Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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' THE K E Y»—m CLASS HISTORY A period of preliminary training comes before any successful drama. That of the class of 1933 began in 1921, when fifteen eager-faced youngsters climbed the steps of Angola public school for the first time. They were Katheryn Coe, Osean Dick, Warren Care, Ettafred Kankamp, Marjorie Golden, Robert Allion, Wendell Simpson, Margaret Yoder, Lowell Hall, Helen Musser, Margaret Miller, Helen Wert, Mona Barnes, Joseph Kolb, and Laurence Slick. Although the training seemed severe at times, it was relieved by the good times that followed in the next eight years. In our second year Osean Dick left us and Viola Jackson and Hazel Shoup joined our ranks. During our fifth year Florence Brown and Faye Diehl were enrolled. Osean Dick and Lillian Horn joined us in our sixth year. In our seventh year Faye Diehl, War¬ ren Care, Osean Dick, and Lillian Horn left us. Our new members were Frances King and Thomas Devine. Emma Louise Fast and John Pence became members in our eighth year. In the memorable year of 1929 the cur¬ tains rose on the drama of the high school life of this class. The new actors who join¬ ed us were Beatrice Hollinger, Warren Care, Rowena Castner, Virgene Klopfen- stein, Lillian Horn, Bruce Diehl, Wendell VanWagner, and Faye Diehl. During the first act, the cast vainly tried to wade through the cues for their entrances on the programs, distributed in the guise of schedules. Much kindness and considera¬ tion was sho wn by our director, Mr. Estrich, in overlooking faults of the amateur play and in giving the bewildered actors needed advice. From the start the sophomores sought to give us training for a more pro¬ fessional production, so they conducted the freshman initiation. Once we were in the swing of it, the first act moved swiftly, and the heroes had con¬ quered their foes before it seemed possible. The second act went smoothly as the stars had lost some of their fear of the stage of Angola High, and with newly acquired energy they initiated the freshmen. The new actresses were Edith Burch, Catherine Thobe, and Roberta Van Guilder. The curtains rose on our high school drama for the third time. A new heroine, Barbara Parsell, and two new heroes, Ralph Orwig and Richard Pilliod, appeared in the act. The outstanding scene was the banquet which the actors held in honor of the seniors. After a short intermission the last and greatest episode was presented on a beauti¬ ful new stage set, the new school building. Milton Garrison was the hero who entered our ranks. The cast conquered all obstacles, published the Key annual, and presented the class play, “Little Women.” As a final reward for their years of toil each will re¬ ceive his diploma at the climax—commence¬ ment. —Lillian Horn. ORCHESTRA WINS STATE HONORS The Angola High School orchestra, un¬ der the direction of Mr. Oakland, won first place in Class C schools enrolling 250 pupils or less, at the state contest held at LaPorte, May 5 and 6. A beautiful silver cup was the reward, along with the privilege of com¬ peting for honors in the national contest held at Elmhurst, Ill., June 2 and 3. Fourteen orchestras and twenty-eight bands took part in the giant festival at La¬ Porte. The other orchestras in Class C were from Lawrence township, Marion county, which was placed second, and Rockville and Winimac High Schools. The judges in the contest were George Dasch, director of the Evanston Symphony and the Cosmopolitan Symphony of Chica¬ go, Oscar Anderson, supervisor of instru¬ mental music in the Chicago schools, and Ralph Rush, supervisor of instrumental mu¬ sic in the Cleveland schools. Their com¬ ments upon the Angola orchestra were as follows: Mr. Dasch: Here is a conductor who is “going places” because he “knows.” He works with his music voices which results in excellent clarity for a Class C group. Mr. Rush: Fine orchestra in tone and outstanding direction. This organization says something musically. The brass work is smooth. Mr. Anderson: A very good performance, outstanding for Class C schools. Women are healthier than men and live longer, say medical authorities. You can’t deny paint is a good preserver against the elements. A Scotchman was once seen frying his bacon in Lux to keep it from shrinking.

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—■■— T HE KEY + LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1933 We, the senior class of 1933, being of sound mind and body (we think) do hereby make this last will and testament to be read in the presence of our heirs and assigns on the day of our demise. We, the seniors, will the juniors room 308 in which they may discuss their trials in the coming year. To the sophomores we leave our grand air since they think they know as much as we know we know. To the freshmen we leave our ability to win key subscription contests and half holi¬ days. To the faculty we leave our best wishes for better luck in their next senior class. Individually, the following bequests are made. I, Robert Allion, do hereby will my me¬ chanical genius in repairing Fords to Max Newnarn. I, Mona Barnes, do hereby will my gum to whoever looks under my chair next. I, Milton Garrison, do hereby leave my good English grades to Gilbert Saunders. I, Thomas Devine, leave my remarkable ability as an elocutionist to Louise Gettings. We, Laurence Slick, Wendell Simpson, and Lowell Hall, do hereby will and be¬ queath our title of the “Three Musty Steers” to George Goudy, Wayne Aldrich, and Mitchell Elston. I, Faye Diehl, leave my sunny smile to Jack Elliott. I, Edith Burch, do hereby will and be¬ queath my tom-boy walk to Alice Kingery. I, Warren Care, will my curly mop to Willis Roberts. I, Katheryn Coe, leave my title of “Col¬ lege Widow” to Waylie Seeley. I, Osean Dick, leave my dancing ability to Ilo Blosser. I, Marjorie Golden, do hereby will my Tri-State drawl to Charles Shank. I, Florence Brown, leave my smile to gen¬ tlemen who prefer blondes. I, Bruce Diehl, do hereby will and be¬ queath my physics grades to Herchel Clark. I, Hazel Shoup, leave fifteen pounds avoirdupois to Mary Catherine Orwig. I, Ralph Orwig, leave my mustache and my charter membership in the Royal Order of S. C. to Milo Certain. I, Margaret Miller, bequeath my ability to have my father do my business training problems to Wayne Aldrich. I, John Pence, leave the forty-five min¬ utes I wasted every day during the fourth period to Rusty Haley. I, Emma Louise Fast, bequeath my place as center on the team to Emily Croxton. I, Beatrice Hollinger, will my flaming permanent to Wanda Delancey. I, Helen Musser, do hereby will my pat¬ ented sneeze to Winifred Robertson. I, Frances King, do hereby will and be¬ queath my ability to get high grades to the next valedictorian. I, Viola Jackson, do hereby will and be¬ queath by artistic ability to Margaret Jack- son. I, Ettafred Kankamp, leave my Ford to whoever can drive it. I, Lillian Horn, leave my peroxide blonde hair to Gertrude Young. I, Rowena Castner, will my Grecian pro¬ file to Marjorie Killinger. I, Roberta VanGuilder, bequeath my modesty in class to Eileen Dick. I, Margaret Yoder, do hereby leave my ability to go to an endeavor supper with one boy and come home with several to somebody that needs it. I, Helen Wert, leave my ability to sing to Helen Casebeer. I, Catherine Thobe, will my lame knee to Joan Ogden. I, Joseph Kolb, will my ability to escape work to Wayne Aldrich. I, Richard Pilliod, do hereby will my Daisy and Demi to Thomas Owens. I, Wendell VanWagner, will my Her¬ culean shoulders to Henry Holderness. Signed, published, and declared by the Senior class on this first day of June, 1933, in witnes whereof we hereunto set our hand and seal. Signed: SENIOR CLASS. Per Lowell Hall. A telephone pole never hits an automo¬ bile except in self-defense. Mr. Certain—Generally speaking, wom¬ en are— Miss Young—Are what? Mr. Certain— ' Generally speaking. Jim—I saw you down town last night after eleven. Bug Dole—No, I was after just one.

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T HE KEY ' -- - THE CLASS PROPHECY It is World’s Fair of 1973! IIow differ¬ ent from the fair of 1933—the year in which 1 was graduated from A. II. S.! Now, as star reporter for the Steuben Republican. I am canvassing the grounds in search of items of interest. Suddenly, my eyes are attract¬ ed to a gaily colored Persian booth. Upon entering it, I encounter a woman whose limpid, brown eyes seem somehow familiar. After a look of astonishment, she cries out my name: despite my white hair she has recognized me, and I remember her to b e Barbara Parsell. although she now wears foreign garb. It seems that “Babs” has married a Persian prince, Abdulla Bubal Orwig. (Ralph Orwig to you). Barbara, who seems very well informed on the whereabouts of the members of the class of ' 33, tells me that Wendell Simpson has joined the Foreign Legion in an effort to forget Margaret Yoder. Wendell was broken-hearted after Margaret eloped with Dick Pilliod, Little Caesar of the Angola underworld. “Of course,” exclaims Barbara, “you know that Lowell Hall is president of the United States, but how his cabinet can en¬ dure it when he gets up and yells ‘tear my hair!’ is more than I can understand. I’ve heard that Joseph Kolb, head of the Tariff Commission, does not always agree with Lowell. They must argue. “If you want to see Helen Musser and Beatrice Ho’linger, just run over to the Sor¬ rel-Top Salon on Fifth Avenue. They are famous beauticians.” As Barbara seems to be determined to tell me of all my old classmates, I let her continue. “You should have seen Margaret Miller in the role of Madame Butterfly last night at the Metropolitan Opera. It was quite astonishing! “Wendell VanWagner has disgraced our class of 33. He was sent to the insane asy¬ lum for trying to shoot the elephants on a merry-go-round. “Edith Burch is selling apples in Cen¬ tral Park and has employed Mona Barnes to push the cart. “Yirgcne Klopfenstcin and Roberta Van- Ouilder have gone to Siberia where they hope to raise a new kind of chickens. They claim that they are not afraid of the Rus¬ sians. “Milton Garrison was awarded the Pulitzer prize for his latest novel, “This Dishfaced World.” He is often seen with Florence Brown, a mannequin at the Cast- ner and Thobe Department Store. The last time 1 was there Faye Diehl was their Paris buyer, but they were threatening to give her position to Laurence Slick unless she stop¬ ped reading True Stories. “Lillian Horn and Bruce Diehl have re¬ juvenated the show, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Helen Wert is playing the part of Little Eva, and Warren Care has the role of Simon Legree. The producers can’t seem to forget how beautifully Helen died in the senior class play. “Viola Jackson is a spinster. There are rumors of an unhappy love affair. The man’s name was Greene, I believe. Anyhow, she will not be lonesome as long as Hazel Shoup stays near. “Robert Allion is making a great deal of money in Hollywood. The producers say that his impersonations of ghosts are in¬ spiring and that he is the only living man who looks more like a ghost than a ghost does. ‘Babe’s’ latest picture is ‘Two Blind Mice’ in which Osean Dick and Catherine Coe have the title roles. “Louise Fast and Ettafred Kankamp are well known architects. Their latest project is an underground skyscraper—only they have called theirs a groundgrater. “Thomas Devine has begun writing poetry. IIis latest poem is about the part in John Pence’s hair.” Here Barbara’s recital is cut short by a deafening crash—and who should fall through the top of the tent but Frances King, who explained that she had been try¬ ing to invent the perfect man—synthetical¬ ly—but had evidently put the wrong things together. As I left the fair and my classmates of ’33, I was rejoicing at the interesting news I would have for my paper. —Marjorie Golden. Dick Pilliod—I want something to wear around the dormitory. Wendell Simpson—How big is your dor¬ mitory ? Dick Wilder—I put my arm around her five times last night. John YanAman — Some arm you have, boy!