North Webster High School - Troy Yearbook (North Webster, IN)

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Junior Class ART ENGLEBERTH JIM PAYNE PEGGY JORDEN LYNN OVERMYER COLLEEN BARTMAN ED BLUE JIM BRANS FORD JEAN CARSON JOHN CLINGERMAN BARBARA FREEMAN GWEN GATHROP -r. LEROY KNAFEL JIM HILL EFFIE HIMES JACK JERRAID MARILYN RINGIJER CHARLOTTE SMITH DON SMITH JEAN VALENTINE RUTH WITMER 23

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Junior Class Activities This has been a very busy year for the JUNIOR CLASS. Our class has 21 members and two very efficient sponsors, Mrs. Bodkin and Mr. Royer. Jim Payne is our President this year, and a very good one too. Arthur Engleberth is our busy Vice-President. Lynn Overmeyer took care of our finances, while Peggy Jordan kept track of our business transactions. The concessions has kept everyone busy selling at noons and also at all the home basketball games. We have all worked very hard on this project. Among the other things to finance our treasury, we had a successful bake sale on January 20, 1951, at Bodkins Grocery. On January 26, at the Milford game we held a cake draw. Then Saturday, January 27, we had a scrap drive. Everyone was pleased with the results. Preceding the Christmas Holidays we found some very good salesmen in our class, as we had a big Christmas Card Sales. The main event of the year for the Junior Class, was the class play, “Cheaper by the Dozen.” With an excellent cast and a very good producer, Mr. Young, the play went off well. We all had fun producing and giving the play, and everyone enjoyed themselves afterwards at Mrs. Bodkins in Warsaw. The play cast was as follows: Mr. Gilbreth, Father--Lynn Overmeyer: Mrs. Gilbreth, Mother —Jean Carson; Ann, Oldest Daughter—Effie Himes; Part of the Dozen-—Ernestine--Gwen Gathrop; Frank-- Jack Jerraid; Jackie--Jim Hill; Dan--Arthur Engleberth; Bill-Leroy Knafel; Freda--Marilyn Ringler; Housekeeper—Charlotte Smith; Dr. Burton, Family Doctor-Don Smith; Joe Scales, Cheerleader--Eddie Blue; Miss Brill--Barbara Freeman; Larry, someone special--Jim Payne. STORY: Dad is a terrific efficiency expert, and it’s his firm conviction that what works in the factory will work in the home; Despite his high school age daughter’s interest in boys and dates, Dad pushes ahead with better organization for his large and delightful family. He puts up a chart for the young people to initial after completing each household task. To speed up the young people's education. Dad buys language lesson records for them to play every morning in the bathroom. While this provides uproarious humor and fast-paced action, there’s an important meaning and imperative reason for it all. The play begins with two of the young people remembering a happy time with Dad and how Mother had said, “Right now is the happiest time in the world.” “That’s the time in a family,” the other says, “when you’re all together. Before anything has happened to any one of you. They remember the last time the whole family was together, before Dad left to give a lecture in Europe. They didn’t know there was anything wrong with Dad's heart, or that he wouldn’t come back. However Dad knows he is living on borrowed time and that is why he is trying to make his family efficient, as he doesn’t want to leave such a load on mother. The children don’t understand this and think Dad is old-fashioned because he won’t let them have dates and modern clothes. Ann finally gets a date with a cheerleader and Dad insists that he will chaperone them on this date, the cheerleader don’t think Dad trusts Ann, but Dad says that it's cheerleaders that he don’t trust. The outraged cheerleader drives off in his car. With his time running out Dad sets up a democratic family council to handle the family problems and they are working out very well except for Ann. Dad is about to leave for Europe, both he and Ann are miserable because they don’t understand each other, then in a deft and moving scene. Dad becomes aware of how Ann has grown up and that she should have dates and go to dances. At the same time Ann realizes the truth about Dad. Their understanding is complete, and as Dad leaves, the family council is called to order. HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL The Junior and Senior Classes sponsored a Halloween Carnival held in the North Webster Community Building. The Carnival featured a costume parade with prizes for the most original and funniest get-up and each costumed person was given a ticket worth a dime on the Midway. On the Midway were set up various attractions, including: Bingo stand, dart throwing, hit the bottle, pitch ball in tile. Lady under Water, Trip around the World, refreshment stand, and a cafe, which was on the stage. Both classes benefited in two ways, the first; excluding the hard work and expenses, and secondly; we shared the profits equally. 22

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Sophomore Class The Sophomore Class, sponsored by Floyd Baker, has twenty-two members. The officers are; President, Jerry Rhodes; Vice-President, Nub Niles; Secretary, Donna Barnhart; Treasurer, Warren Sloan. To make money for our Senior trip, we are selling red and white jackets with North Webster written on the back of them. On November 6, 1950, we haul a semester party. We had a hayride and later refreshments. On Saturday morning, October 14, 1950, in the wee hours of the morning, the Class of '53 left for Chicago. We spent the morning in the Hall of Science and Industry where we learned many interesting things. In the afternoon we visited the Museum of Natural History and John Shedd Aquarium. In the evening we went to the Oriental Theater and saw Vaudeville and a movie, “Mr. 880.” Freshmen September 9, 1950, finds the class of fifty-four, electing officers for the school year. They are as follows: Martha Fordyce, President; Doug Bowser, Vice-President; Anna Henwood, Treasurer; Leora Warble, Secretary. Our class sponsor is Mrs. Poor. Our first class party was October 25, 1950 with a pot-luck supper, after supper we played games. On October 16, we had “Freshman Initiation.” Following the Christmas tradition we had a gift exchange December 22, 1950, which was full of surprises. Our new members this year were as follows: Dawn Hickman, Dixie Guy, Phyllis Gaerte, Mary Lou Gaerte, Shirley Gregory, Elaine Bowman, Ellen Baker, Rex Hathway, John Weimer and Roger Keck. Eighth Grade There are twenty-five members in the eighth grade. We had a class party on Wednesday December 13. It was held at Daniel Elliott’s house. Later on in the evening we went to a show. Our officers are as follows: Daniel Elliott, President; Teddy Engleberth, Vice-President; and Lorene Mauzy, Secretary and Treasurer. Seventh Grade Our class this year is made up of twenty- ix students. New students are Nancy Jo Carter from Goshen and Robert Weston whj hails from Marion. Class officers are: President, Norma Barnheart; Vice-President, Ronnie Pearson; and Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Hunter. First party to be had by the seventh grade this year was held at the “Flowing Well Park” in October of 1950. A few games were played after eating. A good time was had by all. 24