Ellettsville High School, Llamarada, 1963, Page 24

Description:	Class HistoryIn 1951 this years seniors were delivered into the capable hands of Mrs. Leota McNeely andMrs. Gledith Baynes for their first taste of school. Having mastered the ABCs and carried homeseveral word sheets, they were promoted to the second grade where they devoted themselvesto learning how to read and write from Mrs. Martha Frye. The third grade brought the noveltyof a split room and a new subject, arithmetic. Mrs. Fane Steinbeck and Mrs. Beatrice Tapp soonpassed them on to Mrs. Frances Deckard in the fourth grade where they tackled world geographyand map drawing for the first time. Miss Lillian Lockridge and Mrs. Marjorie Carter helped them tosell seeds in the fifth grade for a trip to Spring Mill Park. Mr. Gilbert Hudson and Mr. ArthurWinslow paused in their sixth grade instruction to plan a trip to Bradford Woods. Weather conditions made the class settle for a damp day at the Morgan-Monroe State Forest.Mrs. Beatrice Overstreet helped the seniors take the big step from elementary to junior highwhere they experienced the excitement of changing classes, teachers, and rooms. The seventhgrade also offered trips to the Coca-Cola Bottling Company and the Johnson Creamery in Bloomington and the Grassyforks Fish Hatchery in Martinsville. Mr. John Holmes sponsored the class inthe eighth grade when they climaxed their study of Indiana history with a trip to Vincennes. Mr.Dennis Grafe guided them through their first year of real high school with parties, elections, andthe traditional Freshman Banquet which had a Dutch theme.The big event of the sophomore year was the choosing of class rings under the guidance ofMr. H. C. Weathers and Miss Frances Harding. Then Mr. Weathers returned to sponsor the classthrough their busy junior year with the sale of candy, combs, and magazines, the operation ofthe concession stand, the production of Grandpa Goes to College, the planning of the Prom,and the choice of National Honor Society members with the assistance of Mr. Richard Bishop.Mr. Weathers is with us again this year and is assisted by Mr. Michael Knight. They are helping to plan the senior trip to New York and Washington, D. C. The seniors have been a happygroup through their twelve years. Theyve lost a few and gained a few. Now numbering forty-one, they can look back over their participation in sports, clubs, LLAMARADA, and other activitieswith pleasure mixed with the proper sadness of graduation.These hard-working senior officers do a good job of managing the business affairs of theclass.- Charles Mayo, vice-president; Patty Neill, treasurer; Gordon Gibson, president; LouAnn May, secretary; Jane Bowles, secretary.24
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