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

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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 . . , . . , .

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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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SENIGRS CDF i953 of all famous people we truly surmrse That the Senrors of Converse could capture the prrze We have tall ones and short ones fat ones and lean Blondes and brunettes and a few rn between Some who are serrous some who are gay But mstead of hard work we would all rather play Our number rs ten we ve four grrls and s1x boys And we all share alrke rn our sorrows and joys There rs blonde Jerry Fager our Presrdent keen Hrs true love rs Onda you know who we mean In basketball too he could prle up the score And oh how hrs feet took hrm over the floor' Now Ruthanna Krntner s a frne gal to know An honor roll student she s not a b1t slow Though lrttle rn srze she rs domg all rrght And when she get peeved she 1S real dynamlte Donald Dennrson too rs a keen one he thrnks When he s not wrth the boys he s out trapprng for mrnks When hrs school days are over he wrll ask Dorothy s ma And they ll leave lndrana for old Arkansas Donna Olrnger now IS much talent revealrng For her nrce musrc echoes from floor to cerlrng She Just tunes up her horn and the musrc rolls out We fear that George Torre forgot to stop growrng But at least he rs sure that he knows where he s gorng For though h1s begrnnrng may be a brt slow He wrll be an announcer on some radro Max Fraley we know lrkes to wear sporty clothes And he takes Janet Sherrdan wherever he goes When he played basketball he was really rn clover Twas amazrng to see all the tucks he put over Now comes a brunette Shrrley Myers her name Her srnglng vorce surely w1ll bring her to fame She would lrke so she says to be a nurse rf she can We rmagrne that some boy wrll alter thrs plan Fred Kelsay of course IS our lad from down west At frshrng or huntrng he really does best When there s somethrng to do he IS lrable to scram So he ll Jorn the army and help Uncle Sam We must not farl to mentron our neat Phyllrs Hale We hear that Laymond Mauldon rs hot on her trarl Though Phyllrs asprres to be a secretary We are wrllrng to wager that she wrll soon marry Last but not least IS Mark Garber that man Who loves to play basketball all that he can Though hrs dates often keep hrm rn sort of a whxrl, Hrs trouble rs gorng wrth more than one grrl D : . . . ' 5 Y I . , . . I I , 1 . , . 1 , ' ' 1 D 1 , . , . . 9 . , . . It is plain to be seen she knows what she's about, . , : . . , . . . . I I , v , . ' . . 1 : I . . 1