flirt .... Biggest Tomboy. . Neatest Appearance. . . Most Likely to Succeed. . Best All-Ar ound. . Most Popular .... Most Conscientious Nicest Complexion. Nicest Voice .... Prettiest Eyes. . . Prettiest Teeth . Prettiest Hair. . . Prettiest Legs. . . Prettiest Hands. . Prettiest Smile. . Best Student. . Best Skater. . Best Sport. . Best Dancer. . Best Dressed. . Best Build .... Best Classmate. . Best Looking. . . Best Personality. . Ladies Man ..... :sono BOYS -coco s Worker. . Adelene Ellis Marilyn Fisher . Adelene Ellis Adelene Ellis Marilyn Fisher Marilyn Fisher . Phyllis Odell . . . . .Pat Quate Marilyn Fisher Marilyn Fisher Marilyn Fisher . Adelene Ellis . . . . Pat Quate Adelene Ellis . . . .Pat Quate . .Janet Cromis . . Shiela Harris . . Phyllis Odell . . Phyllis Odell . . Adelene Ellis Dean Lester Reed Holaday . . . . . . . Bruce Petro Johnnie Young . . . . . .Dean Lester . . Johnnie Y. Bruce Petro Neatest Appearance. . . Most Likely to Succeed. . Best All-Around. . 5 . .Bill Johnson Johnnie Young . .Bill Johnson . . Dean Lester . Reed Holaday . Bill Johnson . Dean Lester Johnnie Young . . . . Bill Johnson Glenn Himelick . Reed Holaday . Bill Johnson . Dean Lester . . Dean Lester . Bill Johnson . Reed Holaday . .Dean Lester 5Wi? 1Qf?b35 Q9 Q Q Eb X db I mm LQCWAWES if 9 LELAND WIGGINS Play ................ l, Basketball. . . . 1. 3, 4 Baseball. . . . Z, 3, 4 Track. . . . .2,3,4 Reporter. . . . . . Z Latin Club. . . . . Z Carnival .... . .3, 4 Annual Staff. . . . 4 JOYCE MCGUNEGILL Play. ........... .... 1 Librarian. . . ..... . 1. Z Latin Club. . . . . . Z Pep Club. . . . .3, 4 Carnival .... . .3, 4 Paper Staff. . . . .4 Reporter. . . . . 4 Chorus ..... . . 4 Annual Staif. . . . 4 LELAND WIGGINS JOYCE MCGUNEGILL PHYLLIS ODELL PATRICIA QUATE PHYLLIS ODELL President .......... . I l Latin Club .... . 2 Student Council. . . . 2 Librarian .... . . Z, 4 Treasurer. . . 3 Yell Leader. . . . 3 Carnival. . . - .3, 4 4 P1ay...... . Chorus. . . . . Pep Club. . . . . 4 Paper Staff. . . . .4 Annual Staff. . . . 4 PATRICIA QUATE Play ................ l Secretary. . , .l Librarian. . . . .Z Yell Leader. . . . 3 President. . . . . 3 Carnival. . . . .3, 4 Treasurer ..... . . 4 Chorus ........ . . 4 President Pep Club. . . 4 Reporter ....... . . 4 Paper Staff ..... . . 4 Annual Staff. . . . 4 '7 1 Senior Prophecy On April twenty-eighth, 1960 Reed Eric I-Ioladay, leading man in television and radio at N. B. C. in New York, prepares to leave on the Fisher Airlines for Losantville to join his former classmates at their reunion. As he boards the plane he sees that the fabulously lovely owner of the great Fisher Airlines, who he heard was to be on this flight, is Marilyn Kay Fisher. While looking through a well known magazine, he sees an article entitled, Famous Model Returns to Home Town for Class Reunion. Interested, he turns the page and sees that the famous model is none other than Adelene Ellis, a former class- mate. The plane stops in Chicago to take on more passengers. Here Reed and Marilyn are delighted to see the familiar faces of Adelene Ellis and the pros- perous Leland Wiggins, well known Geologist expert of Chicago. At last they reach Losantville, and land at the Losantville National Airport. Here a limousine driven by a chauffeur waits to take them to the beautiful country estate of Joyce McGunegill Holcomb, which now stands where the old school building used to stand. On the way to Joyce's we are amazed to see how Losantville has progressed in the past ten years. The one thing which stood out most was the large public school on Main Street. As we arrive, we see a helicopter landing on Holcomb's private court. Anxiously we hurry to the court and are pleased to see it is our Senior class sponsor, Vincent Haviza and family, who is now head coach at Notre Dame. As we cross the spacious lawn, we see a large yellow Cadillac convertible with Texas license plates, driving into the driveway. Nearing, we see the new comers are Pat Quate and Phyllis Cdell. Phyllis is the wife of a Texas rancher and Pat, who is now a well known comedian in Hollywood, had been spending a vacation with Phyllis on the ranch. An enjoyable week end was had by all, with reminiscence of the many good times they had during their school days at Losantville High School. 3 REED HOLADAY Treasurer. . . . Play .... ..... Basketball. . l. Z. 3. Baseball. . . 1. Z. 3. President. . . . . . Track .... ZQ31 Latin Club. . . . . . . Student Council . . . Librarian. . . . . 1. Carnival. . . . .3 Vice-President. . . . Annual Staff. . . ADELENE ELLIS Play ............. . . Librarian .......... . l. Vice-President. . . Pep Club. . . . . . Carnival. . . . . .3. Secretary. . . . . 3, Yell Leader. . . . Chorus .... . . Paper Staff. - - . Annual Staff. . . REED HOLADAY ADELENE ELLIS M ARIL YN FISH 1'-1-y ,kiI.: ' 'r ' J. 4?2 'f 4 wk' -'- MARILYN FISHER Play...... Reporter. . . . . .l, Z Yell Leader. . . . .l, Z, 4 Pep Club. . , , , 3 Carnival. . . . 3., 4 President. . . , , 4 Paper Staff. .'. , ,4 Annual Editor. . . . A Chorus .... , , 4 LOWL LESTER Play ................ 1 Basketball. . . . . I, Z, 3, 4 Baaeball .... 1, Z, 3, 4 Vice-President. . . . 1, 4 Track ..... . 2, 3 Secretary-Treasurer. . . , , 2 Student Council. Carnival. . . . .... ..2 .... ..3.4 Senior Class Will We, the members of the Senior Class of Losantville High School, realizing the tremendous bereavement about to be inflicted by our departure, respectfully dedicate this sacred testa- ment or will to those underclassmen mentioned below. I, Adelene Ellis, will my height to Paula Jane McCollum. I, Marilyn Fisher, will my ability to lead yells to Mearledean Corkell. I, Reed Holaday, will my ability to stay awake in class to Bruce Petro. I, Joyce McGun'egill, will my ability to appear as though working when in reality I'm day dreaming to Jerry Fisher. I, Phyllis Odell, will my job as editor of the school paper to Mary Pangborn. I, Pat Quate, will my ability to laugh all the time to Mildred Price. I, Mike Wiggins, will my popularity among the eighth grade girls to Bill Pangborn. l, Adelene Ellis, will my black hair to Roberta Lawson. I, Marilyn Fisher, will my job as annual editor to Dean Lester. I, Reed Holaday, will my love for English Literature to Bill Trinder. I, Joyce McGunegill, will my ability to get a ring during my Senior year to Betty Yount. I, Phyllis Odell, will my library period to Bill Johnson, who seldom goes there. I. Pat Quate, will my ability to get along with all the teachers to Virginia Metsker. I, Mike Wiggins, will my ability to go with college girls while still in high school to Glenn Himelick. We, the Senior girls, will our jobs on the school paper to the Junior girls. To the- Junior class, we bestow our good looks, intelligence, and our jolly dispositions. To the Sophomore class, we will our ability to become quite grown up and dignified by the time they reach their Senior year. To the Freshman class, we will our most beloved and beautiful blue class sweaters, under one condition, that they take very good care of them. To the faculty, we will peace and contentment following our graduation, to make up for the many trials and tribulations of the past twelve years. To the cooks, we bestow our thanks and appreciation for the many second and third helpings To our dear Sponsor, Mr. Haviza, we bequeath our never ending thanks and gratitude for the help and understanding given us during our Senior year. In testimony herein, we have in the above words bequeathed and willed our worldly possessions to our worthy heirs on this seventeenth day of February in the year of nineteen ' hundred and fifty. 10 Senior Trip On May ninth, 1950 the Seniors accompanied by Mr. Haviza and Mrs. Johnson, left for their trip. Leaving from Richmond we traveled all day. That evening we reached Pittsburgh, and spent the night at Fort Pitt Hotel. Our second day was spent seeing interesting places, such as the Gettysburg Battlefield, the Eternal Light Peace Monument and the Presbyterian Church that Lee attended, the magnificent Washington Cathedral, and continued with a drive down Massachusetts Avenue. That night was spent in the Annapolis Hotel. The third day was spent sight seeing. Among the sights were the Washington Monument, Capitol Building, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library, Airport, Mt. Vernon, Christ's Church, Smithsonian Institution, Lee's Home, Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Lincoln Memorial. After this the class retired to the hotel tired and hot. That evening was spent in Washington. The fourth day we left Washington, and drove to Baltimgre and onto Philadelphia where we visited Independence Hall. We then crossed the Delaware River and passed through the Lincoln Tunnel into New York City. That evening was spent at the Shelton Hotel. The fifth day we toured upper and lower New York, took a three hour boat trip around Manhatten Island. Buses met the boat and took us to lower New York to see the Bowery, Chinatown and the fabulous Wall Street. The tour ended at the Empire State Building. We spent that evening and the next day, free for plans with our Sponsors. The seventh day we saw sights in upper New York, Central Park, Harlem, Columbia University, Riverside Tomb, and Grant's Tomb. We then left New York and journeyed on to West Point. We reached Auroura that evening and stayed overnight at the famous Mark Twain Hotel. On the eighth day we drove to Niagara Falls. We saw the falls from both the American and Canadian sides. We then crossed the Rainbow Bridge into Canada. The night was spent in the London Hotel in London, Ontario. On the ninth day we started home after a long and tiring journey we reached Losantville, thus completing our long worked for and dreamed of trip, and ending our days together. Class Roll Adelene Ellis Joyce McGunegill Marilyn Fisher Phyllis Odell Reed Holaday Patricia Quate Leland Wiggins 11 Baccalaureate On Sunday, April twenty-third, Baccalaureate services were held at the Losantville Methodist Church. The Seniors had chosen for their speaker - Reverand Leroy Houlk. The music program was furnished by the Girls' Glee Club. Commencement On Friday evening, April twenty-eighth, the Seniors received their long awaited and worked for diplomas. In a very beautiful candlelight service, Bruce Petro, Glenn Himelick, Bill Johnson, Dean Lester, Gene Hirnelick, William Trinder, and Virginia Metsker received the candles from the graduates. A large crowd was ushered by Mary Pangborn and Paula J. McCollum who were wearing spring formals. The Seniors, who where attired in caps and gowns, the boys in blue and the girls in white, took their places on the stage to hear Doctor G. Benson from Indianapolis, who addressed the graduates, parents, and friends who attended. The diplomas were then presented to the Seniors of 1950 by Paul Beck, County Superintendent of Schools. Class Motto NOT AT THE TOP, BUT CLIMBING Class Flower Class Colors Yellow Rose Green and Gray 0 IZ John W?s3 5 E 3 X 5 wmfzfxgamsywgm if K' QQ, Juniors ' FRONT ROW: Bill Johnson, Paula Jane McColumn, Virginia Metsker, Mary Pangborn. TOP ROW: Glenn Himeliek, Bill Trinder, Mrs. Johnson, Sponsor: Bruce Petro. Dean Lester. CLASS OFFICERS President. . . . . . . .Mary Pangborn Secretary-Treasurer . . . Pull! I. Mccdlllhll Vice-President. . . . . . . . .Virginia Metsker Reporter. . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Himelick Late in October the Juniors decided it would be fun to have a roller-skating party. This was held at the Lynn Skating Rink in Lynn. All members were present with the exception of one, and all agreed they had a wonderful time. Near the latter part of November they sponsored a chili supper at the November P. T. A. Meeting. Lots of work had to be done. Details in the menu were worked out, tickets were printed and sold, posters were made and put up, decorations and other factors were finally worked out. Finally the evening arrived and with it came a crowd of people for the chili supper. As they had hoped, everything turned out to be a success. To help increase their finances the Juniors ordered and sold plastic plates to be bolted above the license plates. After about two months of waiting these plates arrived with a grinning red-devil in one corner and written across the plate in red, was LosaLntville Red Devils . The class was divided into two teams to sell these plates. The losing team then gave a party for the winners. 14 ri, Sophomores FRONT ROW: Carl Baldwin, Gene Himelick, Gerald McGunegill, Bill Pangborn, Bill Ikady. MlDI1.l-I ROW: Connie Rawlings, Mildred Price, Marilta Thornburg, Colleen Madison, Stella Weaver, John Paul Golliher, Mr. Church, Sponaor TOP ROW: Betty Terrell, Bob Freeman, Barbara Luellen, Kenneth Evans, Philip Trinder, Jackie Searcy. CLASS OFFICERS President. . . . . . . . . . .John Pau1Go11iher Secretary-Treasurer. . . . . . Barbara Luellen Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . . . Bill Deady Reporter. . . . . . . . . . . Marilta Thornburg The evening of September twenty-third, 1949 the Sophomores entertained the: Freshmen with an initiation party. After playing several records the Freshmen were put through a test of courage. Ham salad, potato chips, pears and cokes were served as refreshments. The majority of both classes were present along with the guests: Mr. Jackson, Miss Brookins, and Mr. and Mrs. Church. A good time was had by all. Saturday evening, November nineteenth, the Sophomores invited guests and journeyed to Muncie for a theatre party. They went to the Rivoli and saw The Fighting Kentuckian . Those who attended were: Marilta Thornburg, Connie Rawlings, Mildred Price, Barbara Luellen, Stella Weaver, Betty Terrell, John Golliher, Bill Pangborn, Bob Freeman, Carl Baldwin, Kenneth Evans, Philip Tlrinder, Gerald McGunegill, Jackie Searcy, Bill Deady, Gene Himelick, and their sponsor, Mr. Church plus several guests. Barbara Luellen invited the class to her housae on December twenty-third, for a Christmas party. After playing several games, they had an exchange of gifts. Re- freshments of ham salad sandwiches, cookies, candy and cokes were served. The party was enjoyed by everyone. 15 Freshmen FRONT ROW: Dallas Smith, Bill Golliher, Douglas Evans, Hoyatt Ellis. MIDDLE ROY: Jerry Fisher, Iris Newman, Marsena Ihvault, Janet Cromis, Macky Freeman, Mary Bailey, Miss Brookins, Sponsor. TOP ROW: John Young, Tom Sharp, Norma Golliher, Barbara Terrell, Roberta Lawson, Shiela Harris. CLASS OFFICERS President. . . . . . . . Norma Golliher Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . Marsena Davault Vice-President. . . . . . . . . . Douglas Evans Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . .Marsena lhvault Reporter .... Mary Bailey And Dallas Smith A birthday party was held at the home of Janet Cromis Thursday, September twenty-ninth, 1949. It was a beautiful moonlit night. Games were played around a huge bonfire which was later used for roasting wieners. Other refreshments were served among which was a beautifully decorated birthday cake made by Mrs. Cromis, the hostess. The following students and guests attended: Marsena Davault, Mary Bailey, Norma Golliher, Janet Cromis, Roberta Lawson, Shiela Harris, Douglas Evans, Dallas Smith, John Young, Tom Sharp, Hoyatt Ellis, Jerry Fisher, Bill Golliher, Glenn Himelick, Marilyn Odell and Mrs. Mae D. Johnson. A good time was had by all. On October fifteenth, 1949 the Freshmen Class had a Halloween Party at the home of Shiela Harris. After everyone had arrived, games were played outside around a fire, then all went inside to have refreshments of doughnuts, hot cocoa, pumpkin pie, candy, and cider. Following refreshments, everyone danced and told ghost stories. Those present were: Mary Bailey, Norma Golliher, Janet Cromis, Barbara Terrell, Roberta Lawson, Iris Newman, Jerry Fisher, Tom Sharp, Hoyatt Ellis, Shiela Harris, Miss Brookins, Mickey, Shirley, Jimmy, Curtis, and Sharland Harris, and Mrs. Harris, hostess. 16 I w Junior High School SEVENTH GRADE OFFICERS President. . . . . . . . .Glenna Ellis Secretary. . . . . . . Janet Trimble Vice-President. . . . . . Karol Uhrick Treasurer. . . . . . . Ihvid Crabtree Reporter. . . .Leslie Stamps EIGHTH GRADE OFFICERS President. . . . . . . . Jesse Crabtree Secretary. . . . . . . Marilyn Odell Vice-President. . . . . . James Clevenger Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . .James Mattix Reporter. . . .Mearledean Corkell The Junior High School, composed of the seventh and eighth grades, have been very busy this year. Their athletic activities are basketball and ping pong. In basket- ball, they lost to Modoc twenty-six to eighteen and lost to Huntsville. twenty-one to fourteen, but won the decision over Dalton, thirty-six to twenty. The classes held a ping pong tournament, and Johnny Pool won the championship. The first semester, the Junior High School had music twice weekly, and appeared on the P. T. A. Christmas program. They also sang for the school Thanksgiving assembly and Leslie Stamps, a seventh grader, played a piano solo. Friday, December twenty-third, 1949 they sang for the school Christmas program. Mrs. Fred Wiggins was sponsor of both classes in the Junior High School. W l 7 Fifth and Sixth Grades The fifth and sixth grades appoint a committee each season to decorate the windows. The Better Speech Contest had three parties. Mr. Hoover made an attractive book case which was filled with several new books for their room. Marilyn Jackson and Eileen Cooper took care of the library. The sixth grade geography and history classes were very interesting. In geography they had oral compositions which helped the students to improve and in history they learned some of the Greek and Roman Gods and important people and learned some verses from Lord Macaulay's poem of Horatius at the Bridge . The fifth grade had some difficulty in learning their fractions but they finally succeeded. The reading classes told stories and that was quite different from anything they ever did before. The stories in the fifth grade books were very interesting. Ben and Me was an interesting story for both grades giving the mouse Amo's idea of Ben Franklin's ach-ievements. Three new pupils enrolled and they are Arnold King, Denton King and Maxine Manes. David Whelage entered St. Lawrence School at Muncie after two and a half years of fellowship with his class. Charlotte Maynard who was confined with infantile paralysis spent part of the winter in Florida. 18 gf l ',. ' ix Lf? is - '. vi ' 'M' if N 1 Third and Fourth Grades On September second, 1949 twenty-six children enrolled in the third grade and fifteen children enrolled in the fourth grade. In October, Allen and Aileen Manes joined our third grade and Gilbert Sprecker was with the fourth grade several days. The last of November Michael Whelage moved to Muncie and in December Irene King entered the fourth grade. Most of the school year our total enrollment was forty-four. In October we were allowed 520.00 to buy new library books which we were very pleased to have. On Wednesday afternoon of November twenty-third the children from grades one, two, five and six came to our room where we sang Thanksgiving songs, heard some recitations and a story in keeping with the day. Paula Jane McCollum talked about Junior Red Cross work and told about her trip to camp last summer. On December twenty-third we enjoyed Christmas stories by the children. Santa Claus came to visit us and distributed gifts to all. We then went to Mrs. Lester's class room where we sang Christmas songs. heard the Christmas story from the Bible and several other Christmas recitations. At the close of this program we were dismissed for a week of vacation. , On the afternoon of February fourteenth our mail box was completely deluged. We had to work very hard to make all the deliveries but anyway we enjoyed the valentines immensely. During the month of February our class filled four Red Cross Overseas Gift Boxes. Among gifts were school supplies, toys, health supplies, clothing and sewing supplies. , 19 First and Second Grades To create a sincere appreciation of social living, birthdays of children honored. The child having the birthday chooses a committee to work with him. A program of games, music, stories and readings is planned. The mother cooperating brings and serves refreshments. Sometimes the child having the party brings a small treat or favor. These activities require initiative and responsibility. h Linda Thomas, helped by her mother, planned an excellent program which was enjoyed by all. The Christmas Party was developed by Jean Kay Trimble, Donnie Jester, and Jay Glaser. After a period of games, Christmas stories and exchanging of gifts, Jean, Donnie and Jay gave their special Christmas treat to each child in the room. Our valentine party was developed in the same manner. A committee of second grade girls decorated the tables. Billy Brown decorated a box to hold the valentines. Each holiday and birthday is honored by the children forming the committees and making the plans. For our devotional periods there is the same idea of the pupil making the plans. Z0 5 S First and Second grades The feast in the making Third and Fourth grades Eighth grade geography Fifth and Sixth grades 1 1 'fi SQ? 6. 7. 8. 9 . 10. Glenn Himelick Z1 'www-.JA1'w fi. Senior typing class Juniors hard at work A stitch in time General Business Class Cooking something good ZRW'yiTQ2?i5 Q F2 Q fb Q Q 9 mzmggzfncs F2 QT QL ,' -au i Q y. X05 4 as 'VK Q 'uw 5 g r W 72 ff 'L J-f ff' ,, W1i14iffQwwm,Lf K ,J 4 Q FRONT ROW: Lowl Lester, Macky Freeman, Hoyatt Ellis, Reed Holaday, Dean Lester, Mike Wiggins. MlDll..E ROY: Mr. Haviza, Coach: Jerry Fisher, John Golliher, Bill Pangborn, Butch Baldwin. TOP ROW: Bill Trinder, Bill Deady, Tom Sharp, Glenn Himelick, Philip Trinder, Bob Freeman. F V' xx.. ,f . . W JK Auf IEA BASS tsilaa FRONT ROW: Jay Thornburg, John Golliher, Dean Lester, Bill Johnson, Bruce Petro, Bill Pangborn, Bill Golliher, Mr. Haviza, Coach. BACK ROW: Marilyn Fisher, Adelene Ellis, Mike Wiggins, Glenn Himelick, Tom Sharp, Bob Freeman, Gene Hirnelick, Reed Holaday, M. E. Jackson. Principal 23 Baseball Highlights of 49 The Red Devils opened their baseball season on September ninth, by giving Farmland a run for their money, but came home defeated five to two. Dean Lester pitched the openor for the Devils. Wiggins and Pangborn brought home the bacon for us with two runs. The Green Tigers handed us another defeat in ball game number two by a score of nineteen to five. Lowl Lester pitched the most of this game. Those earning runs for us were first basemen Bill Deady with two, Lowl Lester with two and Dean Lester with one. Heuss collected four runs for Green. At last we woke up. We travel to the diamond on the hill, or Modoc as it is commonly called. ln the fourth inning the Indians had us eight to three. Reed Holaday broke his strike out jinks, of seven straight, by hitting a double against the school house. That seemed to raise the morale or something, anyway we kept going to win fifteen to eight. Hoyatt Ellis came through with three of the winning runs. Glenn Himelick got the most hits of the day with three. Carl Baldwin had the best average of the day by hitting his only time at bat for a l.000. LINCOLN-HERE WE COME! A different ball team after beating our old rivals Modoc. Our hopes were up and so was our ball playing for we came home victorious by fourteen to six. Lowl Lester and Dean Lester shared the pitching honors for the Devils. This was the game that Bill Trinder, watching the Lincoln High School girls play ball in the field by the school, decided he could see the girls better from third base, so what do you know he hit a triple. How about that Bill? Parker travels to Lost-ant-hill for the next game, and after the dust had cleared we found ourselves on the low end of the score eleven to one. Dean pitched this tragedy for us. Downing hit a three base hit for Parker. On this brisk fall day, the Huntsville Redmen traveled down to our local cow pasture. Newton was the pitcher for the Redmen, and Reed started as pitcher for the Devils. I mean started, all right, because he was very glad to get back at home in left field, when he was replaced during the first inning by Dean. Here is Mike Wiggin's the center fielders story of what happened, All I know is I was too busy climbing over the fence chasing Huntsville line drives to really get a clear picture of it all. Our only run was gotten by Pangborn the lead off man. He got on base with -a single, was advanced by a single by Lowl and brought in by Bill Deady. By the way we lost fourteen to one. 'Our last game of the season was Stoney Creek. Lowl Lester took his place on the mound for this game. This was Bob Freeman's or 6'Ears good day. Bob sure made his presence known on second base by catching at least a half dozen hard-to-get flies. Dean got a triple off of Oliver, Stoney's pitcher. We were defeated fifteen to eleven. This ended our season with a two to five record. 24 Basketball 4 9-50 We opened our cage season by playing Stoney Creek for our first home game. The Little Devils lost their game by a thirty-two to eleven count. Bill Golliher was high for Losant with six points while Medler and Oliver collected thirteen and ten respectively for the Blue Devils. The first team also lost their game. The score at the half was twenty-five to fifteen in favor of the visitors. The final score was Stoney, forty-six: Losant, thirty-one. Dean Lester was high for Losant with eleven points while Baldwin of Stoney collected thirteen. Our rivals, Modoc was our next game. The game was Modoc's game but was played at home. The second team started the evening off right by winning twenty- seven to twenty-three in a thrilling game, with Smith leading the winners with seven field buckets, and one free throw for fifteen points. But alas! It was a different story for the first team, with Bertram slopping them all over the floor. The score at the half was eleven to twenty, Modoc's favor. We fought all the way but could not over- come the lead and lost thirty-four to twenty-two. Lester scored seven points for the losers and Bertram got twelve for Modoc. We traveled to Wayne or rather to Union City, to play the former, for our first game away. We certainly didn't look good this game. We managed to build a lead in the opening minutes of the game, and were ahead seven to four at the end of the first quarter. The score was ten to eleven at the half in Wayne's favor. We kept up the pace until the last quarter, but Price and Dirhan managed to sneak under the basket to build up the score to forty to twenty-two at the gun. This was the game when Wayne presented us with the loser's horseshoe, which was not exactly a welcomed gift. The Little Devils lost by a score of twenty to twenty to twenty-two. On November twenty-second, McKinley paid us a visit. We looked much better this game. We fought a losing battle all the way but were ahead at the three quarter mark twenty-one to twenty, but they outscored us in the last quarter to win thirty to twenty-four. Trinder and Lester were high with six points each. The second team won their game twenty to fourteen. Well, it looks like we are a three quarter ball team. Our next game was at home, with Williamburg. We showed resemblence to a fighting ball team, but were defeated forty-eight to thirty-three. Lester and Holaday were high with seven points each, while Harris of Williamburg was high collecting a total of seventeen. The Little Devils were defeated thirty-four to seventeen. Golliher was high with six closely followed by Johnson and Smith each with four points. On December thirteenth, we were defeated fifty-one to twenty-eight by a hot and experienced Saratoga quintet, placed by Shierling and Liggett with seventeen and nineteen points respectively. Dean Lester and Glenn Himelick were high for Losant with thirteen and five points. The second team lost a hard fought game, thirty-one to twenty-eight. We traveled to Mt. Summit on the sixteenth of December,,to come home defeated forty-eight to twenty-five. Trinder and Lester were high for Losant, each collecting seven points while Vaughn was high for the Eagles hitting a total of sixteen. The second team lost theirs, forty to nineteen. Douglas Evans broke into the scoring column with two points made in the last few minutes of the game. The last game before Christmas was with Economy at Economy in the shoe box. We were defeated fifty-five to twenty-seven. Lester and Pangborn got seven and six respectively. Oler was high for the Cardinals collecting a total of seventeen. Z5 The Little Red Devils were defeated by Economy forty-one to eighteen, with Gene Himelick hitting nine for Losant, closely followed by John Paul Golliher with five. On January the sixth, we were trampled by the Center Spartans. After the final basket had been made, the score read fifty-two to twenty-eight in favor of Center. Freeman and Lester were high for Losant, collecting eight and nine points respectively, while Warner was high for the Spartans, closely followed by Johnson, Lacy, Conwell, and Windmiller. The Second team was beaten thirty-four to seventeen. AT LAST MODOC AND VICTORY! On Friday the thirteenth, we won our first game of the year against our old rivals, the Modoc Indians. We led at all the stopping places with the exception of the first quarter. Losant used only six men in this game, all' six men breaking into the scoring column to give the Modoc quintet the bad luck horseshoe. Dean Lester was high, collecting fifteen points, followed by Himelick with nine, Holaday with six, Freeman with five, Petro with four, and Trinder with one. This was the Devils best game of the year, with the ending score forty to thirty-five in favor of Losant. Bertram managed to rack up thirteen points for Modoc, closely followed by Bennett with twelve. The Losant Seconds lost their game by a sixteen to twenty-three count. Bruce and Dean acting as doggers, intercepted several passes, turned them into fast breaks, and scored easily. In the county tourney, which was played the week of January sixteenth at Farmland, we drew Farmland and were beaten sixty-nine to thirty-six. Dean Lester kept us in the running collecting a total of twenty-one points. On January twenty-fifth we played Jackson and came home defeated thirty-eight to sixty. Lester and Himelick were high with fourteen and ten points respectively. The Little Devils also were beaten by a thirty-six to twenty count. February the third, we played the Lincoln Wolves. This game we played our worst brand of basketball of the year. Everybody was cold and we were defeated twenty-five to eighteen. Freeman and Himelick were high for Losant, while Cox was high man for Lincoln. This next game was a heartbreaker. We lost to Wayne thirty-five to thirty-eight. The score was tied at eighteen all at the half. The Devils showed more fight in-this game than had been shown in quite a while. Dean Lester led the Devils with seven field baskets and six free throws, making a total of twenty points. Bruce Petro -played a whale of a defensive game, holding one of Wayne's high scores, Torres, to a mini- mum score. The Little Devils led by Smith with nine points, lost thirty-seven to twenty We were victim to an old long due revenge in our last game of the schedule with Huntsville. Four years ago the Losantville Red Devils walked all over the Huntsville Redmen by beating them ninty-two to eighteen. Well this year was the first time Huntsville has been able to beat us since. We were plenty cold and they took advantage of it. The final score was seventy-eight to twenty. Lester high with seven points. Wiggins and Pangborn were next with four and five points respectively. Mike, playing both second and first team games played his best game of the year that night. The second team lost their game thirty-one to twenty-one. Deady broke into the first team scoring column with two points on that gloomy night. We drew Union City in the sectional but due to the dead-line of the printer's of this annual we cannot give you the results of this game. z6 ggiwywfwg 5 5 3 mccmiwzfngs w 45 2 I if-'f--2' Q .f fi . Noon Pep Session F reshxnen Initiation Mr. Hoover, janitor Bill Trinder Cheering Block 613, I Lunch time for the elementary grades Cooks and helpers Eighth grade history class e 1 U ',Y7,-QQ, 199 ss 55' :T 3 M 'L W: M199 ' Q A rw ff 8 lilly X ll, Q Q. ggvl' lxjll' r Vi ' 7 l X l as lan? 'X 8 ,lu 41 N589 4 I 32 vu 1 A eff 1' 'W' 'wr- m .X eell QY . ef- 1. Second team 2. Glenn at rest 3. Yell Leaders 4. After Wayne gar Z9 5. Victory over Modocl 6. Ping pong at noon 7. Mighty foursome 8. Bookkeeping Class Riley Day Program A Riley Day program was given Friday, October the seventh, by the Seniors. The program was as follows: Pat Quate, as Mistress of Ceremoniesg Riley's life by Adelene Ellisg The Old Swimming Hole , read by Lowl Lesterg When the Frost is on the Pumpkin , read by Mary Phyllis Odell: Out to Old Aunt Mary's , read by Mike Wigginsg An Old Sweetheart of Mine , read by Joyce McGunegill3 The Bear Story , read by Mrs. Johnson: The Raggedy Man , read by Marilyn Fisher. Then the glee club closed with The Stars are Brightly Shining and The Prayer Perfect , the latter being written by Riley. Freshman Initiation Friday, September the twenty-third, was a hectic day for the Freshmen, wearing old clothes and onions around their necks, they came to school. There were some beautiful ladies that we had never seen before, and also some handsome men. The initiation party was held at the school building that night. After playing records and dancing, the Freshmen were put through a test of courage. Everyone had an enjoyable evening, even the Freshmen. Group Attends Movie Some of the Juniors and Seniors accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, went to Muncie to see the show, Hamlet on Wednesday, November the second. Those who attended were: Adelene Ellis, Marilyn Fisher, Pat Quate, Phyllis Odell, Joyce McGunegill, Reed Holaday, Glenn Himelick, Bill Trinder, Virginia Metsker, Paula McCollum, Mary Pangborn, and Mrs. Johnson. Glee Club Sings The high school glee club sang at the W. S. C. S. meeting at the Methodist Church Wednesday, November ninth. They sang three numbers, Day is Breaking , The Prayer Perfect , and The Stars are Brightly Shining . Thursday, December the fifteenth, 1949 the high school glee club were guests on the Henry County Clubwoman's Program, broadcasting over station W. C. T. W. in New Castle. They sang the following songs: Cantique de Noel , De'dicatio'rl , and There Were Shepherd's . Junior - Senior Carnival The annual Junior and Senior carnival was held October eighteenth, 1949 at the D Community Hall. The fates seemed to favor the festival for they granted fair weather. People also were kind and came in great numbers to find pleasure in the various activities that the students had planned for them. Phyllis Odell and Glenn Himelick had charge of the fish pond which proved to be a chief attraction for the grade children. At one time there was a line almost all the way across the hall waiting to take turns at fishing for the prizes. Phyllis and Glenn being behind the curtain and out in front. One took tickets while the other on the hook. A convenient hole in the curtain gave each a chance to size up and so give an appropriate prize. Lester and Bruce Petro barked invitations to the crowd to try their luck at took turns put prizes the angler Dean ringing a duck that swam in a big open horse tank filled with water. They also sold chances on a big live turkey. Ben Jester won the turkey-which he later reported as gracing his Thanksgiving Day table. ' 30 Reed Holaday, Marilyn Fisher, and Joyce McGunegill coaxed people toward the Bingo stand. There were many beautiful prizes to be given away there, so every one was eager to play. All these prizes had been donated by business houses of Losantville and surrounding towns. Some were quite valuable and winners seemed satisfied with their gifts. Reed used his loud speaking outfit to call numbers. He conducted this and the auction sale of remaining prizes in quite a professional way. Pat Quate took care of the king and queen votes. After a close race, Mearledean Corkell was crowned as queen and Dean Lester was crowned king. Mearledean was given a corsage of roses while Dean was given a leather billfold. Both gifts were donated by different businessmen. Virginia Metsker, Mary Pangborn, and Mike Wiggins were very busy all evening at the refreshment stand. Mike also took care of the movies which were shown at two different times during the evening. These were shown on the stage 'and a large crowd attended both shows. Bill Trinder and Bill Johnson took care of the basketball throw, giving away many cigars as prizes. Adelene Ellis and Paula McCollum conducted the cake walk which had many beautiful cakes, and a constant line of people each hoping to win himself a cake. The carnival was a big success, and contributed greatly to the Junior and Senior class funds. Valentine Party St. Valentine's Day was celebrated in the proper spirit by the seventh and eighth grade on February fourteenth. Hundreds of valentines were delivered from the gaily decorated boxes, and Mrs. Wiggins gave candy hearts and candy bars to the boys and girls. The following program was presented by the students. Duet Buttons and Bows ................... Earnestine and Patricia Lee Piano Solo Spinning Song ....... ..... L eslie Stamps Trio Silver Threads Among the Gold . . . . . Rosalie Brooks, Birdie Golliher, Ernestine Lee Valentine Readings .......................... ' . Glenda Robinson At the close of the party, everyone joined in singing a group of familiar songs. Cornhuskers The Original Cornhuskers a well known radio show, was presented March sixteenth, by the Junior Class. They entertained a large enthusiastic audience with their songs and fun. Well known radio characters on the program were Bobby Homan, Darl Fox, Grandpap, Al Pettit, and Pete Smith. Their sidesplitting comedy and close harmony brought many a laugh and grin to the faces of the listeners. The Junior Class was thrilled at the response this entertainment received. x ,C Q 3' Ufilifliisdlluundbfy 'lLl'0l1'll llbflllll luuollnn,ln,U.l.A. 31 i 1yRiW5 9 F2 fi K5 Q SQ mm Wei? zfwzwe if 3 , l IT IS NO FARTHER THAN LOSANTVILLE TO THE BEST PLACE TO BUY A HOME WE MAINTAIN A LARGE STOCK OF ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIALS - PAINTS - HARDWARE LOSANTVILLE LUMBER CO PHONE 2524 LOSANTVILLE, IND. 3 l:. il 11 Economy Implement Company FARM 8a HOME SUPPLIES INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER - WESTINGHOUSE TELEPHON E 201 1 ECONOMY, IND. Electric Sewer Cleoning No Muss - No Fuss - No Digging 24 Hour Service Including Sundays Sz Holidays Work Guaranteed - Modern Equipment Phone 125 Mooreland - P. O. Box 143 Septic Tanks and Cesspools Cleaned Losantville 2991 - Winchester 9370 - New Castle 2830 Richmond 30563 - Connersville 1350-J - Anderson 9382 We Deliver Flowers Telegraphed Everything in Flowers and Floral Designing by Lolvlor Florists Hagerstown Shop Phone 3644 Residence 3649 C. L. 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