Elberfeld High School - Elite Yearbook (Elberfeld, IN)

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Class Prophecy Over the loud speaker came this message: time, 9:00 'o'clock p.m., date, December 31, 1962. Plane leaving for New York at gate five. As the passengers board the plane a young stewardess greets them. She sees that they are made comfortable for the trip. Hours pass and the Statue of Liberty is soon in view. A few minutes later the stewardess asks the passengers to fasten their safety belts as they are approaching La Guardia airport. Due to the fact that the plane has been grounded for a period of twelve hours, the stewardess took a taxi to uptown New York. She walked to a garage to rent a car for the day. As she walked into the garage a tall, goodlooking man greeted her and to her surprise it was Dewey Colbert, now the owner of this large garage, one of her classmates of '52. Dewey Bill in- formed her that more of her former E. H. S. classmates also lived in New York. She made arrangements at once to see them. A few hours later our stewardess is attending a baseball game at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees are playing the Brooklyn Dodgers. After the game was over she went to the dugout to congratulate the winning pitcher, Eugene Green. They were talking and Eugene and his wife igvited her out to dinner, so he suggested that they go to the Stork Clu . Soft music is playing, the food is delicious and they were seated at a ring side table, because two of our former classmates, Doris Walker and Barbara Arendell are the proud owners of the club. Doris and Barbara joined them for a while, but then had to leave because some important business had come up. After they were through eating, Eugene and his wife drove the stewardess back to Dewey's garage to rent a car to drive to Newark, New Jersey. When she arrived at Newark she decided to stop and do some shopping. As she was walking along the street the stewardess met Dolores Campbell, or as it is now, Dolores Neiderhaus. She told her that she, her husband, and children were living on the outskirts of Newark. The stewardess and Dolores had some laughs about their high school days, then the stewardess parted with her and started back to the airport. When the stewardess arrived at the airport she sent Ronald Oster, another former classmate, a telegram to tell him to meet her at the air- port in Miami, Florida. The plane then left New York for Florida. After a few hours of flying they landed at Miami. After all the passengers had departed from the plane the stewardess went into the coffee shop where she was to meet Ronald. As she walked in she saw Ronald, Arlene and three wonderful children. After she had talked with them for a while she learned that they lived in a large home on the shore line, and that Ronald was now a famous painter. They insisted the stewardess go out to dinner with them, but the plane left in an hour for Lexingon, so she kindly refused. iContinued on next pageb

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Biographies . DONALD SELLERS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sellers, was born on December 30, 1933, six miles northeast of Elberfeld. He received all twelve years of his education at Elberfeld. 1 Donald has been active in sports for six years, two years in grade school and four years in high school. He has been a member of the Glee Club for two years, during this time he took part in The Georgia Jubilee Minstrel . During his Junior year he played the part of Curlie in the Junior Play, Comin' Round the Mountain . Donald was on the staff of the school paper and the staff of the Annual during his Senior year. CLYDE STRATMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stratman, was born on September 17, 1933, one fmile west of Elberfeld. At the age of three he moved to Earl, Indiana. He later attended Scott School and then moved back to Elberfeld where he finished his school career. Clyde was in the Glee Club for four years. He took part in the Junior Play and also participated in the Senior Play. During his Senior year he was on the school paper staff and the Annual staff. GERALD LEE THENE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Thene, was born on July 14, 1933, in Elberfeld. He has received all twelve years of his edu- cation at Elberfeld. Gerald has been active in sports during his high school career and he has been a member of the Glee Club. During his Senior year he worked on the school paper, was appointed to the Annual staff and participated in the Senior Play. 11 DORIS JEAN WALKEIR, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Walker, was born on November 16, 1934, near Central City, Kentucky. She attend- ed two grade schools, Central City Grade School and Mount Elliot Grade School in Detroit, Michigan, before she entered the sixth grade at Elber- feld, where she finished her school career. . Doris was a member of the Glee Club for six years and a member of the Sunshine Society for four years. She was President of her class in her Sophomore year, Treasurer in her Senior year and also Treasurer of the Sunshine Society. She participated in the operetta The Beauty Contest , played the part of Carol Hughes in the Junior Play and also participated in the Senior Play. During her Senior year she was appointed editor of the Annual. '

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Class Prophecy A few minutes later the stewardess was helping the passengers on to the plane for their flight to Lexington. On the plane the stewardess overheard an interesting conversation about a basket ball game involving the U of K. As the stewardess was very interested in basket ball she de- cided she would attend the game. The fact that they would not leave Lexington until 12:00 o'clock p.m., she would have enough time to see the game. When they reached the airport she took a cab to the gym. She bought her ticket at once and went to her seat. As soon as she was seated the game started. She sat there looking at the game and she noticed a familiar face. The stewardess looked again and saw it was Donald Sellers, a former classmate of E. H. S., who is now head coach of U. K. She could very well see how he became head coach of U. K. because he was very interested in the game at high school. After the game she went to talk with Donnie. They were talking about some of their former classmates and Donnie told her that Barbara Holmes, or Mrs. John Reeb, lived in McCutchanville. Donnie then said he had to go to the dressing room with his players, the stewardess bid him goodbye and went back to the airport. She then called Barbara and asked her to meet her at the airport in Evansville. When she reached Evansville Barbara was there to meet her, Barbara then insisted on her going home with her for dinner. When they were driving home in her cadillac she said she now lived in McCutchan- ville and had two children. After they arrived at her home and had a de- licious dinner, Barbara told her that three other classmates of E. H. S. lived in Evansville. Barbara drove the stewardess to Deaconess Hospital to see Gyneath Gwaltney. As they walked in the hospital a young nurse met them.. The stewardess immediately recognized Gyneath. Barbara and the stewardess stayed with Gyneath for a while, then Barbara suggested that they go see James Anderson. They then went to Servel where James Anderson is President. When they went into his office the secretary said they could go right in. As they walked through the door they saw a tall, Well dressed man sitting behind the desk. The stewardess learned that Jim was married and had three lovely children of which he was very proud. After they left Jim, they went to eat lunch. When they walked into the cafe they saw Gerald Thene and he asked them to have lunch with him. After they ordered, the stewardess asked Gerald what he did now. He said that he owned the Courier and Press and that he was not married, but engaged to a wonderful girl. Gerald has really come up, when they were in school he was just a paper boy for the Courier and Press. CContinued on next pagej