Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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9 of0mC' Alpha Sorority. Her majors in college were Business Education and Home EC. Special. Mr. Troth, whose home town is Lebanon, Indiana, is a member of Zeta Sigma Fraternity. G. Louis Trosky, head of the Industrial Arts Department, graduate of Central Normal in 1933 with the B.S. degree, has also attended Ball State, I. U., and Butler. Model railroading was his outside interest previous to the war. The ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FACULTY is governed by Lincoln Northcott, elementary school principal. This able staff consists of Miss LaVerne Ridlen, Miss Louise Liebenderfer, Miss Geneva Walter, Mrs. Lucile Kessler, Mrs. Ernestine Rinehart, Mrs. Blanche Wagle, Mrs. Muriel Thompson, M's. Edna Edwards, Miss Helen Christopher, Miss Mary Lou Knetzer, and Miss Hazel Smith. ENGLISH AND COMMERCE: Lawrence Edmond Thompson, head of the Business Education Department, is of Scotch and Irish descent and has as his hobby, geneo- logy. He has taught at Edinburg and Franklin High Schools. Miss Margaret Anne LaGrange, Hanover College graduate, majored in Social Studies and English and has the A.B. degree. Miss Agnes Elizabeth Spencer, head of the English Department, was born in Philadelphia but is a graduate of I. U. Her chief hobby is the collecting of ship models. Miss Donna Ruth Couch has the A.B. degree and is honorary member of Pi Gamma Mu, Sigma Tau Delta, and Sigma Zeta Fraternities. Mrs. Marjorie Pylce Crawford, our able school librarian, is an Indianapolis resident and belongs to Tri Delta Sorority at Butler University. She came to Speedway in September IQSQ. HISTORY: Floyd Calvin Troth, whose hobbies are camping and golf, although a graduate of Central Normal, has also attended Butler and has the B.S. degree. Miss La- Grange belongs to Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Her outside interests are music, reading and sports. Mr. Northcott, who has the A.B., Mus. B., and M.S. degrees, is of English descent. Miss Hester Beth Bland, the latest addition to our faculty, graduated from Indiana State Teachers College, majoring in Physical Education and Social Studies. She formerly taught at Warren Central and Sullivan High Schools. Richard C. Iordan, graduate of Manchester and Ball State College with the A.B. and M.A. degrees, is the principal of Speedway. Mr. Iordan came to Speedway in the Fall of IQ43.

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eladfi ROBERT HUBER. Historian This is the story of a class that entered these portals of higher knowledge on Sep- tember 2, 1941. Since that fateful day, that class has climbed to the star that every member first envisioned approximately twelve years ago. As We reach that star, it quickly disappears and thousands of new and brighter ones appear, but so life goes. We began our high school journey on September 2, l94l, having 38 members. We started with great rapidity and with big dreams of things to come. We chose Clark Hendryx to direct our affairs and Charles Brockman as his under-study. Virginia Han- sen was selected as secretary while Patricia Lasley handled our finances. Mrs. Crawford fthen Miss Pykel served as our sponsor. It wasn't long until we had adjusted ourselves to the newness of being in high school. How- ever, the seniors of '42 seemed more than willing to help us in this adjustment. Time sped by and as December rolled around, we decided to have a Freshman Party. We planned extensively for the extravaganza which took place at Eagle Creek Community Center and it was a roaring success. Shortly after our party, our country was thrust into W'orld War Il which was later to affect our school lives. Semester exams soon stared us in the face and our first semester in high school was finished. Throughout the prog- 'ress of the year, the male members of our throng made their appearances in athletics. Our Freshman basketball team was the first Speedway Freshman basketball squad ever to defeat an opponent. As spring ap- proached, lrack made its debut into the sportslight of S.H.S. The band, with several Freshman members, went to the State Band Contest and returned to Speedway with a first division rating. Final exams, and we were now on the threshhold of our Sopho- more year. Our Sophomore year brought new experi- ences that we had not known in our Fresh- man year. Our roll now numbered 40 mem- bers through the summer months. We started over our second barrier and selected Hank Hendryx to be our leader for a second term. Th vice-presidency gave way to the fairer sex this year, Dot Phipps being named to that position. Carl Voorhies was appointed as secretary and Paul Alsmeyer kept ac- count of our debits and credits. The Sopho- more year started at much the same tempo with which our first year had ended but not for long: the pace quickly accelerated and before we knew it, three months had passed. In December, we, as Sophomores, were the first group of Underclassmen ever to spon- sor a dance. Time marched unforgivingly onward, semester exams passed, basketball passed, track began, and the band again went to the contest and-whoof-we were treading on the doorstep of our third obstacle. Activities started our Iunior year with amazing speed. Now, with 37 members, we elected lim Nay to be our chief-executive. Hank Hendryx was placed as second in com- mand and Dot Phipps kept the minutes. Charles Brockman and Phyllis Campbell co- operated to fill the office of treasurer. Our Iunior play, All On Account of Luella, was the first big activity in our third year. The play broke all previous box office records and was considered on of the best plays ever to be presented in our auditorium. fThe production was also very entertaining to cer- tain members of the cast.l Shortly after our stage production, we planned the Fall Prom with the music being rendered by Belle's Sharps and Flats. The Prom was so successful that it placed another record to our credit as, The best junior dance ever to be presented. As the year sped past, daily schedules became amazing complexi- ties. Dot Phipps was nominated Bond Queen for all Speedway and Harriette Elder won second place in the State May- flower Descendants Essay Contest. Days flashed past and spring was just around the corner. lacque Schaefer was chosen as the first Athletic Queen at the annual Athletic Dance. With the end of the semester within sight, our plans for the Iunior and Senior Re- ception moved rapidly. The Marott Hotel was chosen to house the gala occasion with the banquet and dance being held in the Main Ballroom. Before we adjourned for our third summer period of recuperation, we selected our class jewelry as the first Iunior class ever to make such a move. The fourth and final year began like an exploding powder charge. Phyllis Campbell began the vear with an added twinkle in CContinued on Page 12.j