Rockport High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockport, IN)

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freshness 1nd IS the Sophomores of thenr diy had done unto them, eyen so dnd they do unto those new lreshmen md dad show no merey And lt eame to pass thxt those Intty md Enght persons wnshed to dxstmgunsh thenr ellss from the C HAPTIH Now lt so happened that ohn Holden helr mg tgnn the exll remuned nn Ille land of Letrn mg that the Cltss ot Fmtty md One found fayor nn hrs eyes and success looked fur b fore them and they were much glad But ernes went up from the throats of the Class Lo, uf t doth happen that we are to study manv day s, nt appeareth that there ns much n ed And 1 volce spoke unto the elass saynng Gath r ye together rnbbons and paper of blue and whnte, for nt shall be that ye are to decorate for the ellnee whneh IS culled the lrom And they drel others, therefore green sweaters were chosen lour who were once seekers now had other thxngs nn mxnd md they were released from our elass, malung the whole number at the begnnnlng of the jumor year lnfty and Iour R llI as they were bxclden and lo' lt beeame 1 snght pleasing to the eye And lo' Nlanv gathered there to dme danee md be merry So xt eame to pass as thexr prnde grew to a QYLII bwness wxthm them, thlt the Class begun to yynsh for emblems b httmg their statxon, and many messaees were sent to the ble cxtxes and all the tow ns round about for sample of thenr ne reeonsxdermg, the Class professed rtself to be sa nshed wlrh tts chotee md rnngs were purehlsed mth whteh they rested well eontent CHAPTER IX Now nt so happened that four new wayfarers eune to our Land II the begmmng of the fourth year They were Mueme Prtee Wnnete Pneree, Clarnee Csaryer, and Wally Vynatt Though four new yy ay farers were entered mto our elass, one of our most faxthful membe s, 'Nlnla Hamxlton, your ney ed to another Land of Learmng So when the twenty hfth day of the srxth month of the year Ftttv and One eame, mes sages were sent oy er all the land, east west, north, and south to all mhabntants thereof savnng, Come ye md be wxth us at our great day ot j y And ts they were bxdden so eame they nn large numbers, and dld reyonee with the Class of l'nfty and One And when the parents and frxends dad at last depart they were excecdnngly glad that they had tomled for four vears So nt came to pass that of the Snxty and One that entered th1s land only Fxfty wall depart, for yernly I say unto you, that broad ns the day that leadeth to the Hrgh School, and many there be that go m thereat but stranght ns the gate, and narrow ns the day that leadeth to graduatxon and few there be who find nt And now may the blessmgs that eyer attend the noble and good and true follow and ablde wnth us, each and all, now and foreyer Amen Pllllr tmernry rhrrf X' ibm. t l T I' 1' t v . x 0 3 L- 71. 1 F' W ' . . ' ' ' ' 1' . ' , :- V : ' LH- ' 'L , .h A ' . 'A - on . . . ' l T4 A ' l '-t . ' 1 ' 1 -s V 1 1 V ' ' V 1 1 V ' 11 1 ' . , ' ' V - - V , r ' - ' V 1, ' V' ' 1 1 V 1 1 , . . ' a - ' . ' L A I V 3 7. ' :A . D V - K .. - , Y . . . ' ' . ' . ' c ' . , ' e . ' . ' fi ,V . . . of song and dance. lewelryg and at last, after much consldermg and 1 . - 'j x, -a - t . - - t- . . l - V K 1 V. I l' v be 1 V3 ' . 7 I D Y . . .'l Y- 1 T. - V 1 . 1 1 ' ' - ry, V h V. -ex . .5 . wx . l . ' v , ' ' . V V. V V t ' 1 ' Q A. r A . I , . g . . - - 7 I 1 . . G Y . Y. V , r , A r -' I V- V ' ' - - e F . 1 ' 1 n - . . I . T T Y 1 . . e 1 V V .. , . . 1 A 1 . V 3 . v in . . o . . K - 1 V 1 ' 1 V s 1 V ' . 1 V' 1 1 V 1 V1

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C Lsfory Ch GZKLSS 0 6LIZ Noy the hxstorv of the class of Flfty and One of the H1gh School of the Cnty of Rockport County of Spencer State of Indxana ns IH this wlse CHAPTER I In the begmnmg nn the Iorty and Seventh year of our Lord m the mnth month and on the sxxth day of the month there entered 1nto thus Land of Learnmg Snxty and One seekers of knowledge They came from the elghth grade where they had for many months been buslly engxged mn stormg therr mmds wnth the honey of vusdom some vsere green 1nd fresh from a far country some came from farms vxhere they had been txllers of the soxl, and some were from other halls of mstructlon Now nt so happened that Ih1S land to whlch they had come was ruled over by one known as ohn W Holden a phxlosopher of much wxsdom, md at the begunmng of the second year he spake unto them saynng Co gather ye mto 1 body and orgamze your selves mto a class that ve may gam strength and that your courage may wax hot And as h spake unto them so vvas It done and they chose then' yusest one Grnp Cordon to be the1r etder ne nt efme to pas as they d1d enter t ns land that they were recened vuth vseleommgs and reioxcmos by these vsho If was decreed should heneefo th lead them up the sllppery by ways of knovs ledge And as the class went on nts vt ay m great re jOlClI'lg throu h the land of plenty and of prom 1se they d1d overtake three knovsn as Pat Wm chell XV1lm.1 Alextnder 1nd Layaughn Moore who were w ndernng tlone and who crled unto them xuth a loud voxce saymg Take us 1nto your Class we prlv you for our compames haye Gone on far vuthout us and we cannot reach them though ue follow fast and far And as they spoke unto them, even so d1d the Class of Frfty and One hsten and have compassxon unto them and t uas cone unto them exen as they had asked And It came to pass after some months the1r eyes YXCIC turned toward graduauon but many vnth one consent b gan to make excuse Some sand I must journey to other lands Therefore I cannot graduate Others I am dull and can not learn I pray thee haye me excused One sa1d I am to b marrxed therefore I cannot grad uate CHAPTER II You nt came to pass at the begmnnng of the up from the adyommg terrxtory and the class of seeond year that a new band of youths d1d eome Iutty md One remembered the days of the1r ovxn Pay: twenty two T V . . . . N. , V A v' '-t - , V w - w - - - . . . 1 I V . . . V V V . V 9 5 4 v ' , ' ,. ' v V- Y 7 . 1 ' A . . .' . . V , , , . , D . . e ' I ' ' 0 - o bl n r r ' r A 1 - 1 1 I '- I I - . ' 1 a ' ' I V i Y' I I I . . x Y. V 1 v 1 1 V x . ' 9 ' 3 K 5 'I V 7 ' Y 7 V 3 - ' s V 1 ' 5 e ' n ' . . . ,, . . , , , y a s , I ' I y , v ' 7 7 'f 3 b . . V. I ' 9 7 . . . ,, 7 A - . , V - . 2 . . , . e , . . ' ' I f I r - , e 1 s V. 1 , . .. e . . - - ,. , f , K - s 1 l , ' 7 7 ' A V . . 1 yi ' v r r n . .1 . . ,1 I y ' ' U ' ' N' v , s ' - - U A ,, - as ff f 1 - Y Q ' '! . 1 an I r fs I . . . - - . . - u ' A I -4. - s. . 1 - h : , . e , - - . . , ,, V K f f 1 , , V A r ' - I - , ' ' 1 - ' ' 1 V V' w y , , . , ' w T' v-x - I v I

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elzior Gfass We the S0 honorable semors of the class of 1951 realmng that we shzll neyer agam adorn the halls and eorners of hood olt R H 9 do hereby make thus our last mll and tesmment ARTICI IN I We do vull md bequeath To Rockport Hugh School Your of tht happlest years of our lnyes ARTICII II We do will and bequeath To the faeulty ust the memory of Fmfty To the sophomores Our camera to use for honorable students the Annuzl of 1953 To the yumors The thr1ll of bemg called To the freshmen Our slughtly used 1947 sophxstxmttd semors edttnon of Gtnde Book to Classes ARTICLE III As lndn rduals I Eleanor Abney vslll my abllxty to bake cakes to Joan Carr I Clyde Allen w1ll my reserye assignment to anyone who wants xt I Nlary Bennett mll my abllxty not to eat and stlll galn yyenght to joan Sm1th I Pasty Bnlderback mll my 1b1l1ty to keep one man 1 lnfttnnt to Delbertt Statcler I Flode Boyd mll my typmg abxlxty to Pau Dayxd Irank I on Byrne mll my tbllnry to have fun ln lxbrary to Boo Boo Suter I Clmee Carxer wxll my abxlnty to get short hand to some poor unfortunate yumor I 'Vllry Daugherty wnll my abllxty to get along, mth Xlrs Aaron to any underclassman I Albtrt Dmson mll my bashfulntss Dickie Vlttltovu I Herman Denstorff mll all the mud holes under the brldge to Bllly Grant Boultmghouse I Ralph Deweese wlll my posxtlon on the baseball team to Bruee Goweax I Wanda Ewnng wnll my black hatr to Bar bam Hagan I Lons Gentry wnll my naturally curlv hanr to Anna Lampkms I Martha Sue Gentry wnll my swmg and su ay to Eluabtth Posey I Crap Cordon w1ll my Interest Q100'4 nn the fresnman elass to Ray Young Dorothy Con eay wxll my love for the letter C o Sue Porter Mona Hagan wall my abxllty to get a Rach land boy to 'Vlona Barnett 'vlarun I-Iamxlton wnll my abxlnty to sleep nn any class to anyone who can get au ay wxth xt Page tfuenty four . . . Y I Y , . , . , . . . w , .' v ' v' . . .. ., I . . . . . f . V' , 1 . . , . . 1 8 ,- , 1 ' Y K. 1 , Y. 1 1 u t - . I , s ' v s ,- A ' . A . 1 I I -- I I 5 1 o Q Y 1. - - y I . ,, - - U - n V 7 V. . . V V Y. s , 1 , s ' v r ' Y u Y an ' V' y v y a 7 l V Y . ' V f . . V V. Y . I V Y. V' - - s 1 , s y y y A . . V . . . k . ' V . I 7- V I . V I n V I Y ' V I 9 1 . ' v v . . , , . , I V V. I . . . I , . V . v - s , s 1 . ,' : , 4. , V V V , . I . , . . . , v v ' y 1' 1 1 J - K I -1 - H . -1 W V ev .i i I V . . . 7 - V , V V . ' ' 2 . . Iv , ' 1 L f , . 1 I I . A Y , I . . . Y I , Y . . . - , 1 . 4 . , , , 1 I , I A . V 1 r A 1 y . L I ' V f . s to I, A f , r X I A1 h I ' I 1 1 Y Y Y '