Spencerville High School - Spenconian Yearbook (Spencerville, IN)

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THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1948 Class Colors - Blue and Silver Class Motto - uln Ourselves Our Future Liesu Class Flower - White Rose CLASS HISTORY Knowing that probably none of us will go down in history for doing anything which is considered really important, we, the Seniors of '48, are going to write this history of ourselves as high school students. Or, ought we to say pupils? No, we'll leave it students. Well, anyway, these four years have gone so fast that it is hard to know just what accomplishments should make history for the class of '48. Although we cannot mention all the incidents of our high school days, this history will probably remind each of us of other experiences and that is really its purpose. We began in the fall of 1944, just as green as any Freshmen you ever saw. The eighteen of us who enrolled were: Annise Bailey, David Chapman, Beth Cornell, Phyllis GroSS: Patsy Draime, Dale Gerig, Lynn Lake, Frank Laub, Phyllis Nusbaum, Victor Tlmmerman, Mary Jo Romlne, Virginia Ulm, Doris Ayers, Nellie Mettert, Wava Ankney,Chalmer Walters, Raymond Potts, Ruth Emenhiser, with Mr. Murphy as our sponsor until the second semester when he responded to the call of more urgent duties and joined the army to fight for us, and Mr. Clague replaced him. We were especially green two weeks after school had begun, for we had been directed by some of our superior classmen, namely the Seniors of 1945, to adorn ourselves with green ribbons. This wasn't so bad, though, since we had been told that our colors scheme was to be black and blue. By the time we were Sophomores we had lost a little bit of our awkardness and had gained a fair knowledge of all the rules of conduct, mainly through experience. We lost Nellie, Doris, Chalmer, and Wava, but gained Raymond Kennedy, Viola Wiemer, and William Teegardln, V101a moved and continued her studies at Garrett, and Ray left the same year. Mrs.Shull was our sponsor. The next fall we all became Juniors. Doris came back this year but stayed only a few weeks. Of course, we remembervhis year primarily as the year in which the Spencerville nRed Raidersn won the Sectional tourney. However, a couple of events which took place during the year, m y be attributed specifically to our class. These were our class play, 'When the Bough Breaks,W and the Junior-Senior Banquet. Mrs. Paschen was our sponsor. The next year, our Senior year, found us without Ray and Ruth. The remaining thirteen of us bent our efforts toward initiating thirty-six Freshmen Cwe all aurvivedp, studying Qall through high school we gave a portion of our time to this purposej, preparing an annual, giving a play, and the ultimate aim of these four years--graduating. Mr. Paschen '88 DUI' BPOIISOPQ As we've said before, high school days whiz by and now each of us is ready to enter another phase of his life. 16

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V -- ---3-1'--7.,,. ., ,, . CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of 1948, feeling blue with the thought of leaving High School, have agreed to leave behind to our good friends, the Juniors, our most valuable possessions, hgping thgy will use thgm as intended......... I, Virginia Ulm, leave my maestro touch of the fiddle to James Bowser so that he will stay in tune while he imitates Al Jolson, but my red hair becomes the property of Louis Timmerman - to bring out the hu-e in Lou-ie. I, Beth Cornell, leave my bashfulness to B111 Furnish and also my excess pencils so that other people's won't come up missing next year. I, Victor Timmerman, leave two inches of all the height I maintain to Marilyn Tustison so that she might become the WLong of '49W. I, Patsy Draime, will my sweet disposition to Pat Dove, hoping hers will become sweeter, while my little ole' sewing kit goes to Raymond Hook so he can do his own mending. CAnd we're not talking about mending heartsll I, Frank Laub, will my car to Donald Woodring, so that he won't have to walk the morning paper route, also my ability to remain in the assembly a whole hour without being sent out. I, Annise Bailey, will my ability to say nnon to the boys to Bar bara Laux. KHowever, we do agree that rings look nice on left hands.l I, Mary Jo Romine, leave all the extra length on skirts to Jeanne Ulm, so that she can cover her knees part of the time. I, David Chapman, will my ease at one-hand driving to John Kelly. I'm sure he'll find it useful. I, Phyllis Nusbau , leave my excess boyfriends to Mary Batdorf, to keep her company next year, and all my extra conversation goes to Kenneth Akey, so that he will be heard as well as seen. I, Dale Gerlg, leave my school books to Ralph Baker just to keep them in the family. CO.K., Cousin?D I, Lynn Lake, leave the old Buick to Joe Gerig so he can go see Pat more often, at least once a week, however, my old strap and razor are to become the property of Gene Warstler to make him feel more manly I, Bill Teegardin, leave my temperance to Joe Bice with high high hopes. I, Phyllis Gregg, will my perfect attendance to Ruth Emenhiser, so she might be seen more often around school, and my typing speed goes to Marie Haupt, hoping she will find it useful next year. We, the Seniors as a class, wish success, a graduation diploma, and as pleasant a Senior year as ours was, to each and every one of the Juniors, and to the school, we wish continued progress and success in the years to come. y 17