Rockport High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockport, IN)

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As the months went by footbxll was forgot ten basketball season eame md went, and then nt was sprnng W e had a good baseball team and lost only one game In Mav we had our 1950 May Day Program Thns was gnyen by the gvm classes of Rockport Hngh nncludnng the seventh and enghth grade The program thns venr was made up of dances to nndncate the varnous seasons of the vear The Sophomores outdnd themselves ns thns was the last year to perform nn one It wasnt long after thns untnl Card Dav Ofiay 225 came along and nt was reallv full of surprnses Even though some of us can t make the top we can try harder next year One way of preparnng for thns mnght be through relaxatnon or, whv not say 1 nnce long yacatnon Vacatnon tnme nt was and on thns glor nous day, as soon as the freedom bell rang eyery one that possnbly could headed for those benutnful waters of Lnncoln Cnty Most of us thns summer contnnued our work from the earlner Years and we soon began to learn how to spend our money somewhat sparnngly anl apprecnate nt too Few of us made specxal trnps thns year, but even so nt seemed as though ey ery one reported a nnee yacatnon at hns first dav baek to sehool Startnng back to sehool as jolly unnors was ensy thns tnme for nt was not a s eret thnt our elass sweaters were already nn and gust wnntnng to be shown off They are maroon nn color wnth the whnte Englnsh R on left front and S2 on the left sleeye Thev are really qunte pretty Qror a whnle all vou could see nn R H S was sweaters J To make school more nnterestnng thns year new subneets were to be taken These nncluded Typnng, Speech and Bookkeepnng Worknng to your abnlnty ns essentnal nn these studnes but they can be fun too Our class has been redueed lnttle by the loss of Cnlbert lyfneh Ind Bnllne Campbell Class rnngs were ordered rhns Vear wnth much enthusnasm nnd wnth so many to choose from rt was hnrd to make a chonee Sports ranked hngh thns year and we were really proud of our boys Those on the fnrst team nn basketball were Franklnn Ice and Bnlly Grant Boultnnghouse Our fnrsts on the seeond team and Bob Lester Thes boys also dressed on the first team ln lnstnng nmportnnt eyents one that we ean not help but mentnon ns the unnor Clnss Plav Thns play wns one that everyone seemed to enjoy and one, as unnors, we enyoyed gnynng Thns ns about ull thnt can be sand now but we are looknng forwnrd to the unnor Sennor Prom and, of eourse, summer yaeatnon Next year when we come bnek ns Sennors we hope to hnne an eyen more enyovnble y lr thnn we di Iunnors Paar thirty a FWF!! s - fs V ' , - ' - , ' ' , .' . x C ' , . . , , ' 1 ' ' . 1 f - ' 7 , , , V , ' ' Y n Y I I I . V a 5 n - 'Y y 1 W v ' s 1 A T V- 1 A f Y I N I V h 1 1. . T 1 ' . ' 1 1 ' - ' 1 ' V' tk 4 - K ' e Y ' - , ' 2 . , . . 1 I l , L ' 1 . . . ' . . I v x 1 3 V xv Y- , s' - were Harlan Dnnvns, Norman Blake, Don Wagoner, A A 1 x an 1,1 Y f E . . e 1 ' ' ' ' ' . , vs V s - - . x 1- .1 5 1 , r 4, x 'I ' 1' A s ' n ' n f 1 n ' ' - ' r - ' f ' -as . ,- . ' 1 I D f f x . L , ' , . J ' Q, ' , ' 1 -x I , - I , vi, 'L ,' '- ' ' ' ' . ' SS' ' g ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' 'ex L H ie as V 'I !X 1 xr v I - . ,V I ' .

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'4- 1 1 I If r ima mit :irene rter rr lane llaii., Billx Boultinghou e E' N X0 Q11 Ht' lt' PFI 121 1 l nhl I ff in rnflir llelore lherher ohn Robert Nlurx lXUWLlll Donnie XX1e,u11er ll:1rl'1n llnxi loretta le 'Nlaltom at on QUIET SUMMER On Xoxember 7 1950 th lumor Speeeh C lass p1 entei t1e pl QUll:T SUVIVIFR The pl1x xxis eentered about the life of Z1 blehelor l1xxxer Ames Cltrlx CB1llx Boultmf' housel 1nd his seretarx Nliss Russell CN1rx Koxx glfll His sister lP1t Poundsj brou,ht he txxo ehildrei :Donnie Vtgonr 1nd lorettx D xx eesej to spend th sunnmer xxith their unele 1 hile she 1nd her husband Cxlorrnan Bltkej con tinued on 1 trip to Vlexeico The kids .lrrixal rently annoyed Mr. Clark s housekeeper fNormn H ustonj .1 't x'.1s she xx' 0 always fet th 'r mischief. Nlr. Clark had difficulties with his political opponent Lliilby' Lynch .Ind his daug te. Yvonne lf'-L but xx'it1 the .tid of the delixe. ' boy qhlalcolm jxckson gt golf teacher fhol Robertsj Tubbx Pitts ql'dx1rd Cllr tnd the iils from the etmp up the rotd fllne Htrgis S1llx Niles w'lHd1 ones Delores Therber Vir ,inn Smith 1nd Ch1rlene CIFICF, he finillx xx on Then to tdl to the merriment the e1mp teleher 4 em Bennettj thr ttenee tu ue Xlr Cltrlx or me the i tht poi ie p c 1 ended xx ell xx hen she learned thlt it had b en het lime xxho had used the ,urs Another or th troubles that bother el Nlr .1.k xx.1s one ccncerning .'om:nee. 1 the l.1' moment he dis overed th.1t hc xx'.1s in loxc with his s'cret.1ry. Also his niece 1l.orett.1 Dexxees, nne Hlrriet Morgan 1Yx'on11e Eckj had Ll fexx words over Bill Henley qH.1rl,1n Dnxisj. This :ill pleased .1 photographer lSu'- Nlorrisj since she got some nice shots of the quarrcls. Page thirty-ninf