Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Spencer, IN)

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Ah-ha, a few choice Indiana peanuts, toasting to a golden brown, drenched with pool water and covered with a thin coating of oil, summer also ushers in iobs and fun r The call of the outdoors beckoned many SHS students from late morning sleep. Their activities included both profitable iobs and times filled with fun and pleasure. Among the vocations chosen by industrious youths were life-guarding, lawn- mowing, baby-sitting, car-hopping, working at drugstores, filling stations, and grocery stores. Employment increased a sense of responsibility along with a feeling of pride in accomplishment, both of which are necessary to attain adulthood. Taking time out from busy iobs, the teen-agers were given a chance tor relaxation and enioyment. Part of this leisure time was spent swimming, play- ing miniature golf, bowling, dancing, or taking part in a game of tennis. Near the close of the summer another event entered the scene-the Owen County Fair. All these activities, whether educational or entertaining, proved to be both beneficial and profitable to most students. What a life! Spencerian photographer, Carolyn Miller, seems to enioy the summer days with the aid of a small mechanical device. , 7

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Umph! is the word as John Fort racks-up another point to help him and Sylvia Edwards win the game. Pygmy putter, Nancy Junkin, is showing fellow pygmies, Bobbie Toussaint and Candy Schneider, how to get three-in-one. Around, and around we go from one activity to another. This familiar symbol at the fair is a reminder of the summer memories.

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september finds us back in school Moving day is complete in the new superintendent's office as Mr. Clayton Conrad brings in the last new chair while secretary, Carolyn Dayhuff, supervises the move. lt's hard to tell whether these students are picketing against the school opening or closing. Nevertheless, there seems to be much conversation about the past summer's activities. Tick, tick! For five days a week, thirty-six weeks a year, students trudged to school either on foot, by school bus, or by car. After the first few weeks of school, with old acquaintances renewed and new friendships made, SHS students settled down to the daily routine of classes and nightly studies. Tick, tick! Time marched on! Seven periods a day in September seemed more like seventeen. However, by the time the month of April rolled around many quietly pon- dered whether or not they were ready for the close of school. The fifty-five minute periods were filled with science classes and math courses, along with the ever-familiar subiects of history and English. School consolidation meant a change of offices for the admin- istration of the school. Along with the bringing of new faces, it also brought a greater need for learning to meet the present-day problems with which we rnust compete. A last glance at the clock showed the momentum of the minute hand increasing with that of activities. Tick, Tick!