Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1951 volume:

Mentone, Indiana 1951 It is with deep gratitude and appreciation, that we, the Seniors of 1951, dedicate this Annual to Mr. Ralph Hoffman, our class sponsor during our junior and senior years. Working with him has taught us the value of patience and kindness towards others. 3 CLASS OF '51 dacult an d Administration 5 WALTER KENT PRINCIPAL DALE KELLEY English TRESSIE HOFFMAN Domestic Science PHILLIP LASH Agriculture ELWANDA JORDAN Art WENDELL FREDERICK Music 6 GLEN D. LAW Commerce EILEEN KOENIG Primary WREATHA McFARREN Second Grade PAULINE BUCK Third Grade TRELLA TOMBAUGH Fourth Grade ARTHUR WITHAM Fifth Grade JUNE AUGHINBAUGH Sixth Grade ■ 7 MARY TEEL Cook LILLIAN WITHAM Cook ELIZABETH SIMCOE Cook 8 We J4ave y .7e cannot look for better luck In all the winds that blow Or hope for happiness unless We try to make it so We have to use our energy And keep our purpose clear And never be indifferent If we would persevere There is no good excuse to rest When there is work ahead As long as we are strong enough To earn our daily bread We may not always win or get The credit for each deed But if we do our best we will Eventually succeed We cannot gain our goal unless We conquer every doubt Or hope to have our ship come in Unless we send it out 10 DL PHYLLIS DELORES BOWSER Your laughs go far, but your giggles go farther. KAREN LAMAR CLARK Slow but sure. Seniors JO LYNN CULLUM Hey Jody, quit your day dreaming. MONNA LOU DARR If the spirit moves me. ' 11 Seniors BONNIE JEAN EMMONS Quiet, but sweet. ELERY MAX FRIESNER Tough, but oh so gentle. JOHN DENNIS FITZGERALD I'm not lazy, I'm just saving my energy. 12 JENNIE LUCILLE HALL That girl on roller skates. ' Seniors SALLY LOUISE HOFFER A gal with an eye for any good looking guy. DONNA JO KING Short and shy. 13 Seniors BONITA LOU MINER A girl with dreams of her own. DALE D. MOLEBASH Quiet, but oh so romantic. DAVID GENE ROMINE That guy in the speedy Ford. CAROLYN MAE SEE Sweet and lovely. 14 Senior PHILLIP EDWARD SHILLING Mr. President MARTHA ANNE SULLIVAN Laugh and the world laughs with you. TED ALFRED SHULL Hold the bell, here comes the redhead. 15 MARY JANE KATHYKN TUCKER In my merry Oldsmobile. Seniors NANCY ELAINE WARE A smile for everyone. BETTY LELA WITHAM A certainG. I's sweetheart. 16 A million years wouldn't be too long, To stay in Mentone High, But the future beckons us to come; Now it's time to say good-bye. When we started in to school, With our first grade books and slate. We thought the time would never come-- When we could graduate. This is lesson number one: Time flies with magic wing. Don't be grumpy, pout nor fuss; Just sing, schoolmates, just sing! Then came lessons two and three: In fact there was no rest, We'll prove we learned our lessons well, When we are put to test. We were taught the ancient adage, For this we're very glad; You see some good in the worst of us, In the best a little bad. Good, bad, or indifferent. We will not falter, --we will not fuss. We'll say good-bye, with heads held high, You'll soon be following us ! Di'L gu Of ’si Mr. Kelley, our famous English teacher seemed to want to find out what had ever be- come of his beloved class of 195 1, so he packed up his things and returned to Mentone, Indiana from hismansionin New Orleans. He was very surprised when he reached the city and began to look around. You see, it was now a large city, and it really had beautiful streets, and the stores were more modern than those in New Orleans. He started down the street, and there was a sign that read: Clark's Hit and Run Driving Agency. Right away he wondered if that could be the sweet little curjly headed boy he had known when he had taught school here. He went in and there stood Karen, just a little older looking than he remembered, but it was Karen all right! Mr. Kelley made himself known and Karen was very glad to see him again. Karen told him all about his business which was the only business that specializes in slow and steady driving. It took him 20 years to get this accomplished, and since Mr. Kelley remem- bered how he used to drive, he could well under - stand why it took him so long to get this position. He is the only person in this area never having so much as a woman's finger nail scratch his car! And that is really something for Karen! Upon inquiring about the rest of the class, Mr. Kelley found out that Ted Shull was now a very famous man. He is a demonstrator of the Sleepy Shull mattresses. Theyare com- plete with box springs and all the latest kind of material for the comfort of those wishing to sleep soundly. He invented a new cigarette to go with his bedroom furniture so people can now smoke in bed and never worry about the bed catching on fire! Man, isn't that wonder- ful? For a little more excitement, Ted drives a hot rod at the Mentone Speedway every race night. The Speedway is located in what all of the kids will recall as Lover's Lane, and it is said to be the nicest in Northern Indiana! Our former class President, Phil Shilling, finally married Pat, after all that feuding! He is owner of the Warsaw bottling works and he has chain factories all over Indiana and Mich- igan. He is still remembered for the mufflers he had on his cars, but if I can remember cor- rectly, he never had any! They live here in Mentone, and have a beautiful little ranch type home on Kent Avenue. Mr. Kelley had heard about Margaret's career, but he was very surprised when he found out that she was now singing in competi- tion with none other than Margaret Truman! That is a real honor for a student of Mentone High, to do a thing like that. She sings in a concert on the average of once a week, and is said to have one of the best voices in the world. Even better thanMiss Truman! Idohope Harry doesn't find this out! ! Martha Sullivan is living in South Bend with her husband, who is a famous man. He is Pres- ident of the Bendix Corporation. Mr. Harry Bibbs, is his name. He is a millionaire, and Martha was very happy the day she married him. She hasn't worked a day since. All she does is take care of her pets while the maids do her work. And to think of all the trouble everyone thought she would have to get a man! ! Mr. Kelley was happy when he learned that Jody had married Tom and that they were living in Etna, a suburb of Mentone. Jody had gone to college four years to be a kindergarten teacher. But sne hasn't taught a day since then. They are the proud parents of 4 boys and a girl. Tom sure will have enough help on the farm, but Jody will have only the help of one girl to help keep their large house clean and take care of all those boys, but those boys sure will be good on a basketball team. The former Bonnie Emmons is now Mrs. Snipes, and is living inSiberia with her husband General Donald Snipes. He was stationed there soon after the wedding in June of 1951, and Bonnie flew into Siberia with him, and has been there for several years. They come back on furlough whenever Stalin and Dewey can agree on the length of time they can come back. Bon- nie and Don have three little youngsters, and you might say theyare almost like Eskimos, as all of the weather they have ever seen to amount to anything is Winter, and snow! Phyllis Bowser took off for South Bend the day she graduated, and has never been seen in Mentone since ! She acquired a job very easily in a reducing salon and is today very famous for her new reducing methods. It takes only love to lose weight, is her motto, and she says that you must fa 11 in love before you can even have a good start. Of course Sid followed her later, and they finally got married, but not until she had gained her fame and was quite able to support Sid ! Sid now runs a slot machine factory, and he makes a little money on the side for his ownpleasure, but Phyllis still supports him mostly, and also supports their two charm- ing children! The See Nursery in Palestine is runby none other than Carolyn See, one of the graduating class of 1951 ! It is the largest nursery in this area, and Carolyn had become very famous for her new teaching methods in patience with the little ones ! This school is limited to chil- dren of kindergarten age and under, as she seems to like that age the best. Many people leave their children with Carolyn while they work, and in spite of the millions of babies that Carolyn has taken care of, there hasn't been ONE accident or any other mishaps ! On the side Carolyn has a husband and three lovely children. Carolyn has found this business very profitable, and her husband is a big executive of the Plating Works in Warsaw, and they would soon be able to retire for life, but Carolyn can't stand to see all of those little kids with- out having someone to take care of them, so she will most likely be in the business until death! 18 Another thing that slightly surprised Mr. Kelley, was when he found out about Mar y Jane Tucker and Bonita Miner. Of course he always pictured these two girls together, since they were always the most inseparable couple at MHS, but the business they were in really surprised him ! They were the proud owners of YE OLD CORSET SHOPPE in Mentone. He was more surprised to find that this has proved to be a very profitable business for them. They own the largest corset shop in the State and are well known in Hollywood. They do special de- signing for certain movie studios. Of course Mary Jane finally married her former sweet- heart from Pierceton, after the Army gave him back to her, and Bonita is still trying to get the right man. Bonita finished her nurses training very soon after she was out of high school. In fact they had to let her go because she insisted on filling the hypo's with Pepsi Cola. She insisted that this was better than some of the medicine because it always hits the spot. This sounds like another My Friend Irma program, infact Mary Jane says she is very much interested in starting a radio pro- gram entitled MyFriend Miner. She always said that she would make some money off of Bonita one way or the other. So, of course Mr. Kelley wanted to see these two girls, sohe hailed a taxi to take him to their shop. And what a ride that was! Every corner they turned seemed like the last one to him, Mr. Kelley hated to say anything to the driver, but he finally decided that he just had to tell the driver to slow down and take things easy, for he wasn't getting anyyounger and he had already aged five years on tnis ride ! So he spoke to the driver about it, and guess who he recognized as the driver turned around and told him to shut up or he would end up in the river! It was none other than Darin' Davey Romine ! Of course this was a very happy re-union for them both. But Davey didn't stop driving, he just crawled into the back seat and started talking to Mr. Kelley. This was another scare for Mr. Kelley, he recalled some of the daring antics of Davey, but he always thought that he would kind of grow out of it, but it still looks Davey is still daring! Come to find out, Davey had invented an automatic co-pilot to drive in case he didn't want to! Karen had told Mr. Kel- ley that Dave was now the owner of the Henry Ford Corp. , and he couldn't understand what Davey was doing driving a taxi. Dave told him that he just does that on the sideline, mostly to test new cars and to keep his driving ability up. He noticed that Mr. Kelley had given him the address of the girls corset shop so he said that he would stop and visit them too. On the way Dave told Mr. Kelley that he was married, and had two little girls and a boy. Of course, as everyone expected, he had married Dorene, his high school sweetheart. They arrived at their destination in a short time, which was a very large and modern build- ing. At the front of the store was a sign which read: YE OLD CORSET SHOPPE. This in- deed was a thrilling adventure for Mr. Kelley to visit with his old students and also go through a corset industry. When Dave and Mr. Kelley entered they were greeted by a tall, slim man with a face and features very familiar to Mr. Kelley, this man was none other than Dale Molebash. After greeting Dave and Mr. Kelley, Dale began to tell of his success. Dale owns a large ranch and has a million head ! Mr. Kelley was very well pleased to hear of Dale's suc- cess, especially with price of cattle as it is now days. But he was a little let down when he found out that it's a million head of cabbage he owns, notcattle. Mr. Kelley wanted to know what Dale was doing in the corset shop, and he was informed that he had stopped to buy some things for his wife on the way home, and that he lived right out of town in his new ranch type home. He nad married, finally after debating for a longtime overall of his old girl friends, and now is settled down with his wife and two children. Dale then left and Dave and Mr. Kel- ley proceeded to the main office to see the girls. As soon as they entered the office Mr. Kel- ley recognized the girls immediately. Mary Jane was sitting behind an enormous desk with papers piled high and with her feet cocked up on the desk, reading a comic book, while over in the corner on the lounge lay Bonita, fast a- sleep ! After he had pounded on the desk for five minutes, Mr. Kelley finally got Mary Jane's attention from the comic book. At first she was a little surprised and then she recognized Mr. Kelley. She quickly awoke Bonita and they had a joyful re-union ! The girls knew many things that Mr. Kelley would be interested in, so after taking him through their store, they had a long visit m the somewhat messed up office. Mr. Kelley found out that Sally Hotter had joined the Cadets after taking her nurses training. They say she's really a whiz when it comes to taking care of Soldiers, Sailors, and best of all. Marines. She has been married three times, and is still in the bloom of her youth. She is now on her third husband who is a Ser- geant in the Marines. She has inherited almost a million dollars from her other husbands, who have all died of food poisoning. They say she's a wonderful nurse, but a killer when it comes to cooking, which she has already proved. Nancy Ware is married to her old sweet- heart and they now own the Roll-a-way Skat- ing Rink in Mentone. Another of the class of 1951, Donna Jo Kingis their star skater. She has never gotten married, and is always at the rink. She specializes in teaching children to skate, mainly boys. Also he found out that Madeleine Holt, the Brains of the class, is now a great artist. Her masterpiece is now hanging in the Hall of Fame. It was her most famous picture, and if you could see it, I'm sure you'd recognize the 19 picture, as it is a picture of the mess Mr. Kent and Blackie always left after one of their argu- ments. Oh, incidentally, Blackie is now in bed with a broken leg, which he broke after falling down the stairs, after another argument! He was so mad that he forgot the stairs were there, and he just fell down instead of walking down them ! The old schoolhouse that we slaved away in so hard, is just about the same! Except it is a little weather beaten, and since Blackie broke his leg, he hasn't been able to kept) it as clean as before, but all in all, it will still pass inspection! But the new Gym makes up for the old schoolhouse. It is the nicest and newest in the state. Governor Eddie Creighton has evenbeenbeggingto have the State tourney finals here this year, but Trustee Gail Law, son of the former teacher of Commerce at MHS in 1951, you remember Glen Law, and I might add he has been more successful than his fa- ther, doesn't want to have the finals here for fear that someone might accidentally scratch the walls. The spring Proms are the main feature of the beautiful building, but the soc hops after the ball games are another big at- traction of the kids for miles and miles around! Well known bands simply beg to come and play for the different occasions. It is such a great privilege for them to play in such a wonderful place ! Too bad things weren't like that in 1951! Jennie Hall is now a private secretary at the Studebaker Corporation in South Bend, and we hear that she spends most of her time taking dictation on her boss's lap. It only took her eight years to graduate from the South Bend College of Commerce, beings as how she quit three times and got kicked out seven times, mostly for putting caps in the electric type- writers ! She has never married, for she just can't settle down to one man. She has had many proposals but always refused them, for a rea- son that no one knows. Mr. Kelley was really surprised when the girls told him of the success of Max Friesner. Max is the famed owner of Maxie's Grill and Cocktail Lounge in Palestine, now a thriving metropolis. Max has never gotten married, he says there's no future in it at all. He does a little crooning on the side and has made all but a cold million on his famous movies. This, Mr. Kelley knew, of course. He is really the greatest in the love scenes. There have been five teenagers, that we know of, had heart fail- ure over him. I guess he's still the same old Max that we knew before. Dennis Fitzgerald is now in the wrecking business. He's the owner of ABNER'S WRECKING SERVICE. This is the largest wrecking service one can find anywhere. Den- nis always was one to hang around a gas station, so this aidn't surprise Mr. Kelley too much. He has taken over the Smith Brothers Garage in Mentone and is now a very well to do man. He also never married, they say that he never had that much ambition to even chase a girl. Monna Lou Darr is still working in Men- tone at what used to be the Frank Manufacturing Company but is now the Darr Manufacturing Company. She and her brother took over the ■business only a couple of years ago. On the side she writes a daily lovelorn column in the Men- tone Chronicle. She is very well known for her advice on love affairs, beings as how she had so many of her own. She is now married hap- pily to a business man from South Bend and they have two children. Betty Witham is now living in Texas with her husband. She married Bob, who is now a four star General, mind you, and they have a beau- tiful little home at the Army base. Bob is away quite a lot of the time, but Betty doesn't get too lonesome, you see, they have two little Pfc's. to keep Betty quite busy. Mr. Kelley seemed very glad to hear the news of all his students and then he inquired about some of the teachers, so the girls tried to tell him some of the interesting news of the teachers of 1951. Philip Lash and Elwanda Jordan are now ONE and are living on Burt Boulevard, where the famous coach, Lorin Burt, has his man- sion. Burt and Lash are still teaching, but Elwanda is staying home taking care of Philip Jr. I heard that Elwanda and Philip are the sweetest pair of Love birds in Mentone! ! Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman are now living in the state of Florida. Mrs. Hoffman sews quite a lot, and Mr. Hoffman just lays on the beach, fishes, and all in all, enjoys himself. Mr. Law just couldn't take anymore crab- bing from the students, so he just quit teaching! Really, we can't blame him because we can remember how we used to crab at him for no reason at all. He is still farming, but he is also a messenger boy for Western union. They say he is very good at that and no one ever crabs at him anymore. Mr. Frederick, our old music teacher, is now retired, but is well known for the famous compositions he has written. He is even more famous for discovering what The Thing was! He and his wife and family are living nappily in Mentone. Mr. Kentisnowa Senator in Congress. He . also has a ve y good chance for being nominated for President onthe Anti-Communists ticket. He and his family live in WashingtonD. C. , but they often visit in Mentone. Mrs. Utter is in Washington with them, and is Mr. Kent's pri- vate secretary. At this moment Mr. Kelly glanced at his watch and realized it was getting very late. He told the girls good-bye and he and Davey left for the Airport, as the plane was due that was to take him back to New Orleans. 20 We cannot and we will not leave, Without revealing things you should know, The truth about each one of us, Our conscience wills it so. The sentences will be simple. Some of them compound, With adjectives and predicates, The subjects easily found. Madeleine Holt will head the class, Her school has been a lark, She excelled us in her schoolwork. We concede a special mark. Here we give honorable mention, To our beloved Phil, The backboard held no fears for him, He gave the fans a thrill. I'm sure she'll make a splendid nurse, This jolly Bonita Miner, If her patients don't obey the rules, She'll leave them with a shiner I No one can say we’re stingy; We give strictly free advice, It’s time for Phyllis to settle down, And become a buxome wifel Max Friesner, how we’ll miss him, A born athlete--Whiff! Boom I Bam! We always kept our eye on him, --so does Uncle Sam! Little Betty Witham, Dark eyes and curly hair; If she can cook and sweep the house. Some man she’ll surely snare. Speak softly--here comes another nurse! There's no better in the land. It’s Sally Hoffer, tall, serene, With a hypo in her hand. Mary Jane, blonde, petite, I'm sure it would seem, She'd have everything her heart could wish, If Mom would give her Gene. This girl has a future. I'm sure she will go far; We'll be proud to say we've known her-- Her name is Monna Darr. Everyone knows Jody, I'm sure it'll do no harm, To give her cows and chickens, And place her on a farm. jf oem Mr. David Romine, He's not a King, he’s not a Lord, He's just a regular fella, Who drives a brand new Ford! Ted Shull we haven't forgotten, With his red and shinny hair; You’re a great asset to our team, And we hope to keep you there! Hats off to Bonnie Emmons, We pause and heave a sigh; Because she's in there fighting, For the team and Mentone High! Jennie Hall is our idol. With her win-some cheery smile, To find grace in her favor, The boys would walk a mile! Martha Sullivan, a friend to all, As walks life’s weary mile, Gracious to all, especially the boys-- With her quick and win-some smile! Dale Molebash, What will we do? You should hang your head in shame! Some Juniors caught you necking, Down a quiet, shady lanel We're sure Donna will marry, As she journeys through the years; Then she can argue pro and con. Wile He Doth Hold His Ears! A compliment for Karen Clark, I’m sure you will not care, The girls all say they love you, It must be that wavy hair! This is only prophecy, But just you wait and see; Margaret will probably marry, And wind up with House Maid's Knees 1 Twelve years, Carolyn See has toiled, For this joyous, happy day; But when she receives that diploma, She'll brush the tears away. We present our Nancy Ware, Who has learned the Golden Rule; Of obedience and quietude, While attending Mentone School. Dennis Fitzgerald, last on our list, The verses are all written, the hour is late; Dissapointments may come, but never give up, You'll become a great man, in our State. 21 UM and Jestament CLASS OF '51 We the Seniors will our study room in the library to the Juniors; also, our lockers and hope they will be able to raise them to the top floor. We the Senior girls will our ability to talk to a boy without giggling to the Sophomore girls. We the Senior boys will our cars and the ability to drive them to the Sophomore boys providing they drive slow like we do. We the Seniors will our good looks to the Freshmen providing they get through life as well as we have so far. We the Seniors will our smallness to the Eighth grade. We the Seniors will our ability to get along with the teachers and to stay out of the office to the Seventh Grade. We the Seniors will our ability to get along withBlackie, to Mr. Kent. We the Seniors will our timidity and friend- liness to Miss Jordon. We the Senior boys will our ability to catch a woman to Mr. Lash providing he doesn't take ours. We the Senior girls will the rest of the caps we tried touse in the typewriters to Mr. Law providing he won't let anyone else use them. We the Seniors will our independence to Mr. Burt, since he seemingly has none. I, Phyllis Bowser, will my ability to run the mimeograph machine to Geneva Whetstone providing she doesn't get her hands dirty. I, Karen Clark, will tny position as Stu- dent Manager to Charles Urschel providing he doesn't wear a silly hat like mine. We, Monna Lou Darr and Jody Cullum, will our ability to play first clarinet to Martha Creighton and Donnagene Dillman providing they crab at the 3rd and 4th clarinets as much as we did. I, Bonnie Emmons, will my ability to go Snipe hunting and catch one to any one who wants a snipe. I, Dennis Fitzgerald, will my false teeth to Mr. Lash, 'cause he'll need them if he keeps teaching the Freshmen. I, MaxFriesner, will my title roll of Cas- anova to Jerry Ross providing he keeps up with the girls as well as I did, I, Jennie Hall will my ability to play my horn in the band to Duane Eckart providing he keeps up with the rest of the band. I, Margaret Hodges will my meadow-lark voice to whoever wants it. I, Sally Hoffer will my ability to flirt for fun and get away with it to Eleanor Rush pro- viding she never gets into anymore trouble than I have. I, Madeleine Holt, will my natural curly hair to Gerald Fitzgerald providing he doesn't get it shaved off. I, Donna Jo King will my ability to argue to Dawn Ware providing she doesn't argue with the teachers. I, Bonita Miner will my yell leading ability to Marjorie Mollenhour providing she can jump off the floor. I, Dale Molebash will my ability to keep quiet to Neil McKinney if he can use it. I, Dave Romine will my butch hair cut to Robert Meyers. I, Carolyn See will my ability to like and get along with children to Phyllis Grubbs pro- viding she never beats them. I, Phillip Shilling will my ability to get along with Mr. Lash in Ag. class to Philip Carney. I, Ted Shull will my red hair to Mr. Hoff- man providing he keeps it bright red. I, Martha Sullivan will my ability to play the bass drum to Franklin Scott providing he can see where he's going without dragging the drum. I, Mary Jane Tucker will my natural blonde hair to Jackie Blue providing she doesn't dye it black. I, Nancy Ware will my engagement ring to Jackie Ward providing she becomes en- gaged to Rodney. I, Betty Witham will my ability to hold my temper while talking to Mr. Kent, to Blackie. We the Seniors will a quieter 3rd period in study hall to Mr. Frederick since we won't be around next year to bother anyone. We the Senior girls will our homemaking ability to Mrs. Hoffman since we're so extra good at it. We the Senior boys will our ability to stay single to Mr. Kelley providing he flirts around as much as we do. We the Seniors will Mr. Hoffman a lot of patience---not that he needs it, but if he di- rects another Senior play like ours, he'll surely need something ! ! ! 22 juniors Mary Louise Bare Laura Bollinger Martha Creighton Max Faurote Bill Blackburn Darlene Boyer Roger Creighton ( Velara Fisher Mary Creamer Donnagene Dillman Rodney Gibble 24 Ramona Goodman Delores Lewis Don Peterson Pat Starr Shirley- Gross John Mellott Berna Sensibaugh Wilma Kindig Georgia Nicodemus Geneva Whetstone Charles Beeson omored Boyd Blue Ronnie Brown Bill Cochran John Davis Betty Dirck Coleen Kindig Margorie Mollenhour Jerry Ross Warren See Barbara King X Cloanne Nelson Carol Rule Charles Urschel Dawn Ware U Dorene Miller Wallace Oyler Eleanor Rush Phyllis Warren men Burdell Blackburn Bob Boggs Mary Bollinger Mary Ellen Bryan Phil Carney Dixie Cook Ann Creighton Jon Cullum Lois Dowden Elaine Goodman Reatha Hedington Phyllis . Boyer June Conley Clarence Dickey Dixie Linn Barbara Long Norman Method Janet Reed i Mary Vande Water Jackie Ward Larry Yeiter lik n Cjracle Pi rs |%. • • i -'. V. y • , 1 ■ JUVcbrll 1 1 to IMI JlMI ■ l«l f Dermis Anderson Duane Benson Larry Boggs Dick Clark Betty Cochran Rex Dickey Claudia Chilcote Darwin Eaton L Duane Eckert Sheila Fitzgerald Kay Flenar Roger F rantz 30 '• Joe Kinch Sue Ann Lackey F rankie Manwaring LaVonne Montel Larry Myers Billy Nellans Shirley Nicodemus F rancis Rickel Joe Shoemaker Betty Griffis Betty Mellott Sandra Witham Royal Baum Marilyn Rathfon r Doyle Baum Lucille Dirck Orpha Kurtz Sharon Ware Ronald Beeson Madeleine Anderson Dorothy Bolinger Donalee Horn Linda Beeson Janice Nelson Deanna Grubbs 32 r Glen Benson Gary Hatfield Robert Myers Max Blackburn Sue Barkman n Jim Romine «• Adam Blue e? Delbert Hedington Donald Hudson Charles Ross n Jack Dowden Marlin Hively Walter Rodman 33 Sarah Urchel I Dee Wagoner Ted Ward ABSENTEES ON PICTURE DAY Richard Kindig Neil McKinney Devon Marshall Sue Hammer 34 TOP ROW: Max Friesner, Neil McKinney, Phil Shilling, Dale Molebash. SECOND ROW: Max Faurote, Roger Creighton, Richard Kindig, Coach Loren Burt. THIRD ROW: John Davis, Don Rush, Phillip Carney, Pierre Ferverda, Ronnie Brown. Sept. 8; Mentone..........................Etna Green Sept. 10; Mentone...............................Burket Sept. 15; Mentone...........................Beaver Dam Sept. 20; Mentone.............................Claypool Sept. 22; Mentone...........................Silver Lake Sept. 26; Mentone...........................Tippecanoe Sept. 29; Mentone...............................Atwood BACK ROW: Sutdcni Manager--David Romine, Coach--Loren Burt, Dale Molebash, Phil Shilling, Ted Shull, Max Friesner, R ger Creighton, Student Manager--Karen Clark. FRONT ROW: Richard Kindig, Devon Marshall, Neil McKinney, Max Faurote, Ned Witham. G FG FT PF FTA TP D. Molebash 21 102 63 66 . 829 267 P. Shilling 21 76 45 64 . 523 197 T. Shull 18 18 10 24 . 40C 4 6 M. Friesner 17 26 14 43. . 484 66 R. Creighton 21 42 33 73 . 589 117 R. Kindig 21 72 33 61 . 532 177 D. Marshall 8 6 3 3 . 667 15 N. McKinney 4 1 1 1 . 378 3 M. Faurote 21 97 50 80 . 645 244 N. Witham 4 0 0 2 . 400 0 Compliments of the VALENTINE ELEVATOR 40 'Bonita, Boyd, Betty 41 J4ujll Schoo IS econ JD. earn t 10 e gULLDOGS 8ULL00GS -s S . WT0N( T HT0 C l cutru S'JLLDOGS MlOfy tKWO N£ BULLDOG3 fSHTO , fUfl 0 t( BULLDOGS jr BULLDOGS WLHTO BULLDOGS aTQAtf bulloogs fi BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bob Boggs, Burdell Blackburn, Bob Hoffer, Larry Yeiter, Clarence Dickey, Phil Carney. Coach Lorin Burt. BOTTOM ROW: John Davis, Pierre Ferverda, Jerry Ross, Ronnie Brown, Jerry Tinkey. BACK ROW: Sandra Witham--cheerleader, Dick Clark--manager. Coach Burt, Kay Flenar, Ted Ward, Joe Kinch, Frank Manwarning, Bob Holloway, Melvin Miller, Larry McKinley, Garwin Eaton, Dennis Anderson--stu- dent manager, Jalaine Smythe--cheerleader. BOTTOM ROW: Royal Baum, Bill Nellans, Joe Shoemaker, Francis Rickel, Charles Ross, Doyle Baum, Larry Boggs, Jim Romine, Jackie Dowden. 42 Our Cjc ames MENTONE VS. AKRON On November 3 the first ballgame of the season was played at the Mentone gym. The Bulldogs got off to a good start and were lead- ing by 12 points at the end of the first quarter. By half-time they were 15 points ahead. Mole- bash led the scoring by collecting 23 points for the night and Shilling made 15. Stout was Ak- ron's high point man with 10 points. The sec- ond team lost their hard fought game 19 to 24. The officials were Eaton and Cullers. MENTONE VS. BOURBON On November 10, the Bourbon Comets traveled to Mentone for the second game of the season. The Comets were ahead of the Bull- dogs at the end of every quarter. Molebash led the scoring by gathering 25 points. Bailey led Bourbon with 25 points. The score at the end of the game was 74 to 72. The reserves won their game by 6 points, the score was 28 to 34. The officials were March and Kammer. N. WEBSTER VS. MENTONE On November 17, the Mentone Bulldogs rolled up their second loss by losing, 70 to 52 to North Webster on their court. The host team led all the way, piling up 26 points in the first quarter. Gary Popenfoose, with 20 points, Jerry Rhoades, with 16 and Ellis Mauzy, with 14, led Coach Joe Gerard's winning attack. Dale Molebash, Faurote, and Phil Shilling paced a well-balanced Mentone offense. North Webster also won the second team contest, 30 to 23. Officials were Bill and Lew Goshert. MENTONE VS. BURKET On November 22, the Bulldogs played host to our neighboring town, Burket. The Mentone Bulldogs came from behind in the last half to defeat the Hawks 58 to 52. Friesner, one of Mentone's two returning regulars, saw action for the first time this season. He had been out of action due to a foot operation before the sea- son started. Faurote, with 13 points, led the Bulldogs. Swick led the Burket Hawks with 17 points. Mentone won the second team game 43 to 19- The officials were Jackson and Roberts. LEESBURG VS. MENTONE On December 1, after three quarters of nip and tuck play, the Leesburg Blue Blazers scored 21 points in the final stanza to defeat Mentone's Bulldogs 60 to 51. The action-packed contest saw Leesburg leading 15 to 12 at the end of the first quarter. However, Mentone went ahead 24 to 22 at half-time, only to have the visiting Leesburg boys regain the advan- tage to 39 to 38 as the third quarter ended. Leesburg's scoringpunch was too much for the Bulldogs in the final eight minutes. Loren Pound led the scoring with 25 points. Shilling's 14 points proved high for Mentone. Leesburg also won the second team game 41 to 33. Offi- cials were Smith and Trexler. ETNA VS. MENTONE On December 5, the Bulldogs traveled to Etna Green for their sixth game of the season. It was a fast game and a game that proved to be very exciting. At the half, Etna Green was ahead 3 points. Both teams kept up their scor- ing, but Mentone was unable to catch up. Fau- rote, one of Mentone's forwards, made 16 points. Stouder was high point man for the Cubs with 18 points. The final score of the game was 57 to 61 in favor of Etna Green. The reserves won their game by 4 points, the score at the end of the game was 25 to 21. The officials were Sanders and Longenbaugh. ARGOS VS. MENTONE On December 8, the Mentone fans left Men- tone to go to Argos to watch the Bulldogs per- form. Argos led all the way. There was 44 fouls called during the game. At the end of the half, Argos led by 11 points. Molebash was high point man for Mentone, he had a total of 24 points. Shunkwas high point man for Argos with 22 points. The second team lost their hard fought game by five points. SYRACUSE VS. MENTONE On December 15, Syracuse came within a whisper of having it undefeated string snapped, but the Yellowjackets managed to make it 10 in a row by edging the Mentone Bulldogs, 49 to 48, in a torrid contest at Men- tone. Proficiency at the free throw line paid off for Syracuse. The Yellowjackets hit 19 free throws to Mentone's eight as each team was called for 17 persoral fouls. Kroh hit 20 points, including 10 charity tosses, for the winning Yellowjackets, and Gary Meek helped out tremendously with 13. The Bulldogs put the clamps on Jack Darr, who failed to score from the field. Faurote and Creighton led a well-balanced Mentone attack with 10 points each. The second team tilt found Syracuse win- ning, 43 to 36. Officials were Kefarber and Pitfs. MENTONE VS. SIDNEY On December 16, 1950, Mentone traveled to Silver Lake to play the Sidney Wildcats on the Silver Lake floor. A great third quarter sparked the Bulldogs to a 63 to 34 triumph over Sidney. The Wildcats put the clamps on Dale Molebash, Mentone's ace scorer by holding him to just three points. However Shilling and Creighton ov e r s h a d o w e d this by scoring 21 and 20 points, respectively. Verl Thwaits was high for the Wildcats witn 11 points. Sidney's second team won a thriller, 25 to 24 in the preliminary. MENTONE VS. ATWOOD On December 22, 1950, Mentone came within a hair of beating Atwood. They took the lead at the second quarter and kept it till the 43 third quarter. But a last minute rally by At- wood put them ahead and they won by a score of 60 to 58. The high point man for Atwood was Anglin with 21 points. Mentone's Molebash was high with 19 points. . Mentone won the reserve tilt 40-31. The officials were Eaton and Sandus. MENTONE VS. PIERCETON On January 5, 1951, Mentone played Pierceton on Menton's home floor. The Bull- dogs led 11 to 8 v hen the first quarter ended, but Pierceton spurted to a 27 to 20 halftime advantage and was never threatened seriously dpring the remainder of the tilt. The Cubs had balanced scoring, with Steckbeck and Gregory each hitting 14 points. Dale Molebash with 12 points paced an equally balanced attack. The second team game went to Pierceton, 34 to 32. Officials were Richards and Butt. MENTONE VS. CENTRAL On February 6, a fourth quarter rally fell just three points short as Mentone's Bulldogs lost a 61 to 58 decision to Central of North Manchester. The game was played at the North Manchester court. Mentone trailed by 20 points, 53 to 33, starting the fourth and final period. Seemingly out of the contest, the Bulldogs began finding the mark and narrowed the gap as the minutes wore on. However the clock ran out before they could draw any nearer. Personal fouls hurt Mentone's chances. Two high scorers, Faurote and Molebash, both fouled out, and Shilling and Kindigwere riding with four. Faurote was high pointman with 14 points. North Manchester also won the reserve team tilt, 53 to 36. Officials were Baker and Pullers. MENTONE VS. BEAVER DAM On January 13, Mentone journeyed to War- saw to play against Beaver Dam in the County Tournament. Paced byits ace center, Everett Rookstool, the Beaver Dam High School bas- ketball team, swept into the county tourney's second round play Friday morning by defeating Mentone, 60 to 54, in a hard fought contest. Rookstool scored nine field goals and six free throws to capture high scoring honors with 24points. The Mentone Bulldog's offensive was sparked by Dale Molebash, guard, who also scored nine field goals and two charity tosses for 20 points. MENTONE VS. GILEAD On January 17, Coach Loren Burt's Men- tone Bulldogs coasted to their fourth win of the season scoring animpressive 59 to 38 triumph over Gilead before a large crowd at the Gilead high school gym. Mentone doubled the score on the hosts, 16 to 8, at the end of the first quarter and in- creased the margin halftime, 28 to 12. By the end of the third quarter the Bulldogs were on the long end of a 36 to 20 score. Max Faurote and Phil Shilling were the main offensive cogs for the Mentone Bulldogs with 18 and 15 points respectively. Dale Mole- bash came through with 12 and Dick Kindig tallied 8. Gilead's balanced scoring found Young, Carruthers, and Wade each hitting 8 points and Burns 7. Mentone also had an enjoyable time in the second team game, winning 40 to 20. MENTONE VS. TIPPECANOE On January 19, Mentone's Bulldogs were host to the Tippecanoe Policedogs. The Bull- dogs bowed to a fast breaking and highly rated team by a score of 29-25. The Bulldogs pushed to a 4 point lead at half-time but the Marshall lads came back to hold a 25 to 23 lead at the close of the third period. This proved to be a very slow game as a lot of stalling was done by both teams. Roger Creighton was high scorer for the Bulldogs with 9 points. Fites, Nickerson, and Jennings all racked up 8 points each to be high for Tippy. Mentone won the second team game 27-24. MENTONE VS. BEAVER DAM On January 26, Beaver Dam built up a tre- mendous lead in the first half and defeated Mentone 60 to 41. The hosts started out with a 10 to 4 quarter lead, increased it to 34to 10 at halftime, and put the game on ice with a 50 to 25 advantage at the end of three stanzas. Faurote was Mentone's only consistent scoring threat as he tallied 19 points. Beaver Dam won a second team thriller 31 to 30. The officials were Green and Losure. MENTONE VS. SILVER LAKE On February 2, at Silver Lake Mentone was going good until after the first half. The ball- game was tied up at 35 all at the half. But Sil- ver Lake slowly pulled away to win by a score of 72-59 in the last two stanzas. Sittler was high point man for Silver Lake with 17 points. Shilling was high for Mentone with 15 points. Silver Lake also won the second team tilt 32-26. The officials were Bobliger and McCrea. MENTONE VS. CLAYPOOL On February 9, Mentone, generally con- ceded to be a much better team than their four won--thirteen lost record indicated, scored an easy 71 to 38 victory over Claypool. Men- tone raced to a 16 to 6 first quarter advantage '• and kept far in front, 26 to 10, at halftime and 41 to 18 at the end of the three stanzas. Leading the winning assault on the hoops were Max Faurote with 17 points and Kindig and Molebash each with 12. Mentone also won the second team contest 29-21. MENTONE VS. MILFORD On February 16, the Milford Trojans held Mentone's Bullaogs to 10 points in the first half 44 and ended the game by beating them 61 to 41, with a 24-point performance from veteran Jim Speicher. The victory was Milford's 13th of the year in 20 starts, while Mentone suffered its 14th loss in 19 games. The Trojans neld quarter leads of 17 to 5, 35 to 10, and 50 to 28. Speicher received capable scoring help from Hoover and Graff, as they hit 15 and 12 points, respectively. Faurote's 12 points topped the Bulldogs. In the preliminary contest, Milford's sec- ond team won a 40 to 33 decision. Officials were Stelle and Croxer. MENTONE VS. SIDNEY On February 22, in the Sectional Tourney, the Bulldogs turned what had been a very close ball game into an easy 64 to 44 decision over Sidney by scoring 20 points in the final quarter while the Wildcats were collecting only 5. Both teams used fast-breaking tactics whici led to some roughness and a total of 53 per sonalfouls. Molebash led a well-balanced Mentone scoring attack with 17 points. Faurote and Kindig each accounted for 14 points. Likens tallied 16 points for Sidney. Neither team was too successful from the charity stripe. Men- tone making 20 out of 35 attempts and Sidney 15 out of 32. MENTONE VS. ATWOOD Our second game of the 1951 Sectional Tourney proved to be the end of the 1950-51 Basketball season for Coach Burt and his mighty Bulldogs. On February 23, the Bull- dogs met the Atwood Greyhounds at 2:45 P. M. in the Warsaw Armory. It was nip and tuck all the way with Men- tone leading by a small margin up till the final quarter. Atwood fought a hard battle without the help of their star player Danny Anglin, who was hurt in their first tournament game. Anglin was able to play part of the fourth quarter. He was held to only 2 points which he made by a beautiful long shot from the center of the floor. This sparked the Greyhounds to a 5 point lead. Mentone was able to score 3 points more, but time ran out and the Bulldogs lost, 41 to 39. This was the closest fought game of the tour- ney, fair and square and Mentone fans are proud to say that their boys ended the season with the school's admiration and respect for the powerful showing our boys made in the tourney. Kindig and Molebash each tallied 10 points for Mentone while Younce was high for Atwood with 16 points. FRIENDLY GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO ALUMNI STUDENTS AND FACULTY COOPERS' STORE FEATURING CLOTHING, SHOES, DRY GOODS, APPLIANCES and VARIETY STORE MERCHANDISE 45 46 s4nnual Sta STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Business Manager--Jody Cullum, Assistant--Sally Hoffer, Sports Editor--Bonita Miner, CopyEditor--Jennie Hall, Assistant Editor--Phil Shilling. SEATED: Art Editor--Mary Jane Tucker, Annual Editor--Madeleine Holt, Photo Editor--Betty Witham. WAiwiAia STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: Bonnie Emmons, Monna Lou Darr, Mr. Law, Mary Jane Tucker, Jody Cullum, Sally Hoffer, Jennie Hall, Jackie Blue, Donnagene Dillman, Martha Sullivan. SEATED: Phyllis Bowser, Bonita Miner, Madeleine Holt. 48 I TOP ROW: Dale Molebash, Phil Shilling, Karen Clark, David Romine, Roger Creighton, Earl Shirey. SECOND ROW: Wayne Romine, Jerry Ross, Phillip Carney, Merlyn Holt, Johnny Mellott, Mr. Lash. THIRD ROW: Frank- lin Scott, Jack Smalley, Wallace Oyler, Burdell Blackburn, Jerry Tinkey. 3.J4.JI. This organization has forty-nine girls with Mrs. Hoffman as their FHA advisor. They meet the second Monday in every month. The Chapter Mother is Mrs. Artley Cullum. 49 Director - - Mr. Fredrick, Majorette - - Jackie Blue, Twirlers- - Janice Nelson, Madeleine Anderson, Betty Griffis. JJU ScLJ Ck oruS 50 DIRECTOR, MR. 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