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

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I. JOHN NUSSBAUM. will my sudden interesi in girls to LEONARD BALSIGER. I. PAT PATTERSON, will my knowledge of shorthand to anyone who thinks they might he able to use it in the future. I. KENNY REIYHARD. will the ability to write interesting themes for Miss Blue to TOM LEHM Y I. BILL RUMPLE, will my outgrown cowboy boots to FRITZ WHITEHURST. I, LUELLA SCHWARTZ, will my quiet and studious (?) nature to DANA SCHINDLER. I. LARRY SIMON, will the ability to be ornery ami not get caught to CARL LIECHTY. I. NANCY SMITH, will the job of being the efficient “Hall Echoes editor to LUCILLE PFISTER. I, LEE SPRUNGER. will the ability to be a good canteen manager to the lucky soul whose job it is next year. I. LYNN SPRl NGER. will my look sharp, feel sharp, and be sharp character to FRED STAHLY. I. RITA SPRl NGER. will my love for designing and sewing clothes to my sister. GNES. I. CONNIE VON GUNTEN, will my ability to dream about a certain someone to anyone whose friend is in faraway places. I. DICK WEAVER, will my soft voice and quiet manner to KEITH MINCER. I. TOM WILKNS. will my common sense to LYNN LEHMAN in hopes that it will improve him as it has me. I. ROSCOE Vi I LLIMAN. bestow my life and love upon that one certain particular junior girl. I. ROSIE YAGER, will the ability to talk convincingly to the teachers especially about something I know nothing about to NORMA LEHMAN. I. Rl HI ANN ZIMMERMAN, will my love and understanding of chemistry to anyone who has trouble with it. We hereby, being of sound mind and clear conscience do constitute and appoint Kenlyn Augsburger. Editor-in-Chief of Our Yesterdays, as the sole executor of this our last will and testament. Class Prophecy May 22. 1966 Dear Diary. Sitting here alone in my cozy New York apartment it seems almost impossible that only ten years ago our class graduated from a small high school in the Swiss community of Berne. Indiana. I wonder where all my classmates are and what they are doing. Lately I have been quite busy designing clothes for leading manufacturers. One of these is Hanni. Inc. The other day I saw MADAME GEORGIA HAECKER modeling some of my originals for JIM HANNI. She really looked chic especially considering the fact that she is married and the mother of two longs” that are still rather short. Smiling from my dresser is a portrait of the famous actress. LUCILLE LIECHTY. which she said was painted for her by KENNY REINHARD. Here in New York we have a very fine minister. JERRY’ FLUCKIGER. He delivers messages both challenging and sincere. May 30. 1966 Dear Diary. It was a pleasure for me to again see two of my former classmates today. BECKY I.IECHTY' was motored to New Y’ork‘s La Guardia Airport by CONNIE VON GUNTEN. Becky is going to Africa as a missionary nurse. Connie has been collecting new Olds-mobiles as a hobby. They informed me that DAVE GII.I.IOM is now the shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers. MYLES ELEY is a Dodger statistician and keeps things running smoothly. Thinking of traveling. I have received a short contract in Paris and in about a month I shall be leaving. June 12. 1966 Dear Diary. Today I received a very interesting letter from CLAUDIA JO AMSTUTZ. She is the head of Chicago’s Samaritan Home and is in charge of five hundred orphans. Seemingly George Gobel may as well pull up his stakes and quit TV for ANTONIO LIECHTY’ is attracting enormous TV fame as a top-notch commedian. Also in the line of TYr in Chicago. JOHN NUSSBAUM has followed the vocation of a TV technician.

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Last Will and Testament Having learned all there is to know, we, the 1956 Senior Class of Herne-French High School, being of sound mind do hereby grant this, our last will and testament, rendering all other wills made during a period of temporary sanity be accounted null and void. To our deserving faculty we will a long restful vacation in order to recuperate from all the trying experiences we have brought them. To the juniors we give the ability to reign honorably as the oldest, most capable, and most intelligent class of B.F.H.S. To the sophomores we leave our tremendous volume which has given us the reputation as the noisiest class in school, hoping that they can someday acquire the yelling plaque. To the freshmen we will the good humor and courage it takes to survive an adventuresome. but hectic, high school career. 1, CLAUDIA JO AMSTUTZ, will the numerous tardinesses I have acquired through my high school years to SUE ANN GRABER. I. JOHN HARVEY AUGSBURGER, will STEVE LIECHTY my ability to stay out of trouble. I. KENLYN AUGSBURGER. bequeath mv wandering imagination to DONNA FAUS-NAUGH I. PAT BAUSERMAN, will all the lost hairs from mv violin bow to ROSY BAUMGARTNER. I. BARBARA BERTSCH, bestow my love upon a certain Bluffton graduate. I. PAUL BIXLER, will a perfect aim to anyone who loves to hunt. I. MADELYN CLAUSER. will my neatness plus my tailored appearance to SHEILA PRICE, who already has acquired them. I. TOM EHRSAM. will my charming smile to all the girls of B.F.H.S. I. MYLES ELEY, will the tremendous responsibility of statistician to DWIGHT LEHMAN. I. JERRY FLUCKIGER. will my sound reasoning and practicability to STANLEY LEHMAN. I. KAYE FLIJECKIGER. will the ability to arrange mv school studies efficiently to ELAINE GOULD. I. PAT FLUECKIGER, leave my beautiful soprano voice with next year’s A Cappella. I. MAHLON GEHMAN. do will and bequeath mv refusal to talk about anyone behind their back to WAYNE AMSTUTZ. I. DAVID CILLIOM. will next year’s student council president the ability to be a capable leader. I. SANDRA CILLIOM. bequeath my long, curly eyelashes to JUDY YAGER. I. LEON GOULD, do bequeath my beautiful “Toni” plus bobby pins to LYNN RENNER. I. GRACE HABEGGER, bestow my musical and scholastical talents upon DORIS LIECHTY. I. MYRNA HABEGGER, will my shiny auburn hair to DIANNE HABEGGER. I. GEORGIA HAECKERT will my graceful walk and pleasant manners to anyone who needs them. I. JIM HANNI. will my bold (?), boisterous character to DAVID STAHLY. I. DAVID HEARE. will my good natured personality to CHARLES STUDLER. 1. DEAN HENDRICKS, bestow my admiration for the fairer sex upon GUY GIVENS. I, BERDELL LEHMAN, will my beat-up tuba to DAVE KLOPFENSTEIN. I. HER NERD LEHMAN, will my ability to blush easily to GARY BEATY. I. AMOS LIECHTY. will my ability to take school life so easily as to sleep in classes to POWELL SPRUNGER. I. TONY LIECHTY, will my dramatic gestures to JOHN SPURGEON. I. DORIS LIECHTY, will my expressive eyes to MARGERY MOSER. I. LUCY LIECHTY. will my vigor, vim, dash, and go to JUDY NUSSBAUM. I. NANCY JO LIECHTY, will my knack for talking and enjoying myself while doing so to JIM NUSSBAUM, who docs so already. I. REBEKAH LIECHTY, will my cute laugh to REGGIE SPRUNGER. I. DON LLOYD, will the luck of having a convertible to anyone who is fortunate enough to receive one. I. ED MASON, wish next year’s French horn players the ability to tune their horns. I, LAWRENCE NEUEN, will my tiny (?) features to TOM REYNOLDS. I. KEN NEUENSCHWANDER. will my “hot” trumpet to MELVILLE SPRUNGER. I, ANITA NUSSBAUM. will my driving technique to DIXIE LLOYD.

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Claudia met a former classmate recently who was none other than LEE SPRUNGER. Lee is the manager of the world’s largest confectionery. A small distance out of the city is KENLYN AUGSBURCER. who is teaching at the West Suburan School of Nursing, Oak Park. Illinois. June 28. 1966 Dear Diary. At last 1 am in the romantic city of Paris, France. When I flew over on one of T.W.A.'s jet-propelled planes. NANCY SMITH was the charming and attractive hostess. ROSIE YAGER is an airline stewardess for Eastern Airlines and both of them are finding hostessing as exciting as they had expected it to be. This evening I shall attend Mozart’s opera. “The Marriage of F'igaro.’’ of which LAWRENCE NEUEN. the famous opera star, has the leading role as Figaro. August 2. 1966 Dear Diary. It feels grand to be back home in Berne for my vacation. The weather is pretty hot. but BILL RUMPLE. Adams County’s Agricultural Agent, declares that it is an absolute must for the bumper corn crop which he has predicted. ROSCOE WULLIMAN owns a 300-acre estate and specializes mostly in poultry. AMOS LIECHTY, JR., owns his own feed mill and seems to be getting all Berne trade. What would you do if you came home to be met with such shocking news? DEAN HENDRICKS, BERNERD LEHMAN, and DON LLOYD are all farmers in French Township! Influence means a good deal these days. I guess. When a crisis arises, they refer to their belter halves who surprisingly (?) have a vast knowledge of farming. Right along with this time of the year comes the annual Adams County 4-H Fair. This year DICK WEAVER is judging all the livestock. One of the first things I noticed when I came home is that the Berne Witness has taken on a new front. Upon unquisition. 1 was informed that JOHN HARVEY AUGS-BURGER now does the printing. BARBARA BERTSCH PERRY has settled down in Berne and has a family of three. When she calls for them, she says. “Perry, como. Her friend. Doris Liechty, is a foreladv of the Berne Furniture Company. The new manager of the Berne Hardware, F'.I) MASON, is runing large ads in the Witness every day. His business is really prospering. MYRNA HABEGGER has been named the head nurse of Berne’s new hospital. In her staff are included SANDY GII.LIOM and RUTH ANN ZIMMERMAN, who is Berne's first lady doctor and heart specialist. KAYF1 F'LUECKIGF R is the receptionist. Visiting the school. Ye Ole Berne-French High. I noticed that several new teachers have been added to the faculty. MADELYN CLAUSER is in charge of the home economics department. TOM WILKINS is teaching all commercial subjects, and TOM EHRSAM is coaching the Bears for a champion team. What’s new in the office? BERDELL LEHMAN i the lenient principal and ANITA NUSSBAUM is his efficient secretary. The local TV station is a new attraction. GRACE HABEGGER. PAT PATTERSON, and LUELLA SCHWARTZ are all stenographers there. The news caravan is accredited to MAHI.ON GF'FJMAN, who is the news commentator. KEN NFIUF'NSCHWANDER gives the weather outlook. A helpful program for housewives is under the supervision of NANCY JO LIECHTY. August 15. 1966 Dear Diary. One of the last features in my vacation schedule is a drive to Indianapolis. Here 1 have found the remainder of our dear class. PAT FLUECKIGER STUCKY spends all her spare time singing. She reports that PAT BAUSERMAN is the first chair violinist in the Boston Pops Orchestra. LYNN SPRUNGER and LARRY SIMON are Cadillac dealers in the city and in their leisure they and DAVE HEARE help young hot rodders soup their cars up. A sports shop recently opened is under the management of PAUL BIXI.F'R. He has an unlimited selection of rifles. Well. well. I just saw LEON GOULD, who has been awarded three golden discs for his crooning. He has become quite popular with the teenagers everywhere. It all goes to show we have a little world after all. and even though each of us have been scattered far and wide, it was not quite three months until all were tracked down. And now, my Jear diary, you have seen what ten short years can do to fifty-one people.