Fort Branch High School - Key Yearbook (Fort Branch, IN)

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THE BENEDICTUS .-.--u-n- -------4--n-u-------n-u-u-n---u----u-u--n--n ----- u--.I--1--I-u Prophecq of Class of '28 Home againl It sure seems good to be home again after one has traveled all sum- mer. But this summer has been a very enjoyable one. Now I must tell you about my trip. It was early in May when I received a letter from an old friend of mine whom we knew in our school days as Kathryn johnson. Kathryn married a former Oakland City man and is now living in Chicago. She wanted me to come and spend a month with her, so I decided to travel the remainder of the summer. Kathryn met me at the train. It sure seemed good to see her again. On the way to her home we talked of the days we spent together back in Ft. Branch. She had received a letter from her mother telling her that George Sollman had married Lydia Rahn and was preaching out east of Ft. Branch. Imagine George as a preacher. We laughed quite a bit about it. While I was in Chicago a very well noted chautauqua came to the city. The com- pany was fortunate in having with them a great singer whom they advertised very highly. On attending this I found the singer to be Josephine Laib. I had quite a long talk with Josephine and found that she had been disappointed in love and started traveling with this chautauqua. But she likes her work fine. She said that she heard from Lo- lave Brenton very often. Lolave married Tommy Haley from Mackey and is now coaching a basket ball team in the Mackey school. Josephine saysthat coach Haley turns out the best team in the country. I also had the privilege of attending a basket ball game between Chicago University and Purdue University. To my surprise I found that Jess Purcell was coaching the Chicago team. Jess seems to be satisfied with his job and he sure is proud of his team. The latter part of May I started on my travel. I hated to leave Chicago and Kathryn as I had learned so much about my old friends. My route took me through Ohio and I stopped off in Cincinnati for a while. I learned that Helen Mills was at the head of the Music Conservatory. Helen told me that Opal Singleton- was in-the east, and was Dean of a girls' boarding school. I could only stay in Cincinnati a short time and so continued my journey on up into New York. While on the train I bought a newspaper bearing these head lines. New York Heiress Sues Husband for Divorce. On reading this account I saw that James Wallace was the young husband and Ralph Mattingly was his lawyer. I went around to visit james and he seems very unhappy. He had such an easy life but what will Page Fifteen

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THE BENEDICTUS Historq of the Class of '28 In the fall of '24 an army of twenty five determined youths stormed into high school. Organizing at once with Miss McCrea as sponsor, we set to work. We chose Blue and Old Gold as our class colors: B sharp, B natural, but never B flat as our motto: and a' Pansy as our class flower. However death claimed one of our members, Miss Pauline Symonds, much to the sorrow of the class. '25 found us as brilliant Sophomores, rough and ready. We again organized with Miss McCrea still sponsoring, much to our great delight. We had to lose, however, George Fehrenbacher, Aline Mason, and Rosina Geisslemeng but added to our midst Maxine Yeager. After eight months of sincere study, we were pleased with a long looked for vacation. Vacation over, we sallied forth again. This time as Jolly Juniors, twenty strong. This year Mr. Harmeyer was chosen as our sponsor: but to our regret, he accepted a position at Central, and so was lost to us. We were fortunate, however, for Mrs. Bernice Karnes Hickrod assumed his place. This was a very successful year, both in school work, and in activities. Thanks to the aid of Miss Gladys Webb, we were able to put on the class play entitled Cousins which drew a larger audience than any preceding play. This enabled us to throw a great reception for the Seniors. The fall of '27 finds us as dignified, and honored Seniors. When the enrollment was taken we found that two of our members were missing, Marjorie White and Lydia- Rahn. Determined to make the best of it, we reorganized. This time we changed our colors to Red and White, and our motto to Excelsior. Our class flower was an American Beauty Rose. This year we had the honor of having our Superintendent, Mr. E. Hemmer, as our sponsor. We have been well represented in all school activities, which we will always remem- ber. Now that graduation is drawing near, we are just a trifle sorry to say farewell to our old school. We appreciate what our faculty, and fellow-students have done for us, and to you we owe a vote of thanks. We are as a small but mighty army ready to go forth and battle life. having only best wishes, and fond remembrances for our dear old Fort Branch High. OPAL SINGLETON. Page Fourteen

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THE BENEDICTUS I Prophecq of Class of '28ff-Concludecl it be now? James told me thatiUna Jay studied to be a nurse and is now nursing in the navy. Then I made my way southward. While riding through the country I noticed a fine, large dairy farm and a sign reading, Michel's Dairy. I wondered if this was the Henry Michel I used to know and at the next station I was informed that it was Henry Michel and his wife Muriel Shelby. I didn't have time to pay them a visitiialthough I wanted to do so. While I was in Florida I soon found that Joseph Laib was a very successful real estate agznt. Joe took me to his home and there was his wife, Marjorie Stone, all smiles. It sure seemed good to see Marjorie again. joe and Marj like the sunny south fine. I had to be on my way so I just spent a few days with Joe and Marjorie and then left for the west. I stopped off in Denver, Colorado, and the first thing that caught my. eye was a large sign reading as follows, Come I-lear The Great Mr. Lewis Lec- ture on Prohibition. Could this be Floyd Lewis? I attended the lecture and sure enough it was. I could hardly imagine Floyd as a lecturer but he certainly is good. He loves his work and he seemed very glad to see me. Then I went to I-Iollywood, California. The first person I met was Dorothy Mc- Kean. I couldn't believe my eyes. My, how Dorothy has changed. She is now an actress and her stage name is Dixie Trevis. Dorothy and I had lunch together and she told me that Luetta Singleton had married some sailor boy and was living some- where in California. Nobody ever hears from Geraldine Slinger but Dorothy says that she is at home on the Carter farm west of Ft. Branch. The summer was about ended and I had to get back to my work. But I never will forget that summer of travel which brought back all those happy days which we spent together in Ft. Branch High School. ' i . MAXINE YEAGER N, I Page Sixteen -4 .V Rv. ,