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

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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 .

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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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I Marilyn Brewer will to Judy Kelsay the ability to look after Mug next hear when I m gone for I know you will anyway To Betty I enon I will my ability to go steady and I will my position as feature writer to Suzanne Blake I Bob Murray will my position on the basketball team to Harold Berglan my whiskers to Ceorge DeWitt to go with his mustache and my ability to be on the honor roll to anyone smart enough to get on it I Claude Davison will my hair in band to Ja kie Clair my position of head ben h warmer to George DeWitt and my height and weight to Joey Danforth I Mary Stambaugh will my natural dark hair to Don Maggart my ability to get to school on time to Jim Larimore and my height to Tom Pearson Class to Fred Boesing and my ability to get along with the girls to Paul Oden I Virginia Bly being of sound mind will my short hair to Ruthanna Kintner my ability to skip the last period and GET CAUGHT to Mug Melton and my chair in the band to any one who works hard enough to earn it I Elmer Johnson will my ability to get a D in Government to Phil Howard and my posi tion as student manager to anyone who Can get along with the second team and Mr Eviston lk?10001IllillikfklkrklklirlklkllvlvkiklklkiifilkfiilvlrliflbflkifivlrlkllfiillklkiklkiiikfklklkIk190614140k'k1klk1klk1klk1Ql10ll9U6f1k1509'1k1k19K10Uk29'19Uklklkfklklklkikikfbllllbflillilvk In appreciation to Mr Rayburn Miss Hamilton Glenn Smith Mack Ralston Miss Reynolds and the rest of the faculty we the Senior Class wish to thank them for the time and effort that they have given to u in making it possible to organize and publish our annual To Mrs Ovid Doan goes our sincere appreciation for our class poem weJo::r:eraerwonewerfefwwrwowo:-H:ao-:of4::of-warner:of-Havasu:-rawwewowraowernraeneuofa-arwewo:-eww:mfme-wwe:uno:vwwkararvvxwwrasxaru-w-vxxxxvu Z0 I, Jim Barton, will my dark eyes and hair to Phil Howard, my ability to stay in the Art