Paolite - Class Personnel

The Paolite
Class Personnel 1928 - 1929

The Paolite was the school newspaper for Paoli High School. The following is a listing of the class members, with their course of study, clubs and activities.

Apple, Lois - Academic course; secretary and treasurer of sophomore class; Glee Club three years; Bible study two years; newspaper class two years; class historian; librarian 1928-1929; honor student; costuming chairman of senior one-act plays; representative at Indiana Press Association at Franklin, Ind., 1927; usher of "Polly With a Past"; associate editor of Paolite 1927-28; editor-in-chief of Paolite, 1928-1929.

Barnes, Marie - Academic course; newspaper class one year; Glee Club one year; Latin four years; member of Latin Club 1928-1929; libraian 1929; cast of "The Obstinate Family"; stage setting chairman and usher of "Polly With a Past."

Bird, Clifford - Academic course; Glee Club three years; newspaper class two years; basketball team one year; sergeant-at-arms of Radio Club 1928-1929; vice president junior class; joke editor Paolite 1927-1928; received medal for good sportsmanship 1927-1928; cast "The Obstinate Family" and "Polly With a Past."

Bowles, Mary - Academic course; newspaper class two years; Glee Club four years; secretary and treasurer freshman class; president junior class; Latin Club 1928-29; president Forum Club 1929; advertising manager of Paolite 1928-1929; cast "In the Garden of the Shah," "Paul Revere," "Polly With a Past" and "Heartless House."

Boyd, Ruth Frances - Commercial course; Glee Club two years; Commercial Club 1928-1929; usher "Polly With a Past."

Dickey, Lotus - Commercial course; typist for Paolite 1928-29; Commercial Club 1928-29; honor student; stage manager senior one-act plays and "Polly With a Past"

Dillard, Virgie - Commercial course; Glee club two years; Commercial club l928-29; usher "Polly With a Past"; member of team winning first place in typewriting and second place in shorthand in District Commercial Contest 1928-1929.

Ellis, Rose - Academic course; Glee Club four years; basketball four years; high school orchestra three years; president freshman class; second place winner in Virgil at District Latin Contest 1927-1928; president Latin Club 1928-1929; honor student; valedictorian; usher "Polly With a Past"; cast "Paul Revere," "Heartless House."

Halbert, Olive - Commercial course; freshman and junior years at Orleans; Commercial Club; missed two days in four years.

Ham, Franklin - Academic orchestra four years; class poet; vice-president Radio Club and assistant electrician 1928-1929.

Humphrey, James - Academic course; entered class from Kentucky second semester freshman year; vice-president sophomore class; cast "Miss Civilization" and "Polly With a Past."

Jackson, Louise - Commercial course; president Commercial Club 1928-1929; librarian 1929; advertising manager of ‘Polly With a Past."

Jones, Sylvia - Academic course; Glee Club three years; Latin four years; newspaper class one year; class historian; Latin Club reporter 1928- 1929; cast "Courtship of Miles Standish" and "PoIly With a Past."

Lindley, Layne - Academic course; newspaper class two years; basketball four years; Glee Club four years; treasurer junior class; athletics editor Paolite 1927-1928; joke editor Paolite 1928-1929; president sophomore class and senior class second semester; cast "Courtship of Miles Standish", "Polly With a Past", "Paul Revere" and "Garden of the Shah."

Lomax, Ethel - Academic course; Glee Club three years; newspaper class one year; class historian; librarian 1929; honor student; salutatorian; class reporter Paolite three years; cast "Courtship of Miles Standish" and "Polly With a Past."

Mattox, Mary - Commercial course; secretary junior class; superintendent’s secretary 1928-1929; Commercial Club 1928-1929; silver medal for rapid typing; highest individual score in District Commercial contest; member of team winning first place in typewriting. and second place in and shorthand District Commercial Contest, 1929; usher "Polly With a Past"; cast "The Obstinate Family.

Moore, Richard - Academic course; basketball team three years.

Rhodes, Williarn - Academic course; freshman and senior class yell leader three and one-half years of glee; two and one-half years of orchestra; business manager of senior one-act plays and "Polly With a Past"; Radio Club and electrician, 1928-1929.

Speer, George - Academic course; usher "Polly With a Past."

Spencer, Delbert - Academic course; member of second team 1928-1929: cast of "Miss Civilization" and "Polly With a Past.

Spencer, Francis - Academic course; Bible study one year; second team substitute; cast "The Obstinate Family,, and "Polly With a Past".

Toliver, Clarence - Academic course; class poet; honor student; associate editor of Paolite 1928-1929; vice-president senior class; cast "The Obstinate Family" and "Polly With a Past."

Weeks, Ferne - Commercial course; Glee Club three years; basketball three years; bronze medal for rapid typing; member of team winning first place in typewriting and second place in shorthand in District Commercial Contest 1928-1929; typist for Paolite 1928-1929; Commercial Club 1928-29; cast ‘‘The Obstinate Family and "Polly With a Past."

Wells, Mary - Academic course; class two years; Glee Club three and one-half years; vice-president freshman class; junior class yell leader; secretary-treasurer of Radio Club 1928-1929; secretary-treasurer senior class; associate editor Paolite 1928-1929; delegate Indiana Press Association at Franklin, Ind., 1928; cast "Paul Revere," "In the Garden of the Shah," "Miss Civilization," and "Polly With a Past"

Williard, Albert - Academic course; second team basketball three years; Glee Club three and one-half years; newspaper class two years; Bible study two years; Radio Club 1928-1929; laboratory assistant 1928-1929; sergeant-at-arms Forum Club 1929; cast "In the Garden of the Shah", "The Courtship of Miles Standish", and "Polly With a Past."