Fayette High School - Falcon Yearbook (West Terre Haute, IN)

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law fm hee I had Just gotten Gene off to work and decided to go uptown to do some shopping While I was getting ready, the phone rang It was a long distance call from Mary Lou New man informing me about the party she was having at her home ln Indianapolis in honor of Claudia Russell, who recently married a wealthy restaurant owner there Mary Lou is still single and is singing with the all famous Morris and Higgs Hillbilly Band I finished getting ready and walked down to catch a bus I was surprised to see a new driver, he was none other than Bill Woodard We chatted for awhile and he said that Gene Reese was a heavyweight boxer and Paul Lloyd was his manager They are bachelors living in an apart I had just stepped off the bus when I saw Ruth Blackburn now Mrs Ton Porter Jr , shopping for a television set for her new home on Barton Avenue in Terre Haute She told me she had re- ceived a letter from Frances Leek who is in the Women's Air Force stationed in New York While Ruth and I were talking Helen Combs came by and stopped and chatted for a minute She said she was a nurse at St Anthony's Hospital in Terre Haute I ate dinner at the Haynaker and Preston Diner Lulu Belle and Elisabeth have accomplish- ed much from their lb-H work in Fayette Township Lulu Belle invited me over to visit with her She and Elizabeth design and make dresses for Wilma Jackson, who is a model As I was going to get on the bus to go home, I met Barbara Merritt, who is a secretary at the new Allis Chalmers plant, and we decided to drive around in Barbara's new Henry J to visit some of our old classmates We drove out to the Strole farm to see Ronald, but his wife said he was out hauling gravel with his hired hand, Bob Eux We decided not to bother him, so we drove on Next we drove to Clinton to visit Bay Allen Cox, who manages the new Studebaker Garage We talked for quite awhile about our classmates, and during the conversation he told us that Norma Walker was happily married to Barry Cox, who is a Lt Col in the Armed forces He said that one of Norma's old girl friends, Orleta lbmkhouser was the new librarian at Fayette High Barbara then drove me back home to New Goshen She stayed for supper, and while we were clearing the table, we turned on the radio so we could hear the latest on the World Series, and we were rather surprised to hear Bill Walters, a famous sports newscaster over station S.l'.D. After Barbara left, Gene and I started to the party, When we had driven a couple of miles, we saw someone standing out in the road, so we stopped, There had been an accident, A Cadillac driven by Chuck Welker, who owns half interest in the American Can Company, ran into the back of a new Chevrolet in which Marilyn Wheat, a stenographer in a business firm in Terre Haute and Gloria ldington, a nursemaid, were riding. Chuck said he was on his way to Mary Lou' party, and since no one was hurt, we drove on to pick up Mary Ann Neal and her husband, Leon Pennington. Finally we arrived at the party, and all the members of our graduating class were present but Wanda Crist, now Mrs, Robert Haley. We did receive a telegram, however, from Wanda saying that she had to stay home because she was expecting Bob home from the Navy any minute. We were all glad that Mrs, Florence Miller, who sponsored our Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes, was present, We all had a good time talking to our old friends and about midnight we decided to start back home, and I made a mental note to contact each one in the near future and plan another get together in about a year, Bonnie Naugle ment house owned by Dale hmkhouser who also ovms radio station SJRD., Sandford. O . s