Mount Vernon High School - Hoop Pole Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IN)

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Waaoza f?55 IANICE RINNERT D.A,R. Citizenship Valedictorian, Cote- rie Award, American Legion Citizenship Award JANICE MCFADDEN Award NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Seniors Juanita Booth, John Breiner, Patricia Carroll, Martha Cowan, Gayle Farris, Beverly Hacker, Edward Kingsley, Donna Lamb, Janice McFadden, Anita Moore, Larry Morlock, Eugenia Redman, Donald, Ricketts, Janice Rinnert, Emily Schaffer, Laverne Schroeder. Juniors Geraldine Schaffer, Ruby Schorr. JOHN BREINER American Legion Citizenship Award El JAMES PRICE LOWELL HESS BEVERLY HACKER Kiwanis Athletic Bausch 8: Lomb Farm Bureau Award Award Science Award SHIRLEY PATMORE EDWARD KINGSLEY PATRICIA CARROLL Exchange Club N.A.R.A. Music Ep.Sig.Alpha Service Award Award Nurse Scholarship, NOMA Award Helen Floyd, Marilyn Kleinschmidt, Jeanne LaDuke, Darlene Muehlenbein, is LAVERNE SCHROEDER Salutatorian 'ED' LARRY MORELOCK American Legion Citizenship Award, Agriculture Award 'Ds PAUL WELLS Exchange Club Service Award JEANNE LaDUKE D A R History Award

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4647654 After all decrstve vtctorres on the athlettc park battlefteld we cats captured the P A C champronshtp Perhaps our matd of honor tnsprred the team members' Basketball season was not so successful rn the record of wrns and losses but we came through vrctortous wtth o11r second basketball queen' Sellrng magazrnes was rntended to be our btg money maktng proyect Too much competrtron e groaned when we drdn t make our goal We had one btg consolatron however one of our salesmen for rather salesladresj achieved the hrghest rndrvtdual sales record of anyone rn the hrstory of M V H S Remember the prom we gave the class of 55 on board the Showboat Avalon What a beauttful moon there was that nrghtl To be truthful rt was cloudy and before the nrght was over tt had rarned over three tnches Of course everyone was safely home by that trme or were they'7'P After much anxrety our class rxngs came Just before school was out As usual the boys rtngs were most commonly seen on charnsl At long last we have reached our goal Senror year and the last lap of our hrgh school relay To our surprrse we have learned that there IS more to graduatron than Just gettmg out of school We ftnd that we are not ftnrshed as we thought we d be we have only begun Our Semor sponsors are not sendrng us out mto the world unprepared however because they have gtven us excellent vocatronal gutdance Watt a mrnute we aren t always m such serrous moods we strll have our ltghter moments For rnstance who has enJoyed thts year of rockrn n rolltn as much as we have'7 Incrdentally have you nottced another tnnovatron thts year'7 The boys spend more trme combtng thetr harr tn classes than do the grrlsl Under the expert guldance of a new supervtsor thrs year our yearbook got underway We ll never forget those mad rushes just before deadltne days Agarn thts year we achreved our usual posrttons of royalty Our candtdate became mard of honor to her hrghness the grtd queen And for the thrrd txme a lovely sentor rergned over the basketball court Does she perhaps deserve the credtt for our captam s sensatronal basket rn the last three seconds that enabled us to wrn over Mater De1 Not only rs our class tops tn beauty but also rn bratns Two of our Semors placed so htgh on the National Mertt Scholarshrp Tests that they rank rn the top scholasttc groupmg m the U S Our class play was really dtfferent thrs year and rt was a tremendous htt We presented James Htlton s LOST l-IORIZON We do have to admrt that the teachers had trouble wrth several Semors who always seemed to be far away tn thetr Shangrt La sl ' For weeks we ltstlessly struggled along tn our government classes Then suddenly we became vttally rnterested rn U S Government Fewer Senrors were seen tn the detentron room others began scrrmptng savtng earmng or beggtng The explanatton was srmple for the frrst ttme tn M V H S the Senrors who were elrgrble and capable were permttted to go to Washmgton D C to see our Congress tn sessron The Jumors gave us a lovely prom It made us realtze that the end of our hrgh school days was drawtng near We showed our good taste by selectmg gray gowns and mortarboards for commencement Baccalaureate servrces commencement exercrses and our hrgh school days are over Now dear class mates as we go our separate ways to make our fortunes let us always remember Forward forever back ward never wtthtn ourselves our future lres We lay down our pen our htstory has been recorded for all to read Wrth sad hearts we of the class of 1956 btd a fond farewell to M V H S .. . . . . , . . 1 1. 1 1 , . . . . . - . . ,, .. ,, . 1 W . , . . l ' I I , 1 . .- I ll II ' 0 - 1 1 1 1 - -- . . . ,. 1 . , . 1 .. , I . . . , . 1 1 1 . . - , . . h . . , , . . . .,, ., . . - 1 . . . , 1 1 . 1 I - I O . ., . . I I . 1. . . . . . , 1 . . . . , . . . . . . . . .. . , , I I I - ll lo 1 -1 1 a 1 1 1 1 1 11 - I I I I . . . . ,, 1 1 I 1 1 . . .-

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