Ben Davis High School - Keyhole Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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I llnnnn nn nn SEVIICDR PROP!-lECY As I was crossnng Washnngton and Illnnons streets one mornnng last week I had a sudden feelnng of nnsensn bnlnty I felt as nf I were Hoatnng through whnte fluffy clouds and then I landed nn the mnddle of a large cnty I looked around and found I was nn Indnanapolns It was a strange looknng Indnanapolns the bunldnngs were larger and very modernnstnc the automobnles were streamlnned and the street cars were dnfferent from those of the present day I saw a sngn over a doorway that read Help the Poor Chrnstmas 1957 I was very sur prnsed and a lnttle bewnldered I started walknng down the street and I saw an old gentleman nn front of me I thought he looked very famnlnar I hastened my steps and overtook hnm I was surprnsed to see nt was my prnn cnpal nn hngh school Mr Charles H Vance When nnqunrnng about hnm I learned he was loafing He sand that he retnred from hns posntnon at Ben Davns Hngh School and was staynng at home gettnng hns long earned rest I asked hnm nf he had heard from any of my old schoolmates He sand Gnlbert Dnckey was a floorwalker nn Ayres modernnstnc department store and he and Lounse Axsom were marrned I left Mr Vance and contnnued down the street I looked nn a barber shop and whom dnd I see but Gerald Bolen Harry Dorsett and Carl Lake as barbers and Kathernne Koch as manncurnst I saw a very busnnesslnke man nn the chanr gettnng a hanrcut and manncure I looked closer and nt was none other than Charles Causey I decnded to go to the movne and when I bought my tncket I was very surprnsed to see Vnrgnnna Mae Altopp was the tncket seller She told me that Don Chappell owned the theater He had marrned Irene Wyatt fifteen years ago today and was havnng a celebratnon I walked nn and who should meet me at the door as usher but Charles Boyer The feature that week was How My Heart Throbs' The stars were those two great lovers of the olden days Vera Apple and Franklnn Thompson After the movne I went nnto the Buston restaurant for lunch The wantresses were Henrnetta Anderson Alnce Bell Ruth Campbell juannta Roberts and Annne Cornwell I asked Henrnetta who the chnef cook and bottle washer was She told me Don Buser was chnef cook and Leroy Compton was chnef bottle washer I enjoyed a very delncnous lunch and then went nnto the bnggest department store nn the state the Beaman Department Store By the name I wondered nf by any chance my old school chum Kenneth Beaman was owner I happened to run nnto Ednth Rohl nn the store buynng a Chrnstmas present for her husband asked her whom she had marrned She told me she and her old flame joe Spreckelmcyer had been sanlnng on the stormy sea of matrnmony for five years I asked her nf Kenneth Beaman owned the department store and she told me he was presndent She also sand that Regnnald Bloor was vnce presndent and uannta Harrnson prnvate secretary I went to get a Chrnstmas present and who should want on me but Betty Brownlee After purchasnng my present I went to the toy department to speak to Santa Claus Guess who nt was' Nobody else but john Sechrnst H sand that Ruby Cantrell Helen Holder Shernbelle Horn Alberta Curbeaux Paulnne Hollowell Emma Hardnn Geraldnne Hughbanks Charles Goss Harlnn Ogborn and Kenneth Rnchards were employed nn the same store I was also nnformed that Charlotte Tntus and Carolnne Thomas had gone to New York to snng nn the opera He also told me that Warren Wnlkes Harry Smoot Paul S hober Kenth Mattnngly and Bnll Schenl were dntch dng gers nn Ben Davns the largest suburb of Indnanapolns Raymond Lentz was mayor and Lloyd Mahar was chnef guard at the cnty janl nn Indnanapolns I left the store and went to the State Lnbrary Whom do you suppose I met there? Dorothy Crouch who was worknng very nndustrnously as usual I greeted her and we started gossnpnng She told me that Betty Hulett was Speech teacher at Ben Davns Hngh School and she came nn every once nn awhnle to get books I also learned from her that Sam Bner Maurnce Eggers james Fogleman and Charles Fuller had decnded to be cowboys They bought a ranch out West and were becomnng very well known for thenr rodeos whnch are held every year She sand june Day Mary jane Goldsborough and May Harker were lnvnng together None of the gnrls had marrned and were destnned to be old mands She sand that Martha jean Curtns Nadnne Depuy Martha jane Hnldman, Vnrgnnna Hoffman Naomn Lee Lucnlle Whyland Laura Unsel Dorothy Turpnn Lola Mae Rnchards and Anna Marne Pnckernng were teachnng at the new Ben Davns Hngh School She sand that nt ns now the largest hngh school 1:15 . , . 1 1 - nn 11 - 11 ' 1 1 1 1 ' , . . . , . . . . . . . , , I . . . , 1 1 ' 1 nn 1. , . - 1 1 1 1 1 , . I ' 1 . - J , . . , . C 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 ' F . . - 1 1 S 1 1 - 1 . - 1 , . . 1 1 ' 1 . , . . , , 1 1 1 1 1

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aaa Kaaaaaaa LUE DO LUILI. We the class of Naneteen Hundred and Tharty seven are makang our last wall before we pass from these old and worn walls that have housed us for four gloraous years We want you to know that we are sound an mand and body and are fully aware of every wall that was made I Varganaa Mae Altopp wash to honor Mary Raley by wallang to her my actang abalaty I Henraetta Anderson wash to honor Stella Hank ley by wallang to her my quaet voace I Alace Bell wash to honor Marjorae Boyer by wallang to her my tany features I Betty Brownlee wash to honor Rosemary Dean by wallang to her my dreamy eyes I Emma Hardan wash to honor Bernace Strebe by wallang to her my faar complexaon I ames Fogleman wash to honor jammae Sears by wallang to ham my art abalaty I Sam Baer wash to honor Mr Garton by wallang to ham my Model T so he won t get to school on tame I Charles Fuller wash to honor Florane Hardan by wallang to her my traflic abalaty so she too may be come captaan some day I Gerald Bolen wash to honor Rusty Baus by wall ang to ham my southern accent I Louase Axsom wash to honor Helen Emmet by wallang to her my fraendly smale I Don Buser wash to honor Bob Allen by wallang to ham my maghty muscles so he ll be able to partaca I Charles Boyer wash to honor unaor Moore by wallang to ham my bashful ways toward the garls I Kenneth Beaman wash to honor anyone who washes to become a bag newspaper reporter my your nalastac abalaty I Reganald George Bloor wash to honor Bob Whate by wallang to ham my charmang manners I Merle Cossell wash to honor jam Dunham by wallang to ham my antellagence for use an next year s classes I Ruby Cantrell wash to honor Gerard Wathen by wallang to ham my quaet dasposataon I Charles Causey wash to honor Phal France by wnllang to ham a couple of my A s so he wont have to call on Mr Vance every sax weeks I Leroy Compton wash to honor Sam Dodds by wallang to ham my bashfulness for use outsade of class as well as durang class I Anne Cornwell wash to honor Mr Wandhorst by wallang to ham my beautaful brown eyes I Dorothy Crouch wash to honor Dorothy Dean by wallang to her my braght sayangs to be used only whale she s wath Melvan I Alberta Curbeaux wxsh to honor Rosalae Hax by wallang to her my golden locks I Martha jean Curtas wash to honor Rachel Bland by wallang to her my boy fraend so she won t have to sat home every naght and study I june Day wash to honor james Shaffer by wall ang to ham my accuracy an typewratang I Galbert Dackey wash to honor the 1938 Senaor 17 Class Presadent by wallang to ham my abalaty to wan the admarataon of my fellow students I Nadane Depuy wash to honor Margaret Raaney by wallang to her my Martha Raye mouth I Vera Apple wash to honor Mary Davas by wall ang to her my vocal chords I Ruth Campbell wash to honor Edna Cantrell by wallang to her my daanty feet I Don Chappell wash to honor Homer Rastow by wallang to ham my powers as a ventraloquast I Maurace Eggers wash to honor Varner Haghtshue by wallang to ham my last of sally questaons I Charles Goss wash to honor Maraon Dorsett by wallang to ham my janator s brush I jean Hamalton wash to honor Melba Whapple by wallang to her my personalaty I Mary jane Goldsborough wash to honor Mar garet Gall by wallang to her my noasy dasposataon I Harry Dorsett wash to honor Ralph Knaght by wrllang to ham my abalaty to slap through school wath out gettang any lessons I Irene May Harker wash to honor Mass Wallaams by wallang to her my abalaty to play the paano I juanata Harrason wash to honor Naada Rohl by wallang to her my job as ofhce garl I Martha jane Haldman wash to honor Geneva Edwards by wallang to her my abalaty as a telephone operator I Varganaa Hoffman wash to honor Vaolet Walden by wallang to her my abalaty at wratang poetry I Raymond Hogan wash to honor Mr Stembel by wallang to ham some polatacal propaganda on the electaon of 1940 I Helen Holder wash to honor Herbert johnson by wallang to ham my dazzlang smale I Paulane Hollowell wash to honor Mr Vance by wallang to ham a new red pencal to sagn F s I Sherabell Horn wash to honor Stella Hankley by wallang to her my abalaty to thank whale others talk I Geraldane Hughbanks wash to honor Gordon Shepard by wallang to ham my beautaful handwratang I Betty Hulett wash to honor jean Samons by wall ang to her a nut cracker fnot to be used on herselfj I Louas Kleas wash to honor Charles Gambler by wallang to ham has package of Camels I Katherane Koch wash to honor Marjorae Ed wards by wallang to her my funny sense of humor I Elmer Krueger wash to honor Russell Seaman by wallang to ham my job as student manager I Carl Lake wash to honor Pete Hall by wallang to ham my abalaty to ask foolash questaons an Physacs c ass I Harold Lackey wash to honor john Dodds by wallang to ham one package of slaghtly used chewang gum I Delores Lanham wash to honor Mrs Ball by wallang to her my typang abalaty so she may type her comments I Naorna Lee wash to honor Kenneth Bloomer by wallang to ham my abalaty as an orator - 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