New Point High School - Momentos Yearbook (New Point, IN)

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sf' .-5 ll 41-an 3-l -I -Gun DEDICATION To the faculty of New Po1nt I-hgh School we the Jun1ors dedlcate th1s 1955 year book w1th our s1ncerest regards to Mr Ray MISS Hall Mrs Wltsman Mrs Sherfey Mrs Longan Mr Gwlnnup Mr Howell Mrs Howell Mr Edwards Mrs Doles M1ss Huber and Mrs Barclay May they contxnue the wonderful work they have done and remember fw1th the help of th1s annualj the days spent at dear Old New Pomt I-hgh School Z vxx Q . I v x ! ffl? . 1 V 14. ff 4 l- I ,, . I r ,- , - A , ' A 2 7 1 ' V , ' I tx I ' I l 1 1 -E 1 -J. JI' ,I . S - 3 71 .v ' cfs'-' ' I'-' . ' - . l ' 4 . , A 'rf H I J ' I' S K -Ng M ' Q ! .W u H Il H N s . LL ' 'u ,i.-WI ' . M - y My nun y ' 1 . A I .. . H J ,. .,, .-. - A W' Y 5 ' . . , , , . . . - --- . . I , . , ' . , . 1 - r - l 1 - 1 - r - 9 . , I . . A , . .

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School Hlstory The New Po1nt School 15 not as old as the towT1sh1p for lt was organlzed 1n 1836 Th1S townshlp was to be called Saltcreek ln 1854 the town of New Pomt was la1d out along the sxte of the N Y Central rallroad from C1nc1nnat1 to lndlanapolls Wlth the town growlng rapldly the need of a school was sc en To me et thls neccssrty a Log School known as The Cook School was bu1lt near the present farm of Tom Tellas James Moody the flrst trustee was elected ln 1859 and comblned h1s efforts wrth those ofthe Masomc Lodge to construct a two story br1ck bu1ld1ng 1n 1861 Th1s was used two fold as a lodge hall and schoolhouse The bu11d1ng st1l1 stands and 15 used by the Masomc Lodge ln 1880 the school populat1on of the townshlp was 375 and the school term was a full n1ne months A new school whlch cost 2200 was bu11t IH the west end of town on the present W1lhdm 1-lermesch property The school a two story brxck was bullt w1th a large room up and a large room down The enrollment grew and a part1t1on was placed 1n the lower room to make three rooms Th1s was a grade school ln whmch some h1gh school courses were offered The f1rst pr1nc1pa1 before B111 Jenklns was W M Gard Other prlnclpals Thls school was a town school dlrected by a town board Dr Lodaw1cke Jerman Dr Henry Johnston and John Lew1s I-11l11ard A lack of funds soon caused the school to revert to the townshlp w1th John Huff as trustee John A Meyer was elected trustee ln 1908 and 1n 1909 after much controxersey a new bu11d1ng was to be bu11t So that the burldmg program could be started the school term was shortened to s1x months The old bu11d1ng was torn down and the br1cks re-cla1med for use 1n the new bulldlng The bulldlng conslsted of four rooms and a basement cost S12 000 lt was to offer grade school and three years of h1gh school but crowded con d1t1ons forced the f1rst two grades to the Old Schoolhouse lt 1S sard that the contractor lost money on the bu1ld1ng and also that h went to sleep 1n the llvery barn wh11e he was smok1ng causmg a fxre wh1ch burned the barn a drug store and Metz's store '1'h1s n1ght 1S st1l1 called the nlght of the Blg F1re In 1915 Fred Bass became prmcrpal At th1s t1me pup11s w1sh1ng to complete hxgh school commuted by tra1n to exther Greensburg or Batesvllle paylng thelr own trans portatlon The present bu11d1ng was completed by the fall of 1922 wrth Adam E Huber trustee and Cl1fford Zetterburg as prlnclpal In 1939 James Clements became pr1nc1pa1 and 1n 1951 George Ray of V1ncennes assumed the dutxes of pr1nc1pal and IS st11l 1n that capaclty Cont1nued on page 3 O 5 . 3 ' 1 ' ll II, ll 4 H - Y f. were John Bobbitt, Frank Fields, Dennis O'Dea and Edward Moulton. ' ' ' ' IU ' ' I1 ' ------ 8