Tell City High School - Sagittarius Yearbook (Tell City, IN)

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SENIORS ELOISE KATHRYN WEIL Eloise” 17 Majors—English, Social Studies FBLA 4; Quill and Scroll 4; Music Club 4; MARKSMAN Staff 4; SAGITTARIUS Staff 4; Football Queen; Honor Roll 3, 4; Office 4 JOHN THOMAS WILGUS John” 17 Majors—English, Woodwork, Social Studies FBLA, 4 PAUL EUGENE WILGUS ‘ Wiggles” 17 Majors—English, Social Studies, Woodwork Student Manger 3. 4 CHERIE ANN WOLF Wolf 18 Majors—English, Commerce, Social Studies Treas. FBLA 4; Booster Club 4; GAA 1, 2, 4 SAGITTARIUS, 1948

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SENIORS J i MILDRED SIMPSON “Mildred 18 Majors—English, Social Studies, Home Ec PAUL LINDSAY SIMPSON ‘Ssmp” 18 Majors—Math., Science, English, Social Studies. Woodwork Baseball 2, 3, 4; Reserve Basketball 2; FBLA 4; Booster Club 4; Class Treas. 2; Pres. Student Countl 4; Conservation Club 1, 2 MARY EVELYN SMITH Smite 18 Majors—English, Social Studies, Home Ec Girls Chorus, 2, 3; Booster Club 4; Office 4 FRANCES LUCILLE STURGEON •Polly” 18 Majors—English, Commerce, Social Studies Girls' Chorus 2, 3; Booster Club 4; Band 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, B-flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Treas. 4; Office 4 EFFIE MAE SWARTZ “Essie” 17 Majors—English, Commerce, Home Ec GAA 1, 2, 4; Booster Club 4; FBLA 4 ROBERT LLOYD VAUGHN Eob” 18 Majors—English, Science, Social Studies Student Council 4; FBLA 4 SAGITTARIUS, 1948

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CLASS HISTORY The history of our class began when we came to Tell City High School from our respective grade schools, ready and willing to challenge the greater tasks of higher education. That was back in September, 1944. Naturally the first thing that faced us was the job of selecting our subjects. What vocat.on should we select if we hadn't already selected one? Would this vocation be the one that we would follow through our entire life? Would we success- fully pass through the threshold of secondary learning and come out respectful, ambitious, and conscientious citizens of which our teachers, elders, and this magnificent country could be proud? It all depended on us, the citizens of tomorrow. These were a few of the many problems that confronted us, and only time, which quickly passes, w 11 have given the answers as we pass from these portals of secondary learning into the world. When we reminisce over our beloved days in high school, we realize our mistakes and ac- complishments and clearly see how those errors could have been avoided. Our freshmen days brought joys and sorrows and our activities were strictly limited to fresh- men privileges—which were few and far be- tween. At our first class meeting, we or- ganized our class by electing officers and sponsors. As our Superior, we elected Ralph Alvey and Vice-Superior, Joyce Shaw. Leo “Pee Wee” Bower was elected to keep our minutes and Dorothy Schaefer was elected our money-keeper. M ss Vandeveer and Miss Dew, our supervisors, were of invaluable help in making decisions and planning our activities. At last our long journey up the road of edu- cation could begin. We were determined to do our level best to reach new heights and by ag- gressive effort, we did get a foothold. Our first activity, a dance, provided us with a sum of money which was put in the treas- ury. The Seniors sponsored a carnival in which we were invited to participate. To represent us, a king. Bob Hartz, and a queen, Laveme Gramelspacher, were selected. That phase in our life as Freshmen in TCHS had now passed and we had to move on to greater tasks which only those who had passed over the first obstacle of the journey, were eligible to undertake. As the second obstacle appeared, we were better prepared and not afraid to face it. Jog- ging onward, we consisted of one hundred and two students, five less than the original num- ber of one hundred and seven. By now we had learned that only success is ga ned by hard work and constant effort. Edi- son’s theory, success is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration, was very true indeed. We now realized the importance of educat on, which would eventually lead to success in the world today. Our grasp was stronger. Our journey was no harder than it was when we started except that we had to assume greater responsibilities and undertake bigger tasks. Our second year in TCHS brought many more activities. To make the journey much more pleasant, we elected as the Head of our caravan, Maydell MJls and the Vice- master was Ralph Boerste. Paul Simpson accepted the position as scribe and treasurer. Since our two previous supervisors had ac- cepted other positions, we had to select two new ones. This we did with much caution and preciseness. Miss Royal and Mr. Beatty, two capable and willing sponsors, could and did help us very much in strengthening our foun- dation. A new traveler was taken into our caravan. His name was Pat Shaver. He had come all the way from Greenville, Kentucky to join us. SAGITTARIUS, 1948