Montpelier High School - Spartan Yearbook (Montpelier, IN)

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SEVENTH GRADE Ester Mae Bennett, Buddy Cary, Betty Cline, Bobby Combs, Jerry Cook. Eula Crockett, William Cromer, Patty Davis, Nor- ma Dennis, Billy Dillon. Kenneth Downing, Roma Ellison, Vernon Fields, Paul Ford, Sherman Helm. Maxine Huffman, Edna jones, junior jordan, Dick Knox, Patty Ledbetter. Eugene Lowery, Edna McCammon, Robert McDaniel, Mary McDirmit, Donna Mason. Vera Morgan, joan Murphy, Rolland Noller, Margaret Ann Park, Junior Poulson. Max Richwine, Mildred Rogers, Glen Schwarzkopf, joan Schwarzkopf, Eva Jean Sholty. Guy Sills, Bobby Simmons, Vonona Smith, junior Storer, Dick Wagner. Paul Wall, Dorothy Weaver, Richard Wentz, Harold Weir, Agnes Whitacre. Myron Whybrew, Marjorie Williams, Ralph Martin. Fifty students enrolled in the seventh grade this year, but Patty Pugh, Ronald Giles, john Nestleroad, and Wil- bert Davis withdrew from our class during the year. Ronald Giles, Eula Bee Crocker, and Wilbert Davis entered as new pupils. Our sponsors were Miss Groff, Miss Anderson, and Mr. Dick. We elected as our class officers Ronald Noller, president, Vera Morgan, vice-president, Paul Wall, secretary-treasurer, Patty Pugh, girl adviser, and junior Storer, boy adviser. Most of the class took part in our convocation, which was held on January 12. Numbers on this program were two plays, a harmonica solo by Myorn Whybrew, a number by the class orchestra, a tumbling act, and a group song. Those in the play were Betty Cline, Patty Davis, Billy Dillon, Dick Knox, Paul Ford, and Esther Bennett. The tumblers were William Cromer, Junior Storer, Richard Wentz, Bud Cary, junior Poul- son, Robert MeDaniels, jerry Cook, and Kenneth Downing. Ronald Noller was the announcer. -ESTHER BENNETT - 16 -

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RIEVIERII-3 OIF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING I was constructed in the year of 1922 near the intersection of Main and East Monroe streets. For seven years my view was unchanged. Then early in January, 1939, things began to happen almost in my front yard, for wreckers came and tore down my old neighbor. I was grieved at this, for, although he was not very useful any more and was not beautiful to look at, I was accustomed to seeing him and didn't mind. Besides he looked better than a pile of old bricks. I In a short time, however, the old bricks were hauled away and a base- ment was being dug. This looked inter- esting. I wondered what was going to be built where my old neighbor had stood so long. Probably only a filling station-nothing to get excited about. When the foundation had been laid and the structure began to rise above the ground, I could see that it was far too imposing to be a mere filling sta- tion. My curiosity grew. Each day I watched for some clue to help me solve the riddle. Just before Easter an event occur- red that, I thought, solved my mys- W attended by the school children and their teachers. Could it be possible I tery. There was a cornerstone laying that this was a new school building? Was I to be abandoned? , 1 . All through the summer heat I , , watched the building grow. I could see Mr. Morgan and Mr. Cummins spending much time over there. Would it be completed by the opening of school, I wondered. Meanwhile, I could tell that my interior was being prepared as usual for the opening of school. Surely, the new building was not to take my place, I thought. September 5 brought the first day of school. My students and teachers returned, and I could see the smaller children playing where they always had played. Had I been Wrong in my guess, after all? Finally the building was completed. Then on the morning of September 22 my riddle was answered, for I saw bus after bus stop near the new building and unload small children, who happily ran in at the door. Then I knew the purpose of my new neighbor. I used to wonder where the children came from who entered my portals for the first time. They were much larger than any I had seen playing about the old building. Now I can see all my future children every day and watch over their progress until they become really my own. -15-

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EIGI-ITI-I GRADE Avis Lee Anthony, Lois Barner, Harold Black, Homer Bell, George Clark. Jack Cook, james Crisamore, Donald Dennewitz, Undine Ellison, Marjorie Fields. Keith Fulton, Mary Garrison, Eugene Gerard, Nadine Getz, Rosanna Goodnight. Billy Griffith, Betty Grove, Martelle Harter, Clara Hawk, Dean Herr. Walter Hoffman, Margaret Hudson, Billy Jackson, Billie Keagle, Lois King. Charles Lamott, George Ledbetter, Ferrel Marine, Mary Marine, Charles Morrical. Jessie Morris, Joan Murphy, Jack Norton, Mildred Norton, Jimmie Phillips. Donald Reff, Alice May Rogers, Cecil Schmidt, Rol- land Shadle, Bill Smith, Jr. Fred Smith, Jack Smith, Bobby Jack Speece, Levada Stotler, Ellen Thorpe. i Junuetta Towns, Beatrice Weaver, Eugene Williams, Paul Wilson. Fifty-four students entered our class at the beginning of school, but one, Bobby Speece, withdrew from school this year. Miss Mason and Miss Walker are our sponsors. They supervised our class parties that were held on December 23 and May 20. Our class ofhcers are Fred Smith, president, Jack Cook, vice-president, Homer Bell, secretary-treasurer, Joan Murphy, girl adviser, and Dean Herr, boy adviser. In the all-school convocation we entertained with The Montpelier Symphony Orchestra, composed of all members of the class. In our own convocation we gave a play called Wildcat Willie. The characters are as follows: Wildcat Willie, Jack Smith, Gladys, his sister, Junuetta Towns, Jack, a friend, Dean Herr, Kathy, Joe's sister, Betty Grove, Vernon, another friend, Jimmie Phillips, Celie, Vernon's sister, Clara Hawk. In this same program on October 25, we sang a song of Hallowe'en with masks we made in the art class, un- der the supervision of Miss Anderson. -JIMMIE PHILLIPS -17...