Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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Juniors Love to Act 16 in August (1) Gusty Goodrich (Harriett Brown on the stepladder) is compelled to stay put in her own home all summer for wrecking the new car of her father. Dr. Goodrich (Dick Brickley, right). Arthur Peterson (Dick Swisher, seated), her side-kick, uses his psychological talents to persuade Dr. Goodrich that Gusty should be allowed to attend her cher- ished camp for the summer. But Dr. Goodrich only piles more housework on Gusty. (2) Duke Weatherby (Chad Caylor, left) the glamor pants of Gusty ' s gang, be- comes very much interested in Miss James (Ann Speheger, right). Dr. Good- rich ' s efficient office nurse, while Cyn- thia Thornton (Romanel Reid, seated), who has an eye on Duke herself, at- tempts to look amused. Olga Dean (Pat Smith, standing right, in black) comes to consult Dr. Goodrich about her para- lyzed sister-in-law. who is the age of Gusty. (3) Effie McCann (Ann Schlotzhauer, left) and Lil Stone (Eleanor Shafer, right), youthful friends of Gusty, do the hated housework for their idol in exchange for tennis lessons. Carol Dean (Betty Neusbaum, in white) proves a problem to Gusty when Dr. Goodrich puts her in Gusty ' s care for the summer. But Asia May (Esther Heiniger, in maid ' s costume), the Goodrich ' s devoted maid, reads Carol ' s palm, saying. I see you out of your wheelchair — gittin ' around real spry. (4) The outcome of it all is a party planned by Arthur and Mrs. Goodrich (Anna Louise McAfee, center, dancing with Dr. Goodrich). Joan McBride. and Bill Mailers (seated left) and Betty Mertz (standing left) are guests at the party. During the evening Carol persuades Gusty to take her father ' s car to get her lucky ring. On the return trip they are forced off the road, and Carol, forgetting her invalidism, goes for help. Duke sees Carol in a new light and thinks she is swell ! Gusty admits to Arthur that she ' s known ever since she was twelve she would marry him some- day. Twenty-eight

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Above — Mortimer Frothingham (Earl Harford) Purity Dean (Beverly Slawson) Leander Longfellow (Forrest Moore). Upper right — Jed Lunn (Horace Knox) Letty Barber (Pat Davison) Faith Hogue (Rosemary Lucas). Lower right — Nellie Morris (Alice Ann Arnold) Jonathan Logan (Raymond Rei- neck) Mortimer Frothingham (Earl Har- ford). Mortimer Frothingham did all he could to win the affection of Purity Dean, but he found he had lost the upper hand when Leander appeared on the scene. Faith Hogue and Letty Barber arrived at the home of the Logans in the search of Faith ' s baby. Letty recognized Jed Lunn as the one who took the child and immedi ately made it known. As the final touch Nellie Morris arrived claiming to be the wife of the villain. Leander made quick riddance of Frothingham and won the love of Purity Dean. Twenty-seven

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First row: Bill Kunkel, Bill Cline, Dick Brickley. Row two: Alice Ann Arnold, Maxine Buroker, Tom Hiatt, Carolyn Dotterer, Agnes Mailer, Doris Ann Besore. Row three: Elma Chenoweth, Eleanor Shafer, Esther Heiniger, Beverly Slawson, Suze Ann Ulmer, Marilyn Masterson, Pat Davison, Peggy Sands. The members of the National Honor Society are chosen for scholarship, character, leadership, and service. To belong to this society is one of the highest honors that can be attained by any high-school student. The local chapter of the National Honor Society sponsored the selling of War Stamps in the high school. The four members who were chosen in their Junior year, Maxine Buroker, Carolyn Dotterer, Agnes Mailer, and Tom Hiatt, initiated the new members in an impressive service at convocation March 13. After the initiation the society organized with Miss Powers as adviser and elected Carolyn Dotterer president and Dick Brickley vice-president. They decided to continue the project of selling War Stamps and Bonds. Twenty -nine