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

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e . Senior a add One score less ten years, the Senior Class of 1950 was ushered out into the world to try to acquire fame and glory. Let us find out who has succeeded by reading this story: Well, if it isn't my old classmate! Hi. Kathryn! Hi, Anna! I surely never dreamed of meeting you here in New York City. Are you on vacation? Yes, I am a nurse at the Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, and I came up here to see my sister this past week. What are you doing now? I am a secretary for the manager of Saks Fifth Avenue here in New York City. I am headed for Berne to spend my vacation. When are you planning to return? I am leaving today on the train. Why not ride along with me in my new Pontiac? Ted Lehman sold it to me last week. He is a Pontiac dealer here in New York. Why that would be swell! Wt can talk about our former classmates and what they are doing now. Keith Parr runs a filling station down the street here. He can service our car before we start for Berne. Well, we’re off! Have you seen any of our former classmates recently, Kathryn? I saw Eloise Smith just before I left Indianapolis. She set my hair. She now has her own Beauty Shop about one block from the hospital. Anna, where did you get that pretty dress? I got this in New York I bought it from Joan Moser and Deloris Liechty They run a small dress shop across the street from my office. By the way, have you heard anything about this new discovery people are talking about? Twenty No, I haven’t. What is it? Ronald Townsend and Duane Lehman discovered a secret element that is twice as powerful as that atomic bomb! They always were the chemists at school, weren’t they? Yes, and now they each have their own laboratory in Chicago. Let’s turn the radio on. Try and find some music if you can. Here’s some — listen, don’t those voices sound familiar? You have just heard Miss Mary Fuhrer and Mr. William Barrett in the Opera AIDA. And now we bring you a special news bulletin. Supreme Court Justice Russell Hirschy has just announced that he will definitely run for President. Listen to that! I knew Russell would accomplish something great some day, didn't you, Anna? Yes, I knew it when he was still in high school. I got a letter from Virginia Habegger yesterday. She wrote that she met Gyneth Liechty at a Missionary Conference in India. They were very glad to see each other. Look at that neat restaurant! Let’s stop for a bite to eat. Look who the waitress is! Why, I believe it is Joan Habegger. Hi! Joan. Well, if it isn't my old classmates! You don't work here yourself, do you Joan? No, my husband and I own it. LaMar! Here is someone you know. You two should have stopped a half-hour sooner and you would have met Ronnie and Cynthia. Ronnie is the pastor of a church in Landsdale, Pennsylvania. In the letter I got from Janice Amstutz, she

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Left Down: Our up and coming photographer. Robbers.” Lovebirds. Bell incident. Center Down: Wait till Mr. Webb hears of this. This can't be. hating the profits.” Right Down: Joseph's jacket.” Charles Atlas IT. Raiding the icebox. What will it be? Nineteen

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wrote that she got transferred to a different hospital where she is the head of the nurses' staff. She also said that Sherry Habegger is an interior decorator in that same town. That reminds me, Judson Lehman recently accepted a position as a professional artist in Columbus, Ohio. We had better get some more gas at this station. Isn't that attendant Walter Mazelin? Hi! Remember us? Well, we are finally in Elkhart. Let’s find a place to eat. Isn't that Dorothy Bertsch across the street? Hi. Dorothy! What are you doing here? I am a medical secretary for Dr. Ross. Do you know that Bonnie Huser is here in Elkhart, too? She works in the Bank. I also got a letter from Anna Laura Weidler. She is the librarian in Auburn, Ind. The Zollncr Pistons are playing in Fort Wayne tonight, Anna, would you like to go? Howard Habegger is now playing with the Pistons. He’s high point man every time! Yes, I want to see Howard play again. I also read in the paper that Jerry Lehman recently became manager of the team. I bet he's proud! Isn't that Julia Liechty over there by the door? I wonder what she is doing now. She is a nurse in the Lutheran Hospital. She is married and lives here in Fort Wayne. Shirley Hirschy is a child evangelism worker in Fort Wayne. She always did like children, didn't she? Well, I'll have to hurry back to Berne or you will miss your bus back to Indianapolis, Kathryn. John Burke, who is now married and has a family, is an assistant to Cliff Gilliom—his father-in-law at Dunbars. Richard Augsburger is now manager of the Berne Witness. He is now married to his high school sweetheart, Pauline Seesenguth. They read the Witness to their two children every other night. I see David Gehman has followed his father's profession. He is a minister in California. Logan is now head man of the Chevy garage in Berne, and Doyle Lehman is a farmer. He owns a 200 acre farm. He is married and has twin boys. Well, here's good old Berne, again. There are Mary Lou Walchle and Elsie Lehman talking together. Hi girls! Elsie, are you still private secretary for your father at the Lumber Company? Yes, I am. Mary Lou, what are you doing now? I am a housewife here in Berne. Les, my husband, gave our little boy a pair of boxing gloves for his birthday. I will try and locate Lillian Baumgartner some time when I go back to Indianapolis. She is a cheerleader at Indiana University. Well, Kathryn, there's your bus. I am sure we are convinced that our former classmates have all succeeded, aren't you? Yes, I am. Good bye, .Anna. So-long, Kathryn. Anna Schwartz Kathryn Soldner Twenty-one