New Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (New Paris, IN)

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SUNSHINE SOC IETY Q, E p 1-ll-Y Front row: James Cobb, Robt. Frederick, Dale Aschilrnan, Don Mc- Gowen, Lloyd Borkholder, Farrell Cripe, Clare Miller, Rene Neff. Second row: Don Thwaits, Gene Neff, Carl Blosser, Vernon Dowty, Lloyd Lantz, Francis Korenstra, Mr. Evans. Top row: Jr. Beer, Con- rad Neff, Lee Robinson, Bill Smoker, Bill Tarman, Don Hoover. Front row: Shirley Helman, Helen Juday, Norma Lung, Theda Snider, Juva Gall, Margaret Cline, Doris Mock, Margaret Morehouse, Joan Smoker, Susie Lutes, Doris Lehman, Lenna Wolferman, Esther Whitehead, Waneta Jones, Nola Jean Morehouse. Second row: Miss Elliott, Ar- lene Wagner, Esther Yoder, Pauline Geil, Marilyn Miller, Betty Mish- ler, Mary Lou Stuckman, Marie Robinson, Betty Shannon, Sue Whetten, Esther Rapp, Ruth Hall, Dorothy Hoshaw, Eleanor Neff, Eleanor Cobb, Joan Clemens, Joan Paugh, Doris Miller, Miss Pavy. Third row: Shir- ley Bauer, Doris Juday, Rosalyn Collins, Joan Weybright, Donna Lantz, Barbara Beer, Va. Schroeder, Roma Herrington, Evelyn VanDiepenbos, Mary Lou Fisher, Irma Gall, Josephine Mohler, Dorothy Yoder, Caro- lyn Dunlap, Rosemary Reimschisel, Gladys Geil, Laura Mae Yoder, Bertha Martin, Dorothy Pippenger. Top row: Ruby Clark, Phyllis Juday, Janet Weaver, Thyra Neff, Cherie Dowty, June Maust, Mildred Bobeck, Beverly Miller, Barbara Miller, Marilyn Shanno-1, Bonnie Neff, Janet Newcomer, Janice Wise, Bonnie Shafer.

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,V,4' , Q . ff, '49 0 wi V-Y I ,, 127 JI IFJ '11 fv F.:-LA. The FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERlCA'ls a newly.organlzed club. The purpose of this club is to promote a growing appreciation of the joys and satlsfactions of homemaklng, to emphasize the importance of worthy home membership, to encourage democracy in home and community life, to work for good home and family life for all, to promote international good will. to foster the development of creative leadership in home and community life, to provide wholesome individual and group recreation, and to further interest in home economics. Our colors are red and white, symbolic of youth and purity. Our flower is the red rose, symbolic of vibrant, glowing health. Our motto is 'Toward New Horizons . We have fourteen members, s chapter advisor, and a chapter mother. We have a meeting once each month at the home of some member. The club has sponsored several worthwhile projects: A Courtesy Week' in the school: packed three boxes for girls overseas, and sent a CARE package to ltaly. To better serve the community attending school activities, we have a checkroom in the gym. On December 6 we had a taffy pull and had the F. F. A. boys as our guests. The officers of the F. H. A. are as follows: Thyra Neff, presldehtg Thelma Bachtel, vice president: Doris Juday, secretary: Jean Miller, treas- urer: Lenna Wolferman, reporter, Miss Wheaton, chapter advisor: and Mrs. George Neff, chapter mother. CREED We are the Future Homemakers of America. We face the future with warm courage, and high hope For we have the clear consciousness of seeking Old 'and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, Homes for America's future. Homes where living will be the expression of everything That is good and fair. Homes where truth and life and sincerity and faith Will be realities, not dreams. We are the Future Homemakers of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope F, F, A. The FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA is a non-profit, non-political, farm youth organization of voluntary membership, designed to take its place along with other agencies striving for the development of leadership, the Iaimiilding of a more permanent agriculture, and the improvement of country e. is X x E . l Q' if Q, - k Y 5 The national emblem of the F. F. A. is significant and meaningful in Q J every detail. The owl is symbolic of wisdom and knowledgeg the plow is the symbol of labor and tillage of the soil, the rising sun is emblematic of pro- gress and the new day that will dawn when all farmers are trained and have learned to cooperateg the cross section of an ear of corn represents common agricultural interests since corn is native of America and grown in every state: and the eagle is indicative of the national scope of the organization. The club colors are 'National Blue' and 'Corn Gold . The mottols: I 'Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve. Officers ' are Mr. Dawson, advisor, Otto Beer, Jr., president: Clare Miller, vice president, Dana Snider, secretaryg Vernon Dowty, treasurer: 'Gorman Miller, reporter, and Don Thwaits, watch dog. X On October Z5 nine 'Green Hands' were initiated. On February 8 the F. F. A. entertained the F. H. A. at a party at the school. From November 15 to January 15 there was a district pest contest. The latter part of Febru- ary there were other district contests, such as, essay, public speaking, and , .lud8in8 of POUHYY- hay and grain. and sliop items. Garden seeds'are sold X between January.and April. Candidates for the state convention to be held at Lafayette in April are Don Thwaits and Otto Beer. Martins Feed Mills donated S25 to help pay the Q If expenses to this convention. s ' , M x Q l PAHISIAN I W f 4's.,- ' Q27 f

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2 ' 125, A ,fr , al I 2 ,Q 3? H fu l ,f ,f ff? , Jef. ' 'L ,. ,K , S ' . X D 'I' ff' l-ll-Y The Hi-Y :ls a Christian organization for high school boys with the pur- pose to create, maintain, and extend throughout the school and community high standards of Christian character. A meeting was held in which all boys interested in becoming Hi-Y mem- , bers were invited. From this group twelve boys were chosenfor membership. Full membership of the club is twenty. The following boys were chosen this year: Vernon Dowty, Gene Neff, Rene Neff, Dale Aschllman, Lloyd Lantz., Robert Frederick, Clare Miller, James Cobb, Fan-el Cripe, Lloyd Bork- holder, Don Thwalts, and Don McGowan. The officers for l948-49 were the following: Bill Smoker, president: Bill Tarman, vice president, Conrad Neff, secretary: Carl Blosser, treasurer: Mr. Evans, sponsor. Don McGowan was elected to complete the term of treasurer. 0' The initiation was held on October 9 with a supper preceding the initiation services. The incoming boys .learned the twelveth chapter of Romans as one of the requirements for membership. .4 The senior members received their Hi-Y sweaters at the first of the year and are carrying on various projects to pay for them. suwsmm-: socnarry l k The Sunshine Society is an organization for girls with the motto, Others . Our emblem is the rising sun, and our colors are yellow and white with the V A yellow rose as our flower. The Sunshine creed is: 'With love ln my heart, forgetting self, and with charity for all, I will make the object of my life helpfulness and kindness to others. I shall try to give intelligent service in making my community a safer and more beautiful place in which to live. The officers for this year are: Mary Lou Stuckman, president: Susie Lutes, vlce president: Bonnie Neff, secretaryg Margaret Morehouse, reporter, Miss Elliott and Miss Pavy, sponsors. Miss Elliott was also state chairman. We have sixty-three members in our organisation. Some of our projects for ,I Thus will my own llfe become rich and complete. X N this year have beencontrlbuting to the Riley Fund, helping present the Thanks- giving assembly program, decorating the assembly for Christmas, choosing ldeal Ladies, helping our little sisters, and sending greeting cards to the sick. This year we sponsored a 'Sunshine Basketball Queen' contest. Each class 'O selected a Sunshine girl as a candidate for queen. The girls selected were Ruby Clark, Mary Lou Fisher, Beverly Miller, and Eleanor Cobb. Votes for the candidates were in the form of money, each penny counting as one vote. The queen, Mary Lou Fisher, was crowned at the Concord-New Paris game. On October Z9 we held a candle-light initiation service for our new members. After the initiation we went to the high school for a slumber party. Several members attended the district convention at Columbia City on October 2. ln April we sponsored a tea for our Ideal Ladies when we ln- stalled our next year's officers. A big feature of our year is the annual joint mother-daughter banquet held with the three other girls clubs. The New Paris chapter of Sunshine will be hostess for the district convention next year on October l5. , X Q Xl X fit AHISI