Berne French Township High School - Our Yesterdays Yearbook (Berne, IN)

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CLASS WILL The Senior Class of Berne, Indiana having been brought before the jury of teachers on May 20, 1947 pleaded guilty to looking through the keyhole and is sentenced to die. We, as her attorneys, have been commissioned to draw up a will, bestowing all her earthly effects upon her closest and most beloved schoolmates, teachers, and friends. Let us now listen to the reading of the Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1947. THE WILL We, the class of 1947, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. To our teachers who have lead us through the years we do hereby bestow our gratitude, our everlasting memory, and the knowledge which we left in our books. To the freshman we will the right to advance out of the “green” into the sophomore year. To the sophomores we do hereby will the privilege of advancing into the upper class in knowing they will hold up the standards of Berne High. To the Juniors we bequeath all the Senior dignity which we have left behind, and also our worn out text books. I, Mary Kathryn Amstutz, bequeath my car to Marilyn Smith. I, Paul Baumgartner, will my musical talent to Willard Lehman. 1, Flossie Beer, will my ability to make friends and talk to people easily to Elsie Lehman. I, Roger Bcitler, bequeath my ability to tease all the girls, twelve years of age and above, to Roger Bixler. I, Rosemary Bcitler, will my ability to get expansion bracelets to anyone who proves lucky enough to manage it. I, Robert Burley, bestow all my manly charm on Duane Ellenberger. I. Beth Centz, bestow the ability to acquire high grades easily on all dumb students. I, Brice Fennig, will all the sophomore girls to Jim Shoemaker. (All but a certain, little dark-haired one, that is! ! ! !) I, Dessie Habegger, leave some of my height to Dorothy Bertsch in hoping that she will be able to use some of it. I, Max Habegger, leave my curly locks to Billy Barrett. I, Vera Habegger, leave a little of my pleasing personality and quietness to Betty Schug. I, Mildred Hartman, will my flirtatious manner to Ruth Inniger. I, Mary Hewitt, bestow my artistic abilities on Robert Huffman and Phyllis Kneuss. I, Howard Hirschy, leave my new attractive wave to Dick Feasel. I, Mona Lantz, bestow my rolling eyes on Cynthia Kirchhofer. I, Alice Lehman, bequeath my luck of getting rides to and from school to Willodean Bol-lenbacher. I, Larry Lehman, leave my ability to slide gently through school life to all in need of it. I. Stanley Luginbill, bestow my desire (?) to follow in my father’s professional footsteps to all others who should do the same. I, Altie Moyer, bequeath the honor of being the first of the class to have a diamond to Elaine Gilliom and Jane Kehrn. I. Mary Ellen Nusssbaum, leave my quiet nature and cheerfulness to Sally Hewitt. I, Dorothy Rutledge, will the extreme privilege of driving a shiny black car to school to Waneta Nussbaum. I, Coleen Schindler, will my ability to puli boners at the wrong time to Joan Moser. I, John Smith, leave my car for my sister's use once in awhile. I, Evelyn Sprunger, bestow my co-operative manner on Beverly Sprunger. I. Jim Sprunger, will my energetic ways to Judson Lehman. I, Julia Sprunger, will my love of “hosses” to Conrad Nagel. I, Sam Sprunger, leave to all future students the desire to get on the good side of Miss Blue (and stay there). I, Alverda Steiner, promise to lend my charming smile to my sister in future years. I, Jerry Stucky, leave my athletic ability to future basketball stars of Berne High. I, Margaret Webb, leave my ability to write long letters during school without getting caught to Maggie Lehman. I. Barbara Yoder, leave my first grade job to anyone who can’t handle high school studies. We do hereby constitute and appoint David Schwartz, president of the Junior Class as the sole executor of this, our very last will and testament. In Witness Whereof, We, the Class of 1947 do hereby agree the above to be our last will and testament and do set our seal of eternal memories on this 20th day of May, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-seven. (Signed) Barbara A. Yoder Coleen R. Schindler 22

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DESSIE HABEGGER Entered from Monroe High School, Monroe, Ind.; Glee Club 1 MARY ELLEN NUSSBAUM Alpha; Band 2. 3. 4; Orchestra 4: Operetta 3: Annual Staff 4; Training Chorus 2; Girls' Glee Club 1. 4; A Cappella 3, 4; Class Play 4; Girls’ Trio 3, 4; Clarinet Quartette 4 ALVERDA STEINER Alpha; Operetta 3: Girls’ Glee Club 1. 4: Training Chorus 2; A Cappella 3. 4; Class Play 3, 4 VERA HABEGGER Arena; Class Vice Pres. 2; Treas. 3; Sec. 4; Booster Club 2. 3, Vice Pres. 4; Operetta 3; Annual Staff 4: Training Chorus 2; Girls’ Glee Club 1; A Cappella 3. 4; Class Play 3. 4; Latin Club 1, 2 MARY HEWITT Entered from Janesville High School, Janesville, Wisconsin; Annual Staff 4; Girls’ Glee Club 1, 4; A Cappella 1, 4 EVELYN SPRUNGER Alpha; Training Chorus 1, 2; Latin Club L 2 ALICE LEHMAN Alpha; Band 1. 2, 3: Class Sec. 1; Treas. 4; Booster Club 4; Operetta 1. 3; Girls’ Glee Club 1. 4; Training Chorus 2. 3; A Cappella 1. 2, 3, 4: Girls’ Sextet 2; Ass’t. Librarian 2, 3, 4 DOROTHY RUTLEDGE Arena; Orchestra 1, 2; Annual Staff 4; Girls’ Glee Club 1. 2; Class Play 3, 4; Booster Club 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 2 21

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CLASS PROPHECY One score, less ten years ago, Berne High School sent forth into this nation the class of ’47, crammed full of education and dedicated to bring forth glory to their Alma Mater. Now we are engaged in a great class reunion, seeing whether this classmate or that classmate, assembled from far and near, has succeeded. We are met at “Larry’s Gridiron” on Highway 27 on this night of our reunion. As we walk through the mirrored hall which leads to the spacious dining room we are met by the suave headwaiter, “Monk” Hirschy. As we are seated the lights dim, and in the spotlight we see Dorothy and Melvin still stepping the Arthur Murray way. Well, who is the center of attention over there? We break in and find it is none other than Julie Sprunger with a gang of male admirers eyeing her new frock. Thud! Oh, oh, a collision! Down to the floor goes a waitress under a shower of dishes, tray and all. Two people run to the rescue. Give her artificial respiration,” cries registered nurse Vera Habegger. Most emphatically no!” replies Dr. Stucky. “Presumably her tibia has constrained her fibula to emerge through her epidermis.” Wait a minute! Maybe it’s my case,” shouts mortician, Max Habegger. The ringing notes of a piano bring silence to the room again as Maestro Paul Baumgartner favors us with “Polonaise,” the favorite of our high school days. What are Altie and Alice so engrossed in? By the expression on their faces one can plainly see that it is a deep discussion of today’s domestic problems Our attention is now being drawn to the Master of Ceremonies, Jim Sprunger, who these days divides his time between a little printing shop and the “muck”. He announces that the reunion is complete except for two members, Robert Burley, now a missionary in Africa; and Coleen Schindler who is being busied by a blessed event. Roger Beitler changes the atmosphere considerably. Since he deals with an economics class each day, he looks at things economically and says, “If we would consume some food from the producer my appetite would stop pestering me.” The dinner commences and we enjoy a delicious concoction which was discovered by Dessie Habegger in her daily routine of farm chores. It just so happens that a naughty chicken got in her way and caused her to spill the milk in the chicken hash. Mona Sue and Mary Hewitt are slyly devoting their attention to transforming their paper napkins into airplanes. It must be the influence of their elementary school pupils who perform such acts in their kindergarten classes. John Smith, president of Smith Brothers, still vacations in Michigan each summer. We hear him relating some of his tall fish stories to his neighbor, engineer Fennig. Painter Stanley Luginbill, who also has an ear in the discussion thinks Mr. Smith tends to color his story a bit. Beth Centz leisurely sits back in her chair, undoubtedly recalling her globetrotting experiences for a large newspaper. We see Sam Sprunger lazily draped over a chair still in a daze even after graduating from Goshen College. His better half surely must be of some assistance in bringing him down from the clouds. Math Teacher Webb sits debating whether her class is perpendicular to the radius or if it equals the square of the hypotenus. These figures surely do get a person down. Across the room we see Flossie Beer who has just flown in from the city where she appears daily on the radio programs, Jethro’s Other Wife and Hearts in Discord. Rosie Beitler demonstrates to her friend, Barbara Yoder, a new way of handling her horse’s canter but she still thinks a Chevrolet rides smoother and therefore uses it to haul her family of three around town. Barbara changes the subject and states that she really isn’t sorry that she completed her nurse’s training even if she did get married the day after graduation. The conversation continues along domestic lines as their neighbor Evelyn Sprunger says that she enjoys being the wife of a pilot. We hear neither complaints nor remarks from quiet Mildred Hartman but we know she is satisfying the empty stomachs of the patrons at the bigger Palmer House. Conversation is now broken by the announcement of a vocal solo by Mary Ellen Nuss-baum who was recently soprano soloist for the presentation of Handel’s Messiah. Mary K. excuses herself and leaves early to tend to her youngest son who has the mumps. It seems that the majority of the girls have turned to the most common and suitable profession for women, homemaking, as Alverda Steiner shows by her discussion of a new bungalow complete with nursery. With the singing of the Berne High School song we part from our old friends, confident that the success of all the classmates, the entertainment by our classmates, and the renewing of friendships with our classmates shall not perish from our memory. Flossie Beer, Beth Centz. 23