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

 - Class of 1956

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that looked famlhar Stopping at a farmhouse to inquire wht rt ln was he noticed the name on the mailbox C Bowman There Jeanie greeted him at the dot r Visiting with her for some time he learned that she and f ene were very happily m irried and the parents of two children Telling of her career prompted leanle into showing him her small beauty salon There he was surprised to find Twlla sitting under the dryer l lvlng close to Ieanle Twila had consented to be her model for the new hair styles of the coming year before trying them on someone else After finishing her business course at Ball State Twlla had married and accepted the position of receptlonist for Dr Janet Hodson who was now the leading dentist of Marion serylng five thousand patients each year lanet had never married but deyoted her hfe to dentistry and looking down in the mouth The girls went ahead to tell Mr Car baugh that seyeral of the remaining classmates were living and working near Indianapolis Determined to see them Mr Carbaugh started on the road toward his destination listen mg to the radio while riding along he suddenly heard a very farmhar voice singing Wdll mg impatiently for the ending he heard the announcer say The selection you just heard was sung by La'ylerle Alexander fformerly Wales! and accompanied by Roxanna Hvman at the organ They he knew had reached the peak of success m the music world Shh Shh Shh Shh Yes a tire was low but fortunately there was a filling station wlthln a few rods Driving in he was greeted by H1 there Mr Carbaugh And who should be standing in the doorway but lim Malone wearing the umform of a filling station attendant For his vocation jim had chosen that of a dry cleaner and had his establishment in Indian apolis In the meantime though he was plnchhlttlng for Ronnie 'Vlygrant who was in Alaska trapping His side line was selling lceboxes to the ESklmltS Ronnie s hobby had al ways been trapping. and Mr Carbaugh learned from ,lim that he had been verv successful in organizing several hunting expeditions into the Arctic region ,llm had kept In contact with only two of llls former elassmates time to helping the children at the hospital she was married and the mother 1 f three elul dren Also she had a children s program on television once a week Donal Ben Nliller had always enjoyed farming but apparently the tall to the coachmg world was greater for he was the head coach of Teclunal High School His boys had won the state tournament last year and rated among the top ten in the United btates A glance at his watch told Vlr Carbaugh that it was almost noon Upon asking where he might find a good place to eat he was told of Mary los Terr al Inn Situated at the air port thousands of people from all over the world enjoyed Mary ,lo s delicious home cooked meals while waiting between planes Xlthough Mr Carbauffh found the inn quite crowded Mary ,lo immediately recognized him and showed him to a quiet corner table where he might enjoy a meal in peace While eating someone in a huge white fur piece brushed past him Looking up to flnd a very charming lady and handsome man standing above him Mr Carbaugh recognized them to be none other than Marilyn Owen and Jan Arrick These two had won the academy award for appearing in the Martlyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Story and were now enroute to New York to appear on Broadway At sight of their former teacher and sponsor Jan and Marilyn insisted that he accompany them on their trip After bemg dragged across the runway Mr Carbaugh found himself sitting in a large TWA Constella tron plane Suddenly a sweet voice said Fasten your safety belts please We are now leaving the ground After hearing the voice Mr Carbaugh called for the stewardess and was amazed to find a very neatly dressed Judy C arber After graduating from Indiana Um versity Judy had completed her lifetime desire of becoming an airline stewardess Mr Car baugh sat back in his seat and smiled because he had seen or heard of each member of the class of 56 Suddenly there was a jolt By the tone of Judy s voice as she rushed from seat to seat ln an effort to quiet the passengers Mr Carbaugh reahaed that something was wrong Down down down' The plane crashed to the ground Grandpa grandpa wake up wake up When Mr Carbaugh opened his eyes he found himself tn the floor with little Blair be side him Grandpa you must have had a nightmare' 'Nightmare' No indeed' Twas a very pleasant dream ,, ' N . . , . ' , . . ' . . L. Anna Lou was serving as a physical therapist at Riley' Hospital. Besides devoting her ' ' 3 - ' s . X- ' . L. 1. -. . ' . 1 , . ' A s s 4 ' ,- 's' - 1 s v 1 1 1 I l I T 1 . ' ' . , 1 4. . . i. . '.. ' -Hin, U K . . ' - .. . . , ' . '. ' ' . - I- ' - ' ' . V, t 1 1 , - 3 ' ' V L C h . a l T 1 r r - l -1 ' 65 1 -1 V 1 . , I ,, - lx 1 1 . sv . , , , . ' . .. 9 ' 7 ' 1 - - , l . 'f . s ' X. . ., , . ' Q . 55 ' '71 . . . . . .' J, i .' r l ' - ' . if G ' YV , . 5 I I ' Y 1 - 1 1 v 1 'Q

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SENIOR PROPHECY One cold wrnter evenrng ln 1976 Mr Carbaugh sat before hrs warm co7y frresrde Out srde the snow drrfted gentlv down and softly splashed agarnst the wrndow pane On hr knee sat lrttle three year old Blair asking for bedtrme stories 999 What krnd tonrght Sonnv The real krnd Grandpa you know Tell about some of those thrngs that happened when you were teachrng school Smrhng down at the round faced lrttle bov Mr Carbaugh replred Oh you mean when I taught at Converse That was a long trme ago rndeed Well let me thlnk a but One year I remember especrally well the wrnter of 1955 '36 when I was the senror class sponsor I really learned to love those krds that year Well tell me about them What were therr names' What d1d they do? Where are they now 7 Lrttle Blair looked up for an answer but he rw that hrs grandfrther had fallen asleep so he trptoed out of the room le avrng the old man to hrs dreams Rrdrng through the streets of Conver e 'Vlr Carbaugh notreed that rn twenty years the town hadnt changed much But wart a rnmute Whats thxs' As he l rked rr he w s amazed to see a large new burldrng wrth a neon srgn whreh read Coombs and Yrmrnerman Frsh Mrrket lwnterrng. he found Cleatus and Jame proudly ex rrnrnrng, a ten pound north ern prke whrch had just arrrved The bov explarned to hrrn th'1t they had opened the rr verv profrtable business after drscovermg the great demand for fr lr rn f onverse Interested rn frndrng or contactrng more of the former enrors Mr Carbaugh was told bv t Joys not to ml s vlsrtlng tte new eroo Wllll tae rn ent rnent o rye thousan Whe n he re ache d and entered the prrde and joy of f onverse he was mue h surprrsed to frnd on the frrst door a srgn re adrng Mr 'Nlerval Berglan prrne rp rl X thrrtv rn nute ehat w tl Merval revealed that after graduatrng from Columbra I nrversrtv he had returned to hrs old alma mater to assume the heavy responslbrlrtres whrch hal now been placed upon the see the rnterror of the burldmg Ena Clevenger was dorng a splendid job tn the home eco nomlcs department Her grrls had won several state coolerng contests Also Ina was rn charge of the hot lunch plan whrch was now berng served cafeterra style Phil Darley takrng over for Mr Green was helprng hrs agrrculture boys to manage a 160 acre farm whrch had been purchased by the school After teachrng at several drfferent schools l'hrl had returned to Converse and concluded that there was no place lrke home On the play ground he met Mr Mrddlesworth formerly Kav Overman wrth her seventy frve lrttle lxllltlffgdlltll gurls and boys Kay when not teaching school was travelrng wrth her husband lNed rn llorrda and thrrllrng thousands of spect rtors wrth therr water krrn, show Arrrvrng at Wabash Mr Carbaugh met Donald who was now the well known owner of the Artherhults Locomotrve and Automobrle Museum Hrs prrae possessrons elated hack I0 1900 Don rnvrted Mr Carbaugh to vrsrt hrs museum He revealed to Mr Carbaugh that near Wabash, Phrl Harts was holdrng an auctron sale to drspose of hrs farm and hvestocle Phrl s ambrtron was to be a mrllronarre therefore he planned on movrng to Texas to try hrs luck at becornrng a rrch orlman Recervrng drrectrons from Don he arrrved shortly to fund Larry Mefrav as the auctroneer Larry had become a very successful busrnessman rn the real estate busrness rn Chrcago However berng a good frrend and former classmate of Phrlfs he had consented to be the auctroncer for hrs sale Also rn the crowd were three other classmates drscussrng old trmes together ,lack was tellmg Vrrgrnra and Beth Ann that after all these years he was strll unattached but he drdnt rnrnd because hrs career rn Brrd land as a jazz drummer left hrm hardly any free trme Jack had a strong behef that al though drums drdn t make the best muslc they eertarnlv made good money Vlrgmra wasnt dorng badly for herself these davs elther Besrdes berng marrred she was a model for Coty cosmetrcs Her face had appeared on magazrne covers hrllboards, and rn newspapers all over the Unrted States, so maybe her long hours of prrmpmg were not rn yarn after all Beth, who had hstened patrently, could wart no longer to tell them what the past years had done fOr her She shocked them by telhng of her elopement wrth Hugh on the nrght of graduatron from Ball State They were now travehng over the country as the Landrs Dance Team After leaving the auctron Mr Carbaugh traveled for some time wrthout seerng anythrng ,, . . .. - . . , . e L ' . 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PERSONAL WILL ,Ian Arrlclc will my ahrllty to get along wlth girls to Bob Nllllcr my posltron on the basketball team to Davld Kenyon and my number 40 to Bill Crlst To 'Nlax 'Xnclcr son my head cf halr I wrll my physlque to Tom Rllcy Don Arthcrhults wlll my band ehatr to Bruec Kclsay my quiet ways to Linda Larrlson my ablllty to malmc spccehcs to Ned Pcnet I lcave my good and had txmes to thc un derclassmen ,lack Barton will my alllllly as a drummcr to Whitey Owen and to Don Brookshire my ab1l1ty to sleep ln thc study halls undetected To Beverly L e I layc my bop language 'lleryal Bc rglan wlll my long fmger nalls to Suc Oxcrman my gray halr to larolyn Rlc hard and my good ra lcs to Bull Dlc kc n-hc et V 5.11118 Blalcc ll tc Barbara Lcc my ll ck lldll' t ca Aukcrman my lang, nalls and to anyonc who can study whllc QIIIIHQ, betwcen Claudia Bolcll and Bctty xggs l will my scat m the flfth pcrlod study hall Mary Jo Bowman w1ll my band Clldll' to Clorla loun my ablllty to gct along wlth the teaehcrs to Pcg Nlalott my posltlon on the annual staff to anyone who hkcs to beg for money, and to all undergraduatcs my fun ancl memorxes ,Icame Carey wxll to Linda Larrlson my posltlon m band to Rhea and Ehzabeth my posmons on the annual and paper staffs To Naomi Harlan my abrllty to go steady my senior year and to Beverly Zlmmerman mv lon hair Ena Clevenger will to Betty Blggs my ablltty to get along wlth others to .lean Hogan my cell 1n the middle room and to everyone the pleasure I found tn school Cleatus Coombs wlll my front seat 1n government class to Max Andcrson my ablllty to stay out of troublc to Ray mond Pnckc rmg. and my typmg ablllty to Dorothy Nllllcr Ihnl Dallry will my posttlon on the basketball tcam to Qld John and to Max Anderson my ablllty to look mno cent when playmg practical Jokes .Iudy Garber will my posltlon as almost checrlcaclcr to Beth Myers ll hope hc succeed I To Kenny Huntcr l wnll my abrlxty to dlct and stay allve and to my slster Diane, I wlll my sc nsc of humor Phtl Harts will my abnhty to get As IH ag. to N d Pence to ncvcr bc cxpellcd from class to 51d John and my number 54 on the basketball team to Jlm Mlller ,lanet Hudson wlll to Susxe Francis my band chair to Blame Wrmmer my posmon as annual staff photographer and to Beverly Lee my sc-If control when talkm, wlth Mr Drake I Roxanna Hyman w1ll my ablhty to graduate to Ruthie Fansler my posltlon on the annual staff to Janet Younce my ablllty to study to john and Tom btcausc of thelr great need for lt my glft of lltlllf, on the honor roll to anyone who works hard and my job at the Journal to anyone who makes good ln typmg class Anna Lee will to ,Iamce Pc arson my ablllty to get along w1th g1rls as well as boys and to Pat Howard my ablllty to get along wlth the teachers ,lllll Malone wlll my numbcr 44 on the baskctball team to Blll Crust my eatllkc charactcrlstlcs to Tom Rlley my safe drnmg abxllty to Rcd Hall and my mechamcal ap ltude to Stexc Fonlcy To jamc NI lct I have ty out of town dates rry Mcfray will my flat t p t 'Nlr my ba 1 position to I hllhp Ilalc and tc 1 NI hc r my IOQI Il an on thc ba cball tcam Donal BIIIIEI' wlll my ab1l1ty to play the Llfl freld to Nor man Melton my dark curly ha1r to Lmcla Iarrlson my po'-mon on the basketball team to ,lohn Hames and my abrllty to hang from a coat rack to Bill IJl1lxKI1NIlt'FI Ronnie Wlygrant w1ll to Jamcs Hunt my plaec m band my posltton on the baskctball tcam to Blll Burl. and my wavy ha1r to Bruce Kelsay Kay Ovcrman will my curly halr to Dayxcl Kc nyon my posltton on the annual staff to Barbara Ice my checr cacmg. Zllllllly to anyonc wlo has tcacly llcrvcs anc plenty of tlme To Jamcs Dragstrcm I will my shv mo ments 'Nlarllyn Owen wlll my 55V to lN30llll Harlan to Pat Howard my blond llalr ancl to Don Brook hlrc my ablllty to ,ct one X m governmc nt Twlla Rleh wlll to Beth Mycrs my band chair to my cousin Francle my boostcr club prcstdcncv and all tts problems I wlll my short halr to Amta Daxlcy anc to ,loyce Rlley my posltlon on the annual staff as feature tlIlIOI' Beth Rlley w1ll to Beth Myers my drlvmg alnllty to Joyce Sprder Rohrer my band chalr to Tom Rlley my hack seat ln government and to .llm Slusher my posmon as annual edltor LaMerIe Wales w1ll my posltxon on the paper staff to Nancy Rennaker my ab1l1ty to study to my slster ,Iuanell and my ablllty to get As m typlng to Rcd Hall James Ylmmernun wrll my abthty to eat at thc store to Bob Mlller my pool sklll to Red Hall and to Don Brook shlre my abllxty to eat ftsh on Friday A . X 3 L. . L V. , ,, M Y Q l. . . . 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