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

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Left down: Should I? Dan's Christmas present. Poor ol, Jesse James! Fritz.,' Center: Romeo and Juliet. The Q'Mi1k Boysf' Sober Seniors! Fritz Krisler II. Senior Shin-dig! Right: Mr. President. Always together! A Forty-niner! Upside clown? Bathing beauty! Twenty

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Say, Emma Jane, did you hear about the new scientific discovery made by Richard I-lirschy? He invented a rocket which goes to the sun without human control. I read about it in the paper the other day. NI think I did hear something about it. Speaking about discoveries reminds me of Ruth's discovery-a husband. I have heard that he is a great singer traveling with an evangelistic party and she has now joined him. It sounds like our classmates have all gone at things in a big way, doesn't it? This must be California already. This trip has certainly seemed short.- Maybe we had better head for the Governor's mansion to see what the gold rush is all about. i'That's a good idea. My, look at all the people around the capital. Something must really be going on. How strange, but the peo- ple all seem to be from the class of '49. This has turned out to be a gold rush of the class of '49. Over there is Delora Graber who is traveling from coast to coast with her husband who is a nationally known evangelist. Arlene I-labegger is also happily married but she and Vaughn are finding that a ministerls life is not such an easy one. Maggie has been married to her old flame who is now a history profes- sor at a midwestern University. Have you talked to any of the boys in our class, Anna Jane? Yes, and the boys haven't done bad for themselves either. Marvin now owns the largest garage in Los Angeles where he is do- ing big business, I hear. Somebody just now told me that Palmer I-leare has chosen the Army as his career and has done very well, too. l'le's now a captain. Merlin Lehman told me a little while ago that he has completed his fourth tour across the country as concert vi- olinist. Milton Lehman and Merlin Steiner seem to be having an interesting discussion on farming prospects for this year. They have both been very successful farmers for quite a David Nussbaum is telling Jumbo Liechty, who is now Vice President of the famous Liechty Construction Company, about the time he got his foot caught in a few years now. customer's door when he was selling products from the exclusive Nussbaum, Inc., in down- town Berne. Say, Emma Jane, what's going on in that group over there? Larry Rich is entertaining again by telling some of his tall stories as usual. Larry is al- most as famous as Bunyon himself for fall stories. Alice seems to be having trouble with her little brood and Merlie can't seem to do much about it. Marjorie and Areta are right on the spot, though, to diagnos their case. These girls, besides being registered nurses have families of their own. It looks like Paul Weller has turned out to be the big business man in our class. Not only is he in big busi- ness, but he also teaches school on the side. I think our entire class has been represented here, hasnit it, Anna Jane? Yes, with the exception of two members who are both abroad. Tom Zehr is now di- rector of a famous choral group which is touring Europe at this time. The other mem- ber absent is Donna Mae Sprunger who de- cided that she liked her name well enough to keep it after she was married. She and her husband are serving as missionaries in South America. Our class has certainly lived up to its name of 49ers. Each member of our class has really dug for character rather than for gold. Anna Jane Habegger Emma Jane Nussbaum his Pk PF Pk Mule in the farmyard, lazy and sick Boy with pin on the end of a stick Boy jabbed the mule, mule gave a lurch, fServices Sunday at M. E. Churcl'1.J Pk Pk bk Pk They reached the gate in silence, he lifted down the bars, They walked the lane together, the sky was covered with stars, She raised her brown eyes to him, thereis nothing between them now, For he was just a farmer's boy, and she-a Jersey cowl as Pk as Pk There was an old man of Blackheath Who sat on his set of false teeth, I-le cried, with a start Oh, Lord bless my heart! I,ve bitten myself underneath! Nineteen

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We the Senior Class of Une Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Nine, being of more or less sane mind, and of excellent judgment in matters both educational and otherwise, must, as every student does sooner or later, leave from this scene of learning commonly known as Berne High School. We hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. Hear ye, Hear ye, all ye who have ears, the following document, duly drawn and sworn fo: To our beloved teachers we will our patience and 'love and our hours of hard work. To the Juniors we will the affection Miss Blue has for us. To the Sophomores, we will our dignified personality and our neat appearance. To the Freshmen we will all our fun and entertainment which we have had in our past four years. I, Sharon Allspaw, will my ability to get the car whenever I want it to Shirley I-Iirschy. I, Marvin Amstutz, will my mechanical abil- ity to Jerry Lehman. I, Harry Eckrote, will the affection Miss Blue has for me to Keith Parr. I, Johnny fDanQ Eichenberger, will my abil- ity to play basketball to Bill Barrett. I, Delora Graber, will my empty stationery box and fountain pen to Cynthia Kirchhofer. I, Anna Jane I-Iabegger, will my love for music to anyone who cares for it. I, Arlene I-Iabegger, will my ability to blush to Anna Schwartz. I, Palmer Heare, will my art ability to Wal- ter Mazelin. I, Richard I-Iirschy, will my love for Science to LaMar Winteregg. I, Ruth Inniger, will my pleasing personal- ity to anyone who can acquire it. I, Phyllis Kneuss, will my love for singing to anyone who likes it as well as I do. , I, Jack Lehman, will my ability to be the only Senior boy going steady with a Senior girl to Judson Lehman. I, Maggie Lehman, will my four years of cheerleading to Gretchen Bagley. I, Merlin Lehman, will my violin and my ability to play it to next year's orchestra. I, Milton Lehman, will my farming knowl- edge to Ted Lehman. I, Robert Liechty, will my wavy hair to John Paul Burke. I, Roselyn Liechty, will my love for Book- keeping to anyone who takes it. I, Claudette Nagel, will my quiet nature to Gyneth Liechty. I, David Nussbaum, will my Ford and my speedy driving to Logan Sprunger, I, Emma Jane Nussbaum, will my privilege of reciting poems for Mr. Spurgeon to any- one who is lucky enough to get it. I, Marjorie Rawley, will my ability to make high class grades and still work late at the Palmer House to Joan Moser. I, Larry Rich, will my bright jokes and re- marks to Walter Baumgartner. I, Alice Schug, will my natural curly hair to Joan Lehman. I, Areta Sprunger, will my small features to Arlene Balsiger. I, Carol Sprunger, will my popularity and friendliness to Elsie Lehman. I, Donna Mae Sprunger, will my Clay dream- ing to Lillian Baumgartner. I, Frederick Sprunger, will my privilege of sitting in the back seat in Literature class to anyone who can get it. I, Merlin Steiner, will my class ring to Carolyn Bixler. I, Paul Weller, will my knowledge for Phys- ics to George Balsiger. I, Tommie Zehr, will my enormous appeti- te to Art Habegger. Signed, Alice Schug Areta Sprunger Roselyn Liechty Twenty-one