Darlington High School - Chief Yearbook (Darlington, IN)

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CLASS PROPHEC Y In the sprrng of 1973 we Sharon Vannrce and 'vlargaret Cox planned a business trrp for Hawarr to investigate a new type of raccoon You see after graduation we had decided to go into business together rarsrng pedrgreed coons to stock the farms of all devoted coon hunters When the day of departure arrrved we boarded a plane at the Darlington Airport qDrck Cox who couldn t bear to leave Darlington had started a plastrc bath tub factory As a result Darlington had grown rnto a booming metropolis of which Drck Shelton had been elected mayor J As we stepped on the plane Sharon whispered to me she knew she had seen the stewardess some place before This didn t phase me rn the least because Sharon always thought she recognized someone she didn t know from Adam but somehow she drd look famrlrar Then we recognized Shirley Booher We talked to Shirley and learned that she had once taken a plane ride with Sam White now a commercial pilot rn Alaska and had simply fallen rn love with flying so now she had grven up everything else Just to fly every chance she got When we changed planes rn San Francisco we noticed a bedraggled lady tusslrng with seven lrttle boys Recognrzrng Peggy Peebles we rushed over to help her Peg has always wanted to be a teacher but rt seems she had eloped with her history professor and this was as close as she had gotten to teaching a group of children We arrived at the airport rn Honolulu and were hurrying through the lobby when a fella selling papers stopped and began shaking hands like mad It was Joe Perry He told us that he Phrl Clouser Harold Car and the others hrs staff but the others goofed off and spent their time flirting with women so Joe had to do rt all We bought all hrs papers and hailed a cab Much to our astonishment our cab drrver was a woman As Sharon and I rode along we remrnrsced about dear old D H S Presently the cab driver turned around with a smile and we rmmedrately saw that rt was Rrta Patton She told us she rs now co owner of the White Cab Company She deposited us at our hotel, and struggling with our luggage we climbed out of the car The doorman was too absorbed to bother with us We were rn the act of glaring rndrgnantly at him when I stopped dead in my tracks He looked so famrlrar' He was very handsome with black curly harr showing beneath hrs doorman s cap It was Charles Welrever absorbed rn inspecting a rifle whrle he patted rt lovrngly Aren t you Charles I began Women women women They all hang around me and I hate em all he broke rn Get away from me or I ll shoot you We lrterally ran to the desk and there a famrlrar smrlrng face greeted us lt was Joe Wrlson We talked awhrle and then headed for the elevator We stepped rn and asked the elevator boy for floor 13 He took us up so fast rt made my ears pop, and rnstead of lettrng us out he rmmedrately zoomed down agatn penter and Glenn Thomerson had gone out seeking a fortune, They had started a paper with Joe as editor

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT 'yye the class of 1959 betng of sound mrnd and body here ordatn and declare thts to be our last wtll and testament To all teachers who we drove half crazy we vytll our deepest sympathy but more tmportant ve yytll our gratttude and apprectatton for the pattence shown tn gutdtng us through our twelve school years We wtll to the Juntors our thtrd row seats at the ballgames We wtll to the Sophomores our favortte excuse We dtdn t have ttme We wtll to the Freshmen our supertortty complex HUBERT BLAYDES w1ll my abtltty to sltde corners to anyone who can t make tt SHIRLEY BOOHER wtll my thumb wrestlrng abtltty to all future chemtstry students DAVE BOOINE w1ll my abtllty to get by to anyone who ts fooltsh enough to try RUBY BOTTOM wtll to Dtane Otten my school sptrtt and gtft of gab PHIL BOWMAN wtll to any young dr1ver my abtltty to drtve and stay altye NORMA BURKS wtll my freckles to all palefaces HAROLD CARPENTER wlll one broken wheel rtm from my truck to the F E A PHIL CLOUSER wtll my carefree attttude to some poor sober stdes MARGARET COX wtll to Becky Royer my well worn after school seat tn the drug store DICK COX wtll to a certain Juntor gtrl the abrltty to be good for one more year JIM FRAZEE w1ll part of my hatr to 'ylr Pryor tn case he wants any of tt MELVIN HALTOM wtll my excellent drtvrng abtltty to Mr Ntswonger BETHELINE KELSEY wtll to the Juntor gtrls my abtltty to get the car whenever 1 want tt TO'yl MIKESELL wtll to future chemtstry students my luck tn mtyctng chemtcals wtthout mtshap Mllylyll NIOFFITT wtll my abtltty to get along wtth my brothers to any one who cant get along wtth thetrs DAVID VICCLAIN wtll my appettte to anyone who ts a ftntcky eater ROMNII PADDACK wtll my abtltty to fall asleep tn class to those who stay out late at ntght RITA PATTON wtll to Judy Whtte my abtltty to get along wtth Fred PEIy.IyY PEARSON wtll my abtltty to handle a red head to anyone who needs rt PEGCY PEEBLES wtll my hetght to Bobby Weltever JOE PERRY wtshrng to leave school wrth a clear consctence wtll to my ltttle brother Jack all t e cokes I ye won from htm wtth my two headed ntckel I DICK QHELTOIN w1ll all my pegged pants to Jerry Catn I JERRY TIMNIONS wtll to Knuckles my abtltty to be sertous I GLEIN THONIERSOIX. wtll to the Juntor boys all the tnteresttng notattons on the end sheets of my school books SHARON VANNICI yytll my yatant yell lcadtng shoes to future yell leaders at D H Q CHARLI S yyl LIEVIR wtll my boy soprano votte to Q erald Hole SANI WIII I E ywtll my abtltty to stay out of trouble to Ronnte Threkeld and John ylullen JOE yyll sO'y y tll my Zrcky Nelson looks to all rock and roll fans Jlty X Ilyi ATF wtll to Wtnston lytlson my abtltty to talk tn study hall RICHARD lylsr y rll my heayy foot and my tau servtce to any promtstng dr1ver s tratntng student AI. ly QAY y tll my btg feet to any on yyho has lrttle understandrng ,, , I, 5 'X L , ' V. - . .. . V . 1, , , ' . 1, , ' ' ' . 1, 5 'Q :', ' I f- 'W Qt- .

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After he had done thts twtce Sharon satd What s the matter? Don t you know how to run thts lhlflgo He looked around at her and satd Look lady I just lrke to rrde that s all It was Dave McCla1n We would have lrked to talk to htm but he depostted us on the 13th floor and qutckly zoomed down agatn We started to our rooms and just as we entered the door my suttcase fell open and everythtng came tumbltng out on the hall floor Sharon and I were so trred we had begun to laugh somewhat hystertcally when the door across the hall opened and out walked of all people Beth Kelsey She was glanng at us and saytng Sh sh Then she recogntzed us saw what had happened and then we all started laughtng agatn When all the grggles had subsrded Beth told us that she was worktng as a matd for two of our for mer classmates It seemed that Ruby Bottom and Mtnnre Moffttt had formed a mght club act called Top and Bottom on the trampoltne and had gone over so btg that they decrded to htre Beth as an asststant and part Ilme matd When we satd we would lrke to see them she satd that we would have to wart ttll later because Ruby and Mtnnte worked all mght and slept tn the dayttme So we satd good bye to Beth and promtsed to stop tn at the club that mght We decrded to take a short nap before leavlng for the club but the constant poundtng from above soon put an end to that rdea After ltstentng to poundtng for about an hour and a half we dectded to tnvestt ftnally found the room and knocked trmrdly at the door We heard a whtstle blow and famtltar vorce call out O K fellas tlme out Then the door opened and we recogntzed Al Wray Al now had ten sons and made them practtce basketball constantly We were so engrossed tn our conversatton wtth Al that we hardly nottced when two of the butldtng s wtndow washers began cltmbtng tn our wtndow Suddenly we re cogntzed Penny Pearson and Jtm Frazee We all began talktng and laughmg Before we knew tt tt was ttme to start to the club As Sharon and I were gotng back to our room we were nearly bowled over by a woman ractng down the hall on roller skates and a man runmng along behtnd her shoutrng Faster faster They were followed by the hotel manager calltng Stop stop you ftends' It was Phtl Bowman He stopped Just long enough to tell us those two were Norma Burks and Dave Boone Norma was tn tratntng for the Women s Nattonal Roller Derby and Dave was her manager Phtl satd a hasty goodby and was off on hts merry chase We got ready and hurrted on to the club When we arrrved we were surprtsed to see a combo band made up of stx of our former classmates Jerry Timmons Tom Mrkesell Ron Paddack Rtchard Wxse Hubert Blaydes and Jtm Wtngate They told us they had Just cut a new record and were now maktng guest appear ances ln mght clubs The owner of the nrght club dropped over and we were surprtsed to see Melvtn Hal tom It seems he had started workrng as a walter to help pay hrs way to college and ltked tt so well he started a place of hts own Eventually practtcally the whole class of 59 had congregated at the club and we all had a wonderful ttme remtntsctng about the unforgettable days spent at D H S , . . .. . . - - -. I I ' ' 9 I I ' , , ' . . . . : ' . ' ' I n . 9 ' I I ' , D n H n a H I I I I - - . . . . . I . . . . . . . , ' . . .- gate. We started for the elevatorg but remembering the previous trip, we decided to take the stairs, We 1 0 0 Q ' 3 H I u . . . , . . . . . . - 5 I , . . . ' I . I 4 I I . V I 0 g b I - ' O I