Bloomfield High School - Owl Yearbook (Bloomfield, IN)

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meslgm., apufws tateo The wo cheerful little women laughed heartily as they drove out of town It was the first time that they had both acted on impulse Miss Miles had suddenly had an urge to go to the Kentucky Derby and Mtss Baynes had fallen in with the idea Very soon they were enroute The fact that they were amateurs at the Sport of Kings definitely added to their desire to see this race Upon entering the gate they noticed a poor underfed bum picking up cigarette butts out of the gutter Havmg a kind heart and a weak stomach Miss Miles decided to give him a dollar for a good nutritious meal. As the bum expressed his thanks he handed her one of his cards upon whtch were written the fol lowing words Come to Bumgarden Motor Sales for your next set of tires Lexte Crowe representative It was an advertisement Following the crowd to a certain booth and wtthout knowing Just what was gomg on they placed S20 on Railscrapper to wm When they ftnally found a seat the race was ready to begin. The votce of the announcer sounded very familiar Looking at their racing form they discovered that it was J im Stafford Imagine their surprise to discover also that the owner of Railscraper was none other than petite Joyce Hudson and the jockey was mighty Max Townsend Yes it was an excitmg race at the last mmute Ratlscraper sprtnted and won Our travelers had won S380 apiece Wonderful! They would tour the southern states now Because the gas tank was almost empty they stopped at Bowling Green Kentucky and decided to eat there. As they pulled into the combtnauon gas station and restaurant, a man came rushing out to ftll the s tank. Hts features seemed famlhar, and upon closer observat1on they dtscovered that he was Harold Bough, He informed them that the food at the Filthy Platter was delictous From the attracttve waitress Miss Carolyn Padgett, our travelers each ordered a rare cheeseburger with onion and a glass of milk. Horrorsl Carolynyelled the order back tothe cook Herb King Walk a couple of Swtss cows past the stove cry on them and thenJu1ce a couple Herbert was an excellent cook he followed the mstructtons Upon arriving Miss Baynes decided to go to the Grand Ole Opry leaving Miss Miles 1n their hotel room enjoying Shakespeare rather than seemg Elvis Presley 1n person The first person who attracted her attentton was a girl in the front seat watung excitedly for Elvis to appear on stage Suddenly the gtrl, no one but Bette Combs fatnted Rlchard Skinner was Elvis substitute tonight Poor Elvis had had aheart attach because his Hound Dog stepped on his blue suede shoes Rtchard announced that Lena Kay Vest Graham was next on the program as Mmme Pearl s stand in The next day's yourney was planned for Rock City Gardens Tennessee Not betng famlltar wtth the roads they lost the1r way The first house they saw was an old shack held up by many campaign signs beartng these words Jerry flkey Toon for dogcatcher of Skunkston County Just as they were about to knock the door opened and a man introduced htmself as J oe Anderson campaign manager for Jerry Toon After a lengthy chat and a hearty meal wtth Jerry and Joe Miss Baynes and Miss Miles were dtrected to their destination where they had a good n1ght's sleep As the ladies were touring Georgia they noticed signs advertising a circus at Atlanta they stopped to watch the ctrcus which they decided was a flop The only good attraction was the Fat Man Jerry Smith. At Daytona Beach Miss Miles decided to enter her V 8 Chevy tn the Daytona Drags She received a hst of drtvers from the Idle Wtld Hot Rod Club president, sleepy Bob Jackson. Some of the farruhar drivers were Mary Jane Blue Goose Radcliff Daniel Speedy Quillen Slurley Faster Foster but Bob said that Sally Monk ' Maller with her speed shlfts would get the most out of the outdated 56 wluch was beaten by 10 car lengths At Miami they decided to have a mght on the town at Cecil Blaker's rught club wtth hula dancer Karen Flater Blaker and James Brando Bault for entertainment. James secretary Jumor Jordan gave them an autographed picture of Mr Bault S ' ' S L t A E . , . ' . . U . M . . . . . . . . ' . ' . . . ' . , . . . - . i ., . . . ,, . , , . . , . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . Q . . . . I l I I I . ,, . I I I . - : ' ' . Miss Miles and Miss Baynes were now ready to be on their way to Nashville, Tennessee. . . . . ,, ,, . . . . . I I . . . . . , . . . . . . , -. . ' I . . . . I . i . . . ' OI I! , . . ' . . I . . . ' . . . . . : . . . . M ,, u I . . U . ,, . , . . ' li I! ' ' ll Il ' It I1 . I I I . ,, , . . . , . I I ll I9 ' I ' l I I

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'cgi' .1195 '-av' D if 1' V L f GENE WALTERS Annual Staff 4g Basketball 3,4g Hi- Y 2,3,4g Chorus l,2g Baseball 3,49 Football l,2g Track l,2,3,4g Cross Country 4: Latin Club 1. RONALD WOODSMALL Annual Staff 43 F.F.A, 3,49 Hi-Y 2, 3, 4g Track l,2,3g Baseball 2g Vice-President 2. MARY ANN WHITE Annual Staff 4g Tri-Hi-Y l,2,3,4g Commercial Club 2, 35 Booster Club 1,3,-15 Cheerleader 3,45 G.A,A, 1 3,4g Home Economics Club 1, EARL WHITE Annual Staff 4. KATHRYN WORKMAN Chorus 2g G,A,A, 2,3g Tri-Hi-Y 4 Commercial Club 4g Junior Play 3 -45 as VG:- 'ity 'KV st Qs.

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As they entered Pensacola Flonda they heard a s1ren M1ss Mtles pulled to the curb and off1cer Gene Earp Walters walked over to the car wrote out a t1cket handed ll to Mlss Mtles and sa1d That ll teach you to g1ve me a D tn Engltshl M1ss Mtles fell mto a dead fa1nt at that one! When she rega1ned COIISCIOUSHCSS she found herself restmg on ab1ghosp1ta1 bed lookmg tnto the famlhar faces of three lovely nurses They were Jams Anderson Kathryn Workman Mary Jo Roudebush Mtss Mtles havtng recovered the two ladtes started to Mobtle, Alabama where they took a gtuded tour provtded by the cluef engtneer through General Motors Corporauon After taktng the tour they dectded to stop 1n h1s offtce to thank h1m personally for h1s cons1derat1on They d1d so only to ftnd hts secretary Martlee Hays Pullen tn charge She told them that B1ll Pullen had to leave for Detrott w1th hts asststant Cletus Cook on an 1mportant bustness deal. Of course the two lad1es were dxsappomted at not seemg the successful B111 and Cletus but glad to see Martlee Arrtvmg tn New Orleans on a Monday mormng, the two travelers dec1ded to stop at a grocery store to get sotnethmg to eat They went tnto Wlute s Regal Store where they were agatn shocked to see a Bloom fteld gal, Stella Ferguson Moody As they were paymg for the1r grocertes the ladtes nonced II was Earl Whtte and stopped to chat a mtnute He told them about the new busmess at the edge of town so they dectded to go over to see tt stnce lt was sand to be so untque Tlus un1que bustness was a company wh1ch manufactured gtggle boxes The owner was none other than Vtrgtnta Hunter and her asststant Judy Dobson. The next stop was at a ranch between Dallas and Houston Texas for food The owner was the former Audrey Smlth, who had marrled atall Texan. Her roly poly cook was Martanne Reed Audrey showed them around the ranch They heard some men smgmg at one of the 011 wells so they went over to talk to them. M1ss Mrles and Mtss Baynes were surpr1sed to learn that they were Charles Doane and B111 K1rk the Slllglllg cowboys M1ss M11es and Mtss Baynes were soon on the1r way across the desert. They had not gone far when they saw an artist seemingly pamttng the scenery When they got closer they found that ll was Lmda Strauser and that she was pamtlng a ptcture of her 67 Cadtllac Lmda told them she had seen Harry Hudson and Rex Pearson prospecttng for gold III the Oklahoma panhandle When our two travelers arnved all they found was a note which read We htt gold are gomg to Vegas be back m a couple of months! The two ladres were gomg through Wichita Kansas There was an elect1on. Tom Putman was runntng for Shertff so they stopped to talk to lum. Hewas out so hrs deputy Anme Beck, talked to them. They wa1ted for a half hour before resummg the1r tr1p They arrtved m Fort Leonard Wood Mtssouri to Ftnd ll was lndeed a spectal day Th1s was the day Doyle Haywood after 9 months 3 weeks 12 days and 7 years was to get hls promotton from potato peeler ftrst class to pnvate, Colonel Ronald Woodsmall was to make the presentatton. The SpeC131 entertalners were DFBCISIOII dancers Mary Ellen Selby and her shadow J mme Ramsey The next day the two teachers stopped at a school xn Peorta, 111111015 The teachers were Kathleen Kmdred and Velta Sharr The subjects they taught were shop and agrtculture respecttvely When our vacattoners arrtved tn Clucago they bought the rnornmg edmon HIGH SOCIETY from one of the comer newsboys John Holland The feature story was about the noted playboy Jerry Later the present day Clark Gable, who was recently engaged to Carolyn Halderman. Tlus w1l1 become lus seventh try at marrtage Glancmg further thetr eyes caught the hospttal items They read that Mrs Delmar O Nell, our own Jane Thompson had her thtrd baby gtrl, Kathy Ann. The happy O Nell s now ltved m the Wh1te MADSIOD tn Clucago Wh1te s Manston recetved tts name from IIS lovely owner Mary Ann Wh1te Our two ladxes realized suddenly that they had etther heard from or seen all but tx of the famous 1957 class of the Bloomfield Hlgl SchooL Th1nk1ng of Bloomheld brought a pang of homestckness They started to Bloomfield by route of Indianapolts CConttnued on page 1305 I I 5 u 11 - ' ' ' - 11 1 I I Y I . I , . . ,, . . . . . I . , , . 1 1 1 Q Q I . . . . . f I Y 9 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' 11 - 1 11 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - ' 1 1 l 1 1 1 . . ,, ,, . . 1 1 D I I A. I Q- . CQ ' 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' ' l U 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 o v 1 1 . . . , . 1 1 1 . . , ., . . . . . 1 . . , . . . . . 1 , 1 . . 6. .1 1 1