Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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Glau Wd! We, the Senior Class of Speedway High School, in this year of one-thousand nine-hundred and forty-five A.D., do hereby make and declare our last Wl'l..L and TESTAMENT, in form and manner as follows: ARTICLE I To the entire school we leave our gay and jovial way of living. We have reached a high goal in our twelve years because of our success in getting along with the underclassmen. ARTICLE ll To the faculty we grant the remembrance of our shining faces and our everlasting intelligence. ARTICLE III On the Iuniors we bestow our good nature, our Senior dignity, and last but not least, our richest treasure, the Senior bench. ARTICLE IV To the Freshmen and Sophomores we bequeath our friendship and loyalty. ARTICLE V Paul Alsmeyer wills his ability to be our best iitterbugu to Iohn Humphreys, who might at least try. Ioyce Armstrong and Zenna Carmichael, who don't seem to appreciate you Speedway boys, leave to Betty Slattery and Ioyce Smith the hope that SOME- TIME you will see what you are missing. Betty Barnett bequeaths to Ellen Finnerty that EVERLASTING giggle. Charles Brockman, the brain, devises to Gene Warren his intelligence. On Mr. Thompson, Phyllis Campbell, bestows her habit of hair-twisting. To Ioan Praed, Edythe Chamness wills her love for manly sports. At Harriette Elder's bequest, her sweaters go to Clona Basch. Bill Engle presents to Al Wagner his long list of girls. Use it to the best advantage, All Georgia Foster devises to any of you fools her position on the Annual Staff. eYou'll be sorry! ! Don Hammer bestows on all of you l-A's his navy blues. To Iim Kelley and Bob Cassaday, Hank Hendryx and lack Kesler grant their love for the same girl. Bob Hart leaves to Carson Smith his spryness. ls it everlasting, Bob? To Bob Harrah, Bob Huber wills his ability to go with all of 'em. Pat Lasley leaves her favorite record, Her Tears Flowed Like Wine, to Iody Seward. Emma Lewis bequeaths to all of you oncoming Seniors her ability to get such fair grades on those weekly government tests. Norma Melson devises her beautiful long curly locks to Iohn Voorhies. Floyd Miller leaves to all of you short boys the hope that you too will grow up. To lim Cherry, lim Nay leaves his ability to lose 'em and win 'em back again all in such a short time. f Bob Owens bequeaths his artistic ability to Bob Oslos. Orchids to both o you. Dotty Phipps leaves to Ioanne Basey her yell-leader and drum-majorette uniforms. On ALL of you Democrats, Don Powderly bestows his politics. To Bill Cramer, Duane Robertson devises his manly physique. Iacque Schaefer bequeaths to lane Wagle her love for a basket-ball player. CCOntinued on Page 13.j

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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

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PAUL ALSMEYER- Pinky -Football. HARRIETTE VIRGINIA ELDER- I-Iuny Etty -Yearbook editor: Business Ed. Club president. ZENNA MARIE CARMICHAEI.- Mickey -Sports reporter to STAR and WIBC: choir. CHARLES T. BROCKMAN- Chuck -Class treasurerg yearbook sports editor: basket- ball: track. SARA IA NE ZINK- Iunie -Senior war stamp salesmang y e a rb o o k assistant photography editor. C A L V I N D. TORR- Bud -Senior vice- president. R O B E R T E. O W EN S- B o b -Football: SPEEDETTE art editor. PATRICIA IEAN LASLEY- Rusty - S P E E D ETT E humor editor: class will- makerg band. DON C. HAMMER- Bulldog -Band: Hi-Y, now in U. S. Navy. BETTY IEAN BARNETT- Bets -Home Ec. Club vice-presidentp Latin Club ianuator. PHYLLIS LEE CAMPBELL- Phyl -Class secretaryg SPEEDETTE feature editor, choir treasurer. CLARK H END R Y X- Hank -SPEEDETTE editorp football captain: basketball: Hi-Y, VIRGINIA IEWELL WINGERT- Ginny - SPEEDETTE news editorg yearbook as- sistant literary editor. FLOYD MILLER- Iunior -Band. DONALD W. POWDERLY- Don --Hi-Y treasurer. IOYC E A RM S TR O NG- Strong Arm - HiAC'sg choir. Glafu fCOl1tIlIIlCfi from Page 1O.j her eye and also on her left hand. Bill Engle joined our throng, but jess Morgan and Carl Voorhies were now settling some unfinished business for Uncle Sam. Now numbering 32, we selected jim Nay as our leader and Bud Torr as vice president. Phyl Campbell re- corded the happenings of our meetings and Charles Brockman kept the financial journal. Not long after we had organized, we ordered cards and invitations as well as decided the studio with which we would place our photography order. Throughout the course of the year, time has disappeared like dew in the noon-day sun. We suddenly realized that our last short stay here was half gone. Second semester began at an infuriated pace, The ANNUAL, the SPEEDETTE, and many other social activities aided the agita- tion of the tempo. Early in March, our presi- dent took a trip to St. Francis Hospital where he had his appendix removed. Dewey Robertson was presented the Blase sports- manship award for being the outstanding Senior athlete of the year and lack Kesler won the first Business Ed. foul attempt trophy. Plans for our Senior dance were begun in lim's absence by Bud Torr but the hustle and excitement just previous to the Shamrock Ball was somewhat shadowed by a very surprising event. Phyllis Camp- bell was no longer enrolled in our band but instead it was now Mrs. Paul Stultz. The Shamrock Ball held true to our tradition, The class with all the firsts and showed above all others as the best of 'ern all.