Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1937 volume:

' „ , _ „ c i 9 Q «p ' r 4 vV kf J ,: p„ Vr ? i ‘« , : Jj?sf ' (J, ' ' j£i$ j-N s . • X ; .? ' • 2 rv c J % V r . . V s k °S b v . RETROSPECT VOLUME 12 1937 By Senior Class P. A. High School Bluffton Indiana Editorial “All the world’s a stage—” We, the class of ’37 now the leading actors and actresses of the play “School Daze,” are ready for the final curtain. Having successfully advanced from extras, chorus members, and stand-ins, we are partly prepared for the greatest drama, “Life.” Some of us will not qualify for this future drama. Others will always be extras or stand-ins; but some will climb to the leading roles of the day. No matter what the outcome; no matter whether we see success or failure; with us all will remain the memories of our first play, its ups and its downs; our directors, their help and advice; and our motto that carried us on, “Not at the top, but climbing.” Page Two DR. C. J. BLACKMAN Dedication T Oa helper who, for fifteen faithful years has attended our boys in the field of athletics, and whose every thought has been for their welfare and the success of the team, we appreciatively dedicate this twelfth volume of the RETROSPECT. Page Three Order of Books ADMINISTRATION GRADUATES UNDERGRADUATES ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS FEATURES Page Pour ADMINISTRATION Our Building The dust of Magic Memory Enchants us as we see, Through the eye of yesterday. The days that used to be. Page Six New Gym Strength, Beauty, Grace, and Joy And the Spirit of Game Loyalty of Heart and Deed Woven into a Name. Page Seven Middle Corridor The hall laughs to its lazy self While through its confined rush, A motley crew who’d die of fright, If called to sudden hush. Page Eight Study Hall Library hours are the searching hours— Are you building your bulwarks high? Will they serve you long and faithfully, As the work-a-day years go by? Page Nine HOWARD ULLMAN President (1934-’37) WARE BAKER Secretary (1936-’37) WILLIAM KUNKEL Treasurer (1935-’37) Page Ten O. M. CRAIG Superintendent (1926-’37) L. R. WILLEY Principal (1931-’37) P. A. ALLEN Assistant Superintendent (1926-’37) Page Eleven OLIVE M. GRIMSLEY Evansville College ( Diploma ) Washington University, New York University, McKendree College, Central Norma l College Glee, Orchestra FREDERICK F. PARK Ball State Teacher’s College A.B Indiana University Butler University Mathematics, Physics MARGARET POWERS Depauw University A.B. MacMurray University Ball State Teacher’s College Bookkeeping, English DOROTHY McCOMB Western College A.B. University College, Exeter, Englana English FOSTER A. McMASTERS Wabash College A.B. Butler University Central Normal College Mathematics, Athletics EDWIN R. McNOWN Indiana University A.B. Hanover College Purdue University English, Vocational Guidance L. R. WILLEY Purdue University, B.S.A. Vocational Agriculture, Principal ROBERT N. BENNETT Butler University, B.M. Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music Ball State Teacher’s College Band, Commercial Law, Commercial Geography, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Salesmanship BLANCHE KARNS University of Chicago Indiana University, A.B. Foreign Languages, Biology. JOSEPH F. LARMORE Ball State Teacher’s College B.S. Industrial Arts, Related Science, Athletics Page Twelve MARY SHAFER Ball State Teacher’s College B.S. Typewriting and Shorthand WELTHY A. SHIVELY Indiana University A.B. Indiana State Normal School U. S. History, Civics, Economics L. E. TEMPLIN Ball State Teacher’s College Tri State College ' North Manchester College Industrial Arts, Athletics, Health Education LLOYD A. ULMER Ball State Teacher’s College B.S. Social Science, Commercial Geography ERNESTINE TANGEMAN Secretary to Superintendent CATHERINE RIX Secretary to Principal HELEN MATTICE MARSH (not photographed) Indiana University A.B. Butler University A.B. Chicago Art Institute Art GRACE E. RATLIFF Indiana University A.B. Marion Normal College Librarian W. C. RATLIFF Indiana University A.B. Science BLANCHE H. RICKS Ball State Teacher’s College B.S. Health Education, Clothing, Related Art, General Home Economics, Dietetics BESSIE K. SALE Depauw University A.B. Worchester Domestic Science School Foods, Clothing, Home Nursing, Home Management, Cafeteria Page Thirteen REVIEWS OF FACULTY Miss Sale: “Which platform to the Boston train?” Porter: “Turn to the left and you’ll be right.” Miss Sale: “Don’t be impertinent, young man!” Porter: :“A11 right, then, turn to your right and you’ll be left.” Mary Matson: “There is a salesman outside with a mustache—” Mr. McNown: “Tell him I’ve got a mustache.” -v- v Judge: “So you and your wife had some words?” Mr. Park: “Well, I had some, Your Honor, but I didn’t get a chance to use them.” � Mrs. Ratliff: “How many times have I told you to be in class on time?” Brunson: “I don’t know. I thought you were keeping score.” Miss Shively: (pointing to map) “Now, when you stand facing the north you have on your right hand the great continent of Asia. What have you on your left?” James Clark: “A wart: but I can’t help it, mam.” Willey: (To a tardy student) “Why were you late?” George Krill: “Well, a sign—” Willey: “What has the sign got to do with it?” George Krill: “The sign read: School ahead, go slow.” ❖ « Mrs. Marsh: (Distractedly) “I’ve told you to keep out of the kitchen, Glen, now see what you’ve done—knocked my cook-book on the floor and lost my page and I haven’t any idea what I was cooking.” Mr. Craig: “Well, how are you getting on at school, boys?” Bob Krill: “I am first in writing.” Bob Motz: “I am first in arithmetic.” Mr. Craig: “Fine, now what are you first in, Bob?” Bob Spain: “I am first in the street when it is time to go home.” ❖ Mrs. Grimsley: “Why, daughter, when I was your age I thought nothing of getting up at five in the morning.” Betty Lou: “I don ' t think much of it either, Mother.” ❖ « Mr. Ratliff: “What can you tell me about ni¬ trates?” Phyllis Kessler: :“Well — er — they are a lot cheaper than day rates.” Mr. Ulmer: “Name one of the uses of cowhide.” Schlagenhauf: “It holds the cow together.” ❖ Miss Powers: “Look here; you’ve entered this debit item under credit.” Vivian Stewart: “Sorry, you see I’m left- handed.” Mr. Templin: “And that, son, is the story of your daddy and the great war.” Bob Templin: Yes, daddy, but what did they need all the other soldiers for?” -$• Miss Shafer: “That character is written incor¬ rectly. It should have been written with a hook.” Holderman: “Well, no wonder! I was writing it with a pen.” Page Fourteen GRAD U A T E S Casting-Directors Vice President, Bob Baumgartner; Secretary, Dorothea Neuhauser; President, Ralph Higman. Athletic Council, Sherman Kumpf: Treasurer, Sarah Fair. SYNOPSIS OF CLASS ’37 Four years ago the graduating class first appeared on the stage of B. H. S. The leaders were Ralph Higman (Pres.), Bob Templin (Vice-Pres.), Dick Smith (Treas.), Doris Baker (Sec’y), and Roger Higgins (Athletic Board). The directors who guided them through this, their first and most difficult year, were Mr. Ratliff, Miss Irene Wilson, and Miss Madge Warren. To lighten their duties through the year they had two parties, one at the Gym and one at Audrey Rudy’s. New leaders were chosen for the second year. They were Sarah Fair (Pres.), Gene Kain (Vice-Pres.), Bill Garrett (Treas.), Dorothy Maddux (Sec’y), and Lawrence Schlagenhauf (Athletic Board). Social affairs this year were a weiner roast at Kathleen Hannie’s, a penny supper at the high school, and a theater party. The third year they were raised to the position of understudies with Miss McComb, Miss Dorothy Ayres, and Mr. Fred Park as directors, assisted by Ralph Higman (Pres.), Bob Baumgartner (Vice-Pres.), Bob Templin (Treas.), Genevieve Houser (Sec’y), and Bob Motz (Athletic Board). In the fall “Girl Shy,” a delightful comedy and a big success was presented by this class. The cast was well chosen and well adapted to their roles. The following spring, the Junior-Senior Reception was given by this class at the Community Building. It was a charming affair, with the community building decorated like a Dutch garden with windmills in all four corners and huge tulips on the walls. During the past year, now that the class of ’37 has reached the status of stars, they have been under the leadership of Ralph Higman (Pres.), Bob Baumgartner (Vice-Pres.), Sarah Fair (Treas.), Dorothea Neuhauser (Sec’y), and Sherman Kumpf (Athletic Board). For winning the Comet race for three successive semesters, the class was presented with a silver trophy. A short story contest sponsored by the Psi Iota Xi sorority was won by Betty Harsh (first prize), Sarah Fair (second prize), and Bonnie Baker (third prize). In the spring the class was entertained at a lovely reception given by the understudies (Juniors). On May 21, this group of talented stars retired from the stage of B. H. S. to go on to face a higher stage of the world. Page Sixteen Stars ROBERT WAYNE BAUMGARTNER (Jovial) “ Strange, to the world he wore a bashful look.” North Side, Ft. Wayne 2 yrs. . . . Hi-Y 3, 4. . . . Hi-Y V. Pres. 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” 4. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Intra¬ mural basket ball 4.Bookkeeping Contest 3. NEIL BEATTY (Witty) “No woman will ‘boss’ me.” Ossian 2 yrs. . . . Basket ball 3, 4. . . . Track 3, 4. VIOLET ASCHLIMAN (Reserved) “A brunette fair to look upon, Who doesn’t have much to say. But if you notice closely, She’s busy the live long day.” Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Commercial Dep’t. BONNIE BAKER (Flirtatious) “Be thine own self and thou art lovable.” Glee 2, 3, 4. . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Band 1, 2, 4. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Squabblers 3. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. “Count and Coed” 3. . . . “Old Spanish Custom” 4. . . . “Flower of Venizia” 2. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. ROY CAPTAIN (Reserved) “O Romeo! O Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Football 4. JAMES WESLEY CLARK (Comical) “Some people say that the clown is the whole circus.” Vernon, Ala. 2 yrs. . . . Intramural basket ball. DORIS ELAINE BAKER (Piquant) “What a spendthrift of her tongue.” G. R. 2, 3, 4_Glee 1, 2, 3, 4_Fresh. Sec’y. . . . Glee Sec’y. 2, 3, 4. . . . G. R. Treas. 3. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . “Lucky Jade” 1. . . . “Flower of Venizia” 2. . . . “Count and Coed” 3. . . . “Old Spanish Custom” 4. . . . Nat’l. Honor Society 3, 4. ROSEMARY BARONI (Dates, dates) “Oh, for a perfect man.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Academic Dep’t. DICK DENTEL (Willing Worker) “Spunk and good nature go hand in hand.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Industrial Arts. . . . Comet Staff 4. LUZERNE FISHBAUGH (Sober) “He speaketh not; and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes.” Hi-Y 3, 4. . . . Basket ball B-team 3. NOBLE VENITA BREWER (Peppy) “She finds a joy in living.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Glee 2, 3, 4. Girl’s Recreation 4. MARY BRUNSON (Eyes! Eyes!) “So sweet, so gentle, and so kind, Her like are always hard to find.” G-. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. ' . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” 4. GEORGE WILLIAM GARRETT (Jovial) “Happy-go-lucky, free from care, He rambles along with a jovial air.” Hi-Y 3, 4. . . . Soph. Treas. , . . Football 3, 4. . . . Baseball 3, 4. Basketball B-team 3. Page Seventeen Stars GERALD HELLER (Masculine) “I might be better if I would, but it’s awful lone¬ some being good.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Football 4. . . . Basket ball 4. ROGER HIGGINS (Loquacious) “His ready speech flow’d fair and free In phrase of gentlest courtesy.” Athletic board 1. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” 4. . . . Intramural basket ball 4. . . . Retro¬ spect Staff 4. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (Sociable) “Her friends who knew her well, The sweetness of her heart could tell.” Decatur 1st year. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Yell Leader 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. MARJORIE MARY DOTTERER (Jolly) “A jolly lass chuck full of fun She’s always nice to everyone.” Glee 1. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Bookkeeping Contest 3. RALPH HIGMAN (Good-natured) “For he’s a jolly good fellow” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Fresh., Jr., and Sr. Pres. . . . Hi-Y Sergeant-at-arms 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Basket ball Mgr. 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . Whole Town’s Talking” 4. EMMETT HUPP (Independent) “When joy and duty clash, Let duty go to smash.” Commercial Dept. ANNA MARIE ELICK (Industrious) “A pleasing countenance is a silent recom¬ mendation.” Home Economics. . . . 4-H Club. . . . Glee 3. SARAH CATHERINE FAIR (Popular) “Happy, courteous, zealous, and a leader.” Glee 1, 3, 4. . . . Squabblers 3. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Honor Society 3, 4. . . . Soph. Pres. . . . Sr. Treas. . . . G. R. Candy Chr. 2. . . . Glee V. Pres. 4. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Retro¬ spect Staff 4. VIRGIL JACOBS (Happy) “As innocent as a new-laid egg.” 4-H Club. . . . Intramural Basket ball 4. EUGENE KAIN (Noisy) “A comrade blithe and full of glee, Who dares to laugh out loud and free.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Soph. V. Pres. . . . Football 3, 4_Baseball 2, 3, 4. . . . Basket ball 4. . . . Intramural Basket ball 2. VIVIAN GOODWIN (Jovial) “She always has her lessons well, A classmate whom we’re proud to tell.” Comet Staff 4. . . . Glee 2, 3. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Shorthand Contest 3, 4. HELEN HAMJE (Candid) “An open hearted maiden true and pure.” Comet Staff 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation. . . . Academic Dep’t. GEORGE KRILL (Easy Going) “He leadeth a merry life.” Hi-Y 2, 3. . . . Vocational Industrial. Page Eighteen of B. H. S. ROBERT E. KRILL (Sheik) “I’m sure ‘care’ is an enemy to life.” Press Club. . . . Comet Staff. . . . Intramural basket ball 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Bowling team 4. SHERMAN KUMPF (Dashing) “Faint heart ne’er won fair lady.” Squabblers 4. . . . Athletic Council 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” . . . Football Mgr. 4. . . . Intramural Basket ball 4. KATHLEEN HANNIE (Irresistible smile) “Her smile is sunshine and her heart is gold.” Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. ELIZABETH HARSH (Alert) “In truth sir she’s pretty and honest and gentle.” Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Squabblers 3, 4. . . . G. R. 2, 3 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3_“Whole Town’s Talking” 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Candy Chr. 4. WAYNE MINNICH (Devoted) “Quiet hut a rare good fellow.” Agriculture Dept. . . . Won District Corn Husking contest 3. . . . Placed 4th in State 3. X WILLIAM B. McADAMS (Our Athlete) “An all around fellow.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Hi-Y Pres. 3, 4. . . . Softball 2, 3. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Basket ball 3 4.... Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Track 2, 3, 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Football and Basketball numerals 1. JANET HOLDERMANN (Bustling) “To trifle away the days is an art.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. GENEVIEVE HOUSER (Sweet) “Her words like so many nimble and airy servitors, trip about her at command.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Squabblers 3, 4. . . . Glee 3. . . .Band 1, 2, 4. . . . Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Jr. Sec’y. . . . G. R. Pres. 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3_“Count and Coed” 3. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking” . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. RICHARD MONROE (Audacious) “I am not a chip off the old block but the block itself.” Softball 2, 3. . . . Intramural basket ball 3, 4. ROBERT J. MOTZ (Thinker) “None but himself could be his parallel.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Squabblers 3, 4. . . . Orchestra 1. . . . Athletic Council 3. . . . Hi-Y Treas. 4. . . . Nat’l. Honor Society 3, 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. PHYLLIS LORRAINE KESSLER (Dramatic) “Some think the world was made for fun and frolic, And so do I.” Petroleum 2 yrs. G. R. 3, 4. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking.” GLAINE KLEINKNIGHT (Candid) “New, but well liked.” Lancaster 2 V 2 yrs. . . . G. R. 4. . . . 4-H Club 1, 2. JORDAN MURRAY (Procrastinator) “I am not in the role of common men.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Intramural bas¬ ket ball 3, 4. Page Nineteen Stars LEON McCLAIN (Jolly good fellow) “A man of such a genial mood.” Eaton 2 yrs. . . . Agricultural course. DOROTHY MADDUX (Attractive) “She is all my fancy painted her, She’s lovely, She’s divine.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Soph. Sec’y. . . . G. R. V. Pres. 3. . . . Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. Retrospect Staff 4. MARY MATSON (Sedate) “Her voice is blithe, Her heart is light.” Glee 1. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Shorthand contest 4. . . . Typing Contest 3, 4. DALE REED OSWALT (Quiet) “He looked so meek and ivas not at all.” Vocational Industrial. ROBERT RIX (Argumentative) “I’d rather be right than be president.” Hi-Y 2, 3, 4. . . . Press Club 3, 4. . . . Intramural basket ball 3, 4. . . . Bowling 3, 4. . . . Comet Staff 3, 4. DOROTHEA NEUHAUSER (Personality) “Let me have an audience, I was sent to talk.” G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Sr. Sec’y- . . . G. R. Sec’y. 2. . . . G R. Treas. 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4.“Whole Town’s Talking” 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation. . . . Or¬ chestra 1. DORIS PAXSON (Good Sport) “She’s not very short, She’s not very tall, But full of athletics And so loved by all.” G. R. 3, 4. . . . 4-H Club 1, 2, 3. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. DALE SCHENKEL (Sincere) “Speech is great, but silence is greater.” Agriculture. LAWRENCE SCHLAGENHAUF (Well liked) “Of manners gentle; of action mild.” Athletic board 2. . . . “Whole Town’s” Talking.” . . . Basket ball B-team 2. . . . 4-H Club. MARJORIE FAYE RANDOL (Coy) “A quiet nature has she. But mischief lurks beneath.” G. R. 2. . . . Glee 2, 3, 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation 4. . . . Typing Contest 4. AUDREY RUDY (Effervescent) “I chatter, chatter, as I go.” Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. RICHARD SMITH (Congenial) “A name not wholly strange.” Hi-Y 3. . . . Fresh. Treas. . . . Intramural Basket ball 3 4.... Bowling 3, 4. Page Twenty of B. H. S EARL SMITH (Tame) “All the same, I’ll be a man some day.” Agricultural Dep’t. VIVIAN STEWART (Lively) “Ready in heart and ready in hand.” Retrospect Stall 4. . . . Commercial Dep’t. . . . Shorthand Contest 3. . . . Typing Contest 4. EVELYN THURSTON (Giggles) “More than others does she laugh; Of our giggling she does half.” Glee 1, 2. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . “Whole Town’s Talking. . . . Shorthand Contest 4. ROBERT EDWARD SPAIN (Unaccountable) I am the happiest when I am idle.” Basket ball 3. . . . Tennis 2, 3. FREDERICK DONA VAN SPRUNGER (Accommodating) “The force of his own merit makes his way.” Hi-Y 3, 4. . . . Glee 3, 4. . . . Band 1, 2, 3, 4. Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Basket ball 4. Track 3, 4. MARY JANE WADE (Indifferent) “What will be, will be, why worry?” Connersville 3 yrs. . . . G. R. 4. . . . Glee 4. RUBY WILSON (Gentle) “If you don’t know her well, you don’t know her well enough.” Glee 1, 2, 3, 4. . . . G. R. 2, 3, 4. . . . Girl’s Recreation. . . . Bookkeeping Contest 3. ROBERT E. TEMPLIN (Good-looking) “A hero with modesty—-a gift of the Gods.” Hi-Y 2 3, 4. . . . Honor Society 3, 4. . . . Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Jr. Treas. . . . “Girl Shy” 3. . . . Soft- ball 2, 3. . . . Football 3, 4. . . . Track 3, 4. . . . Basket ball 2, 3, 4. . . . Baseball 2 3, 4. . . . Basket ball numerals 1. HAROLD VORE (Preoccupied) “If he will, he will, and you may depend on it; If he won’t, he won’t, and there’s an end to it.” Yell Leader 3. . . . Press Club 3. HARRIETT WILTSE (Inquisitive) “Like all good women, she has a temper of her own.” Retrospect Staff 4. . . . Commercial Dep’t. HELEN YOUNG (Demure) “As I oft have heard defended, Little said is soonest mended.” Glee 2. . . . 4-H Club. . . . Girl’s Recreation. ROGER WILLIAMS (Bachelor) “A kind and gentle heart hath he.” Intramural Basket ball 3, 4. . . . Commercial Dept. Page Twenty-one Actor’s Cast-Offs We, the Senior class of 1937, being of healthy and sane minds and with a fairly high degree of memory, before departing into the great and unknown world, make public this last will and testament. ITEM: Will and bequeath. I, Ralph Higman to Emerson Schlotzhauer the right to be president of his class. I, Doris Baker to Marjorie Grimm the right to be lead in the operetta next year. I, Bob Templin to Jack McCray one foot of my height. I, Vivian Goodwin to Maxine Thurston, my dimples. I, George Krill to Francis Studabaker the right to make all G. R. gavels. I, Rosemary Baroni to Martha Cline my dancing ability. I, Virgil Jacobs to Isaac Fishbaugh my shortness. I, Betty Campbell to Jennie Gray my gracefulness. I, Roger Higgins to Kenny Reineck my friendliness. I, Anna Elick to Mary Ann Elick my earnest effort to succeed. I, Gerald Heller to Bob Redd my dignity. I, Bonnie Baker to Georgia Burgan my flirtatious eyes. I, Sherman Kumpf to Dwight Redding my debating ability. I, Violet Aschliman to Rosie Rector my ability to cook. I, Bob Motz to Lois Shepherd my studious habits. I, Kathleen Hannie to Martha Sturgis my sunny smile. I, Dick Monroe to Richard Stultz the right to be called Dick. I, Venita Brewer to “Susie” Schlotzhauer my giggle. I, Lawrence Schlagenhauf to Marion Barringer my wit. I, Dick Smith to Bob Shelley my curly hair. I, Mary Brunson to Nancy Clayton my brown eyes. I, Marjorie Dotterer to Joan Sawyer my neatness in bookkeeping. I, Fred Sprunger to Billy Spade my tenor voice. I, Sarah Fair to Ruth Grandlienard my placid disposition. I, Bob Spain to Bob McFarren the right to be tennis champion. I, Dorothy Maddux to Maxine Markley my kind heartedness. I, Neil Beatty to Daniel Harsh my fearlessness. I, Mary Matson to Mary Tonner my nimble fingers. 1, Dale Schenkel to Jr. Lockwood my personal appearance. I, Vivian Stewart to Betty Grimsley my modesty. Page Twenty-two I, Eugene Kain to Raymond Swartz my physique. I, Bill Garrett to my brother Bob the right to represent the Garrett family. I. Audrey Rudy to Letty Williamson my alto voice. I, Helen Young to Betty Jean Baker my winso me ways. I, Emmett Hupp to Joe Poff my graduation from B. H. S. I, Dorothea Neuhauser to Mary Neusbaum my personality. I, James Clark to Bud Neuhauser my southern drawl. I. Mary Jane Wade to Joan Hedges the right to move back to Bluffton. I, Bob Krill to Adrian Sprunger my good looks. I, Doris Paxson to Nina Eversole my writing ability. I, Luzerne Fishbaugh to Bill Fritz the right to be a chauffeur. I, Marjorie Randol to Pauline Markley my retiring disposition. I, Earl Smith to “Pete” Sark my “rep” as most bashful boy in school. I. Ruby Wilson to Pauline Schocke my tap dancing skill. I, Harold Vore to Jr. Sowards the right to go to Decatur. I, Evelyn Thurston to Georgianna Motz my daintiness. I, Bob Baumgartner to Bob Sawyer the right to be Miss Shafer ' s pet. I, Harriet Wiltse to Clara Chenoworth my bashfulness. I, Roger Williams to Bob Wibel the right to argue for bachelorhood. I, Betty Harsh to Ruthanna Knoff my twinkling eyes. I, Red McAdams to Laurel Kinsey my ability to make varsity teams. I, Genevieve Houser to Marie Ireland my beautiful hair. I, Wayne Minnich to Kenneth Hannie the right to be an authority on rural matters. I, Janet Holdermann to Mary Mailers my fair complexion. I, Leon McClain to Joe Biberstine my seat on the school hack. I, Helen Hamje to Harriet Johnson my dark locks. I, Dale Oswalt to P. B. Smith my easy going ways. I, Glaine Kleinknight to Marjorie Stram my cheerfulness. I, Jordan Murray to Bernard Wahman my inquisitiveness. I, Phyllis Kessler to Wava Woodward my talent in acting. I, Bob Rix to Bill Hiatt my smile. I, Dick Dentel to Charles Baker the right to make hearts flutter. I, Roy Captain to Bob Mettler my model T. Ford. We hereby constitute and appoint Fred Park as executor and administrator of this, our last will and testament. In Witness Whereof, We, the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, testators, have to this will, set our hand and seal, this twenty-first day of May, A. D., 1937. SENIOR CLASS. Page Twenty-three I See by the Papers -1 0 Years Hence Bob Baumeartner . Violet Aschliman .. Dale Oswalt . Bonnie Baker .. Roger Williams. Kathleen Hannie . Bob Rix . Doris Baker . Lawrence Schlagenhauf Rosemary Baroni . Dick Smith. Venita Brewer . Bob Templin . Betty Harsh. Neil Beatty . Glaine Kleinknight . Dale Schenkel. Mary Brunson. Harold Vore.. Marjorie Dotterer .. Bob Spain . Anna Elick . Fred Sprunger . Sarah Fair . Earl Smith .. Helen Hamje . Roy Captain . Vivian Goodwin . James Clark . Betty Campbell . Bill Garrett . Janet Holderman . Dick Dentel . Helen Young . Luzerne Fishbaugh . Genevieve Houser . Gerald Heller . Ruby Wilson .. Emmett Hupp ... Doris Paxson . Ralph Higman . Vivian Stewart . Virgil Jacobs . Dorothy Maddux . Roger Higgins . Dorothea Neuhauser . Bob Krill .. Phyllis Kessler . Eugene Kain . Marjorie Randol . Sherman Kumpf . Mary Matson . George Krill . Audrey Rudy . Dick Monroe . Harriet Wiltse . Wayne Minnich . Evelyn Thurston . Bob Motz . Mary Jane Wade . Jordan Murray . Red McAdams . Leon McClain . An undertaker A policewoman A President (Ladies Aid) A missionary A city slicker A Merry Widow A Bob Taylor A Park Avenue Deb. A sales manager for “Shiney Dome Shampoo ' ’ A ticket seller at the Ferris Wheel A master detective A butterfly A crystal gazer Air hostess With a Rolls Royce A tight rope walker A song and dance man A blushing bride A politician A fancy dancer A book worm An actress A drug store cowboy A lady on the flying trapeze A ladies’ man A chief cook for .?. An Arabian shiek A Ziegfeld Follies’ Girl A poet Runs an orphanage A great orator Dark, fat and forty An Egyptian mummy A toe dancer Short 5 Teaches trigonometry in a Chinese school Running a side show Vera Cruz hotel hostess World champion baseball player Playing the “B” for Jack Benny Somebody’s romeo Mrs. Bud Nash A millionaire Queen of the Ivories A second Joe E. Brown An auctioneer Fan dancer A second Gracie Allen Tarzan, Jr. An Eskimo Weighs 200 Old maid (No Not I) Succeeded in being loved A second Martha Raye A preacher A governor of Kansas Head of a family A Salvation Army lassie A prize fighter Another Schumann-Heink A taxi-cab driver A Whimpy at a Hamburger Stand A football star. Page Twenty-four UNDERGRADUATES Row X: Vernon Brinneman Maxine Brown Robert Bulger James Clagnorn, Mary Cossairt Bill Colen Row 2: Bob Betz Maro Bradburn Dorothy Chenoweth, Donald Davis Lois Decker Bill Edington Lorin Falk Junior Farling Row 3: Marion Barringer Harold Betz Isaac Fishbaugh Leonard Foster Row 4: Milton Fox Eugene Fuller Mary Geels Row 5: Mary Gerber Bob Harnish Max Hauk Row 6: Ruth Krill John Langel Joan Hedges Ruth Hedges Row 7: Nellie Kelly Harriett Johnson Dorothy Ivins Dale Higgins Mary High Ruth Hendricks Ed Hiatt Rosalyn Heller Row 8: Kenneth Marshall Cecil Lockwood Eileen Leimgruber Lorin Liby Eileen Lautzenheiser Jack Lee The Senior Standins, a group of eighty-six, have been directed in their three years on the stage of B. H. S. by Miss Welthy Shively, Miss Margaret Powers, and Mr. E. R. McNown, Emerson Schlotzhauer, president for all three years, shows promising signs of being a future star. Other outstanding understudies, assisting Emerson for this year, are Vice-President, Bob Sawyer; Secretary, Valera Mock; Treasurer, Maro Bradburn, and Athletic Council, Kenneth Marshall. This Junior Class has a group of boys in their midst who have “what it takes” to be an athlete. There are six major and one minor lettermen, at the present, in the group and a number of others to be added. Next year’s football and basket ball teams will be made up of a large number of these boys. Page Twenty-six Row 1: Edith Marquart 3ob Mitchell Dorothy Mason Mary Meade Glade McAfee Row 2 Evelyn Meeks Jack McCray Maxine Merkey Junior McCray Valera Mock Aldene Murray Row 3: Bob McFarren Alice Myers Richard Neff James Neff Row 4‘ Max Nicholas Ruth Porter Mildred Pursley Eva Ripple Isabelle Ross Jim Sark Row 5: Joan Sawyer Bob Sawyer Pauline Schocke Emerson Schlotzhauei Ruth Souers Bob Shelley Row 6: Martha Sturgis P. B. Smith, Jr. Adrian Sprunger Francis Studebaker Row 7: Arthur Tewell Vance Travis Helen Ulmer Bernard Wahmari Bette Wibel Dorothy Wolfe Row 8: Bob Wible Wava Woodward Bob Case Virginia Brewer Ralph Potts At the beginning of this act, a committee was selected to pick the class rings and pins. “And, boy, are they wows!” There is a small “B” crest on a mother of pearl set. This set runs the en¬ tire length of the ring with a black onyx background. The mounting is of yellow gold. This class is noted for their ability to do things. In their Sophomore year they demonstrated this ability by making a net gain of $38 on sponsoring a show. This year their main scenes were a successful play and a beautiful Junior-Senior Reception given in honor of the Seniors. Various talented actors of this class loaned their ability to the Comet and other organizations. With all the knowledge gained from the first three years of their school life, they are bound to be stars yet. Page Twenty-seven Row 1: Walter Aschliman, Lois Dean Arnold, Betty Baker. Row 2: Charles Baker, Gertrude Barnes, Bob Barnthouse, Joe Biberstine, Imogens Booher, Harold Bowman. Row 3: Lorene Brewer, Junior Brinkman, Ralph Brinneman, Georgia Burgan, Clara- belle Chenoweth, Virgie Cianin, Martha Cline, Lawrence Conner. Row 4: Bob Davis, Dorothy Davidson, Earl Deam, Wanda DeArmond. Row 5: Ruth DeVore, Lela Dunwiddie, Mary Ann Elick, Helen Epley. Row 6: Dick Farling, Helen Flowers, Bill Fryback. Row 7: Bob Garrett, Maxine Gearhart, James Gifford. Row 8: Martha Gilliom, Brooks Grandlienard, Ruth Grandlienard, Jennie Gray. Row 9: Marjorie Grimm, Betty Grimsley, Alice Grove, Bob Grove. Row 10: Bob Hannie, Don Harris, Kathryn Harris, Betty Harrison. Daniel Harsh, Nina Hendricks, Bill Hiatt, Esther Hill. Row 11: Bill Hixon, Laurel Kinsey, Wid Klcin- knight, Jim Krill, Ruthanna Knoff, Maxine Lautzenheiser. Row 12: Roger, Lindsey, Irene Lindstrand, Emogene Luedtke, Eugene Mailer. In the fall of nineteen hundred and thirty-five a troupe of o ne hundred forty members en¬ tered the P. A. Allen High School. They chose Daniel Harsh, President; Georgia Burgan, Vice President; Roger Miller, Secre¬ tary; Bill Hiatt, Treasurer; and Roger Sawyer, Member of the Athletic Council to head their merry troupe for the first year. Their directors were Miss Blanche Karns, Lloyd Ulmer and Harold Pettyjohn. The chief actors on the stage of scholastic honors were Lois Shepherd, who won the State Alge¬ bra Contest at Bloomington and Don Harris placing fourth. Ruth Grandlienard also, placed in the District Latin Contest. Page Twenty-eight Row 1: Kenneth Markley, Maxine Markley, Dorothy Matson Row 2: Bob Mettler, Wanda Mendenhall, Roy Meyer, Clementine Millard. Row 3: Roger Miller, Charles Mitchell, James Monticue, Goldie Moser, Betty Mosure, Georgiana Motz, Haze] McFarren. Row 4: Herman Ormstay, Glenn Overla, Veda Pace, Harold Pett. Row 5: Ralph Pond, Robert Redd, Dwight Redding, Kenneth Reineck. Row 6: Roger Richey, Sam Richey, Crystal Rieddle. Max Rose, Roger Sawyer, Sara- belle Schlotzhauer, Mary Jane Seabold. Row 7: Paul Sheets, Lois Shepherd, Ralph Shields, Louise Sloderbeck, Edwin Smeltz- er, Marigrace Smith, Medrith Snyder. Row 8: Betty Stafford, Bill Starr. Row 9: Bill Stogdill, James Speheger, Winnie Stogdill, Bob Sturgeon. Row 10: Jack Sturgis, Martin Tonner, Bertha Trotman, Edward Trolman, Wilma Vonder- smith, Donnajean Wahman, Dorothy Wenger. Row 11: Wendell White, Doris Williams, Letty Williamson, Richard Willey, Deloris Wolfe. Row 12: Bill Yates, Rosalind Zook, Patricia Vachon. In this, their Sophomore year those elected to lead their band were Letty Williamson, Presi¬ dent; Martha Cline, Vice President; Ruth Grandlienard, Secretary; Laurel Kinsey, Treasurer; and Ralph Brinneman, Member of the Athletic Council. On Mr. Pettyjohn’s resignation Mr. Mc-Mas- ters filled his place as adviser. This class has been well represented in the Athletic Show of B. H. S. The only Sophomore varsity member is Laurel Kinsey, but Fryback promises to come to the front next season 4 . One of the outstanding acts of their play was a carnival held November 12. Their second season is now a closed book but they’re in readiness for a prominent year of crowning events. 1 Page Twenty-nine Row 1: Fern Mattax. Patricia Melton. Row 2: Ruth Meyer, Betty Miller. Row 3: Doris Moser, Mary Murphy, Fred Murray, John McAdams. Row 4: Marjorie McClain, Phillip McCray, Mary Ann Nash, Mary Neuibaum. Row 5: Paul Neuhauser, Jr. Nicholson, Pearl Overla, Jane Paxson. Row 6: Joe Poff, Rosella Rector, James Red¬ ding, Jesse Reiff. Row 7: Bill Robbins, Jack Rowe, Bill Russell, Charles Schell. Row 8: Raymond Schwartz, Fred Shumm, Junior Sowards, William Spade. Row 9: Bob Spake, Arleen Stewart, Marjorie Stram, Alice Studebaker. Row 10: Esther Studebaker, Dick Stultz, Eliza¬ beth Sturdivant, Virgil Swartz. Row 11: Dale Swigert, Earl Tester, Donald Thompson, Maxine Thurston, Mary Ton- ner, Betty Uptgraft, Harold Vondersmith, Charles Walters, Earl Watters. Row 12: Mildred Waltz, Jessie Weist, Evelyn Wolf, Travis Woods, Bob Worman, Dorma Haflich, Bovina Watters. Row 13: Bob Moon, Betty Moorman. With a cast of one hundred and ten the F reshmen made their first appearance upon the stage of B. H. S., September 1, 1936. The keen eyes of many critics (the upper classmen and the faculty) made them very humble but they determined not to be too green. Unaccustomed to the glare of limelight (the more sophisticated ways of the New Alma Mater) they groped around blind¬ ly. Needing some capable advisers and guides they chose Miss Bessie Sale, Miss Mary Shafer, and. Joe Larmore as sponsors. Page Thirty Row 1: Pauline Becker, Howard Bennett, Carl Booth. Row 2: James Britton, Roger Bulger, Bob Busick, Jack Byrd, Nancy Clayton. Row 3: Marcus Ccfifleld, Robert Colen, Velma Collins, Joy Cossairt, Martha Courtney, Emmaline Crock, Violet Crozier. Row 4: Bill Denman, Jason Dickeison, Allen Druckenmiller, Vera Dunwiddie. Row 5: Dick Ernst. Nina Jane Eversole, Hal Failing, Everett Faulkner. Row 6: Isabelle Franklin, Bill Fritz, Dwight Gilbert, Eugene Grice. Row 7: Norma Haiflich, George Hamje, Georgia Hamje, Hubert Hankins. Row 8: Kenneth Hannie, Donna Heflin, Dorothy Held, Dennis Hirschy. Row 9’ Emma Hollenbaugh, Betty Holmes, Marie Ireland, Donald Johnson. Row 10: Norma Johnson, Ina King, Junior Knight, Emil Kreig, Nyle Kreig, Alwyn Kyle, Arthur Lane. Row 11: Justine Liechty, Leon Lindsey, Albert Littlefield, Harriet Maddux, Stella Maddux. Row 12: Mary Mailers, Pauline Roderick Markley. Markley, To help them the class elected Dick Bender, President; Joe Poff, Vice President; Mary Tonner, Secretary; Nina Jane Eversole, Treasurer; and Jesse Reiff, Athletic Council. A scene in which they starred was their Freshman Basket Ball Team. A very limited season permitted only two games, both with Hartford City. They were sorry that they lost but they were good losers. Although awesome of the Seniors, they soon began to show them that they could win the battle that all actors must fight and win if they are to make good. Page Thirty-one The decrepit old car rolled up to the toll bridge. “Fifty cents,” called out the gatemen. “Sold,” replied Everett Neuenschwan- der. Kate Rix: “What made you oversleep this morning?” Junior Lockwood: “There are eight of us in the house, but the alarm was only set for seven.” ❖ Maro Bradburn: “It’s been half an hour since I ordered that turtle soup.” Waiter: “Yes, but you know how slow turtles are.” ❖ Employer: “Well, don’t you find this office force like one big family?” Violet Aschliman: “Why, no; everyone’s been quite friendly so far.” She: “Major, did you get that scar dur¬ ing an engagement?” Major: “No, the first week of our honeymoon.” ❖ • “How come you write so slowly, fella?” “I gotta. My girl can’t read very fast.” Doctor Blackman: “I don’t like to men¬ tion it but that check you gave me has come back.” Pete Sark: “Well, that sure is funny, Doc, so did my lumbago.” Doris: “The last time I played in this part the people could be heard applauding ten blocks away.” Audrey: “Is that so? What was going on there?” Doris Paxson: (to her mother, after reading a sign which advertised, “Shoes shined inside.”) “That’s funny, mother, I always thought they shined shoes on the outside!” Smith: “Sweetie, dear, I’m going to marry you.” Dorothy: “Have you seen mother?” Smith: “Yes, but she’s too old.” Genny Houser looked long and thought¬ fully at the second examination question, which read: “State the number of tons of coal shipped out of the United States in any given year. Then her brow cleared and she wrote: “1492—none.” Baroni was driving along a country road when she noticed a couple of repair men climbing telephone poles. “Fools!” She exclaimed to her com¬ panion, “they think I never drove before.” Bonnie Baker: “I suppose you are on the football team?” Kumpf: (proudly) “Well, yes, I do the aerial work.” Baker: “What is that?” Kumpf: “I blow up the footballs.” “Grade and Edward,” said mother sternly to the six-year-old twins, “You have disobeyed mother. I told you two not to race through the house like that again. Now you may sit in that corner until I give you permission to get up.” A few minutes later father entered the room and looked at his offspring in sur¬ prise, and asked, “Why so quiet, little ones?” Gracie, the nimble-witted, quickly ex¬ plained, “We’re been arrested for speed¬ ing.” Page Thirty-two ACTIVITIES Back in a Flash First row: Audrey Rudy, Evelyn Thurston, Roger Higgins, Genevieve Houser, Sarah Fair, Dorothea Neuhauser, Dorothy Maddux, Ruby Wilson. Second row: Ralph Higman, Doris Paxson, Sherman Kumpf, Vivian Goodwin, Marjorie Randol, Marjorie Dotterer, Bob Templin, Mary Matson, Violet Aschliman. Third row: Betty Campbell, Harriett Wiltse, Janet Holderman, Robert Motz, Betty Harsh, Doris Baker, Bonnie Baker, Gene Kain, Vivian Stewart, “Red McAdams. Those having a “nose for news” and a yearn for journalism were assigned to the Retrospect staff and as a result of “putting their heads together” this Retrospect was edited. Sarah Fair as Editor-in-chief was general supervisor and assisting her was Dorothea Neu¬ hauser, Assistant Editor. Bob Motz, Business Manager, and Ralph Higman, Assistant Manager, took charge of all the funds. Those putting forth their literary ability were Doris Baker, Betty Harsh, and Sherman Kumpf, Literary Editors, and Genevieve Houser, Senior Class Editor. Bob Templin and Benton McAdams, Athletic Editors, are two good “B” men telling all about it; while Ruby Wilscn, Girl’s Athletic Editor, tells how the members of the fairer sex train. Marjorie Dotterer, Joke Editor, could make even Simon Legree laugh. Betty Campbell, Calendar Editor, knows all the “dates.” Dorothy Maddux, Alumni Editor, digs into the lives of past actors, while Vivian Goodwin, Comet Editor, tells about the Walter Winchell’s of B. H. S. Doris Paxson, Art Editor, shows her skill as Rosa Bonheur. Roger Higgins and Eugene Kain, Circulation Managers, collected all the cash. Bonnie Baker and Audrey Rudy, Snapshot Editors, were busy with their cameras catching everyone in unusual poses. Evelyn Thurston, Marjorie Randol, Mary Matson, Harriett Wiltse, Janet Holdermann, Vi¬ vian Stewart, and Violet Aschliman, as typists got in practice for future private secretarial positions. All in all this staff, assisted by their faithful sponsors, Miss McComb, Mr. Park, and Mrs. Marsh, has endeavored to make this Retrospect a pleasant remembrance of your days in B. H. S. ' Page Thirty-four With a Flash In the far upper corner of this modern and magnificent theater, the station C-o-m-e-t pro¬ vided all the publicity and advertising necessary for the shows and all social activities. This station was operated under two major staffs, one operating it for the first semester and the other operating it for the second semester. The first Comet, “The Baby Ccmet,” was issued free in order to get the new students ac¬ quainted with their school paper, also to explain the subscription contest. This contest consisted of a battle between the boys and girls, a popularity contest, and a trophy cup award. The girls won the race, Sarah Fair won the popularity contest, and the Seniors won the tro¬ phy cup. Since the Seniors had won the cup for the third consecutive time, they became the per¬ manent owners. At the beginning of the second s:mest er, another contest was held for the renewal of subscrip¬ tions in the form of a balloon ascension race between the boys and girls. The girls won this race and Mary Brunson won a dollar for sailing the most subscriptions. Seven issues of the Comet were published each semester. The second semester’s issues in¬ cluded an eight-page tourney edition, and an April Fool edition. Seated: Irene Lindstrand, circulation; Vivian Goodwin, associate editor; Ruth Krill, advertising; Bob Rix, sports editor; Wava Woodwai’d, editor. Standing: Delores Wolfe, advertising; Mary Edna High, exchange; Dick Dentel, make-up editor; Rosalind Heller, feature; Helen Hamje, business manager; Bette Wibel, feature editor; Ruth Porter, feature; Isabelle Ross, circulation. Page Thirty-five Hi-Y Players “To create, maintain, and extend throughout the High School and community high stand¬ ards of Christian character.” This motto guides the footsteps of the members of the Hi-Y Club, who are chosen from the three groups of advanced male actors of the B. H. S. Due to the resignation of Mr. W. C. Ratliff, who has been their club director for a number of years, Mr. Ulmer was chosen to direct the club for this year. Their religious director, Rev. P. B. Smith, delivered a message at each bi-monthly meeting, held in room 25 at 7 o’clock. To relieve the monotony of continual meetings, parties and chili suppers were held at various intervals. Crowning the season is a Best Girl Banquet held each year, which the fairer sex regard with eager anticipation. This is an occasion for the girls to wear their formal attire. Every club must have finances so the boys acquired theirs by selling ice cream and candy at basket ball and football games. The leading men of this season were “Red” McAdams, President; Bob Baumgartner, Vice President; P. B. Smith, Secretary; and Bob Motz, Treasurer. First row: Bob McFarren, Bill matt, Daniel Harsh, Bob Sawyer, Brooks Grandlienard, Dick Failing, Kenny Reineck, Roy Captain, Bill Edington, Laurel Kinsey. Second row: Jack McCray, Martin Tonner, Ralph Higman, Bill Garrett, Bob Mettler, Jack Lee, Bill Starr, Kenneth Markley, Bob Hannie, Ralph Brinneman. Third row: Jr. Lockwood, Bill Speheger, Jr. Deam, Red McAdams, Max Rose, Mr. Lloyd Ulmer, Gene Kain, Bill Stogdill, Bob Shelly, Glade McAfee, Bob Bulger. Fourth row: Jordan Murray, Richard Neff, Max Hauk, Bill Fryback, Luzerne Fishbaugh, Fred Sprunger, Medrith Snyder, Bob Templin, P. B. Smith, Bob Rix. Fifth row: Emerson Schlotzhauer, Bob Motz, Adrian Sprung r, Gerald Heller, Richard Willey, Isaac Fishbaugh, Bob Baum¬ gartner, Roger Sawyer, Jr. Farling, Bob Redd, Don Harris. Page Thirty-six Players IV aSHnl p p% % I B v lM b Sr - y ® : Say KKgSsg! JIB ft ' M m B % 1 ■r M 1 -jmr m p P? N. Rt A. ..v -� WF ' ' ' First row: Betty Harrison, Crystal Kiddie, Eileen Leimgrubar, Delores Wolfe, Winnie Stogdill, Dorothea Neuhauser, Genevieve Houser, Joan Sawyer, Betty Harsh, Dorothy Mason, Doris Paxson, Rosalyne Heller, Pauline Schocke. Second row: Letty Williamsan, Marjorie Grim, Ruby Wilson, Maxine Markley, Marigrace Smith, Ruth DeVore, Aldene Murray, Miss Ricks, Ruth Porter, Helen Ulmer, Harriet Johnson, Dorothy Wolfe, Sarah Fair, Maxine Lautzenheiser, Kathleen Hannie. Third row: Georgia Burgan, Janet Holderman, Mary Jane Seabold, Betty Stafford, Rosemary Baroni, Mary Brunson, Hois Shepherd, Phyllis Kessler, Bois Decker, Venita Brewer, Virginia Brewer, Audrey Rudy, Wanda Mendenhall. Fourth row: Isabelle Ross, Bonnie Baker, Jenny Gray, Wava Woodward. Lorene Brewer, Ruth Grandlienard, Glaine Klein- knight, Betty Baker, Martha Cline, Betty Campbell, Doris Baker, Mary Jane Wade, Dorothy Maddux, Betty Grimsley. The Girl Reserves, being one of the jolliest group of actresses in the play “B. H. S.,” were banded together for the first time in the years ’34-’35 under the leadership of Miss Bessie K. Sale. At the beginning of this season their director, Miss Sale, was succeeded by Miss Blanche Ricks. Leaders selected to guide them were Genevieve Houser as President; Joan Sawyer, Vice President; Dorthea Neuhauser as Treasurer; and Winifred Stogdill, Secretary. In addition to these officers Betty Harsh was selected as Program Chairman; Joan Sawyer as Vice President was auto¬ matically made Membership Chairman; Audrey Rudy was selected as Service Chairman; Letty Williamson, Social Chairman; Dorothy Maddux, Publicity Chairman; and Betty Harsh succeeded Dorothy Rose Schmoll as Finance Chairman. An interesting scene for this year was the “Good Fellowship Banquet.” The guest artists (fellows of B. H. S.) enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The Girl Reserves are well known for their liberal donations to charity. With the sounding of a distress gong, they sponsored a “Flood Relief Box.” Throughout their performance they re¬ laxed from serious study by selling candy, gum, and ice cream at the home games under the super¬ vision of Betty Harsh, Chairman. The finale of their act was their “Mother and Daughter Banquet.” AS A GIRL RESERVE I WILL TRY TO BE: Gracious in manner Impartial in judgment Ready for service Loyal to friends Reaching toward the best Earnest in purpose Seeing the beautiful Eager for knowledge Reverent to God Victorious over self Ever dependable Sincere at all times. Page Thirty-seven Music Makes the World Go ’Round “B. H. S. Songsters” Without the ninety B. H. S. Songsters, under the direction of Mrs. Olive M. Grimsley, the year of 1936-37 would undoubtedly have been very unsuccessful. The main attraction of their first act was a Christmas Cantata, “The Babe of Bethlehem,” by Hamblen presented at the First Baptist Church, December 20, 1936. The second act featured the operetta, “An Old Spanish Custom,” which was very successfully given April 23, 1937. Leading roles were cast to Doris Baker, Emerson Schlotzhauer, Marjorie Grim, and Dwight Redding. “Airs from the Orchestra Pit” The opening night—they are seated—Mrs. Grimsley raises her baton and on with the show! Strains of “Two Guitars” and “In Vienna Woods” come from the instruments as they strive to con¬ quer the aim of “building up musicianship.” The orchestra furnishes the instrumental music for the class plays and the operetta. The Band Marches On” The Athletic Show of B. H. S. is on and here the band comes marching down the football field playing with perfect effect our dear old school song “Black and Crimson.” The audience is thrilled to the utmost and rises as they pass by. The next act again produces a thrilling effect on the beholders. It is at those ever thril’ing basketball games as, at the raise of Mr. Bennett’s baton, “Anchors Aweigh” breaks forth from each of the forty instruments. As a main attraction at the tourney they again are found at their best. A successful concert presented April 2 brought their play to a close, but again next Septem¬ ber they will be enthusiastically ready for the new show. First row: Jr. Thurston, Bernard Wahman. Second row: Dorothy Ivins, Doris Besore, Dorothy Knoff, Rebecca Caylor, Betty Grimsley, Dwight Redding, Genevieve Houser, Nancy Clayton, Marceil Hedges, Maxine Lautzenheiser, Agnes Mailers. Third row: Rex Scott, Jr. Baker, Bob Anderson, Bill Spade, Elmer Smeltzer, Harry Bergdol, Cecil Lockwood, Gene Whaley, Don Ellenberger, Bud Weber, Jim Snyder. Fourth row: Fred Sprunger, Max Hauk, Jack Rowe, Dick Stultz, Leonard Foster, Richard Neff, Dick Farling, Eddie Smeltzer. Fifth row: Mr. Bennett, Robert Foster, Max Stultz, Ralph Shields, Glade McAfee, Adrian Sprunger, Jack Reiff, Bill Mailers. Page Thirty-eight First row: Roy Meyers, Martha Courtney, Jessie May Weist, Maxine Thurston, Evelyn Wolf, Dorma Haiflich, Marjorie McClain, Maxine Lautzenheiser, Rosie Rector, Pauline Mark ley, Mary Neusbaum. Second row: Hal Farling, Gertrude Barnes, Betty Jane Moorman, Doris Moser, Mary Tonner, Ruby Wilson, Elizabeth Sturdivant, Harriett Maddux, Marie Ireland, Nancy Jane Clayton, Betty Miller, Marjorie Stram, Olive M. Grimsley. director. Third row: Justine Liechty, Winifred Stogdill, Norma Haiflich, Kathryn Harris, Patricia Melton, Doris Baker, Dorothy Maddux, Ruth Grandlienard, Martha Gilliom, Mary Mailers, Norma Johnson, Sarah Fair, Betty Harsh, Marjorie Grim, Betty Jean Baker, Nina Jane Eversole. Fourth row: Marigrace Smith, Stella Maddux, Goldie Moser, Audrey Rudy, Betty Uptgraft, Betty Lou Grimsley, Fern Mattax, Venita Brewer Aldene Murray, Marjorie Randol, Bonnie Baker, Georgia Burgan, Lois Shepherd, Betty Holmes. Fifth row: Esther Studabaker, Kathleen Hannie, Helen Flowers, Donna Heflin, Ruth Devore, Lois Arnold, Mary Jane Wade, Ruth Porter, Ruthanna Knoff, Letty Williamson, Mary Murphy, Rosalind Zook. Sixth row: Mary Ann Nash, James Claghorn, Max Hauk, Dwight Redding, Junior McAdams, Robert Hannie Don Harris, Bill Spade, Dennis Hirschy, Kenneth Reineck, Dick Farling. Seventh row: Leonard Foster, Bill Starr, Dale Higgins, Gene Grice, Glade McAfee, Charles Watters, Fred Sprunger, Ber¬ nard Wahman, Emerson Schlotzhauer, Kenneth Hannie. First row: Guy Stewart, Leola Smith, Mildred Nickel, Doris Paxson, Maxine Lautzenheiser, Bill Mailers, Georgia Burgan Bernard Wahman. Second row: Dwight Redding, Rebecca Caylor, Betty Grimsley, Dorothy Knoff, Genevieve Houser, Bonnie Baker, Nancy Clayton, Marcell Hedges. Third row: Max Hauk, Fred Sprunger, Jack Rowe, Dorothy Ivins, Sarabelle Schlotzhauer. Fourth row: Bob Anderson, Jim Snyder, Cecil Lockwood, Robert Foster, Leonard Foster, Glade McAfee Adrian Sprunger, Richard Neff, Mrs. Grimsley. $ ■ ; J Page Thirty-nine “The Whole Town’s Talking” Phvllis Kessler Lawrence Schlagenhauf, Evelyn Thurston, Sarah Fair, Sherman Kumpf, Betty Harsh, Bob Baumgartner, Genevieve Houser, Ralph Higman, Mr. McNown, director; Dorothea Neuhauser, Roger Higgins, Mary Brunson. “The Whole Town’s Talking” written by John Emerson and Anita Loos was presented by the Senior Class on March 19, 1937, at the Community building. Under expert direction by Mr. McNown this play was one of the most outstanding and successful events of the year. Mr. Simmons, president of a Paint Manufacturing Company, wants his daughter, Ethel, a young sophisticated lady, to marry Chester Binney. Chet is the kind of a bachelor no woman would want. Mr. Simmons has a theory that every woman wants the man that every other woman wants and conceives the plan of inventing a few love affairs for the uromantic Chester. From a book¬ shop they select at random some photographs of beautiful women. These turn out to be the Queen of the story is allowed to leak out. In no time at all the whole town is talking and all the girls are Rumania, the Mona Lisa, and Letty Lythe, the mo vie star. However, Letty Lythe is selected and falling for Chester, left and right. In the midst of his glory, Letty Lythe comes to town, accompanied by her fiance, who hap¬ pens to be a prize fighter. Then trouble starts for poor old Chester, but he weathers the storm (and the gales of laughter) to win Ethel in the end. The cast is composed of Mr. Simmons, played by Ralph Higman; Mrs. Simmons, played by Genevieveve Houser, who is somewhat highstrung and says of Chester, “He is such a blank that every time he comes in, it seems that someone has gone out;” Chester, played by Bob Baumgartner; Ethel, their daughter, played by Betty Harsh; Donald Swift, played by Roger Higgins; Roger Shields, a friend of Ethel’s from Chicago and Paris, played by Sherman Kumpf; Annie, the house maid, played by Dorothea Neuhauser; Sadie Bloom, a dancing instructor, played by Phyllis Kessler; Taxi-driver, Lawrence Schlaugenhauf; Letty Lythe, motion picture star, played by Mary Brunson; Lila and Sally, two nosey neighbor girls and friends of Ethel’s, played by Evelyn Thurston and Sarah Fair. Page Forty “Go Ahead” Thrills, laughs, romances were all included in the play, “Go Ahead,” a three act comedy pre¬ sented by the Junior Class, November 6, 1936, at the Community building under the direction of Miss Dorothy McComb. At 8:00 o’clock the curtain rose and for the rest of the evening the audience was in gales of laughter. A great deal of this laughter was directed at Richard Neff and Marion Barringer who hilariously played the parts of Maurice Koppler and Jacob Stieglitz. These two old cronies were noted for their continuous arguments, and their ability to “fix” things. Jacob starts the “fireworks” by trying to establish his son, David, known to us as Adrian Sprunger, in the profession of a doctor. David has just received his doctor’s degree and is a little fearful of the outcome of his career. Jacob attempts to overcome this timidness by hiring patients for his son. He chooses Mrs. Mary Malone, played by Pauline Schocke, and thus attracts other patients. The outcome is very funny. Another bit of “fixing” carried on by these two men and assisted by Mrs. Blau, a talkative housekeeper of Stieglitz, portrayed by Wava Woodward, is trying to make David and Zorah, Kop- pler’s daughter, fall in love. Zorah, the lead, was played by Betty Wibel. In opposition to these plans is Rebecca Koppler, Zorah’s step-mother, acted by Ruth Porter who wishes Zorah to marry a distant relative of hers, Leo Von Vriessheim, better known to all as Emerson Schlotzhauer. Leo Von Vriessheim will not, however, agree with these plans because he is already in love and planning to marry Daffie, housekeeper of the Kopplers, portrayed by Mary High. Complications arrive when during a hot argument Stieglitz jealously said that he wouldn’t have his son marry a Koppler and that David was already engaged to Helen Straus, an ttractive banker’s daughter, played by Edith Hayes. Helen hears of this make-believe engagement and de¬ mands an explanation. Many laughs are connected with this mixed-up affair, but in the end it all unravels and David wins Zorah, Leo Von Vriessheim marries Daffie, and the old cronies are friends again. First row: Emerson Schlotzhauer, Ruth Porter, Mary High, Betty Wibel, Wava Woodward, Adrian Sprunger. Second row: Director Miss McComb, Edith Hayes, Richard Neff, Pauline Shocke, Marian Barringer. First row: Sherman Kumpf, Miss Mary Turner, Betty Harsh. Second row ' : Bob Motz, Genevieve Houser, James Claghorn. Squabblers The Squabblers are the most loquacious group of actors in B. H. S., composed of students interested in debating. As the Bluffton High School has no class in public speaking or debating, all materal was prepared after school hours. Under the direction of Miss Mary Turner, debate coach, the “gift of gab” club participated in several debates. The subject of debate was the National Issue, “Resolved, That All Electric Utilities Shoud Be Governmentally Owned and Oper¬ ated.” Both affirmative and negative teams entered a district tournament at Fort Wayne on February 11, 1937. Due to the inexperience of both teams, neither placed. The affirmative team consisted of Marion Barringer, Bob Motz, and Gene¬ vieve Houser. Sherman Kumpf, James Claghorn and Betty Harsh composed the negative team. On February 18, 1937 both teams successfully debated Jefferson High School. Page Forty-two ATHLETICS Lawrence E. Tcmplin Frederick F. Park Dr. C. J. Blackman Foster McMasters Joseph F. Larmore. Coaches and Doc As head coach of B. H. S. for 9 years, Mr. Templin’s record speaks for itself. “Temp” came to B. H. S. in 1919 as teacher of Industrial Arts and now is Director of Athletics. Due to his fine coaching. Bluffton has had many “good” basket ball teams, winning many Sectional tourneys and twice going to the State Finals. As coach of Football, Baseball, and other sports, “Temp” has proved very capable as a coach. He devotes much of his spare time to Athletics and whenever any one wants advice about sports, “Temp” is the man they go to. Under his direction athletics cover more things than formerly: Golf, Tennis and other minor sports included. Besides coaching “Temp” teaches various industrial classes and health ed, so he “has his hands full.” Coming to Bluffton High School three years ago from Rockcreek where he was Athletic Coach, Mr. Park has proved “worth his salt” as an assistant coach of basket ball. Mr. Park’s “long dish” is putting out good second team basket ball squads. They have proved to be winners for the last few years. They also won a second team tourney at Hartford City. Mr. Park started Intramural Sports soon after coming here and now is Director of Intramural Sports for Boys. This includes basket ball and bowling. Besides his part in athletics, Mr. Park also teaches mathe¬ matics and physics. One of the most valuable assets to B. H. S.’s Athletic system is its trainer, Doctor Black¬ man. For more than 15 years, he has performed his duties and all the fellows who ever parti¬ cipated in athletics those years, know “Doc.” Wherever B. H. S. has an athletic meet, “Doc” is on hand in case anyone gets hurt. “Doc” sees to it that all the fellows are in shape at basket ball tourney time and really looks after them. A few years ago he was given an honorary “B” as a token of gratitude for his work. Our hats go off to “Doc” Blackman. A newcomer to B. H. S. this year is Mr. McMasters, taking Mr. Pettyjohn’s place as a Mathematics teacher and assistant coach. Making basket ball players out of Freshmen is “Mac’s” main job, and “what a job!” This season the Freshmen played a few games. Coached by Mc¬ Masters, they proved themselves future varsity men. Mr. McMasters had charge of track this year. He had a task in finding men particularly fitted for the various events. Under his direction Bluffton’s “thinly clads” are “bound to go places.” Mr. Larmore, “Joe” to his friends, is another football coach of B. H. S. coming to Bluffton a few years ago, Joe has shown his “good-heartedness.” As a teacher of general shop work, Joe makes anything needed for athletics. Two of his valuable contributions were an electric scoreboard for basket ball and another scoreboard for football. In football “Joe” has proved he can “take it” (and “give it” too), by putting on a suit and showing some of the boys a few things. Besides teaching shop, and helping with football, Joe also teaches science. Page Forty-four Managers The squad was well taken care of by Senior manager Ralph Higman assisted efficiently by Sherman Kumpf and Bill Edington. Taking care of the athletic equipment was their chief duty; however they administered the needs of all the athletic participants. During football when Manager Higman played and captained the team, Kumpf performed his duties ably. The managers had a great responsibility and at all times were on the job ready for work. In all athletic events few teams looked neater than the Tigers. Due credit is owed the three managers of the past year. Ralph and Sherman will be lost this year by graduation, but Bill will be on hand to fulfill the job next year. It no doubt will be hard to replace the two out-going managers with others of equal ability. EDINGTON KUMPF HIGMAN CAMPBELL REINECK Pep Prompters Betty Campbell and Kenny Reineck were chosen to bring out the pep and enthusiasm in the student body. With this encouragement the athletic teams were spurred on to victory many times when the going seemed hopeless. At the tourney this year they were decked out in “keen looking” outfits made of red satin. The school emblem of the Tiger was placed on the back of each blouse. This dashing bit of color inspired the fans to cheer the team in the tourney as they never had before. Next year Kenny will be back with his vim, vigor, and vitality, however Betty is lost through graduation. Betty was new in the field, performing only in the last few games of basket bail. Kenny has been in charge of the megaphone through¬ out the year. Page Forty-five Pigskin .Line: Jordan Murray, Gerald Heller, Ralph Higman, Bill Garrett, Fred Sprunger, P. B. Smith, Bob Templin. Backfield: Red McAdams, Bob Baumgartner, Gene Kain, Laurel Kinsey. Standing: Adrian Sprunger, Charles Baker, Ed Hiatt, Bill Fryback, Neil Beatty, Bill Hiatt, Emerson Schlotzhauer, Roy Captain. Bluffton’s 1936 band of Tigers passed through a season which turned out to be the “grid.” The team were all scrubs at one time and therefore know how it goes. The equal number of defeats and also registered one tie game. The game most proud of was the game in which Central of Fort Wayne defeated our Tigers 7 to 0. The score indicates its closeness but this is the best showing any Tiger squad has ever put up against a Fort Wayne school. Central 7 BHS 0 Warsaw 13 BHS 20 Decatur 13 BHS 0 Portland 6 BHS 6 Auburn 0 BHS 6 Columbia City 6 BHS 0 Elkhart 33 BHS 6 Huntington 6 BHS 15 Page Forty-six T oters At every gridiron fracas there is a small group of spectators “running through” every play with the men on the field. These are the members of the squad—the boys who warm the bench. Faithfully, every day in the week—rain, shine, snow, or mud, the football squad “works out” in preparation for the coming games. Their biggest thrill is to see the men whom they have helped put “in shape” win for B. H. S., or to hear an occasional “Tip Top! by George!” directed to them by “Temp.” Every now and then, one of these men gets a “break.” His heart thumps when the coach says, “Can you go in there and stop ’em?” Modestly, and perhaps a little timidly he replies, “I’ll do my best.” “That’s not good enough. Sit down!” is the only comment of the coach. But in a couple of minutes he is put into the lineup and plays his heart out. Such is the life of the average man on the squad. It is he as much as our football heroes to whom we owe the success of the team which we see in action on the “grid.” The team is all scrubs at one time and therefore know how it goes. The team is really the squad. 1st row: Bill Fritz, Bob Redd, Bill Edington, Jack McCray, Bob Garrett, Roger Richey, Jim Speheger, Don Harris, Bob Harnish. 2nd row: Earl Deam, Bob Shelly, Daniel Harsh, Bill Stogdill, Joe Biberstine, Richard Wiley, Milton Fox, Bob Metier, Max Rose. 3rd row: Everett Faulkner, Coach McMaster, Bob Colen, Don Johnson, Jr. Sowards, Bud Neuhauser, Dick Stults, Bob Moon, Dale Swigert, Leon Lindsey, Jim Redding, Coach Larmore, Bob Busick. Gene Kain: When the old punch was needed, Gene was the ideal prescrip¬ tion. When in the game, he scored sev¬ eral one handed hook shots. A regretted loss to the Bluffton Quintet. (Senior). Bob Templin: The Tiger’s outstanding offensive star. With¬ out his nine points per game many would have been lost. His specialization comes on long shots together with tip in baskets. A great many coaches have acquired grey hairs trying to stop him. (Senior). Gerald Heller: Plenty of the fight needed by a basket ball player was shown by Heller who always held up his end while in the game. A good shot who connected with several. (Senior). Red McAdams: Bluffton’s private speed merchant. Red specializes on under the basket drives but also comes in mighty handy on set shots. His loss next year will be greatly felt as he was plenty neat at the floor guard post. (Senior). Neil Beatty: The aggressive type who fights till the end. He accounted for several of our points from his forward position and his absence shall be noticed in the next campaign. (Senior). Fred Sprunger: A guard with superb defensive ability. A man who could take care of the toughest with the greatest of ease. This is his last year on the Tiger’s basket ball team. ' (Senior). Loren Falk: Not very tall but a very good jumper. He came in useful on several occasions and was much needed on the squad. He will be back next year for a like performance. (Junior). Isaac Fishbaugh : A second team product who shows great hopes of becoming a great back guard. He was very useful in several games for his ability on rebound work. Will be back in the lineup next year. (Junior). - Junior Smith: P. B., our husky forward, with his left handed and angle shots made the going tough for his opponents. Juney’s presence next year should be a great asset to the Tigers. (Junior). Bob McFarren: A nice ball player who could fill his job when called upon . He should be very outstanding for B. H. S. next year. He generally lined up at guard position. (Junior). Adrian Sprunger: A new comer to the varsity who proved himself worthy in many a Tiger fracas this season. Small but plenty of scrap and ability. Next year he should make many a coach worry. (Junior). Laurel Kinsey: An¬ other new comer who made a very capable guard. His big feature was a fast dribble down the middle ending with a beautiful one hand push shot. He has two more years in which to show his stuff. (Sophomore ). Basket Red McAdams, Laurel Kinsey, Adrian Sprunger, Fred Sprur.ger, Gerald Heller, Gene Kain, P. B. Smith, Neil Beatty, Bob Templin, Isaac Fishbaugh, The Bluffton High School Varsity went through just a fair season this year. Playing twenty- five games, the boys managed to come out in the lead in only ten. Many of their victories, how¬ ever, were over powerful teams which they can be proud to have conquered. Among these were Huntington, Berne, Ossian, and Lancaster. In the Lancaster game our Tigers were behind six points with only a few minutes to go, but a rally kept our team in the running and they were victorious. The North Side game was a well played game, although Bluffton lost 29-26. The outstanding week end came when Bluffton were winners in a County Tourney. Our vis¬ itors were Rockcreek, Lancaster, and Ossian. McAdams, Templin, F. Sprunger, Heller, Beatty, and Kain are lost from the team because of graduation; but the remaining six, combined with a scrappy bunch of second team products, should produce a winner in the ’37-’38 campaign. Until the hardwood season once more calls the Tigers back, they will devote their time to the other sports. Coaches Templin and Park, however, aim to carry on practice throughout the summer in high hopes of State championship material. “It’s not the captain, nor the coach, nor the stars that win, but the everlasting team-work of every bloomin’ soul.” Schedule and Scores Opp. B.H.S. Opp. B.H.S. Opp. B.H.S. Portland 28 31 Blind Tourney Decatur 33 21 Columbia City 26 20 Hartford City 39 Decatur 30 25 40 Berne 29 36 Auburn 14 24 Decatur 30 25 Kendallville 32 21 Hartford City 23 18 Gas City 21 Central 36 17 16 Ossian North Side 23 29 21 26 South Side 33 24 Burris 20 17 Wabash 33 23 Petroleum 20 30 County Tourney Liberty Center 21 19 Rockcreek 22 25 Sectional Lancaster 22 29 Lancaster 28 29 Huntington 20 29 Ossian 14 35 Berne 25 22 Page Fifty Makers Despite a handicap of “shortness,” the Tiger Cubs sailed through a good season with 13 victories against 7 defeats. To overcome their disadvantage in height, the Cubs enlisted speed and accurate shooting to help them. Because of the omission of a second team county tourney, Bluffton’s Reserves participated in a four-team blind tourney at Hartford City. Those competing in this tourney were Hartford City, Montpelier, Portland, and Bluffton. By “turning on all steam” against Montpelier and then Hartford City, the Bluffton Cubs brought home the trophy. The Bluffton Reserves upset several perfect records for such teams as Huntington, Gas City, and Burris of Muncie, much to the latter’s disappointment. From what has been witnessed of this hard-fighting aggregation of ball-hawks, the Bluffton High School will have reasons to be proud for the coming years. Schedule and Scores Opp. B.H.S Portland 23 22 Columbia City 16 20 Auburn 17 29 Hartford City 17 21 South Side 29 24 Petroleum 15 43 Liberty Center 23 37 Opp. B.H.S Huntington 21 23 Decatur 24 21 Gas City 23 25 Central 31 22 Burris 22 23 Decatur 24 26 Opp. B.H.S Tourney at Hartford City Montpelier 30 33 Hartford City 27 35 Berne 9 50 Kendallville 22 11 Ossian 23 22 North Side 17 19 Wabash 26 20 First row: Bob Garnett, Bill Hixon. Second row: Martin Tonner, Emerson Schlotzhauer, Bob Hannie, Bob McFarren, Joe Biberstine. Third row: Richard Willey, Isaac Fishbaugh, Max Fryback. Diamond Players First row: Gene Kain, Charles Baker, Neil Beatty, Laurel Kinsey. Second row: Roger Richey. Bill Garrett, Red McAdams, Bob Templin, Jordan Murray, Jack McCray. Third row: Leon Lindsey, Jim Speheger, Bob Hannie, Bob Biberstine, Max Rose. Bill Hixon, Bob Garrett. The Tigers scrapping baseball team turned in some neat victories over the toughest teams in this section. The team was almost a veteran squad with Kain, Beatty, Templin, Bill Garrett, McAdams, Kinsey, and B. Betts from last year’s varsity team. Lindsey, Speheger, H. Betz, Murray, Baker, and Schlotzhauer were ready to fill the other vacancies. The “mound work” of Neil Beatty was outstanding and largely responsible for the success of B. H. S. throughout the season. The fine infield combinations of Kinsey, McAdams, and Templin contributed the defensive punch necessary to stop the invasions. The team as a whole was one of Bluffton’s best hitting teams, always contributing the offen¬ sive punch when it was absolutely necessary. Competition among the players made the team, as a whole, a success and made them keep up the “grind.” Bluffton played the following teams: Bryant, Huntington, Portland, Hartford City, Decatur, Berne, Ossian, and Rockcreek. Page Fifty-two TRACK i + +vF 1€ L thinly clads enjoyed a fairly successful season this spring. Strong competition kept the boys from maintaining their aim: a clean slate. 8 competition In no event during the entire season were the B. H. S. boys “shut out.” The track men held pu%ngou™e tw4 r «?®y hid. end ° f ‘ he te “ m: however the b � y s ‘he field events were always A. Sprung,° £ Kinfey? y |chTotehauerf„d ' several 11 other” g °° d f ° r y6arS ‘° C ° me are B ' Hiatt ' SOFTBALL Bluffton High School was represented in the City’s Softball league held last summer. The boys made a splendid showing and played as good a brand of ball as did the other teams com¬ posed of experienced men. To gain their way into the final round of a district tournament the team defeated Cloverleaf, Masterson-Tyndall, and Ho osier Condensery, the three best city league teams, only to be defeated by a Fort Wayne team. The team was also invited to play in the regional tour¬ ney along with Maumee Theater, the winner of our district Tourney. The boys were defeated there, also, in their first game but showed well considering the class of competition. The members to make letters and the positions they played are as follows: Monroe, field and first base: Betz, field; Hupp, field; Miller, second base; Lindsey, field; Archbold, pitcher; Lud¬ wig, catcher; Hixon, second base; McAdams, short stop; Kinsey, third base; Speheger, third base; Templin, first base; Beatty, field. Yates served as student manager. TENNIS Tennis is one of the older minor sports that has been revived the last two or three years. The decision of the athletic department to recognize it with a minor award assures its permanency in B. H. S. The chief handicap in putting a team on the courts has been the inadequate facilities for prac¬ tice and for matches. Tennis courts are being constructed at the Wilson Athletic Field to remedy this handicap. With these new courts better teams are in the offing. Games this year were played with Central, South Side, Huntington, Decatur, Dunkirk, Hart¬ ford City, and in the Conference meet. This year’s squad consists of P. B. Smith, Bob Baumgartner, Sherman Kumpf, and Bob McFarren. BOWLING TEAM The Bluffton High School Bowling team closed a successful season by defeating the Hart¬ ford City High School team. These two teams played three matches with Bluffton victorious in all. The only defeat recorded for the B. H. S. bowling team was with the Strieker Boy Wonders of Ft. Wayne. This game was “turned over” to the opposing team by 14 pins. Members composing the team and their averages, which on the whole are higher than last year, are Bob Rix, 157; Dick Smith, 149; Bob Krill, 145; Jr. Faulkner, 142; and Jr. Lockwood, 139. Page Fifty-three INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS Interest in Intramural athletics is increasing rapidly each year in B. H. S. This form of athletics was organized in the High School in 1934 under the supervision of Fred Park. Greater numbers are participating than ever before. Recognition to the winner of hotly contested games is given at the annual athletic banquet by means of medals. This program gives every boy a chance in some competitive activities within the school. Lettermen cannot compete in the intramural sport in which they won their letter. This is the only restriction. Intramural sports in B. H. S. consist of basket ball and bowling teams. BASKET BALL A very close race decided the basket ball champions for the Intramural teams. This con¬ test consisted of eight teams with approximately nine members to a team. Games were scheduled for every Thursday after school and evening at the new gym. Captains of the eight teams were Jack McCray, Bob Baumgartner, Sherman Kumpf, Bob Rix, Bob Krill, Max Hauk, Jordan Murray, and J ames Neff. The championship for this year was won by Jack McCray and his “Hawkeyes.” His team members were Rose, Shields, Barringer, Harris, Fritz, Pett, Bulger, and Clark. Placing second was Bob Baumgartner and his “Fighting Irish.” Max Hauk came in third. W L PCT W L PCT Hawkeyes 11 3 .788 Bucket Pushers 6 8 .429 Fighting Irish 10 4 .714 Boilermakers 5 9 .357 Marroons 9 5 .643 Hoosiers 4 10 .286 Red Raiders 8 6 .511 Snipers 3 11 .214 BOWLING Intramural bowling for this year was divided into two rounds. The Zebras captained by Bob Krill won the first round. Other members of the Zebra team were Faulkner and Kleinknight. The Stricklers placed second in the first round with Captain Rix, Lockwood, and Pond as the members. Other teams competing were the Cobras, captained by Dick Smith; and the Pin Busters, led by Junior Farling. Many interesting games were played between these well matched teams. Bob Krill scored the highest number of points in any game of the season. This score was 243. In the second round doubles were played with Bob Krill and Harold Pett, winners of most of the matches. At the annual athletic banquet medals were awarded to members of the winning teams and to the individual player that secured the highest average. This honor was presented to Bob Rix who had an average of 157 for the first two rounds. Page Fifty-four Reviews Red: “Neal, what make of car do you call that one you have?” Beatty: :“Well, its the old reliable type the R. F. D ” Red: “What’s that?” Beatty: “Rescued from the dumps.” Coach: “Captain, what would you do if the ball was near the goal line and it was fourth down and one yard to go?” Captain: (riding bench) “I would slide down the bench some so that I could see the play better.” ❖ « ■ The student reporter (Dick Dental) had just submitted his editorial for the day to the editor (Vivian Goodwin). Leaving the editorial room, he began to reflect upon what he had written and decided to go back to change some¬ thing on it. “I have a few corrections to make on the editorial that I submitted,” he told the editor. The editor reached into the waste basket and pulled out the editorial. “All right, but make it snappy—the waste baskets will be emptied in five minutes.” “Hurrah! Five dollars for my latest story.” “Congratulations, Betty! From whom did you get the money?” “From the express company—they lost the story.” Jim Clark, a truck operator, was informed that he could not get his money until he had submitted an itemized statement for a certain hauling job. After much meditation he scrib¬ bled the following bill: “3 comes and 3 goes at 4 bits a went—$3.” ❖ “Say Schenkel, if you had five bucks in your pocket, what would you think?” asked Min- n ick. Schenkel: “I’d think I had somebody els3’s pants on.” Mother: “Why were you kept in after school today, Dick?” Monroe: “The teacher told us to write an essay on ‘The Results of Laziness’ and 1 turned in a blank sheet of paper.” ❖ Heller and Higman were having dinner to¬ gether. Higman helped himself to the larger fish and Heller said: “Fine manners you have, Higman. If I had reached out first I would have taken the smaller fish.” Higman: “You got it, didn ' t you?” ❖ An old man walking across the street, fell into a hole. As he was trying to get out Virgil Jacobs ran up to him and said: “Hey, Mister! I forgot to tell you about that hole.” “That’s all right, Son,” said the old man. “I found it.” Glaine Kleinknight: “And she learned to speak French in two weeks! I can’t understand it.” Mary Jane Wade: “I ' ll bet the French people can’t understand it either.” Page Fifty-five We Frolic on Wednesday First row: Betty Baker, Betty Harrison, Alwyn Kyle, Emma Euedtke, Aldene Murray, Dorothea Neuhauser, Martha Cline, Ruby Wilson, Edith Marquart. Second row: Miss Ricks, Doris Wolfe, Crystal Riddle, Dorothy Held, Patricia Vachon, Dorothy Davidson, Marjorie Randol, Betty Mosure. Third row. Hazel McFarren, Imogene Booher, Ruth Porter, Lavina Watters, Betty Harsh, Sarah Fair, Georginia Motz Vivian Goodwin. Fourth row: Doris Paxson. Venita Brewer, Donna Wahman, Virginia Brewer. In this modern age girls are paying more attention to their figures, the girls in the theaters especially. Since the girls in this theater are no different than others they were given a recreation hour every Wednesday evening after their routine work to help them keep in trim. And were they glad to get it! The program, under the direction of Miss Blanche Ricks, began November 18 and has been running every Wednesday since then. The first hour was given to the Seniors and Juniors and the second hour was given to the Sophomores and Freshmen. The remainder of the first semester was devoted to tumbling and balancing which caused a few stiff muscles but no one minded that. At the beginning of the second semester the two groups were combined and the main attrac¬ tions then were volleyball and volley-ring tennis. One evening, as a special feature, the girls held a party after their work-out and there was plenty of food and fun for everyone. It seemed they had forgotten the purpose of the recreation period. Since it only happens once in a while they decided they could stand to eat all they wanted and take the consequences. Page Fifty-six FEATURES Reviews Mr. Larmore: “Don ' t you think it’s about time the baby learned to say ‘papa’?” Mrs. Larmore: “Oh, no, I hadn’t intended telling her who you are until she becomes a little stronger.” They were having exercises in Health Ed class. “I want every one of you to lie on your back, put your feet in the air and move them as if you were riding a bicycle,” said Miss Ricks. “Now commence.” After a short effort Venita Brewer stopped. “Why have you stopped, Venita?” asked Miss Ricks. “I’m coastin’.” was the reply. Miss Karns on the scale was eagerly watched by two small boys. She dropped in her cent, but the machine was out of order and registered only seventy-five pounds. “Good-night, Bill,” gasped one of the youngsters in amazement, “She’s hollow.” Mr. Bennett: “Did you ever meet a fellow down there with one leg named Sanders?” A. Tewell: (Pondering): “What was the name of the other leg?” “Are you laughing at me?” demanded the irate Mr. McMasters of his class. “No,” came the answer in chorus. “Well,” insisted Mr. McMasters “What else is there in here to laugh at?” Everything was wrong in literature class. Miss McComb was discouraged and urged the pupils to put more expression in their recita¬ tions. “Too flat!” she exclaimed. “Too colorless! You can do better than that. Try again. Now! Open your mouth and throw yourselves into it.” Mrs. Grimsley: “What key are you playing in?” Mary Matson: “Skeleton key.” Mrs. Grimsley: “Skeleton key?” Mary Matson: “Yes, it fits anything.” Spain: “Whoopee!” E. Smith: “Why so happy?” Spain: “I made 100 in school.” Smith: “What subject?” Spain: “Arithmetic 30, Spelling 50, and Geo¬ graphy 20.” Marjorie Randol: “He’s been sitting there all day, doing nothing but wasting time.” Goodwin: “How do you know?” Randol: “Because I have been sitting here watching.” Kate Hannie: “How do I announce dinner? Do I say ‘Dinner is ready’ or ‘Dinner is served’?” Mistress: “If it is like it was yesterday, just say ‘Dinner is burnt.’ ” ❖ Teacher: “Does the moon affect the tide?” Helen Young: “No, only the untied.” Page Fifty-eight When It Happened Tuesday, Sept. 1—Attention! School days are here again. The Seniors are ready to start their last year in B. H. S. Wednesday, Sept. 2—Well, what a laugh we’ve had today watching the green freshies trying to find themselves. Friday, Sept. 4—First week completed. Exhausted from heat. Could you have stood it, eh? Monday, Sept. 7—No school. Why? Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8—Football game with Central of Fort Wayne. Friday, Sept. 11—Class officers are elected. Bluffton 20—Warsaw 13—Nice goin’ team. Tuesday, Sept. 22—Happy days are here again. Street Fair week begins tonight at 7 p. m. That means a little vacation for us. Tuesday, Sept. 29—Some of the Sophie girls wore hair ribbons today. Don’t get excited, it’s only the G. R.’s initation. Thursday, Oct. 1—Say, do you see what I see? Why it’s Dorothea and P. B. Friday, Oct. 2—Hurrah! We get to keep the Portland-Bluffton football trophy for a while. Wednesday, Oct. 7—By the way, four new teachers are with us this year. Heavens have mercy on them. Do you think they can put up with us? Monday, October 12—-One year past from sweet 16 for Miss Baroni. Happy Birthday! Friday, Oct. 16—Oh, how we love Fridays. What, no convocation? Thursday, Oct. 22—Whee, two days’ vacation. The teachers have gone to institute at Fort Wayne or Indianapolis. Monday, Oct. 26—It looks like the teachers had a grand time in the big city and believe it or not, they look more intelligent than before. Wednesday, Oct. 28—If you don’t watch out, the goblins will get you. Hallowe’en is only three days off. Saturday, Oct. 31—Everyone is having a gay old time in celebrating Hallowe’en. Tuesday, Nov. 3—Old Man Weather is sending us a cold breeze for the Huntington football game tonight. Friday, Nov. 6—Tonight is the night for the Juniors to show off. It happens to be the night of their class play, “Go Ahead.” Wednesday, Nov. 18—Did you hear that noise? It’s Venita Brewer demonstrating her “giggle.” Friday, Nov. 20—We started our basket ball season off with a bang by defeating Portland on our home floor. Not bad! Page Fifty-nine ) Wednesday, Nov. 25—Decided to take a little vacation for a few days as we are getting tired of school. Don’t tell anyone, but it’s Thanksgiving vacation. Monday, Nov. 30—I suppose you all had a swell Thanksgiving and your “tummies” are full of turkey. Wednesday, Dec. 2—The Senior boys are saving their pennies to buy the girl friends Christmas presents. Thursday, Dec. 17—Where ever Sarie is, you will find Bummy. Monday, Dec. 21—“The Good Fellowship Banquet” is tonight. They say the boys are going to lay the girls out by making them spend a lot of money. Be careful girls. Wednesday, Dec. 23—Boy oh boy, did “ Fat” Higman and Kain ever order a lot on the night of the banquet. Poor Harsh and Baroni. Thursday, Dec. 24—No school for eleven days. Santa is coming to town. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Friday, Jan. 1—Saw plenty of long faces today as we lost the Blind Tourney. Monday, Jan. 4—Hi, Everybody, welcome back to school. Was Santa good to you? Tuesday, Jan. 5—We play Decatur tonight on the rival’s floor. Wednesday, Jan. 6—The New Year’s Resolution should be not to chew gum in the library. Madam Ratliff considers it simple to tell you all to spit out your gum. Wednesday, Jan. 13.—Goody, goody, the Seniors get to go to court. Friday, Jan. 15—Mary Shafer—“Now keep this in mind.” Monday, Jan. 18—Second semester begins. Only 18 more weeks for the Seniors to wander down the dear old halls of Bluffton High. Saturday, Jan. 23—Everybody is happy. Why shouldn’t we be? We are the “County Champs.” Tuesday, Jan. 26—Oh! this rainy weather. Friday, Jan. 29—At last the time has come. What now? Convocation today. The English class VII are writing poems for today. What wonderful pieces of poetry they turn out. Oh, boy! Friday, Feb. 12—Mr. Ulmer’s History class has charge of the convocation program. Of course, we know it’s the birthday of a great man, Abraham Lincoln. Sunday, Feb. 14—Won’t you be my Valentine? Tuesday, Feb. 16—The Senior Civics classes have gone to Indianapolis to visit the State Legislature. They are also going to see many other interesting places, especially the “Insane Asylum.” Wednesday, Feb. 17—Well, what do you know, everyone of the Seniors came back from their trip to Indianapolis all right. It’s a wonder they didn’t keep a few of them down at the asylum. Gee, it must be grand to be sweet. Bill Garrett sure made an impression on one of the women in the asylum. Friday, Feb. 19—Today is the dead line for the short-story contest sponsored by the Psi Iote Xi. May the best girl win. Freshies are not so green after all. They certainly strut themselves by having charge of convocation. Keep it up Freshmen and you will go places. Page Sixty Monday, Feb. 22—George Washington, “The Father of our Country.” Wednesday, Feb. 24—Our last home game. We play Wabash and they have a good team, too. Thursday, Feb. 25—Only a week from tonight and the sectional tourney will start. Friday, Feb. 26—The yell leaders hope that the student body will be all pepped up for the tournament. Thursday, March 4—Yea! The big tourney starts tonight. May the best team win the “Championship.” Saturday, March 6—Congrats Berne “Bears” for your tourney victory. Friday, March 19—We will see some of the dignified Seniors making their debut on the stage tonight. “The Whole Town’s Talking” about it. Friday, March 26—School is dismissed to worship at the “Good Friday Services.” Monday, March 29—Hold on to your hats, kids, it’s windy out. Friday, April 2—Strike up the band and give us a treat. The high school band is going to present a concert tonight at the Community Building. Wednesday, April 7—April showers bring May flowers. Friday, April 23—The operetta is tonight. The cast worked hard to make it a big success. Tuesday, April 27—Only a few weeks till school days will be over. Have you noticed how everyone has been day dreaming lately? Do you suppose it could be spring fever? Friday, April 30—-“Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Tonight is the night for the members of the Hi-Y to entertain their girl friends. Friday, May 7—The Girl’s Reserve will entertain their mothers with a banquet tonight. Wednesday, May 12—Love is in bloom. Friday, May 14—Are we seeing things? Oh, dear, the Seniors are kiddies again. The big event of today is “Kid Day.” The Juniors will give a reception for the class of “37” tonight. Sunday, May 16—Baccalaureate. Monday, May 17—Some boys will be made happy at the Athletic Banquet tonight with their various awards. Thursday, May 20—Boo hoo! This must be a crying party. Why? Because this is the last day for the Seniors to be with the big P. A. Allen family. This is Class Day, too. Friday, May 21—The day has finally come to say farewell to dear old B. H. S. We are now “Not at the top, but climbing.” Page Sixty-one Reviews Dentist: “Do you use tooth paste?” Beatty: “No, my teeth aren’t loose.” Suspected of being mentally deficient, Garrett was asked by a psychologist: “How many ears has a cat?” “Two,” he replied. “And how many eyes has a cat?” “Two.” “And how many legs has a cat?” Then he looked at him suspiciously. “Say,” he inquired, “didn’t you ever see a cat?” “Harold Vore,” asked the teacher, “what is the plural of man?” “Men,” he announced. “And the plural of child?” “Twins!” was the prompt reply. “How do you like your new boss, dearie?” asked Violet of her friend Ruby, the stenog¬ rapher. “Oh, so-so,” was the reply. “But he seems to have a one-track mind.” “How come?” “He thinks there’s only one way to spell a word.” Bob B. “I like a girl who can take a joke.” Sarah F. “Then you stand a good chance of be¬ ing accepted.” Possible Employer: “But you’re asking for a rather high wage, seeing that you know nothing about the work.” Roger Williams: “But, you see, not knowing the work makes it so much harder for me.” Harriet Wiltse: “Dear, if I do the cooking for a year, what do I get?” Future Husband: “My life insurance.” Murray and Oswalt were seated in a crowd- er tramcar. Oswalt noticing that the other had his eyes closed, said, “Murray, are you feeling well?” “I’m all right, he answered. “But I do hate to see ladies standing.” Anna Elick had just purchased a postage stamp at a substation: “Must I stick it on my¬ self?” she asked. “Positively not, madam,” replied the postal clerk. “It will accomplish more if you stick it on the envelope.” «$• Mother: “What does this ‘D’ stand for in your report card?” Emmett Hupp: “Dandy.” McClain in a car hit an old man while he was walking down a highway. McClain: “It couldn’t have been my fault. I’ve been driving for 10 years.” Old Man: “Well, I’ve been walking for 55.” Page Sixty-two Former Stars Class Jim Ashbaucher; married; Chicago, Illinois Florabel Baker; stenographer; Allied Mills, Ft. Wayne, Mary Margaret Boden; married; Muncie, Indiana. James Bowman; student; Indiana University; Bloom¬ ington, Indiana. Barbara Briggs; at home; Bluffton. Lulu Britton; at home; Bluffton. Robert Cowens: student; Indiana University; Bloom¬ ington, Indiana. Marjorie Crum; stenographer; W. P. A. Office, Bluff¬ ton. William Fair; employee; Bluffton Printery, Bluffton. Bernice Foster; nurses training; Ft. Wayne. Mildred Frauhiger; married; Mrs. Carl Bowers; Calif. Lucille Fulk; employee; Miller Drug Store, Bluffton. Anna Louise Gilgen; at home; Bluffton. Vallera Gray; employee; Morris 5 10c Store, Bluff¬ ton. Jean Hammond; stenographer; Deam, Spivey, Harris Drug Store, Bluffton. Juanita Harmon; at home; Portland, Indiana. John Harsh; student; Indiana University, Blooming¬ ton, Indiana. Marjorie Henneford; employed; Ft. Wayne. Albert Howdyshell Evelyn Hubner; married; Mrs. Chester Smethursl, Bluffton. Max Huffman; employee; State Forest, Bluffton. Mary Hunter; stenographer; Morris 5 10c Store, Bluffton. Ruth Inskeep; at home; Bluffton. Joe Irey; student; International Business College, Ft. Wayne. Lena Ives; Washington State. Mildred Jacobs; at home; Bluffton. Dick Johnson; Aeschliman Implement Co., Bluff¬ ton. Catherine Jones; employed; Chicago, Illinois. June Jones; teacher; Poneto School; Poneto, Indiana. Martha Kelley; stenographer; W. P. A. Office, Ft. Wayne. Francis Kinsey; married; Mrs. Harold Swigert; Bluffton. Donna Koenig; student; St. Joe’s Hospital, Fort Wayne. Pauline Kreigh; married; living in South Bend, Indiana. Mary Helen Krill; employee; Young ' s Drug Store; Bluffton. Devona Kyle; at home; Bluffton. Maynard Lantis; student; University of Pennsyl¬ vania, Philadelphia, Pa. Class Roger Arnold; employee of father, Contractor ' s Busi¬ ness, Bluffton. Violet Baker; stenographer; Ft. Wayne. Cloice Bailer; employee; Ossian bakery, Ossian, Ind. Paul Bender; student; Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana. Maxine Bevington; employee; Caylor-Nickel Clinic, Bluffton. Lloyd Biberstine; student; Ball State Teacher’s Col¬ lege, Muncie, Indiana. Bessie Bouse; married; Mrs. Charles Fuller, Jr., Bluffton. Doris Bowman; married; Mrs. Virgil Zoll, Bluffton. Arlen Brinneman; manager; Fritz Electric Shop, Montpelier, Indiana. Audrey Brinneman; married; Berne, Indiana. Devona Britton. Betty Caps; at home; Bluffton. Georginna Chalfant; employee; Joe’s Confectionary, Bluffton. Dorothy Clark; at home; Bluffton. Doris Collins, student; Teacher ' s State Normal Col¬ lege; Terre Haute, Ind. Maxine Collins; stenographer; Bluffton. Dick Covault; stenographer; Ford Garage; Bluffton. Opal Crosby. Jean Crum; stenographer; Woodward ' s Insurance Office, Bluffton. of ’34 Wendell Larmore; at home; Bluffton. Harold Lautzenhiser; employee; Lautzenhiser Ma¬ chine Shop; Bluffton. Paul Ludwig; employee; Farling Grocery, Bluffton Marijane Marquart; clerk; Etta Heller’s Store; Bluff¬ ton. Harold McCray; employee; State Forest, Bluffton. Faith Mendenhall. Alice Miller; at home ; Bluffton. Pauline Miller; at home; Bluffton. Joe Mitchell; employee; Morris ' 5 10c Store, Bluff¬ ton. Joan Moomaw. Mary Jane Morrow; employed in State Health Dept., Indianapolis. Claudine Mounsey; teacher; Roll School, Roll, Indiana. Robert Mounsey; student; Ball State Teacher’s Col¬ lege; Muncie, Indiana. James Murray; at home; Bluffton. Gene Nesbitt; student; Indiana University; Bloom¬ ington, Indiana. Doris Norris; married; Mrs. Lee Howard; Bluffton. Milo Rauner; employee; Tester and Lutz Garage; Bluffton. George, Jr. Redd; truck driver; Lamson Transporta¬ tion Co.; Bluffton. Margaret Robbins Romaine Rolli; student; St. Joe ' s Hospital, Fort Wayne. Owen Rush; farming near Decatur, Indiana. Theo Shimer; at home; Bluffton. Clemen Smekens; employed at Midland Oil Co., Bluffton. Clyde Smith; employee; Kyle’s Filling Station; Bluff¬ ton. Dale Sowards; employee; General Machine Shop, Bluffton. Bill Spain; student; International Business College, Ft. Wayne. Bernetta Stout; married. David Thompson; student; Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Vaugh Travis. Gerald Truax; employed at Detroit, Michigan. Madonna Turkes; at home; Bluffton. Mary Belle Wilson; married; Mrs. Edward Call; Bluffton. Beulah Woodruff; at home; Bluffton. Jane Wooster; married; Mrs. Lawrence Markley; Bluffton. Ed Zimmerman; employee; Dunbar Furniture Co., Berne, Indiana. of ’35 Claude Decker; student; Purdue University, LaFay¬ ette, Indiana. Mary Helen Decker; at home; Bluffton. Bob Dentel; at home; Bluffton. Eunice Dilley; at home; Bluffton. Edna Easterday; student; St. Joe’s Hospital, Fort Wayne. Francetta Everett; married; Mrs. Dee Niblick; Bluff¬ ton. Martha Fair; at home; Bluffton. Lois Farling; married; Mrs. Paul Ludwig; Bluffton. Shelby Faulkner; employee; Hartman ' s Filling Sta¬ tion, Bluffton. Clarence Fishbaugh; student; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Charles Fuller, Jr.; employee; Boss Mitten Factory, Ft. Wayne. Orvi l Fulton; at home; Bluffton. Frank Garrett; employee; Micnigan Gas Company, Bluffton. Dan Gilbert; employee; Dunbar Furniture Company, Berne, Indiana. Harold Gilliom; living in Bluffton. John Glass. Robert Green; employee; Parlor City Creamery, Bluffton. Evelyn Heche; at home; Bluffton. Anna Heister; living in Bluffton. Page Sixty-three Paul Heller, employee, Hoosier Grain Co., Bluffton. Beatrice Hendricks, stenographer; Red Cross, Bluffton. Leonard Hubbell; living in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marcella Hubner; student; Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. Garth Ixey; at home; Bluffton. Bernice Jacobs; at home; Bluffton. Wilma Kelly; stenographer; Morris 5 10c Store; Bluffton. Ruth King; Bluffton. Estella Kitchen; married; Mrs. Herb Ratcliff; Ossian, Indiana. Mary Ann Kunkel; student; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Gale Lantis, student; University of Pennrylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dorothy Leimgruber; married; Mrs. Fred Scott; Day- ton, Ohio. Brooks Lesh; employee of father; Carpenter business, Bluffton. Charles Linn; student; Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Rubene Little; married; Mrs. Virl Meadows; Gary, Indiana. Thorval Mattax; student; Ball State Teacher’s Col¬ lege, Muncie, Indiana. Bob Michael; student; Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana. Mary Miller; at home; Bluffton. Lois Mock; married; Mrs. Delmar Shaw; Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Francetta Nash, employee; Joe’s Confectionary, Bluffton. Art Neuenschwander; student; International Businsss College, Fort Wayne. Jim Nute; employee; McDowell Lumber Company, Bluffton. Carl Overholtz; employee; Tonner’s Garage, Bluffton. Vadis Park; employee; Wayne Knitting Mills, Fort Wayne. Philip Piety; at home; Bluffton. Jim Reed; employee; Young’s Drug Store, Bluffton. Phil Redding; employee; Thoma and Son, Bluffton. Mary Jane Reiter; married; Mrs. Niblick; Bluffton. Harold R udy; at home; Bluffton. Margaret Saurer; student; Western College, Oxford, Ohio. Eileen Schlagenhauf; married; Mrs. Herman Reiff, Bluffton. Mary Jane Schmoll; married; Mrs. Lyie Crandal, Bluffton. George Shead; student; De Pauw University; Green- castle, Indiana. Hugh Sills; employee; Cline Lumber Co., Bluffton. Barbaranell Slawson; at home; Bluffton. Paul Stout; student; Albany, New York. Marjorie Templin; student; Warner School of Beauty; Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jack Thompson; student; Indiana University; Bloom¬ ington, Indiana. Mary Jane Ulmer; stenographer; Patten-McCray, Bluffton. Jesse Wilkins; employee; Aloha Filling Station, Bluffton. Leroy Worman; at home; Bluffton. Fred Young; employee; Filling Station, Bluffton. Dick Zimmerman; employee; Dunbar Furniture Co., Berne, Indiana. Class of ’36 Mary Ellen Anderson; stenographer; Culver Manu¬ facturing Company, Bluffton. Russell Archbold; clerk; Pyle’s Grocery Store; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Elmer Armantrout; at home; Poneto, Indiana. Lucille Arnold; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Florence Bell; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Ruby Bradburn; stenographer; Culver Manufacturing Company, Bluffton, Indiana. Lewis Captain; at hem ; Bluffton, Indiana. J. C. Chalfant; clerk; City Market; Bluffton, Indiana. Harriett Cole; living at Bloomington, Ind.ana. Margaret Cossairt; stenographer; Smith Trucking Co., Bluffton, Ind. Arleen Crandall; at home; Bluffton. Helen Deam; student; Asbury College, Wilmore, Ken¬ tucky. Mary Deam; at home; Bluffton. Elizabeth Drewett; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Coulson Edington, Jr.; waiter; Edington s Cafe; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Sylvia Sue Fox; student; International Business College; Fort Wayne, Ind. Avanelle Freeland; stenographer; Carnall and Sons; Bluffton, Indiana. Robert Fritz; salesman; Fritz Electric Company, Bluffton, Indiana. Lela Graham; at home; Portland, Indiana. Clyde Gray; employee; Emshwiller’s Confectionery; Bluffton, Indiana. Chester Green; truck-driver; Bluffton, Indiana. Ermadean Green; married; Mrs. John Snyder; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Helen Grove; married; Mrs. Loren Gerwig; Liberty Center, Indiana. Edith Hamje; secretary; Receiver of Wells County- Bank; Bluffton, Indiana. Florence Harris; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Gordon Hart; assistant manager; Kroger Grocery ' , Bluffton, Indiana. Alice Hedges; employee; Meyer’s Drug Store; Fort Wayne, Indiana. June Hiatt; student; Indiana University; Blooming¬ ton, Indiana. Albert Hollenbaugh; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Marjorie Howard; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Richard Huffman; student; Purdue University; La¬ Fayette, Indiana. Helen Jean Johnson; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Ruby Keller; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Robert Kelley; employee; Tonner’s Garage, Bluffton, Indiana. Marjorie Kreigh; married; Mrs. Virgil Books; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Mary Lautzenheiser; married; Mrs. James Reed; Bluffton, Indiana. Doris Lee; stenographer; Super Sign System; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Phoebe Lindstrand; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Norma Little; married; Mrs. Herschel Grove; Bluffton, Indiana. Dwight Ludwig; employee; George Morris residence, Bluffton, Indiana. Arthur Maddux; employee; Red Cross Manufacturing Company, Bluffton, Indiana. Ruth Meeks; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Ralph Meyer; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Ruth Miller; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Wayne Miller; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Willard Miller, Jr.; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Frank Monroe; deputy treasurer Wells County; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Swangee Murray; stenographer; News-Banner; Bluff¬ ton, Indiana. Emmadell Myers; student; Western College, Oxford, Ohio. Max McAfee; employee of father; contracting busi¬ ness; Bluffton, Indiana. Margaret McCleery; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. James McCray; employee; Patton-McCray Manufac¬ turing Company, Bluffton, Indiana. Martha Narr; married; Mrs. Tom McNair; Gary, Ind. Ruth Neff; student; Marion College, Marion, Indiana. Junior Nickloson; Bluffton, Indiana. Dwight Norris; clerk; Kroger Store, F ' ort Wayne, Ind. Barbara Oda; stenographer; Unemployment Agency, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Harriett Porter; employee; Huntington, Indiana. Wendell Plough; student; Indiana University, Bloom¬ ington, Indiana. Robert Rector; time-keeper; W. P. A., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Thelma Reiff; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Homer Reinick; drives truck; Hoosier Condensed Milk Company, Bluffton, Indiana. Robert Reusser; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Doris Rix; employee; Morris 5 10c Store, Bluffton, Indiana. Tommy Roudebush; employee; Filling Station, De¬ troit, Michigan. Mary Russell; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Marjorie Sawyer; stenographer; Hoosier Condensed Milk Company, Bluffton. Charles Shaw; Bluffton, Indiana. Florence Turkes; employee; Fort Wayne, Ind. Martha Van Emon; employee; Kroger Store, Bluffton, Indiana. Charles Weterick; post-graduate, Bluffton, Indiana. Paul Worman; at home; Bluffton, Indiana. Mary Wenger; married; Mrs. Robert Shaw; Bluffton, Indiana. 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