Remembering Anderson High School Indians and eras past
Britt Hill, a 1945 AHS graduate, recalls Anderson High School's 102 year history through sports, strikes, signing parties, and school culture. He notes state basketball championships in 1935 1937 and 1946, center jump play, Coach Charles Cummings outfits, Club Tom Tom and Mascots Myrtle the Duck then the first true Indian mascot, and student protests including a courthouse lawn strike plus fashion trends of the era.
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Gina Spradlin
Herald
Anderson High School
Britt Hill
Anderson
Hill
AHS
Johnny Wilson
Charles Cummings
Myrtle
Herald Building
Saint Mary’s Gaels
LHSAA
G.I
Memories of Pendleton High School 1928 senior year
Alice Gustin and Britt Hill recall winters with no buses and little modern life at Pendleton High School in 1928. Students walked miles through deep snow to assembly hall convos, there were no cafeteria meals, and desks housed all books while passes prevented demerits.
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Karin Morehead
Alice Gustin
Pendleton
Pendleton High School
Pendleton Irish
Pendleton Junior High
Assembly Hall
Miss Gustin
Kemberly Chevrolet
Fortville
Pendleton Utilities
Mill House
Memories of 40s closeness in Lapel recalls wartime life
Emma Lou Fulton recalls Lapel High School in the early 1940s amid World War II rationing and drafts. Students focused on letters from servicemen, war effort activities, and community unity. Fashion and social roles differed, with no jeans for boys and girls awaiting suitors.
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Jeff Smith
Herald
Emma Lou Fulton
Perkinsville
Lapel High School
Assembly Hall
Lapel
Anderson
Pendleton
Memories of 1951 and 1957 Prom Queen in Madison Heights
Veteran educator Virgil Patz recalls 1951 Alexandria high school life with rock and roll shifts, while Judy Black recalls 1957 Madison Heights prom festivities. The piece notes clubs, sports, and the birth of a new school era as Madison Heights students moved toward Anderson High School.
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John Fox Herald
Alexandria
Virgil Patz
Patz
Punk Townsend
Elaine Hickner
Judy (Black) Moore
Madison Heights
Judy Black
Linder’s
Indiana
YMCA
Scope
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Erald
Steve Hagensieker
Falls Park
Carl Erskine
Jack Rector
Robert Rock
Dad
Jett Morehead
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Tiger Club
FFA
IRC
Tri-Gamma
M.H
Robert E. Collier
Edgewood
Kyle Gray
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