Royerton High School - Panorama Yearbook (Royerton, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY As the doors open wlde for the Nennor Class ot 1947 so dad they open wade m 1935 when we found ourselx es tum and tlnnd tnrst graders 'lhxrteen of our gradn ltlllg Llass entered shWIV mto the txrst grade Ihew were I ull Moore Tugene Strahan Doxt Rte Green Hull Brown Betty Harlex DILIL Poland Chase Buffxngton Betty Iehmer Helen Sharp Bob Strgent 'md Anleen and Flla 'Nlae Iobms who left us nn the fourth grade and returned rn the fxfth Dale NX atlems enrolled at Christmas Nlrs Burke was our txrst teaeher In the seeond grade wxth Mlss Bell as our L lpthle xnstruetor we were jomed In four new students Dtele Hann enne from Rllex Arthur Ixeller from Blame Bull Burgess who e'11ne from Selma and Nl xrtht Nlount trom Iugene Pleld Our thlrd year bemg a xerw exenttul xear with our te neher Nluss Iambert meeonnng, Ur f,LlIL,Ix we also had an mtrease lll LIINSINLIQLN Ihex were Ruth 'lharp from Harrxson Iownshxp Cerald Ilouffan from I'IlI'I'lNOIl Iilementarw m Mansfneld Lonnng from XX abash Clxtton Hesson from Iefferson llementary Xera Jean lddwards from Forest Park Ilne Ann Dodson trom Uxtord o Nnn jollltte trom Burrls and IJZIXNI Snider who Lame from Nlelxmlex lett the same welr for Lm coln and Lame baek III the elghth grade from XN1lson lumor Illgh Ihls year at Qhrxst mas we mox ed lnto the new buxldmg In our fourth year our teaeher Nlxss Stxttler became 'Nlrs Cunnmgtr n It seems our Llass L trrxed a romantle air with lt fue new students Those students were Idl'llLL Xoung commg from P nrmount Betty Ilartx from NCIIHI Iunror DeHart trom L erson only to eaxe at L en: o t IN xe r lull XXtNllN llI119 from 'Xlelsxn ex Ihe txfth year we found Cordon In rd md Pull Daniels from XILIXIIIILW Ill our nndst Cermld Dougan returned from lsoosexelt thxs xear after Ieax mg Ill the fourth grade Nlrs Predrxeles and Mass Rxehardson were our mstruetors Our only lddltlon to our LI tss Ill the slxth 1 rade was Charles Greer from Gar freld umor DeHart returned from I merson and Io 'Xnn ollltfe lett us to go to 'Io ledo Ohno lames Bruner and Mrs Brxnson were our teaehers Although we were a Ilttle sc lred and shaken at the thought ot the assembly we found ourselxes sexenth graders wlth sux new ZIKIKIIIIOFIS to our number 'Ihev were Barbarl Wllhams from Eugene Fxeld and Dorman VX alleer Lharles Poll? Charles Oualkmbush Duck N'IeCord and Druenlla Iandls all commg trom Selma We elected oftlcers and had a xerv suecesstul year with Nllss Smxth as our sponsor For sponsor m the enghth grade we chose Mrs Dans Maxme Harrlson Jomed us from Tennessee Mabel Hammond from Blame lama Dans from Burns and Ruth Reynolds fron NIeKmley We had two class partles durmg the year As Green Freshmen Paul Craw from Eaton, ean Hxllery from Selma Car leen Cronm and George Rowland from Blame were added to our number lo Ann olhtfe returned trom Toledo Ohlo to fxnlshe school wlth us Gordon Byrd jomed Us permanently after skxpplng back and forth trom Royerton to Cahforma each year slnce the fzfth grade Mrs Ixelly was our sponsor In our sophomore year wlth Mr Brmlsley as our sponsor we had a sueeessful sleatmg party and two class partxes XVe were trymg xery hard to ralse money to w ard our Sennor trlp XX e had no new students thls year Our elex enth grade bemg a xery exentful ye tr prox ed to be fun as well as work We eleeted Mr Brown as our sponsor and had a sueeessful plav and etrnlxal wlth our semor trlp always nn mmd Martha 'Nlount returned from 5Lll'I1IT1ltNlIIC Duck NICKlIIlIl also jomed us from Harrlson In our Semor year we agun eleet ed Mr Brown as our sponsor with Urs Ilughes as L0 sponsor Yew members to our class were Lounse Fouteh who came from 'Vltrxon and George jones and Bob Pmer who both came baele from the Nan to fnmsh school wlth us Our Senior year was chucleed full ot exents our trip bemg the most lmportant with the Semor Plav tollowmg Farl Welson and Fugene keller also returned to graduate wnth us , , .. , . . . .. 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myself yery much when all of a sudden I heard Ill ambulanee approteh CLASS PROPHECY Ily erythmg yvas well Ill hand and yery calm when the hour tor me to go on dutv as night nurse In the emergencv yyard of Ball Hospltal rolled around The room was all ln order and eyerythmg was Ill readv nn case an emergency should come 111 so I had nothmg to do and thought I would relax Xou see I dxdnt haye hours of duty for she wxth me I was enjoymg myself by readlng a book w hleh I had seeured from the eollege lmbrary to worry about my head nurse saymg a word about me readlng durmg w ts ean Hlllery a former classmtte ot mme and she w ts xery liberal mg the door I knew lhe ambulance carruers Bull Burgess lt must be an emergency so I prepared nmmedxately to take oy er drly er who was Clifton Hesson droye up to the door and the streteher and umor DeHart carr1ed the serlously Injured patlents In and helped the others who eould walk rlhe mterne Charles Greer who w as on duty at thus late hour w ls called lmmedlately lwo ears bearlng erght people had collided wrth eaeh other and tue of the elfrht had been brought to the hosputtl for treatment After treatment was gnen eaeh of the persons thenr entranee reports had to be fllled out l proceeded to the room of one of the men and upon myestlgatlon found It to be I ordon Byrd Before thus time I had hardly realwed who he was lhxs surprlsed me yery mueh be cause Gordon had Ilways been such a careful dr1yer 'lhe other oeeupants of thus ear were Emma em XXxlson Helen Qharp and Bull Moore 'lhe flI'lXCI' of the other ear happened to be Dlck XIcCord Drucxlla Landls Ruth Tharp and Charles Gualkmbush were rxdmg wxth Duck Byrd was the most serxously myured of all the oeeupants He had to remaln lt the hos pltal but the others were released as soon as th e1r wounds were treated exeept for Helen qharp Qhe had to remaln an extra day for further treatment of her broken fmgernall Martha Mount was assxgned as specxal duty nurse for Xlr Bvrd durmg the day lama Dayns was assxgned to care for him durlng the mght and Bettv Harlev was asslgned to care for Helen s fnngernall Dr lIobert Sargent 'VI D was called m on the Byrd case After a yery thorough study of the case Dr Strgent ealled ln two other medlcal doctors Dr Robert Plner and Dr I'arl 'Nlelson and a well known psychxatrlst Dr Dorman XX alker After much debating Dr XX alker predicted the man mentally unbalanced but wlth a few weeks treatment the case could be cured he sald George Rowland anel Charles Foltz the hospltal yamtors learned of Byrds mlsfortune so during hls stay at the hospltal they ylslted htm quxte often They would ey en slxp hlm extrl food w1th the fme eo operatlon of Xferajean Edwards who was employed there as one of the cooks XX hen all hael recoyered and were back to good health Mr McCord took the case to court The date for the trul was set for one day ln june After much fummg and trettlng Dick Xl cCord put two layvyers Mr Paul Craw anel Xlr Dale XX'atk1ns on the ease to back hls story In defense Byrd hxred Mr Fugene qtrahan anel Mr Dxek Poland as hxs lawyers 'Ihe day for the tr1al e 1me and lt was a loy ely day Of eourse we nurses eouldnt go to the tr1al and we were so lnterested so we followed the story whlch was earrled ln our local newspaper George ones and ane Ann Dodson were reporters for thus storv As the court opened the OIIICIHIS took thelr places the Judge Chase Buffmgton deelared the court ln sesslon The balhff Barbara XX xllxa ms swore m the fnrst wltness Ind aetlon started The clerk Bxll XX esley was busxly takmg down ey ery word ln shorthand The sherltf Fugene Keller and the marshall Rlchard XICKIIIIIJ were found elose by Besldes the oeeupants of the ear there yy ere sm other people e tlled In to testlty because they had witnessed the aecldent Mabel Hammond Arthur Ixeller and I'lla Xfae Toblas had been IH a car near by and w ere called to test1fy Two state pohcemen Cerald Dougan and D 1y1d Qnxder had been e tlled to the seene of the accxdent so they were brought to the trlal too Ihe accident oceureel 1n front of Doya Greene s beauty shop and as was n Itural she had gone out to see w hat was wrong so she was summoned also After many days of debate the Jury fnnally reaehed I deelslon Although there were three men Richard Hann Bull Brown and xm Xlansfleld on the Jury they were so out num bered by the elght women Betty Harty who spoke for the Jury Ruth Reynolds Louise Fouteh o Ann olllffe Axleen Tobxas Carleen Cronm Xfaxme Harrnson anel lanlee Xoung th It yye feel sure the outcome or the jury was the womens decxsnon The jury proy ed defend mt not guxlty and the case w ts dlsmlssed So now a tew days liter Betty Harley and I fmd ourselyes gomg oyer the whole storv class ot 1947 Ctrom Isoyerton Hlgh Sehool but thls aeelelent we had met all of our graduatxng XXe found that from the begmmng to the end of thus Iceldent we had met all but one of our graduating class of 1947 from Roy erton Hugh Sehool 'l hns one who we mnssed 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