Fairmount High School
1943 Black and Gold
Fairmount, Indiana
Faculty
Seniors
Juniors
Freshman
Eighth Grade
Seventh Grade
Sophomores
Top row, left to right: Gene Armes - Lyle Baker - George Beck - Harold Biven - Pat Brewer - Francis Bright - Norma Bright - Betty Briles
2nd row: Jeane Compton - Milford Daily - James Davis - Treva Davis - Doris Deeter - Wanita Dickerson - Bill Dowling - Donald Duling
3rd row: Evelyn Elliott - John Ewen - Walter Ferguson - Robert Fleener - Vera Belle Floyd - Irene Gaddis - Bernard Garringer - John Gerstoff
4th row: Don Grindle - Kieth Haisley - Betty Harshamn - Shirley Harvey - Joyce Havens - Paul Haynes - Arthur Henderson - Dorothy Hodson
5th row: Hansel Hollenback - Jack Homrighous - Edwin Hoover - Kenneth Howard - Hubert Hughes - Bill Huston - Wilbert Jones - Emerson Jones
6th row: Paul Kemmer - Virgil Kirkpatrick - Francis Lamb - Bob Leckron - Junior Lee - Bill McClintock - Bob Mitchener - Carolyn Moon
7th row: Phillip Moon - Thurman Mott - Barbara Murray - Mary Lou O'Dell - Norma Jean Painter - Betty Pattison - Dorothy Powell - Mildred Pratt
8th row: Don Reeves - Charles Reismiller - Joan Reynolds - Robert Rowe - Charles Rhoads - Violet Scott - Arthur Shields - Dale Shrontz
Bottom row: Dorothy Smith - Clair Street - Katherine Turner - James Wagner - Harold Walker - Betty Weaver - Phyllis Wigner - Wayne Williams - Ray Yale
The Sophomore Class
Eighty-one students enrolled as Sophomores at the beginning of the school year in September, 1942. Sponsors were Adeline Nall and Forest Witsman.
Due to the wool shortage, the class decided to order their sweaters, formerly ordered in the junior year, this year. The members decided on royal blue and white and ordered their sweaters in October.
The class presented three one-act plays in the afternoon and night of February 2. The plays and casts were: "Hillbilly Sue" -Doris Deeter, Norma Bright, Virgil Kirkpatrick, Katherine Turner, Phil Moon, Wanita Dickerson, Bob Mitchener and Shirley Mae Harvey. "Be Home By Midnight" -Treva Davis, James Wagner, Dorothy Powell, Jimmy Davis, and Charles Rhoads. "V As In Victory" - Milford Daily, Junior Mott, Carolyn Moon, Betty Pattison, Kenneth Howard and Edwin Hoover.
The combination of the sophomores and seniors brought forth a victory for them during the inter-class meet held on Freshmen flag day on April 1. They defeated the freshmen and Juniors.
The class held meetings on Wednesdays to discuss kinds of parties and other problems arising. the class has held more parties this year because of limitation of other events by gas-rationing. This helped to provide enjoyment in the community, and we must find our entertainment here at home now. A weiner roast was held at the Fairgrounds during the first part of October. Games were played on the fairgrounds and on the school grounds.
October brought the first class party, a potluck supper. In January, the class had a hard times party and a bean supper in the Home Economics Room.