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

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MICHAEL WAYNE ACKER: NHS 45 NJHS 2-45 BGG I-45 Semester Honor Roll I-45 Chess 8. Checker 35 Math Recreation, President 45 Chem Lab Assistant 45 Latin Regional I, 4, State I5 EC Math Contest 3-4. WILLIAM H. ADAMEC: B816 2-45 Casting 2-45 Handicraft I5 Model Airplane I5 Monitor 2-3. RUTH ELAINE AHRENS: NHS 45 NJHS 25 B8.G I-45 Semester Honor Roll I-45 Concert Choir 3- 45 Letters 81 Chevrons 2-35 Mock Chaplain and Repre- Assembly, sentative 45 Senior Planning Com- mittee 45 Drama Play 3. JOYCE ALLEN: NJHS 25 Manu- tactxrers' Contest 25 DE 45 Moni- tor . WILLIAM ANDERSON: B8-G I- 2, 45 Concert Choir 2-35 Math Recreation 45 Science Talent 3-45 Underclassman Pop, Music 2. SHIRLEY APPMAN: BGG I-2, 45 Semester Honor Roll 2-45 Short- hand, Typing Awards 2-45 GAA 45 Underclassman Pop. Music 25 Up- perclassman Pop. Music 35 Library Assistant 25 Make-up Committee 3. ROBERT ASHWORTH DORIS JEAN AUD: NHS 3-45 NJHS5 President 35 Student Coun- cil 45 Girls Cabinet 45 Activity Ticket Representative I-45 BGG I-45 Operetta 25 Junior Red Cross, Vice-President 25 Press 3, Treas- urer 45 Underclassman Pop. Mu- sic, President 25 Senior Edition Picture Editor 45 Monitor 2, 45 Semester Honor Roll I-35 Short- hand, Typing Awards 2-4. ROBERT ELWOOD BAGGETT: Chess 8- Checker 25 Handicraft 3. GARY DALE BAILEY: Football Cub, I, 3-4. CARL BALLARD: PAUL W. BARR: Baseball I-45 Print Shop 3-45 Football I. JUDITH N. BAUMAN: Student Council 25 Girls Cabinet 25 B816 I-45 Semester Honor Rolls I-45 Girls Ping Pong, Secretary 45 MIR- ROR 3-45 Pan American Day I-45 Attendance Office Assistant 3-45 Needlecratt 3, Secretary 45 Honor Citations I-4. ALEXANDER RAY BELCHER: NAHS 2-45 BGG I-45 Semester Honor Roll 35 DE 45 Handicraft 45 Model Airplane I5 Basketball I. BEVERLY HAWES BELCHER: BAG I-45 Junior Red Cross 2-45 Monitor 3. MARY LOUISE BELLMAN: NHS 3-45 NJHS 2-45 Student Council I5 Girls Cabinet I5 BSIG I-45 Con- cert Band 2-45 Fall Play Curtain Going Up Nancy 45 Senior Play One Foot in Heaven Mrs. Digby 45 Kiwanis Guide 3-45 Pan Ameri- can Day 2-45 Prom Committee 3-4. FREDERICK BENNINGHOFEN: Mechanic Arts 3-4. DELORES BERGDOLT: NHS 3-45 NJHS 2-45 Quill and Scroll 3, President 45 Student Council 3-45 Semester Honor Roll I-45 Concert Choir 3-45 Mixed Ensemble 45 FTA I-45 Secretary 2, Vice-Presi- dent 35 MIRROR First Page Co- editor 3, Editor-in-chief 45 Van- derburgh County Home Demon- stration Music Award 45 Elmhurst College Scholarship 4. LORETTA JEAN BIGGERSTAFF: Homeroom Health Representative 35 B816 I-45 Semester Honor Roll 35 Shorthand, Typing Awards 2-45 Girls Chorus I5 FBLA 2-45 Typing 25 Twirling I5 Prom Committee 4. CHRISTINE BLOEMAN: NAHS 2-45 Honor Citations I-45 Semes- ter Honor Roll 35 Charm I5 DE Vice-President 45 Handicraft 3-4. NANCY LOUISE BOEKE: BILG I-4, Girls Cabinet 25 Semester Honor Roll 35 Concert Choir 45 Girls Chorus I5 FBLA 3-45 Jr. Red Cross I5 Library Assistant 2-3. RICHARD BOGARD: Homeroom Health Representative I5 Football Club, I-45 Track I-35 FAA I. SARAH JANE BOGARD: BAG I-45 FBLA 45 Handicraft 35 Typ- ing 25 Girls Bowling 35 Monitor. FRANCES IRENE BOLIN: BBG I-45 Semester Honor Roll I-35 Girls Chorus I5 Charm I5 Foreign Correspondence 25 Future Business Leaders 3-4. MARIAN A. BOSSE: B8.G I-45 Bible I5 Charm I-25 DE 45 Handi- craft 45 Strut 8. Fret 35 Safety Slogan I. PATRICIA LOUISE BRANHAM: Homeroom Health Representative 35 B8tG I-45 Semester Honor Roll 2-35 Girls Chorus I5 Glee Club 25 Senior Talent Day 45 GAA 2-45 Jr. Red Cross I5 Monitor 45 Bookstore Assistant 35 Class Ring Committee 3. CHARLES BRENDEL: B816 I-25 Junior Band I5 Boys Ping Pong 3-45 Mechanic Arts 3-45 Safety Slogan Contest I-2. JERI LEE BRENNER: BBG I-45 Evansville Homebuilder's Contest 3-45 Teen-Age Road-e-o 3-45 As- tronomy 35 Boys Bowling 35 Math Recreation 45 AJBC Bowling Tour- nament 25 Foreman's 35 Track Manager 4.

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Recenl' ' uniaa eaa Our junior year was filled with the gaiety and excitement of upperclassman life. Many memorable events occurred during our exploration of this different school and social level. Our class officers were a very important four. Charles Epper- son was president, Gearlene Plump was elected as his assistant. As secretary Joan Fleming worked with the treasurer, Gary Moore, and the other officers in planning class projects. Sports hit a peak in Reitz-especially with the football team winning the city, SIAC and mythical State championships. ln basketball, we won the SIAC first rating. A small town, Milan, with l6l students, won the state finals. The track squad won the city trophy. Six of our classmates starred in the Fall play, Running Wild. A spring concert, Say lt With Music, was given by the Concert band and orchestra. Among the many highlights of this year were the air raid drills and the various community drives, which netted many junior homerooms baskets of apples. The nearness of our senior year was evident as we chose our class ring, jacket and sweater and senior picture studio. Evansville College Union building was the site of our first Junior-Senior prom, Hawaiian Sunset. May 2l will always be remembered by the dreamy-eyed juniors of '53-'54. Twenty-eight juniors were honored by being inducted into the National Honor society. Finally, the class of '54 was graduating. We juniors sat to- gether, the boys were dressed in navy and white, the girls in white. As James Pirtle, president of the graduating class, gave his last speech as a Senior and presented the mantle to Nancy Sander, we became the Senior class. We marched out as Seniors with the words and duties in our hearts. IO The Senior class officers, Nancy Sander, president, Joyce Hartford, vice-president, Fred Walton, secre- tary and Gayle Slifer, treasurer, solemnly stood in the doorway of the future. Senicvz em Fall came rapidly and the year went even faster. We passed the stage of classes, homeroom periods and ECIA assemblies. We were graduating. Sitting, dressed in caps and gowns, we recalled the events of our last' year in old Reitz high. Things started popping in October as the Senior girls had their choice in inviting the boys to the class party and the freshman girls to the Big-Little Sister party. The first semester was crammed with studies and duties. We posed for Senior pictures, were measured for caps and gowns and ordered commencement invitations. Spinning through the fall, we had Go-to-College day for all and the first Washington-New York tour for many. During the year Reitz was host for the annual debate tournament and the District Speech contest. Headlining the sports seasons, the Panthers went to the semi-finals. Politics played a more serious role to us as we stood on the threshold to adulthood. We participated in the mock election and general assembly. Dramatists presented Curtain Going Up and One Foot in Heaven, which was our long-awaited Senior production. We were rushed during those three months prior to com- mencement. Reitz Senior night at Evansville college started the long list of activities for us. The Junior-Senior prom, the Faculty- Senior party, the Alumni banquet, our Senior Talent day, the trip to Shackamack, the Commence-ment exercises and finally the Commencement dance with Billy May and his orchestra comipleted our final days in high school. We shall never forget our first day in Reitz nor shall we forget the last. And who will forget those days in between?

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DONNA MAE BROOKS: Q 81 S 45 Homeroom Health Representa- tive 2-35 BZSIG I-45 Drama Play The Stolen Prince 35 Circulo Espanol, Uno I-35 Girls Ping Pong 45 Press 3-45 Sword 81 Masque 35 MIRROR staff 3-45 Pan American Day I-35 Commencement Com- mittee 45 Girls Bowling 3. THOMAS BROOKS: B8lG I-112 Model Airplane I-25 Mechanic Arts 3-45 Monitor I. PHYLLIS BROTHERS: NJHS 2- 45 B8tG I-45 Semester Honor Roll I-25 Senior Play One Foot in Heaven Maria 45 Latin President 3-45 Sword 8. Masque I5 English Regional, State, Bronze Medal 45 Civil Defense, Mayflower Descen- dants, Thrift Essay 4' First Place Girls Bowling and Trophy 2-35 Photography 2. DENIS MARLIN BROWN: Thes- pians 3-45 BGG I-45 Thespian Play Running Wild Manuel 35 Fall Plays Home Sweet Home Slucky 3, Curtain Going Up Milt Sanders 45 Senior Play One Foot in Heaven Rev. Wm. Spence 45 First Place-District Extempo- raneous and Discussion Speaking Contest 45 Member of Debate Team Winner District and Reitz Contest. DORIS LOUISE BROWN: Stu- dent Council 2-35 Girls Cabinet I, 35 BGG I-45 Shorthand, Typing Awards 2-45 Future Business Lead- ers 45 Teen-Age Book I5 Monitor I-25 Make-up Committee 3. CAROL BROWN: NHS treasurer 3-45 NJHS 3-45 Student Council 45 Women's Rotary 45 B816 I-45 Girls Cabinet 45 Semester Honor Roll I-45 DAR Good Citizen Award 45 Future Teachers 45 Kiwanis Guide 45 Activity Assistant 3, JANICE ANN BROWN: Activity Ticket Representative 2-45 BZLG I-45 Semester Honor Roll 2-35 Concert Band 25 Future Business Leaders 3, Vice-President 45 GAA I5 Underclassman Pop. Music 25 Monitor 2-35 Make-up Committee 3. VERNON BRUCE: B8.G I-45 Baseball I-45 Radio 35 Stage Crew 4. PATRIC G. BRYAN: NHS 45 Student Council I5 BGG I-45 Se- mester Honor Roll I-45 Concert Choir 2-45 Shreds and Patches 25 Science Talent 3-45 Upperclass- man Pop. Music President 45 Eng- lish State and Regional 3-4. BILLIE J. BUCHANAN: BBG 2- 45 Boys Bowling 25 Football 3-4. EVELYN BUENTE: Homeroom Health Representative I5 Usher 25 FHA 25 GAA 25 Principal's As- sistant I, NANCY BURGDORF: BZLG I-45 Concert Choir 35 Girls Chorus I5 Glee Club 25 Typing Awards 2-35 Charm 45 Future Business Leaders 25 Teen-Age Book I5 Upperclass- man Pop. Music Secretary 35 Mon- itor I-3 Captain 45 Make-up Com- mittee. ANN NAOMI BUSTER: NJHS 3- 45 Activity Ticket Representative 3-45 Semester Honor Roll 2-45 Shorthand Awards 2-45 Concert Orchestra I-45 Future Business Leaders 3-45 GAA I5 Underclass- man Pop. Music 25 Monitor 3. ROBERT BUTTRAM: Football I- 25 Science Talent 2-45 Foreman's Club 2-35 Evansville Homebuilders I-35 Freshman, Cub Football. BOBBY CARNAL: NHS 45 Se- mester Honor Roll 3-45 BAG I-45 FAA I5 Basketball Freshman, Re- serve, Varsity 3-4. FRANKLIN JOSEPH CARR: Stu- dent Council 3-45 B816 I-45 Base- ball 35 FFA I-45 Projectionist I-25 Cub, Freshman, Reserve, Varsity 4-FootbaII5 Baseball-Reserve I- 2, Varsity 3-4. RICHARD CARROLL: Basketball Club 2-45 Kiwanis Basketball Award 45 Freshman, Reserve, Var- sity 3-4. DONALD W. CHANDLER: BSIG 3-45 Glee Club 35 Senior Play One Foot in Heaven Georgie Digby 45 Baseball 2-35 Boys Ping Pong 45 Chess 81 Checker 4. DAWN CLARK: NAHS 45 Ac- tivity Ticket Representative I, 3- 45 BZLG I-45 Semester Honor Roll 25 Drama Play Thanks AwfuIly 35 DE Secy, Treas 45 Foreign Cor- respondence Treasurer 35 Girls Ping Pong 25 Sword 81 Masque I5 Monitor 2-35 Girls Bowling Team I-35 Make-up Committee 3. RAMONA CLARK: NJHS 3-45 Thespians 45 Homeroom Health Representative I5 Senior Talent Day 45 Science Talent 3 Secy- Treas. 45 Community Center Ad- visory Board5 Pan American Day 2-35 Dean of Girls Assistant 2, 415 Fall Play Costume Committee JUDY A. CLARY: B8.G I-45 Student Assembly 3-45 Under- classman Pop. Music I-25 Monitor I-45 Eighth Grade Guide 45 Prom Committee 4. VERNON K. CLENDENEN: BGG 2-35 Casting 3-45 Stage Crew 3. MARTHA KIDD CLEVIDENCE: BGG I-45 Girls Chorus I5 FHA 25 Needlecraft 4. WILLIAM R. COFFEY JOANN COLEMAN: BAG I-45 Shorthand, Typing Awards 2-45 Girls Chorus I5 Senior Talent Day 45 Girls Ping Pong 2, 45 Sword 81 Masque I5 Monitor 2-45 Senior Gift Committee 45 PYC 25 Up- perclassmen Pop. Music 3. PAUL COLLINS: Football 2-35 Student Foreman's 3-4. JERRY COMPTON: NHS 3-45 NJHS 2-45 Girls Cabinet I5 NACA 35 B8.G I-45 Semester Honor Roll I-45 Shorthand, Typing Awards 2- 45 Choir Arion Award 45 Concert Choir 2-45 Prom Committee 45 Class Ring Committee 3. KATHLEEN COOKSEY: Activity Ticket Representative 25 BGG I-45 Semester Honor Roll 35 Concert Orchestra 2-45 Senior Play One Foot in Heaven Mrs. Cambridge 45 FTA 2-35 Monitor 2-35 Senior Talent Day 45 Senior Class Party 4.