Martinsville High School - Artesian Yearbook (Martinsville, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1949 volume:

_ � - _ - 3 833 07492 9370 □ P, t ' Djf r U f } hi ; f v °t GC 977.202 M36MHS, 1949 7 T)he 1949 cArte ian MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL MARTINSVILLE INDIANA OUR 1948-49 YEAR AT MHS TABLE OF CONTENTS School Life . 1 Administration . 8 Faculty ......10 Seniors .12 Underclassmen .20 Sports .32 Basketball .34 Football .36 Track, Golf, Baseball..38 Lettermen .40 Reserves .41 Activities .42 Music .....44 Councils . 48 Girls Clubs .50 Cafeteria .56 Dramatics . 58 Boys Clubs.60 Print Shop .64 Artesian Herald .65 Latin Club .66 National Honor Society_68 Projector Club .69 Class Plays .70 Services .71 Artesian Staff .72 WE CRAMMED FOR EXAMS AND THINGS DIDN ' T TURN OUT AS BADLY Sunny days provided time for trig students to survey or relax She heard that “A stitch in time saves nine” That business of physics became AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED ... WE WERE ALMOST NEVER BORED These were our classes. There, we learned the sciences, arts, and skills, and more important still, how to get along with one another. In these classes we made friendships with “that guy in back who always made an A” and “that girl I used to help” that will last a long time. pretty absorbing occasionally America s future architects received a few pointers Art classes provided an outlet for that “creative genius” BECAUSE CLASSES WERE VARIED AND ENLIGHTENING. OUR TEACHERS HELPED The nice thing about the library staff was that We caught the “rods” they kept those smiles all year long talking things over This was almost the best attention we have seen in chorus See how faithfully he observed B.K.T.A. Week 6 r. MAKE THEM SO ... WE WILL REMEMBER THEM BEST IN THIS INFORMAL WAY Those formal faculty and administration pictures are not the ones we will remember best. We will remember these informal every-day shots; that’s how the faculty and administration looked to us. We remember times when we became a little peeved, but we know that there were just as many times when teachers became disgusted with us. We are grateful for our associations with them, and for the knowledge we have gained from them. Mr. Baker looked a little Yes, they finally grasped those quadratic equations haggard after the rush r WE REMEMBER HOW THE ADMINISTRATION GUIDED US SAFELY EUGENE BARNARD, Treas. WARREN SCHNAITER, Sec. MERRILL WILSON, Pres. BOARD OF EDUCATION CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION GLENN CURTIS Superintendent of Schools Mr. Glenn Curtis, one of the new figures at Martinsville High School this year, is actually not new to Martinsville or to the school. He is serving as acting superintendent during the absence of Mr. Floyd Hines, who is serving as Senior Spe¬ cialist in Elementary Education under the office of Military Govern¬ ment in Bremen, Germany. Mr. Curtis came here first in 1919. He served as coach, and then did double duty as coach and principal. He left in 1938 to coach college and profes¬ sional basketball teams. His return here is welcomed by all. 8 THROUGH OUR CAREERS WITHOUT ONCE HAVING TO CLAMP DOWN TOO HARD KENNETH TAYLOR Attendance Teacher HELEN B. DAVIS Dean of Girls NORBERT KNIESLY Assistant Principal Dean of Boys HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ROYCE E. KURTZ Principal Mr. Royce Kurtz, principal of Martinsville High School, came here in the fall of 1941 from Liberty Center, Indiana. He taught Junior High History for two years, and then he served as Junior High Prin¬ cipal and history teacher. In 1946 he became Principal of the High School. Mr. Kurtz received his Master’s De¬ gree at Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, California. He is well liked at Martinsville High School and we hope that he will be here for many years. 9 THE FACULTY WERE INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO WERE ALWAYS READY TO HERSCHEL BAKER, B.S. Central Normal, Indiana University; Bookkeeping, U. S. His¬ tory; Sponsor, Hi-Y . . . MILDRED BAUGH¬ MAN, B.S. Ball State Teachers College, Hanover College, Columbia University; Art . . . VINCENT BISESI, Central Normal, B.S. Butler University, Indiana University; Health and Safety, World History, Phys. Ed; Assistant Coach. ■ HUBERT BOWERS, B.S., M.A. Ball State , Teachers College; Typing; Sponsor, Junior- N v C lass; Faculty Athletic Manager . . . MER- RIL COX, Central Normal, Indiana Univer¬ sity; Jr. High Science and Phys. Ed.; Jr. High and Freshman Basketball . . . GLEN- DYN DAVEE, B.S. Butler University; Jr. High Geography and Art; Sponsor, Jr. High Halloween Party. KENNETH ELMORE, A.B. Indiana State Teachers College; Industrial Arts . . . NORMA EPLEY, B.S. Indiana University; English and Speech; Sponsor, Dramatics Club, Thespians, Class Plays . . . OPAL GRAY, Indiana State Teachers College, Indiana University, University of Wiscon¬ sin, DePauw University; Jr. High Mathe¬ matics. MYRA HOCHSTETLER, B.S. Indiana State Teachers College; Jr. and Sr. High Foods Classes; Sponsor, Cafeteria . . . WHEN G. HOCHSTETLER, B.S. Indiana State Teachers College, M.S. Indiana Uni¬ versity; Vocational Machine Shop, Me¬ chanical Drawing . . . BURCHARD HOR¬ TON, B.S. Indiana State Teachers College; Physical Ed.; Athletic Director; Sponsor, Lettermen’s Club. EVELYN JARRETT, A.B. DePauw Univer¬ sity; Mathematics; Sponsor, Sunshine So- • ' ciety . . . KENNETH LEE, B.S. Central Nor- mal, Butler University; Jr. High History; ' Sponsor, Noon Hour Recreation . . . ADEN K. LONG, B.S. Indiana University, M.M. Northwestern University; Band, Orchestra, Mixed Chorus, Madrigal, Harmony. MAE McCOY, A.B. Northern State Teachers College; English, Journalism; Sponsor, Artesian Herald . . . MAURICE McGLASSON, A.B. DePauw University, A.M. Indiana University; Government; Co-spon¬ sor, Senior Class, Artesian . . . MATILDA McKRILL, A.B., M.S. Indiana University; Latin; Sponsor, Legio Decima; Chairman, Auditorium Program Committee. 10 MAXINE COHEN, Secretary to the Prin¬ cipal . . . MAMIE MESSMER, Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools. LAUGH WITH US AND TO GIVE GEORGIA MARSHALL B.S. Central Nor¬ mal, Butler University; Jr. High English; Sponsor, Drama Tic Club; Dean, Jr. High Girls . . . KATHLEEN MASTERS, R.N. In¬ diana University School of Nursing; School Nurse . . . GEORGIA MOORE, A. B. Indi¬ ana University, B.S.L.S. University of Il¬ linois; Library. J. B. MOORE, A.B. Ball State Teachers College, M.S. Indiana University; Chemis¬ try, Physics, Electricity, Algebra; Sponsor, National Honor Society . . . CLARENCE OOLEY, B.S. Indiana University; Biology, Driver Education . . . MARIAN RICE, A.B., B.S. Central Normal; Jr. High English and General Music; Sponsor, Jr. High Boys’ Glee Club. MARGARET ROSE, A.B. Butler Univer¬ sity, A.M. Columbia University; Mathe¬ matics; Co-sponsor, Senior Class, Artesian . . . KATHERINE ST. JOHN, Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music; String Orchestra . . . GEORGANN SHUFFLEBARGER, B. S. Indiana University; English; Sponsor, Freshman Class. DORIS STALCUP, A.B. Hanover College, Indiana University; Girls’ Physical Ed.; Sponsor, Girls’ Athletic Association . . . KEITH STAPLEY, A.B. Iowa State Teachers College, M.S. Indiana University; English; Track Coach . . . FOSTER THOMAS, B.S. Butler University; Jr. High Arithmetic and Health; Sponsor, Projector Club; Director of Audio-Visual Ed. VIRGIL A. TELFER, B.S. Purdue Univer¬ sity; Vocational Agriculture; Sponsor, Fu¬ ture Farmers of America . . . MARIE UNDERWOOD, A.B. Indiana University; Business; Sponsor, Girls’ League . . . CLEO McDANIEL, Manager of Bookstore. US HELPING HAND WHENEVER POSSIBLE HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER OUR SENIOR YEAR... THE FINALITY OF THE WHOLE THING . . . TOO WE REMEMBER SENIORS . . . We have finally achieved the ultimate goal of our high school careers. We are able to look back on our four years of school with pride . . . As freshmen we weren’t too active, although we did give a one-act comedy . . . In our sophomore year all of us who were Latin students took part in the Classical Review. This was the year that we first could join clubs, and we did . . . Last year as juniors we presented a three-act comedy, “A Date Wfith Judy.” We worked hard on it, had fun doing it, and we certainly were grate¬ ful for the praise we received . . . The Junior-Senior Prom was, in our es¬ timation, “luscious.” Our theme was a “Southern Plantation,” and we even had a mansion at one end of the floor . . . This year as seniors we had our biggest year. We planned for our yearbook, announcements, caps and gowns, Class Day, Baccalaureate, and finally — Graduation itself. We won ' t say that we are sorry to be seniors, but sometimes we feel a tinge of regret that this is our last year at MHS. 12 HOW LONG IT TOOK FOR US TO REALIZE THAT JOHN D. ADAMS, Dramatics Club 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4,; Orchestra 2,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Latin Club 1; Hi-Y 4 . . . WILLIAM MITCHEL ADAMS, Football 4; Baseball 4; Lettermen’s Club 4 . . JACQUELINE AKARD, Future Homemakers 4; Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis 1,2,3; Service Club 1,2,3; Social Science Club 1,2 .. . MARILYN ANN ASHER, G.A.A. 2,3,4; Dramatics Club 2,3,4; Thespian Society 3,4; Class Play 3; Latin Club 1 . . . JIM BAILEY, Baseball 3 . . . MARY LOUISE BALES, Future Homemakers 2,3,4, Pres. 4; Student Council 1,3; Girls’ Executive Council 4; Class Play 3; Latin Club 1. JANE BARNARD, Girls’ League Pres. 4; Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . ANITA JO BATES, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; G.A.A. 2 . . . BETTY JUNE BATES, Sunshine Society 2,3,4 . . . ROBERT BENNETT . . . ALICE ANNE BRANCH, Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; High School Trio 3,4; Sunshine Society 2,3,4; G.A.A. 2; Latin Club 1,2 .. . DON BROCK. We became full fledged seniors when Zane Knoy, president of our junior class, received the key from Eph Goss, senior class president. This was on Class Day, May 1948. 14 WE HAD AT LAST ATTAINED THE COVETED POSITION OF SENIORS AT MHS FORREST BRUMMETT, Latin Club 1; Basketball 1,2,3; Track 4; Hi-Y 4 . . . KENNETH BUIS . . . LOWELL THOMAS BURKHART, F.F.A. Secy. 3,4; Band 1,2,4; Base¬ ball 4; Track 4; Paragon High School 1,2,3; Basketball 1,2; Class Vice-Pres. 2; Class Pres. 3 . . . VIRGINIA BURNS, Fu¬ ture Homemakers 2,3,4, Secy. 4 . . . BARBARA BYRAM, G.A.A. 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Mixed Chorus 2, 3; Sunshine Society 2,3,4 . . . BEVERLY BYRAM, Mixed Chorus 2,3; G.A.A. 2,3,4; Orchestra 2; Sunshine Society 2,3, 4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2. ROBERT CALLIS, Golf 1,2,3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Latin Club 1,2, Pres. 2; Mixed Chorus 1,2 Hi-Y . . . EUGENE CARR, Basketball 2,3,4; Football 4; Latin Club 1 . . . DOROTHY CHAMPLIN, Future Homemakers 2,3,4, Historian 4; Latin Club 1; Jr. High Office 2,3,4 . . . JOHN W. CLARK, Lettermen’s Club 4; Hi-Y 4; Track 3,4; Football 4; Mixed Chorus 4; F.F.A. 1,2; Yell Leader 2 . . . RUTH HELEN COHEN, G.A.A. 2,3,4, Vice-Pres. 3; Girls’ Executive Council 3; Sunshine Society 2,3; Latin Club 1,2 .. . BILL R. COLLIER. DAVID COOK, Lettermen’s Club 4; Golf 1,2,3; Football 4; Basketball 1; Student Manager 4 . . . CORDELIA COR¬ DELL, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; G.A.A. 3; Student Council 1, 3 . . . FRANK EDWARD CRAMER, Football 3,4; Letter- men’s Club 4; Basketball 4; Hi-Y 3,4 .. . DAVID W. CRAV¬ ENS, Basketball 3,4; Track 3,4; Hi-Y 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Student Council 4; Latin Club 1,2 .. . BOB CRONE, F.F.A. 1.2.3.4, Vice-Pres. 4, Secy. 3, Corr. Secy. 2; 4-H 1,2,3,4; Base¬ ball 4; Student Council 2 . . . BOB CURTIS, Track 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4, Secy.-Treas. 2,3; Dramatics Club 2,3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Yell Leader 3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2; Class Play 3 . . . BETTY MAE DENNEY, G.A.A. 2.3.4, Pres. 4; Class Play 3; Thespian Society 2,3,4; Girls’ Executive Council 4; Dramatics Club 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2 . . . NANCY LOU DICKENS, Madrigal Group 2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4, Vice-Pres. 3; Sunshine So¬ ciety 2,3,4, Treas. 3; Prom Court 3; Latin Club 1,2. 15 THIS WAS THE LAST LAP OF OUR JOURNEY WE COMPLAINED FOUR YEARS HAROLD EUGENE DIXON, Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 4; Baseball 3,4; Track 1,2;3; Hi-Y 2, 3.4, Secy. 4; Lettermen’s Club 4, Vice-Pres. 4; Projector Club 1,2 .. . MOYNE JEAN DUN- AGAN, Artesian Herald Staff 4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4, Dist. Editor 4; Band 1,2,3; Artesian Staff 4, Paragon High School 1,2,3; Class Play 3; Chorus 1,2; 4-H 1,2,3 . . . EVA ELLIOTT, Madrigal Group 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Sunshine Society 2,3; Class Treas. 4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Student Council 2, Treas. 2; Library Club 1,2; Latin Club 1,2 .. . JANET EL¬ LIOTT, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2 .. . MINNIE ENNIS, Future Homemakers 3,4 . . . DONALD FISHEL, Class Pres. 4; Class Play 3; Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Chorus 1.2.3.4, ; Hi-Y 3,4; National Honor Society 3,4, Pres. 3; Student Council 3,4; Latin Club 1,2. MARY LOUISE FLAKE, Future Homemakers 2,3,4, Corr. Secy. 4 . . . RAYMOND FOS¬ TER, Baseball 3,4; Nogales, Arizona, High School 1 . . . BARBARA GARRISON, Dramatics Club 2,3,4, Treas. 3; Thespian Society 2,3,4, Vice-Pres. 3,4; Class Play 3; G.A.A. 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2 .. . BETTY GORMON, Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Library Club 1,2; Latin Club 1,2; Sun¬ shine Society 2; G.A.A. 2 . . . GEORGE WALLACE GRANHOLT, Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 2, 3,4; Baseball 3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Swing Band 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4 . . . PHYLLIS GRIF¬ FIN, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Latin Club 1. It didn’t take long for us to get accustomed to our choice seats in the auditorium. 16 ABOUT THE WORK . . . AND THEN SHED TEARS ON GRADUATION DAY JOHN BOB HACKER, Student Council 3,4, Pres. 4; Hi-Y 3,4; Golf 1,2,3,4; Class Pres. 1; Lettermen’s Club 4 . . . MARVIN J. HACKER, Projector Club 2,3, Pres. 3; F.F.A. 1; 4-H 1; Class Play Staff 3 . . . SUZANNE HADLEY, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Yell Leader 2; Latin Club 1,2; Class Vice-Pres. 1 . . . CHARLES HEIDENREICH, Football 3 . . . CHARLES AMOS HEWITT, Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Band 1,2,4; Orchestra 1,2, 4; Hi-Y 2,3,4, Secy. 4; Chorus 1,2,3,4, Pres. 4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Latin Club 1, 2 . . . N. K. (JACK) HICKMAN, Latin Club 1,2; Class Play 3; Hi-Y 4. RICHARD L. HINDS, F.F.A. 3,4, Sentinel 4; Basketball 3, 4; Bloomington High School 1,2 .. . JAN HORTON, G.A.A. 1,2,3,4; Sunshine Society 3,4; Artesian Herald Staff 3; Mat- toon, Illinois, High School 1,2 .. . NANCY ANN HYATT, Sunshine Society 2,3,4, Pres. 4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Artesian Staff 3,4; Class Play 3; Prom Court 3; Class Secretary 1; Girls’ Executive Council 4; Latin Club 1,2 .. . BERNEICE L. JENSEN, Future Homemakers 2,3,4; Beech Grove High School 1; Girl Reserve 1 . . . WILMA KEITH, Future Homemakers 2,3,4 . . . SARA KELSO, Future Homemakers 3 , 4 . ROBERT ELROY KITCHEN, F.F.A. 1,2,3,4, Pres. 4 . . . ELEANOR JEAN KIVETT, Sunshine Society 3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . JUDY KIVETT, Executive Council 1,2,3, Secy.-Treas. 2; Future Homemakers 2,3,4, Vice-Pres. 3; Latin Club 2 . . . MAX KIVETT, Hi-Y 2,3,4; Manatee, Flor¬ ida, County High School 3; Basketball 3 . . . SALLY ANN KIVETT, Dramatics Club 2,3,4; National Thespian Society 3, 4; Sunshine Society 3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Class Play 3; Latin Review 2 . . ZANE KNOY, Class President 2,3; Hi-Y 2,3,4, Pres. 4; Band 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Madrigal Group 2,3,4; Basketball 2,3; Dramatics Club 3,4; National Thespian Society 3,4; Class Play 3; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . MURRAY LINN, Darlington High School 1,2 .. . JANIS McANINCH, Hartwell High School, Cincinnati, 1,2,3. 17 GOING TO MARTINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS AN EXPERIENCE PAT MAGEE, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Library Club 1; Artesian Herald Staff 4 . . . BARBARA MARTIN, Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; G.A.A. 2; Library Club 1,2 .. . MERRILL LOREN MAXWELL, F.F.A. 1,2,3,4, Treas. 4; Football 4; Basketball 1,2,3; Band 1,2,3,4; 4-H 1,2,3,4 . . . FRED E. MIL¬ LER, Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4, Pres. 4; Track 1,2; Student Coun¬ cil 4 .. . DOROTHY NEAL, Future Homemakers 1,2,3; Latin Club 4 . . . INA BERYL PEARCY, Sunshine Society 2,3,4, Corr. Secy. 4; Latin Club 1,2; G.A.A. 2; Student Council 1 , 2 . JACK PERRY, Latin Club 1,2; Golf 4; Student Manager 2; Hi-Y 4 . . . SUSIE PITKIN, Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Yell Leader 1,2,3,4; Sunshine Society 2,3,4; G.A.A. 2,3; String Trio 4; Class Treasurer 3; Student Council 2; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . JOAN POPPINO, Sunshine Society 3,4; Latin Club 1,2 .. . WANDA GAYLE RATTS, Sun¬ shine Society 2,3,4, Recording Secy. 3; National Honor Society 3,4; Dramatics Club 3,4, Pres. 4; National Thespian Society 3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Class Play 3; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; G.A.A. 1,2,3 . . . BILL REYNOLDS, Basketball 1,2,3,4; Football 3,4; Track 1,3,4; Baseball 3,4; Mixed Chorus 1; Hi-Y 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Latin Club 1 . . . JAMES ROBINSON, Latin Club 1; Football 4. The officers in our class had a big job this year. They did it wisely and ef¬ ficiently. Coming down the stairs they are as follows: Don Fishel, president; Roseanne Walters, secretary; Helen Shields, vice-president; Eva Elliott, treasurer. THAT WE WOULD NOT FORFEIT AND WILL NEVER FORGET BILL ROBINSON, Artesian Herald Staff 4; Dowagiac, Michigan, High School 1,2,3 . . . TOM SCHNAITER, Class Vice-Pres. 3, Secy.-Treas. 2; Football 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 2,3,4; Track 4; Hi-Y 2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Student Council 4, Secy. 4 . . . PATRI¬ CIA SCHOOLCRAFT, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Latin Club 1, 2; Library Club 1,2; G.A.A. 2 . . . BOBBY RAY SCOTT, Football 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Baseball 4 . . . PAT SELL- MAN, Mixed Chorus 1,3; Paragon High School 2 . . . BOB SHELBURNE, Class Vice-Pres. 2; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Base¬ ball 2,3,4; Track 2,3,4; Football 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4; Band 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Swing Band 4; Hi-Y 2,3,4; Class Play 3. HELEN SHIELDS, Class Play 3; Class Secy. 3, Vice- Pres. 4; Dramatics Club 2,3,4; National Thespian Society 3,4; G.A.A. 2,3,4, Treas. 4 . . . DONALD SHULER . . . JOAN STEWART, Future Homemakers 1,2,3,4; G.A.A. 2,3,4 . . . MARY ELIZABETH SWINNEY, Dramatics Club 2,3,4, Secy. 4; National Thespian Society 2,3,4; Artesian Herald Staff 4; G.A.A. 3; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . MARTHA LOU SWOPE, Future Homemakers 2,3,4, Reporter 3; Latin Club 2 . . . SHIRLEY THOMAS, Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Harmony 4. DONALD GENE TRAUB, Band 1,2,3,4; Orchestra 1,2,3,4; Madrigal 1,2,3,4; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Student Council 4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2; String Trio 3,4 .. . ROY TROUT, Bloomington High School 1,2,3 . . . ROSE ANNE WAL¬ TERS, Band 2,3,4; Drum Majorette 2,3,4; Orchestra 3,4; Mixed Chorus 2,3,4; Sunshine Society 2,3,4; Class Play 3; Student Council 1; Latin Club 1,2; G.A.A. 2; Class Secy. 4 . . . FRED WAYCOTT, Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Hi-Y 2,3,4; Latin Club 1; Projector Club 1,3,4; Library Club 1 . . . JIM WILLIAMS, Hi-Y 3,4; Latin Club 1,2; Latin Review 2 . . . ROBERT G. WILLIAMS, Football 3,4; Lettermen’s Club 4. 19 HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER THE FUN WE HAD WITH THE KIDS IN THE CLASSES BELOW US UNDERCLASSMEN . . . They form the majority at M. H. S. They are the gang that will still be here next September, striving to beat past records and to achieve new goals. We’ll be coming back next year to cheer their teams, and to see all the fellows and girls we liked so well in the classes below us. This year the underclassmen served their school well by being represented in all the clubs, activities, and athletics. The juniors gave a riotous three-act comedy, “Good Night, Ladies” before the senior high, junior high, and the public. They also entertained the seniors royally at the Junior-Senior Prom. 20 BLISSFUL JUNIORS A LONG WAY FROM BEING SOPHOMORES Mary Jean Adams James Anderson Barbara Baker Jack Baker Joe Baker Rosemary Bales Alyce Barger Harry Baugh Pattie Beaver Arlene Bowers Rosalie Buchanan Jim Burkett Julia Butler Joretta Cherry Mickey Clarisey Patricia Clark Jack Clay Lucy Collier Julia Costin Dee Cramer William Cramer Ramona Creed Tommie Curtis Peggy Daggy Verlin Dilley Janis Duckworth Louise Ely Frances Esteb Wilbert Farley Dorothy Ferguson Thomas Fisher Joan Fleener Alina Gose Don Green Betty Hacker Gloria Hacker Charles Hamilton Robert Hamilton Nellie Hammack Richard Hanover Charlotte Heidenreich Don Hensley Jean Hine Joan Hite Virginia Hovious Carol Hudson Phyllis Jackson Tommy James 22 BUT STILL ONE STEP FROM BEING SENIORS Phyllis Johnson Robert Johnson Donald Kennedy Tom Kennedy Norma Kinder Robert Kirk Vessie Knoy Morton Lane Maxine Littell Emma Ruth Loftin A. J. Long Ruth Long William Long Wanda Lowder Pat Marion Waneta Maxwell Marie Miller Robert Mitchner Jack Montgomery Alice Rose Moore Barbara Moore John Myers Betty O’Neal Bruce O’Neal Vernon Parmerlee Audrey Pearson Betty Pearson Martha Plummer Bill Powell Billy Record Hoyt Rhorer Jack St. John Mary Helen Scherer Charlotte Scholl Park Smith Eddie Stierwalt Tommy Stiles Jo Alice Throckmorton Loren Troxell Phyllis Vogus Betty Voris Pat Wagaman Norma Walls Robert Walters Tommy Woods 23 NEXT WE HAVE THE UP AND COMING SOPHOMORES . . . Jo Ellen Abbott, Joe Adams, Frank Allen, Lou Ann Allison, Barbara An¬ derson, Mary Joan Anderson, Russell Asher Fred Avery, Arthur Ayers, Patsy Ayers, Donald Bailey, Louise Barger, Walter Bates, James Baugh Phyllis Beals, Lomeda Bennett, Marilyn Bennett, John Bergman, Myra Lou Bolin, Patty Bolin, Ellen Jane Bowers Jane Brock, Richard Burdsal, Edith Ann Burkhart, John Burns, Max Cain, Dellora Carlein, Carmella Cascian Maurice Champlin, Fred M. Clark, Maxine Coffman, Morris Cohen, Hazel Cole, Donald Collier, Joan Collier Ralph Cooper, Raymond Cornett, Virginia Cox, Jack Cragen, Jim Cragen, Marjorie Ann Cragen, Dan Cramer. William Cramer, Barbara Lou Croy, Richard Cunningham, Bailey Davis, Phillip Dunn, John Edmondson, Car¬ olyn Edwards Paul Edwards, George Ennis, Patri¬ cia Ennis, Paul Ennis, Frederick Fish¬ er, Chester Fleener, Barbara Fletcher Maurice Foster, Betty Fowler, George Freeman, Janice Garrison, Janet Gibson, Helen Glover, Carolyn Godsey Harriet Gregory, Phyllis Grow, Katherine Hacker, Lora Mae Hacker, Mary Ellen Hammons, Joan Hedges, Barbara Hensley Katherine Herold, John Hine, Ger¬ ald Holmes, Gary Hughes, Ralph James, Patience Keever, Betty Kent 24 THIS YEAR THEY KNOW THE ROPES AND CAN PROVE IT Billy Kent, James Kivett, Phyllis Krise, Robert Krise, Peggy Lane, Eu¬ gene Leightner, Kenneth Lebo Marlene Lemons, Malcolm Linn, Anne Long, Phyllis Long, Robert Lowry, Bulah Lucas, Eugene Luker Marilyn McDaniel, Don McFarland, Norman Marshall, Mary Mason, Bar¬ bara Miller, Hewitt Mills, James Mitchner Jack Moore, Larry Moore, Mary Mosier, Delta Murphy, Raymond My¬ ers, Iris Lee Neal, William Neal Dianne Oliver, Jack O’Neal, John Owens, Billy Pauley, Robert Payne, Max Pearcy, Jack Pennington Betty Poppino, Harold Porter, Pa¬ tricia Preston, Connie Quakenbush, Patty Quakenbush, Jimmy Richards, Donald Lee Robinson Aaron St. John, Fred Savage, Louis Sawyers, Marilyn Schnaiter, Delbert Scott, Donald See, Eugene Selburg Jacqueline Selburg, Ray Selwa, Du¬ ane Sheeks, Harold Sichting, John Paul Sichting, Marvin Skiles, William Slagle Virginia Snyder, Richard Sparks, Robert Stafford, Betty Stevens, Car¬ olyn Swisher, Geneva Taylor, Jeanne Taylor Betty Thomas, Norman Thomas, Jo Ann Thompson, Hugh Tomey, Clara Van Sickle, Margaret Van Winkle, Richard Wallace Beatrice Wampler, George Wells, Jimmy West, Margaret Whitaker, Robert Whitlow, Marvin Williams, Robert Wilson 25 LAST BUT NOT LEAST . . . THE ENERGETIC FRESHMEN Wayne Abbott, Merrill Adams, Gracie Adkins, Shirley Akers, Ethel Allen, Kenneth Allen, James Ander¬ son Betty Arnold, Robert Arnold, Oletha Ayers, John Badger, Betty Baker, Carol Baker, Howard Baker Peggy Baker, Eileen Bales, Patricia Barger, Anna Ruth Baston, Donald Bates, Keith Beaman, Emily Sue Beg- geman Leland Bennett, Marjorie Benton, Doris Bowman, Richard Bray, Noel Burkett, Patricia Burleigh, Patty Jo Carmichael Arlene Clark, Donald Coffey, Rich¬ ard Coffey, Esther Coffman, Dixie Col¬ lins, William Collins, Betty Cook Mary Jane Cook, Charles Cooper, Carl Robert Crafton, Thomas Cramer, Richard Curtis, Kenneth Dalton, Eldo Denny Johnie Dixon, Beverly Ewing, David Fair, Delores Farley, Betty Farr, Jackie Finney, Floyd Fisher Wilma Fisher, John Flake, Richard Flinn, Myron Foley, Laurence Foster, Tommy Fultz, Ronald Gill Shirley Jean Goss, Carol Gray, Jay Gray, Wilma Gray, Peggy Hacker, Billy Hadley, Mary Heidenreich Sara Hepworth, Norma Dee Hine, Dorothy Hovious, Diane Hudson, Charles Inman, Elaine Judson, Bar¬ bara Keith Donald Kinder, Joan Kitchen, Viola Knoy, Jon Lee, Robert Lewis, Doris Lowder, Ronald Lowman WHO ARE GOING TO NEED EVERY OUNCE OF THEIR PEP Frances Lowry, Betty McAninch, Patricia McDaniel, Stephen McDill, Georgia McFarland, Timothy McGuire, Earl McKee William McKee, Robert McKinney. Alice Mansfield, Patty Martin, Delores Maxwell, Nita Meadows, Marian Means Earl Messmer, Gladys Miller, Wanda Miller, Jack Nay, Barbara Neidigh, Mary Jane Newman, Virginia Norman Betty O’Neal, Duanne O’Neal, Norma O’Neal, Richard Parmerlee, Bill Patton, David Pearcy, Sara Lou Pearcy Virginia Pearson, Donald Perry, Jo¬ anne Peters, Robert Poe, Larry Potter, Robert Pyland, Lena Reynolds Billy Robinson, Janniene Russell, Doris Sarbor, Shearl Sandusky, Marion Scherer, Lois Schnaiter, Louise Schnai- ter Sally Schnaiter, Danny Schoolcraft, Janette Selburg, Norman Shaffer, Karl Shrake, Barbara Shuler, John Sichting Eila Jo Smith, Cassandra Smithy, Sally Stapley, Phyllis Steinway, Char¬ lene Stiles, Maxine Stiles, Charles Strothman Maurine Sweet, Gayle Tackett, Mack Thomas, William Thomas, Keith Tomey, Janet Troutman, Patricia Tut- terow Robert Underwood, Bill Vandagrifft, Virginia Vawter, Shirley Walters, Freddie Wampler, Mary Jean Warren, Don Whaley Betty Whitaker, Ernestine White- sell, Glenda Wilson, Jean Wooldridge, William Wooldridge, Wilma Wright, David Wylie 27 IN JUNIOR HIGH . . . THE EIGHTH GRADERS Karla Alexander, Joanne Anderson, David Atherton, Jay Ayers, George Bailey, Naomi Bales, Carol Ann Bar¬ ger Barbara Bates, Anna Mae Bolin, Donald Bolin, Wayne Boring, Lovetta Bowman, Susan Branch, Melvin Broadstreet Doris Brummett, Mildred Brum- mett, Keith Burns, Billy Bunton, Charles Campbell, Ronnie Carmich¬ ael, Peggy Carr Janet Cherry, Jean Coleman, LeRoy Cook, William Cooksey, Bobby Cooper, Ronnie Cordell, Donna Cramer Margaret Curtis, Donna Sue Daggy, Joseph K. Daily, James Davee, Janet Davis, Linda Davis, Carolyn Deck Julia Dilley, Richard Edwards, Billy Elmore, Daniel Ennis, David Ennis, Dixie Ennis, Jackie Ennis Vida Everroad, LeRoy Figg, Carl Russell Fishel, Betty Fisher, Carolyn Fisher, Janet Fisher, Phyllis Fletcher Ralph Foster, Carol Fowler, Rufford Gadd, James Goetchues, Johnnie Hacker, Jackie Haggard, Phyllis Ham¬ ilton Jennifer Hamm, Jackie Hammons, James Hammons, Ervin Hart, Judith Hastings, Iris Hayden, Berl Henderson Florence Hepworth, Betty Jo Hess, Mary Jane Hicks, Jerry Hine, Tommy Hine, Bonnie Holden, Juanita Hug¬ gins Joyce Hurt, Nickey James, Paulette Kennedy, Gary Kent, Barbara Kindle, Kenneth Kitchen, Dorothy Like 28 WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE Johnnie Lowry, Wilma McCullough, Marilyn McDaniel, Patty McDaniel, Larry McKee, Roy McVicker, Tessie Martin Carnean Maxwell, Raymond Means, Jackie Merideth, Eugene Miller, Sus- anne Moore, Ruth Morris, Frances Mulder Danny Myers, Nancy Myrick, Gladys Nail, Donna Jo Neal, Robert Northern, Frank Pauley, Clarence R. Pearson John Pearcy, Kay Pearson, Teddy Pearson, Ruth Peters, Velma Peters, Amel Porter, Norman Potter Franklin Pottorff, Virginia Pottorff, William Pottorff, Donice Prather, Vivian Pratt, William Pryor, Larry Quakenbush Shirley Quakenbush, Doris Rich¬ ards, Shirley Robinson, Shirley Ryan, Laverne Rynard, Robert Sarber, Fred¬ die Sawyers, Jackie Scott Robert Sheeks, Shirley Shields, Donald Shaefer, Anna Jo Shrake, Keith Sichting, Christine Sink, Janet Sink Marilyn Sue Sink, Ralph Skaggs, Robert Sloan, Kenneth Small, Burch Smith, Kay Smith, Max Smith Ware Smith, Marilyn Steinway, Barbara Ann Stiles, Anna May Stine, Mary Jo Stout, Joseph Strothman, Shirley Ann Stump Marylin Telfer, Dee Terrell, Anna Grace Thacker, Willard Thomas, James Floyd Thompson, Nannie Tray¬ lor, Agnes Warner Connie Warren, Patty Weddle, Della Whitesell, Sidney Williams, Frank Woods, Shirley Yutmeyer 29 THE SEVENS WERE NEW TO EVERYTHING . . Joe Adams, Larry Adkins, Neil Alex¬ ander, Vivian Allen, Richard Ander¬ son, Sue Anderson, Janet Baker Ivan Bales, Jimmy Bales, William Bange, Betty Bastin, Martha Bastin, Norman Bates, Frances Beals Janice Beaman, Shirley Bennett, Imogene Bergman, Mary Jane Berg¬ man, Jimmy Bishop, Andre Bowman, Carol Bowman Edith Brummett, Lois Brunnemer, Reba Bunton, Leland Burkett, Shirley Burkett, Morris Carter, Nina Champ- lin Margaret Chatten, Ronald Clark, Fred Coffey, Rex Coffman, Huey Cooper, Patricia Cramer, Reland Cra¬ mer Mike Curtis, Philip Davis, Wilma Davis, Betty Dillender, Frances Drans- field, Lavona Durnal, Anita Edwards William Elliott, Jack Finch, Archie Fleener, Marvin Foley, Melvin Foley, Leroy Freeman, Marlene Fulford Donna Garrison, Ronald Garrison, Ray Gilman, Richard Good, Shirley Goodnight, Betsey Grant, Billy Gray Billy Griffen, Jack Guinn, Janice Guynn, Bobby Hacker, Jerry Hacker, Phyllis Hacker, George Hancock Bob Hatley, Lou Ann Hatter, Ray¬ mond Hayden, Shirley Hayden, Rus¬ sell Henry, Beverly Hensley, Frances Hicks Patty Hicks, Marilyn Kennedy, Bill Kniesly, Barbara Knight, Crone Knoy, Bobbie Lafary, Ruby Laws 30 BUT, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO LEARN, THEY DID Carolyn Lester, Frances Lewis, Syl- vanus Lewis, Ruby Lingle, James Long, Colletta Lopossa, Hugh Lopossa Maria Lovett, David MacLeod, Stan¬ ley McVicker, Rose Ann Magee, Nor¬ ma Mansfield, Patsy Martin, Martha Meadows Duane Messmer, Jimmy Moore, Lar¬ ry Mosier, Sami Ann Murphy, Billy Myers, Larry Myers, Beverly Myles. Janet Nail, Bobby Newman, Bobby O’Neal, Bobby Parker, Bobby Payton, Leon Piercefield, Janet Poore Paul Preston, Norita Priest, Laura Record, Lavella Reed, Jay Reese, El¬ mer Reynolds, Myrna Ann Reynolds Donald Richardson, Virginia Rich¬ ardson, Thomas Ridge, Jackie Roberts, Ronald Roe, Phyllis Routier, James Sampson Drucilla Savage, Billy Scales, Betsy Schnaiter, Clifton Schnaiter, Jimmy Schnaiter, Larry Scott, Rose Ann Scott Ronald Sellman, John Slaven, Bob¬ by Sparks, Joe Stafford, Roberta Stephens, Gary Stiles, Larry Stultz Nancy Suddith, Darlene Tackett, Junior Telfer, Carol Thacker, Wilma Thompson, Elmerlene Todi, Herman Tomey Benny Toon, Marion Turney, Jack Vanosdol, Louise Weaver, Phyllis Whited, Nancy Whitlow, George Wil¬ liamson Robert Williamson, Webbeta Wilson, Larry Wininger, Loren Yount, David Yutmeyer, Mary Zarlington 31 HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF OUR TEAMS, WHETHER WE WON OR LOST SPORTS . . a big factor in our school life. We remember how we looked forward to Friday night games, and how we rushed around on Tuesday afternoons, sometimes, to get everything done in time to go to the game . . . We were so happy when we won our first football game with Bedford and our first basketball game with Mooresville . . . We didn’t always win, but the boys on our teams knew that it wasn’t of first importance whether they won or lost, but “how they played the game” . . . One evening last spring tooting horns announced to us the fact that our track team had just won the South Central Conference track meet. This fall our golf team also won the conference title. 32 k 1 REMEMBER THE PEP SESSIONS . . . THE PRE-GAME POSTERS . . Row 1: Bob Shelburne, Bill Reynolds, Amos Hewitt, Tom Schnaiter, Harold Dixon Row 2: Coach Horton, Bob Payne, Ralph James, David Cravens, Fred Miller, Richard Hinds, Bob Johnson, David Cook, Manager “Tiny” Horton played high school bas¬ ketball at Monrovia and college ball at Indiana State Teachers College and Butler. His first coaching position was at Decatur in 1930. In 1936 he came to Martinsville to assist Glenn Curtis. From 1937 until he returned here two years ago he was at Mattoon, Illinois, where his teams compiled outstanding records. David Cook and Bill Kent were the man¬ agers this year. They have done a good job organizing things on an efficient basis. Bobby Payne—Sophomore, forward and center. A two handed shot and an excellent possibility for the future. Richard Hinds—Senior, forward and center. Fanciest passer Martinsville has seen in years and a fighting rebounder. Harold Dixon—Senior, guard. Three year varsity man. High scoring ability with either hand. A defensive man to be reckoned with. Tom Schnaiter—Senior, guard. Two year varsity man. An excellent long shot artist and a team man. Bill Reynolds—Senior, guard. Fancy ball handler and driver; calm under fire. Ralph James—Sophomore, forward. A deceptive shot under the bucket. More good insurance for the future. HOLIDAY TOURNEY Martinsville 32 Cathedral ..46 Martinsville 36 Franklin .34 (Consolation) 34 THE SMILES WHEN WE WON . . . THE TEARS WHEN WE LOST Johnny Dixon Pattie Beaver Suzie SECTIONAL Martinsville 64 Paragon . .32 Martinsville 41 University . .30 Martinsville 34 Bloomington . .37 Pitkin Bob Curtis SEASON RECORD Martinsville 36 Mooresville .27 Martinsville 17 Peru .25 Martinsville 34 Greencastle .51 Martinsville 42 Rushville .40 Martinsville 31 Bloomington .27 Martinsville 31 Columbus .26 Martinsville 39 Seymour . 28 Martinsville 37 Greensburg .39 Martinsville 38 Shortridge .41 Martinsville 33 Shelbyville . . 36 Martinsville 30 Bedford .36 Martinsville 30 Bloomington .41 Martinsville 41 University .37 Martinsville 32 Washington .48 Martinsville 40 Crawfordsville .37 Martinsville 28 Connersville .42 Martinsville 29 Franklin . 41 Martinsville 30 Southport .37 Bob Shelburne—Senior, guard and for¬ ward. Fastest man on the team. Great guarding ability. First year on varsity. David Cravens—Senior, center. Second year varsity. A wicked rebounder and a quick slam follow-up shot. Fred Miller—Senior, forward and center. Always a cool man in the heat of a game. A dependable rebounder. Bob Johnson—Junior, forward. Un¬ equalled in rebounding and follow-up shots. The only underclassman on the starting five. Amos Hewitt—Senior, guard and for¬ ward. Fast, an aggressive player and hard driver. 35 TOO, THERE WAS THE GAY SPIRIT AT FOOTBALL GAMES AND Row 1: Row 2: Row 3: Row 4: Row 5: Maxwell, Walters Robinson, Adams, Stafford, Montgomery, T. James, Johnson, Reynolds, Schnai- ter, Cook, Dixon Clarisey, Davis, St. John, Flinn, Pennington, Cunningham, Shelburne, Hewitt, Kent Bates, Cramer, Allen, Woods, D. Scott, Hamilton, Moore, B. Scott, Rhorer Coach Bisesi, R. James, Whitlow, Miller, Williams, Kennedy, Clark, Collier, Record, Coach Horton Martinsville 19 Bedford 6 Martinsville 19 Mitchell 0 Martinsville 7 Charlton 13 Martinsville 7 Greensburg 19 Martinsville 7 Huntingburg 20 Martinsville 7 University 12 (Bloomington) Tom Schnaiter Fred Miller Bob Williams Bob Johnson 36 ALTHOUGH WE DIDN’T ALWAYS WIN WEALWAYS HAD FROST BITTEN TOES This year’s MHS football team started out with de¬ cisive wins over Bedford and Mitchell by scores of 19-6 and 19-0, respectively. How¬ ever, Charlton eked out a 13- 7 win over Martinsville, and Greensburg, Huntingburg, and University all followed suit with more or less vig¬ orous shellackings of the local team. Bill Reynolds at left half back, and Tom Schnaiter at fullback were the workhorses of a backfield that featured Harold Dixon at quarterback, Bob Shelburne, Amos Hewitt, and Bailey Davis. The line was bolstered by the presence of Fred Miller, center, Bob Scott, guard, and Hoyt Rhorer, tackle, among others. The Artesians’ main lack seems to have been the de¬ fense, especially pass de¬ fense. This deficiency showed up in the Huntingburg and University games, in which passes spelled the difference between victory and defeat. Though hampered by lack of experienced material, Burchard Horton and Vincent Bisesi molded a fine team that pleased the stu¬ dents. The record turnout of boys for this year’s team indicates a wealth of good material that will provide high caliber teams for Martinsville High School in fu¬ ture football seasons. Hewitt Shelburne Dixon Reynolds Davis Rhorer Cramer Montgomery and Scott 37 HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER OUR S. C. C. VICTORIES Row 1: Cain, Schnaiter, Curtis, Long, Callis, Shelburne Row 2: Coach Stapley, Baugh, Clark, Hewitt, Cravens, Dixon, Reynolds, Walters The Artesian baseball team finished its 1948 year showing only one victory. Several of the losses dealt the Artesians by oppon¬ ents could have been wins by a few breaks. The hitting and fielding left a little to be desired, especially the defensive play. John Bergman Tim McGuire Vincent Bisesi will take over this year’s team as coach. Interest ran high last year, and if a large number of boys go out for baseball again this year, it may stimulate the ball club, and fill in vitally needed re¬ placements. Bob Callis John Bob Hacker 38 AND THE SUNNY AFTERNOONS WHEN WE WATCHED THE BASEBALL TEAM The Martinsville High School track team, under the fine coaching of Keith Stapley, enjoyed a successful season. “Stape’s” ability to make boys give their best paid off with numerous victories, climaxed by win¬ ning the South Central Conference Meet. This was the first time a Martinsville team has ever won this important meet. The team had four consistent first place getters in Eph Goss, Johnie Anderson, Bob Shelburne, and Bob Callis. The team also had other boys who always came through with the other points which were needed. The highlights of the season were: The con¬ ference win with 41 points; the Muncie Re¬ lays, in which the team finished a close second in the Class B events; and in the Linton Relays a fifth place in team stand¬ ings. The first meet was with Seymour, which we won. Columbus edged us in a triangular meet with Greencastle. The team beat Brazil and Greencastle in the next meet. In the sectional we finished fifth be¬ hind Bloomington, Columbus, University, and Washington. In the State meet Eph Goss captured fifth place in the high jump. The team has some good prospects and should do well in the 1949 season. Row 1: Bob Shelburne, George Granholt Row 2: Bill Reynolds, Raymond Foster, Harold Dixon, Amos Hewitt Row 3: Tom Schnaiter, Bob Johnson, Bob Walters, Don Kennedy, Jim Bailey The Martinsville High School golf team, which was coached in the spring of 1948 by Burchard Horton, and in the fall by Keith Stapley, had a very impressive record. They won over University of Bloomington 11-4 last spring and this fall won over Colum¬ bus 9-3 and Seymour 11-4. The next meet was the conference. M.H.S. won this with a total of 331 strokes. The team also had the first low scores—Bob Callis with a 69 and John Bob Hacker with an 81. Bedford supplied the only defeat 9-3, but the team finished with victories over Franklin 7-5 and over Seymour 9 1 2 -5 1 2. The team’s members are Timmy McGuire, John Berg¬ man, John Bob Hacker, Bob Callis, Tom Kennedy, Harry Baugh, and Jack Perry. Enthusiasm in golf has increased greatly since its start again in 1945. There are many new members who are progressing rapidly, and golf should continue to be one of M.H.S.’s best sports. 39 REMEMBER, 1949 WAS THE FIRST YEAR M-MEN WERE ORGANIZED Jim Mitchner, Harry Baugh, Don See, Don Collier, Jack Montgomery, Bailey Davis, Bob Walters, Walter Bates, George Granholt, Marvin Williams, Hewitt Mills, Jack St. John, Bob Callis, Fred Miller, Amos Hewitt, Bill Reynolds, Tom Schnaiter, Bob Scott, Bob Curtis, Bob Johnson, Bill Kent, Bob Shelburne, Harold Dixon, David Cravens, John Clark, Jimmy West, Robert Payne, Bob Whitlow, Ralph James, Joe Adams, Tom Woods, Bill Neal, David Cook. The Lettermen’s Club is a new addition to the halls of Martinsville High School. Originated and sponsored by Coach Burch- ard “Tiny” Horton, it has rapidly taken its place in the school’s extra-curricular activ¬ ities. This new organization has as its officers: Fred Miller, president; Harold (Whif) Dixon, vice-president; David Crav¬ ens, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Horton felt the need of a club for boys whose common interest is sports. Elgibility for membership may be obtained by earning a letter in any one of the school’s major sports: Football, Basketball, Golf, Track, Baseball and Tennis. The club has as its purpose to “further athletics throughout the school.” This means that the club wishes to improve the school’s sportsmanship, school spirit, and interest in varsity sports. Plans have been made for organizing tennis and ping-pong teams. Lettermen have sold concessions at home ball games to finance their activities. They also assisted in usher¬ ing at basketball games. All the fellows contributed food articles to make up baskets for the needy families during the Holidays. The club also gave a banquet at the first of the year, financed by their sales project. Lettermen were also entertained by the Girls’ Athletic Association at a party in the old gym. The girls challenged the boys to a volley-ball game. The boys, by the way, won the tilt. In return the boys gave a banquet for the girls. The Lettermen’s Club emblem is an “M” with the word Lettermen under it. Pins of this design have been ordered for the club. There are two colors of pins, one red and blue and the other black on gold. There are 36 active members in the club. Because of the in¬ crease in activities and more in¬ terest aroused in different sports these members feel that this club has been and will continue to be a very worthwhile addition to Martinsville High School. 40 OUR RESERVE TEAMS HAD A GOOD REPUTATION TO LIVE UP TO The junior high boys have several good prospects for the future. They lost only one scheduled game this year out of ten. The freshmen were a hard fighting, courageous outfit, but lack of height took its toll. They succeeded in winning two out of the six scheduled games this year. The reserves will, if they keep working and keep their goal in mind, achieve that goal by their senior year. This team is com¬ posed largely of sophomores and when they were beaten, it was by small margins. JUNIOR HIGH YELL LEADERS Ronnie Cordell, Bet¬ sy Schnaiter, Serota Ferguson, Leroy Cook JUNIOR HIGH Row 1: Laverne Ryn- ard, Leroy Figg, Melvin Broadstreet, Johnnie Hacker, Frank Pauley, Amil Porter, Connie Warren. Row 2: Floyd Thompson, Kenneth Small, Ralph Skaggs, Jack Ennis, William Pottorff, Bob Sloan, John Lowry, Nicky James FRESHMEN Row 1: Dave Fair, Donald Bates, Earl Mc¬ Kee, Richard Curtis, Bill Patton, Bill Thomas. Row 2: Wayne Abbott, Richard Coffey, Bob Arnold, Charles In¬ man, Richard Flynn, James Anderson. Row 3: Merrill Cox, Coach RESERVES Row 1: Norman Thomas, Marvin Wil¬ liams, Bill Kent, Stu¬ dent Manager, Richard Flynn, Charles Inman. Row 2: Jim Mitchner, Bill Neal, Bob Whitlow, Walter Bates, Hewitt Mills, Jack Cragen, Bob Arnold. Row 3: Max Cain, Hoyt Rhorer, Jim West, Joe Adams, Jun¬ ior Long, Bob Walters, Tom Woods. Row 4: Vincent Bisesi, Coach 41 HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER THE CLUBS, COUNCILS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AT MHS ACTIVITIES . . . Clubs, councils, dances, parties, plays, and musical groups —all of these were our activities. They were the things that put the zing in school life . . . the personality rounders. There was a place for boys and girls of every personality type and individual taste. It was through these extra-curricular doings that we learned to know both our fellow students and our teachers better. We knew the satisfaction of completing projects as a co-operative group . . . the thrill of at last attaining some goal our pet organization had hoped for all year. Our activities gave us an outlet for our own particular talent, and through them we could exercise our desires to create or to cultivate something worthwhile and lasting . . . They gave us an opportunity to serve our school in more than just the academic sense. We are sure that in years to come the pleasure we received from our activi¬ ties will stand out in bold face type in our minds . . . too, we know that we shall be grateful for the experience we gained by working together. 42 Ljy? 1 m (H 1 I 1 1 ' -31 V r ' - iflfl ♦• TO| - ; - ■- i - £ THE ORCHESTRA FURNISHED US WITH OUR OWN HOURS OF CHARM Violins: Susie Pitkin, Joan Fleener, Martha Bastin, Mary Ellen Hammans, Sidney Williams, Sue Branch, Peggy Hacker, Karla Alexander, Laura Ann Record, Betsy Schnaiter, Ronnie Clark. Bassoon: Mary Mosier. Saxophone: Jack Moore. Oboe: Roseanne Walters. Flutes: Don Traub, Delores Max¬ well, Maureen Sweet. Pianists: Donna Jo Neal, Lois Schnaiter. Drums: Johnny Dixon, George Gran- holt. Clarinets: Don Fishel, Eva Elliott, Carolyn Godsey, Marvin Williams, Don See. The high school orchestra offers to stu¬ dents an opportunity to become acquainted with, and to cultivate a lasting apprecia¬ tion for, worthy music. The orchestra music includes classical and semi-classical selec¬ tions, including quite a bit of popular music. This year the string orchestra with twenty-four members met three days with Mrs. Katherine St. John directing, and full orchestra containing fifty members direct¬ ed by Aden K. Long met two days a week. Public appearances of the orchestra in¬ cluded junior and senior class plays, spring concert, and concerts for junior and senior high assemblies. The orchestra finished the year’s work by playing the music for com¬ mencement. Soloists for the concert season were Alice Branch, cellist; Suzanne Pitkin, violinist; and Wanda Ratts, cornet. Each was featured on the spring concert in April. On April 9 and 10 the orchestra was host to an orchestra festival representing six schools, Connersville, Martinsville, Shelbv- ville, Southport, University School of Bloomington, and Warren Central of In¬ dianapolis. Each school sent about 16 of their best personnel for a massed orchestra of 100 pieces. Rehearsals and a party were held on Saturday and a concert was given on Sunday afternoon. Conductors of the orchestra were the directors from the par¬ ticipating schools. This festival, inaugu¬ rated by the Martinsville orchestra, will probably be continued each year by each of the participating schools in rotation. The spring of 1948 found the orchestra winning a second place in the state class BB orchestra contest held at Greencastle. Members of the 1948 orchestra winning first divisions at the state contest were Imo- gene Maxwell, Don Traub, Alice Branch, Janis Duckworth, Bill Record, Eva Elliott, Carol Coleman, Pat McDaniel, and Robert Walters. Officers of the orchestra are: Suzanne Pitkin, president; Joan Fleener, vice-presi¬ dent; Mary Ellen Hammans, secretary; Louise Schnaiter, treasurer; and Donna Jo Neal, librarian. 44 WHILE MADRIGAL’S LIVELINESS PEPPED US UP Violas: Rosalie Buchanan, Shirley Walters, Shirley Goss. Cellos: Alice Branch, Louise Schnaiter, Julia Butler, Martha Meadows, Myrna Ann Reynolds. Saxophones: Pat McDaniel, Amos Hewitt, Marilyn McDaniel, Bob Walters, Carol Gray. Cornets: Wanda Ratts, Jack Montgomery, John Adams. French Horns: David Pearcy, Patty Carmichael, Nita Meadows. Trombone: Jack St. John. Bass Horn: Bill Record. Bass Violins: Lucy Collier, Nancy Dickens, Janis Duckworth. The Madrigal Group, a mixed vocal en¬ semble under the direction of Aden K. Long, is composed of eight members. These mem¬ bers are selected from the Mixed Chorus through tryouts. The members for this year are Nancy Hyatt, Nancy Dickens, soprano; Eva Elliott, Clara Van Sickle (replaced by Louise Schnaiter), alto; Zane Knoy, Donald Traub, tenor; Don¬ ald Green and Jack St. John, bass. The repertoire of the Madrigal Group consists of Negro spirit¬ uals, madrigals, novelty numbers and folk ballads. Last year this group performed for various activities and clubs. They also participated in the District Con¬ test that was held in Blooming¬ ton where they were awarded a First Division rating. In the State Contest that was held in Terre Haute, they received a Second Division rating. They also sang a special number for the Choral Festival in the Indiana University Auditorium in Bloomington. This year the Madrigal participated in the All-State Chorus which was held during the State Teachers’ Association meeting and took part in the Choral Festival at Bedford. They performed for the Senior English class for which they sang a Shakespearian num¬ ber, appeared on the Christmas program that was given by the Chorus, participated in the spring contest and concerts, and sang for several community functions. Donald Traub, Zane Knoy, Jack St. John, Don Green, Clara Van Sickle, Eva Elliott, Nancy Hyatt, Nancy Dickens. 45 REMEMBER HOW EVERYONE PATTED HIS FOOT AS THE BAND PLAYED Section 1—Row 1: Nita Meadows, Patty Carmichael, David Pearcy, Alvin Eerry. Row 2: Billy Long, Bob Shelburne, Jack St. John, Kippy Schnaiter. Row 3: Bill Record, Zane Knoy, John Badger, Jerry Holmes. Section 2—Row 1: Keith Sichting, Mary Joan Anderson, Harriet Gregory, Marilyn Schnaiter. Row 2: Don Collier, Lowell Burkhart, Billy Vandagrifft, Bill Slagle. Section 3—Row 1: Marilyn Telfer, Maureen Sweet, Delores Maxwell, Roseanne Walters. Row 2: Mary Mosier, Jack Moore, Don Traub. Section 4—Row 1: Shirley Thomas, Freddy Wampler, Norman Marshall, Wayne Boring. Row 2: Wanda Ratts, Bar¬ bara Byram, Kenneth Dalton, Mickey Clarisey. Row 3: John Adams, Jack Montgomery, Merrill Maxwell. Section 5—Row 1: Johnnie Dixon, Doris Lowder, Jay Ayers, George Granholt. Section 6—Row 1: Don Fishel, Eva Elliott, Carolyn Godsey, Marvin Williams, Don See, Patsy Ayers, Anna Ruth Bastin. Row 2: Dee Cramer, Beverly Ewing, Pat Ennis, Julia Costin, Edith Burkhart, Sally Schnaiter, Dee Terrell. Row 3: Donna Cramer, Barbara Shuler, Wanda Miller, Donna Sue Daggy, Mike Curtis, J. K. Daily, Richard Bray, Danny Myers. Section 7—Row 1: Tom Cramer, Bob Walters, Carol Gray, Amos Hewitt, Marilyn McDaniel, Pat McDaniel. The band, under the direction of Aden K. Long, is one of the important parts of the school’s organization. It is composed of seventy members from the Senior and Junior High School. Organization has been on a military basis with Don Fishel, a sen¬ ior, as top sergeant, and Eva Elliott, Wanda Ratts, Bob Shelburne, Amos Hewitt, George Granholt, Dee Cramer, and Jack St. John as sergeants. The band plays at all home ball games, which gives a boost to our cheering section. The band performed with marching forma¬ tions at the football games with Roseanne Walters as drum majorette and Patsy Ayers, Pat ii’nnis, and Marilyn Schnaiter as twirling majorettes. However, the band is primarily a concert group, with instru¬ mentation on the symphonic band type. Concerts are given for the public. The band was asked to play for the State Convention of the Indiana Music Ed¬ ucators Association in Indianapolis in January. The concert was well received and the educators sent many congratula¬ tory messages. In the spring of 1948 the band was given a first division rating in the District contest at Greencastle. 46 OUR CHORUSES WERE ALWAYS READY TO HELP WITH PROGRAMS The Junior High Boys’ Glee Club was organized by Mrs. Marian Rice in the fall of 1948. This group consists of twenty-four boys from the seventh and eighth grades. The purpose of the club is to promote and develop better singing among boys of junior high age. Besides singing for their own enjoyment, the boys have sung on several auditorium programs and at various club meetings. The officers are: President, Sidney Wil¬ liams; Vice-president, Birch Smith; Secre¬ tary-treasurer, J. K. Daily; Reporter, Dee Terrell; and Librarian, Max Smith. The Mixed Chorus, directed by Aden K. Long, is composed of high school students interested in studying choral music for public performance. Officers for the year were: President, Amos Hewitt; Vice-presi¬ dent, Mickey Clarisey; Secretary-treasurer, Clara Van Sickle. Accompanists were Don Traub and Nita Meadows. Projects for the year included a Christ¬ mas program and a Winter Review. In the spring the chorus attended the choral festival at Bedford. Also, in collaboration with the orchestra, a spring concert was presented for the public. Top Picture—Row 1: Jack Guinn, Mike Curtis, Elmer Reynolds, Junior Telfer, Tommy Hine, John Slaven, Larry Wininger, William Elliott, Larry Mosier, Irvin Hart, Max Smith. Row 2: J. K. Daily, Crone Knoy, Kippy Schnaiter. Birch Smith, Frank Woods, Keith Sichting, Sidney Williams, Dee Terrell, James Geotcheus, Wayne Boring, Bill Kniesly, Frank Pauley. Lower Picture—Row 1: Patty Carmichael, Nita Meadows, Carol Gray, Joan Hite, Shirley Thomas, Wanda Ratts, Pat Beaver, Alice Rose Moore, Waneta Maxwell, Eva Elliott, Betty Gormon, Delores Maxwell, Emma Ruth Loftin, Joan Fleener, Jean Hine, Barbara Martin. Row 2: Doris Lowder, Jane Barnard, Nancy Hyatt, Nancy Dickens, Suzie Hadley, Susie Pitkin, Pat Magee, Tim McGuire, Bill Hadley, Mickey Clarisey, Johnny Dixon, Maurine Sweet, Anna Bastin, Louise Schnaiter, Clara Van Sickle, Janis Duckworth. Row 3: Jack Baker, Amos Hewitt, Tom Schnaiter, Bob Shelburne, John Adams, Fred Waycott, Don Traub, Don See, Bill Long, Bob Curtis, Jack Moore. Director: Aden Long. Row 1: Myron Foley, Jerry Holmes, John Bob Hacker, Morton Lane Row 2: Johnny Dixon, Mickey Clarisey, Don Fishel, Carolyn Godsey, Carol Gray, Gracie Adkins, Joan Hite, Jack St. John, Richard Coffey Row 3: Fred Miller, Jim Richards, David Cravens, Don Traub, Bob Whitlow, Walter Bates, Tom Schnaiter, Mr. Kniesly The Student Council was reorganized at MHS in the spring of 1945, because, ac¬ cording to the preamble of the Student Council constitution, students and faculty believed “that MHS needed an organization to encourage student government and good citizenship.” The purpose of the Student Council is to create more and better student-faculty re¬ lationships, and to give students practice in governing themselves. It aids in organ¬ izing school functions and by these means creates a greater feeling of loyalty among students. It can assume as many student responsibilities as it will and can perform a great service for the student body. There are many opportunities for a Student Council to take an important role in the organization of a school. Some of its opportunities are helping to keep the school and its grounds attractive, the organiza¬ tion of noon-hour activities, and the award¬ ing of medals on class day. Again this year the Student Council conducted the election of class officers, election and training of yell-leaders, oper¬ ated the coke machine, and took charge of concessions at senior high basketball games and distributed the profits among the dif¬ ferent school organizations. In addition it prepared a school handbook, the Red-and- Blue, which gives much valuable informa¬ tion about our school. This handbook will be distributed to new students each year. The Council also bought and operated a new popcorn machine this year. Members of the council have fine oppor¬ tunities to advance leadership by leading the home rooms they represent in discus¬ sions on school problems and how they can be solved. The officers this year were: President, John Bob Hacker, senior; Vice- president, Jimmy Richards, sophomore; Secretary, Tom Schnaiter, senior; Treas¬ urer, Jack St. John, junior. Serving as faculty sponsor was Mr. Kniesly. 48 THE GIRLS’ EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND STUDENT COUNCIL RULED THE ROOST In 1940 the Girls’ Executive Council was organized by Miss Myngle Dorsett. This council was to be the governing body of the Girls’ League, which is an organization of all girls in Senior High School. Each of the three girls’ clubs, Sunshine, Future Homemakers, and G.A.A., is represented on the Executive Council by its president and vice president, and the unorganized and freshman girls are also represented. The council’s projects this year included buying of a large clock for the girls’ gym and the increasing of a previous fund for a piano to be given to the school. In co¬ operation with the principal and the Dean of Girls, Mrs. Helen Davis, the Executive Council devised a system for checking lockers. This was made necessary by the number of lost articles all over the school. Using the home nursing room as head¬ quarters, one girl from the council checked lockers each period of the day and at noon. The fines collected were used to repair locks and lockers. On Friday, April 1, the council attended the Hi-Y district convention, which was held here, as guests of the M. H. S. Hi-Y. A pitch-in supper for the council and club sponsors ended the activities of the 1948-49 Executive Council. Miss Marie Underwood sponsored both the League and Executive Council. Mem¬ bers of the council were: Jane Barnard, Pat Beaver, and Carolyn Godsey, officers of the Girls’ League; Nancy Hyatt and Waneta Maxwell, Sunshine officers; Bette Denny and Ramona Creed, G.A.A. officers; Mary Lou Bales and Mary Jean Adams, from the Future Homemakers; Carol Gray represent¬ ing the freshmen girls; and Phyllis John¬ son, representing the unorganized girls. Standing: Jane Barnard, Miss Underwood, Mary Louise Bales Seated—Row 1: Pat Beaver, Bette Denny, Ramona Creed. Row 2: Waneta Maxwell, Carolyn Godsey, Phyllis Johnson, Carol Gray. Row 3: Mary Jean Adams, Nancy Hyatt 49 SUNSHINE GIRLS SERVED WITH The Sunshine Society is a club for sophomore, junior, and senior girls. Our new members were initiated in a beautiful candlelight service held at the home of Suzie Pitkin. It was followed by a tea to welcome the new girls. Sunshine gave a basket of food and a box of clothing to a needy family at Christmas. Our money making projects were selling greeting cards, candles, and napkins, and concessions at ball games. A tea for Sunshine mothers was held in February at the home of Nancy Hyatt. An important tradition in Sunshine Society is the custom of choosing Ideal Ladies. Each girl chooses someone she admires greatly to be her Ideal Lady. All year she corresponds and exchanges gifts with this lady through the Ideal Lady Committee. At the close of the year a tea is held and the Ideal Ladies discover the identity of their Sunshine Girls. Row 1: Dickens, Pit¬ kin, S. Kivett, S. Thomas, Lowder, Bar¬ nard, Abbott, Ham¬ mons, E. Bowers Row 2: Martin, Bar¬ bara Byram, Fowler, Baker, Beaver, Hine, Schoolcraft, B. Bates Row 3: E. Kivett, Horton, Pearcy, A. Bowers, Beverly Byram, Lemons, Maxwell, Branch Row 1: Ayres, Hens¬ ley, Bolin, Eennett, Cox, Quakenbush, B. Poppino Row 2: Schnaiter, Gregory, Oliver, Voris, Elliott, J. Poppino, A. Bates Row 3: Kent, Ander¬ son, Godsey, Van Win¬ kle, Snyder, Whitaker, Cherry Row 1: Fleener, Cas- cian, Carlein, Miller, Kinder, Costin, Griffin, B. Thomas, Cramer Row 2: Hite, Croy, McDaniel, Clark, Bar¬ ger, Walters, Ratts, Hadley, Magee Row 3: Hyatt, Duck¬ worth, Hudson, Swish¬ er, Mosier, Van Sickle, Throckmorton, Bu¬ chanan 50 “LOVE IN THEIR HEARTS AND WITH CHARITY FOR ALL” Informal initiation was held at the city park in September. After the picnic the initiates had to go through their antics on the public square. Sunshine officers were, from left to right: Arlene Bowers, treas¬ urer; Ina Beryl Pearcy, corresponding secre¬ tary; Mrs. Jarrett, spon¬ sor; Wanda Lowder, re¬ cording secretary, Nan¬ cy Hyatt, president; Waneta Maxwell, vice- president. It was pretty chilly at the informal initiation so everyone huddled close to the fireplace in the shelter house. We toasted wieners and marshmallows in the fire. 51 THE FUTURE HOMEMAKERS WORKED ON Our formal initiation was held in the sewing lab, our clubroom. Our informal initiation was quite different from the picture above. Initiates had to wear crazy outfits, smeared faces, and also had to go through an obstacle course. The Martinsville Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America has been affiliated with the state and national organization since September, 1937. The purpose of the club is to encourage an appreciation of the joys and satisfactions of homemaking, to develop creative leadership in home and community life, to provide wholesome in¬ dividual and group recreation, and further the interests in Home Economics. The emblem of the club symbolizes the future homes in the hands of its youth, while the motto, “Toward New Horizons” ex¬ presses the aim of the organization—learn¬ ing to live better today in order that our lives and those of our families may be better tomorrow. The distinguishing colors of the Future Homemakers are red and white, symbolic of youth and purity. Eighteen new girls were initiated into the club in September by a very impressive candlelight service, bringing the club mem¬ bership up to 38. The girls receive recog¬ nition through their service to the club by a point system. An annual Christmas tea is given each year honoring members of the faculty and all students in the Home Economics De¬ partment. Julia Butler, ’50, arranged the centerpiece, mistletoe in a gilded gnarled tree branch, for the tea table. The club room was attractively decorated with pine branches tied with red ribbon and sprays of mistletoe, while a beautifully lighted Christmas tree was in the background. The girls collect and distribute food, clothing, and toys to needy families during Christmas week. Participating in conces¬ sion s at ball games and selling home made candy adds to the treasury fund. Enter¬ taining the senior girls, and the Future 52 “TOWARD NEW HORIZONS 1 ’ Farmers’ parties are highlights of each year. This year for the first time fifteen girls have qualified for a Junior Home¬ maker degree and the chapter is striving to become an honor chapter. The fall district meeting was held at Spring Mill Park and our club was repre¬ sented by Mrs. Hochstetler, Mrs. Davis, Mary Bales, Ruth Long, Julia Butler, and Moyne Dunagan. The Martinsville Chap¬ ter acted as hostesses to the district spring meeting, March 12. Mary Lou Flake, corresponding secretary; Mary Louise Bales, president; Dorothy Champlin, historian; Betty O’Neal, treasurer; Lou Bunton, parliamentarian; Ramona Creed, reporter; Virginia Burns, secretary; Mary Jean Adams, vice-president; Mrs. Davis, sponsor. Row 1: Joan Stewart, Lou Bunton, Peggy Daggy, Mary Lou Flake, Delta Murphy, Betty Stevens, Geneva Taylor, Phyllis Jackson, Mrs. Davis. Row 2: Peggy Lane, Rose¬ mary Bales, Wilma Keith, Audrey Pearson, Annie Long, Martha Plummer, Mary Helen Scherer, Virginia Hovious, Pat Marion, Minnie Ennis. Row 3: Virginia Burns, Sara Kelso, Phyllis Krise, Betty Hacker, Julia Butler, Ramona Creed, Janet Gibson, Dorothy Neal, Judy Kivett. Row 4: Betty O’Neal, Mary Louise Bales, Mary Jean Adams, Moyne Jean Dunagan, Jane Brock, Joan Collier, Dorothy Champlin, Berniece Jensen, Clyta Cole. 53 THE G.A.A. KEPT FIT AS A FIDDLE Miss Stalcup, sponsor; Helen Shields, treasurer; Bette Denney, president; Patsy Ayres, secretary; Ramona Creed, vice president Under Miss Stalcup’s sponsorship, the G. A. A. started its 1948-49 season. New members were required to earn 30 points before they were initiated into the club. There are awards for the points earned. These points are earned by participating in organized and unorganized activities during six-weeks periods. A member may earn ten points for organized sports and five points for each unorganized sport; not more than 25 points may be earned in six weeks unless the member passes a skills test. The organized activities this year have been speedball, tennis, archery, basketball, badminton, bowling, volleyball, and soft- ball. Among the unorganized activities are hiking, ping pong, skating, and horseback. When a member earns 150 points she re¬ ceives her class numerals; 250 points, a sweater and letter; and for 350 points, in¬ cluding a certain number of skills tests, she is awarded a plaque by the State G.A.A. This fall the State G. A. A. Camp was held at Pokagon State Park. Three girls from each school were sent. Those repre¬ senting Martinsville were Beverly Byram, Arlene Bowers, and Ramona Creed. They were chosen according to the number of points they had. This year’s officers were: President, Bette Denney; Vice President, Ramona Creed; Secretary, Patsy Ayres; Treasurer, Helen Shields; and Reporter, Jan Horton. The G. A. A. entertained the Lettermen’s Club with a party the first semester. Volleyball, basketball, and a show by the G. A. A. mem¬ bers were enjoyed by all. The Lettermen’s Club gave the G. A. A. a wonderful dinner for their party for the second semester. We played our annual basketball game Thursday, February 17, in the new gym be¬ tween the Freshmen-Seniors and the Soph¬ omores-Juniors. After an overtime was called, the Seniors won by a 24-22 score. The leading scorer was Barbara Miller, a sophomore, with eight points, followed by 54 BY THEIR BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS Beverly Byram, a senior, with seven points. Virginia Vawter, a freshman, who scored the winning goal, and Ruth Cohen, each got six points. The referees were Marilyn Asher and Barbara Baker. This game was played for the benefit of the Artesian Herald and G. A. A. A dime was charged for admission. For the Girls’ League program, G. A. A. replayed the World Series. Ruth Cohen wrote and read the script. The club was divided into two groups representing the two teams in the series. Each of those groups was divided into sections so they could steal a base or do something on that line. During the program, a group of girls who had been to G. A. A. camp sang some of the G. A. A. songs. Top: G.A.A. Went “Big League” for Girls’ League With a Baseball (?) Program Row 1: Charlene Stiles, Phyllis Steinway, Julian Costin, Delores Maxwell, Bette Den¬ ney, Ruth Cohen, Mary Ellen Hammans, Phyllis Vogus Row 2: Annie Long, Patsy Ayres, Hazel Cole, Arlene Bowers, Shirley Goss, Wilma Fisher, Jackie Selburg, Sally Schnaiter, Peggy Hacker, Betty Pearson, Diane Oliver Row 3: Jan Horton, Maxine Littell, Ramona Creed, Joan Stewart, Dorothy Ferguson, Pat Bolin, Marilyn Bennett, Barbara Hensley, Sally Stapley, Helen Shields Row 4: Georgia McFarland, Dorothy Hovious, Marilyn Schnaiter, Mary Jean Warren, Shirley Walters, Marilyn Asher, Pat Burleigh, Virginia Vawter, Barbara Byram, Betty Fowler Row 5: Beverly Byram, Pat Ennis, Mary Joan Anderson, Clara Van Sickle, Janet Troutman, Barbara Garrison, Janice Garrison, Phyllis Krise, Barbara Baker, Marlene Lemons 55 THE RUSH TO THE HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.” There is both truth and fallacy in this old proverb. Modern knowl¬ edge of nutrition has brought to light the importance of diet in the building of sound health. Children are being taught the “Balanced Way” to eat, in every year of their school life. For another year the High School Cafeteria has provided the food for balanced meals for teachers and students. On the opening day of school, September 1, the cafeteria started its service to the faculty and student body. During the first semester 28,799 meals were served. This included help and janitors. Miss Opal Gray operated the cash regis¬ ter and assisted with banquet service and sectional tournament. When Hochstetler checked lunch tickets. Louise Skaggs and Nora Murphy had charge of the prepara¬ tion of food this year. Flossie Stroud was assistant cook. Mrs. Evelyn and Winnie Pearcy were substitute cooks. Members of the 1948-1949 class were Carolyn Edwards, Loretta Etichson, Helen Glover, Phyllis Jackson, Phyllis Long, Mary Mason, Ernestine Whitesell, Janie Lou Es¬ tes, and Patience Keever. Phyllis Jackson had charge of the candy counter during the second semester. Flossie Stroud as¬ sisted at the candy counter all during the year. Miss Gray, Geneva Taylor, Caroline Edwards, Phyllis Jackson, Phyllis Long, Helen Glover, Ernestine Whitesell, Connie Quakenbush, Mary Mason, Mrs. Hochstetler, Don Traub, Maurice Foster, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Stroud, Mrs. Skaggs, Mrs. Murphy Extra activities of the Foods Department during the 1948-1949 school year were Mor¬ gan County Adult Home Economics Clubs luncheon in October, Department Club and High School Faculty luncheon on Jan¬ uary 14, Sectional Tournament February 25, 26, District Future Homemakers lunch¬ eon on March 12, District Hi-Y luncheon April 1, State Secretaries banquet April 30 and College day luncheon on February 2. The foods laboratory, dining room and kitchenette were all redecorated during the Christmas vacation. A new electric coffee maker was purchased for the cafeteria. A dressing table and mirror were added to the girls’ dressing room. The cafeteria is a self supporting unit of the school and it also supports the Home Economics department. The cafeteria has been in constant operation since its open¬ ing in the fall of 1923. The cafeteria has outgrown its present location. Plans for enlargement are under way. Sixteen salespeople call in this depart¬ ment regularly. Buying alone requires much time. Vouchers are made for the payment of bills. Checks are written by Cleo McDaniel, who has charge of all activ¬ ities funds of the school. Myra Hochstetler is manager of the cafe¬ teria and instructor in Junior and Senior high school foods classes. 56 Mrs. Stroud and Mrs. Skaggs were two of the people behind the cafe¬ teria’s tempting food. Here, we caught them taking up hamburgers and other delicacies for the noon meal. The sandwich line was popular because you could get a good lunch quickly. CAFETERIA The rush was on at the steam table as stu¬ dents in the cafeteria class dished out food to hungry students and teachers. DRAMATICS CLUB LOVED THAT SMELL OF GREASE PAINT . . .AND The Dramatics Club is an organization for both girls and boys of all classes. En¬ trance into the club is by tryouts and questionnaires. One of the goals of every member of the Dramatics Club is to gain admittance to the Thespian Club. This club is a mem¬ ber of the National Thespian Society, an organization designed for the purpose of improving the dramatics in the high schools. We have approximately twenty Thespian members in our club. At Drama Night, two one-act plays and one two-act play were given. A full crew for each play was chosen by the student directors. In this way, all of the students gained experience in working in the the¬ atre. Row 1: Phil Dunn, Wanda Ratts, Wilma Fisher, Virginia Vawter, Mary Ellen Ham¬ mons, Joan Fleener, Joan Hite, Carol Gray, Johnny Dixon Row 2: John Adams, Waneta Maxwell, Bob Crone, Sally Kivett, Billy Long, Frances Esteb, Marilyn Asher, Harry Baugh Row 3: Miss Epley, Emma Ruth Loftin, Mary Swinney, Chester Fleener, Clara Van Sickle, Pat Beaver, Helen Shields, Mickey Clarisey, Janis Duckworth Row 4: Don Kennedy, Barbara Garrison, Bob Curtis, Jean Hine, Bill Powell, Bob Johnson, Jack Baker, Alice Rose Moore, Zane Knoy 58 THEIR YOUNGER TWIN HAD FOOTLIGHT FEVER Row 1: Irvin Hart, Donna Smith, Marilyn Telfer, Phyllis Hamilton, Jean Coffman, Jerry Hine Row 2: Ronnie Cordell, Nicky James, Julia Dilley, Tommy Hine, J. K. Daily, Barbara Bates, Serota Ferguson, Larry Potter Row 3: Birch Smith, Peggy Carr, Janet Davis, Barbara Stiles, Marilynn McDaniel, Mary Jo Stout, Kay Pearson, Danny Myers Row 4: Joan Anderson, Shirley Stump, Keith Sichting, Dee Terrell, Leroy Cook, Jenn¬ ifer Hamm, Donna Cramer, Janet Cherry This is the second year for the Junior High Drama-Tic Club. It was organized to encourage speaking and acting abilities. Membership is limited to thirty and is open only to eighth grade students. There were thirteen boys and seventeen girls who be¬ came members this year. The first meet¬ ing was the election of officers. Those elected were: Dee Terrell, president; Keith Sichting, vice-president; Mary Jo Stout, secretary; and Marilynn McDaniel, treas¬ urer. Three one-act plays and two pantomimes were presented during the year. “Billy’s Coming” was presented as a Junior High auditorium program in February. “The Case of the Easter Bonnet” was given to the seventh grade the last week of Febru¬ ary. “Out of this World” was given the first week of March and proved to suit the students’ wants as an hilarious play. The plays were student directed and produced. Miss Marshall was our sponsor. “Billy’s Coming” Ross Reynolds...._..Keith Sichting Etta Reynolds....Donna Cramer Violet.Janet Davis Joanne.Kay Pearson Joe.Dee Terrell Lopear.Jerry Hine Detective.Irvin Hart “The Case of the Easter Bonnet” Mrs. Fairchild.......Marilynn McDaniel Scotty Fairchild...Marilyn Telfer Kitty Fairchild....Joan Anderson Junior Fairchild...Norman Potter Taffy Parker..Shirley Stump Policeman...Danny Myers “Out of This World” Mrs. Sayers... .Barbara Stiles June.Phyllis Hamilton Jill.Donna Jo Neal Lydia...Julia Dilley Cleve Norcrots.Ronnie Cordell Bill Barnes.Tommy Hines The Club met every other Tuesday of the month to discuss various problems and to practice on plays. The Club planned a very interesting minstrel play that was given to the public. Several eighth grade students, not members of the club, gave special num¬ bers between acts. By selling concessions at Junior High basketball games and by giving plays for the public, the club was able to buy a very nice make-up kit. The last day of school, all of the members en¬ joyed a picnic at the State Forestry. 59 Hl-Y WORKED FOR THE TRADITIONAL “CLEAN SPEECH In its 19th consecutive year, the Martinsville High School Hi-Y Club continued its impressive record. Fifteen new mem- bers were formally initiated into the club. These boys were all of good character and were from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. All of these boys took the pledge to uphold our purpose: “To create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character,” and our platform: “Clean speech, clean sports, clean scholar¬ ship, and clean living.” Since 1935 the club has been affiliated with the State and National Y. M. C. A. This affiliation gives us the privilege of any Y. M. C. A. anywhere. Zane Knoy, president; Jack St. John, vice-president; Amos Hewitt, secretary; David Cravens, sergeant-at-arms; Harold Dixon, treasurer; Mr. Baker, sponsor Row 1: John Adams, Don Fishel, Jack St. John, Forrest Brummett, Fred Waycott, Jim Mitchner, John Bergman, Harold Dixon Row 2: John Bob Hacker, Bill Reynolds, Bob Walters, Jim Anderson, Mickey Clarisey, Tom James, Park Smith, John Clark Row 3: Mr. Baker, Frank Cramer, Max Kivett, Bailey Davis, Norman Thomas, Amos Hewitt, Bob Shelburne, Tom Schnaiter Row 4: Bob Johnson, Don Kennedy, Walter Bates, Jack Perry, Jim Williams, David Cravens, Bob Callis, Zane Knoy 60 CLEAN SPORTS, CLEAN SCHOLARSHIP, CLEAN LIVING” Top: This was a picture record of Hi-Y initiation; however, we admit it looked a little sinister. Bottom: Jim Mitchner, Tom James, Don Kennedy, Park Smith, and Jack Hickman are shown masked during one part of the ceremony. The social activities of the year included a ham dinner and the annual spring picnic. The service activities were the T. B. Seal benefit basketball game with the F.F.A. which we won (receipts approximately $75), the annual purchase of a $50 savings bond for the club’s scholarship fund, the presentation of a trophy to the senior who had shown outstanding sportsmanship during the basketball season, and a gift to the school. Last year’s gift, two clocks for the gymnasium, were mounted on tri¬ angular boards and equipped with lights. Mr. Baker, Bob Callis, Mickey Clarisey, Amos Hewitt, Bailey Davis, and Zane Knoy attended the Fall District Hi-Y Conference held at Columbus High School in the first week of November. The theme of this con¬ ference was “Now is the Hour,” which was broken down into three discussion groups. The Martinsville group led an open forum on Hi-Y Problems in the evening session. An invitation was extended to hold the spring District X Conference in Martins¬ ville. Zane Knoy and Mr. Baker, who are presi¬ dent and adviser of District X, attended a joint meeting of the Hi-Y advisers and State Hi-Y Council on Saturday, January 22. At this meeting the date for the spring district conference was set for Friday, April 1. Also the theme of the conference was chosen, “It’s Your Life.” This subject was broken down for group discussion with sub- topics as follows: Choosing a Vocation, Responsibilities to Self, and Christian Call¬ ings. The Girls’ Executive Council was in¬ vited to this conference in order to make visiting Tri-Hi-Y girls more at ease. 61 WHILE F. F. A. “LEARNED TO The Martinsville Chapter of Future Farmers is a part of the national organization which includes forty-seven of the forty-eight states and Hawaii and Puerto Rico, including 260,- 000 members. The Martinsville Chapter was organized in 1936 with thirteen charter members and Virgil Telfer as chap¬ ter adviser. During the period from 1936 until 1948 fourteen boys have received the State Farmer award. One boy was honored to receive the highest award given, The American Farmer Degree. During the summer the chapter took a trip to Chicago. A year ago last summer, the members traveled to St. Louis, Mis¬ souri, for a three-day trip. They visited many interesting places. Two years ago the members went to Cincinnati where Lowell Burkhart, secretary; Merrill Maxwell, treasurer; John Sichting, corresponding- secretary; Pat Wagaman, reporter; Virgil Telfer, adviser; Bob Kitchen, president; Bob Crone, vice-president; Richard Hinds, sentinel Row 1: John Sichting, Richard Hinds, Merrill Maxwell, Bob Kitchen, Virgil Telfer, Bob Crone, Lowell Burkhart, Pat Wagaman Row 2: Don Coffey, Billy Pauley, George Ennis, Kenneth Lebo, Thomas Cramer, Duane O’Neal, Eldo Denney, Jackie O’Neal, John Flake Row 3: Earl Messmer, George Wells, Marvin Skiles, John Hine, Richard Cunningham, Morton Lane, David Wylie, Robert McKinney, Fred Avery Row 4: Myron Foley, Dan Cramer, Merrill Adams, Joe Baker, Robert Lowry, Jimmy West, Jim Cragen, John Burns, Joe Adams 62 DO . . . AND LIVED TO SERVE” John Hine taking his turn caring for the Duroc gilt belonging to the F.F.A. . . . Jim West testing out an orchard sprayer . . . Morton Lane pretending to be an experienced equestrian. Jim Cragen making an appeal to his Hampshire . . . David Wylie and Earl Messmer testing milk-dairy herd improvement work they spent three days and visited many in¬ teresting places, among them Coney Island. The trip for this year has not been de¬ cided upon. We held six regular meetings this year. They were two summer meet¬ ings, parent talent night, girl friend party, and mother and son banquet. The local chapter is divided into two teams with Richard Hinds and Bob Crone as captains. Points are allowed to each member for various chapter activities. At the end of the year the points are totaled and the losing team provides a pay-off supper for the winners. The Martinsville chapter represented the Future Farmers of Indiana at the State Fair last fall. The boys taking part were Bob Kitchen, Bob Crone, Richard Hinds, and Lowell Burkhart. Robert Kitchen and Merrill Maxwell received the highest de¬ gree the state can bestow upon them, the Hoosier Farmer Degree; we have two more . Billy Pauley harvesting his hay. candidates this year, Robert Crone and Lowell Burkhart. Each year the chapter presents a pro¬ gram to the senior high students. This year the program committee staged a farm livestock and pet show. The publicity com¬ mittee staged an educational and promo¬ tional program for the junior high on Feb¬ ruary 24. Another project was the F.F.A.- Hi-Y benefit basketball game for the T. B. Christmas seal drive. The very success of an F.F.A. chapter depends on the scope of each member’s supervised farm practice projects. The members are averaging over five projects on each of their farms. These projects are conducted on livestock, supervised for twelve months out of the year. Over half of the members have some ownership in their home projects and some have full ownership. 63 THE PRINT SHOP AND HOW WELL WE ALL REMEMBER Printing was originated about fifty years before the discovery of America. It began from a little known art and grew to one of the world’s leading industries. The original idea of Gutenburg, a German, was to re¬ product books and manuscripts. He im¬ agined, in the invention of printing, the fine arts of the early authors could be re¬ produced at a low cost. In this way the knowledge and work of these men would cover the world. As you look around, evi¬ dence of the printing industry is all about you. Many people are dependent upon printing. It is their living. It is your knowledge and it is a guide to your actions. lationship of shop work to general educa¬ tion. The Print Shop is part of our Industrial Arts and Vocational Education program in Martinsville High School. It is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Printing is one of the areas of the general shop pro¬ gram. The objectives of the shop program are to develop the mind, hand skill, appre¬ ciation for the working man, getting along with your fellow workers and a means of making a living after graduation. The printshop offers to the students who are interested in the graphic arts a fine ex¬ perience in job printing. The students have i 1 1 ,1 : : WUL Bill Neal, Jack Clay, Maurice Champlin, Ed Stierwalt, Bob Krise, Bill Kent, Arthur Ayers, Paul Edwards, Russell Asher, Harold Porter, Don Robinson, Bob Payne, Richard Burdsal, Ralph James, Kenneth Elmore. As all of you are users of printing, you should have an interest in and understand¬ ing of the way printing is done. The Industrial Arts and Vocational Edu¬ cation department is divided into several shops—Electricity, Woodworking, Drawing, Printing, Concrete and Machine Shop. The general objectives are to teach the fundamentals of shopwork, to give an ap¬ preciation of the man who works with his hands, to teach co-ordination between hands and minds, to guide boys in the re¬ experience in the methods of hand type setting, related information, particularly mathematics, paper cutting, and feeding and operating the press. The most inter¬ esting and challenging job in the print shop is to print a good Artesian Herald for you. English and mathematics, as any print shop student can tell you, play an impor¬ tant role in their task, as each process must be mathematically and grammatically worked out or analyzed. G4 THE STAFF WHO MADE OUR ARTESIAN HERALDS POSSIBLE Row 1: Miss McCoy Pat Magee Mary Swinney Park Smith Moyne Dunagan Row 2: Harold Dixon Bill Robinson Tom James Appearing about every two weeks, the Artesian Herald covers the building from office to boiler room. The linotyping of copy is professional work done at the “Martinsville Democrat.” Printing is a school job accomplished by the print shop under the direction of Kenneth Elmore, printing teacher. Three special editions—Sports, Christ¬ mas, and Easter—have appeared. The senior issue, containing among other things the senior will and prophecy, will be co¬ edited by the yearbook and Herald staffs. Jane Barnard, Pat Magee, and Park Smith represented the Herald and Jack St. John the Artesian at the Indiana High School Press Association at Franklin Col¬ lege. • R °o 1: PhyUis Jackson, Joan Poppino, Minnie Ennis, Anita Bates, Jane Barnard Vir¬ ginia Burns, Cordelia Cordell, Sara Kelso, Phyllis Griffin Hudson Marnyn n Ashe 1 ? mer, Sellman Johnson Janet Elliott, James Robinson, Carol 65 LATIN CLUB DUG INTO THE REALMS OF ANCIENT CITIES Sponsor Matilda McKrill Quaestor Phil Dunn Imperator Jack Cragen Scribo Clara Van Sickle At the left is a group of girls from the chorus of one of the auditorium programs pre¬ sented by Legio De- cima. Legio Decima, the Latin Club of the Martinsville High School, received its name from Caesar’s most famous legion in his wars against the Gauls. This club includes everyone in the Latin Department and has a membership of one hundred and ten. During the current school year they have sponsored two auditorium programs and arranged the very effective Christmas decorations for the high school. For one of the auditorium programs early in the school year the club planned an elaborate pep program, “Football War¬ riors,” for the football squad and the coaches. Much of the script for the skit and all of the songs used were composed by the department. The team and coaches were dressed as Indians and gathered on the stage in pow-wow around a campfire. They acted out the script in pantomime. Chiefs Burch Horton and Vincent Bisesi starred in the production. Christmas decorations are the annual project of the club but this year they were a little more outstanding than usual. The staunch evergreens which stood at either end of the stage and the footlight border of evergreen boughs were studded with blue lights accented with silver foil reflec¬ tors giving the effect of large diamonds in a rich green carpet. With the help of the Art and Shop departments, large figures of a shepherd with his crook and a lamb, and a wise man were constructed and beautifully painted. These, silhouetted against a background resembling a winter twilight, were beholding the Star of Beth¬ lehem. This setting was used for a number of Christmas programs. G6 AND STORIES AND LEARNED OF “THE GLORY” THAT ONCE WAS ROME Top Picture—Row 1: Bill Hadley, Jeanette Selburg, Charlene Stiles, Nita Meadows, Betty O’Neal, Lena Reynolds, Maureen Sweet, Delores Maxwell, Anna Ruth Bastin, Doris Lowder, Louise Schnaiter Jimmy Richards. Row 2: Virginia Norman, Bill Patton, David Pearcy, Janniene Russell Emily Sue Beggeman, Sally Stapley, Cassandra Smithy, Patty Bolin, Marilyn McDaniel, Keith Beaman Jack Nay, Richard Bray. Row 3: Sally Schnaiter, Beverly Ewing, Peggy Hacker, Tim McGuire, Johnny Dixon, Jon Lee, Ella Jo Smith, Virginia Vawter, Delores Farley, Betty Farr, Glenda Wilson. Row 4- Wayne Abbott, Kenneth Dalton, Alice Mansfield, Patty Carmichael, Wilma Wright, Dorothy Neal Dor¬ othy Hovious, Gladys Miller, Shirley Walters, Mary Jane Newman. Middle Picture—Row 1: Wilma Fisher, Pat Burleigh, Barbara Croy, Edith Ann Burkhart, Jeanne Taylor, Charles Strothman, Dave Fair. Row 2: Mary Jean Warren, Barbara Shuler, Lois Schnaiter Diane Hudson, Wilma Gray, Phyllis Steinway, Gayle Tackett. Row 3: Donald Kinder, Norman Shae- fer, Arlene Clarke, Margaret Whitaker, Carol Gray, Patty Preston, Phyllis Beals. Row 4: Bill Slagle George Wells, Virginia Snyder, Gracie Adkins, Wanda Miller, Barbara Keith, Janet Troutman. ’ Lower Picture—Row 1: Harriet Gregory, Iris Neal, Jim Mitchner, Jo Ellen Abbott, Betty Sue Thomas Mary Efien Hammans, Virginia Cox, Carmella Cascian, Patty Quackenbush. Row 2: Diane Oliver, Marjorie Cragen, John Bergman, Jackie Selburg, Betty Poppino, Patsy Ayres, Marilyn Schnai¬ ter, Julia Butler Mane Miller, Ellen Bowers. Row 3: Margaret Van Winkle, Joan Thompson Phil Don ® ee ’ Marvin Williams, Betty Kent, Lewis Sawyers, Jack Cragen. Row 4 - Shov d 10 Wa i e F .? ay Selwa James Kivett, Joretta Cherry, Clara Van Sickle, Carolyn Swisher, Barbara Fletcher, Bailey Davis. ’ 67 ELIGIBILITY FOR NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY DID NOT COME FROM BRAINS ALONE The Martinsville Chapter of the National Honor Society has maintained a yearly selection of honorary members since 1927. This organization is affiliated with a na¬ tional setup which comprises nearly 3,000 such groups in many of the larger high schools of the United States. Candidates to be eligible for election to membership must rank in the upper third of their class in scholarship. Not more than 15 per cent of any senior class may be elected to membership. A vote of the en¬ tire faculty determines the membership. The following standards are considered by the teachers in making their selections: Service a. Willingness to render any service to the school when called upon. b. Willingness to do committee or staff work. c. Readiness to show courtesy by assist¬ ing teachers, visitors, and students. d. Willingness to represent the school in inter-class or inter-school competition. e. Willingness to render service to the school, to the community. Leadership a. Demonstrates leadership in the class¬ room or home room. b. Demonstrates leadership in promot¬ ing school activities. c. Successfully holds school offices or positions of responsibility. d. Contributes ideas which improve the civic life of the school. e. Exerts type of leadership which direct¬ ly influences others for good. Character a. Meets individual pledges and respon¬ sibility promptly to school and teachers. b. Demonstrates highest standards of attitude toward honesty and reliability. c. Constantly demonstrates desirable qualities of personality (cheerfulness, friendliness, neatness, poise, stability). d. Co-operates by complying with school regulations. e. Upholds principles of morality and ethics. The membership from the senior class of 1949 includes Robert Callis, Ruth Cohen, David Cravens, Moyne Jean Dunagan, Don¬ ald Fishel, Amos Hewitt, Nancy Hyatt, Sally Kivett, Zane Knoy, Barbara Martin, Suzanne Pitkin, Wanda Ratts, Helen Shields, Donald Traub, Roseanne Walters. Don Fishel Barbara Martin Mr. Moore David Cravens Wanda Ratts PROJECTOR CLUB HELPED MAKE OUR CLASSES ENTERTAINING THROUGH FILMS Row 1: John Bergman, Bill Hadley, Maurice Foster, Jack Finney, Ronald Lowman Jon Lee ’ Row 2: Mr. Thomas, Richard Cunningham, John Hine, Ronald Gill, Bob Stafford Ed¬ die Stierwalt, Fred Waycott Row 3: Hugh Tomey, Robert Wilson, Raymond Myers, Junior Long, Jimmy West Marvin Williams J The Martinsville High School system has found it impossible to provide adult opera¬ tors for all the projectors necessary to prop¬ erly carry on the work of the Projected Teaching Aids or Visual Education Depart¬ ment. Faced with such a situation, we have found it desirable to train a small staff of student operators. Mr. Thomas was selected a few years ago to serve as a director of Projected Teaching- Aids, and is responsible for the proper use of all teaching aids and equipment in the school. The director must be familiar with the general field of Projected Teaching- Aids and audio-visual materials and the proper use of the same. He keeps on file a brief bibliography of suitable books and magazine articles which, if read, will rather quickly familiarize any teacher with the general field of Projected Teaching Aids. In the process of organizing a Student Operators Club, two methods may be used in selecting students. One is to call for volunteers, and the other is to select a small group on the basis of scholastic standing and mechanical adaptability. We combine the two methods. Careful instructions must be given to each member of the club, followed by suf¬ ficient practice periods devoted to the oper¬ ation of the equipment so that each mem¬ ber understands the proper procedure of unpacking- teaching- aids, setting- up and operating projectors, repacking of the material and equipment, shipping labels, darkening- of rooms, and other duties of a similar nature. Each staff member must be imbued with the spirit that he is re¬ sponsible for the smooth operation of pro¬ jectors so that delays and interruptions are eliminated when the class is ready to use materials. 69 WE LAUGHED TILL WE SHOOK AT THE CARNIVAL AND BOTH CLASS PLAYS Top: A crucial moment in “Good Night Ladies,” junior class play. Middle: Enthusiastic barkers were the life of the Fall Carnival (with maybe one excep¬ tion) . Bottom: One of the many tim es Father had to be restrained in “A Date With Judy,” last year’s junior play. 70 THESE SERVICES HELPED TO MAKE THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY A temporary book¬ store was set up in the old gym on the first day of school. The rush for books was so great that it couldn’t be handled in the upstairs store. They sold everything but gum to chew in class. At the bottom of the page is a picture of the regular bookstore. Oui custodial staff kept the building’s face clean all year. Members of the staff are from left to right: Mrs. Gregson, assistant custodian; Mr. Brown pym custodian; Mr. Robinson, engineer; Mr. Moore, maintenance supervisor- Mr Martin, head custodian. ’ 71 THE ARTESIAN STAFF ALWAYS HAS THE LAST WORD Top: Nancy Hyatt, Editor-in-chief; Moyne Dunagan, Copy Editor; John Adams, Photographer; Alice Rose Moore, Junior Editor; Barbara Byram, Business Manager. Middle—Row 1: Beverly Byram, Alice Branch, Virginia Burns, Shirley Thomas, Mary Lcpu Flake, Minnie Ennis, Marilyn Asher. Row 2: Jan Horton, Ina Beryl Pearcy, Eva Elliott, Anita Bates, Joan Poppino, Mary Louise Bales, Sal BoUom-Row 1: Dorothy Champlin, Nancy Lou Dickens, Roseanne Walters, Jane Barnard, Bette Denny, Suzanne Hadley, Pat Magee, Helen Shields. Row 2: Pat Schoolcraft, Amos Hewitt, Bob Callis, Zane Knoy, Bill Robinson, Don Fishel, Mary Swinney. And so another Artesian comes to an end. The gang on the staff feel that we should be justly proud of our book. Nearly every¬ one in the senior class contributed some¬ thing. Our aim was to make this book a lasting memory of M.H.S. It is not ded¬ icated to any one person; it is dedicated to the hundreds of students who have graduated and the hundreds of others who will graduate—some day. Our book would never have gone to press without the hard work and good advice of Miss Rose and Mr. McGlasson, our advisers. The senior class will always be grateful to them. We want to thank the Indianapolis En¬ graving Company, Campus Studios, Heck¬ man Bindery, and the Rushville Republi¬ can for their interest and their fine work on our book. For our successors on next year’s staff we can only cross our fingers and mutter, “Good luck, you’ll need it! ” 72