Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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The Junior and Senior Prom came in May. Every night for two weeks before we cut and wound crepe paper with which to enclose the dance floor we had created in the new gymnasium. Our last year finally came. Even though we were glad to see LL come, I think most 6k us had secretly dreaded it. It was the climax of our school life. It was the big year. We had the best football team we had had in years. The night of Homecoming we had a parade three blocks long. We entered a float in the parade which was lucky enough to win first. When we won the Wabash Valley, we celebrated for two days. A parade of cars Fridav night and a bonfire, snake-dance, and a weiner roast on Saturday night were the high-lites of this event. The night of the Halloween Festival was one of the coldest nights of the year. Despite the cold we made more money than we ever had heretofore. After the festival, we went out to Dick Spaw's sale barn for a party with the left- over cokes and pies. Only nine graduated that had started previously in the first grade. These are Lucille Bohn, Eileen Burks, Nancy Clary, Dick Faust, Phyllis Hudson, Phyl- lis Martin, Jerry McMillin, Dick Spaw, John Tofaute, and Louise Wood. Most of us have our favorite memories. The crazy things the gang did and the parties we had. To each of us it means something different. I wonder what my classmates will be like and what they will be doing in the years to come as they happen to glance over the annual or remember 018 R.H.S. . Compliments of: Wimmer Insurance Cottrell Garage

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY A great deal of time has passed since we entered the first grade. Our early school experiences are so far in the past that we remember very little about the first years, except that they were the war years. The eighth grade was our big year. Fortunately for us the tarade school was so crowded that we had to go to high school a year early. I don't think the teachers would appreciate the mention of crawfish and frogs which were brought to class so I will say that we were known as the meanest class in school-a title which most of us sought and deserved. That was the first year we got a taste of basketball. In the grade school tourney we won the County Championship by one point. Few of us will ever for- get that game. The next year, when we entered high school, we had to relinquish our title as the meanest class to the class of '53. The teachers had by now decided it was a stage through which all students passed. The next four years were filled with hard work for sone of us and a lot more fun for others. There were basketball and football games to go to, the Youth Center and shows to attend, and parties that were cooked up at a moment's notice or when some one's parents happened to leave home for the evening. These and many other activities filled our spare time. Our freshman vear was quite a shock to all concerned. The freshmen who went out for football were like so many teacups in a china shop with a mad bull. We grew used to the high school attitude and lapsed on into our sopho- more year. This year was comparatively uneventful, but we looked with envy upon the juniors. In the junior year we were busy working to make money for the Prom and senior class trip. It was a great deal of work but much fun. Compliments of: Parkview Restaurant Family Drive-In Theatre

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. Undersludies Compliments of: Box Cafe Taylor Shoe Shop