Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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jl 4- IIA Robert Neidigh, President Robert Hutchings, Vice-President Vada Trowbridge, Secretary Gail Dipert. Treasurer The martial music ot Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition replaced the dreamy waltzes of former years as the class of 1943 marched out of Lincoln High to take their places in the battle for freedom. It was a strange year to be a senior. Some of our classmates were drafted and many others voluntarily sought military service. We bought stamps and bonds, instead of cokes, with our allowances. School was dismissed several times, but not merely to give us a Vacation. No, for the more serious Klan, I 943 business of issuing ration books. Monday nights Weren't given to parties, the girls rolled bandages tor the Red Cross. Everywhere there were signs oi tension. In study hall virile posters beckoned to stu- dents to do their share. Precious instru- ments Were handled carefully in the physics and chemistry labs because if they were broken, there wouldn't be any more for the duration. First period classes were as much ot a place for discussions of the War as they were for lessons. Boxes tor books for sol-

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jim ROW I: Elizabeth Borders - Enqlish, Spanish, Arthur L. Carr-In- dustrial Arts, Marcella Cornetet English, French: L. B. Eheren- rnan - Instrumental Music: Katherine E. Garn-History. ROW III: Edra Meads-Vocal Music: Myron A. Phillips-Commerce, I-larry E. Ray-Science, Social Studies: Orthello Stephen- Enqlish, Libraryp Arthur Thomas -Phys. Ed., Safety, Health. Jaculflff ROW II: Eunice Graves - Commerce: Iuanita F. Harrison-Home Eco- nomics, Freda Harshbarqer- Arty Agnes B. Hass-Mathe maticsp Palmer E. Mart- Science, Social Studies. 5 I ROWIIV: S. Elizabeth Thompson- Phys. Ed., Safety, Healthy Iulia Trowbridge - Mathematics, Latin: Cleo H. Wysonq-Indus- trial Arts: Edith Griswold- Clerk: Beulah Barkley-School Nursep Helen Tapp-Clerk. ir 'A' ak' ir 'A' 'k ir ir 'k ir 'lr ir nl Bonzai ROW I: H. R. Beabout-Principalg Ray Kuhn -Supt. of Schools. ROW ll: N. Ward Rittenhouse - President: D. L. McKesson - Treasurer: Nona Marsh-Secretary. ,fa-1:--'LSIESQQJW ' gfg5',g,,, .... , ,, . - - .: -1 .,. E .13.IZ22:2azz22i.i '

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9 fl . ...N .', ,25- IJ' 'Q' f K . 'it -LS' W... . 3 5 lv F if 'r f- ::. an fg 'kf .-fig . lv 'fe 4, gr 5 'F LA g Q Richard Ball Irene Bowman Mcrrcile Burden Dorothy Casbon Phyllis Crips Francis Davenport Otho Barts Doris Ioan Brewer Albert Burroughs I ames Cook Lucille Crocker Gull Dipert Erma Boggs Opal Broomall Iames Carey Harold Crider N ilah Cro Y John Drubert diers, boxes for scrap keys, boxes tor license plates, occupied prominent places in the halls. lt was in November. School had just been Well started and the football season had drawn to a victorious close. Une morning when We came to school there Were vacant seats, too many of them. Rumors quickly circulated throughout the school. Arnie Downing, Walker Williams and Lloyd Handy had enlisted in the Navy. That brought the war close to home: that caused seniors to sit with tears in their eyes during the Armistice Day speech. Conscription for military service! First it took our relatives, then, with the amend- ment added to draft boys of school age, it took our classmates. Coach Thomas began to look dubious when he considered his tall, well-trained varsity basketball players. How soon must they go? Kenneth Griswold was the very first one of the class of '43 to be called into service. He was the head monitor, the photographer of the Mayflower. His going caused the remainder of the class 115