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

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PA THER G0 T0 TATE TOURNEY Chester's lightning quintet will go to Indianapolis Saturday to try to gain the state title. They have a very strong team and have been quite successful under the direction of L. F. Radmacher. Everyone sends them good wishes. George Merkle will be one of the referees at the state tourney. ACCOMPLISHED PIANIST COMI G The Chester High School Band is sponsoring the unequalled John Paul Huffman, famed Indiana pianist. He will give an hour's concert in the high school auditorium, Madame Ida May Keaffaber, noted contralto, will also sing. The proceeds from the entertainment will be used to help pay for the new band uniforms. This year, the band is enter- ting the national contest and has very high hopes of being the winner. 'tThe band is steadily im- proving, says Mr. Gerald Miller, talented con- ductor. IGHT HIRT NUPTIAL Richard Felabom, head coach at Purdue Uni- versity, and Luella Walters, secretary of Henry Ford, suddenly decided to end it all Tuesday morn- ing. They were married at 3 A. M. by the Rev. Herman I. Shultz. At present they are honey- mooning at Servia, the home town of the bride. LOCAL W0 . H0 ORED Miss Orpha Book was honored at the W. C. T, U. convention at Philadelphia, by being nominated and elected national president. Her companion, Miss Bernice Walther, Was also highly recognized for her chalk talk on the Effects of Drunken Driving which she gave Tuesday morning at the convention. French Inc. Malrimonial Agency RAL ERVICES Last rites were held today at the Billie Miller Funeral Home for the Antagonistic Spirit of Sports- manship between Chester and Laketon. We are deeply grieved and trust its memory will soon be forgotten. We realize it had a short life, but some times it is for the good of mankind to die young. The Reverend Herman I. Shultz officiated at the services. LOCAL H0 EY 00 ERS RETUR Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krom, the former Miss Edna May Ohmart, secretary at the Priser Auto Sales, returned today from an extended honey- moon through the East. They visited Blaine Gross- nickle's popular and glamorous night club, which is suspended in mid-air on a disk that radiates light rays from the sun. They also visited the Darling Skating Rink of New York, owned and controlled by Dona Studebaker, and the Smith Bros. Cough Drop factory where they found Miss Marjorie Keaffaber working. L0 AL Miss Carolyn Miller has been appointed man- agerette of the Wendell Willkie farms near Rush- ville, Indiana. She will begin her duties next week. Mrs. Doris Cripe Niccum is at Purdue this week attending a state Home Economics Convention. She is a delegate from the Chester Women's Club. Miss Lucille Leffel while visiting in New York, appeared on the Professor Quiz program. Every- one marveled at her knowledge. Because of her brilliant answers, she was invited to return. Miss Ruth Orr, chief dietitian of the Robert Long Hospital at Indianapolis, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Orr. Miss Marie Meadows will appear as a guest star on the Morris B, Sachs program over WLS next Sunday evening. She will sing two numbers, fContinued on page 559 llrvl GrisI's Clolhing Slore Specialty ............ A I late lVith a Peach Bargain Sale Ii- . ...... ............. O V S ia s . . , , Iiiilililctglq Fhitlimf W'3N'S UOATS NIV S660 1-..,,if.n'cig.. jfji.t0 000 000110 M1+2N'S HATS --.-.-...--...-.--.- ffffw 0-60 1qXI,m,S,.g q---,.,,,--,.-..g,-,,.,,-- 0Z000Z000.15 THEY WoN r LAST LUNG Backed by both banks of the Eel River AT THIS Pincus COME EARLY twenty-one

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CHE TER CHATTER CHESTER, INDIANA, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1956 EIGHTH WO DER OF THE WORLD CREATED Gerald Garrison, famous inventor, has designed his masterpiece in the form of an aircraft. This machine will fly by flapping its wings in the same fashion as a bird. It is constructed of material which can not be destroyed by fire or damaged in a crash. The crew personnel consists of Carl Heater, pilot, famous for his flying endurance record of 128 hoursg Joe Spacy, co-pilot, famed for his valuable services to America in the European war of 19455 Dwight Morris, famed radio tech- nician, and Marjorie Bechtold, air hostess. Miss Bechtold was the winner of a national popularity contest of 1955. FAMOU PERSO S RETUR Many famous people that were graduates of the 'tClass of 41 are returning to Chester to observe the fifteenth anniversary of that class. Among them are Boyd Fulton, popular young Republican governor of Indiana, who will address the alumni, and Miss Rose Alice Humke, a very prominent Y. W. C. A. secretary in the negro dis- trict of New York. It is rumored that Miss Humke has resigned her present position and will soon begin her duties as Y, W. C. A. secretary in Speicherville, Indiana. The high school students of Chester are looking forward to the coming of Dot Karn and her Supernatural All-Girl Swing Orchestra, including Connie iEvelyn Coningl and her sousaphone and Ginny Little and her trumpet. Miss Betty Heeter and Jennie Smith, two head nurses at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, are flying to join the alumni in celebrating, consequently, all the eligible bachelors of the town are going to undergo chin-lifting operations while these pretty and efficient nurses are here to care for them. Glenn Schilling, successful young farmer, will also be here. He recently developed a hybrid watermelon which must be cut from the vine with a patented knife. Mr. Schilling expects to have no more trouble fin his watermelon patchh with high school boys and their pranks. Among others who are coming to attend the re- union are Joe Shanahan. head of the F. B. I.g John I. Searer, discoverer of tomato-flavored ex- tract, Miss Lorraine Zimpelmann, author of a twenty best-seller, The School Romance of ,41g Eugene Stone. famous national senator from Flora, In- diana, well-known for his oratorical ability in Congressg and also Mrs. Jane E. Stout Fribley, and husband, the Reverend Robert Fribley, who have just returned from India, where they have been faithfully working as missionaries. They are ac- companied by their mischievous sextuplets-three boys and three girls. ERIOUS AUTO ACCIDE T D LAWSUIT State Road 13 was the scene of a very serious automobile collision last Saturday evening. Famous speedking Wayne Collett, winner of the Indianapo- lis Memorial Day auto races in 1955, sideswiped a car driven by Miss Phyllis Hoover, beautician of Hooverville. lVhile he was gaining control of his car, Miss Hoover was unable to stop and crashed into him. Miss Hoover suffered a severe shock and Mr. Collett a fractured skull. Dr. Glenn Bol- linger and his nurse, Miss Charlotte Gill, rushed to the scene of the accident after state policeman Robert Lefforge had summoned them. Dr. Bol- linger believes Mr. Collett will recover, but his hair will have to be dyed black because of the numerous scars. Miss Hoover is suing Mr. Collett for damages of 510,000 through her famous lawyer, Miss Evelyn Mallock, co-partner of Clarence Darrow of Chi- cago. Mr. Collett has employed a local lawyer, Miss Betty Conrad, to contest the charge. The fireworks will begin July 4th when the case opens in court. .IAUNT TO .I PITER Miss Helen Little, society matron of Chicago, en- tertained a number of her friends with a jaunt to Jupiter in honor of her guest, Miss Rozella Bech- told, better known as Rosie, singer over WLW. Upon the guests' arrival they were taken to the airship, Jupiter, in which they left on their journey. While gliding through the air, Miss Bechtold ac- cidentally fell through one of the windows and went hurling toward the ground. But her life was saved when she landed on Charles Dillman's head, who remarked, I always did have a soft spot for you. The only injury she suffered was acute heartache. Mr. Dillman is head of the Dill- man Automobile Agency in North Manchester. Other guests present from the Class of '41 were Miss Phyllis Hoover, Miss Evelyn Mallock, Miss Carolyn Miller, and Mrs. Doris Niccum.

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WE Wlll AND BEQUEATH . . . We, the class of 1941, being of sound mind and body, realizing our importance, and wishing to pass on our knowledge and valuable possessions to others, do hereby make, ordain, and declare this to be our last will and testament. To the faculty, we will the Kenapocomoco to catch the tears shed at our departure. To the Juniors, we will our ability to have a good time-any time, any where, any place. To the Sophomores, we will our superior intelligence and understanding. To the Freshmen, we will some sandpaper to remove the green spots. I, Marjorie Bechtold, will my winning way to Opal Pence. I, Rozella Bechtold, will my dimples to Paul Frieden. I, Betty Bussard, will my sneeze to Jay Taylor so that he can make more noise. I, Esther Blickenstaff, will my heart to Rex. I, Glenn Bollinger, hate to do it, but will my flirting talent to any backward soul. I, Wayne Collett, will my he-man figure to Gene Felabom. I, Betty Conrad, will my ability to take five solids to any one that is capable. I, Doris Cripe, will my shy ways to Lois Ann Walters. I, Charles Dillman, will my knack of saying just what I think to anyone who can get away with it. We, Dick Felabom and Joe Spacy, will our basketball ability to Heinz Deckena. We, Robert French and Glenn Schilling, will our prankishness to Allan Shultz. I, Boyd Fulton, will my innocence and good luck in getting away with devilment to Dick Freeman. I, Gerald Garrison, will my ability to remain unseen, unheard of, and unspoken to, to Smoky Lenwell. I, Charlotte Gill, will my neatness to the seventh grade girls. I, Irvin Grist, will my happy-go-lucky way to any sour puss in the Freshman class. I, Blaine Grossnickle, will my lungs to anyone who wants to yell at basketball games next year. I, Carl Heater, will my tall, dark, handsomeness to Wilma Clark and hope she won't get conceited. I, Betty Heeter, will my spontaneous laugh to Max Garrison. I, Phyllis Hoover, will my dignity to Margaret Krom. I, Rose Alice Humke, will my height to Mr. Stone. twenty-two