Rossville High School - LARS Yearbook (Rossville, IN)

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r Back row, L. to R.: Mr. Hurley, Mr. Metzger, Junior Milner, Mr. Malaska, Paul Skiles. Front row: Mrs. Purcell, Mrs. Roth, Mr. Chase, Bob Skiles, Mr. Rothenberger. To these three groups we owe much thanks! All the little extras like understanding and convenience they aftord us make our school world much more pleasant. gr. ,W L.-Mr. Smith. R.-Mr. McGill L. to R.: Mrs. Flora, Dorothy Frantz Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Chase. I

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'TILL WE MEET AGAIN . . . The day was perfect for the take-off. On runway 'l, twenty-three nervous pass- engers said goodbye with many tears to fond relatives and scurried into their seats. 'Phe steward, Mr. Hobbs, fastened their safety belts, for the trip was to be long and sometimes the way would be rough. The pilot, Mrs. Gheen, issued flying instructions to Donald Cox, Tom Beets, Larry DeFord, Harold Eller, Hilda EPP, Carol Finley, Wayne Flora, Audrey Gochenour, Barbara Good, Judy Hackerd, David Hufford, Patricia Hufford, Charles McCoy, Richard Metzger, Richard Miller, William Parr, Mary Jo Rule, Harold Scolley, Herman Skiles, Leona Shively, Charlene Tansey, Paul Walker, and Dick Wangelin. William Parr left us by parachute during the first flight. We took two planes on our next flight, Mrs. Fisher ,manning one and Mrs. Gheen piloting the other. Judy Biesecker ioined us from liner Little Jeff, Julia Jo Bogan from Beard 29, Pat Finney from Squadron Klondike, and Gordon Wagoner from the Ford Constellation in Lafayette. Tom Beets transferred to the Owen Lim- ited and Dick Wangelin left for Dayton, Ohio. During flight 3, piloted by Mrs. Fisher, Herman Skiles left us for Little Jeff, Bob and Donna Waldron came to us from Mulberry, Bernadene Patrick from Pyrmont, and Merlyn Smith also ioined us at the next stop when Mrs. Catron became our pilot. Merlyn Smith left after this flight and Donald Hamm ioined us. Our fifth pilot was Mr. Rule. Hilda Epp and Wayne Flora left us for the next plane because of airsickness. - During the sixth flight Harold Scolley left for the Veedersburg and after we landed Bernadene Patrick boarded the Bringhurst. Mr. Rule prepared us for the last half of our iourney, the first half being completed. Our steward, now Mr. Franklin, told us that this flight might be the hardest of all. During the flight Charles Grider flew in from Mulberry and Leon Sipes also ioin- ed us, but soon moved to Indianapolis and later to Brighton, Michigan. Jim Butz ioin- ed us from the Monticello and Paul Walker boarded the Kempton Special. We now had only four flights left before Destination Graduation would be reach- ed. Our plane stopped to take on passengers from two auxiliary liners. .From Owen came Judy Adams, Tom Beets lioining us for the second timel, Kay Burkhalter, Pat Coleman, Charles Coffman, Charles Davies, Gerald Devore, Norma Dolby, Charles Douglas, Norman Duckworth, Jim Gross, Norman Kemmerer, John Lewis, Alice Mill- er, Carolyn Miller, Lanny Moore, Mary Rohr, Marcia Salmon, Evelyn Scolley, Jim Scott, Terry Shaffer, Jim Waters, Sara Wilkins, Fred Woodruff, and Gerald Clear: from Owasco came Robert Archer, Kenny Butler, Hope Gilman, Charles Greenwood, Bill Kemmer, Jahn Lawson, Maude Leslie, Harold Scolley, and Meredith Skiles. Fred Brown came from Carrollton, Linda Ottinger from Frankfort, Claude Price from Del- phi, Jackie McCoy from the Indianapolis and Bill Joe Smith from Frankfort. Before the flight was over we had lost Judy Adams, Harold Eller, Bill Joe Smith, Fred Woodruff, and Gerald Clear. During the tenth stage of our trip, we lost Maude Leslie, Mary Jo Rule, Leona Shively, Meredith Skiles, and Jim Scott. Jackie McCoy moved to l.aPorte. We were nearing the end of our trip now. Larry Tull came to us from Frankfortp Norma Dolby left, Charles Coffman moved to Frankfort, Charles Grider to Mulberry, and Jim Gross to Forest. Mr. Tharp, our steward at that time, told us to tighten our safety belts and prepare ourselves for our last flight. lt was hard for us to believe that our trip was nearly over, but we boarded the plane with renewed enthusiasm. Ronnie Fisher, from Francesville, ioined our twelfth and last flight, a very busy one. We began to realize that soon our trip would be over and we passengers would be scattered into all walks of life. Our steward, Mr. Marshall, and the co-pilot for the last six years, Mr. Acord, and for two, Mrs. Acord, circled our blue-and-white Car- nation for its final landing. We remembered each flight of our trip-the sunny weather and the rough, the stormy and the fair. As we taxied down the runway with the final aIl-out ringing in our ears, we fifty-one seniors of the 1955 graduating class of Rossville High School realized with mixed emotions of triumph and regret that we had at last reached Destination Graduation and were each equipped for our first solo flight.