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

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'TWAS the DAY Before GRADUATION Tvvas the day before graduation, and all thru the school, All the seniors were loafing, with nothing to do. Three girls were nestled all busy in the art-room; MARJORIE. JOYCE, and CARO were drawing a cartoon. And NANCY with her EDDIE, and IMOGENE and JACK, Had just gone outside for a nice little chat. Suddenly inside the chemistry room there arose such a commotion, Since KARL, NED. and RODNEY had not planned on an explosion. Away to the study hall LYNETTE and MARGARET cruised, Called President JOHN, who was taking a snooze. The sun on the crest of the now-melting snow. Revealed PHYLLIS. SUZANNE, and MARINELL each with her beau. When suddenly my wondering eyes did tarry On fast-moving Asthma loaded with ROGER and GERRY. With a handsome young driver so tall and so slim, I knew in a moment it must be Saint JIM. ARLAN, BILL, and JERROLD seemed to be quite disturbed; Along with the CHARLESES they were saying these words: “On Latin, on history, on math, on English, On chemistry, on home-ec, on safety, on Spanish; Far away from this school, far away from this hall. Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!” As STEVEN and PAUL were holding a caucus. They met with an obstacle, “Mount to the office.” So up to the courtroom opr pals, they flew; Where they met some ornery friends, namely GALEN and STU. And then in a twinkling I heard right close by, A cute little giggle; could be none but JOY. As I drew back my wits and was turning to go, Down the stairs came VIRGINIA, with JEROME RAUCH, her beau. LUTE was dressed all in blue, playing fast basketball, While JANE led the crowd in yelling “R h! Rah!” Four cases of pop DEWAYNE carried right in. He looked like a big shot just opening the canteen. Her eyes, how they sparkle, her dimples, they show. You’ve guessed who it is, our own BARBARA JO! ZENANA and GRACE, a jolly pair, as you see. And the hair on their heads is as red as can be. Thev have long curlv hair and each a lovelv voice. LOUISE and MARILYN HABEGGER attract all the boys. JEROME. VAN. and LESTER had some Ag books to read; And JUDY, NEVA, and SHIRLEY in home-ec were sewing a seam. TOM is our editor; he cracks jokes quite cunning; Oh. I heard ALICE laugh, though nothing was funny. And a wink from JIM GEHMAN and a smile from BARB K., Just now goes to prove we were all feeling gay. DONNA MAE and MARILYN NUSSBAUM were behaving for a change, Since they’re always in trouble, it really seemed strange. Then laying aside all, to no one they heeded; Out the front door the seniors proceeded. Thev sprang to their cars, to the teachers gave cheers, And away they all flew without any tears. But I heard them exclaim ere they drove out of town, “HAPPY SCHOOLDAYS TO ALL. THANK GOODNESS. WE’RE DONE.” Twenty-two RUTH ANN LIECIITY

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Now we’ll start the second half of our Parade of Stars with a lecture by the famous orator, JEROME LEHMAN. He’s well known for his fine speeches. Ladies, if you want to be “fixed up,” be sure and go to JUDY RYF. She’s an excellent beautician. SHIRLEY HARTMAN is a housewife and is living in Berne. JOHN COOK is a mattress tester. That way he gets plenty of rest. The latest styles will be brought to you by the famous model, SUZANNE YAGER. VAN WULLIMAN is a Veterinarian. His business is going to the dogs. Beaming to you from this billboard, you see ALICE HABEGGER. She poses for a toothpaste company. We’ll now have another number of music brought to you by MARGARET BAUMGARTNER. who is an organist at Carnegie Hall in New York City. CHARLES SPURGEON is a wonderful chemistry teacher. He’s following his father’s footsteps. Manager of Yoder’s Candies. Inc. is our own canteen manager, DEWAYNE YODER. JOY STEINER TOD is living at Upland, Indiana, where her husband is president of Taylor University. JERROLD NEUENSCHWANDER has control of the News-Sentinel. His advertisements brought our large crowd here tonight. If you want a dress designer, see CARO MOSER or DONNA NUSSBAUM. They’ll do their best for you. LUTHER LEHMAN has taken over Mikan’s place. He’s really racking up the points. At this point of the program, we have a short act by those famous comedians, ZENANA HAWKINS. JAMES GEHMAN, and GRACE LIECHTY. VIRGINIA NEUENSCHWANDER is the wife of one of Berne’s wealthiest farmers. She will give us a brief report on “Life on the Farm.” NED KIPFER is following in Einstein’s footsteps. We’re all proud of him. Remington Rand presents to us their first woman president, JOYCE LEHMAN. She’s very efficient. Next to last on our Parade of Stars is LOUISE STAUFFER. She's helping Lawrence run Sprunger Lehman. NEVA SPRUNGER. the well-known piano teacher, will end our program with a piano number.” This is Les Meshberger saying that's all for this year. We hope you enjoyed our program of Parade of Stars. Twenty-one

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We. the class of 1954. being of more or less sound body and mind, and recognizing the inevitable approach of the climax to our high school ••daze. also desiring to leave our prized possessions to those deserving underclassmen, do hereby declare this document to be our last will and testament. To the faculty, those patient, unsung heroes, we will our undying thanks. (Also we take back all the dirty looks and unkind thoughts!) To the juniors, we will our ability to rule with dignity. To the sophomores, we will our quietness and sincerity. To the freshmen, we will our unlimited experience. If spread about lavishly, it may be used up completely during their remaining three years. I. ARLAN BALSIGER, will my ability to get a car any time I need it to TONY LIECHTY. 1. MARGARET BAUMGARTNER, will my ability to study hard to OMER SPRUNGER. I. GALEN BAUMGARTNER, will my physique to LESTER SMITH. I. MARJORIE BLUHM. will my splendid art ability to CAROL MESHBERGER. I. BARBARA BURDG, will my love for gorillas to RAMONA STAUFFER. I. TOM BURKE, will my ability to be an efficient annual editor to O'lTO SCHUG. I. JANE CLAUSER. will my twirling ability to LARRY GERBER. I. JOHN COOK, will my ability to sleep in class to ALAN EICHENBERGER. I. CHARLES DeARMOND. will my ability to get around to MAHLON GEHMAN. I. NANCY EICHER. will my love for laughter to COLLEEN HENDRICKS. I. EDDIE FLUECKIGER. will my ability to go steady during my senior year to BEN SI’RUNGER. I. JAMES GEHMAN. will my bright remarks to ZENITH STRAHM. I. ALICE HABEGGER. will my sense of humor to CAMERON WEBB. I, MARILYN HABEGGER. will my Ipana smile to PAT FLUECKIGER. I. SHIRLEY HARTMAN, will my quiet nature to BLONDIE BAUMGARTNER. I. ZENANA HAWKINS, will my nerve to skip school to anyone who is brave enough to try it. I. GERRY HILTY. will my high batting average to CARL LIECHTY. I. NED KIPFER. will my love for physics to KAREN LUGINBILL. I. BARBARA KLOPFENSTEIN. will my beautiful alto voice to CONNIE LIECHTY. I. IMOGENS LEHMAN, will my flirting ways to my sister. PAT. I. JOYCE LEHMAN, will my typing ability to JOHN KIRCHHOFER. I. JEROME LEHMAN, will my free flow of words to LaVERNE HARTMAN. I. LUTHER LEHMAN, will my love for basketball to JERRY FLUECKIGER. I. MARINELL LEHMAN, will my ability to get a diamond to CAROL LANTZ. I. RODNEY LEHMAN, will my ability to get Miss Blue aroused to any junior boy who takes pride in doing so. I. GRACE LIECHTY. will my pleasing personality to anyone who has need of it. I, RUTH ANN LIECHTY. will my ability to get Superior at State Contest to PATSY BAUSERMAN. I. LESTER MESHBERGER. will my good looks to RONNIE MYERS. I. STUART MILLER, will my ability to get the girls to TOM EHRSAM. I. CARO MOSER, will my jolliness to PHYLLIS MOSER. I. JERROLD NEUENSCHWANDER. will my parakeets to KEN NEUENSCHWANDER. I. VIRGINIA NEUENSCHWANDER. will my violin to ELAINE HABEGGER. I. DONNA NUSSBAUM. will my ability to get along with everyone to LINDA HEYERLY. I. LYNETTE NUSSBAUM. will Leon Habegger to no one. absolutely no one!! I, MARILYN NUSSBAUM. will my ability to give good speeches to CAROL McCRORY. I. JEROME RAUCH, will my blue eyes to KENNY REINHARD. I. ROGER RAWLEY. will my left-field position to LARRY SIMON. I. JACK RABINE. will my ability to go with cheerleaders to DON LLOYD, who already has made a good start. Twenty-three