Bristol High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Bristol, IN)

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,mg Y l ' I I CLASS WILL We, the wise, sophisticated Seniors of the class of '32, being of sound mind and mindful of the uncertainties of our life, do hereby publish our last Will and Testament. To-wit: I, Raymond Mann, will to my brother Buster my ability to enter the assembly quietly and at a low speed. I, Lucile Miles, will my ability as editor of the annual to Louis Congdon. I, Florence Schieber, will my frequent strolls in front of the school buildings to Bonnie Kreighbaum. I, Lucille Fisher, will my ability to keep quiet while the teacher is talking to Evelyn Menges. I, Glenn Brown, will my funny streak to Billy Bardo. I, Lorene Magnuson, will my popularity with the eighth grade boys to Willodene Stemm. I, Cleo Haines, will my beauty aids to Elizabeth Bender, that she may win a certain boy in the Iunior Class. I, Inez Wolkins, will my deportment grades to Bruce Cathcart. I, Iohn Dausman, will the several cuds of gum under my desk to Miss Clark. I, Ruth Anglin, will my voice to Betty Weiifenbach. I, William Brooks, will my ability to attract the girls to George O'dell. I, Winifred Davis, will my desk at the far corner of the assembly to Horace Fairfield. I, Louise Bloomingdale, will my laugh to anyone in need. I, Eldon Keller, will my new model airplane to Mr. Byerly that he may get to Civics Class on time. I, Dorothy Phoebus, will my permanent wave to Lyola Schrock. I, Marion Wolkins, will the sack of peanuts I always carry around with me to Dwight Garber. I, Alice Kline, will my ability to become engaged to Edna Schieber. I, Pauline I-Ioverman, will my several thousand hairpins to Shirley Iackson. I, William Courson, will my basketball ability to Mr. Thompson. I, Myrtle Scamehorn, will my ability to have a date every night to Dorothea Mann. I, Merle Strawser, will my Physics book to Bruce Sassaman. We, as Seniors, will to the Iunior Class, the last row in the assembly. to be used by next year's clownish seances. We appoint Mr. Carl Byerly as sole executor of this will. It shall become effective on April 22, 1932. -Portia Ivens. 4145

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,mu l P I I SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The most memorable occasion in the entire history of the Senior Class of 1932x is that day in September, 1928, when we entered the doors of Bristol High School as Freshmen. As class meetings were new to us, we had a little difliculty in selecting officers, but when things were straightened out, we elected Portia Ivens, president: Alice Kline, vice president: Cleo Haines, secretary-treasurer: and Mr. McConnell, sponsor. Later we selected our class flower, the American Beauty Rose: our class motto, Not at the top, but climbing : our class colors, red and white: and our class pennant. Soon after Thanksgiving, we gave our first party in response to the Freshman initiation at Blosser Park which was given by the Seniors. A Latin contest washeld this year and Portia Ivens entered to uphold our dignity f??!l. The fall of '29 brought us back to school as Sophomores. Eight of the original twenty-five members of our class had dropped out, leaving seventeen to carry on Iohn Dausman was chosen presidentg Louise Bloomingdale as vice president, Lucille Fisher as secretary-treasurerg and Miss Smith as sponsor. The monotony of our studies was enjoyably broken by two parties this year, which were given at Lucile Miles' home and at Iohn Dausman's, respectively. September of 1930 rolled around, and brought the Class of '32 back to B. H. S. as Iuniors. This year we had two more members added to our class at the first of the year and one more at the beginning of the second semester making twenty in all. We elected Alice Kline, president: Iohn Dausman, vice presidentg Lucile Miles, secretary-treasurerg and Miss Lett, sponsor. After we settled down to a regular routine of study we decided to buy class rings, which we selected in time to use for a very nice Christmas present. Our attention was next taken by our class play Here Comes Patricia which was put on Ianuary 28. The next event this year was the Iunior-Senior Banquet whichiis a yearly affair for the purpose of giving the Seniors a royal farewell. Talks from the members of the two classes and the faculty were heard. Afterwards a dance was enjoyed. The class also sponsored a program by Mr. Williams, a magician. Two parties were held this year-one was a theater party. The other, a Hal- loween party, was held at the school house. Our Senior year, our last year, has been looked forward to 1 for the Senior class is the privileged class, you knowl. This year we added two more members making a grand total of twenty-two. We elected one of these new members, Lorene Magnuson, presidentz William Brooks, vice president: Lucile Miles, secretary-treasurer, and Miss Clark, sponsor. As our final masterpiece, we are publishing this Hourglass. Our class play Sound Your Horn will be given April 15. We have had a class party at Iohn Dausman's, and a theater party this year. A party fnot a class partyj was held at Dorothy Phoebus's home and, a good time was had by all, we believe it deserves mention in this history. -Iohn Dausman. 1131

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,mu I I I . SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY I was going to spend my vacation at my home town. Ten years had passed since I had seen all of my classmates. When I reached Bristol I was astonished to hear that a circus was to be in Bristol. Bristol had finally reached the size of a one-thousand-population city. The circus was of the largest of its type in the world. I had seen several of my classmates. Portia Ivens was playing the leading part in one of America's finest shows. Marion Wolkins, my brother, was a lawyer in Union, Michigan. While traveling, I had seen some of Cleo I'Iaines's masterpieces in the large art galleries of America. She was making Sl,000 a month. VVhen I boughtrny ncket Ithoughtthe UckebseHerlooked fannhar. I passed on, thinking it surely couldn't be he who had been in our class. Not being satisfied, I went back to look him overg then he recognized me. Sure enough it was Merle Strawser. He said that he worked in the circus in the summer and gave lectures in the winter. The band which was directed by a stout' gentleman was the main attraction at the entrance of the circus. When the director turned to bow to the crowd, I then recognized him as Iohn Dausman. Mr. Dausman had won the clarinet solo contest in the last contest held at CIhicago. Above the noise of the circus could be heard the voice of one very familiar. I soon recalled to memory where I had heard that voice. The owner of that voice was Glenn Brown. He was advertising the race of the old Ford, Lena . In the race he proved his ability to handle an old Ford. The gentleman next to me seemed to be excited about the race. I learned that he was Raymond Mann who had been elected mayor of Mottville. . The performance in the main tent was ready to start, so I started toward the tent but was held back by the pleading of a woman. She was trying to get people to get their fortunes told. I started inside the tent, when she grabbed me by the arm. Thinking she wanted to rob me, I started to scream, but she laughed asking if I didn't know my old classmate, Lorene Magnuson. I hardly recognized her because she had changed so much. When I entered the main tent the animals were parading around. Two beautiful white horses had the lead and the drivers were dressed in fluffy white dresses. When I saw them face to face I then knew them as two of my classmates, Lucile Miles and Lucille Fisher. I almost caused an accident by stopping them. After I had taken my seat, I was amazed to see by whom I was sitting. Two of my classmates, to be sure, Florence Schieber and Winifred Davis. Miss Davis was reporter for the Bristol Banner and made her home with her pal, Florence, who was married and lived in Bristol. They were well informed about the class. Dorothy Phoebus was the head nurse in the Bristol Hospital. I was taken aback when I learned that William Courson had spent seven years in college. He was to be the future doctor of Bristol. Iust at this time the trapeze girls came to perform. As I watched them move about I recognized them as Pauline Hoverman, Alice Kline, and Myrtle Scamehorn. While doing a daring stunt one of the girls lost her balance and fell. A woman rushed from the crowd to help the girl. I learned that she was Ruth Anglin, the nurse, who had been caring for the governor of Indiana. The governor, William Brooks, had received a very serious injury while hunting in Africa. Iust as I was leaving the circus grounds I was bewildered by an approaching woman. She was beautiful and had the appearance of an actress. It was Louise Bloomingdale who had won the prize for being the best dancer of the world. She gave a few steps to show that she was entitled to the prize. I had left the circus grounds when the humming of an airplane drew my at- tention. I went to look at the airplane which was an invention of its pilot, Eldon Keller. I took a ride and was thrilled at the thought of riding with one of my class- mates. That night I went to sleep with the pleasantest thoughts of the class of '32. -Inez Wolkins. 4153