Wolcott High School - Trident Yearbook (Wolcott, IN)

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I Remember Distinctly ---- fContinued1 baseball teams in those years, too, but no basketball teams. ------ The present school building was completed in 1901. The addition was finished in 1921. ------ There were only four teachers in the high school in 1907. Lewis E. Wheeler was Superintendent, Daisy M. Plunkett, Latin and English, F. E. Young, Principal of School, Vera E. Cronk, The .largest class, to our knowledge, was the class of 1944. There were 38 graduates that year. ------ The churches of the town were established in the 19th century. The Methodist Church is the oldest religious body. lt was organized in Seafield in 1861, and moved to Wolcott in 1873. It was the second church in the township. The Christian Church was completed in 1873. The Baptist Church was organized in 1889. ------ Of all societies in Wolcott the Masonic fraternity has the longest record. It was chartered in 1866. ------ The Town of Wolcott was platted on May 15, 1861, by Mr. Anson Wolcott. The plat consisted of 96 lots, and the streets were laid out 60 feet wide. The east and west streets were named North, Jackson, Market, Scott, Anderson, and South: those running north and south, Range, Second, Third, and Fourth. Another 55 lots were added by Fox and Dibell in 1893. ------ About the time that Wolcott was platted, two towns were laid out on the line of the railroad to the east--Clermont, a mile and a half away, and Seafield, double that distance. At one time Clermont was the leader of the trio, but it subsided, and Seafield retired from active rivalry. ------ The chief drawback to the settlement of Princeton Township waslthe un- 1 healthfulness of the region. For forty years Princeton Tovsmship was known as one of the bad ague districts of the county. The worst season of all was that of 1844-45, as it continued to rage for eight or nine months. Copious rains lasted from May 10 to July 4, 1844, and all but the highest ground in the township was virtually under water. One of the pioneers says that it rained so hard and long for two days and a night the water stood six inches deep on his cabin floorg and he was obliged to get under the dining table to protect himself from the downpour. Music. ------ The class of 1903 is the smallest ever to graduate. There were Z in the class: