Staunton High School - Yellowjacket Yearbook (Staunton, IN)

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Class History Early in September of 1949, the thirty-six members of our class became Green Freshmen. Soon came Initiation Day--the girls were decked out in gunny sacks and men's shoes, and the boys wore girl's dresses and women's shoesg that night the class of 1950 threw a party for us. That year several of the girls joined Tri-Hi-Y, and the boys became members of the Hi-Y and the basketball and baseball squads. Our sponsors were Mrs. DeCoursey and Mr. Payne. The class officers were Kay Barr, president, Larry Trout, vice-president: Catherine Scheid, secretary: and Marjorie Redifer, treasurer, No longer were we Green Freshmen the next yearf'--thirty-four of us had gone on to become Sophomores. That year the school yell leaders were all members of our class--Caroline Butt, Phyllis Trout, Billie Stewart, and Jim Hayward, Bill Lee and Buddy Candler made the varsity squad in basketball: Diane Ellmore was in- stalled as head librarian, and Caroline Butt was chosen office girl. We had mem- bers in Band, Chorus, Hi-Y, and Tri-Hi-Y. In the early part of 1951, Staunton drew Brazil in the Wabash Valley Prelim: beat them, and went clear through to take the Prelim Tournaments. Again in the Sectional we Mew Brazil, and again took the tourney. Congratulations, Mr. Roeschlein! Our sponsors were Mrs. Smith and Mr. Payne, and our officers were Buddy Candler, presidents Ralph I-lowald, vice- president: Bobbie Kay Houston, secretaryg and Evelyn Kay Barr, treasurer. The Junior year began by our electing Buddy Candler, president: Catherine Scheid, vice-president: Kay Barr, secretaryg and Patty Ballinger, treasurer. Our sponsors. were Mrs. Meyer and Mr. Scheid. In the fall, we took the class of 1952 to Turkey Run for the day--and two of the girls in our class got lost! The play we chose and produced was a three-act comedy, A Case Of Springtime. ln the Carnival, we produced a Colored Minstrel, as we had done the year before: Caroline Butt and Phyllis Trout were re-elected yell leaders, along with Margaret Casassa and Bette Carpenter. Our class rings were ordered early in the year, and came on November 23, during Thanksgiving holiday. I We elected members of the paper staff as follows: Sue Bannon, Editorg Diane Ellmore, Business Manager, Circulation Manager, Phyllis Trout: Sports Editor, Bill Lees Reporters, Caroline Butt and Marjorie Redifer, Typists, Catherine Scheid, Kay Barr: Joke Editor, Ralph I-Iowaldg Artist, Larry Videll. In the fall of 1952, twenty-eightof us entered our Senior year. Our officers were Kay Barr, president: Larry Trout, vice-presidentg Diane Ellmore, secretary, and Marjorie Redifer, treasurer. Our sponsors were Miss Veach and Mr. Albrecht. Again Caroline Butt and Phyllis Trout were elected yell leaders, along with Bette Carpenter and Margaret Casassa of the class of 1955. In the fall, the class of 1954 took us to Turkey Run. Then came the long awaited time of having Senior pictures taken, and ordering name-'cards and commencement invitations. The play chosen to be presented by the Dramatics Class was Hobgoblin House. The Carnival, in which all of the classes helped, was a success. Sunday, May 3, baccalaureate services will be held in the school gymnasium. Tuesday, May 5, at 8:00 o'clock, commencement services will be held. Then on Friday, May 8, the twenty-eight members will walk out the doors of Staunton High School, to return only as alumni. L -

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Annual Staff EDITOR, WADE CANDLER Catherine Schied Bonnie Baysinger Tom Turner Mary Helen Rogers Larry Trout Larry Videll Paper Staff

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Class. Will We, the Senior Class of '53, being of sound mind and memory, now about to de- part from this school life, do hereby make and solemnly declare this to be our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To our Alma Mater, we will the privilege of always having students that are as well-behaved as the 'Senior Class of '53 has been through its' twelve years at S.H.S. ARTICLE ll To the Faculty, we will the right of giving unannounced tests, and the privilege of exercising the strict discipline, which it established this year, upon all future Senior Classes. , ARTICLE III I, Doris Archer, will my health book to Mary Jo Hughes. I, Susan Phyllis Bannon, will my maidenly ability to blush to Reba Butt. I, Evelyn Kay Barr, will my privilege of getting to sing at some of the school ac- tivities to Nancy McDonald, I, Bonnie Baysinger, will my seat in the assembly to some deserving Junior. I, Delores Baysinger, will my quietness to Jackie Jones. I, Alice Ann Brown, will my seat in civics to Mary Jo Hughes, I, Argyll Burns, will my ability to do nothing and yet make B's in physics to Woody Allen. I, Caroline Butt, will my knowledge in health to Jackie Jones. I, Donald Butt, will my ability to part my hair on both sides to Jim Ollie. I, Wade Candler, will my ability to struggle by in'civics with a C average to John Evans, who will surely need it. I, Diane Ellmore, will my civics book to any deserving Junior. 1, Leland Ernest Faggn will my position as manager of the Coke Machine to any- one who wants it. I, Anna Mae Garrison, will my right to be the shortest one in my class to Jane Robinson. I, James Hayward, will the 1953-'54 basketball team the right to win all games. I, Ralph Howald, will my right to set the shop on fire to the welding class of next year. I, Patricia Kennedy, will my right to get a poodle.cut every year to Jo Ann LeMay. I, Bill Lee, will my position as Sports Editor of the school paper to anyone who is smart enough to take it. I, Charles Myers, will my personality to Marion Burns. I, Marjorie Redifer, will my hair to the bald members of the faculty ----- including Mr. Roeschlein. I, James Ridgway, will my driving ability to John Lorenze. I, Mary Helen Rogers, will my civics book to my little sister, I, Catherine Scheid, will Joyce Lynch the right to keep pencils in her desk, even though Don Kidwell does take them all the time. I, Madonna Siegelin, will my ability to come to school bright and early every morning to Barbara Kennedy. -- I, Larry Trout, will any ability anyone thinks I have, to anyone who wants it. I, Phyllis Trout, will the right to argue with Mr. Albrecht in commerce class to Nadine Hayes. I, Melvin Thomas Turner, will my ability to go with one girl longer than two weeks to Don Kidwell. I, Larry Videll, will my ability to not go to bed over the week ends so as to not waste any valuable time, to anyone with a cast iron stomach. Signed this 5th day of May, nineteen hundred fifty-three, h The Senior Class '