Bryant High School - Hoosier Owl Yearbook (Bryant, IN)

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Class Prophecy No one knows what the future beholds, so we'll make a wild guess, without intentions of seriousness. Ralph Ashcraft, the great student chemist, known as Haskal Atom to public, discovered a new ray machine. In this machine, one can look into the future. We, the class of Forty Seven, were very anxious to see into the future, so Haskal turned the dial to ten years. As the machine moaned and the fog disappeared, we stood in a daze and then we could see the year of 1957 just as clear as if we were there. The nation's television sets were going to feature a great program. The President of the U. S. was to make a speech. The president walked down the aisle of a great building of beautiful design 3 beside him walked a hugh sturdy man. As the president came closer, we noticed the president was none other than James Monroe. The crowd was roaring, Monroe reigns again I Also we were shocked to find that the president's body guard was Gerald Dickson! The machine quickly changed to the wide open plains when Joan Myers sought her future. She owned a ranch and over a hundred horses. Riding down the trail came none other than Doc Craig. He was riding an animal which was part horse and part cow. He was raising these animals in great quanities with the information he had gained from Wayne Haffner's Ag. class. Glen and Keith desired to see their future. They were sitting in an office buiiding on the 199th floor in New York City. They had been in the automobile business but now were building rocket ships. They made two models, the T heurer Clipper and the Stein Streamer! They had taken four trips to the moon and found it quite livable there and planned to move there the next year. Marion Logan turned the dial and gazed into the machine. There was a great brick house and in front of it was a sign which read, The Friendly Undertaker. Inside the house, he was preparing a corpse. He had chang- ed physically. He was a little chubby and walked with a limp. He seemed to enjoy his work and had a fine establishment. The machine went into a fog and then cleared to find Alma Bergman posing as Norman Tullis painted her picture. Alma's face was on all popular magazines. Norman had painted her picture many times along with many motion picture and television stars.

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Hillbilly Courtship The Senior Class of 1947 gave a comedy play, Hillbilly Courtship , which was a great success. As the title suggests, the play is a good old hillbilly play. Ma Peppin CRuth Polingl owns a shack in the mountains in which chaos reigns. Ma Peppin is the meanest old White woman on Hog Mountain. She has every- body quaking in their boots including Pappy Stilsby CGerald Dicksonl who was continually fighting with her. Luke Stilsby fGlen Theurerj is infatured with Emmy Peppin CJoan Myersl, but since their families are fueding they cannot see each other. When the mountain nitwit tlsfarion Loganl mixes up some letters which were sent to the matrimonial bureau to get Ma a husband and Pappy a wife, Louis Cattaro tKeith Steinj and Bridget O'Flannigan lThelma Mumbyb come to answer them. There is some misunderstanding and trouble boiled some more. To complicate matters, Lula Triffet fAlma Bergmanl and her sister, Seedie CCarolyn Baileyj come from the city for a rest, and their Manager Sol Silverstein tliorman Tullisj came along with them to get some more hillbillys for his hillbil'y circus. Ma Peppin tries to marry Sol and ends up trying to shoot him. Reverend Boswell CV-erlin Craig? comes to the mountains to marry the critters that Wash had written wanted to get married, but all the characters clash and Bridget O'Flannigan marries Louis Cattaro. It is one of the most clashing episodes to occur on the stage.

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Class Poem Away back here and out of sight I'1l try to make this rhyme sound right. lt won't sound quite like Shakespear's plays But it will remind us of our days. I will introduce them one and all Including the short and the tall. We thought for a while there were only eleven But now there are twelve of '47 . Ralph Ashcraft, the first in line ln the Junior play as Mose did fine. In Chemistry he does real well If he doesn't blow the place to I-I--. Alma Bergman is next in line. You'1l find her laughing all the time In the hospital she foigot to write us, When she was there for appendicitis. Verlin Craig-mighty but small. On the basketoull tloor lio's on the ball! ln baseball hc is really swell. He makes thc- crowd stand up and yell. A six foot two lad comes along A handsome- guy and awfully strong. Marion Logan we're talking about, Teases the girls and makes them shout. Gerald Dickson is a quiet sort. In studies he's an excellent sport He is sturdiiv built and quite an Atlielete And never sais, I quit. when we get beat. Norman Tullis who is quite an artist In other subjects almostsmartestf He tries hard to get his cnemistry. Studies about atoms, one can't even see. Next comes a guy in my edition I-Iis Sport Model is in A-1 condition James Monroe you know hlm well Where that Model will go no one can text. Velma Rittenhouse blue eyed and blonde Of a certain Geneva boy she is fond They plan to get married so it is known And have a little home all their own. Glen Theurer is really on the beam When he plays on the baseball team He's good in his subjects, gets A or B He used to play basketball till he hurt his knee. Here comes a guy a one in a million The girls he kn-ows almost total a trillion You know I'm talkin' about Keith Stein He seems to feed all the girls a line. The Hello girl at the telephone Ruth Poling to us is well known She's the Editor in chief of the Annual this year She'll do the job right you need never fear. Last in line and just in time The one who made up this rhyme. You know I'm talking about myself If you want anymore you can Write it thyself. Written By . Joan Myers