Westfield High School - Shamrocket Yearbook (Westfield, IN)

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Reading from top to bottom: Malcolm Bray. Pres. Mary Jane Jones. Sec'y. John Haskett, Vice Pres. James W. Wood, Treas Elda Plummer Jacob Blasser Kathryn Overnian Elizabeth Washington Roy Leap Donald lValker Marcella Randall Floyd Cox Myrle Stroud Alice Louise Wheeler Louise Jessup Nlelba McKinzie Virginia Mae Morford Wilma Rogers Donald Fasey Robert Frost Rebecca Wheeler May Ballard Opal Marvel Geneva Pittman Xlary Burroughs William Irwin Virginia Randall Mable Leap Philip Kendall Senior Class History With the faint hope of some day going out in the world to improve and forward -the ideals of American life the senior class of 1934 came into Westfield High School in Sep- temlber of 1930 to fiit themselves more thoroughly for the task. At first they were some- what appalled and a tiny bit emlbarrassed in the presence of so 'many other seemingly more intelligent students. As the green grass .fades in the fall, awkwardness and color. similar to the grass, .began to fade in the freshmen. Under the guidance of Miss Myra Mendenhall the forty freshmen gathered together to organize, electing the following officers: Presi- dent, Mary Jane Jones: Vice-President, Phil Kendall: Secretary, Ruth Coffing Treasurer, Robert lMcVey. At the beginning of our sophomore year we found that we had gained one to our class roll making our enrollment forty one. This was the year that really made us realize howv imlpor-tant study is to us. After so much sweating and, we dare say, tearing of hair, we pulled through and -were planning what -we could do with the privileges granted us in our junior year. Our sophomore officers lwere: President, Phil Kendall: Vice-President, Lucile New: Secretary, Melba McKinzieg Treasurer, James Wood. At the :beginning of our junior year we were jurbilant of the fact that our class had in- creased making us a total of fforty-two juniors. With our many thoughts of junior play.. class rings, and junior and senior reception we started on the cycle of our juni-or year. With Mr. George Lee as our sponsor we met and elected the following officers: President, William Irwin: Vice-President, :Mary Jane Jones: Secretary, Mary Burroughs: Treasurer, Jacob Blasser. Kermapy 'was chosen for our junior ,play and met with much approval when presented. Juniors taking part in the play were Virginia Mae Morford, Malcolm Bray, Lucile New, Martha Stewart, Mary Jane Jones, Floyd Cox, James Wood, and Phil Kendall. As it was our privilege to entertain the dignified senior class at the close of school. we decided on a banquet and program to be held at the Masonic temple at No- blesville. We were able to defeat the other classes and came through to win the class bas- ketball tournament. And now-Awith a superior feeling and dignified air we are in our senior year. Some- what disheartened at the fact that we only have twenty-nine seniors in our midst we de- cided to carry on just the same. Nearly all our activities of the senior year did not occur until the latter 'part -of the second semester so our first semester :was spent in hard study as well as getting ourselves accustomed to the fact that'we were now seniors. With Miss Gretchen Kemp as our sponsor we ele-cted the following officers: President, Malcolm Bray: Vice-President, John Haskettg Secretary, Mary Jane Jones: Treasurer, James Wood. With the kind helpful guidance of Miss Kemmp we came through the trying ordeals of seniors, feeling that our time had been exceptionally well spent. Our senior play, Skidding, was a great success. This time we were almost incorrigible 'when the senior lboys won the class basketball tournament, for the second time during our high school career. And now- everything of our high school life, except memories, is almost gone. After bidding good- bye to our underclassmen and to the faculty who have helped us and co-operated with us so faithfully, we step from the pontals of dear old Westfield High School.

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W. H. S. ,lunlor Class The Junior class met in the ifall tenm :with the -class sponsor. George H. Lee, and elected a new staff of officers: president, Wanda Newby: Betty Furnas, vice-president: Rex Johnson, secretaryg and Virginia Statzer, -treasurer. The class play, The Family Upstairs. featured the accomplishments of the class for the year. The wplay rwas a success :from all standpoints and is said to have been one of the best plays ever given at Westfield. The cast of characters follow: Charlotte Todd, John Lassiter, Mary Newby, Roger Dooley, Beulah Taylor, Esther Knight. Lyndall Smith, Betty Furnas, and coach Edgar Stahl. In the sophomore year the girls of this class were class net champsg and , as freshmen, this same group staged a run-a-way in the scholarship race to earn the right to lbe the guests of honor at fthe scholarship banquet for that year, an annual event which is held near the close of each school year. FIRST ROW-Charlotte Todd, Virginia Small, Helen Mae Bauer, Mary Jo Blasser, Ruth Rayle, Vinginia Statzer, Ruth Alice Roberts, Betty Furnas. SECOND ROW-Doris Revis, Martha Mendenhall, Alice Gamble, Mary Ellen Wynkoop, Beulah Taylor, Esther Knight, Mary Rosetta Newby, Dorothy Carey. THIRD ROW-Victor Macy, Roger Dooley, James Edwards, Louis Bender, Lyndall Smith, Rex Johnson, Henry Bragg, Alfred Hinshaw, Max Wheeler, John Lassiter. lWanda Nevwlby and Leota .Mae Rich do not appear in the picture? Sophomore Class The enrollment of the freshman class of .1932 was one of the largest of any class ever to enter Westfield High School. The class organization as selected at the beginning of the sophomore year follows: Beth Bray, president, Charlotte Wood, vice-presidentg Kenton Hershey, secretaryg Margaret Crostreet, treasurerg and Miss Myra Mendenhall, class sponsor. The high spot on the program of the sophomores was the capture of the girls' basket- ball championship in the -class tourney. FIRST ROW-Edith Hill, Avonelle Harvey, Alpha, Allen, Edell -Matthews, Ann Jessup, Olive Jessup, Cecelia Stuart, Meriam Hall, 'Gladys Jobe, Evelyn TaBoe, Marjorie Wood. SECOND ROW-4Beth Bray, Charlotte Wood, 'Louise Daniel, 1Mary Joan Smith, Margaret Crostreet, Mara Martha Rolberts, Wretha Ballard, Dorothy Hudson, Lucile Walker, Marilyn Randall, Lucile Ballard. THIRD ROW-Merrill Grif-fin, Marlin Reveal, Thurman DeMoss, Ernest Bauer, Clayton Fields, Oliver Wilson, Billie Rogers, Kenton Hershey. FOURTH ROW-James Martin, Victor Roberts, Eugene Williamson, Clinton Fields, Robert Powell, Kenneth Gilpin, Raymond Cox, Max Ballard, Willard Blazier. 1Mary Letha Brown is not in the picture? Freshman Class Under the direction of their sponsor, William McClaflin, the freshman class with an enrollment of 42 steered through their first year of secondary training with a minimum of the blunders which are reputed as apt to happen among these newcomers. The governing body as chosen during the fall semester consists of Phil Overman, presidentg Phil Ortweln, vice-president, Inez Troxel, secretaryg and Elizabeth Ann Parker, treasurer. FIRST ROW-Kathryn Viles, Lottie Alice Dafwson, Jeannette Roberts, Faye Nichols, Eliza- beth Ann Parker, Mary Elizaibeth Barker, Lois Jessup, Rebecca Mendenhall, Eleanor Sum- ner. SECOND ROW-Alpha Mae Dalvis, Dora Ellen Baker, Inez Troxel, Anne Dawson, Thelma Allen, Mary Eliza-beth Bower, Geraldine Chiezum, Virginia Inwin, Maxine Gilpin, Eva Highfield, Marie Jessup, Beatrice Moore, Mary Alice Willits. THIRD ROW-4Harold Beard, Ralph Wood, Max Harvey, Everett Baabb, Charles Hadley, Byron Gamible, Meredith Barker, Wavern Baker, Leslie Wheeler. FOURTH ROW-Vaughn Nichols, Philip Overman, Murray McCain, Verne Showalter, Clifford Barker, Philip Russell, Philip Ortwein,.William Gunn, lBillie Hedden, William Statzer. ,