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

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Appeared before me this first day of May, I955, the 54th graduating class of Berne-French High School. They have acknowledged before me, this to be their last will and testament. To the faculty-the wisdom to continue. To the juniors-honor. To the sophomores-integrity. To the freshmen-courage. I, KEITH AMSTUTZ, will my interest in Geneva to LEON GOULD. I, ROBERT AMSTUTZ, will my ability to distract the female clerks when at work to POWELL SPRUNGER. I, LOIS BAUER, will my ability to get an enormous class ring to CONNIE VON GUNTEN. I, EILEEN BAUMGARTNER, will my tiny waistline to any girl who needs it. I, HELEN BAUMGARTNER, will my position as a study hall teacher to anyone who thinks they would be able to bear it. I, SALLY BEER, will my red hair to BETTE SMITH so she won't have to rinse hers. I, DUANE BLUHM, will my cheerleading ability to TOM KIRCHHOFER. I, DAVID CANEN, will my ability to talk in fourth period study hall without getting caught to JOHN NUSSBAUM. I, ALAN EICHENBERGER, will my love for chemistry to RUTH ANN ZIMMERMAN. I, CHARLES FIECHTER, will my initiative and leadership ability to STANLEY LEHMAN. I, DONNA HABEGGER, will my jolly ways to ROSE MARY MOSER. I, ELAINE HABEGGER, will my nicknames-Squeaky, Crushy, Habby, Louie-tr Grace Habegger. We, HARRY and LARRY GERBER, will all the troubles we've had as twins to BERN- ARD and BERDELL LEHMAN. I, LA VERNE HARTMAN, will my quiet ways to PETE SCHUG. I, JOHN HEARE, will my excess weight CPD to ERNIE LEHMAN. I, THEDA HELLER, will my extensive typing ability to PETER BRAUER. I, COLLEEN HENDRICKS, will myself and all my love to WES HERMAN. I, LINDA HEYERLY, will my old green fIizzer to NANCY JO LIECHTY. I, NEVA HIRSCHY, will my ambition to be a nurse to GEORGIA HAECKER. I, SHARLENE HUFFMAN, will my blond hair to whoever asks for it first. I, NORMA INNIGER, will my half of the locker to no one, absolutely no one! I, RAWLEY JONES, will my love for girls to DEAN HENDRICKS. I, JOHN KIRCHHOFER, will my dainty little feet to BUTCH ALLSPAW. I, CAROL LANTZ, will my empty stationery box to PAT FLUECKIGER. I, CHARLES LEHMAN, will my chair in the brass quartette to MELVILLE SPRUNGER. I, KAREN LEHMAN, will my ability to win prizes showing Guernsey cows to PATSY BAUSERMAN. I, MARIE LEHMAN, will my love for horses to SHERRILL FELBER. I, MARILYN LEHMAN, will my ability to get along with the town officials to KEITH WELCH. I, CONNIE LIECHTY, will my ability to get the can and blitz around to ANITA NUSSBAUM. I, KAREN LEHMAN, will my ability to win prizes showing Guernsey cows to PATSY to GUY GIVENS. I, CAROL MCCRORY, will my natural curly hair to JUDY YAGER. I, RONALD MYERS, will my boistrous laugh to anyone who wishes to annoy the teachers. I, JOAN NEUEN, after having spent four years in B.F.H.S. have nothing left to will. I, PAT NYFFLER, will my ability to attract customers to the City Lunch to PAT PATTERSON. .

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KAYE SUDDETH RUBY VELEZ CAMERON WEBB As good as gold. Kind and neat, gentle and sweet, to Very baghfull so Im fold so mcg appella 3 4 G ,ISI glee Club 1, 2: know her is really a treat. boy should be more bold Spanish Club 3 Latin Club l, Art Club l, 2, 3: Spanish Baseball 4, Intramurals 3 A Art Club 3 Club 3, 4, Masque and Gavel 4, CLASS HISTORY On the fourth day of September four years ago, fifty-seven newcomers entered B.F.l-l.S. As in preceding years, we had trouble finding lockers and getting to the right classes at the proper time. After the preliminary hardships, we finally began to find our places in the whirl of high school life. Our first taste of this new life was our election of class officers. We chose Alan Eichenberger, president, Ben sprunger, vice president, Charles Fiechter, secretary, and John Kirchhofer, treasurer. In the spring of our first year every- one had a wonderful time at a party at the State Forest. We moved into our sophomore year by electing Ben Sprunger, president, Otto Schug, vice president, Evelyn Pfister, secretary, and Norma lnniger, treasurer. We made our presence very obvious by winning the yelling contest and being the first class to hold the plaque that goes with this title. To show that next year we would be of Junior level we chose our class rings in the spring of 1953. We tried the novel experience for our class party of having a scavenger hunt, which proved to be rather tiring but very interesting. As we entered our third year of high school, we began to feel the responsibility of in' creased activity. Charles Fiechter, Ben Sprunger, Ramona Starffer, and Norma lnniger were elected class officers. The first really big event of our school life was the staging of our junior class play Room for One More. We had our annual spring party in the form of a variety show followed by a box social. We completed our junior year by entertaining the seniors at the traditional Junior-Senior Reception, the theme being Count Every Star. ln the fall of l955 there were mixed emotions as we began to realize that we were nearing the end of our high school days. Of the fifty-seven who originally composed the class of '55, fifty remained, ln order to make the most of our final year we elected the following officers: Charles Fiechter, president, Ben Sprunger, vice president, Theda Heller, secretary, and Norma lnniger, treasurer. ln March we presented our senior class play Papa Was a Preacher. Living up to our reputation of doing things out of the ordinary, we had a Backwards Party as our final class get-together, Finally came the Junior-Senior Reception, the excitement of Senior Week, Baccalaureate, and Commencement. As we are graduating, we do not forget those who have departed-Marvin Graber and Hazel Balsiger.

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I, EVELYN PFISTER, will my ability to get good grades to my sisters, LUCILLE and ROZELLA. I, BOB REINHARD, will my motorcycle to JOHN HARVEY AUGSBURGER. I, BILL REYNOLDS, will my ability to be an efficient student manager to PETE GILLIOM. l, OTTO SCHUG, will my ability to speak fluently to LUELLA SCHWARTZ. I, LESTER SMITH, will my beat-up pick-up truck to BOB DILLE. I, BEN SPRUNGER, will my love for Southern Belles to anyone who has the op- portunity of going down South. I, OMER SPRUNGER, will my wornout baseball shoes to the second shelf of the trophy case. I, ANNE STAHLY, will my love for Eagles to NANCY SMITH. I, RAMONA STAUFFER, will my popularity to SANDRA GILLIOM. I, ZENITH STRAHM, will my quiet nature to MYRNA HABEGGER. I, BILL STUCKY, will my big, beautiful car to BILL RUMPLE. I, KAYE SUDDUTH, will my ability to write love letters in Senior English Class without getting caught to all the Junior girls. I, RUBY VELEZ, will my accordion to my sister, PHYLLIS. I, CAMERON WEBB, will my statistical ability to MILES ELEY. Being a legal and accredited member of the A.B.A., I do hereby state the above to be of sound mind and body and declare this document to be legal in the due process of law. E. L. Habegger, LL.D. THE CLASS PROPHECY A DRAMA IN ONE ACT By E. L. Habegger, Playwright Time: I965 Setting: Here and there and everywhere. CMusic low-House lights dim-Curtain rise-Production beginj RON: Roger and over. Hi! I'm RONALD MYERS flying around in my space ship. CS.E. Jetj What was that? I think I'll radio that plane and find out who is it. CTalks on radioj Why it's JOHN HEARE! He's a let test pilot. Say, John, do you know where any of our old classmates are? JOHN: OTTO SCHUG is a lawyer in Oklahoma City. RON: I think l'll cruise over and see him. By, John. CTime lapsej RON: Hi, Ott. How are you doing? OTTO: I'm feeling rather ill. I iust underwent major surgery a few weeks ago and guess who my good-looking nurse was? KAYE SUDDETH. She told me that KAREN LUGINBILL, MARILYN LEHMAN, NEVA HIRSCHY, and MARIE LEHMAN are also in the nursing profession. ' RON: Say, who owns that new gun shop across the street? OTTO: Our old friend, RAWLEY JONES, II. And did you know that ALAN EICH- ENBERGER is a chemistry professor at the University of Texas. RON: No, but the other day on television I saw HARRY and LARR GERBER play- ing their accordions and RUBY VELEZ was the guest singing star. OTTO: That sounds great. RAMONA STAUFFER has her own program on our local TV station. RON: Oh, really? I think l'lI blast off for California. CSound of rushing airj Well, here I am. There's the large Sacramento speech defect clinic. That must be where HELEN BAUMGARTNER is teaching. Over on the other side of the