Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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Eugene Thompson, Nxck Yeager J1m Le1ster Walter Coleman Bob Wrlght Eugene Jmes Jack Hurst, B1ll Mxller V1rl 'Simms and Jack Jmes Betty Rabun a semor was one of our three yell leaders Harold McCullough mght Janltor at the school for the past few years called mto mllltarx servmce of the Unlted States w as presented w 1th a gxft from the en1or class at a farewell assembly Those semors playmg basketball for their last tlme were Captam Eugene Blltchlngton Denrus Horn Vxrl Mmms and Jlm Lexster Th1s team was one of the most succes ful that P H S has had m the last few years It won the sect1onal at Ft Branch by defeatlng Market ln the fmals From there It went to the reglonal at Evansvllle where xt defeated Tell Cxty m the prelnnlnary game only to fall IH defeat to Central of Evansvxlle ln the fmals Semor members of the g1rls sextet were V1rg1n1a Reed P'1ttv Johnston and Barbara Kemp Semor members on the student councll were Marlxn Kxrk Jlm Slade Vlrl Mlnms Bud Howe Eugene Blltchlngton Pattx Key Bob Wught Lucille Turner Patty Semors on the baseball team were Denn1s Horn Vxrl M1nn1s Jlm Lexster and Eugene B11tCh1Y1g't0l'l, w hlle Eugene Thompson and Bud Howe w ere on the track team On Aprxl 22 the Honor SOC18ty 1nduct1on was held in the gymnasxum Semors elected to membershlp thls tear were Patty Key Georg1ana Beames Sara Rabun Gladys Spear Marlln Kxrk Dorothy Hollen and Jack Jmes The dramat1c play SPRIING FEVER was presented Aprll 29 wlth a few mem bers of our class taklng part We are lookmg forward to the Junlor Senlor Receptxon to be held on Max 14 wh1ch we hope to enJoy to the utmost s1nce we are not faced w1th the responslblhty of provxdlng 1ts entertalnment QEHIOTS who are asslstxng Mxss Saupert 1n produclng this edxtlon of the Retro spect are pxctures V1rg1n1a Reed and Patty Key typ1sts B1ll1e Stegner Rosal1e Schleter Juamta Harr1son Maxme Bates and Mary Clem art Betty Rabun and Sam Wood Sunday nlght, May 16 we w 111 don our roy al blue caps and gowns for the bac calaureate serv1ces The Semor Dmner wlll be held at the Country Club May 18 Ratxomnfr prob lems and the war Wlll hlnder elaborate preparatxons but Mxss Saupert and Mr Pruett as always wxll come through w 1th fly mg colors to make the event a success May 20 we the semors of Prmceton H1gh School say ad1eu to these dear old walls when we recewe our dlplomas at the commencement exerc1ses May we the Class of 1943, express our gratltude and apprec1at1on to our teach ers, whose admonltlon w1ll clmg to us throughout our hfe We have thoroughly en Joyed our hlgh school caleer and we hope that our presence has not hmdered, but lmproved our school Page Eighteen x , 1 . . .1 , . V ' L . . ,- . .L ' . Y , S, . , L ., ' . I 7 ' - 1 1 -- . . . . ' l . l I 1 S . . v l' . D, . ., ..A. v S . . , .x y A . M: . .X l .L L . . . , , . i , 1 . . S . A ' Y : I. I , - . , ' 'Q x . . J 'I .V . Vx ' y 1 Johnston, Barbara Kemp, J1m Le1ster, and Phyllls Greek. . V . , . . . , . .1 y 0' ' ' r ' '- v . K. . 'V Y ' . 7 ' 7: , Y V , si. . , v . . . . ,F . - . . J , 'S A : . -y I l .Y 3 7 1 I ' ! I 7 T I l ' Y- v - . . v. V A u . . N U , . Y . . . ,, . f v . ' : 1 . 1 H '

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Phe new teachers were Orvllle Puckett pzmclpal Leon Foupmcs Fnghsh Mary Rltter, Home Fcononncs Ruth Gausman Poms l'cono11 xcs Ray Hurt Agncul ture and Seln1a Jacobs the chool nurse Sadle Ann Hamblen and Patty JOHITHLOH we e chosen to repre cnt our cla the crowmng., of the football queen A few students wxth dz ll t1c talents took pu-t 1n the comedy play h.'vFP SINCF FVE on NOVCmb6l 14 1.111 There were flye jumor on the yar my ba ke b'1ll tea'n Dernls H0111 Jxm Lelster Pugene Bhtchmgton Bad Howe and Mrl Ni nms 1 December 1, we we1e hocked by tl1e fl y that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor wlthout warmng, The folloyymg day th ent1rc tudent body lxstened to the Pres1dents war me sage to Congress The followmg Junlor yye1c cho ery for the Honor Soclfty Janlce Brovn Phyllis Greek Denms Horn Patty John ton B1lly kolb Luc1lle 'lurner and Bob Vhflght The nlght of NI Ly 29 finally ar11yed ' This y as one of the outstandng nxght of our h g.,h school caleer The eyent whxch we hxd been lookmg forward to for whxch we had ralsed funds and had made plans fmxlly arrlyed The Jumor Scmor Receptxonll The gym was conyertcd mto a xed whxte and blue ballroom Be'1ut1ful flowers ll6C0l9.tfBd the ccntel of the tloor and an md lcct hg,ht1ng sy stem made an 1m press1ye effect A huge stage wa elected at one end of the floor on yyhlch floor shows were gxven between dances Each floor show was an eplsode of a patrlotlc pageant portrayxng the typxcal dances, songs and entertalnments charactemstlc of each pC110d ln our hy tory After the grand march thexe was a fanfale tollowed bv thc song OH COILHPI-X THE CFM OF THF OCP AY sung by Ietty Morrx re ,1r1 entnu, Mxss Columlna A br1ef address of welcome was g1ven by B1lly kolb thc clas p1e ldent the respo11se for the semors was glven by thelr prcsxdent Robert Iry1n dlld for the faculty by Leon Fougmes The chlcf epxsodes we1e as follows Vugmxa Reel prtscnted by N11 s Gayhe xrt puplls Mxnstrels 1HI:, G-XX NINLTIFS p,1yen by the lfoy s Glee yylth James Ixays 1nterlocutor Cadet Dan e Ry ophomore girl Song I AM AN ANILRICAN by James lxay Grand fmale Cl0XXI1lY1g of Nhss Amerlca Characters UNCLE SAM Robert Car thers WIISS AMERICA Patty Johnston ATTFNDATNTS Baxbara hemp Lucllle Turner Ih 111s Greek and Gladys Spear STAR SPANGLIID BANNILR Orchestra The orchestra played GOD BLESS AMFPIC-X as the prmcxpals marched forward across the gy rnnas1um to the 9XltS The P H S ba11d together wlth the orchestra play ed appropriate mu xc through out the performance Muslc for the dancmg was furm lfed by Ch uhe Ixroeners Orchestra from Iyansy1lle Refreshments consl tcd of rrd whlte 1nd blue ne Lpolxtan cre m 1nd 1nd1y1dual cakes served by the sophomore glrls Bradley Grlffeth was the ma tcr of LEFGIHOIIICS a ycry tkifltlllg nd enjoy xble ycu cn e ty c o NLNIOR H I' XR We retumed the followmg fall as Olllllbl. cztcd semox yet the d1ffere11ce was hardly percept1ble New members of the faculty were Ccc1lc Perry Enghsh and Dramatlcs Mrs He1ser school nurse, and Call F1sher Machlne Shop Phyllls Greek wa elected pre dent of our cla.s Bob XX rxght vxce pre ldent Donabel Hatfxeld, secretary and Jack Hurst tleasurer Patty Johnston was elected footb 111 queen w1th Lucllle Turner and Betty Morrls as senlor attendants The semors on the football team were Captaan Bud Howe Page Seyenteen ' ' v I 1 1' . 1 1 I - 1 ' . . , V . 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G1 pfzopltecyi Patty Johnston and Bradley Grlfflth It was a beautxful day The sun was shxmng br1ght1y upon the XSIIILS of our aero car as yye sk1mmed oyer the lazy country xde below The cloud floated by llke puffs of cotton caught 1n a gentle brce7e We sat 1n sllence Both of us were t1y1ng to 1mag1ne how Prmceton y ould look It had been twenty ye rs sxnce exther of us had seen the town yyhere yye attended school Now yye returned w 1th our fortunes made Vye hoped to f1nd some of the old membels of our class of 49 to talk oyer old lI1f1lCS w1th them Suddenly one of us excla1med lhere she 1s' Sure enough there lay Pr1nceton but my how she had changed Inste 1d of a l1ttle country town she IS now a thrlvlng metropohs Blg broad streets lmed wlth fllS+9l1ll'l,Cf yyh1te bl1lllllllgS extendlng for mlles Away from the heart of the cxty nd outs1do of the suburbs l1e the factor1es g1gant1c structures bclchlnv' forth smoke and flame We gazed 1n awe Surely thlS could not poss1bly be the Prxnceton wc left twenty years ago' In a short txme we came to our senses and dec1ded to f1nd a place to park After L1l'Clll'lg lower over the glgantlc p.1bl1c square we eased our aero car 1nto a parkmg lot on the top of a modern hotel A unlformed bell boy opened the door of our car greetmg us wlth a Welcome to Hotel Howe HOTFL HOWE' That couldnt be- But It was We saw h1m entert,.1'1 ng 'fuests over ln the roof garden He saw us Here he came wlth that unforgettable swagger of h1s L d you old codger xts good to see you aga1n ' After the greetmgs and handshaklngs were d1spensed w1th he 1nv1tcd us to have dlnner w1thh1m As soon as we were seated xn the dxmly llghted club room we started flrlng questxons at h1m about our old pals Hold on he pleaded Let me start from the beglnnlng and Ill tell you all I know concernmg the cl rss of 1940 Georglana Beames started out as a career g1rl but now shes marrled and hvmg IH Ch1cago Junlor Bennett owns a comb f ctory He must have gotten hxs talt IH hlgh school from wea11ng out so many combs combmg h1s hair Joe Farl blnhack owns a dairy farm He suppl1es all of tl1e mllk butter and cheese for Prmceton Hes got a herd of two thousand cows Eugene Blltchlngton went 1nto the army as soon as he graduated He stayed 1n after the war was won and now he IS a major general B111 Bruce and Glenn Cansler folmed a pa1tnersh1p They own a wholesale a ency over on Mt Carmel Boulevard Paul Byrne oyyns a syfndxcate of tam cabs ln Prmceton and the surroundmg Lltl6S He 1nher1ted lt from h1s father I guess you both know what Dlck Clark has been dolng He was an ace llllflllg the war and now he s a commerclal pll0t Claude De Board IS a pubhsher HIS home Offlce IS ln Prlnceton but he ha a branch OfflC8 lh New Hork Chlcago, and Los Angeles Martln Farny lS retued He made hx fortune manufacturlng elastlcless glrdle B y the women certalnly went for them Ben Glaper ln on Broadway n11nag.,1ng a tloupe of lldI'lCll1f., gnls He another lays Ragland Ralph Greek IS Slg.,llCtl by the New Hork Nletropolltan Opera Company H got the leadlng role ln tl1e commg pxoduct1on IL TRONATORE S'1lll6 Ann Hamblen ls a Xllltel' and a famous author Jack H111 IS a captam 1n the nayy He commands the crulser U S S Prlnceton He Jomcd the navy befole he f1n1shed school Vlrl Holtsclaw has a cham of grocery stores Denms Horn has made qu1te a name for h1n1self He took oy e1 the coachlng dutxes at Chlcago LIl1V0l'Slty and for the last three years they haye won the bxg ten basketball champlonshxp J1m Lexster IS a surgeon He owns h1s own hosp1tal Ill New York Clty Just tlllllk the hands that are say mg l1y es on an operatlng table once pitched the St Louis Browns to a world s champlonshxp ' Page ly meteen l I ' l . .' ' , f . l l 'l '.' . - L. , it . . .. S .' S f , ' 1' v u -t I 1 sl Y , yv . . y . - v v' 1 V ' . r , ' , ,- u . . 1 . , , ' KI , ' , 71 , ' . . , . . . . - , ' . ' ,, . Q z . 3 .. ' ' ' 5 x. ' J C. ' ' 3 -, U .- . . ' . , . . . . , , , . . . . , . Y , . 4 . Y . . D. . . . V . V - . . : Y ' . - , ' . , an v H Y i7 ' v 1 ' ' ' A 1 0 A Q s q A I ,., . . . . . , - cc 1 , , ' 1-. . , . ' . . . u , , . . . T 1 ' . 4 . W Y. . . X K . Y , ' . - ' I, ' . J' . . ' ' : . , f , n n l 44 , x ' ' , 1 I , 3 ' A - v , . ' , .1 Y! L. 5 ul. ll ' , 4 v 1 a 1 v 7 ' , . . . . ,, l ' v 1 f v - ' P. , ' ' I . Z1 . . . 5 Y 1 v . -' s V - ' ' ' 77 Y al , . w' . . ' , ' ' J I . t U . , . , , r , L., xx U 1 ' ' v ' v - - - v f v A I v v ' :I YY u ' , . . . ' . g YY 4, ' . .- . . . I. . . . . ' . ,, n 1 7 . - , 1 u , rv ' v. , 1 ' ' 17 H . ' . . . . . . l . . . . , s I . . V , . ,, , . U . Y . . A .Q l . . N . Q V . . '.' , . vw 0' , . u . I ' . ., . 1 ,' - . ' ,. ' . L.. is 1 . n ' t h . . '. . ' 1 ' 1' ' ' 1 ' ' e's l . . . 4 . . ,, li I - 1 v.. ,Y 4 , . H . . . . Q , . Y . . b . . . , . . . - . . I . . V ,, u ' , ' , . 11 u ' . ' ' . ' . . . ' - ' v ' . J , - . , . v ' 4 ' -s ' ,Y H . . . v . v Q . . 7 . ' V , . . , . ,.