Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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Barbara Louise Kees Roberl Earl Keilh Roberf Palrick Kiley Neil Koldyke Belly Korporal Roberl Landis Belly Ann Lavengood Richard O. Leslie Kenne+h Lever+on Joy Long Roberl' Ly+le Joseph Arden McAfee Marjorie D. McAfee Mary McCorlcle James McKown Lloyd McLar'ry Jean McMas+ers Lyle E. McMullen Glen McPherson Wanda Jean McRae Earl Mason Belly Jane Mallhews Mildred Mellendorf Wilson Mignerey

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iuniors oT I939. They gave Their annual parTy, OT gf: 5 ,'ha A, course, and whaT a success iT was. Named The .5 f Balloon Ball, iT proved ouTsTanding in a number I Q oT ways. One oT The highIighTs oT Their parTy was ' The Tloorshow. .which was highIighTed by The crowning oT The Belle oT The Ball. The Belle, Miss Eva Marie STouT, was seIecTed by The mem- bers oT The baskeTbaIl Team and presided over The Tloorshow and dance. During The evening The happy Throng was pleased by a shower of bal- loons Trom The ceiling, and a mad scramble en- sued among bursTing balloons as The dancers soughT The TheaTre TickeTs placed in many of The elusive, air-Tilled obiecTs. JusT To Top The whole aTTair oTT The Tinancial resulTs were mosT graTiTy- ing. Many classes would pause aTTer such an aTTair as ThaT To resT on Their laurels, buT noT This bunch! They immediaTely plunged inTo The Tedious work oT presenTing a junior class play, The TirsT aTTempTed in several years by a iunior class. On The nighTs oT March 8 and 9 They unveiled Their TalenTs, and, wiTh Their usual machine-like preci- Poslers annaunce cams Subscfipiaan drive. BARBARA LOUISE KEES-Spanish Club: Girl Reserves: EasTer Parade: Marion Hi Revue. ROBERT EARL KEITH-FooTball: lnTramural. ROBERT PATRICK KILEY-Survey STaTT: Co-ediTor oT Signal: InTramural: EasTer Parade: Lucky Girl : Science Club: CacTus Frolic: Marion Hi Revue. NEIL KOLDYKE-lnTramural. BETTY KORPORAL-Girl Reserves: G.A.A. Science Club: Junior 'ATTen- danT oT EasTer Parade. ROBERT LANDIS-BaskeTball: Treasurer Senior Class: Marion Hi Revue: I3ooTbaIl CapTain: ArT Club: Spanish Club: EasTer Parade. BETTY ANN LAVENGOOD-Girl Re- serves.: Spanish Club: EasTer Parade I-2-3: Mask and MalIe+ Club: CacTus STaTT: Dire-cTor oT Dances Tor Marion Hi Revue: Young April. RICHARD O. LESLIE- MeeT The Duchess : Band: Marion Hi Revue: CacTus STaTT. KENNETH LEVERTON-InTramural: enTered Trom Van Buren High School. JOY LONG-Spanish Club: Girl Reserves: enTered Trom Grand Rapids, Michigan. ROBERT LYTLE-Band: HisTory Club: CacTus STaTT. JOSEPH ARDEN MCAFEE-EasTer Parade: Band: Hi-Y. MARJORIE D. MCATEE-Girl Reserves: Spanish Club: EasTer Parade. MARY MCCORKLE-Girl Reserves: Science Club: enTered Trom Michigan CiTy, Indiana. JAMES McKOWN-EasTer Parade: Rosemary Tor Remembranceu: LaTin Club: Science Club: CacTus STaTT: OrchesTra: Track. LLOYD MCLARTY-BaskeTball: Track. JEAN MCMASTERS-ArT Club: EasTer Parade. LYLE E. MCMUL- LEN-Band: OrchesTra: Hi-Y: STudenT Manager OT Track and FooTbalI Team: lnTramural. GLEN MCPHERSON-lnTramural. WANDA JEAN MCRAE-OrchesTra: Girl Reserves: G.A.A.: Rose- mary Tor Remembranceu: High Principles : Marion Hi Revue: EasTer Parade. EARL MASON- Hi-Y: EasTer Parade: Band: LaTin Club. BETTY JANE MATTHEWS-Girl Reserve CabineT: Survey STaTT: CacTus STaTT: LaTin Club: Spanish Club: HisTory Club: Lucky Girl : EasTer Parade I-2-3: G.A.A. MILDRED MELLENDORF-ArT Club: Girl Reserves. WILSON MIGNEREY-Track: Glee Club.

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sion, They reeled oTT The comedy, Lucky Girl in proTessional sTyle. Coached by dramaTics in- sTrucTor Edward B. Longerich, They were very successTul and again swelled The coTTers as a re- sulT. lncidenTally, The play was supposed To be a comedy and iT proved To be iusT ThaT. While all This acTiviTy was progressing in such a successTul way oTher iuniors were making Their marks in The various oTher phases of school liTe. EighT juniors received sweaTers Tor Their ex- cellenT eTTorTs on The gridiron: nine ouT of The TournamenT squad oT Twelve were iuniors on The baskeTball Team: The Tennis, Track, and golT squads also were generously sprinkled wiTh iunior class aThleTes. The honor roll, as iT had The pre- vious year, lisTed a dominanT number OT iuniors among iTs number. Was This class ever going To sTop making hisTory? EvidenTly noT, Tor when spring rolled around They greeTed iT wiTh Their Junior Prom. The Junior Prom l939 was held in Memorial Coliseum. Dance music was provided by Paul N. C. C. Champs huddle wiTh Coach Hooker. ROBERT MILFORD-LaTin Club: EasTer Parade: Hi-Y. RAYMOND LEROY MlLLER-LaTin Club: lnTramural. PHILL K. MOONEY- Lucky Girl : EooTball: lnTramural: CacTus STaTT: Marion Hi Re- vue: EnTered Trom Campion Prep, Prairie Du Chein, Wisconsin. FRIEDA MOORE-G.A.A.: Girl Reserves. VIVIAN LOUISE MOSS--Girl Reserve: Spanish Club: Glee Club: Marion Hi Revue: EasTer Parade. MARY NEALIS-Girl Reserves: G.A.A.: Science Club. MARDELLA NELSON- EasTer Parade. PAULINE E. NICHOLLS-ArT Club: Girl Reserves. ELLEN NIGHTENHELSER- Girl Reserves. FRANK NORKUS- Bos'n's Bride: Marion Hi Revue. JAMES C. NORMAN- Marion Hi Revue: EasTer Parade. GEORGE OVERMAN-HisTory Club: Spanish Club: Science Club. JOHN R. OVERMAN-Tennis: HisTory Club: 'lLucy Girl : MeeT The Duchessw: Marion Hi Revue: DebaTe Team: EasTer Parade. THERON OWEN-LaTin Club: Hi-Y: BaslceTball: FooTball: Track: EasTer Parade. JAMES PALMER-EasTer Parade. TOMMY PASSWATER-Band: l:ooTballI Spanish Club: Hi-Y: EasTer Parade. JOAN PATTERSON-Girl Reserves: Lafin Club: EasTer Parade! 'lYoung Aprilll: Survey STaTT. LlLLlAN PAXTON-Girl Reserves: Spanish Club. MARIE PEN- NINGTON-LaTin Club: Glee Club: Marion Hi Revue: EasTer Parade: ArT Club: Girl Reserves. ARBIE BERRY PERKINS-lnTramural: Track: Spanish Club: ArT Club: Glee Club. LEO B. PERKINS -ArT Club: Marion Hi Revue: EasTer Parade. NORA ELIZABETH PERKINS-Glee Club: G.A.A. PHILL PERKINS-Hi-Y: Track: HisTory Club: Camera Club: lnTramural: CacTus STaTT. GEORGI- ANNA PFEFFERLE-G.A.A. Girl Reserves: EasTer Parade: Science Club: Camera Club: DramaTics.