Pierceton High School - Echoes Yearbook (Pierceton, IN)

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ABOVE LEFT Dick Reed, Sponsor. ABOVE RIGHT Ted Tinkey and Bob Crouch take a ,,! well de served ' ! rest from their studies, LOWER LEFT Peg Carter and Melba Rhoades turn on the charm. LOWER RIGHT Chums Melba Rhoades and Margaret Finton. 29

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ROW 1 Darrell Mort, Jack Mort, Jack Phillips, Carol Rhinehart, Melba Rhoades ROW 2 Linda Rider, Donald Ring, Virginia Rosbrugh, Jerry Sellers, Larry Sellers ROW 3 Bob Sheperd, Edith Shepherd, Jacqueline Smith, Robert Snyder Dorothy Steffen ROW James Stouffer, Teddy Tinkey, Barbara Van Dine, Othel Walls, Betty Wertenberger ROW 5 Merlene Wertenberger, Murvel Whitehead 28

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GLASS OFFICERS Donavon Sellers, Bertis Gebert, Paul Smith President Vice Pres. Sec.-Treas. At our first class meeting, we planned a class party for Sept- ember 26 and all the committees were appointed. All t he freshmen were wide awake when September 26 rolled around; there were rumors of some upper classmen crashing our party, but Mr, Rothgeb assured us that nothing was going to happen. For our entertainment we played several games, had re- freshments of sloppy- joes, potato chips and pop, and had two movies before we went home. Then came the announcement of the all school party which was to be held on October 29. We were really in for it as ’’Freshmen Initiation was to be held then. When we arrived at the party, we played several games and then were initiated. The freshmen ivere divided into five groups. The first group had to walk across the stage blindfolded with bottles of water set all around. Group two had to kiss a tivics book five times; on the fifth kiss it was a pan of flour instead of the book. The third group had to drink vinegar .Group four had to roll different sized balls across the stage with their noses. The last group had to eat crackers and then whistle the school song. After all we greenies had been officially initiated, we dis- covered there was more to it. The girls had to come to school with their hair in pincurls and minus all make-up. The boys had to wear head scarfs and their shirts backward. This concludes our story , . and probably no future year can be half as exciting as our freshmen year. 30