Westfield High School - Shamrocket Yearbook (Westfield, IN)

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5.-L1 if ge? Mr. Byford lnrnon is the writer of our origlnol school song. The song vvos written in l9l2 ond is still sung todoy. Mr. lnrnun lives on Penn Street ond gttends the Friends Church of Westfield. l-le hos written other songs besides the school song. From the State ev'ry Hoosier holds deor, Comes o nome thot vve gll love to heor, O'er the vvoodlonds, hills ond seos, Flooting so gently upon the breeze. Thy chcirm so sweet is olvvoys the some, Wherever we heor thy nome, We vvill sing they proises loud ond long, Deor Westfield our foith in thee is ever strong. Chorus: Oh, deor old Westfield We love thy nome Throughout the lond vve'll sing proises of thy tome Oh, every loyol heort is thrilled through ond through With the glory of Old Westfield Our deor Old Westfield School, Let us climb proudly bearing our flog, To endeovor's high ultimote crcig, Show the World our bgnner so degr, ls one thot never logs in the reor. For it tis borne by the brcive ond the true All reody to dore ond do, We will keep it proudly vvoving high Old Westfield, our love for thee vvill never die.

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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

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No man is an island entire of itself, every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. Yes, no one exists af- fecting only himself. ln our varied stu- dent life, each club and organization stood because of the efforts of many. Such activities as the school plays, formed a family whose sole purpose was to build a theatrical world for a short weekend presentation. With each individual as an integral part of the main body our extracurricular activities grew and flourished. The daily news doesn't get any better for Donald lDale Crossl but at least his social security check came in on time. Romantically strumming his guitar, Neil Aldin en- tertains while others eat, somewhat resembling a French cafe tryin