Speedway High School - Speedette Yearbook (Speedway, IN)

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MISS SUSAN KECKLER MRS. IDONA BOWERS LOUIS TROSKY LAXYRIENCE THOMPSON MISS MELVA SHULL FLOYD TROTH MISS ELIEANOR GREIER . . . . . O R FACULTY The Home lic. girls won't forget Miss Iieckler's teachings even though she left in March to tie the knot of holy matrimony. The rest of us will keep in nnind her Freshman Biology Classes. Mrs. Bowers saw little of us in our high school years. Only the more talented indulged in her advanced art clsases. but we will always keep in reinembrance our Junior High classes with this wonderful little teacher. Mr. Trosky had our boys in Industrial Arts for years and was our junior Class sponsor. Forget Klr. Trosky and the fun we had in our Junior year? You bet your life we won't. lNhile most teachers had their troubles, Mr. Thompson had more than his share. He tried to educate our fingers in the difficult tasks of typing, bookkeeping. and taking shorthand. Miss Shull picked out only our talented singers to soar thc choir to greater musical heights-nor will memory books omit their gay spring musicals. In our Senior year, we were introduced to a new physical education teacher, Miss Greer. VVe'll remember her for starting the Girls Athletic Association in Speedway and teaching us that athletics are important to girls, too. You know-it takes a good man to be Senior 513011- sor. good in more ways than one, so good in fact that we have two sponsors. Mr. Jordan, who taught us all we know about the functions of government, was the man we always sought when we needed advice about college or careers. A fter the SENIOR PROM, Mr. Troth, our other sponsor, could have been easily mis- taken for another Senior Cas he struggled out the door loaded down with palm treesj. As long as we live, we'l1 remember this tall, lanky chemistry wizard. Forget our faculty? VVho Wants to! A - rw? , .

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RALPH JOHNSON MRS. HELEN KOPESKY MISS AGNES SPENCER CHARLES NAY MISS BETTY MOORE CLYDE SALLEE MISS THELMA STOUT WE CAN EVER FORGET . . . Forget our f?culty? XYe never could--nor would we want to. After being their students, we've come to know them quite well. Each individual teacher leaves his mark of learning upon us. XYay back when Mr. Johnson had us in General Science, bet he never dreamed he'd have several star football players out of our bunch, Those few of us who won't remember Mr. Johnson as :i coach. will certainly remember him as our Refresher Math teacher. Mrs. Kopesky had the ill fortune to introduce us to higher math. Even though she worked us hard, her grand sense of humor will stay with us always, From the time we entered the Seventh Grade until the last issue of this year's SPEEDETTE was published-from the time she taught us spelling until she taught us jopirnalism, Miss Spencer always told us, Give credit where credit is due. Mr. Nay met only the bravest Seniors-those who survived Plane Geometry to struggle through Solid Geometry and Trig. Miss Moore, who joined the staff just this year, had only a few of us in classes. but we can never forget such an attractive teacher. Forget Mr. Sallee-the teacher who taught us to drive. the teacher who sacrificed his life for his duty? Never! Every time we wrap ourselves around a tele- phone pole: every time we drive into a train: every time we forget to signal-we'll remember our Sports- manlike Driving teacher and his warnings. VVhenever we hear a whole-hearted laugh, we will recall Miss Stout. The hardest year she ever lived was the year we were Juniors. Not only did she push us through junior Literature, but anyone who can make an actor out of a Junior deserves special recognition.

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l REMEMBERI G: OUR CLASS HI TORY just as each stair climbed is a step nearer the top so has each year of school activity been a step nearer to our first goal of life. . Our strange and fabulous history dates back to September, 1936, when our mothers scrubbed our necks and ears and sent us to school toward our first step of achievement. lt was then that these ten members of our present class started their upward climb at Speedway: Marcheta Collins, .lanice Farley, Katie Heaton, Jean Lesman, Ethyl King, Pat Ludwig, Sara Parke, John Petraits, Al Such, and George Ziegelmueller. XV e were soon up to our necks in readini, 'writin', and 'rithmetic and be- fore we could realize it, we were ready to venture forth into the high school building. Under the guidance of Miss Hepperly we as seventh graders elected Delores Coelman our pres- ident. VVe survived our initiation into junior high by the eighth graders and ended our school year with a party at Riverside. Thus we had completed another step toward our then distant goal. The following year we elected Dick Musgrave as our presiding ofihcer and chose Miss Spencer as our ever capable sponsor. The highlight of the year occurred when we received our eighth gl ade diplomas and realized we were ready to enter the realms of the Upper Four. The fall of 44 found us starting our climb to become upper-classmen. Bob Ge ung was our president with Jim Crumley serving as his able assistant, Earl Gresham keeping ther minutes and Jean Lesman handling the money. VVe chose Miss Couch as our sponsor. Our class gained more honors as o-Anne Base ' and Katie Heaton were elected ell leaders and fellows of our class were 3 Y h members of the football and basketball teams. Wie held a Christmas party at the American Legion Hall and ended the 'ear with a artv at Riverside Park. 3 P . XVith our Freshman year behind us the pace quickened and we as Sophomores climbed toward our not now so distant goal. Again Bob Genung served as our president, Nancy Covell was our vice president, Jim Crumley our secretary. and Jack Ganzemiller collected the dues. This year Miss Bland was elected as our sponsor. Jim Crumley and Bill Roberts gained positions on the Varsity Basket- ball Squad to give us another feather in our cap. VVe ended the year with a skating party at a famil- iar place, Riverside. To start our Junior year off with a bang, we presented our hilarious play, Professor, How Could You! VV e followed up our stage production with the Autumn Prom and later in the year the fellows in athletics elected Nancy Covell to reign as queen at the annual F.B.T. Dance. lVith the end of our junior year in sight, plans fo-r the reception moved rapidly forward. VVe chose the Marott Hotel fo-r the Junior-Senior Reception and picked Bob Barton and his orchestra to furnish the music. As our leaders for this most busy year we chose M r. Trosky as sponsor, with Jack Ganzemiller as president, Duane Belcher his assistant, George Ziegelmueller keeping the records and Jean Lesman our treasurer. For this, our last and most important year in high school, we have chosen George Ziegelmueller to lead us with Jack Ganzemiller as our vice president, John Petraits to keep the minutes and Dick Harbison to handle the financial affairs. Mr. T1-oth acted as our advisor with Mr. Jordan as co-spon- sor. W'e are proud to know that our fellows had a hand in the winning of two County Champion- ships, and the sectionals for the first time in the history of the school, and the Football Mid-State Conference Cup. XYe look back now with satisfaction to our dance. play, annual, and SPEEDETTE. For a grand conclusion to our activities in high school the Juniors entertained us at the annual junior-Senior Reception. And now, as we look around and see the familiar faces of our school 'chums and ifamiliar sur- roundings, we have a feeling of regret in leaving old S.H.S. because there will be many happy memories left behind. Yet as one would glimpse the first rays of a beautiful sunrise coming over the horizon, thus we, the class of 48, get a glimpse of the future that lies ahead. T 4 i. .