North Salem High School - Echo Yearbook (North Salem, IN)

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PROPHEC Y You are invited to attend a wedding on this bright, clear day in June, 1976, which is to be held in the North Salem Christian Church with Rev. James Wallace Smith performing the ceremony. Wedding vows are to be exchanged be- tween the famous Hollywood acuess, Miss Jeanette Clements, and the Professor of Drama at Parrot's Beak College, James Alexander. He has been courting her for several years and just now is taking the drastic step. Let us look around to see who the other guests may be. There is a very worried -looking man sitting at the end of one of the pews. We recognize him to be Keith Ward who has taken a job as the Warden at the Woman's State Prison. He is married to No. 369487. They have three little children. His distressed appearance is obviously caused by his wife's unfortunate two years detention. There is a very lovely couple sitting near the front of the church. They have just turned around and aren't we surprised? Yes, they are the famous dancing team, Larry Kelly and Diane DeLashmit. They married upon graduation from North Salem and have lovely twin daughters whom they named Josephine and Roberta. They also have twin boys who are named Larry, Jr. and Dennis. A very pretty girl accompanied by several men has just entered. She is none other than Judy Selch who is a dietician now and has her own shop and television show, Judy s Lose Weight Fast Show. Judy never married but we can see that she has plenty of prospects. Nancy Emmert and her husband, Charles Dale, have just entered. They married after she completed school and moved to Lizton where Charlie owns a garage. They have ten children starting alphabetically with Annabelle down to Jasper. Here comes someone down the aisle whispering loudly Where are we going to sit, Dear. As his wife tries des- perately to quiet him, we see that they are Edward Clark and the former Rita Hunt. 'I'hey surprised everyone by their marriage and they now have two boys and a cute little girl. 4 We see that Don Casteel is also here. He is the new owner of the North Salem Theater. He married Peg Smith three years after graduation. They have evidently left their three children with Auntie Doris. A mass of muscles enters and instantly we recognize them as belonging to Dick McDonald. He went to Charles Atlas after graduation and a year later he was chosen Mr. America. Frank Wiles is sitting dejectedly all alone. His four matrimonial attempts were unhappy ones, and he has just re- cently divorced his fourth wife a few weeks after the birth of his only child. He is now working as a brick-layer for 'Sloppy Joe's Construction Company. The former Linda Birdsong and her husband, Roy Kenney, are sitting in front of Frank. Linda went to college and took a course in chemistry. After her graduation they married and moved to Danville where they operate the 'Kleen Cleaners. . Lanny Wilson and his wife, who was Jane Cloncs, are here, too. Jane runs the telephone exchange and takes care of Lanny, Jr. Lanny owns tne poor room and his business is picking up since he has added a new pool table. Nancy Davis is here. She is a very good friend of Jeanette's because she is trying to become an actress, too. She married after graduation, but got a divorce after the second child. Being disappointed in love she is trying to work her way toward stardom. She and Miss Clements are currently starring in the same movie, 'Two Gun Kate From Kansas. Allyn Hograve and Larry Laudig made it here today. As you know, upon graduation, they became partners in a boxing syndicate. 'I'hey are the handlers of the great boxing star, Ronnie 'Tiger' Whiles. Allyn married the former Doris Casteel and they have two children. Larry married Betty Carpenter ten years after graduation and they have one boy. Ronnie married Joyce Edwards from Indianapolis. There is a man sitting in the back dressed in white. It is Danny Broughten, He is the No. l street cleaner in North Salem. He is evidently waiting until the wedding is over so he can clean up the mess. Danny never married because he was too gay being a bachelor. 'I'here is Richard Lowe. He became the dog catcher of North Salem, but he doesn't have the heart to fasten the dogs up so he just pretends to catch them. Richard married Arlene Pritchett about four years after graduation. 'I'hey have two little boys. We see Nancy Miller coming up the steps. She is late because she just returned from London, where she is appearing in the famous theater of Queen Elizabeth. She married the famous pianist, Liberace. The ceremony comes to a close. As we watch the many classmates shower the couple with rice, we find ourselves thinking that so long as North Salem has such prominent people, surely it will always thrive. B. Y's.

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5' SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the dignified Seniors of 1956, being of sound mind and body, do hereby ordain and establish this as our last will and testament. ,J TEACHERS xi To the Teachers we will the right to go back to college and further their education. IUNIORS To the Juniors we will our vim, vigor, and vitality. SOPHOMORES To the Sophomores we will all our old U. S. History tests. y FRESHMEN R To the Freshmen we will our ability to hold an orderly class meeting. EIGHTH GRADE To the Eighth Grade we will our ability to be patient with the faculty. TO THE UNDERGRADUATES I, James Alexander, will my ability to eat twenty White Castle hamburgers at one time to Ruth Kelley. W I, Linda Birdsong, will my position as office helper to Johnny Byram. L I, Daniel Broughton, will my ability to get along with Mr. Callaway to Charles Simon. 1, Donald Casteel, will to Barbara Clark my ability to ny to get to school at least three days a week to please Mr. Callaway. V I, Edward Clark, will my ability to drive between fence posts to William Fleece. I, Jeanette Clements, will my job of printing menus to Jeraldine Goldman. I, Jane Cloncs, will my ability to drive Daisy Mae to Joy Gleason. X I, Nancy Davis, will my position as yell leader to Sandra Sewell. I, Dianne DeLashmit, will Dorothy Hograve the right to read all the movie magazines at the drug store. 1, Nancy Emmert, will my position as alto in the Sextette to Junior Cox. I, Allyn Hograve, will my '35 Ford to Wilbur Sellers if he can find it. I, Rita Hunt, will my figure and height to Morris Barker. L E I, Larry Kelley, will my red hair to Carolyn Coats. T I, Larry Laudig, will Donald Plasters my curly locks, and to Larry Ward Iwill my sore feet and a can i fs of foot powder. I, Richard Lowe, will my ability to sing tenor in the Chorus to Beverly Clark. I, Richard McDonald, will my ability to graduate this year to Ann Gossett, I, Nancy Miller, will my ability to drive into the ditch to David Robbins. I, Judy Selch, will my size four shoe to Ruth Ann Wilson. I, Keith Ward, will to Wilma Jarrett my reputation for being the last one to school each morning, and my dancing ability to Arlene Pritchett. I, Frank Whiles, will my nice, quiet ways to Doris Casteel, I, Ronald Whiles, will all of my girl friends to Richard Fishback. I, Lanny Wilson, will my ability to get out of study hall to Patricia Gordon. I, James Smith, will my superior intellect to Mike Smith and my slender physique to Patricia Morgan.

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1944, Mrs. Henri Etta Ferguson greeted thirty-two frightened youngsters whose names were finally learned to be: Jim Alexander, Eddie Clark, Jeanette Clements, Jane Cloncs, Nancy Davis, Dianne Delashmit, Rita Hunt, Dick McDonald, Ronnie Whiles, Frank Whiles, Jimmy Smith, Bill Arnold, Chuck Arnold, Morris Lee Barker, Max Blackmore, Millie Brunner, Junior Cox, Danny Lee Gearld, Betty Lorene Gordon, Tommy Goode, Wilma Murry, John Murry, Sandra Murphy, Sandra Sue Miller, Danny Robbins, Bill Rawlings, Robert Russell, Robert Scott, Donald Stewart, Gene Vann, Clay Warren, and Mary Jane Williams. By the time we reached the second grade we were a little more used to this strange business of school, Our teacher was Mrs. Merle Soots. Although we lost Bill Arnold, Chuck Arnold, Morris Barker, Junior Cox, Wilma Murry, John Murry, Sandra Murphy, Danny Robbins, Robert Scott, and Donald Stewart, we gained Versie Capps, Dalpha Warren, Frank Thompson, and Larry Kelley. In the third grade Mrs. Ruby Everman was teaching us more of readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic. William Farr, Allyn Hograve, and Nancy Miller joined our class and Robert Scott rejoined us. Morris Lee Barker and Max Blackmore left us in this grade. In the fourth grade Keith Ward was added to our class and by the fifth grade Eugene Ralston, Richard Spelich, Howard Emberton and Eileen Weidman had also arrived. Lost during that time were: Versie Capps, William Farr, Tommy Goode, Betty Lorene Gordon, Danny Lee Gerald, Robert Russell, Robert Scott and Gene Vann. Mrs. Genevieve Owen and Mrs. Julia Nay were our teachers in the fourth and fifth grades respectively. We enjoyed our second year up stairs in the sixth grade and the boys started playing basketball on their own team. Mr. Gossett was our home-room teacher. Sandra Sue Miller and Eugene Ralston moved away and we welcomed Lanny Wilson to the class in this grade. Mr. Kloster was our teacher in the seventh grade. We began our Junior High activities including basketball and track. It must have been in this grade that our class spirit developed' for we attended basketball games and rooted enthusiastically for the team. The only changes in the class were: New- -Barbara Million, Thomas Howard, Nancy Emmert, and Betty Ewbank. Eugene Ralston rejoined our group and Howard Emberton moved away. Our last year in the grades was one of anticipation. Yell leaders were elected from our grade for the Junior High. They were: Betty Ewbank, Eileen Weidman, and Mary Jane Williams, all of whom later moved away. Linda Birdsong and Shirley Delp moved to North Salem and joined our class. Robert Barnhart, Clay and Dalpha Warren, and Barbara Million left us this year. What a thrill when we were finally Freshmen! Some of the new Freshies were even afraid to go into the high school building but with the help of some upper classmen we finally got there. When the first bell rang we all dashed off in different directions. We finally met back in the middle of the hall and turned for help to Mrs. Hanna, who could only say, I'm new here, too. Little did we know then that she would be our sponsor throughout high school. The upper classmen had thoughtfully written on the study hall board. Welcome, Freshies . We were to wonder whether they really meant it in the next two weeks as we went through initiation. What a sight we must have been with costumes all the way from a little baby to an eskimo. During the summer months we picked up Dan Broughton and Richard Lowe and they went through initiation, too. Frank Barnhart, Shirley Delp, Betty Ewbank, and Richard Spelich missed this torture since they moved away this year. Norman Breurer and Helen Bannerman were here during part of this year. No longer green Freshmen we started to enjoy a more sensible school routine our Sophomore year. The high spot this year that every senior remembers was the time that the heat went off in the building. In the chilly air we sang songs, danced and carried on in a most unscholarly manner. Also this year we avenged our initiation on our under- classmen. We were the last class to have this opportunity. We can never forget the fun we had in the old high school building-the fun at noon-time upstairs in the gym, playing ping-pong and learning to dance, the back-stage stairs we ran up and down, the rickety old staircase we leaned against and did our gossiping, and the coatrack that was always in our way when the bell rang. We are thankful that we have had two years in the old building and two years in the new. Larry Laudig and Don Casteel were new this year and Howard Thomas, Norman Brewer and Helen Bannerman left us. We entered the new building as Juniors and prepared ourselves for a very active year. Selling candy at noon, and at the home ballgames kept us busy. Some of the boys fixed up the old popcorn popper and we served freshly popped popcorn at the games. We had the honor of presenting the first Junior Play in the new building, which everyone said was one of the most outstanding high school plays they had ever seen, To go with our gray and blue class sweaters which we got last year we ordered class rings with blue sets. We were sorry to lose Eileen Weidman and Eugene Ralston at the end of the first semester. Judy Selch was welcomed to our class at the beginning of the second semester. After careful planning we made arrangements for our Junior-Senior reception, which was held at the Riviera Club in Indianapolis. As a beginning we enjoyed an afternoon of indoor swimming. We adopted a Hawaiian theme and carried it throughout the banquet and dance. We will remember this evening with a great deal of pleasure in the years to come A record of our Senior activities can be found in the School Calendar. There were no additions to our class this year but during the summer Millie Brunner was married and did not return to school.