Westfield High School - Shamrocket Yearbook (Westfield, IN)

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l 5 . Relaxing to his heart's content at Coach Reed's desk is iunior Mark Casey. Mark played football, basketball, and baseball. Preparing for the Christmas program is Tim Smith. ln a skit he portrayed an eccentric Santa Claus who had own way of celebrating Christmas. 3 l t ' we aq- T' l l I l l l Through high school and all through life, for? that matter, our relationships with others form some of the our most meanin ful and important memo To catc these memories is the y book. T is cherished book of silver ries. ar- l le and red, captures the '76 year at Westfield and all the people who dwelt within it. Seeing the importance of our r ela! tionshipls with those people in our ,high school idays, this book was for lned around the theme of family ties. West- field is 'a small school system in w inevitably the students are very cl Everyone knows everyone else. Cl lhich lose. iften they've2 grown up together, sharing life's experiences from birth. These deep relationships however, go further still. They go into the blbod. It is w ll known that most students at N WHS aie related however for rem ved l to at least one other person. At thi ex- A treme end of this fact, are families such as thetStrong's whose many co sins and aunts and uncles take up allhnost the whole end of Sycamore Street. I These Qtrue family ties enrichen the closeness of our bonds together. XiVoe, , however, to the one who talks bdhind I another's back. If he's not careful, he might He criticizing his listener's cousin. l l . i 1 i ' i l i LY -,T--H ww--..-:Tv nv- Opening 3 'l l l .ag ll .54 1 l , l sql l I 4 . 'Vi fl l 4 4 1 4 1. i 1 II i t lt l r l l I if, .' fy A.-,., 4, . M Y MAMA V - J Q, Ms M -. .... .N . As., ..,,,,,,,, -M, MMM.. . .J

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y H or t . , l gf l' Y t 3 L. 4 i V- ' , lf ,p.L 'Y' Senior Jeff McGuire gives the high sign that was the current rage. He is in one of the senior creative writing classes. Senior cheerleader, Patty Peyton, screams while giving her support to the basketball team during a home game. Grinning with delight, Suzanne Van Camp re- ceives victory kisses from Tony Bayt and Bob Vickery alter becoming the I976 homecoming queen. ., 2 Opening 1.19-,1L1,,.. ,agg-

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1 The underground roilrood which helped in the tronsportotion of mony negro sloves to freedom in the North even precedeing the Civil Wor, hod mony stotions in Westfield. The sloves were moved from stotions in town to stotions forther north, one being the Aoron Lindley property north on l-lighwoy 1-T3l. There wos olso o bog or swomp neor the intersection of l-lighwoys F38 ond 113i which helped conceol the sloves. Coiled the dismol swomp, it could be trovelled by foot but not by horses. Therefore, it provided good cover. The present homes of Mr. ond Mrs. Roy l-lodley, Esther Shripko, ond the Lindley property, owned by Mr. ond lvlrs, Phil Broy, were port of the under- ground roilrood system. Also port of the yeorboolcs solute goes to Mr. Byford lnmon, who wrote the Westfield School song in l9l2. The property of Lindleys is loccited north of Westfield on l-lighwoy 1132. The property wos used for on underground roilrood station. This is the house of Esther Shripko, east of the Post Office. lt wos used os on underground rail- rood station ot one time. Mr. ond Mrs. Roy l-lodley's house on Union Street was port of the underground roilrood which tronsported sloves to the free north. .. V -f-Sgr : , AY , h' v , - 'S 'rdf' 1. A.. . ' -f .' 5' g' . jg, -4 4 gl ,. M, 5 VTMSRQ-SK 'is Wit- ff frw'!ift-'Zan sl'EZFff,s..,i -5554 i W?Wm 'at-M