Pleasant Lake High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Pleasant Lake, IN)

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Burma-SWEET U and my baskeibaix playing abilifv fo James Wood- O F I, james Morse, will my love for a cerfain sophomore girl fo fhe sophomore class. if is my lasf requesf fhaf ihey fake l good care of ii. 9 4 l, Roberf Penick, will my abilify fo skip school fo jean I Anderson. My nickname nAlfyn I kindly give fhis fo Max Fer- ris who is in badly need of one. I, Margaref Thompson, will my boldness io Mary While and sincerely hopes fhaf she uses if successfully. l, Rufh Tinslman, will my dbiliiy fo GVQUQ Wiih mY feachers io Beffy Thrush since she is so meek. And my abilify fo be everywhere af once fo Jessie Thompson so lhaf he may be af school and home af fhe same fime. I, Mack Van Auken, will my blond fresses fo Wilbur Wilson and my deep dimples io HPussyn Beard. I, Phylliz Zimmer, will my fallness fo Max Deefz so fhai he may appear more manly. In parfing words we, ihe senior class of l94l, willand bequeafh fo fhe leaching body of Pleasanf Lake High school a long lasfing and spirifual memory of fhe class of l94l. May fhey remember ihai we, of l94l, were only skelefons aparf,buf fogefher we were an army core always on fhe move. The Senior Class - 0 - S E N l O R C L A S S H I S T O R Y ln fhe fall of l929, forfy-fwo unsfeady buf ofherwise willing pairs of feei led lheir owners fo lhe door of Plea- sani Lakeis firsi grade room. Oui of fhaf beginning forfy fwo we have buf len leff io graduafe in lhis, fhe class of Y4lg namely, Mabel Griffifh, Mary Louise Lemmon, Phyllis Zimmer, Roberi Penick, Mack VanAuken, james Morse, Roberfa Lockharf, Mary Lepley, Beafrice Meek, and Rufh Tinsfman. Greai momenfs began fo happen early in our school career, affer compleiing our firsi semesfer of fhefirsf grade we were moved fo fhe newly complefed parf of fhebuild- ing. Our firsf eighf years were fasf and furious, wiih members being added and subfracied from our class roll, unfil fhe Sepfember of IQ37 found us enrolled as Freshmen, wilh our class roll numbering fwenfy-five. Added io our lisf were four new members, LaVonne Lash, Paul Sloal, Roberi Whife, and Sylvia Caskeyg buf by fhe end of fhe year fhe laffer fwo had wifhdrawn fo affend ofher schools. laleen Boyce also wifhdrew her name and in fhe summer of l939 she married Elsworlh Shadow of Hudson. Were we green??? The affirmafive can be answered of any class such as ours and we were ceriainly no excepfion, Our sponsor fhis year was Mrs. Husfed who now fcaches af Sip Joel SCHOOL

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BITTER-SWEET lhe rhylhm ol one, lwo, lhree kick! One lwo lhree, kick! and iherels La Cukoo Toshus wilh his black Qoalee! Whoever O would have lhoughl lhal my old school male, Mack Van Auken F would look like lhail --Mary Louise Lemmon l - O - 9 S E N l O R C L A S S W l L L 4 l We, lhe senior class ol l94l bein ol sound mind and Q sound body, hearing ol grumblings and disconlenledness coming lo Pleasanl Lake High School due io our gradualion and sudden deparlure, do upon lhis lirsl day ol january l94l sei oul our hand upon lhis paper and swear lo lhe elernal God above lhal lhis, our lasl will and leslamenl, is made eniirely oi our own free will wilh no lhoughl ol our lulure needs. l, Paul Beally, will my necking abilily lo Donald Trilch lor l sincerely Think lhal he can use il. l, Slanley Carper, will my high grades lo Bob Fuller so lhal he may be able lo play baskelball insiead oi warming up lhe bench. l, Dean Colbarl, will my manly physique lo james Wood so lhal he mighl calch a girl. Bul l shall keep my love lorM. G. lor myself. I, Dawson Gorrell, will my abilily lo gel inlo irouble lo jean Anderson. 'Uilh lhis greal abilily she will be able lo keep lhe leachers awake. l will my fondness lor lhe McAlpins lo Chesier Bolinger. l, Mabel Grillilh, will my abilily lo make bullerscolch pies lo jane Ann Libey and l am sure if she uses il she will be able lo gei her man. I, LaVonne Lash, will my Irish beauly io Ella Ford lor il is said lhai men prefer blondes. l, Mary Louise Lemmon, will all my reserve love of Donald Brown of Grland lo Rulh Waslen. l, Mary Lepley, will my abilily io keep quiel lo Naomi Tinslman since Naomi isdlways gelling info lrouble. I, Roberla Lockharl, will my excess ial lo Lois T. lor il has always seemed lo me lhal she needed il. I, Paul McAlpin will my curly locks lo Qoberl Ferris 3 and sincerely hope lhal he insnares Shirley Gramling. I, Wayne McAlpin, will my shyness lo Poberl Fullerbecause il has been agreed ihai he needs some. Bealrice Meek, will my red locks lo Z. A. Warring and l hope,lhal he lakes good care ol lhem. l, james Mieras, will my excess heighi lo Lyle Morlorlf , SCHOOL

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an goin iask pasl live Cree Grog Sloa ceiv our look clas incl lhe a gl 1 d ol co BiTTER-SWEET By ihe lime we had become sophomores we were more wise urse confidenl ol ourselves bui lound high school g all foo lasl. This year john Glasgow iook over ihe of being our sponsor, and wiihoui a doubi during lhe lhree years he has found oui ihai ii was a lask. O F The lall oi l939 found us jolly Juniors and wesurely d up lo lhai name io ihe limil! joining us lrom Balile k was Paul Beaily and from Kendallville was Beverly Q. Members lhai wiihdrew from our ranks included Paul i and Charles Helmuih. In November of ihai year we re- ed our class rings and on December l2 we presenied as class play, nLive Begins ai Sixieen.H On April I8 we lhe seniors lo Deiroii wiih lhe money received from ihe s play and olher aclivilies. We visiled various places, uding Greenwich Village in ihe iorenoon and laier in day we crossed over inlo Windsor, Canada. This wound up orious year and we sincerely hope ihai lhe seniors ol I 9 4 l 40 enjoyed il as much as we ol '4l did. And ihen came lhis year! ll any our lwelve years in ihis school has broughl grey hairs io lhe heads ol our leac cla Mack Mier Peni ' WZTQ ceme squa a de hers, ihis year cerlainly has. Five boys lrom our ss received baskelball swealers wiih Dean Colbari and Van Auken haveing lour siripes, and Roberi Fenick,lames as, and Sianley Carper having iwo slripes. Roberi ck also was slaied on ihe all couniy leam. ln early December we received our senior piciures which iaken al Fori Wayne. ln February we orderedour announ- nis and name cards which broughi aboui lhe usual bbles lhal has always resulied wilhin lhe class when cision was io be made. On March 27 we presenled NDon'i Take My Pennyn, a hilarious ihree acl comedy, under ihe direciion ol Mr. Glas- W. Q0 Baca Apri clas conf er b This year lhe class chose io graduale in caps and gowns laurelie services were held April Q0 and on ihe 25ih ol l ihe greaiesi day ol our lives had arrived. Yes, ihe s ol '4l graduaied and so ended lhe iwelve years ihai ained lhe happlesl momenis our lives will ever know. ll can iruly be said ihai lhere has never been a green- unch ol Freshmen, A Sappier group ol Sophomores, a jollier colleciion oi juniors and above all a more undigni- iied whic iwel ieac as has viso SCHOOL bunch of Seniors. ll is wiih deep regrei ihai we say goodbye lo a school h has been a conslanl parl ol our lives lor ihe lasi ve years. And even more so io say goodbye io our hersg wilh special honors lo Mr. Glasgow who has acied our sponsor ior ihelasi ihree years and io Mr. Fee who nol only been our principal bui also a consoler andad- r during all oi our school years. Ruih Tinsiman