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

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CLASS HISTORY On August 28 1941 twenty four lrttle youngsters wandered rnto Mrs Carvey s f1rst grade room Out of th1s number two grrls completed twelve years at Converse Phyllrs Hale and Sh1rley Myers Mark Garber completed eleven years The second year we added two new puprls to our rolls Wrlma Harland and Max Fraley Mark Garber wrthdrew but when the thrrd year rolled around he was back agam makrng frve of the members of our present class In the frfth grade a brother and srster enrolled They were Janet and Jerry Fager Everyone lrked them rmmedrately Delores Gum also enrolled Don Denmson and Fred Kelsay entered rn the srxth grade makrng seven of the present class At the begrnnmg of the Junror hrgh year Donna Olmger came xnto our class Janet Fager and Shrrley Myers were Jumor hrgh cheerleaders both years George Torre and Ruthanna Krntner enrolled at the begrnnrng of the mnth year makmg twenty two green freshmen all eager to start hrgh school at C H S Max Fraley was elected presrdent Don Denmson v1ce presrdent Donna Ohnger secretary and Mark Garber treasurer Shrrley Myers was one of the track queen s attendants Durrng the sophomore year we had the same gang George Torre was elected presrdent Jerry Fager v1ce presrdent Don Denmson secretary and Mark Garber treasurer Delores Gum was elected Queen of the Bordermen Relays and Janet Fager was one of her attendants Frfteen of us started the Junror year Thrs was one year we has all been lookrng forward to We rece1ved our class rmgs and sweaters We also med our sk1ll at play actrng We presented the class play For Pete s Sake drrected by Mrs Elrzabeth Kesler Max Fraley had the lead Donna Ohnger was elected Bordermen Relays Queen Delores Gr1m was her attendant Shrrley Myers and Donna Olmger were cheerleaders that year Jerry Fager was elected class presrdent Max Fraley VICC presrdent Don Denmson secretary Delores Grrm treasurer By 1953 only ten of the or1g1nal group remamed Jerry Fager was agarn elected presrdent Max Fraley vrce presrdent Don Denmson secretary Shrrley Myers treasurer We publrshed The Porcuprne and edrted The Borderlrte We also presented the class play The Absent Mrnded Brrdegroom under the drrectron of Mr Glenn Smrth Wrth memorres of the past and hopes of the future wrth a sad heart and a tearful eye, we leave Converse Hrgh School CLASS ROLL Don Denmson Fred Kelsay Jerry Fager Ruthanna Krntner Max Fraley Shrrley Myers Mark Garber Donna Olmger Phyllrs Hale George Torre . . , 1 1 - . , 1 1 - 1 1 , o , . . . 1 1 , 1 ' 11 11 ' 1 4 - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , . 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 ' 11 1 11 ' - . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 11 ' 11 ' 11 ' 11 ,, . . ,, . . 1 1 1 1 1

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SENIOR WILL I Jerry Fager being of useless mind and perfect body do hereby will my position as class president to Ronald Rees my ability to get along with Mr Dubois to anyone able to do so my art ability to John Blake and my position on the basketball team to Willie Fansler I George Torre will my rooney attttude to Dick Malott my vouty excuses for m1ss1ng school to John Blake and my hip nickname the body to Marilyn Owen I Mark Garber will to Larry McCray my position on the basketball team to Shirley Fansler my ability to get along with Miss Hoover to Lewis Miller my ab1l1ty to pitch baseball and to everyone in C H S my luck to get through school l Donald Dennison being of sound mmd and no body will to Cecil Hyman my abrlity to get along with the teachers fand prmcipalj to Ronald Rees I will my positron on the staff I Max Fraley being of a superhuman mmd and overused body will to R L Hall my position on the basketball team to John Blake my lovely haircut to Dick Malott the smcenty of my smile and the sureness of my frown and last and certainly least to Gene Cunmgham I will my pos1t1on as vice president of the Senior Class which has the duty I Phyllis Hale will to Ruth Garrett my ability to stay up late and st1ll get to school the next morning to Naoml Harlan my ability to get along with Mrs Mendall during Home Economics Class last but not least my typmg speed to Tom Gray I Fred Kelsay being of sound mmd and body do hereby bequeath to Ronald Rees my abxllty to stay wide awake and work hard in the study hall to Gene Bowman my ability to be a hard worker in shop my poultry Judging ab1l1ty to anybody that can learn ll I Shlrley Myers do hereby will all my Jobs through high school to Roland Dickensheet for I know he loves to work my ability to drlve rairly carefully to all the Junior boys my ability to get through school to all freshmen I Ruthanna Klntner with a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat w1ll my position as editor of the Porcupme to Jackie Clair my weight 108 pounds to Sue Hale to Rosemary Desisto the ability to get an A in civics I Donna Olinger will my ability to eat all I want and not get fat to Ruth Garrett my position in the band to Onda Amos my ability to stay awake in government class to all the Jumors I will my ability to get along with all teachers to all high school students of C H S I I ' ' ' , O1 ' vl ' rv lv ' , . , , . . of signing Bud Chang for all activities. ' . ' , . . . D . ' . , . . . . . ' ' ' : ' . . 1 y . , . . , S

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CLASS PROPHECY Greetrngs to one of the smallest classes ever to graduate from Converse Hrgh School Twenty years ago a class of ten marched down the arsle to the tune of Pomp and Crrcumstance Ten of us are back today a perfect record We stuck together back rn 1953 and we are st1ll domg If There s nothmg lrke bemg back at school agarn seerng the old gang and lrvmg 1n an atmosphere of fun for a day We have dared to hung out the old Class Prophecy to see Just how much was rrht ls rt any wonder that we laughed at IIS many predrctrons? Jerry Fager was desttned to become the best drtch d1gger rn the state of Indrana As he Onda and therr daughter Harmonda entered Jerry was rntroduced as the governor of the new state of Alaska of the srx boys rt was predrcted that Donald Dennrson was to be the bachelor of the class As he came rn we notrced he was accompamed by a wrfe and three chrldren The offrce boy for the Converse canmng factory was to be Max Fraley As rt turned out he rs now head coach at Notre Dame The frrst to marry out of the class was to be Donna Olrnger That too was rn error as she IS strll srngle She rs playrng opposrte Farley Granger rn a MGM motron prcture The predrctron further stated that Phyllrs Hale was to marry and lrve rn poverty Her husband struck orl and now she IS secretary of the Laymond Enterp 1se O11 Company As edrtor of the Porcuprne Ruthanna Krntner was the one who would some day hold an mfluentral posrtron rn a newspaper offrce Actually today she rs a prrvate secretary to Mr Brg rn Washrngton Shrrley Myers was to marry and lrve rn Converse the rest of her lrfe However she went mto nurses tralrung and at present IS a nurse at Mayo Brothers Fate had rt that George Torre was to become a sectron patty on the Pennsylvanra Rarlroad but he has taken Arthur Godfrey s spot on TV and radro Accordmg to the predrctron Fred Kelsay was to spend the next twenty years payrng frnes because he farled to attend the Natronal Guard meetrngs Army lrfe rs agreerng w1th hrm however as he has srnce become a 4 star general It was belreved that Mark Garber was to be a mrlk tester but he went to college and IS now a professor at Harvard Unrversrty Alumm Day 1S for all of us lt was a long awarted treat to return to our beloved school and frnd everyone much the same Thrs ts the place where we all belong to gether and rt s great to be here We are each a part of Converse and rt has a part rn us We are proud of our school and Want rt to be proud of us ' n . ,, . . . . , . . . . . 1 - 1 , . 1 1 1 1 n 1 . . . ,, F. . A ' u - uv ' - I - s . , . . . - n ' vw ' . y - , . n n ' v . . , . . , .