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

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.Stanton Cllazm Jfltatontff ln the year l927 seventy two students proudly cntered the doors of rhf lhlrrlette school Of thrs group srxteen are graduatmg together ln August l935 thrrty srx travelers wcarred wrtlr the path of the grassy plarns of elementary school entered the wrlderness of l-lrgh Qchool lwhc trac lcless wasteland looked most formrdable but wrth undoubted courve md r sprrrt to do or dre the e brave hearted boys and gurls plunged boldly rn We were sponsored rn our begrnnmg adventure by Mrss Douglas and Mr DeLong who proved the most excellent gurdes by pomtrng out the prtfalls to be overcome and leadrng us rn the easter and freer paths lwhe offrcers rn thrs class were l resident rrr l It e X lu l rtsrdent Glenn Vt allrct Sec Tre rsurer B rrbarr 1 rn Stone Durmg thrs year we explored unfamrhar regrons of algebrr home economrcs Latrn and brology After erghr months of succe sful adventurmg we found rn open sp rce vacatron ln the fall of 36 we resumed our trarl wrtlr thrrty two travelers XX e elected the o lowrng offrcers bec lreasurer Florence Thompson Durrng our Sophomore year our unexplored refrons rncluded lnglrsh booltlceep mg geometry and world hrstory We completed our Sophomore vear wrth lrrglr honors wrth lVlrss Antonrnr and lVlr Lockwood actrnr, rs our sponsors ln the fall of 37 we contrnued our journey through unror Vvrlderrress wrth twenty seven members Our offrcers were as follows Presrdent Glenn Wallace Vrce Presrdent ohn Dorrs Brokaw Secretary Charles French 'treasurer Harold Padvett In our unror year we explored the hrtherto unfamrlrar busmess subjects of shorthand typing and busrness Englrsh Our sponsors Mrss Berger 'Vlr Couts and 'Nlrss Knowles proved to be most helpful to us At the comlusron of our unror verr we were able to grve the Senrors a well deserved banquet and receptron As we begrn our Senror year rn 1938 we are nearrng the end of our journev wrth twen ty frve members wrth lVlrss Antonrnr and Wlr Couts rs our sponsors We are strrvrng to make thrs Journey the most successful of all The class offrcers Presrdent Glenn Wallace N rce Presrdent Mary L Qrenung becretary Wrlma Mrller 1 reasurer lVlartha l rench ln our Senror year four new regrons were explored chemrstry crv rcs socrologv and health We are now leavrng F B H S forever as students and hope our class wrll be remembered as one that always trred to do rts best We are on the last laspe of our Journey We have passed through the wrlderness of Hrgh School and at the end of our journey we wrll frnd the reward OLR DlPLOlVlA WrLMA lVllLLI R Page r le HI,lJtE1rl.lJ,XNtJl3l,M'li l fl ' Il fl . . 1 Q , I C . Q D . - I Q lx ' ' V V' I A , ' ' .1 . ' ' ' M 'r .' ' . ' ag z 1 : fs ' 1 l I . . , , Q. Wil. I ,irc nw- Y . Q E .- -ar -- z r J-4 - ' ' ' . ' V ' - ' '- ' f l- . 1 . I President'-Irma Lino Vice-Presiderrt --'Nlartlra French ' g' 3 ' : f I , - . A . . v 1 J . I ,'v, N v. - ' .. ' ' 1. '.: Fvw- - Q 14 C J ' ' L H. ' , ' . . ' , I I ' l Y 1 A V if wh 1 - - , ' . . z. ' . ' c . . I ' ? c ll' ' .l g lr . N, ' r - ' . ' Q .5 - 7 4 1 n Q 9 V K C V . . V D w. . - . T l1'r e n

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OLD GOLD AND 'BLACK 1 sr I -H - :z sm SEYILOTLA JAMES BROKAW Only ll1e lruly wzse can llav a real deal lo say and lzeep szlenl Regional Algebra Contest 36 MARTHA BELLE YEAST The world delfghls ln sunny people umor Play Sunshme 36 37 38 39 Pep Club 38 39 Home EC Club 39 Semor Play JOHN GWALTN EY A mmd not to be changed by lzme nor place Junior Play Basketball 36 JUNE BROWN A quzel unassuming young girl Girls Reserve Reltz 35 36 Cultur al Club Central 36 37 Sunshine Society 37 38 39 Glee Club 37 38 Jumor Play Twlgs Twltter Staff 38 39 Senior Play WILLIAM GRIFFIN You II know lum by good deeds Conservation Club 38 39 Pep Club 38 39 Science Club 37 Page Twelve 4 . C g - . J ' I ' I I S I . f 1 - Q ., - . , . Self Expression Club-Reitz-'35, '36: - - . 5 . . 2 . I I 1 2 - I 1 n I -

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'TUYTUT ill: Clanolphecrg o the Cllaaa 0 1939 My husbrrrd rnd l rn th xerr l9J7 were cruising gracefully along the ether w ne rn mv d rrntx rrrcr rlt The frppcr on a well earned vacation He w as basketball coach at Fort Br rn lr rr cl lr rd l rou hr frr rc rchrng fame to the town by prlotrng hrs team past rll oppo rtrorr to xrttory to he crowned State Champs of Indiana while l had done m bit by torclrrrrg the yell lcrder After Lalrn thru th rltr cor 1 x 1 decided to lrnd on terra frrma as there was qurte r brt of flrnrr rrrd smoke rnd r lot of comrnotron below and we wrnted to rnvestrf rte We hurried our to w here r crowd lrrd collected rnd found my old schoolmate arnes lrerce naw r not d chemist xcrg, wrld eyed and exclarmrng Eureka Eureka Al though he hrd blown up the expensive governmental laboratory and injured several per ons he lrrd succe sfullx com rleted a wonderful experiment Hrs mark was made rmmy w as Glad to st us and we rr qurte r brt of information on our other classmates Vt e flu qurnklx to the N rx al Hospital where we found my friend eanne Charlle rn harve lool-rrrr rrro retrt rn her rpron rnd crp She was more th an ple rsed to see us and showel us rrourrd the Hosprtrl and grounds eanne had married a professional football nl rur brit found nur rm, too frscrnrtrng to quit Here also was Mildred Wallis tnroxrnf the work rrrd hrxrnf thc time of her life nursing the Marines ln our chat with eanne and 'Nlrldrcd they rexc rlcd tlrrt ohn Doris Brokaw was qurte noted as a Curl Court from her to Rrdro Center New York we were much surprised to find lrmr Lrntz x ith htr rll rrl orchfstrr broadcasting ower NBC Her sweeter swing was welcomed the world over Thr blues singer with tlrrs orchestra was none other than Martha Belle Yerst noted for lr r interpretation of Loch Lomond Ir was qurte difficult to get into the studio oonas to see these girls but after encountering Alda Fae Yeast who offrcrated rn tl e caprcrty of secrrtary and gate crasher elrmrnator for these studios rh1 re t was corrprr rtrxe r ea r Trkrnf 1 l once more we herded for the Middle West Our mrnds being filled wrtlr recent cont rcts we lr rd mrde we over looked refueling so once more glided down to terra frrmr We found ourselves rn the midst of a beautiful farming community Walking to rlr n rre t frrrrr housc we were rrnucd to see a tractor rrderless tearing over the fields with alrrrnrn cffrcrcncy Corning closer to the house we saw the farmer srttrng on hrs porch pressrnf r button whrch mrnrpulated the tractor rn the field The farmer turned our to be rm old choolmrte ohn Cw rltney He welcomed us most cordially Xve were also amazed to see hrrn eatrnv popcorn of all pastel shades He explained that this w as a new rder orrgrnrted by Bettyc Sollmon nee Showers that had worked out successfully Now Btttyf rnd Prul were makrnff th whole world popcorn conscious Their drstrrbu trnv plant w rs loc ated rn Qhrcaffo Also lrrrnf rn one of the model homes of tlrrs community was lVlary Aileen lVlcRey nolds and Hcrlrnda Mayer Nlrry Aileen had an up to date Aprary and spent most of her trme rn the study of bees using the honey rn her testing kitchens She was assisted by Herlrndr whose honey fl rxored pumpkin pres were unrversally known VVhrl1 xrsrtrng w rth these girls we thought we saw something famrlrar rn the tall fig ure rpprorchrng us It turn d out to be our friend Billy Reed who looked very pros perous And no wonder he w as r lrrgh powered salesman selling steel and glass houses which come rn convertible unrts rnd c rn be set up rn one day He gave us qurte a brt of news about Qlenn Wallace It seems Glenn had invented a reverse basketball whrch w hen tossed a cert rrn w ay would come back to you This caused the coaches a great many headaches so ht was x orkrns, hard now to perfect a ball which no matter how thrown fufc or c 1rl.lHilrlillANlJ l5l.Al'K l ll 21 fl ,' . 1 1 ,' e V' 1' A... 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