Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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CLASSES ELECT OFFICERS Senior President-------Dwight Ulm Vice-President--------------------Bob Smith Secretary---------------- Iva Snyder Treasurer---------------Alice Cotrill Junior President Secretary-Treasurer Gordon Oberlin Vera Houck Sophomore President Vice-President . Secretary-Treasurer Robert Fisher Wilbur Diehl Bob A1 wood Freshman President Joan Houck Vice-President Lester Rohrs 21

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While passing through Ohio, I visited President Marian Haynes at Oberlin College. She told me that Mary Houck was the head instructor of Virgil in that institution. At last I arrived in Butler. There was a brass band at the station led by Bill Menges, and, I foolish creature, thought it was for me. Instead, it was a welcome to Imogene Staley, who was starred in The Lady with Red Hair” which was to have its world premiere in the old home-town theater. Imogene’s agent, Robert Dielman, and publicity manager, Raymond Mutzfeld, accom- panied her. In Lucile Hollinger’s grocery store, I renewed my acquaintance with Lorna Houser and Florence Rohrs, who were raising Doves on a farm west of Butler, and George James, sole owner of War-Biscuit, the race horse who had just won the Irish Sweepstakes. They told me that John Dohner and Jack Campbell were the co-authors of a new book entitled The Effect of the Addition of Sugar to Motor Fuel, which could be purchased for the price of $3.35 per copy. A visit to familiar scenes would not be complete without a call on Mayor Bill Harter, in his executive mansion in that rising young metropolis, Newville. The All-Wood taxicab operated by George, Virgil, and Virginia, rattled and shook me) to Newville until I was in such a state that I had to consult that eminent young psychiatrist, Dr. Carl Richmond. The prescription he gave, a double chocolate sundae, was filled at Irma Snyder’s super-confectionery. I learned, from talking with Irma, that Annabelle Bonecutter is her best customer. After leaving Butler, I went deep in the heart of Texas for a visit to Doris Rex’s dude ranch, where Earl Miller was the leading dude wrangler. A high- light of the trip from Texas to California was an overnight stop at Phoenix, Arizona, where I witnessed a duel between Dwight Ulm and Robert Darby for the hand of Virginia Williams, radio’s newest comedienne. The decision was about to be rendered when the conductor shouted All aboard!” In Hollywood I called on Imogene Tyson, who had just finished portraying Antonio in 20th Century Metro-Warner’s production of Merchant of Venice. In answer to your question about the war, those three fighting marines, Bill Knox, Robert Love, and Donald Linn, have taken up permanent residence in Berlin, Tokio (what’s left of it) and Rome. Need I say more? — Elaine Carpenter (who, after having taken such a trip, seen these familiar faces, learned these astounding facts, is pre- paring to incorporate the entire experience in a novel entitled B. H. S„ 1942.) 20

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First row: Ruby Ault, Ruth Ault, Theda Baldwin, Wendell Bell, Lynn Blackwell, Argyl Brunson, Robert Bryant. Second row-; Geraldine Campbell, Lloyd Carpenter, Eileen Carpenter, Laura Cline, Richard Coll, Donna Cosper, Keith Culler. Third row: Deloris Dailey, Doris Dailey, Garland Dohner, Richard Eakright, Carolyn Fanning, Woodena Fifer, Richard Frakes. Fourth row: Eloise Gearhart, Irene Ginder, Robert Ginder, Richard Hollinger, Grace Hose, Vera Houck, Marilyn Houck. 22