Oolitic High School - Limestone Yearbook (Oolitic, IN)

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llElllL'H'llUlc 1 sc, To Mr. Allen, our friend and sponsor, we dedicate this edition of The Limestone as a token of our respect and gratitude for his guidance during the four years of our high school life. 5

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AUVHKHISTHHTIUU Mr. Black was born in Knox County, Indiana, in 1911. When he was one year old, his parents moved to Wheatland where he attended school. After graduation from the Wheatland School, he attended lndiana State Teachers' College and received the M. S. Degree in mathematics and physical education. His teaching experience includes one year in the grades, three years in the junior high, and six years in high school as coach and mathematics teacher. His total combined teaching' experience, including service in the A. A. F., amounts to fourteen years. He entered the A. A. F. in the fall of 1942 and served as a radio operator on a B-17 during the sum- mer and fall of 19-3. He made several missions over Ccrnianiy ard received the lurple Heart and Air Modal while in combat opera inns. While in England, lic received a coinmissicntd officers status. After bei. gg' released from active duty December 3, 1945, he entered Indiana State 'l'eacher's College and re- ibifcd a lil. S. Degree in education in the suznmer of 6. Mr. Black is married an-d has no children. His wife, Genevieve, formerly lived in St. Louis. Mr. Black became a member of the Oolitic School Fac- ulty in the fall of 1946.