Chester High School - Ravelings Yearbook (North Manchester, IN)

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A green bit of crystal revealed another senior Margaret Little, and her husband, Harold Mor- ford, vacationing in New York City. They had a dairy in South Carolina and furnished goat milk for a negro orphanage. We saw them bid good-bye to their high school friend, Ralph Warren. He had re- cently received much publicity, as he had ridden “Rosebud ’ the winning horse at the Kentucky Derby. It was rumored that Paris was his destination and as Georgia Ulmer was an interior decorator there, we decided that the rumor was probably true. We saw Mr. Huffman, as the principal of Chester in a metallic piece of crystal. He was also a sponsor of the Senior class and was chaperoning it on its annual tour to Indianapolis. While there the students visited the state legislature in session. Mr. Huffman saw his present fellow-faculty members, Edwin Grossnickle and Roland Lorton. Mr. Grossnickle was Speaker of the House; we. the staff members, marveled as we heard him deliver a dramatic speech. Mr. Lorton, president of Purdue, was in the lobby very much interested in the passage of a bill providing for a $15,000 appropriation to buy modern streamline farm machinery for Purdue University. In a small portion of scarlet crystal we saw Bonita Michael, a kindergarten teacher on Cape Cod, scolding a pupil. The small boy’s features looked familiar, but who was he? He was fat and chubby, with twinkling gray eyes. Then as his mother entered the room, we easily recognized him. for the little fellow resembled his Uncle Royal. From the conversation between Bonita and Mrs. Shull, we learned that Junior had been rather mischievous. His mother, who was formerly Mildred Neher, a Chester teacher, sympathized with her son’s tea her and promised that he would behave better in the future. Having found a tiny orchid piece of crystal, Herschel Merritt cried. “Hey, kids, look at this!’’ The staff members crowded about Hersch to see another future revealed. In the crystal we saw Dwayne Royer conversing with Mr. Searer in a radio studio. Dwayne was the announcer of the Servia Water Heeters’ Program on the V-E-H network. The program was soon to go on the air and Dwayne was busy giving Mr. Searer instructions. Mr. Searer had seemingly replaced H. G. Wells as the world’s most famous historian, and he was an honored guest on the program. In a gay multi-colored fragment of crystal, we saw Miss Lois Ulmer, the musical director at Warner Bros., in New York City in search of new talent for the musical production, “Amiss (Dale) Comes Home.” She had with her a script writer, Bette McClure, of the Warner studios and a make- up man, Arden Westaver. who was an understudy of Max Factor. Miss Ulmer appeared to be greatly pleased with the talent she found in a broadway show. She was especially pleased with the per- formance of two of her former pupils, Mildred Emerick and Herschel Merritt, a popular tap-dancing team. Miss Ulmer also recommended Louise Foster of the Follies to Warner Bros, to play in the “Gold Diggers of ’48.” We saw two seniors, Ruth Smith and Ruby Gump, in a portion of clear, shiny crystal. Ruth Smith was the chairman of the Board of Immigration. She issued entrance papers to the immigrants after Ruby had aided in giving them a physical examination. Ruby had taken nurse’s training after her graduation from Chester. While the staff members were learning the futures of the seniors from the bits of crystal. Mr. Shultz was putting the pieces together. To our annoyance we discovered that two pieces were gone. We searched the room but were unable to find the lost. Finally someone suggested we read the class roll; this we did. and discovered that the futures of Edna Zimpleman and Arthur Gable must have been contained in the missing pieces. Considering the fact that the future of these two was lost, the staff members concluded that it would be a waste of energy to search for the pieces longer, as every one knew Edna and Arthur’s future anyway. At last Virginia Sell found one piece of crystal that revealed the future of Inky. We looked into the crystal and saw our mischievous pet. old and stiff with age, lying before a fireplace. We then began to wonder where Inky could be. We searched the building, but our pet kitty was no where to be found. A few days later Inky came back, tired and footsore. When Miss Book had given him a saucer of cream and Inky had rested, he explained his strange disappearance. Inky told the staff members that when he had gazed into the crystal that landed before his paws, he saw just what we had seen, himse.f as an old cat. He had always been so young and gay. that he never realized he would grow old. At first, he became angry and resolved that he would not grow old, so he had gone in search of the Fountain of Youth. Soon discovering the impossibility of his task, he returned home, content to grow old as all kittens and roast his paws before the fire Now Lady Fortune has informed the staff members that because the crystal was broken, none of the futures will come true, so inky and the seniors really ARE worried.

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Class Prophecy . . . Inky, the mischievous kitty, is in trouble again, but this time he has punished himself. It all began one evening when we were at staff meeting. Walter Ahlfeld, the editor, wound up a mechanical mouse and sent it scurrying across the floor. Inky sighted the mouse and hurried after it. He w’as just ready to pounce upon it when he toppled over a pedestal upon which Lady Fortune’s crystal was resting. The mouse was forgotten as the crystal crashed to the floor, and bits were scattered in all directions. A piece landed before Inky, who gazed at it a few moments and then scampered away. His departure was unnoticed by the staff members, for we were hurriedly picking up and collecting the scattered crystal. By chance, Bette McClure saw Paul Beaver as the champion Skii-jumper in Sweden. This revelation immediately led to an exciting game of discovering the fate of the other class members. We saw Velma Heeter, a model of the Lady d'Wayne Shoppe on Park Avenue, dining with George Winebrenner. He was representing Nebraska at the annual meeting of the International Potato Grow- ers’ Association. Just before we dropped the bit of crystal, the hostess of the lunchroom came to the table. She was none other than Marguerite Scheerer. Another bit of crystal revealed a conversation between Arthur Ohmart, a successful Chester Township farmer, and George Airgood. We listened a few minutes and discovered that Arthur as president of the local Farm Bureau wanted George to give a speech at the monthly meeting. George remarked that his work as manager of the Sidney Wanzer Milk Plant near Servia left very little spare time; however after much insisting on Arthur’s part, George finally consented. In a gray piece of crystal we saw Ward Schroll, towing a damaged auto in Bunker’s Junk Yard, where he was chief mechanic. The owner of the car was a Wabash society matron, the former Miss Helen Adams. She had been munching an ice cream cone in an attempt to keep cool. However the blistering afternoon sun had an ill effect on the cream, and in trying to prevent the spotting of her white crepe gown, she tossed it aside and in doing so had lost control of her car. The Bippus telephone operator, Viriginia Se 1, was seen in her daily gossip with Helen Bechtold, dietitian of the New Salem Cafeteria. In a sturdy brown chip of crystal we saw Indiana’s two United States Senators, Dorothy Blick- enstaff and Edw'ard Gilbert. Senator Gilbert was known as the Hoosier Huey Long, while Miss Blick- enstaff had gained fame by championing the rights of women. These two had lately introduced a bill requiring all boys to be taught to cook. A china blue crystal revealed Mr. Shultz resting aboard his private yacht, The Beulah. His secretary, a former pupil, Agnes Harrell, came out on the deck to take dictation. Between their sips of lemonade, we discovered that Mr. Shultz was accepting the appointment of U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, and he with his family were enroute to Havana. In a piece of crystal we saw Dolores Rager among bolts of plaid, dotted, and flowered crepes. She. as the head saleslady at Marshall Field’s branch store in Laketon, was aiding a former school- mate, Ruth Runkel Lewellyn, to select material for a new dress. Ruth wanted the dress for the street fair at Urbana, south of her home. The piece of crystal that Thelma Conrad discovered under the table leg showed two gentlemen playing golf. The one was Water Ahlfeld, the brilliant Wall Street financier, who was known for his clever investing. The other was Mr. George Merkle, who was the National Athletic Director of the Y M. C. A. We watched the game a few moments and concluded that Mr. Merkle could have won if his mind had been on his shots instead of the book he was reading. When he reluctantly laid it aside to putt, we saw the title, The Autobiography of Shakespeare (Edith). In another fragment of crystal we saw a charming divorcee, who had won favor with Baldwin, the Prime Minister of England. A piece of crystal lying near by was Ditto . With one accord we concluded that the two pieces had revealed the future of the two Thelmas, still the same in name, costumes, and behavior. Mr. Shultz discovered a portion of the crystal in which it was very difficult to see, as electric wires and magnetic currents formed a labyrinthian maze. Finally we were able to distinguish Royal Neher and Mr. Joe Shanahan, two famous physicists, at work. They had recently invented the Wonder Scales which would weigh a person only as much as he would wish. By the demand of the fat ladies these two gentlemen were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950. Imagine Miss Book’s surprise when she gazed into a yellow chip of crystal and saw herself at a wrestling match. It seemed she was a librarian in Chicago and had gone to see Max Shock participate in the ring.

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The Classes Junior Class Class Officers President ............... Robert Gidley Vice-President ...... Dorothy Shanahan Secretary ....................... Helen Bollinger Treasurer ................ Eileen Emley BACK ROW: Daniel Hartsough, Robert Partridge, Philip Weddle, Addison Krom, Galen Brindle, Robert Gidley, Maude Esther Grindle, Ruby Biehl. SECOND ROW: Elmer Rinehart, Dee Royer, James Burton, Jot Freeman, Dwayne Ulrey, Joe Karn, Dorothy Shanahan, Lenchen Alex- ander, Geraldine Blickenstaff. FRONT ROW: Deloris Schroll, Helen Bollinger, Ruth Protzman, Mary Ellen Alexander, Grace Feighner, Mabel Shaffer, Frances Stude- baker, Berdena Ulshafer. Olive Kissinger, Eileen Emley. Juniors whose pictures do not appear: Roger Airgood, Gene Carter, Howard Harper. Sophomore Class BACK ROW: Norman Little, Jack Reiff, Blaine Richards, Jack Garrison. Vincent Dowling, Arden Metzger, Marvin Garber. John Kissinger, Donald Gable, Vernon Johnson, Dean Krom, Arden Working. Class Officers President ........... Tom Ebbinghouse Vice-President ........... Dean Krom Secretary ............. Eileen Metzger Treasurer ................. Jack Reiff THIRD ROW: Merrill Miller, Arden Shaffer, Dallas Vergon, Josephine Gilbert, Lois Spacy, Emma Lou Meyer, Joan Lautzenhiser, Evelyn Werking, Maxine Emerick, Max Bush. Junior Judy. Tom Ebbing- house. SECOND ROW: Mary Haupert. Martha Neher, Rosemary Robb, Madelyne Bush. Regina Heater. Betty Herrick. Esther Blickenstaff, Eloise Coning, Wanda Young. Madelene Grist, Robert Krichbaum, Ralph Hopp. Dennis Warren. FRONT ROW: Jesse Lefforge. Robert Frieden. Wayne A. Johnson, Lee Smith. Arden Taylor. Russell Morford, Lucy Orr, Eileen Bechtold, Mary Ellen Weddle. Eileen Metzger. Kathryn Blickenstaff, Mary Eliza- beth Badskey, Edna Heeter. Sophomores not in the picture: Guy Fisher. Freshman Class Class Officers President ............... George Welch Vice-President .......... Betty Abbott Secretary ............... Eldon Knecht Treasurer ............ Chalmer Airgood BACK ROW: Walter Niccum, Arden Coon. Chalmer Airgood, Wayne Johnson. Worden Bechtold. Paul Bolinger, Dale Cline. Robert Frantz. Kenneth Dickey. Kenneth Clark. Stuart Hippensteel. THIRD ROW: John Walters, Lamoine Urschel, Iva Mae Morford, Betty McClure, Marian Harrison. Genevra Auker, Mary K. Ahlfeld, Betty Hyde. Donna Rager, Betty Reiff. Marie Biehl. Robert Moser. SECOND ROW: John Murphy. Raymond Fivecoate, Wallace Ulrey Betty Abbott, Marietta Hanley, Bessie Weaver, Doris Ewick, Ruth Bush. Arlene Garber, Betty Warren, Richard Frantz, Carl Miller. FRONT ROW: John Westafer. George Welch. Jasper Garner, Dean Schilling. James Mote, Eldon Knecht, Evangeline Swihart. Ruth Frantz, Lois Nordman, Luella Smith, Mary Norris, Marjorie Partridge, Arnold Frederick. Freshmen whose pictures do not appear: Robert Bolinger, Blen dene Martin, Theora Martin.