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

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Senior Calendar Aug. 24—For whom the bell tolls. Aug. 27—First full day of school. Sept. 6—Labor Day. Sept. 8—Class officers elected are Tom, John, Marlene, and Janet. Sept. 9—Jrs. select and order class rings. Sept. 16—Junior - Senior Skating party at Rock Lake. Sept. 17—Freshman Skate at Warsaw. Sept. 20—Y-Teen Initiation. (Torture). Sept. 22—Ravelings staff for 1948-49 is Jack, Charles, and Ronald. Sept. 23—Annual initiation of new F.F.A. members. Announcements and name cards selected. Sept. 28—Softball playoff at Wabash. Cen- tral Champions. Oct. 1—Hi-Y boys initiation. (Solid Comfort) 4-H Skate at Columbia City. Oct. 2—Poultry Judging Team leaves for Richmond, Virginia. Oct. 6—Band Concert. Oct. 7—Sophomore Skate at Rock Lake. Oct. 8—Senior pictures taken. Oct. 16—Band played at College Football game. Oct. 20—Senior Play, Miss Jimmy , shown to a large audience. Oct. 21 - 22—Teachers Institute. Oct. 25—Yell Leaders Chosen (Mary Louise Mary Lois and Max.) Oct. 28— Driver Education Car presented to school. Oct. 29—Band Carnival. Nov. 2—Sale of basketball season tickets began. Nov. 3—Annual Pictures taken. Nov. 5—Juniors got class rings. Chester Victorious 38-36. Linlawn-Chester game at Wabash— Nov. 11—Armistice Day. Nov. 12—Central defeated Chester 29-27. Nov. 17—Chester defeated Clear Creek. Dec. 22—Vacation begins. Jan. 1—Four Way Tourney. (Central, Ches- ter, Laketon, Roann) Jan. 3—Resume school. (Ugh!) Jan. 6 7—Final Exams. Feb. 24 26 Sectional Basketball Tourney at Wabash. Mar. 5—County Music Festival. Mar. 18—Junior Class Play. Mar. 23—Ma, Pa, and Me Banquet. Mar. 26—Hi-Y Banquet Mar. 29—Wabash-Chester track meet. Apr. 2—District Band Contest. Apr. 9—State Band Contest. Apr. 16—Y-Teen Formal Banquet. Apr. 29■—All school skate. May 1—Baccalaureate. May 7—Commencement. Best Wishes to Ihe Graduates of 1949 from The News-Journal Page Fifteen

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Last Will and Testament We, the Seniors of '49, about to leave these happy surroundings, make the following bequests: I To the Juniors we will our charm and ability to sell magazine subscriptions. They will need both. To the Sophomores we will the hope that they will not always be as now. To the Freshies we will the patience to be superior seniors some day. To each member of the faculty we will a box of Kleenex, a bottle of aspirin, and in case these don't relieve their unhappiness at our departure, a loaded gun. In addition, we bequeath a new Ford to Mr. Metzger, a gallon of paint to the Faudree Brothers, and a magic typing eraser to Mr. Dilling. II I, Barbara Barker, will my dimples and ability to go steady to Patsy Hack. I, Carl Bechtold, will my height and 30 inch waist to that up and coming softball star, Larry Schenkle. I, Marie Betten, will some of my height to Bonnie Wiley, who is always wishing she were taller. I, Louella Blocher, will my seat in the as- sembly to Gloria Vance so Ralph won't have so far to walk to sit with her. I, Betty Brandenburg, will my seat in the front row of the cheering section to anyone who gets as excited at ball games as I do. I, Virginia Brandenburg, will my major- ette uniform and baton to Doe's youngest daughter, that she might be a twirler for 12 years instead of 6 years. I, Darletta Cox, will the key to my heart to someone who can keep from breaking it and yet can satisfy me too. I, Lois Cunningham, will all that I have, and all that I have learned I'm going to take with me. I, Tom Dillman, will my ability to put up a good argument in health and safety class to Gale Metzger. I, Charlie Fleck, will my small feet to Bob Littlefield. I, Carolyn Garrison, will my seat in the assembly to Lizzie Gump, so she can sit in front of Hezzie Frieden. I, Marilyn Garrison, will my A's in citizen- ship to anyone who needs them. I, Charles Gibbs, will my ability to get along with teachers to Ben Wright and Dick Brown. I, Norma Graham, will my hair that I cut off to Mr. Smith and my slim figure to Mr. Dilling. I, Pauline Hippensteel, will my shy ways to the Freshman girls. I think they could stand some. I, Jack Kissinger, will my wicked wink to that up and coming Romeo, William Helvey. 1, Jim Klutz, will my seat in the assembly to Marilyn Leffel in the hope that she can keep Bob Littlefield and Tom McClure com- pany. I, Gene Metzger, will the Iron Lung , my '31 Chevy, to Ida Eshelman so she doesn't have to call to start her Kaiser. I, Janet Metzger, will my naturally curly hair to any girl having trouble keeping hers curly in rainy weather. I, Ronald Metzger, will my natural ability to blush to anyone dumb enough to want it. I, Don Mosher, will Jim Hammond all of the demerits I didn't get while I was in school. May they help him have A's in citizenship. I, John Penrod, will my ability to get math, to Lulubelle Penrod. I, Bruce Pottenger, will all of my excess weight to anyone who is willing to take it. I, Lee Dick Rieken, will my bicycle to any- one with flat feet and my love letters to Chuckles Gibbs. I, Theron Rupley, will all my good natural ability to anyone who can carry that big a load. I, Marlene Schroll, will my seat in the as- sembly to anyone who can take the teasing of Bob Yentes and Dick Workman. I, Ann Snavely, will my naturally wavy hair to Lee Ray Aughinbaugh, so he won't have to spend his money on Toni'. I, Bob Snell, will my front seat in the as- sembly to anyone who has enough muscle to push this big desk out, so they won't al- ways be cramped like I am. I, Coleen Warren, will my hair to anyone, provided they take the name Blonde too. Page Fourteen

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Class Prophecy Recently, I had a strange experience. A mysterious package was sent to the Class of '49 through the mail. It was a gradua- tion gift. When I got this package at the Post Office, I rushed to the school and started up the stairs. Just as 1 reached the top, I stumbled and fell and the package dropped to the floor. The wrapper was torn from it and the gift broke into many pieces. I started to pick up the pieces when I noticed some writing on each piece. I found to my surprise that this was a crystal globe. It was broken in such a manner that on each piece was the name of a 1949 class member and what he would be doing in the future. This appeared to be very in- teresting, so I sat down and put the globe together again. This is what I found on the globe: Wayne Clark, having acquired his knowl- edge from his high school experience of working on the railroad, is now engineer on the Flatwheel Special, a slow freight. Carolyn and Marilyn Garrison are now seen in current magazines with the ques- tion— Which one has the Toni? Betty Brandenburg is president of the Fannie Farmer Candy Company. She secured her position by having preliminary training at the Morris 5 10 at North Man- chester. John Penrod is professor of Shakespear- ean drama at Oxford University, while not creating blue ribbon recipes for yeast rolls and angel food cakes. Louella Blocher, better known now as Mrs. Eugene Clear, is kept quite busy with her many household tasks. Janet Metzger is working with Charlie Fleck on his chicken farm. She is trying to discover which came first, the chicken or the egg. Darletta Cox is manager and chief super- visor of the Servia Bucher shop. Carl Bechtold is the present owner of the Fox at Indianapolis. Lois Cunningham has secured the posi- tion of janitor at Spartan Hall, better known as the boys' dorm at M. C. Bruce Pottenger is chief interior decorator of the Quality Baker Shop. Barbara Barker, now Mrs. Dick Piper, is busy raising her third set of twin boys. Their father is hoping to have his own na- tionally famous basketball team known as The Piper Panthers. Gene Metzger is famous out West for his drink called the Prairie Martini . It is a glass of formaldehyde with a black widow spider riding the olive. Ann Snavely, the name by which we used to know her, is now playing the lead- ing lady in the dramatization entitled The Gump Family. Compliments of J. W. Strauss and SoSn Pa e Sixteen