New Palestine High School - Avalon Yearbook (New Palestine, IN)

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busy this year ordering our invitations, having our pictures taken, and most important of all workingon our year book. We want to thank Mr. Everson, our sponsor, who has helped us through this, our last and most important year. Our fall class partywwas held at Anna Seifert's. This one party we shall never forget. Around ll o'clock Mr. Everson seemed to grow a little tired. We, the seniors, calling utpon the kindness in our hearts left so Mr, Everson cou d go home. After we were sure he was sa ely home and tucked in bed, we returned to Seifert's and finished our party. Really, Mr. Everson, we missed you very much. Yes, we have had some wonderful times here at New Palestine, but now we turn toward the future. What it holds for us we do not know, but we do know that no matter what we do or where we go we shall always remember this, our dear old alma mater. We, the seniors of 52, bid you alla fond farewell, Margie Kleiman Judy Gundrum f' 'QM SEATED Barbara Hawkins Judy Gundrum uonna Sutherland STANDING Phyllis Sleeth Betty Stapp absent from the picture Richard Short D F l C' aj. t A ,K ,- v ie M q l 'X I ,, X -rar q W 1, 1, .,

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emcafz 56644 72? In the month of September tn the year of 1940 a group of brtght eyed lrttle ktds came shyly mto the ltttle red brtck school house of New Palesttne Of that group only sux Barbara Hawktns Judy Gundrum Donna Sutherland Rlchard Short Betty Stapp and Phyllts Sleeth have reammed to enter thetr semor year at N P H S On September 3 1949 30 wtde eyed tntelltgent so they thou t students started thetr Journey through hugh school These students soon found that the name Green Freshman was a pet name that only freshman could ltve up to and that a semor was a thmg to avotd rf possible We welcomed etght new students mto our freshman class Russel Waterman Jtm Hammond Dtxre Bruce Margte Klexman Don Moeller Jerry Noe Margery Krug and Carole Schwler soon became one of us and together we started toward our goal To lead us ln our green year we elected Phtl Wilson prestdent Anna Setfert vlce prestdent and Margte Kletman secretary treasurer Mr Everson was our sponsor that year and as we look back we wonder how we must have worrled htm wtth all of our mrschxevous trucks Ltttle could we forget the ttme Norma Ellts spread ltmburger cheese on the reglsters or the ttme Rlchard Short put tacks rn everyone s seat causmg qurte a but of confuston and low deportment grades Yes we ot off to a good start ltvtn up to our tttle of being the most mtschtevous class ln school Our c ass parttes were held at Ju y Gundrum s and Margie Kletman s In oursophomore year we elected Anna Setfert presldent Carole Schwler vtce president Margie Kletman treasurer and Judy Gundrum secretary We lost frve students much to our Mussman Our sohpomore year tumed out to be one of our less excttmg years wrth the exception of our welcomtn bashful Al Toth and quret Helen Farmer mto our mtdst lt seemed the trls had qunte a nack of gettmg caught back tn the paper room wlthout anythtng to do I don t tnk we shall ever forget that one ltttle talk shall we say that Doc gave us Mr DeMunbrun was our sponsor and our class partxes were held at Judy Gundrum and Anna Setfert s As we moved tnto our Juntor year we kept the teachers on the jump trytng to guess what other tmposstble deed we would try to do next It seemed that they just couldn t tell where we were gotng to stnke next Much to our sorrow we lost Martha Dugan and Carl Hack but tn re tum we recetved Jeannte Skillman and Jerry Oltver For thts tmportant year we elected Phtl Wtlson prestdent Charlene Webb vtce prestdent Don Moeller secretary and Al Toth treas urer Mr DeMunbrun was stuck with us agatn and belteve me he really had hrs hands full helptn us rn the candy store and supervtsmg our decorating the gym for the receptton What I coul n t do lf I had a gun' was hrs favortte expressron at that trme Just remember Mr DeMunbrun we love you no matter what you sand Poor Miss Thralls was really worrted wondermg tf we would ever grow up Mlss Thralls don t you wonder what we wtll be flve years from now? We really had a wonderful ttme at our class partles the frrst betng held at Avenl Lease s and the last at Judy Gundrum s We were so dxsgusted that tt had to snow and we had to gtve tn to Mr DeMunbrun and not have our much wanted hayrlde Fmally we have reached our goal We are after much wattlng, the semors of New Palestme Hugh Oh how we love that wordl We elected Russel Waterman president Phtl Wtlson vtce president Jerry Oliver secretary and Dtxre Bruce treasurer We have been very O O I - 'I O I - I 4 I I gi ': N regret. They were: Jerry Noe, Barbara Utt, bonna Ostermeyer, Gene Weineke: and Annalee ' n ' I . 1 ' E n 1 i . '

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mm Qilwxff 1XffffffffffffffffffffffffXfffffffffffffffffffffffI1fflfffffffff,. ., The aged old man with the long flowing beard cautiously climbed into the latest jet propelled rocket ship. Well, what do you know! It's Mr. Everson taking the first jaunt of his trip around the world. His doctor had ordered the trips after he had suffered a break-down, resulting from his sponsoring the 1952 senior class of N. P. H. S, 10 years before. Having settled himself in the ship, he was assured a safe trip by the attractive stewardess, none other than Norma lean Ellis, who had just finished a book of poems entitled How to Get a Man or My Ten Years in Sing-Sing. Coming back to see that everything was in order, the pilot, whom Mr. Everson recognized as Hollis Kennedy, announced that the plane would take off in 5 minutes. Helen Farmer, also a passenger on the plane, recognized Mr. Everson and told him that she, too, was taking a trip around the world. She had just made her first million and decided to take a rest. She told of receiving a letter from Phyllis Sleeth telling of her and Betty Stapp's marriage to two soldiers stationed at Camp Atterbury. Two hours later the plane arrived in New York. After saying goodbye to his friends on the plane, Mr. Everson set out walking. Passing a show window displaying a newly-invented car, he paused to admire it. A sign proclaimed that it was knockless, nosieless, wheelless, motorless, gasless, oilless, and motionless. The beauty was invented by none other than Jim Hammond. As he continued down the street, Mr. Everson met Charlie Miller. Charlie, he leamed, was a member of the National Debate Society which had just won the annual world's debate contest. He told Mr. Everson that Don Moeller, the brain of the class of 1952, was now professor of etymology at Columbia University. When Einstein died, Professor Moeller was proclaimed the only man in the world who knew everything! Continuing on his joumey, he hailed a taxi. A new program, 'How to Reduce in Ten Lessons, was on the radio. Goodness! That voice sounded familiar. Why, of course! It's Donna Marie Sutherland, who has become fabulously wealthy in the past ten years. As Mr. Everson alighted from the taxi, he heard a newsboy shouting, Extra! Extra! As he stood talking to the newsboy he was reminded of Phil Wilson, who in his spare time, still had a paper route in ol' New Palestine. Of course, he is principal of the high school in New Palestine also. Did you know that this school is now the largest in the state oflndiana? Yes, it has a total enrollment of 99, 999. My, how that townhas grown! Charlene Webb is, of course, the first grade teacher in the school. She received her A. B. degree from Harvard University. As he began reading the paper, he noticed that it was the Daily Blowhard from his home town and edited by none other than Jerry Oliver with the assistance of his secretary, Averil Lease. He read that the President of the United States, Hollis Dye, had left for a Florida vacation on his yacht The Indiana, and his secretary, Anna Seifert, had gone along as personal advisor. . ln another article, he read that Doris True had joined the Waves so she could follow Phillip Moos over the world. What's this? Jim Bowles has gone to Alaska to become a fur trapper. What a life!