Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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ir ir t 'A' 'Ir 'A' ir ik I of Em Glauea For their help in the iormation of our lives, we salute these guiding stars in appreciation of their cooperation within the newly organized school departments. MUSIC AND ART: Charles Lincoln Northcott, graduate from Central Normal and I. U. with majors in History, Music, and English, belongs to Phi Delta Kappa and Zeta Sigma Fraternities. Miss Melva Ellen Shull is a graduate ot l. U. with the B.P.S.M. degree. Her outside interests are cooking, reading, and traveling. Mrs. Dona P. Bowers, from Paoli, Indiana, taught at Moorland and Bristol High Schools. Her hobbies are music and collecting pottery, SCIENCE AND MATH: Miss Helen Ruth St. Iohn's majors in college were Math and Latin. She belongs to Kappa Delta Sorority and her hobbies are reading, bowling, and traveling. Ralph E. Iohnson, who formerly taught at Austin and Stinesville High Schools, is athletic coach of Speedway. His home town is Scottsburg and he is ot English, Scotch, and Irish descent. Miss Bland has lived in Speedway since l942 but is originally from Sullivan. Miss Couch majored in English, Social Studies, and Math in college. Her outside interests are reading and debate. Miss Susan Louise Keclcler, from Parker, Indiana, is an honorary member ot Alpha Phi Gamma Sorority and a member of

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'ir ul' ir ir 'k ir Richard C. lordan. Robert l. Kryter Mrs. Eileen Goff N. Durward Cory Erwin Hamke Miss Alice Powell Robert L. Thomas The administrators of Speedway High are definite stars in our heaven, the school. Mr. Cory, superintendent, and Mr. Iordan, principal, together with the school board composed of Mr. Hamke, Mr. Kryter, and Mr. Thomas, are striv- ing to make Speedway a school of which town, county, and state may well be proud. It is under their leadership that the faculty and students form the successful body of Speedway High School. Miss Alice Powell, school clerk, has charge of all records concerning the students of Speedway and their activi- ties. Mrs. Eileen Goff, school nurse, is also a vital part in the everyday life of our students, for she maintains, through constant vigilance, the high health record of our school. The school and town should be fully aware of the efforts of the leaders of education in Speedway High School. 'A' ui

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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.