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

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Senior Class Prophecy Hi, Ruthie! Why, hello there, Sally. Imagine meeting you in Chicago! What are you doing now? I am an airline hostess and am on my way bach to Berne for a little visit. As a matter of fact, I'm headed in that direction, too. I’ve been traveling around the country on my vacation, mostly by train, but now I've accepted a teaching position in Indianapolis. Why don't you come with me in my car? There's plenty of room for all your suitcases. Oh, fine! Then we can talk about our high school days together. Do you know what any of our old classmates of '48 arc doing? Well, I know Bob Schindler is really successful as a surgeon in Chicago. He always wanted to be a doctor. I was in Philadelphia the day before yesterday, and met Robert Huffman going down the street. He recognized me, too, and stopped to talk. He's a commercial artist with the Peppermint Toothpaste Company. He is married now, and has two little blond girls. Have you heard who won the Miss America title this year? No, who? One of our class? Yes. Jane Kehrn. Isch must be proud of her! Oh. look what's playing at this new theater! James Shoemaker, the Van Johnson of 1956; Duane Ellenberger, Clark Gable the second; and the most popular actress in the U. S. in Never Again.'' James and Duane graduated in '48, too. Did you know they both take a different girl out every night? The Indianapolis Speedway Races will open tomorrow. Robert Wittwer, of Berne, is considered the best bet to win. Imagine all those famous people coming from our class in old Berne High, Ruthie! Isn't it wonderful? It surely is. Sal. that's a darling dress you're wearing. Isn't it a Beverly Ann frock? You know, that's Bev Sprungcr who designs those dresses and I heard she's a wonderful designer. She's in Boston, isn't she? Yes. Betty Schug designs clothes, too. Children's clothes, that is. Elaine Gilliom—she's Rich now—bought a Betty Lou dress for her little girl and it was the sweetest thing you ever saw. Who else was in our class? Oh, Lanetta Bertsch—she owns a large beauty shop in Mun-cie now, and I hear she is engaged. Cosetta Steiner, I hear, is still seen around Berne a lot. She's teaching a new kindergarten class. She was married six years ago— her twin boys are in her class. Marilyn Smith is head nurse at Irene Byron, and Willodean Bollenbachcr is the chief dietician. Pauline Gerber married a photographer. They take pictures of their five children on their birthdays every year. I'd better go get my car serviced. There's a long drive ahead of me. Look, here's a nice, modern-looking station.........Fill it up, and check the oil. please. I wonder who that attendant is? He looks familiar. I do believe that's David Schwartz, our class president! Hi, David. Remember us? What do you hear from some of our Berne High classmates? One of them is right next door. Next door? Look, that sign says, ' Flick's Pool Room, Wallace Flucckiger, proprietor.' There he is now. Hello, Wally. How s the old boy? No, really? I wonder if Loren Heare does the same. He's a singing cowboy in many of these western pictures. The younger fans really like him, too! Here’s my car. Let's sit and listen to the radio for a while. Oh, it's the Hour of Nineteen

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KENT SPRUNGER Latin Club 1. ROBERT WITTWER Annual Staff 4; Latin Club 1. BEVERLY SPRUNGER A Cappella 3, 4; Cheering Club 3; Class Play 4; Latin Club 1; Operetta 4; Orchestra 1; Training Chorus 1, 2. COSETTA STEINER Cheering Club 3; A Cappella 3, 4; Training Chorus 1, 2; Class Play 3, 4; Operetta 4. JAMES SHOEMAKER A Cappella 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Brass Quartette 4; Class Play 4; Latin Club 1, 2; Operetta 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Training Chorus 1; Vocal Solo 4; Track 4. LEROY SPRUNGER Entered from Geneva; A Cappella 3, 4; Band 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Booster Club 4; Clarinet Quartette 3; High School Boys' Quartette 3, 4; Operetta 4; Orchestra 3, 4. MARILYN SMITH Associate Editor, Annual Staff; A Cappella 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster Club Secretary 2; Booster Club Vice President 4; Class Play 3, 4; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Cheering Club 3; Glee Club 3; Latin Club 1, 2; Operetta 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Pianist, Boys' Quartette 4; String Quartette 2, 3, 4; Training Chorus 1, 2; Class Vice President 3. FREDERICK STAUFFER A Cappella 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual Staff; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheering Club 3; Class Play 4; Class Vice President 4; High School Boys' Quartette 3, 4; Operetta 2, 4; Orchestra 3, 4; Training Chorus 1, 2; Vocal Solo 4; Woodwind Quintet 3, 4. Eighteen

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Charm”! I wonder who their new singer that they announced last week is? ”... we bring you Waneta Nussbaum, our new singing sensation.” Waneta Nussbaum! Why she's one of our old classmates, too. Isn't that beautiful singing? It surely is. Well, that program is over. Let’s listen to the news. . . . And now for a summary of the day's news. Admiral of the Navy Kent Sprunger has just made the announcement that he definitely will not run for President. Valier Amstutz, famous professor and atomic power expert, has discovered a new element, which he has named 'stutzonium.’ Construction of the bridge across the English Channel is nearly completed, American chief engineer Frederick Stauffer announced today. He and his English wife will be the first to drive across when the bridge is officially opened. A passenger train on the Atchison. Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad was derailed at Denver. The engineer, Walter Graber, was the only crewman who escaped unhurt. Now lor the sports news. i he Chicago Bears won against the Pistons, chiefly through the efforts of their star forward. Larry Liech-ty, who scored thirty two points. His average is now thirty points a game.” Fine, thanks. By the way, I just got a letter from Leroy Sprunger, with some news about our class. I'll read some of it. . . . Gerald Lehman is a big wheat rancher in Nebraska. Conrad Nagel is president of Nagel's, Inc., the largest greenhouse business in the U. S. Charles McCrory married his high school sweetheart and is playing baseball with the New York Yankees. Arthur Muselman is the Democratic party boss m Indiana. Willard Lehman is a civil engineer in Columbus, Ohio. Roger Bixler is a pharmacist in the Navy. . . .” I'll skip some here. It's just news about his town, family, and friends. His family, by the way, has four members besides himself— he has two girls and a boy. Here at the end he says, 'Come and see me sometime when my quartet sings in Pittsburgh.’ ” Well, I believe that completes the list of Berne High School graduates of 1948. There are thirty-two of them, and as far as I can see, all of them have made successes in life. Now we must be going along. We’ll sec you sometime—maybe at a class reunion. Ruth Allspaw Sally Bagley History of a Joke Age: One day—Freshman thinks it up and roars with laughter. Age: Two days—Freshman tells it to a senior who think it’s corny. Age: Three days—Senior turns it in to school paper as his original. Age: Two weeks—School paper prints it and doesn't mention Senior. Age: One month—Berne Witness prints it. Age: Three months—Twenty radio comedians use joke on program. Age: One year—Hollywood puts it into a movie. Age: Two years—Reader's Digest prints joke, credits it to the Saturday Evening Post. Age: Five years—Lum and Abner tell it. Age: Fifteen years—Biblical Recorders use it. Age: Twenty-five years—B. H. S. teachers use it in their classes to tell their students. Freshman: Huh? Sophomore: What? Junior: I beg your pardon. Senior: I did not comprehend the nature of your inquiry. Twenty