Shields High School - Patriot Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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SEYMOUR THE PROGRESSIVE CITV Seymour derived its name from the chief contractor and civil engineer, Mr. Seymour, who superintended the construction of the Ohio and M ' ssissippi Railway from North Vernon, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri. The ground on which Seymour is located was acquired through a series of purchases and grants from the government by James Shields, Joshua Moore, and Charles Butler. James Shields, father of M. W. Shields, founder of the town, was granted by the Government 1,200 acres of land about 1812, and placed in charge of the block house , a rude fortress erected and maintained for several years on the ground lying just north of the city area now occu- pied by the Catholic cemetery. This ground included all land lying north of Seventh Street in the present city plot. The town was laid out April 27, 1852, by Meedy W. and Eliza P. Shields. The original plot embraced that part of the present city lying north of Cincin- nati Avenue, south of Fifth Street, east of Indianapolis Avenue, and west of Broadway. The plot included ten blocks and one hundred lots, and was duly registered at Brownstown, the countyseat. The city charter was procured June 24, 1864. The O. M. Railroad, now the Baltimore and Ohio, laid its tracks thr ough Seymour on June 29, 1854, and Captain Shields at the next session of Legislature, of which he was a member, secured the passage of a bill compelling trains to stop at all railroad crossings. Thus the plans of Seymour ' s rival, ' x Rockford, to keep the Pennsylvania trains ■ from stopping at Mule Crossing , as Sey- ••., mour was derisively called, were frustrated. ' ■ Seymour became the proud possessor of two railways. This marked the beginning of Sey- mour ' s rapid growth. Since its founding, Seymour has shown a steady growth and development. It has always kept abreast of the times educationally, indus- trially, commercially, professionally, religiously, and socially. From a small village surrounded by dense forests, it has changed into a city of beauty and importance. The hub of a rich agri- cultural community and equally prominent as a leading industrial center, Seymour merits its slogan, The City of Beautiful Homes.

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The Patriot 1935 The Town SEYMOUR INDIANA The School SHIELDS HI6I-I SCHOOL • •• •••••••••••• •••

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th, PATRIOT 1935 Published by the Senior Class of Shields High School, Seymour, Ind. SPECIAL FEATURES Community Highlights Seymour in Step with Educational Progress The Patriot From 1898 to Present Date Shields High School Alumni TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERESTING FACTS Seymour, the Progressive City Community Highlights — Through Unity We Create and Maintain Three Centuries of Educational Progress, Shields in Step with the Times. II. SCHOLASTIC Faculty Administration Baccalaureate Commencement Seniors Senior Honor Roil Classes In Memoriam III. ACTIVITIES Clubs IV. ATHLETICS Girls ' Athletic Association Football Basketball Tumbling Baseball Track Summary of Season V. CALENDAR VI. ALUMNI VII. OUR PATRONS Josephine Parker Lewis Hutchens Amy Douglass Margaret Rapp Evelyn Burbrink STAFF Clarence Stuckwisch Ruth Evelyn White June Hinkle Charles Mayfield Pauline Johnson Ermil Cox Richard Stewart Thomas Hall Harriet Roeger Faculty Literary Editor — Mina McHenry Faculty Business Manager — Arthur L Glaze Eva Jane Fox Bettye Hoadley Evelyn Ahlbrand John Hirtzel John Osterman