Petroleum High School - Panther Yearbook (Petroleum, IN)

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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

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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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CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1957, do declare this to be our last will and testament on April 27, 1957. ARTICLE I To the Juniors, our hopes and dreams of a peaceful tomorrow and also all of the old bubble gum under our desks. To the Sophomores, our loyalty to the school and hope that they will follow the good example that we have tried to set before them. To the Freshman, we will our dignity and our ability to get excused from study hall all of the time. ARTICLE I1 To Mr. Flick, our admiration of the way he has put up with us from our green freshie days to graduation and may the future classes really appreciate your understanding. To Mrs. Lautzenheiser, our sponsor, we will our sincere appreciation for all of the headaches we have caused her and we want her to know we truly think of her as a pal and not just a teacher. To Mr. Schmidt, as he is the Agriculture teacher, we will him all of our old dirt so he can cultivate and harvest a better crop of 1958 Seniors. To Mr. Light, a complete library of psychology books so he won't be in the Dark on how to handle next years Seniors and bookkeeping class. To Mrs. Woolsey, ten yards of flarmel because there will be plenty of changes to be made come spring. . Pink or Blue ??? To Mrs. Tangeman a bulletin board so she can keep track of Seniors who are supposed to be in Joumal- ism Class the sixth period. To Dorothy Rose, a supply of pretzels and ability to keep her temper for next year's class play. To Mrs. Kindlesparger, a class next year that won't filibuster their way out of discussing their Govem- ment lesson. ARTICLE III I, Jerry Reaser, being of questionable mind and a classy chassey, will my resemblence to Elvis to the eighth grade girls and my Toni Home Permanent Kit to Mary Stratton. I, Karol Williams, being of sound mind and body, will my old school clothes to my sister, Kit and my ability to graduate to my dear brothers. I, Carol Taylor, being of able mind and body, will my title teacher's pet to Herb Dulinsky and my fondness for anyone of the opposite sex to Linda Pease. I, Judy Gerber, being of little mind and plenty of body, will my old Diet books, wilted lettuce, carrots, and cottage cheese to Caroll Williams and hope she has better success than I had. I, Don Okey, being of little mind and plenty body will my secret forrmila for hair grower so he can have a beard like mine to Gary Isch and my yellow fender skirts to who has nerve enough to put them on their car. I, Don Addington, being of lots of mind and little body, will my Virginia drawl and way with the Wlmmin to Richard Markley. I, Pauline Ramseyer, being of some mind and some classy body, will my nickname Fuzzy to Charlie Cowens and my ability to tell a snappy story to Carl Pease who never knows any. I, Donnie Murray, being of a tiny mind and frail body, will my box of sleeping pills to anyone who isn't to sleep through Government Class and get away with it and my ability to smoke in school without get- ting caught to Dennis Diffenderfer. I, Mary Jane Grimm, being of some mind and streamlined body, will my blonde hair to Sue Ifer who would have enough nerve to put a black streak in it, and my ability to drive our beat -up Plymouth to my beloved brother Bobbv to keep it in the family. I, Phyllis Ellison, being of sound mind and body, will my privilege to drive a 1957 Mercury and grad- uate in the same year to Floyd Harsltman. I, Janice Bates, being of doubtful mind and body, will my fondness for boys named Don to Annie Bryant and my love for kid brothers to Dennis Diffenderfer. I. George Cames, being of mighty mind and powerful body, will my little-boy looks which the girls like to mother to Richard Henley and my ability to jitterbug to Tom Swigert. I, Jill Harshman, being of brilliant mind and classy body, will my remains after the annual is published to the nearest hospital. In witness hereof we, the undersigned attomeys do fix our names this 27th day,of.Apri1 in the year of our Lord 1957. 18