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

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SENIGRS CF '41 I-IowARL TRUAX . . A football player Of wide renown, Such a fellow Is seldom found. IRENE VARGO . . . Irene and her sisters Have all come and gone, It won't seem the same With no Vargo in our throng. RUTH WALLACE . . . There is a place in In her heart for theWest, I t was there her days Were happiest. BESSIE WEAVER . . . Pretty blue eyes She's full of pep, When she's skating Shels really hep. IMoc:ENE WELLS . . . Imogene has what it takes To break masculine hearts, This she will always do With aid from cupid's darts. HARRY WESTFALL . . . Some say he's shy Others say not, .All we know is That with us he's tops. LULU WESTFALL . . . For a jolly pal Here's just the dame, Friendly by nature Lulu by name. MARY WHEELER . . . She's Oli1fe's pal And a nurse-to-be, S he'll succeed too I t's plain to see. JOYCE WHYLAND . . . Joyce knows Latin, As her A, B, C's. It will help her earn Many learned degrees. MELVA WICKERSHAM . When summer has come, And school days are fled, M elva thinks Perhaps she'll..wed. DORA WILLIAMSON . . Dora works for a lawyer So if you're in a jam Go and see Dora, Her boss is the man. Dorf: WININGS . . . As an actor Don is grand, And he also plays In our fne band. MILDRED WXNTERKQWD Our candy girl With the friendly smile, Makes buying candy Quite worthwhile. of ALEX Wmcovxca . . . On the football field He is really a flash, And on the track Wowie! Can he dash!

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SENICRS GF '41 VIRGINIA SMITH . . A talkative girl, But lots of fun, Her heart beats For only one. WARREN SMITH . . . A good math student, With a friendly word for all Makes this fellow Liked by all. KATHLEEN SMooT . . . jolly, laughing Kate Never lacks a date, Rates as a dancer Loves to bowl and skate. JANE SOCKLER . . . jane is our May Queen And we must admit If there's someone more charming ' We havenit as yet met. I-IUBERT SOUCIE . . A good track man From old B. D. And of all the girls Only one he can see. BETTY STEVENS . . . Betty is a fairy When she is on skates, She swirls and twirls While the night grows late. CHESTER STERRET . . . I n history and Latin He rates with the best, Though absent so much He seems like a guest. ALFRED STONER . . Known as Kibbee,' Is this jolly lad, And with all the girls He is not half bad. FRANK STOUT . . Full of fun Tall and lanky, Frank is a true Ben Davis yankee. RICHARD SWIFT . . . President of Art Club Himself, the Artist Supreme The pictures he draws Are quite esteemed. BETTY LEE THOMPSON . . Betty wants a job, A la Kitty Foyle, Something easy is desired Involving little toil. FRED TILLETT . . . A budding archaeologist, And what is more He has already found The jaw of a dinasour. TRESSA TOLER . . . Tressa can swing Most any song, I t's a sure thing She'll not get the gong. BETH TRAUB . . . At making orations She is supreme, And throughout the school She is held in high esteem.

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SENIGR PRCPHECY 1 As we sit before the great audience on our graduation night, we are naturally wondering what our future will hold for us. Suddenly, to us the prophets of the class of 1941, the future becomes the present, and we begin to unfold the lives of our fellow classmates. By some mere coincidence we three musketeers have chosen the same careers-that of being reporters on the Daily Who's Who From Ben Davis. As is the trend of this type of work, we come into contact with many people, some of whom are our friends from long ago. U Sitting leisurely in our office, we are thrilled by the sound of a fire siren. Knowing the importance of this we jump into our auto and race away. Coming upon the engine, whom should we see as fire chief but Bill Duncan. Hanging on the back and various other places on the truck are James McMurtry, Paul Miller, Robert Smith, Huber Soucie, and Howard Truax as Bill's assistants. Nearing the scene of the fire, we see Frank Stout directing traffic. Barging through, we drive nearer the burning house. Roy Pearson, the brave hero, rushes into the burn- ing house to save a friend. When he comes out, who should be tagging along, physically fit, but Bob Seeman. Naturally we ask him why he hadn't come out sooner and he replies, I wanted to hnish the last page of my Big Little Book. Looking around, we see as spectators Hubert Adams, Vivian Allgood, Avis Arnold, James Davis, and Betty Israel. After the excitement is over, we start back to the oHice, but before we reach there, we see an accident. We find that Dale Hessong's driving has been the cause. Luckily none of our classmates is among the injured, but the ambulance driver is Harry Westfall, his assistant Bob Wasson and the nurse, Betty Newnum. Upon our return to the ofhce we find that we are to cover a great wedding. The honored bride is none other than Beth Traub, who is marrying a rich airport manager. As bridesmaids are Joyce Whyland, Anna Lou Lampe, Wanda Hamilton, and Ruby Carl. Alex Witkovich is best man. The biggest surprise' of all is Emil Craciunoiu, the minister. U After writing our stories for the day, we go to a well advertised circus for entertainment. We find it located on the corner where our favorite drug store used to be. The manager is Robert Brown. Ticket takers are Le Nora Sipos and Fred Tillett. When we enter the main tent, we see the head clowns are Bob Long, Richard Muters- paugh, Richard Jarrett and Don Honea. The most outstanding acts consist of a rope walker, Kathleen Huston, snake charmers, Florence Kennedy and Dorothy Kingsley. James Dunn is holding everyoneis attention with his magician act. His stooges are Warren Smith and Richard Swift. At the end of the show, we decide our trip is not complete without seeing a side show so we go in to see the 550 lb. lady. To our surprise it is that tall slender girl of our school days, Mildred Lee. ' The next morning our boss tells us that we are to go to New York to get the facts of the World Series. On the train on which we are traveling, the engineer is Jack Leo, conductor, john Pedrey, fireman, Jim Pfeiffer, and Sheridan Horne is head porter. We find ourselves seated near none other than Gerald Cook, who tries to tell us that he is president of Ben Davis which is now a college with a faculty consisting of Olivia Hall, Martha Smith, Vernon Pinkston, and Frank Harper. Upon our arrival at the hotel at which we are to stay, the doorman is Marvin Hiland, desk clerk is Joe Hicks, and bellboys are George Morgan and Bob Locke. After cleaning up, we hop in a taxi driven by Carl Off. We ask him to take us to the most prominent place where we could eat and have enter- tainment. He tells us that the best night club is owned by Ralph Basore. Naturally the name of an old classmate interests us. We find the check girl to be Margaret O'Brien. The orchestra is led by Robert Pickering with Wil- liam Craig as the outstanding drummer. Vocalists are Lillian Owens and Marjorie Moore. During the evening a dance contest is held and the winners are George Cunard and Elaine Craig. We go over to congratulate them. During our conversation, Elaine says, Did you know that Marilyn Pickerel has a diamond? The natural ques- tion for us to ask was, Who is the lucky boy? The answer was, She won the final oratorical contest. The next morning we go to watch the Series. The coach of one team is George Darnell, behind whom is sit- ting an old high school admirer, Ruth Culbertson. While talking to us, he tells us that his team is mostly boys from our dear high school. They are Alford Austin, Alva Bohannon, Roy Bolen, Wilmer Buis and Bill Burke. With such boys as these, no other team has a chance. It makes a good story to show how a team partially from the same community wins the World Series. Upon our return to our office, we are told to get a list of the people who have gained success as outstanding people in various fields, both common and unusual. In composing this list, we hnd that a number of the succeeding people are old acquaintances from school days. They are Daryl johnson, best fiapjack maker, Rheba Quearry, outstanding hair dresser, Anna Brewer, champion tea-ring baker, Muriel Doll, who finally achieved her ambition to be a stage actress, champion wash woman, Mary Fox, Skip Dickison, comedian, George Deputy, script and gag writer, jim Eickhoff, paper hanger, and news commentator, Bill Emery, chief corn husker, Howard Record, and chief onion puller, Dale Davis. A After this list is completed, we are free to enjoy some entertainment so we go to the Great Ice Skating Rc- view which is held on the campus of the Ben Davis college. The second Sonja Henie, as it is announced, is Lois