Petroleum High School - Panther Yearbook (Petroleum, IN)

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C ASS HISTQRY Petroleum Panthers from first to twelfth grade. From the first year to senior year the class of 5'7 has struggled to walk the tight rope of education. Our teachers as ringmasters directing our progress along the tight rope have contributed much to our knowledge. Our first year in high school, with all the background of education, we were ready to begin the four high school years. Starting out on the tightrope toward graduation in our Freshman year were: Donald Addington, Kermit Addington, Betty Barnes, Janice Bates, Lavelle Bower, Dallis Bunch, Judy Breedlove, George Carnes, Judy Gerber, Mary Jane Grimm, Jill Harshman, Lois Leader, Amos Miller, Donnie Mur- ray, Don Okey, Jim Ramseyer, Pauline Ramseyer, Jerry Reaser, Pat Shane, Carol Taylor, and Karol Wil- liams. Then later in the year Sharon Gregg came to join the tightrope walking team. Our officers for this year were President-Jill Harshmang Vice-President-Betty Barnes, Secretary-Pauline Rarnseyerg Treasurer-Jerry Reaser. with one year of high school experience behind us we began our sophomore year. We could almost feel the greenness wearing off. This year we chose Don Addington as our President, Pauline Ramseyer as our Vice President, George Carnes as our Secretary, Jill Harshmau as our Treasurer. Mrs. Lautzenheiser was our sponsor. We gained two new members: Doris Brickey and Phyllis Ellison. We lost Pat Shane this year. Upon returning for our Junior year we discovered these students missing: Kermit Addington, Lavelle Bower, and Doris Brickey. This year Jill Harshman was our President, Her Vice President was Don Ad- dington, Secretary-Phyllis Ellison, Treasurer-Pauline Ramseyer, During this year our money making projects were: selling magazines, concessions at ballgames, Christmas candy, scrap drive, and a bake sale. Our class play Ghost House' was presented this year. During the summer and Senior year via the preacher we lost 4 members fthey got marriedj. They were Betty Barnes, Sharon Gregg, Dallis Bunch, and Judy Breedlove. Two others withdrew at the begin- ning of the year leaving only 13 members to uphold the Senior tradition. They were Amos Miller and Jim Ramseyer. We presented the western farce Desperate Ambrose this year. We also sold Christmas cards, bas- ketball programs, and also disassembled an old threshing machine and sold the junk. For our class officers this year, we selected Jill Harshman as our President. Jerry Reaser was our Vice President, Phyllis Ellison-Secretary, and Pauline Ramseyer-Treasurer. This year, we published the paper every two weeks. Of course we enjoyed our Senior year more than the others. Spending our school days at PHS was the main reason for this. 16 ,

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PROPHECY CF I 980 Being children at heart and knowing the circus was in town, we decided to go and see what enter- tainment it had in store for us. As we were walking across the circus grounds, we noticed a semi-truck bearing the names of Ellison and Carnes lnc. Wondering if they could be our old school chums, we ven- tured over to the truck where we saw Phyllis and George calmly discussing the show over a cup of cof- fee. We were very surprised to see them and as we chatted, we-learned that some of our other friends had joined the circus. Judy Gerber had been following George to the end of the earth and was now employ- ed as official ticket taker. Judy was so glad to see us that she threw away our top row tickets and promptly showed us to front row seats. Here, more surprises were in store for us. Accidently, I tripped over someone 's feet. Looking up to apologize, I noticed a very well dressed woman. She looked so familiar that l took a second look to make sure it was Pauline Ramseyer. She had married Don Addington, a United States senator who was running for President. Since we were now sitting beside them, we all decided that a hot dog would taste good before the show. We signaled the concessionist. We were surprised to see that it was a girl, and even more surprised to see that it was Carol Taylor. After a short visit, she was on her way again selling hot dogs. The show was now starting, and the ringmasrer stepped into the spotlight. Our eyes bulged at the sight of Don Murray. He announced the first act of the show which was a team of girl animal trainers. They were billed under the names of Janice and Jill. These names sounded strangely familiar and sure enough, it was Janice Bates and Jill Harshman, They had a wonderful act with fierce lions and tigers keeping us on the edge of our seats. As I heard the children screaming with delight, I realized that the clowns were now in the center of the ring. The funniest one of all suddenly ran over to us and began playing jokes. We thought this was rather strange, but we would recognize him even through the paint on his face. You guessed it, Don Okey. In a moment the scene was changed. The crowd grew tense as a slender girl walked to the end of a pole to which a long line was stretched. As she slowly but skillfully climbed to the top, we recog- nized her as Karol Kay Williams, an old classmate. Our hearts pounded furiously as we watched her walk the ropes and we were relieved as the act drew to a close. We watched the rest of the show feeling proud that our classmates had made such wonderful perfor- mances. The parade at the end topped off the day. The elephants were always our favorites, so we watched them very closely. We were amazed as we saw Mary Jane Grimm riding into sight. She made a won- derful elephant rider. As we were leaving the tent, we noticed a handsome couple sitting very close. It was Jerry Reaser. He had a very pretty young girl with him, You can surely guess who--you can't? Well, keep trying. 17 QI. '4- X C3 ..f w : E -Q fl '52 -:J 2 f E' l t- W: fx rilmlff WM Y 5- S