Nashville High School - Talisman Yearbook (Nashville, IN)

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VALEDICTORIAN At our last high school year draws to a close, we find ourselves looking. more intently at those things which we thought common-place things only a few months ago: that name carved in a desk, 'that textbook which was some- times so hard to open, or that black- board where we conjugated verbs and declined nouns. We realize that our careers as high school students will soon end. But, as we have heard, time and again, we must not think of our graduation as and end. It is a beginning, a preparation for what is yet to come, whatever it be. Therefore, as we say goodbye, we urge you, whom we leave behind, to judge carefully what should be done, and what you are tempted to do. The time left before graduation, the time for preparation, is all too short. F I SALUTATORIAN We, at last, are Seniors! Twelve years of struggle are behind us: several decades, still ahead. Though the phrase several decades associates itself with a seemingly-end- less space of time, we know that four decades are the equivalent of only three and one-third twelve-year periods. And - ohl How quickly twelve years pass! Yes, we reflect, we've reach- ed this stage so quickly, but not by our own efforts alone. Our parents, teachers, classmates, and friends have supplied the assistance, understanding, love, hope, and courage that was so necessary. It is our duty as graduating students to become worthy of this help. This obligation of becoming sub- stantial, trustworthy citizens must be fulfilled in the next few - forty or fifty - years. We'll succeed!

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I was glad to see that Earline Holder made it to the reunion. She said that she was married, and lives in Kentucky, noted Mr. Jones. People must like to live abroad. There are three of the class that live abroad: Eddie Rose has been married and divorced three times, and now is in Italy driving a race car, commented Mrs. Congram, Phyllis Rains is living in Boliva, and Sue Van Arsdale is in Hawaii cutting pine- apple, added Mr. Jones. Bonnie and Connie Smith are in New York. Connie is modeling at Macy's and Bonnie, at Gimbel1's, noted Mrs. Congram. And Raymond Thompson, she continued, has opened a trading post in Alaska, and Brenda Wheeler is publishing the San Quentin Monthly! Remember Lois Taggart? She taught U. S. government at Nashville for three years, and now she is at Madison State Hospital, laughed Mr. Jones. And think, mused Mrs. Congram, Lois Michaels and Sherry Richardson are co-managers of Columbus Business College. Phillip Hardin and Fern Moore are now married. Phillip works as janitor for Bell Telephone Co. in Martinsville, while Fern baby sits. And do you realize, asked Mr. Jones, that Marylou Seitz is Brown County Sheriff? Reallyl Jerry Rose is the official coke sipper for the Cole Cola Company in Bloomington, chuckled Mrs. Congram. John Hutchison and Roberta Worton are married and operate the Columbus Drive- In, stated Mr. Jones. Oh, did you know that Kay Bradley is married to an Army Sergeant and they live in Panama? asked Mrs. Congram. Say, it's getting late! worried Mrs. Congram, I had better hurry or I'll be late getting home. We1l, I'll see you Monday at school, said Mr. Jones.

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Though the time of our being together as a class is swiftly vanishing, we shall never forget the wasted study halls, the detention slips, the trips to the prin- cipal's office, the report cards, the parties, and the minor, yet major, everyday happenings. insignificant as they may seem to others, we shall always remember and cherish them.