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

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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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.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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PROPHECY OF THI ClA9b OF I939 ttonrludedj would come clown rnto the basket He was xlso 11 salcsrrr rn rrrd y rs rrr rkrng qurtz r record for hrmself sellrng Emge meats Billy also told us of ames Brokay who hrd left homc trken tr rrrrrnf 1nd w rs now 1 brg G man rn the government service He was rnakrng qurtt x rr rr frr hrrrrs lf rnd had frgured prominently rn the capture of severrl notorrous crrrrrrnrls Proceedrng we wrnged our way westward frnrlly rlrglrtrnr., rre rr Hollywood Here we were surprrsed to frnd Martha French conductrn Chrrnr Sth rol for young lad res who were desrrous of makrng the most of therr talents She seerncd to be enyoyrnv thrs as much as her puprls She gave us a trp on whrch nrght club to rttsnd rn order to hear Hal Kemps orchestra Actrng on thrs we were tSt0IIl9lIlCl rnd of course dehlhted to frnd the vocalrst was Walter Heurrng of Fort Br1nch Hrgh Hrs xorce showed excellent trarnrng and we lost no trme rn congmtulrtrng hrm Vt rltcr w rrrtecl rr- to meet the owner of tlrrs nrght club who turned out to be Ch rrles Frenth rrrother cl rssm rte Ile rntrnr1ted that hrs nrght club was up to the mrnute and so far 1 decrdcd sucu s Chxrlcs told us of recervrng a letter from Clem Swrnney who w1s h1pprly rn1rrred rnd lrrrnf rn Krnsas Lrty He was dorng well edrtrng the Kansas Cnty Stu In our tour of Hollywood we attended rlrf NBC lDI0lClC'lNl of the lxr1ft 'Xlu rt Hall hour and found Frederrck Stone had repl1ced Brng Crosby rs crooner rnd m1ster of ceremonres He showed us around the studros md gut Us qurte r hrt of hr trrne rfter the bro1dcast He told us that Harold Padgett former ctntcr of the ldort Blillill hrsketball He was now here rn Hollywood makrng 1 few prctures rnd cxu rnff IIYIHW herrt throbs among the farrer sex Frederick told us how to Qet rn touch w rtlr Prdfe On the next day rn our tour of the studros we cncountcred une Brown rn tht offrces of Walt Drsney hrs chref cartoonrst rn the dr1wrng of hrs frmou rnrm rted frr uru Seem rngly very busy she nevertheless took trrne out to chrt for 1 whrlt Takrng our leave of Hollywood we flew East Ar one crtv where we stopped we were close to a large crrcus ground As the crrcus w 1s rn full -,wrnf wt decrded rt would be fun to feed the elephants peanuts 1nd drrnk prnk lCIll0H tClC Vt hrlc tryrn to frnd 1 good seat under the brg top we spred a f'llHlllll frgure heckonrrrt to us It w 1s none other than Brlly Grrffrn owner of thrs crrcus He lr rd 1chrued hrs ht rrt dtsrre 1nd w rs su premely happy We were guests of honor 1nd grven the best of uerythrng Whrle wartrng for the servrcrng of our pl1ne I dropped rnto 1n exclusrxe Be1uty Salon Here I found Wrlma Mrller She rnformed rrre tlrrt frndrnf domestrcrty rrksome and feelrng the Cosmetrc Urge she h1d opened 1 beruty shop Slit CXl7l'lll'K'Cl th rt rn lr work wrth effort one could 1clrreve an rllusron of beruty whrclr w rs Just rs srtrsf1ctory as the real thrng I rmmedrately sat down rnd told her to T0 to work Vlfhrle tonrersrnf Wrlma told me about the last member of our class Nlrldred Kl1IUCl who w 1s very h1ppy rn her modern rural home near Fort Branch Wrlm1 lr1d just returned from 1 rrsrt wrtlr Mildred who wrth her husband and chrldern were Sl'tlllll0' out on 1 cross country trrp rn therr new trarler Walkrng out of Wrlma s Salon I felt completely rtyuxcnrttd md rerdy for the rest of my vacatron whrch was to be spent at Atlantrc Crty HINIHU lc rrned the XXlt9l6'1b0l.lti of all my classmates I was qurte elated and consrdered thrs p1rt of my x1c11tron 1 com plete success Nlxrzr Lot br xt NC I Ll 5 Hl.lJ llltlrll XXI? l3l,,Xl'lf l Sl g WH It Sl ' . '15 '.'1,i v1: 1'f ' -I v' 1 1,1 '1A'g1 '1 ' V V i V . U W ' ' I ' Q il ll' f ' A .wo 2 1 ' x ' ' 1 . ' . I v H 1 . i 2 ,hr . ty xp Y , D g il M , 1 ' ' 1 H ' 1' 3 - I , , . 2 , 4. , . . . . . , , ' ' 1 3 . ' 1 g l U V A C 'Ly Q I: , I I Y. , . ' . I I ' 1 1 I j ' . l1 -' '1 J ' ' , V 2 .K ' ' , 2 ' 2 . I I 1 ' - - - 1 ' 1 A - 5 f 1 ' ' , ' '1 1 r 1 1 .7 5 ' 1 ' 1 . ' ' 1 '. ' ' 1 A ' 1 ' 1 '11 . s , 1 j ' s ' 1. ' ' 1 1. . 1 , . 1 fi 3 1 I As r ' 1 ' 1 . ' , ' ' ' r' ' ' '1 ' 1. team, had become a professronal football player and qurte il Stilllfil second Red Grange. ' ' ' 1 ' ' ' c 1 1 sf g 1 H' 1 '- ' . . g 1 5 . ' , ' ' ' ' 1 j 1 s 1 ' 1 'rg - ' , , , ' 1 A 1 A ' '. ' , v . V . - v - v x v 1 c I I ' c . U V ' 4:4 g l 1 ' , ' 1 ' 1 '41 ' 'j ' ' g '15 I ' .1 ' ' . 1 1 '. -1 s 1 '1. - n C ' V i Y .uv t 7. ' A . U I l , l D K A I4 Y K . D D . I 1 V ' 5 1, l 'Y' 1 . ' ' , 1 1 1 1 ' J . Q r 1' mf 1 I er' , ' , 1 ' ' 1 ' 1.1111 A A . I . v 2 - lg v - l ' s r V 5' I , A ' . - -I 1' v wc s A 1 v - . yn c 1 V . ' ' ' 1 '-cl '. . ' . , . , 1' '1 1 - 1 ' 1 ' ' : ' ' I . .1 K V ,K ' . I ' wr, ' ' '51 J ge l7if!ee1r