Fairmount High School
1943 Black and Gold
Fairmount, Indiana
Faculty
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomores
Eighth Grade
Seventh Grade
Freshman
Top row, left to right: Jane Adams - Jay Adams - Mary Addison - William Arms - Gladys Biven - Louise Bowers - Junior Boyer - Charles Bryan
2nd row: George Bryan - Joan Callahan - Aralee Carey - Joan Carl - Louise Cox - Norman Cruea - James Daily - Donna Dale
3rd row: Kathern Dauenhaur - Ruthann Davis - Mae Duling - Virginia Eastburn - Carolyn Gaddis - Mary Rachel Grindle - Buddy Haines - Ruth Harrold
4th row: Burnadean Hayes - Christina Holloway - Joe Holloway - Ted Huston - Hubert Ice - Roger Jessup - Ruth Kincade - Mary Kinch
5th row: Max Leach - Gene Lewis - Phillip Mason - Robert Middleton - Ruth Mittank - Hershel Moon - Joan Nave - Dorothy Norris
6th row: Bob Owen - Annabel Pattison - Wayne Peet - Richard Phillips - Lois Purviance - Joseph Reynolds - Clarence Ritter - James Roth
7th row: Millicent Rybolt - Max Smith - Norma Smtih - Marjorie Spahr - Josephine Spence - Bessie Stanley - Max Stevens - Ralph Taylor
8th row: Vivian Telfer - Loris Thomas - Shirley Thompson - John Titus - Roberta Trindle - Frank Underwood - Mercedes Veslaques - Ruth Vetor
Bottom row: Deloris Voorhis - Norma Walker - Cynthia Winslow - Rosemary Wright - Paul Yale
The Freshman Class
On Tuesday, September 8, seventy freshmen entered F.H.S. for the beginning of their high school careers.
The freshman were given a couple of weeks to get acquainted with the classmates and to wander around and explore the halls of F.H.S. After giving them sufficient time for becoming acquainted and adjusted to high school life, September 23 was set aside for the Senior class to initiate the Freshmen. The Seniors painted the Freshmen with lipstick, turning their clothing wrong side out, and attached green streamers, belts, and hair ribbons to them. When the air-raid signal was given, all freshmen were required to get under their seats and remain there until the "all-clear" signal was given by the seniors. After being properly initiated, the class was ready to settle down to study.
In October, the class hiked out to Adam's Dutch Mill for a weiner roast. Games were played after the weiner roast.
Each member of the Citizenship and Vocations classes, one of which every freshman is a member, was required to write an original play concerning "family life," and the five best plays were chosen to be dramatized. Plays and authors were: "Quarantined" written by Donna Dale; "Re-made Family" by Norma Smith; "The Problems of a Family" written by Rosemary Wright; "Happy American Family" written by Vivian Telfer and "Country First" written by Mae Duling. The casts for the plays were chosen by the authors from the members of the class. The plays were under the direction of Adeline Nall and Mrs. Gilbreath.
The class held a Christmas party in December at the high school building. Gifts were exchanged, and games were played as the entertainment for the group.
The freshmen topped the defense stamp drive that was featured by the Girl Reserve Club. The freshmen class bough a total of $36.40 during a three weeks period. As a prize for buying the most defense stamps, the Girl Reserves gave a party for the freshmen in the Home Economics Room.
The girls of the class proved their athletic abilities by winning the Girls Baseball and Volley Ball Tournies.