Borden High School - Echoes Yearbook (Borden, IN)

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3150 W . f. s9- h eszei , x3 C F QMKWfQW W in high school, my first place to visit was the gym. There TOMMIE WOOD was busy training the boys for another successful season. He had coached the tea: that won the State Championship of '56. He said that he had worried terribly about the success of his team and often had gone for days without sleep. Why, he wouldn't have made it if he hadn't slept at nights. Taking a short-cut across the bridgeto visit the high school building, I knocked on the typing room door. The commercial teacher, JUNE KING, was explaining her new typing system which is known as the baseball system--hit and ruin. June told me about other members of our class. She said that LUCILLE CASEY was the first to marry in the Senior Class. Lucille and her husband were living on their goat farm at Daisy Hill. As I wandered from room to room through the building, I noticed a complete new faculty. With so many new rooms and other building improvements, one almost needs a guide to get around now. After leaving theschool, I headed toward home and met SHEILA BDACKMAN. Sheila said that she married that certain garageman and became the perfect housewife. tThe very first day she flooded the house to see the kitchen sink.l We had quite a chat about our old classmates. Sheila told me that AGNES BOOK is now married and living in Louisville where she is assistant editor of The Louisville Times. She is the mother of a bouncing baby boy or girl, but won't know which it is till it stops bouncing. After a short visit at home, I hoppedPinto my jet plane and continued my journey. To pass the time on my way to St. Louis, I turned on my radioib listen to my favorite disk jockey. tBefore you know it, they will be having shower baths in these p1anes.l I noticed St. Louis just ahead and prepared unland. Sheila had told me to visit the city hospital. tI didn't know whether I looked sick or what.l The reason was that REGINA HASH was the manager of this hospital. A new economic system to dispose of waste blood had been adopted by her--it is known as the bucket brigade. Regina explained the entire hospital system to me and told me that LUELLA REILLY was the head nurse. She said that Luella had always wanted to become a nurse; so she went to college four years and took medicine-then she became well. I left St. Louis and was continuing my journey when I made a startling discovery--I was hungry! I landed at Kansas City and made a dash for the nearest restaurant. Sitting in a far corner of the restaurant was none other than ED KNUCKLES enjoying a big juicy steak. I joined him at his table, and he told me that he had entered the beverage business. He had invented a drink that will make you popular, win you a host of friends, and make your life happier-Killya Cola. Ed informed me that BILLY DANNER is now head of the Kansas City Health Department. He recently passed a law against long skirts because they picked up germs, but now he stands on the ng$

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3150 359 W I 3. W s CMQWGQM W W 79W It is now 1960 and I am ready to leave washington, D. C. in my new jet plane for my annual vacation trip. For two years I have been President of the Senate ibut my wife is still Speaker of the Housel. Poor me, I am always getting blamed for everything. Why, even as a baby they were always pinning things on me. While in a last conference with the President of the United States, I sat next to his private Secretary. Guess who it was? Why, none other than our own BETTY GRAY. Betty has held this job for quite-some time, and you can guess to which political party she would work for. My first stop on my cross-country trip was Philadelphia. These new Jet planes are such a marvel! iWhat will they think of next?l After landing, I looked for the most expensive apartment house in town. When I signed the register, I noticed GORDON TRAINOR'S name. I immediately rushed up to his apartment and was heartily welcomed by him and his family. Gordon told me that he entered the field of science and majored in the study of astronomy. He gave the world one great theory: That the moon doesn't affect the tide; just the untied. At 11 a.m. I left the Philly airport and headed toward Nethork. Upon arriving at this great city, I went to Fifth Avenue to see all the sights. walking down the avenue, I ran into the one and only DORIS JOHNS. She was on her way to lunch, and asked me to join her. During lunch we discussed the things that happened at B. H. S. while we were there. iWhat a discussionll Doris had always wanted to become an artist; so for two Years she studied Art. Then she married him. Her comic strip, Who Killed Grandma? was voted best of the year at the annual moron convention. With our discussion and lunch over, we joyfully parted since Doris had to get back to her studio for some more artistic work-and me?-on to see the New'York Pork Company, which had been my one desire in high school. But by a horrible mistake, I wandered into the President's office. There sat a man with a big cigar and his feet on the desk. My fear soon vanished because the President was an old classmate, RALPH FORDYCE. Ralph, the ingenial man that he was, had advanced up in the world. He had made many great improvements in the packing business. Having satisfied my packing house curiosity, I left the airport and headed toward Indianapolis. Luck was with me in landing because I had become dazed by hitting so many air pockets. I hailed a cab and asked him to rush me to the nearest doctor. To whom should he take me but GEORGE CALLAM. He had a sign on the door giving this slogan: 75$ of my patients survive. He took me into his office and gave me some pills that were large enough to choke a horse, but he told me there was no reason to worry because his 25$ had already died. my trip wouldn't be complete without stopping at Borden, my old home town. Since I had been a basketball player during my four years nge

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3150 859 W K, s9. ezeaa A'xs Cmrgtmgw W street corners to see what short skirts pick up. So much for the Missouri sights , I must be on my way. After landing at the airport in Denver, I was astonished to discover BILLIE ROERK, the automobile czar, waiting'uaneet the next passenger plane. He was driving one of the most elaborate cars ever owned. He showed me the new and effective pickdup this car had.--The headlights winked. Our deep discussion soon found its way to women, as you can imagine. I guess that he still goes for the intellectual type. He said, I like a girl with a good head on my shoulders. On my way to California, I developed plane trouble and had to make a forced landing in the Nevada Desert. What a surprise I received here! I had landed in the center of a training camp. There was CARL FASKE, better known as Muscles , the World's Heavyweight Boxing Champion. He wassparring with his boxing mate and showed me his favorite knockout punch. It was made of grape juice, orange juice, and ginger ale. When I asked him who hit him the hardest during his fighting career, he replied, The tax collector. we were discussingtid.classmates, and Carl told me that MARCELLA DAVIS went flying through here just a few days ago. He said that she was in such a hurry about something. The story goes that she went to college and became a Home Economic teacher. It was her very first day of teaching and she was baking a cake. The recipe read, Put one egg in, then beat it. My plane was now repaired; so I continued my Journey. After landing at Hollywood, I imediately headed for Hen's-Golden-Layer tor is it Metro-Goldyn-Mayerl where they produce all the movie stars. Here I found KATHLEEN CONARD who is now a famous movie actress. She told me all about her latest picture, John's other Mother-in-Law. She plays the part of John. While on a recent tour of the country, she said that she had seen VERNON WAGONER. He had been going around with the same girl for quite some time until the revolving door hit him in the head. He was later drafted into the army as a bugler. So when the bombs began to fall, Vernon blew. Kathleen also saw BILLY BREWER on her tour. It seems that Bee had become a famous author, but was always using a pen name t7896h2l instead of his real one. His latest book was entitled I'll Meet You in the Spring, If I Can Get Through the Mattress. Wishing Kathleen success on her next picture, I hastened to enjoy the pleasant sunshine in my California resort near Los Angeles. This was the most pleasant vacation trip that I had made because it was wonderful unknow that the members of the Senior Class of l9h8-19h9 are living a happy and prosperous life. A. J. McKinley