Converse Jackson High School - Borderlite Yearbook (Converse, IN)

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refreshen them so they could arrmve 1n Indrana by d1nner They landed besrde the statlon and an attendant came to welcome them Imagme the1r delxght when they saw Mrs Gale Jaynes or the former Donna Pr1tchett and f1ve younger Jaynes s After a late breakfast they journeyed on to Ch1cago Wh1le stoppmng at Marshall Frelds they bumped 1nto Mary Stambaugh Malott She mvltgc them to the1r mght club the 50 Club whenever they were rn Chxcago agam They bade her good bye and w1th th1s were on the1r way to Ind1ana V1rg1n1a was homes1ck for the Hooszer state Whll, flyrng over Clay Townsh1p they saw Tom Sm1th h1s w1fe and four ch1ldren They hardly knew what to say when Tom talked for one solxd hour wrthout stoppmng They hopped 1nto Puddles and contmued on untml they saw two very lmpress1ve lookmg farm houses Leanmg over the fence that d1v1ded the farms were Mrs Donald Hunt or Phylhs Whxtlock and Mrs Clarence Br1 ker or Wanda Lou Mendell They were havmg qu1te a conversatxon but both were w1l11ng to stop the gOSS1p so they ould tell Bobble and Vrrgxma the news Phyllxs sa1d they ra1sed e1ght ch1ldren and now are practrcally ra1s1ng f1ve grand hrldren Wanda Lou was rather trred lookmg and somewhat heav1er but they knew why when she sa1d she had ramsed a basketball team and three yell leaders Mrs Brrcker and Mrs Hunt 1nv1ted them rn to v1s1t but they d1dn t have enough t1me as they wanted to stop a few m1nutes and v1s1t wxth Manlyn Brewer They were greatly suprpxsed to see that three of her ch1ldren were st1ll at home Mar1lyn and Mug had to wa1t a few years to marry as Mar1lyn had to pat h up her former romances After thrs they Jomed hands 1n marrrage and she rs very happy as the w1fe of the D1str1ct Street Cleaner of Amboy As they left Mar1lyn s she told them that Jean McCollom l1ved out of Amboy and that they were on the1r way to ra1s1ng a large famxly wrth twelve as a start The1r house was a l1ttle run down but w1th twelve ch11dren one can t expect much more Belreve xt or not Jean Couldn t thmk of very much to talk about V1rg1n1a was rn a hurry to get back to Converse so they left the Lawson s and landed 1n Converse at the home of Mr and Mrs Leon Olmger Mrs Ol1nger or Gladys Brookshrre came to greet them at the door Therr home was very n1ce and they seemed happy just the two of them Gladys sa1d she and Leon were max-r1ed the day after she came home from the Semor tr1p Bobb1e and V11 P1 1a wanted to do someth1ng else so they went to see Wayne Sherxck play on the Anderson Packer s Team He was h1gh poxnt man w1th seventy e1ght pomts and h1s team won by the score of 78 73 He sa1d a basketball would always mean more to h1m than a woman From Anderson they went to Kokomo to see 1f Janet Cochran Artherhults l1ked marrred hfe as well as she d1d when she was a Semor She seemed very happy and sa1d she wlshed Bob and Vxrglma could have been there the year before to help Dale and her celebrate the1r Golden Weddmg Anmversary Mr and Mrs Frsher headed for the1r Washmgton home In a half hour the1r dest1nat1on was reached As they were gettxng off the rocket a b1g fat man bumped mto them They started to saw somethrng to h1m but by the t1me they even got the1r mouths open thxs man was holdmg up h1s papers to show t-hem he was from the FBI One can t 1mag1ne how they looked when they saw JaCk Garber He sa1d he was lookmg for a group of teachers from C H S that made h1m get h1s lesson ba k 1n 1950 The1r trxp ended very happlly As V1rg1n1a and Bob started to eat the1r supper they found the steak already salted from the1r tears but then thrs was s1lly to cry after all the fun they had had the trouble they had gotten mto teachers they had teased lessons they hadn t gotten and othe thmgs they drd that no one heard anythmg about at C H S As they retlred that evenxng all they could thmk about was that wonderful Class of 1950 and all the Joys they had shared there 1n the old hall of C H S 18 should' stop and see them. They were surprised to see Jean and all of the little Lawsons. They

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Senzor Prophecy In the year 2000 the Honorable Bobb1e Dee Fmsher Pres1dent of the Class of 1950 Converse 1-hgh School Converse Ind1ana former Governor of Ind1ana former Senator of Ind1ana and V1ce Presrdent of the Umted States rs about to board h1s pr1vate rocket plane Puddles outsmde h1s suburban home 1n Wash1ngton D C It 15 the beg1nn1ng of h1s pres1dent1al campamgn As he boards h1s rocket he 1S made comfortable by h1s rocket hostess Arlene Kelsey She 1S rather old to be a hostess but due to d1ff1 ultles mvolvmg men she de 1ded the best way to forget these was to b up 1n the a1r The f1rst state B D F1sher v1s1ted m Wh1Ch he knew anyone personally was New York He had qu1te a long talk w1th a former classmate Mr Claude Dav1son attorney at law He told how ha py he and h1s w1fe Pat have been They have four h1ldren of the1r own and mne grandch1ldren The next place h1s rocket landed was 1n Oh1o Smce the ed1tor of the Cmcmnatx T1mes was Gene Roberts a former lassmate he pa1d h1m a V1S1t Gene was very happy 1n h1s work and sa1d he marr1ed one of the g1rls he had known 1n Ham1lton Oh1o The future Pres1dent couldn t fly over M1ch1gan w1thout stoppmg H15 rocket Just happened to run out of gas m Lans1ng so he decrded to stay there overn1ght As he was go1ng to a hotel he notlced a s1gn Hyman and I-'yman Th1s reg1stered 1n h1s m1nd as someth1ng he had heard before so he opened the door to the off1ce He saw and old lassmate Waneta Mendell She and Larry her husband are 1n partner sh1p She 15 an 1nter1or decorator and the 1nter1or of her home was full w1th sxx chlldren runmng m and out He made mt a po1nt to stop 1n h1s favor1te state Ind1ana The f1rst person he wanted to see was h1s old sweetheart V1rg1n1a Bly He was trred woomg the pretty women 1r the East so to settle th1s he marrred V1rg1n1a They had a fash1onable June wedd1ng V1rg1n1a looked beautzful m a wh1te satm wedd1ng dress w1th an exght foot ve1l After the reCept1on the happy couple left on thelr tr1p to Par1S France They were very much surpr1sed when they saw 1n Parxs an old and Close fr1end from Converse Jrm Barton In h1s art1st s clothes he appeared rather old for h1s age He took them to the art buxldmgs of Par1s to see h1s many pa1nt1ngs The most famous was entrtled Dear Papa After spendmg a month 1n Par1s they boarded Puddles to come back to Ind1ana As they were on the1r way they heard a noxse down on the ground and saw Elmer Johnson dr1v1ng 1n the motorcycle races They had a talk w1th h1m and were very glad they d1d because he told them he had made h1s m1ll1on at racmg and was gomg to ret1re and l1ve a l1fe of luxury They boarded Puddles agam and were 1n the a1r ten mmutes when they landed 1n Callforma Robert Murr ay heard they were 1and1ng here so he met them He told them that after graduat1on he had come to Cahforma and 11ked It so well he set up an orchard and had hved here s1nce He was st1ll as good lookmg as he ever had been Wh1Ch made V1rg1n1a w1sh that she had looked around a 11tt1e more before she marr1ed They bade Bob good bye and flew over a neat look1ng farm w1th a brmght red barn The name on lt was Bowland Farms They landed and were rn North Dakota Phyllxs Thompson Bowland met them w1th a basket of eggs and three ch1ldren She d1dn t look the same as she was only 5 3 tall V1rg1ma and Bob stayed that mght at Bowland s and were off the next mornmg to Texas As they flew along they not1Ced a man w1th a gun and a woman d1gg1ng up a garden They could guess th1s was none other than Mr and Mrs .Tumor Slaughter .Tumor looked very young and why not? Marxe m1lked the cows fed the horses and watered the pmgs wh11e .Tumor hunted Coyotes and entertamed Of course any Presldent would want to v1s1t a school so Bob and V1rg1n1a d1d so They Chose 21 Negro publ1C school rn Georgla and were surpr1sed to see a thm wh1te woman teachmg the f1fth grade Th1s was a surpr1se s1nce the teacher was another classmate Earlene Renbarger She saxd she taught mn the South because she thought she would enjoy teachmg the Southern Belles more than teaCh1ng the ch11dren of her former classmates As they were nearmg l111no1s they saw a neat flllmg stat1on and thought maybe a Coke would 17 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' - 11 91 - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 3' 1 1 11 V' S 1 1 1 , , . , - - . . . A . . . P 1 1 S' 1 . , A . 1 , . 1 ' 1 v 1 1 . , . . , . . 1 1 1 , . - 11 11 - - - - 1 4 1 1 0 L 1 1 I l ' 1 1 1 1 1 I A 1 , 1 1 - . , , 1 1 1 . . . , . 1 0 1 1 . . . . . . ,, 1 11 1 . . . H 1, . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 11 A ' - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 A , 11 If - ' 1 1 - - - 1 1 ll 1 . . . 1 , 5 I , 1 1 1 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 1 0 Y 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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benzor Will 1 Wanda l ou Mendell on the 15th day of May 1950 wrll my sc mdal column rn thy Porcuplne to 7en1th Artherhults my werght to B1ll Green and my quret may to Ruth mn, Kmtner I Arlene Kelsey w1ll my ab1l1ty to grow long frngernarls all at once to Judy lfelsay my 0ff1ce as Frnancmal Manager ofthe annual and s hool paper to Tom Pearson and my posrtron as majorette to Shmrley M1ller I Waneta Mendell with blank mrnd and sound feet w1ll my Jokes column to Thad M1111 and my farr skm to Delores Gr1m I Janet Cochran w1ll my ab1l1ty to be a Semor to Fred Boeslng and my werght to Mary Brubaker To Margaret Oyler I w1ll the ab1l1ty to go to school whrle marrred I Earlene Renbarger w1ll my werght to Chrlstobel Kmtner and my desrre to not date Lela Spurgeon I Phyllls Thompson w1ll my hexght to Betty Lenon my short ha1r to Pat Eltzroth and my socrety column to Suzanne Blake I Donna Prrchett w1ll my ab1l1ty to go steady to Mrrram Renbar ger and my short frngernarls to Suzanne Blake I Gladys Brooksh1re w1ll my smlle to Mrs Swmgle my quletness to Judy Kelsay and my ab1l1ty to play bass to Kxrk M1ller I Gene Roberts w1ll my posrtron as Ed1tor of Publxcatrons to Fred Boesrng my posrtlon as prtcher on the baseball team to Phrl Howard and my offr e rn the H1 Y Club to Clayton Mxller Good luck fellows I Phyllrs Wh1tlock wrll my pos1t1on as Edrtor of the Porcupme to Ph11 Howard my ldeal personahty to Zemth Artherhults and my ab1l1ty to be on speakrng terms vuth everyone to Jrm Hodson I Bob Fxsher w1ll my ab1l1ty to get a new car for graduat1on to Mug Wamp my positron as Presrdent of the Class to Tom Pearson and my ab1l1ty to get along wrth people to exeryone 1h hrgh school I Jean McCollom w1ll my pos1t1on of Se retary of the class to Phyllls Sowash as Edltor of the Annual to Jxmmy Hodson and my g1ft of gab that was willed to me to Lela Spurgeon I Jumor Slaughter w1ll my curly ha1r to Mark Garber my posztxon as Sports Edrtor of the Porcuprne to Mug Melton my positron as Vrce Presrdent to anyone that gets elected and my posrtron as guard on the basketball team to Don Maggart 1 Jack Garber w1ll my ab1l1ty to get along w1th M1ss Reynolds to Mark Knox my ab1l1ty to Play a horn to George Krbo Dewrtt and my red harr to Jrm Larrmore vehom I thmk needs rt I Tom Smrth w1ll my quret ways to Fred Boesmg my herght to George Deva 1tt and my dr1v1ng ab1l1ty to Darrell Carmack I Wayne Sher1ck w1ll my ab1l1ty to skrp school to Mark Graham my curly harr to George Torre my ab1l1ty to get along w1th Mrs Swrngle to Mark Garber 19 v s n , , -1 ., , 1 , 1 , , , . 1 ' ' tl V' II I V 1 , , f 1 1 ' - so ' . 11 f , 1 - L , ' I 'fx Y . - , . . 1 . . ,,. 1, r . , , , . . Y, - , , ' . . 0 I I - - f - -1 11 , , to Q , 1 1 1 an V' . 1 1 Y, ' . . . . Y. 1 1 I ' 1 1 . 1 1 1 - - 1 - ' . 1 f 1 1 1 1 ' 1 . ' ' ' ' li I1 1 1 . I A I Y D . . . ,-. A . Y I l' I nn - su 1 1 1 1 7 I I ' an lu - - 4 - - 1 1 . 1 l 1 1 tl ' V' ' 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 1 I 9 1 1 1 . Y 1 1 X 1 0 .