Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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THIRTEEN Ned L. With am James Leon Doyle

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TWELVE Patricia Sue Starr Geneva Whetstone

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O F FOURTEEN HISTORY In September, 1940, twenty-five frightened but happy little folk walked into the Men- tone school house to enter their first grade of school. They were quite willing to begin their great journey. Those happy students were: Mary Bare, Billie Blackburn, Virginia Blosser, Jackie Blue, Mary Creamer, Martha Creighton, Donnagene Dillman, Velara Fisher, Don Flenar, Ramona Goodman, Edwin Kern, Wil- ma Kindig, Colleen Kindig, Richard Lackey, Patsy Leininger, Delores Lewis, Carolyn Lockridge, Marilyn Lockridge, John Mellott, Walter Quier, Carol Rule, Berna Dean Sen- sibaugh, Pat Starr, Kenneth Wagner and Ned Witham. Many have left and many have joined our happy class since that day. In September, 1946, the bewildered Sev- enth grade entered the assembly for the first time for instructions. In comparison to our first grade enrollment, we found we had gained Darlene Boyer, Dean Cox, Gene Dirck, Max Faurote, Rodney Gibble, Mary Grubbs, Glenda Hollc, Richard Kindig, Jo- sephine Lamprecht, Donald Peterson, Earl Shirey, Kent Smith and Jennine Thomas. In 1948, thirty bewildered Freshmen climbed the steps of dear old Mentone High and entered the assembly for their first ex- citing year of high school. These thirty joy- ful and ambitious students were: Mary Bare, Jackie Blue, Laura Bolinger, Darlene Boyer, Mary Creamer, Martha Creighton, Donna- gene Dillman, Velara Fisher, Ramona Good- man, Shirley Gross, Wilma Kindig, Delores Lewis, Georgia Nicodemus, Pat Starr, Ge- neva Whetstone, Billie Blackburn, Alden Clark, Roger Creighton, Max Faurote, Rod- ney Gibble, Richard Kindig, Kent Lowman, Neil McKinney, John Mellott, Donald Pe- terson, Walter Quier, Earl Shirey, Kent Smith, Kenneth Wagner and Ned Witham. Much to our dismay we found we had lost Connie Anglin, Mary Grubbs, Josephine Lamprecht and Gene Dirck. Our class elected Max Faurote president and Mr. Ferverda sponsor. In 1949, now Sophomores, we trooped gaily into the assembly of Mentone High and started our second year of high school with whole-hearted enjoyment. One new student, Berna Dean Sensibaugh, joined our throng. We found that we had lost only Kent Smith. Our class president for the year was Ken- neth Wagner. Because he left us in the mid- dle of the term we chose Geneva Whetstone president. Our sponsor was Dale Kelley. In 1950, as Jolly Juniors,” we started a happy year. One new member, Devon Mar- shall, entered our class. To our dismay we found we had lost Alden Clark, Kent Low- man and Walter Quier. We, the Juniors, elected Geneva Whet- stone our president and Dale Kelley sponsor. On November 8, 1950, our class pre- sented the play Oscar’s Other Half.” This Page Sponsored by Dale Kelley