Reitz Memorial High School - Memorial Review Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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Page 10 THE REITZ MIRROR Senior Edition, 1946 Peace Restored For Final Year tion 'staff of 1945 presented the class of '45 with a super Senior speeches were based on the Con- Edition, on May 25. The highlight of the Edition was a class resume dedicated to G. I. Joe. On June 1, students and faculty looked forward to an eventful summer-a summer that came to be one of the most important sum- mers in the history of the world. The war that started on Sep- tember 1, 1939, was ended with the surrender of the Japanese on August 14, 19445. Peace was once more .with all the peoples of the earth. Man was again free from the terrors of war. PART IV. Then came our senior year! It has been wonderful! Our first peace-time year start- ed off with a bang fand that doesn't mean just lockersll. Mrs. Virginia Tyree, Miss Mary Reiff, Mrs. Delores Riley, Mrs. Elizabeth Schaefer and Charles Epperson joined our teaching staff. They weren't the only new things up on the Hill either. Al- most 500 freshmen came up this year. Archilee Hobgood, that capable red-head from homeroom 301, ably led our class this year. She was assisted by Jim Peva, vice presi- dent, Lois MoAtee, secretary and Bill Rommel, treasurer. Jim Clark, Jim Peva and Joe Schenk saw that order was main- tained during lunch periods. Of course, it would have been impos- sible without all the monitors. - Snafu fSituation normal, all fouled upj was the fall play this year, directed by Miss Mary Louise Williams. Tommy Webb ex- cellently portrayed the teen-age veteran. Our class rings finally arrived in October--their delayed arrival worried us for awhile. Our own Mrs. Opal Moon met and heard President Truman play the piano while in her hometown, Caruthersville, Mo. The Homecoming festivities were gala. A giant pep assembly started off the day. After Reitz defeated Memorial that night in football there was a big dance in the gym. Joyce Martin, Charlotte Rupp and Dorothy Dailey represented the Mirror at the annual Indiana High School Press Conference at Franklin College. We were really proud of our football team, defeated only once this year. Many students went to every game. They had very un- usual experiences-especially when we played New Albany and Wash- ington of Indianapolis. Zounds, what a trip! Pat McCaffry made the All- State team and Charlie Ogg and Bill Rommel made the second team. Pat also won the Kiwanis trophy for being the most outstanding player on the Reitz team. Veteran yell leaders Jeanne Nicholson and Betty Todd re- turned for another year of yell- leading bringing with them Dan Hartman, Giles fBillyJ Kelley and Don Eissler. They did a swell job leading our cheering sections. Mary Reiber, a senior lovely, was football queen this year. King Bill Rommel crowned her between halves of The Thanksgiving Day Reitz-Bosse game. Susie Folz was maid-of-honor. Other queen can- didates were Nora Lee Anderson, Jeanne Nicholson, Sylvia Corns, Betty Elmendorf, Shirley Cato, Rita Adcock, Katie Jeffires and Mary Ann Cottotn. The girls were attired in pastel skirts and sweaters. Hugo Schuessler, a Reitz teacher for over 15 years, left Reitz this year. Harry Hart replaced him as band director. Charlotte Rupp, senior, won a 31,000 scholarship to Evansville College as the top bond salesman at Reitz. Beth Seiler headed the National Honor Society this year. Other of- ficers were Bill Rommel, vice president, Miriam Schmitt, secre- tary and Warren Cox, treasurer. The end of the war brought back several Reitz teachers including Constance Frick, Staley Berry- man, Fletcher Jaquess, James De- Long, William Trott, Wayne San- defur and Henry Luerssen. Betty Leonard headed the Reitz Quill and Scroll chapter. Monna Lou Dugan was the vice president and Ruby Letterman, secretary- treasurer. Along in January we had our annual class party. We had a swell time dancing to the Reitz dance band in the cafeteria. During the March of Dimes, sponsored by the Mirror at Reitz, over S100 was collected. English Literature II was of- fered, by popular demand, for the first time at Reitz during the second semester. Dave Millen, a sophomore, out- talked the other contestants and H. A. WOODS DRUG CO. Downtown Druggist MOSER PRINTING COMPANY OPrinters of 'Dhe Reitz Mirror, The Centralian, and many other outstan-ding local publications. 1110-1112 MAIN STREET PHONE 2-7362 won the American Legion Ora- torical Contest this year. Valada Koenig, senior, was second. The stitution. Evansville was the State Cap- itol for a day. Many state offi- cials were in town for Govern- mental Conferences at Central and Bosse. About 2500 seniors from all over southwestern Indiana at- tended the meetings. Dorothy Dailey and Betty Leon- ard, of the Mirror staff, met and interviewed Govern-or Gates that afternoon. A transcription of the interview was made for station W'LW. The following Week, the two student journalists received letters and personally autographed pho- tographs from Gov. Gates. The journalism students had an- other unusual experience this spring. When Cliff Brooks, local newscaster, was on vacation, stu- dents from Reitz, Bosse, Central and Lincoln took over his broad- casts. Dorothy Dailey, Ruby Let- terman, Betty Elmendorf, Mary Crow, Charlotte Rupp and Betty Leonard prepared the programs on Reitz' days. Charlotte Rupp and Betty Leonard read the scripts. Blonde Susie Folz made a beau- tiful basketball queen. Bashful George Byers, king, bestow-ed the honors with crown, flowers and a kiss. The scene was the Central gym and all the girls were lovely in their prettiest formals, The at- tendants were Nora Lee Ander- son, maid-of-honor, Mary Reiber, Mary Ann Cotton, Shirley Cato, Betty Elmendorf, Jeanne Nichol- son, Rita Adcock, Patsy Estes and Kathryne Jeffries. Versatile Paul Mehl was very active this year. He headed the Student Council, won first in the Rotary speech contest, was the drum major and still found time to play basketball well enough to win the Kiwanis basketball award. Our high school career was threatened this April. Strikes were the order of the day for week maybe would be betterl. Following the dismissal of Glen Bretz as Central's basketball coach the students of Central, Bosse, Best wishes for cz bright and happy future. You're big girls now, but remember to keep sweet 'n lovely in clothes from The c1RLs'ndTEENs 5 SHOP i 2nd floor The Baby Shop 404 MAIN STREET of Seniors Reitz and Mechanic Arts decided there was too much politics in the school and that the School Board responsible for this should be oust- ed. Several demonstrations were given, but about a week later school attendance was normal. However, the feeling for strikes remained with the student body. The P.T.A. .and various other civic groups became interested in the problem. Senior Distinction Day was held May 10 and the Junior-Senior Prom attracted so much attention this year that for the first time the dance was held in the Armory. The girls, doffed their bobby- socks and donned beautiful, filmy formals, and the boys dresed in those hard-to-find suits, danceo the evening away to the music of Charlie Kroener and his band. Many other senior activities have been planed for the remain- der of this month which will end with our graduation. CONCLUSION A philosopher once 'said You can't take it with you, but an- other wise person also contended fGod gave us memories so that we may have roses in December. -And we do have a lot to remem- ber. The End. HATS and FURNISHINGS HILL-TOP high in style and Quality ,UHUQ fa :F S THE sI-IUB HENRY LEVY8: sons i 427-429 MAIN STREET Men's - Boy's Women's - Misses' OUTFITTERS STROUSE 8- BROS. , 524 Main St. PANB 9.5 CW mc 223 Main Street

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