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

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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

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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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Julian, whom we remember as having skated since high school days. Bessie Weaver and Lorain Jacobs are among the star performers. Looking around us, we recognize several spectators as our old school mates, among whom are Eva Glidewell, Mary Cahall, Carrie Clayton, and Florence Coman. Our next assignment is to cover the Independent Political Party convention at Philadelphia. Upon arriving at a large hotel, we are very surprised to see that Bob McConnell is the desk clerk, and when we turn around we see Gene Fritch, Allan Carr, and Otto Off are bellhops. After they recognize us, they tell us that their bridal suite is occupied by a couple whom we knew very well, so without further delay we decide to investigate. We are as- tounded to find that it is none other than Jesse Moore and Imogene Wells. After talking over old times awhile, we learn that Dora Williamson has become the secretary of a noted lawyer, Catherine Smith is a vocalist in Bill Robison's famous dance band, Mildred Winterrowd and Boris Chaleif have met in matrimonyg Maxine Burns is proprietor of a large tea room in New York, Mary Bodell and Delphine Leonard both have major parts in a new movie soon to be released by one of the most popular Hollywood studios, and Barbara and Nancy Brown are rapidly .gaining fame as a dance team. Following our sojourn in Philadelphia, we go -to Stockholm, Sweden, where the Olympic Games are being held. We are ushered to our seats by Arlon Park, who tells us that Chet Sterrett, Elden Nicholas, Olive Murphy, and Lulu Westfall are members of the American swimming team, and Marjorie Butterfield, Myra Gillespie, Gerald Parker, and Jack Martin are competing for spring-board honors. During the intermission, we approach the an- nouncer, who was none other than Joe Schrout, who gives us the results of yesterday's contests. He tells us that Grace Mead, Margaret Ross, Tressa Toler, and Ruth Wallace won the women's 440 yard relay swim, Alfred Stoner, Andrew Payne, Richard O'Haver, and Paul Light have gained track honors, and Ed Murphy has cap- tured first-place in the shot-put. As he finishes speaking, we notice an Olympic official walking toward us with an envelope in his hand. He seems rather surprised when we didn't recognize him at first, for he proves to be one of our old classmates, Eugene I-Iittle. The envelope contains a message from Mr. Alfred K. Jones, inviting us to come home and cover his presidential campaign. , It is impossible to secure passage on a boat, so we obtain seats on the Transatlantic Clipper. After disposing of our lpggage, we are introduced to the clipper's crew, all of whom had been members of our senior class, they are Raymond Harp, pilot, James Grayson, co-pilot, Robert Conger, radio operator, and Marjorie Schutte, stewardess. In a few minutes we are in the air and one glance at the passenger list shows us Lorine Humphrey and Melba Wick- ersham are holding seats behind us. During the trip they inform us that they are representatives of a textile firm, and that Betty Lee Thompson and Irene Vargo occupy similar positions. After reminiscing for several hours, we ask the girls where they purchase their lovely clothes. They reply that they buy them from an exclusive New York shop, owned by Mary Wheeler, and that she employs Dorothy Cossell, Shirley Mongan, Charlotte Long, and Vir- ginia Smith as assistant designers. While discussing the dress shop, they add that Frances Minger, Mary Ross, Jayne Sockler and Betty Stephens are clothes models, and that Mary Lanham and Kathleen Edwards handle the business end of the shop. ' The next morning we land in New York and take another plane to Miami, where we are supposed to meet Mr. Jones, our former class sponsor. At the airport we see Kathleen Smoot and Dorothy Mondary, who are see- ing their respective husbands off on a business trip, and they readily volunteer the following information about a few of our former classmates: Betty Mercer is superintendent of an orphanage, Mary Sinclair is operating a boarding houseg and Martha Redmond is an insurance adjuster. At the point in the conversation our plane numbesh is called, and we have to get our luggage collected and get on the plane before it leaves. In a few hours we arrive in Miami, and then go to Mr. Jones's hotel. Instead of being greeted at the door by our host, we are confronted by Jeanette McCreary in a nurse's uniform, who gives us the extraordinary news that Mr. Jones is going to abandon his political ambitions, because of a complete nervous breakdown. As she nn- ishes speaking, she nods towards a young fellow and says that he is Mr. Jones's doctor, and after careful scrutiny we discover he is James Orr. After wishing our former instructor a speedy recovery, we leave the hotel and go down to the beach for a swim. As we are strolling near the water's edge we hear a deafening cry for help and see a brawny life-guard plunge into the surf to rescue the endangered person. When the life-guard returns, we find that he is Robert Lane, and the damsel in distress is Rosemary Robinson. In a few minutes a huge crowd gathers around the pair and among the observers are Florence' Ritter, Earlene Prather, June Hansen, Eugene Hacker, and Bette James. After the excitement subsides we continue our stroll and rounding a curve in the shore-line we come upon Charles Hart sculptoring a likeness of his model, Maxine Robey, in the sand. He is so engrossed in his work that he doesn't see us, so we turn our steps toward a curiosity shop we saw previously when going to the beach. The shop has a sign over the door which reads: The Mac Shop, Madeline McCollum and Pat McKinney, Proprietors. Since the door is open, we walk in and begin to look at the various articles. In a few minutes the girls present themselves, and remark that had we come a few minutes sooner we could have seen Leon Gardner, Anna Lambert, and Bettie Jane Ellis, who had stopped in to buy some souvenirs, and are employed by a real estate company to choose a suitable site for a new hotel. The company they work for is operated by three old maids and one bachelor whom we all know as Marguerite Eadens, Margaret Evans, Eileen Edwards, and Blair Gibbons. Just as we are leaving the shop we stumble and nearly fall out the front door. However, we don't fall to the grounill, aut we fall down through the years and land in the middle of the stage where our graduation exercises are emg e .