North Putnam High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Roachdale, IN)

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Out Sophomore year dawned forth, we now moved to the assembly and fought on and contfmied to gain victories for ourselves at R.H.S. Remember the sublime condescension with which we showed the Freshies the rope? Also how the Juniors lorded over us. This year, Wilma Bonlfacius moved from Eubank, Kentucky and rejoined our class. Shirley Oakes from Bainbridge and Bruce Bartlett from Indianapolis also joined our class. 'nrree of our class- mates made the Varsity team--Bob Allen, Bob Thompson and Frank Plunkett. Again welost some of our members--Lola Webb, Evelyn Witt, Marguerite Page, and Sue Thompson. , Suddenly we realize we are Iunlors. In this third year, new fields are opened and there are now only twenty-eight of us to assume leadership. Class rings, Junior Play, llagazlne Sales, etc. Toward the end of the year, there were the delightful secret of Junior and Senior Reception--holding the Seniors in suspense and for the first time Commencement held a significant meaning to most of us. That year Dianne Henley and Betty McCloud left us. I Summer vacation, then Senior dignity! This year was pretty smooth QU sailing-- lt's in the bag . For once we had no additions nor subtractions-- just a few cumpllcatlons. Softball games, Assembly Program, basketball games, deep-snow and ice, no school, square dances, skatlng party, a touch of Senior- iteous, Semi-formal Dance, tourneys, Senior credits, Anmxal, Senior play, .Tun- lor and Senior Reception--Graduation exercises and Senior happiness. Thus on the 22nd day of April, 20 of us pass into the waiting arms of the future. The past is gone--often to be recalled but never to be remade. Wilma Bonlfacius Prophecy A 'fGrow old along with meg the best ls yet to be: the last of life, for which the first was made... Browning had the right ideas there. So, for a fewsnin- utes, grow a little older with the class of 1952. We now take the class into the future year of Yehudl: We see all, hear all, know all and Leg everything. Bob Thompson has been chosen Salesman of the year for his outstanding ability to sell his newly invented refrigerators to the Esklmos at the North Pole. They make a warm place for them to sleep in on cold nights. Max Pickel is llayor of Carpentersville and resides on Corncob Avenue. As a side line, he is a sudcessful Auctioneer. He also courts the Belles of Carpentersvllle. Ilm Carrington is looking for a car that can be directed by reavte control to bring him home from Indianapolis as he is still traveling the familiar road to Barbara's house. Dick Crosby ls now the most nromlnent billiard player ln our locality. He ls also head of the Information Bureau. Silas Ronk, a big game hunter in Africa, hunts field mice for scientific research. Wilbert Clark ha grown a small mustache, about a foot long, and is now tellhg the younger generation how hard he worked at school. Ray Wllson, we are sorry to say, has met a sad end. While working ln a circus he tied himself into a knot with the circus fat lady that he cannot get19 untfed. June Holland ls kept busy all day trying to keep tab on her husband from Hollywood--Lou Costello. 10

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A History Toward the last of August, 'way back in 1940, thirty and six semingly bright-looking, bewildered little kiddies came to school with their mommies, brothers, sisters, or friends. Of these little seekers of knowledge, eleven have remained together throughout their twelve years. They are: Virginia Boller, Shirley Carrington, Doyne Cooper, Richard Crosby, June Holland, Esther Kelly, Lola Pickel, Max Pickel, Charles Rady, Arlene Shuee, and Raymond Wilson. We all made it safely, except Evelyn Witt who left us, through the first grade. In the second grade, Wilma Bonifacius and Edna Harmless came to join our adventure in the world of learning, but we lost Glenn Cope. We gained four new members in our third year. They were: Dianne l-Ienley, Joan Green, Barbara Zachary and Frank Plunkett. Little did we .know that little Frank would later become a 6 ft. -4 in. senior. This year, we lost Dickie Robbins, a heartbreak to a lot of little girls. Well, it seems our 'class 'can't gain for losing. The fourth year, Wilbert Clark, Jean Green, and Wilma Bonifacius left us, but we gained James Miller, Lola Webb, Robert Abrams, and Bob Allen. Bob has remained with us through the rest of our school years. In the fifth grade, we gained two, Martha Jones and Samuel Pratt, but we lost Robert Abrams, James Miller, Barbara Zachary, Imogene Anderson, and Ina Lou Rector. At last we are the leaders of grade school. This sixth year, Virginia Gibbs left us. Nancy Huber moved from Indianapolis and joined our class. Our grade school history wouldn't be complete without mentioning the teachers who directed our study and play and to whom we are indebted for the fundamentals of our education. First of our teachers was Gladys Sutherlin, who is now teaching in Greencastle schools. Our second grade teachers was Mrs. Ruby Perkins Everman, now teaching at North Salem. In the third year, we had Mrs. Helen Hanna, now a homemaker in Roachdale. Our fourth year, the class was divided with Mrs. Hanna and Miss Verona Clampitt as our teachers. Miss Clampitt, the only one of our grade teachers still teachingin Roachdale, also directed us through our fifth gear. In the sixth grade, we had a strong and firm hand to guide us through a tough year, Mr. Eston Cooper, who taught at Roachdale 17 years. Then came the big thrill--our first year upstairs and Junior High--what a class, the largest known in our History. All additions and no losses this year. Wayne Kelly, Melvin Lanham, Virgil Asher, Betty McCloud, Don and Jim Robinson, Kenneth Moore, Roe Webb, Bob Thompson, Richard Holland, Gladys Brooks, Evelyn Witt and Eddie Thompson joined us, however, only Bob, Richard, and Gladys are among the 26 graduating Seniors. During the eighth year, we gained one new member, Sue Thompson. August 1948 rolls around. Now we are actually green Freshmen. All the Barnard Freshmen entered R.H.S. that gear. They were: Mary Eggers, James Carrington, Helen Falconbury, Silas Ronk, Larry Jones, and Marguerite Page. Evelyn Witt also rejoined our class. As confident Freshmen, we set to work. We felt ourselves a power in the school. With feverish class spirit, we enter- ed into school activities. Our part in the Halloween Carnival set us on the way to financial success. We were duly initiated and became full-fledged members of R.H.S. We achieved success in all our efforts this wonderful green year of ours. We, being young, learned fast and soon. ' f 9

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Dick Holland is now a mechanic in Stumptown working on old luggages-- baby luggage that ls. ' Frank Plunkett is having a housing problem, since he is now six feet fourteen inches a.nd still growing. Charles Rady has returned from a two year hunting expedition in South America. Charles is still single and by the way still looking for the one and only. Shirley Oakes is President of the Green Thumb Society. She and Johnny, the new heads of the Raccoon Greenhouses, have settled down to raise their slx children. V Wilma Bonifacius has finally consented to marry Speedy. They are moving to Kentucky to make their fortune on stllls . Nancy Huber, Personnel Manager for Ayres Department Store, flies to New York every weekend to buy new clothes. Lola Pickel is now playing in the Broadway Hit I Caught My Man. She is married to John Crosby. Mary Eggers has gone West to claim her gold mine, which she inherited from her uncle. She spends her spare time counting her income. Esther Kelly is a hearty worker for the Salvation Army. Any school-mates who wish to see her will find her standing on the main street at Roachdale with her little Copper Kettle. Gladys Brooks, head librarian at the Roachdale Library, is married to Harold Bookworm and is raising their four children. Virginia Boller, after graduating from Nurses College, has volunteered to go into the African Jungle to take care of the sick natives. She is flying there in her own plane. Edna Harmless turned traitor to the Army---she married a Sailor. Bob Allen now owns a mink farm in Stumptown and is making very good money. He and Pat reside there with their two children. Arlene Shuee has finally settled down to the quiet farm life with Melvin and their sixteen kids Cgoats, that ish. Shirley Carrington is now living on the West Coast, so she can keep an eye on LeRoy who is still seeing the world from the Navy standpoint. Bruce Bartlettt is now studying the Moon from his cabin in the woods ---alone. Larry Jones is now giving Goose Tatum a run for his money at basket- ball. He ls still running--from Milna Beth. Doyne Cooper is stlll making his week end runs to Kentland to see Sue. They are to be married when he is financially able. This peeping into the class was done by two old Bachelors of the class. ---Charles Rady and Silas Ronk. Class Will L We, the Senior Class of 1952 of the Roachdale High School, being without doubt of sound mind and ready memory do hereby make this our last will and testament. E This will shall be divided into two sections namely: Bequests from the class and bequests from individuals of the class. SECTION I To our dear Alma Mater, we leave a new building, which will not bear our trade marks. 11