New Washington High School - Highwayman Yearbook (New Washington, IN)

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Bethlehem School was closed in 1964 and students were sent to Otto. -a- m :r . - v x V a x ,3; .. --' -1 fr 2-. I I; -- .1 E? .m. l I 1:!!! 2!! lh- 1.. It'. I I M. New Market's eighth grade graduates in 1957. BETHLEHEM Two one room school houses named Bethlehem and Camp Creek served the Bethlehem area. Each school had one teacher who taught all eight grades. There was also a non-commissioned high school in Bethlehem around 1920. Bethlehem School closed in 1964. NEW MARKET Four one room schools; Stoney Point, Polk Run, Maple Grove, and New Market consolidated into the New Market grade school in 1935. It had only two classrooms . . . the first four grades in one room and the other four in another room. In 1941 the area population increased with the Charlestown Powder Plant operation which made it necessary to fix the base- ment up for another room and add an- other teacher. Improvements such as elec- tric lights, running water and a telephone were added later. New Market and Marysville Schools were built from the same iesign. Students measure their hemlines in 1969. Sue Bare, Ruth Bowman and friends. 1954 Thanks to the following people who helped the staff compile this information: Ed Arthur, Sue Bare, Grace Barnes, Ruth Bowman, Francis Clapp, Mary Lou Clapp, Elta Eldridge, Marguerite Fisher, Delores Hill, Bessie Stoner, Ralph Robison, DP. and Ruth Ann Waterfill. Senior girls show off the latest fashions in 1954.