Noblesville High School - Shadow Yearbook (Noblesville, IN)

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One of the Victorian houses in Noblesville is located o Conner Street. The former home harbors three sinaJI shops and c As a lifeguard at Forest P krk pool. Ten Gombold ( 83) watches an adventurous Peggy Herrick ( ' S3) dive. Amid falling bricks, fresh cement and dust, Noblesville changed from town into city Michele MiUer and Beth Fraze Green Valley, Monterey Village, the Har- bours. Wellington . . . what do all these places have in common? They are all subdivisons within the city of Noblesville, half of which have been built in the last decade. These additions have helped to expand Noblesville. bringing more citizens to the community and students to the high school. Long-time residents have seen this change as well as others in the past ten years. In 1971, Noblesville acquired its first radio station. WHYT may have seemed like a small variation, but it signified the first step of change from town into city. Monumental al- terations were yet to occur. In 1974, NHS spawned a new addition which boasted a 650 seat auditorium. It was 1975, however, that brought the multiple changes. To begin with, construction started on a new county jail; 1.3 million dol- lars was allotted for the new structure. Work also commenced on a new pool to replace the 40 year old one at Forest Park. The up-to-date pool was Olympic size. Diving platforms were also erected. The renovation didn ' t stop there. In the years to come, the community saw more buildings go up, as well as come down. Su- permarkets and chain stores increased and new sport and clothing stores were built. The construction of 3D discount store and the shops around it gave the city its first well rounded shopping center. These modifications, updating Noblesville, were still in progress at the start of 1981. Even in August, as students prepared for the start of school, work continued on State Road 37. The existing road was repaved and two new lanes were added to convert it into a four-lane highway. These new additions did not occur without some compromise. In the modernization pro- cess many long-standing buildings and well known landmarks were torn down. Progress, although needed, took its toll. opening • 3

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Key tlub mpmbfrs Tim tckcnrodp 182) and Mikp Kuhlman (821 hang a swing al TriCounly OpporHinlty School, This wheelchair suing was especially designed (or handicapped students. (Teagardin photos) 2 • opening

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Townies ' , Harbourites and farm kids struggled for identity as stereotypes emerged bv Michele MiUer and Beth Fra e These sudden changes even affected stu- dents. Teens who had been raised in the town found themselves competing with numerous new move-ins as well as farm kids. Turmoil arose from many differences that existed in their respective environments. Great gaps between them made it difficult to find a half-way ground on which to com- municate. Primarily from lack of knowledge about one another, stereotypes emerged, placing students into categories. The townies hung around with other townies ; the farm kids associated with other farm kids; and the Harbourites be- friended other Harbourites. This was logical, since psychology has indicated that proximity is the number one factor in establishing friends. Naturally, kids chose people with whom they could most conveniently meet. Those not fitting into one of these categories commonly chose people living nearest to them. The problem, however, was not in the forming of cliques, but in the stereotypes that emerged about them. Harbourites were known as rich snobs while the townies were referred to as poor and hoody. Farm kids had a problem with the same stereotype that has been tacked onto them for genera- tions — hicks. Believe it or not, these subdivisions were interfering with the wholeness of NHS. Differ ent pieces obviously weren ' t fitting together and some reshaping was going to have to take place before students would be able to find middle ground. 4 • op ening Carollnp Purdy (Ml and Julie Schneider ( ' 84) share a laugh with Hamilton Southeastem ' s Toby Senefleld ( ' 85) as they prepare for the annual Hamilton County 4-H fair. (Beatty photo) I