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

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OUR THANKS We, the Senior Class of 1959, wish to express our sincerest thanks to our sponsors, Mr. Robert Delviun- brun and Mr. James Moore. Their tireless effort and leader- ship have wisely guided us in making the countless decisions encountered during our senior year, It is most certain that the wise counceling of these two men will serve as a guide- post for each of us as we enter into our separate walks of life. 1 J n I. .22.

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-.uff!?' ,- 9 A , ,Q V L ,a il' ., ,Q JRMA WOOD :sident 2: Student Council 2, ,cretary 2: Secretary 3: Chorus iOrchestra 1: Band 1, 2, 3, 43 A.nce Band 43 District Instrumen- E Contest 3, 4, State Instrumen- l Contest 43 Co, Music Festival 2,3,4g Grain Judge 1: Pep Club 3,45 Cheerleader 4: Crimson essenger 1,2,3,4g Honor Society 3,4, Secretary 43 Junior Play 3: nior Play 4g Avalon Staff 4, DICK WYATT Airplane Club lg Crimson Messen- ger 3: Junior Play 33 Senior Play 43 Avalon Staff 4, 'lQ'y off? 91 ikkkisisis' wg 7 f- IQ P ?ff'3? i lr . . Q :HHH ll If -xx:-L W ' ,LBQSSF Y 'IM .w,I-- ,f ' g X ' f f 5 , v- , Z 1 5 -- E g I, , 6 ' -A .' f 7 N . ' x: ,J I i Ulu ilu sl l? ff fi Al 4 Sf' SHERRY WOOD Convocation 43 Chorus 1,2, 3, 4g Madrigal 1, 2, 3, 43 Girls' Trio 33 Girls' Quartette 43 Flag Twirler 3, 4: Co. Music Festival 1,2,3,4g District Solo Contest 1,2,3,4g State Solo Contest 1,2,3,4: State Music Festival 33 Orchestra 1: Pep Club 37 Sunshine Society 1,2,3,4g Crimson Messenger 1, 2, 3, 43 G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4: Junior Play 3: Senior Play 4: Carnival Queen 4, Avalon Staff 4, isvisvisvisisiis -2'l-

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CLASS HISTORY he fall of19-17 he frfty three shy st 1 ed frrst graders entered thx, doors of New Palcstrne School to go to school for the frrst trim, rn our lr were tall grrls and short grrls btg boys and lrttle boys Xlrs Mary Alrce Long trted to calm the extrted bots and grrls but there were too m n ny for the small frrst grade room thus the youngest were sent home to wart a ye Debbre Prerson and Marrlyn ls rssel were among those sent ut were permtttcd to rcturn at thc end of the week Nlrs Ruth lougerousse krndly took one half of the class and thus we had the frrst splrt c ass he hrstory of New Palestrne e have many fond mcmorrcs of our frrst grade Norma Wood and Sherry Wood had to stand behrnd an easel betause thev had talked wrthout er ton but srnce Sherry had some suckers they rather enjoyed therr punrshment rghteen nrne from each room have stuck together through thrck and thrn through our twelve years he are Eddre Abbott Brll Gambrel Vlarr K ssel Marrlyn Ostermyer Karen Prke Carolyn Wrlkrns Norma Wood Sherry Wood and Rrchard Wyatt from Mrs Long s room and Reba Ab ott 5 Boots Vrrgrnra lirosrer Jatkrc llavrdson Marvrn Dorrel Jerry lox Manfred lranke Debbre Prerson and Dran Snnders from 'vlrs Fougerousse s 11 John Esarey Joe Vlurnan and John Serfert also started Mrs Mrnnre Wheeler and Mrs Evelyn Crane taught us to read and wrrte rn the second grade Mrs Wheeler had her rhythm band wrth Debbre n and Sherry Wood as band leaders but Nflrs C rane s class wasn t to be drsappornted for we had the frrst and to date only Swrss band rn the hrstory e school Sharla Crane who jorned us thrs year was our Swrss drrector Joe Murnan and John Serfert left us thrs year we entered the thrrd grade strll wrth splrt classes 'vlrss LaDonna Swarn and Nlrs Mrldred Rose taught us more of the three R s We enJoyed arrth ic races at the blackboard Charles Boots and Doug Herron were rndrvrdual class wrnners and Charles Boots was grade wrnner Marrlyn Krssel re ed her frrst box of chocolate covered cherrres rn the thrrd grade Doug Herron John Serfert and Drana Toth jorned the classes When we entered the fourth grade some felt that they had been graduated after spendrng three years rn the present musrc room Our class was ed for the frrst trme and we had fun becomrng better acquarnted wrth the other members of our grade Vlrs Ann McNamara wrth her arched eye made us walk the chalklrne Brll Gambrel poured a bottle of perfume on the grrl who sat next to htm but was caught and he pard for hrs mrs vous act Duane Cox John Esarey and Sara Sutton Jorned us Mrs Rachel Lantz gave us brrthday partres rn the frfth grade Doug Herron our frfth grade basketball star played on the Junror hr second team class was rncreased to forty frve when Sara Sutton Jorned Mr Wallace Cones trted to teach us more drscrplrne rn the srxth grade On the day of our mock electron of 1952 the class wrth the exceptron of rg Herron and Marrlyn Krssell who helped wrth the electron grew qurte norsy when Mr Cones was not rn the room He enjoyed watchrng the class v 1 O00 boxes wrth a crrcle rnstde each and x and a number rnsrde the crrcle Debbre Prerson, Karen Prke and Sherry Wood decrded that they rt lrke to srt near one another after Mr Cones took 7010 off therr crtrzenshrp grades the frrst srx weeks John Serfert and Sara Sutton left us thrs year Sharla Crane and Joe Murnan rejorned us Bewtldered, we wandered rnto the study hall rn the fall of 1953 Our sponsor was Mrss Helen Scott Eddre and Reba Abbott had aperfect crtrzen :record thrs year whrle 24 members of our class were on the so called black lrst We had now reached our last year or elementary school We were erghth graders Mr Cones who was now a hrgh school teacher was our spon John Efrrrs from Moral Junror Hr Joined us thrs year The class had calmed down now after a hectrc seventh grade The Amertcan Legton Erghth le awards were presented to Eddre Abbott and Marrlyn Krssel Our freshman year of htgh school had frnally arrrved We could hardly belreve rt We worshrpped the Almrghty Senrors on rnrtratron day as I expected us to The teachers sard lfwhew' when we frnally left that evenrng but after all therr mean trrcks to us the senrors feted us wrth a dance where Peggy Morgan who has srnce moved to Wrlkrnson Hrgh School, and Joe Murnan were presented the good sportsmanshrp awards Marcra Dost Vernon Klerman and Rrchard Moeller from the Lutheran School Sarah Church Brll Krrkwood Nancy Polley Dennrs Rush Gene rlrng and Sara Sutton from Brandywrne School and John Serfert from St Mrchael s became members of NPHS wrth the rest of us who had already ded here Our freshman class offrcers were Eddre Abbott presrdent John Ferns vrce presrdent Reba Abbott secretary Duane Cox treasurer Marrlyn l student councrl and Dennrs Rush convocatron We recerved our long awarted class sweaters at the begrnnrng of the basketball season durrng our sophomore year Lloyd Cowan the shortest boy r class, ,torned us thrs year Debbre Prerson was elected varsrty cheerleader and was qurte thrrlled to yell on the Butler freldhouse floor at the onal Doug Herron played on the varsrty thrs year and also went to the regronal wrth the team Norma Wood had to stand rn a corner of the study because she laughed at her srster Kathy Debbre Prerson sang Be Krnd to your Web footed Frrends rn advance algebra and Mr Robert DeMun made her srt rn the hall Norma led our class thrs year as she was class presrdent Vrce presrdent was Marvrn Dorrel secretary Marrlyn Krssel treasurer Nancy Polley lent councrl Debbre Prerson and convocatron Duane Cox Our class rrngs arrrved the frrst day of our Junror year Excrtedly we trred them on frndrng some too large and some too small Peggy Applegate Ohro and Ernre Frazrer from Calrfornra made our class total 38 The Junror senror receptron was held at the lndrana Unrversrty Medrcal Center as a nrght of fun and excrtement at the receptron and at the party followrng the receptron at Peggy Applegate s and the breakfast at Duane Cox s Duane Cox made a very effectrve speech on class nrght presentrng the gold key to the next year s Junror presrdent Other offrcers were vrce ident, Doug Herron, secretary Norma Wood co treasurers John Esarey and Marrlyn Krssel convocatron Debbre Prerson student councrl Marrlyn Drana Toth and Sherry Wood became very able flag twrrlers for the band We were very proud of Sherry Wood when she recerved frrst rn the state 1 solo contest for the second consecutrve year Thrs year for the frrst trme two boys were sent to Boys State Eddre Abbott and John Ferns represented New Palesttne Marrlyn Krssel arrrved at na Unrversrty on the day the boys left Boys State to attend Grrls' State Our senror year frnally arrrved after our eleven years of torl and struggle John Ferns presrdent led us through our many and varred actrvrtres assistrng hrm were vrce presrdent Brll Gambrel secretary Karen Prke treasurer Debbre Prerson and student councrl Peggy Applegate J-lavrng our Senror prctures taken selectrng announcements class colors flower and motto workrng on the Avalon and grvrng our class play part of the fun durrng our senror year Marrlyn Krssel was selected to recerve the D A R. Good Crtrzen school award Nolan Carroll Mtke Dtxon and Curtrs Eldrrdge Jotned us thrs year to make a class of 42 students Sherry Wood and Doug Herron were very happy elected camrval queen a'nd ktng Debbre Prerson was elected cheerleader for the thrrd consecutrve year along wrth Marcra Dost and Norma Wood Baccalaureate, class nrght, and commencement complete our twelve years of hrgh school and stan a new lrfe for us as some wtll go to college will work, and others wrll be marrred. but no matter what we do, we shall always remember our rntellectual teachers, our fellow classmates and rclassmen, and the frne years we spent at New Palestrne. 23 By Brll Gambrel and Marrlyn Krssel P, ' mt ' A' ,'. -V' V ' '- - 1 - ves. re ' . .. .. ' r j . ' ' ay, .ima ' - 5 ' ' ' ' ar. ' ' T - Ie'b , '. . ., . ,.,'v A . , I v V I W , . ' .L A' t Q . I P - ' ' I T ' I . E -' ' ' ' - ' . .A i ' ' ' , . .' .- . . ' 3 ' b , . ' F' ' ' . I I' I I I - I b - 1 ' ' f I ' . . ' . 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