Battle Ground High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Battle Ground, IN)

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'V' I ,, W THE TOMAHAWK SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Liverpool, England, October 6, 1946. Mr. Francis William Ross, 431 Dartmouth Ave., Duluth, Minnesota. . Dear Francis: At no end of trouble and expense I have located every member of the class of '26 of Battle Ground High School, and you know we are supposed to have our get together party this Hallowe'en at Sycamore Lodge, my old home on the VVabash. I trust your hardware business is doing well, Francis. I read recently where you purchased the Hawkeye Tool and Hard Metal Company. Tl1at's fine. And how is your wife? I heard some time ago from my partner, Harold Wesner, that you had married Doris Parks. Congratulations. I am sure Ralph Nelson could come. He is living in Benton county on a six-hundred-forty-acre farm, is married and has a son, who is the perfect image of Shorty. I think he married LaRhue Ransdell, did he not? Have you seen Fred Klaiber lately? Do you know that he has been graduated from DePauw University and is a minister of the First Christian Church of Canton, Ohio? I think he could arrange it so he could get a short leave of absence to come. And of course our old friend Elsie Miller will be there. She has a very nice position in the Elkhart, Indiana grade schools, teaching the seventh grade and supervising the playground. Fern Maxwell has married a Purdue graduate and lives at Reno, Nevada. Rena Spencer and she are as good friends as ever. They had a double wed- ding and they live in the same apartment house. Rena's husband is the chief of police of that city. Bob Mayo went to Purdue but decided he wanted to enter the sporting would, so he played pro-ball with Cleveland for a few years and he has now signed a contract to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates. Harold Emerson carried out his wishes. He graduated from the In- dianapolis Undertaking school, and he is now 'a licensed undertaker in Louisville. As far as I can hear he has remained single. Bernice Lamb is a dressmaker in Rockford, Illinois, where she makes dance frocks for the fair damsels of that vicinity. Nelle Mae Lamb married a gentleman named VVQ'-:llman of Indianapolis. I-Ie owns a Gent's furnishing store there. ' George Morelock is assistant professor of Technology in Columbia Uni- versity. He recently announced his engagement to a very charming lady instructor of Home Economics. 1 Pearl Nelson has long since married Duane Lamb. They reside in Gales- burg, Illinois. Pearl runs a charming millinery store. Duane is a cement C203

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r7ni1r7si1r7i1r751r?i1r?i15i1m1Wi1nV51tm T H E T 0 M A H A W K 751r751r'fi1rhi1rKi1WiKw'1riiiwwimi' Class Will We the undersigned, highly intelligent and respected Seniors of Battle Ground High School, Tippecanoe Township, County of Tippecanoe, State of Indiana, of the United States of North America in 'the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-six A. D., having arrived at the age of discre- tion and realizing that we are about to leave the aforesaid high school and being of sound mental capacities, do make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testamentg hereby revoking and annulling all othersg the property described hereinafter to wit: Item-For the juniors, our respected inferiors, we reserve our pet box- seats near the windows where the teachers can get a good view of you at all times. Item-To Mr. Phillips we bequeath our agility and a substantial chair, hereby eliminating any chance of downfall. Item-To Mrs. Heller and Mrs. Northcott we bequeath a large bottle of red ink for recording the deportment grades. A Item-The Senior members of the basketball squad leave their brilliant records to be carried on by the oncoming members and great hopes to J. A. Coffin for a championship team. Item-Fred Klaiber bequeaths his studious habits to Ivan Miller. Item-Elsie Miller bequeaths her gift of gala to Lena Martin. Item--George Morelock bequeaths his brawny muscle and prize fighting ability to Bernard Reynolds. Item-Esther Burkharclt wills her tall stature and solemn ways to Merle Crowell. Item-Bob Mayo bequeaths his queer cackle to Burdell Titus. Item-Harry Ransdell bequeaths his ability at the Charleston to LeRoy Tesmer. Item-Bessie Slayton bequeaths her noisy habits of silence to Georgia Storms. Item-Charles Sempill bequeaths his woman to Totty Hurst. Item-Fern Maxwell wills her ability in argument to Violet Shaw. Item-Pearl Nelson bequeaths her good conduct to Mary Buck. Item- Item- Nelle Mae Lamb bequeaths her muteness to Mary Emma Dawkins. Ralph Nelson bequeaths his ability to get dates to Louis Klaiber. Item-Rena Spencer wills her ability to hook sheiks with big cars to Dorothy Smith. Item--Bernice Lamb bequeaths her style of hair dressing to Esther Corns. Item-Francis Ross bequeaths his sharp wit to William Mulvey. Hereby witnessed and signed on this twentieth day of April. FRANCIS ROSS CHARLES SEMPILL HARRY RANSDELL 097

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ii'W71Yl'f'51DiN7T7i 'iirimi 'i'1Y'6i1I7fY T H E T 0 M A H A W K r7K1mv'5t7Nvir'61W15i'r751isi1W contractor and is doing well. Pearl is soon going to sell the shop in order to devote more of her time to her home. Harry Ransdell took a pharmacy course in Purdue and after graduating he bought Walters' Drug Store. I-Ie has married Bessie Slayton who has re- mained modest and unassuming. They live in Battle Grou-nd in the old Crowell homestead. Esther Burkhardt is a teacher in the Battle Ground High School and is doing well. I am sure she will be able to come to our get together, won't she? As for my self I have remained single. I was disappointed in love after graduating from the Indiana Law School of Indianapolis, and turned wo- man haterf' I-Iarold Wesner and I have made good at our law firm in Liver- pool. Well, Francis, I'll see you about the twentieth of the month at Battle Ground. Your old classmate, CHARLES VV. SEMPILL. - YY 1 ri. J :T M i C20