Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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WHO’S WHO Most popular boy.....................................................Jim Newcomer Most popular girl.........................................Bette Tobias Prettiest girl.....................................................Marge Sechrist Handsomest boy.............tie........Keith Dumph and Jim Newcomer Best dressed girl..................................................Verda Longfield Best dressed boy....................................................Bill Metzler Best dancer, girl............................................Peg Stahly Best dancer, boy........................................Nathen Jones Best singer, girl...............................................Virginia Holaway Wittiest boy or girl.................................................Jim Newcomer Best singer, boy........................................Jim E. Miller Girl most likely to succeed...............................Jane McFall Boy most likely to succeed..........................................John Regenos Best sport, boy or girl..................................Gerald Bigler Shyest boy or girl.............................................Elizabeth Pletcher The boy with the best physique........................Jim E. Miller The girl with the best figure.............................Marge Sechrist Always smiling girl........tie......Virginia Swihart and Bette Tobias Always smiling boy....................................Jim E. Newcomer Most talented boy or girl.........................................Nathen Jones Most ambitious boy......................................John Regenos Most ambitious girl ......................................Jane McFall Cutest couple.............................................Enos and Marge Best athlete......................................................Gerald Bigler Most friendly girl.........tie..........Jane McFall and Bette Tobias Most friendly boy.........................................John Regenos Most studious boy.........................................John Regenos Most studious girl..................................................Jane McFall Girl or boy done most for the class.....................Jim C. Miller

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DIPLOMA HOUR There are fifty-eight students in the class of 1943. Twenty-six are boys; thirty-two are girls. The valedictorian is Jane McFall; the salutatorian, Robert Miller. During the last twenty years, the valedictorian has been a girl fourteen times. The salutatorian has been a girl eleven times. Since the high school was organized in 1894, there have been a total of 1435 graduates. Birthdays are not evenly distributed throughout the year. There are nine birthdays in July; seven in December; and six in both February and August. May and January each have two birthdays. There are twins on February 14, February 26, July 23, July 31, November 12, and December 31. Seven students celebrated birthdays from July 22 to July 31. Two were born on February 14, one on July 4, one December 23, one December 24. and two on the last day of the year. Jane Alice Sla-haugh is the baby of the class. Her age is 17 years, 2 months, and fourteen days. The second youngest is Jean Rensberger who is 16 days older than Jane. The average age of the boys is 18 years, 2 months and 16 3 13 days. The average age of the girls is 17 years, 9 months, and 12 1 8 days. Twelve years ago 90 children were enrolled in the first grade. Of these 90, 39 are on the platform tonight, 3 are members of the Junior Class, 24 have moved, 23 have dropped out. To these 39 now’ graduating w ho were in school in 1931, 18 other students have been added. Six of these have moved into Nappanee and twelve are rural students. Of the 58 graduates, one entered in 1929, four in 1930, thirty-five in 1931, two from the second to the eighth grade and sixteen entered as freshmen or later. The following have excelled in attendance: Twenty-two have missed less than ten days since enrollment in Nappanee High School. Those who have missed five days or less are: Ada Culp, Kenneth Harter. Ruby Harter, Helen Hoffer, Virginia Holaway, Verda Longfield. Ruby Lynch, Mildred Moore, Mary Pfeiffer, Max Postma, Elizabeth Tobias, and Phyllis Weldy. Ada Culp, Mildred Moore, Mary Pfeiffer, and Elizabeth Tobias have clear records, having been neither tardy nor absent during four years. J. A. Abell, Superintendent

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First Row; Doris Hall, Evelyn Burkholder, Jean Kohlhorst, Mary Louise Laser, Ruby Fisher. Second Row: Richard Arnott Howard Hoover, Bill Johnson, Royce Geyer, Richard Buss, Mr. Postma, sponsor. Third Row; Glen Davis, Dan Curtis, Robert Guard, Richard Buss, Paul Huffman, Bill Kurtz. First Row; Beatrice Linn, Mona Lou Miner, Marialyce Metzler, Virginia Mishler, Agnes Muntz, Helene Miller. Second Row; Isabelle Miller, Earl Dean Metzler, Clarence Mid-daugh, Glen Michael, Robert McDonald, Miss Hoover, sponsor. Third Row; Kenneth Mattern, Elmer Mishler, John Maust, Bill Mishler, Dave Miller. First Row; Norma Sheets, Peggy Shively, Joan Rensberger, Frances Neterer, Norma Jean Richmond, Bonnie Teeter. Second Row; June Tobias, Mary Alice Pletcher, Mary Nettrouer, Maxine Stouder, Jean Sheets, Joan Tobias. Third Row; Ed Price, George Pip-penger, Eugene Roose, Alva Van Dyke, Jim Stillson, Sam Richmond, Mr. Busche, sponsor.