Clay Township High School - Geronimo Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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REFLECTOR L April is, 1955 To Whom It May Concern: It was decided by the Senior Class of 1945 in a class meeting held on April 17, 1945, that the entire Senior Class, if at all possible, would meet every ten years at the home of Mr. Pring, their Senior sponsor, to Hnd out what each one was doing. The first get-together was held yesterday and we have taken the liberty of writing this letter to the Clay Township School, hoping someone will be interested. The first person we met as we walked into Mr. Pring's brick mansion was Richard Birkey. We hardly had time to get inside the door before he started explaining his new machinc?The Birkey Workey Cultivator. It seems that he invented this machine two years ago and it does all the cultivation in one operation. Helen Woolley was there for just a short time. She can't stand to be away from her Tiny Tot Orphanage for even a minute. She organized it with only 25 children, but it now has expanded to 250 children. There is a man in her life now, he is Dr. Worri- somc, who comes to check the children's health. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore did not attend the meeting, you will remember her as 'being Berneice Crane. They are now living at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in their new sub-casium which Tom invented after the war. Berneice spends her time making coral jewelry that Tom peddles in their helicopter. Vivian Burke, after several years of intensive study, is gaining fame as the first violinist in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. june Mishler said it surely did seem good to get back in the old group once more. She lives with her husband in Iceland. They have been sculptoring center-pieces out of ice. Barbara Daniels, who has a Dude Ranch in the West, was wearing an ultra-smart riding habit. She says the life of a cowboy is the only life for her, and she just can't feel natural in any other clothes. Nora Cowan was married immediately after graduation and is devoting her life to raising little blonde girls with southern accents. Norman Mendenhall, now a minister in the Mormon Church in Timmimun, Africa, still wishes Phyllis was in his harem. Doris Pearcy has become a second Frank Buck, but she is specializing in bringing back pythons. Being the courageous girl we know she is, we doubt if she uses any weap- on other than her flashing blue eyes. Bob Baker has become a second Humphrey Bogart. Not only has he acting abil- ity and is a heart throb to many women, but he is a typical bad man . The next to come were Joan Zerbe and Harold Kessler. Harold has his own orchestra in a Chicago Night Club where joan is his blues singer. The romance between Norma Rabe and Kess hit the rocks when she went goofy over ballet dancing. She had only been out of the hospital two weeks when we saw her at Mr. Pring's. A too stren- uous a lesson in ballet dancing affected her legs in some strange way. 21

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srfof' ' .S REFLECTOR Senior Bequeaths Mildred Hullinger bequeaths to her sister Doris, her place in the Senior class, expecting Doris to be just as serious, studious and intelligent as Mildred wasn't. Berneice Crane bequeaths her favorite saying and her expert control in the typing room to Martha Bullick knowing it will be of much benefit to Martha. Vivian Burke bequeaths her artistic ability and shy, quiet ways to Marjorie Buckalewg to Bill Shively goes first chair in band. Ila Jane Ramsey bequeaths her cheerful disposition and ready smile to Betty Sipeg also her ability to type budgets perfect. Richard Birkey bequeaths his quiet ways and serious attitude to Curtis Ramsey, expecting quite a change in Curt next year. Norman Mendenhall bequeaths everything in the school pertaining to him, to Phyllis constable in order that she will not be too lonely next year. Robert Baker beqeaths a portion of his height to Frank Maple to use to advan- tage in basketball and also as an addition to his handsomeness. Harold Kessler beqeaths his mop of curls and his aplomb, fself-confidencej, to Allen Foust. Dick Miller bequeaths his parking place in the hall and gym to Jack Sutton, hoping Jack will find a special girl to occupy the space with him, as Dick did. Mary Lou Fawcett bequeaths her ability to make good grades and get along well with the teachers to Earl Jenkins. Nola Marie Cagley bequeaths her ability as capable editor of the Reflector to Jim Reed, hoping Jim will do just as good a job next year. Doris Pearcy and Helen Wooley bequeath their ability to get along so well to- gether to Bob Myers and Lowell Anderson. Eldon Miller bequeaths his cheerful disposition and ability to be a good friend to everyone, to Junior Weaver. Barbara Daniels and June Mishler bequeath their ability to get to classes on time to Norma Jean LeMaster and Beverly Vincent. Norma Rabe bequeaths her ability to be wide awake in Physics class to Walter Hochstedler, hoping he will get more 'benefit out of that ability than she did. Nora Cowan bequeaths her glamorous southern accent to Shorty Christener, knowing it will be captivating to his girl friends. Loretta Hedrick bequeaths her ability to lead the fans through uproarious basket- ball games to Wfanda Lou Wise and Marie Myers knowing they would be successful. Joan Zerbe and Imogene Tull bequeath their ability to get along so well with each other, especially in class meetings, to Martha Bullick and Phyllis Constable. Tillie Harter bequeaths her ability to spend her time studying, and also her straight A's in deportment to Dick Weller. Joan Russell bequeaths her ability to get and keep a certain Junior boy when she was a Freshman to Betty Ann Fawcett, hoping Betty Ann will be just as successful with her Junior as Joan was. Mae Sipe bequeaths her ability to run around all the time and yet maintain an excellent attendance record at school to Ruby Anderson. WRITTEN BY NORMA RABE 20

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. -.nf 5 REFLECTCDR 1945 Loretta Hedrick has risen to great heights. She was hired by the Smith-Jones Company to apply Kem-Tone to ceilings. You no doubt remember Tillie Harter who, after earning enough money by catch- ing lost stitches in a sweater factory, retired and will make an extensive tour of the South Seas, searching for rare frog legs to add to her collection. Eldon Miller was so excited and thrilled that he couldn't do anything but jump up and down. For ten years he has been working on a formula to cure the fever which always developed at Clay in the spring of the year. Just that morning he had finally reached a successful climax to his years of toil. In a short time you will be able to buy his pills at all drug stores. Ila Jane Ramsey, who was always shy and retiring, told us that she has changed her outlook on life and is now out to get a wealthy husband. To date she has done very well. She is the lap-sitting secretary of the president of a large jeep factory in a new city between Amboy and Converse. The city is yet unnamed. Col. and Mrs. Eldon L. Miller were also there. She was the former Mildred Hul- linger. He remained in the Army after the war and took an officers training course. She took up Nurses Training and served as a Cadet Nurse in Japan where Elden was sent during the war. Dick Miller, in an attempt to design hats he likes for his wife, has started a new style and his chic models are fast becoming a must in every well-groomed woman's wardrobe. Mae Sipe allowed her school-day motorcycle craze to lead her to accepting a job as stunt rider in a side show. Nola Marie Cagley has bleached her hair and gone on the stage. When we asked her her aim in life she said she wanted to wrap herself in her career and forget the lokt love of her childhood. Imogene Tull joined the WAC's and became a sergeant. We are glad she plans to be a bachelor girl as she could probably never find a man to take the orders she would be constantly issuing. As we were preparing to leave, a cablegram arrived from the Hawaiian Islands. It seems that the former Mary Lou Fawcett and Joan Russell were delayed on their joint honeymoon three years ago when they were visiting the islands and have never returned to the United States. After a sight-seeing tour over the islands their husbands went into a new business, which was fitting grass skirts While U Wait . Mary Lou and Joan have been earning a little extra money by importing and training kangaroos to carry the tourists in their pouches. Yours truly, THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1945 22