Ashley High School - Ace Yearbook (Ashley, IN)

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Prophecy Marcia Allen is taking care of those poor sick darlings from ole A. H. S. Naomi Berryhill is spending most of her time cooking for the little Cooks. Tom Brand is now a very successful lawyer. Marcella Danner is the DeKalb County School Nurse. Donald Dapp, who everyone predicted would be an old married man, is still single. Edward DeLucenay is the only truant officer who has eggs for breakfast, dinner and supper. Ann Ellert (Mrs. Pennland) is the manager of Penn's Soda Shop. Dayton Funk's picture is on several leading magazines as the new Mr. Atlas. Pat Hanes is now the tall woman in the circus; she's grown. Tom Harmes.is appearing in, ''The Great Lover'' as the second Clark Gable. LaVon Hasselman is the chief telephone operator at Ashley. Richard Heath is still ''mooning his expedition to the moon hasn't been heard of. Lynn Johnson is still riding around on his motorcycle. Wonder why? Elenor Mavis, what happened to that little red Chevie? I notice you are still driving that great big Buick. Louis Miller is running for the Governor of Indiana. Good luck. Phyllis Miller has only one little girl. What happened to the dozen? Wayne Orwig is teaching Chemistry at Ashley High. Ronald Parker is a veterinarian, after long, hard study. Joyce Perkins is still 'putting'' as she puts up her customers hair. Leo Pfefferkorn who has been to barber school now has a shop of his own in Ashley. Merritt Shipe has quite a passel of kids on that two hundred acres of land in Fairfield Township. Gaylee Snyder is the foreman of McClellan's Fix-It-Shop. Donald Stackhouse has finally talked Pat into raising little Stackhouses. Bill Stonebraker says that experience is the best teacher; he is the traffic judge in DeKalb County. Harlin Strite is still the popular play; catch 'em, kiss 'em, and forget 'em. Evanell Sutherland finally got her man with those cakes she bakes. Bertha Voges' yodeling has set many a man's heart on fire. Donna Walker thinks the boss's lap is very comfortable now since she is his private secretary. Lawrence Wiler's gift of gab has really made for his collecting junk. Joann Wilhelm is the girl we should envy; she is the owner of the dry cleaning establishments in the surrounding area. Ralph Clark is the pro-basketball player from our class. ---Marcia Allen 17

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Class History SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS, GOOD OLE GOLDEN RULE DAYS! On September 7, 1949, thirty-eight eager Freshmen entered Ashley High School. We held our first class meeting to elect Donna Walker, President; Ronald Parker, | Reporter; Ann Ellert, Historian; and Virginia McDonald, Sponsor. In January, Virginia Voges, Lou Ann Call, and Bonita DeLong left and Paul Robbins came from Michigan. Several of the girls were in the play, ''Three Taps on a Wall, directed by Mrs. Arney and Mr. Cook. We had one party--a skating party at the Silvermoon Rink. WHEN WE WERE SWEET SIXTEEN Next came our Sophomore year. The majority of us were now sweet sixteen and were beginning to feel grown up. Doris Chapman, Jerome Ellert, Max High, Richard Treesh, and Doris Newcomer did not come back to join us on our journey to Seniordom. Opal Mae Dick from Angola joined us and on March 14, 1950 Angus Burch came from Edon, Ohio. Tom Brand served as President; Ronald Parker, Secretary; Tommy Harmes, Treasurer; Donna Walker, Reporter; LaVon Hasselman, Historian; and Paul Everitt, Sponsor. We chose white and gold as our class colors and the American Beauty rose as our flower. We ordered our class rings on October 10, 1949, and received them on December 21, 1949. On November 5, that year--the class sponsored a square dance at the town hall. We held two parties that year, a barn dance at Elenor Mavis' and a potluck supper at school, later going to the show at Angola. A BICYCLE BUILT FOR TWO First of all, like a big business firm, we elected Lawrence Wiler, President; Ann Ellert, Vice-President; Gaylee Snyder, Secretary; Donna Walker, Treasurer; and Dollie Arney, Sponsor. We presented our play, Aunt Samanthy Rules the Roost, '' on November 18, after which we heard the chanting of, Ain't that the Truth, '' in all the halls of old AHS. We sold hot dogs, candy, peanuts, ice cream and went door to door selling Christmas cards. Next we had a bake sale to add to a good sum to our trip fund. At Christmas time we had a candlelight supper and a gift exchange by the light of the Christmas tree. In May the Juniors entertained the Seniors on a four day trip through Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. A very busy year, but we all made it through. THE END OF A PERFECT DAY To guide us through this busy year we elected LaVoh Hasselman, President; Ann Ellert, Vice-President; Donna Walker, Secretary; Lynn Johnson, Treasurer; Joann Wilhelm, Historian; and our principal, Mr. Frederick, Sponsor. During the summer one of our classmates, Opal Mae Dick, married Dick Holsinger; but otherwise we came back to ole AHS, thirty-one strong. We chose GreenValley for our play and presented if on December 1. We counted our pennies and bought dark curtains for the skylights to darken the assembly. We were one of the first classes to buy a gift for the school and also get to use it. After the play we went right to work on the annual. We chose our commencement speaker, planned our programs, and began dreaming of the class trip. In March we began planning our class night program. By the time May rolls around many of us will be thinking of June weddings, farming and helping Uncle Sam. ---Joann Wilhelm 16

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Senior Will We, the Class of 1952, being mentally sound, do declare this to be our last will and testament. To the school as a whole, we leave all the scratches, unused text books, and the money that we do not manage to spend. To the Juniors, we leave all the desks and seats in the southeast corner of the assembly room. To the Soph omores we leave five cents to start a sinking fund for their Junior- Senior trip. To the Freshmen, we leave this suggestion, ''Work to the End. To the, janitors we leave the good earth that we brought in on the soles of our, shoes. In addition, we, the following individuals, do hereby will these prized possessions: I, Marcia Allen, will my ability to go with a Mavis to no one because I haven't managed to hook one myself, yet. I, Naomi Berryhill, will all the rest of the boys at Kendallville to Shirley Metzgar as I have the cream of the crop. I, Thomas Brand, will my love for Miss Dunn to Mr. Everitts. I, Ralph Clark, will my ability to skip school to John Shipe. I, Marcella Danner, will my art box to Dolly Arney so that she will have the equipment to teach art next year. I, Donald Dapp, will my seat in the corner to any Junior who, like I did thinks he can get away with everything he tries. I, Edward DeLucenay, will my good attendance record to Pat Walker. I, Ann Ellert, will my job to anyone who wants it because I won't be needing it any more. I, Dayton Funk, will my muscles to Janice McGrew. I, Patricia Hanes, will my great height to Myran McClellan. I, Thomas Harmes, will my curly hair and bashfulness to Jimmy Warner. I, LaVon Hasselman, will my natural curly hair to Betty Ann McClish. I, Richard Heath, will my knowledge to Red Mavis as I think he will be needing it. I, Lynn Johnson, will my motorcycle to David King providing he can find someone with a motorcycle that can go as fast as mine. I, Elenor Mavis, will my ability to stay single to Lorraine Biggerstaff. I, Phyllis Miller, will my ability to get a man and keep him to Anita Montgomery. I, Louis Miller, will my big brown eyes to any girl who wants them. I, Wayne Orwig, will my ability to get Geometry to Chuck Hampshire. I, Ronald Parker, will my ability to get along with a redhead to any poor man who needs it. I, Joyce Perkins, will my noisy disposition to quiet Arlene Zonker. I, Leo Pfefferkorn, will my ability to sleep in the assembly to anyone who can get away with it. 18 cece a A NS RC IEMA EEL LOT A EIEIO ALAA LEIA AA A Ae ACA ee an ee ect OE a I AE MONEE ROTI ic AE