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

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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

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ffgf' , f 4, 1 Q5 is if 1 fi cf ! J X I , if ,6x ff , ,I 14 bfi rv LIBRARY CLUB The purpose of the Library Club is the extension of library service in Jackson Township. Through its activities we hope to promote interest in reading good literature. We have two mottoes which express our ideals: 'Forward With Books' and Service . The Library Club had a membership this year of fifty-five. The club elected as its officer's: Ruby Clark, president: Mary Lou Fisher, vice pres- identg Margaret Morehouse, secretary: Evelyn VanDiepenbos, treasurer: and Rosemary Reimschisel, reporter. Miss Crlpe is club sponsor. Each year two senior girls are appointed as assistant librarians on the basis of their past record of library service. Thyra Neff and Roma Herrington were chosen this year because of their outstanding contributions in helping to pro- mote the surnrner library program during the past years. A new project was begun this year. Each girl received a program book in the club's colors--navy blue and white--with an outline of each meeting's program. Our library emblem is a navy blue 'L' with a narrow white border. As our part of the nation-wide celebration of Book Week, a 'Dr IQ' radio program was given in the assembly. A story telling contest was sponsoredin connection with Book Week. Due-to the large number of entrants, it was necessary to divide the contestants into two sections. The winners of the junior-senior section were Evelyn VanDiepenbos, Betty Mishler, and Mary Lou Stuckman, Eleanor Cobb, Marilyn Miller, and Rosemary Reim- schisel won the freshman-sophomore division. The winners were presented with pins signifying their accomplishrnent. Also to commemorate Book Week, special story hours were held in each room of the Bethany and New Paris Grade Schools. The Library Club sponsored a movie 'Swiss Family Robin- son' on November 16. ln order to raise funds to carry on the activities oi the organization the following projects were undertaken: selling desserts and spices, con- cessions for the Leesburg basketball game and the second-teanftournament. Each year our club gives a worthwhile gift to the school. This year our pro- ject was to install four flourescent lights in the library. I At the annual Mother-Daughter Banquet .awards were presented to the senior girls who had met the requirements stated in our constitution. The award is an appropriate medal and is given if the girl has completed seventy- five hours of library work, attended ninety percent of the meetings, upheld the club's ideals and standards, and been in the club two-thirds of the years enrolled in school, The awards for this year were presented to the following senior members: Ruby Clark, Roma Herrington, Phyllis Hower, lrmyn Jack- son, Waneta Jones, Phyllis Juday, Donnabelle Lantz, Doris Lehman, Betty Mishler, Iean Moneyheffer, Nola Jean Morehouse, Thyra Neff, Elaine Ogle, Ioan Paugh, Virginia Schroeder, Marilyn Shannon, Mary Lou Stuckman, and Evelyn VanDiepenbos. USHERS CLUB The Ushers Club of New Paris High School which was organized in 1941 has gradually added services of various kinds to its list of activities. Their regular services consist of ushering for the junior and senior plays. This year the- club has also ushered for movies, the Christmas Messiah, and a musical prograrn sponsored by the music department. The Ushers Club members have purple sweaters. The sweaters have a large 'U' inscribed with a small 'NP' in it. Miss Cripe and Mr. Hollar are club sponsors. Two students from the freshman and sophomore classes and three students from the upper classes are selected as members of the Ushers Club. This year members are: seniors, Virginia Schroeder, Paul Heli-nan, and Doris Lehman: juniors, Doris Iuday, James Snider and Wayne Yoder, sophomores, Gerald Snider and Barbara Beer: freshrnen, Patty Mishler and Lloyd Kammerdeiner. BBQ .Me u. QCEL g is PAHISIAN 72' .ea le w Ape s f s J S I 1 iv R. N