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

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his career. I accidentally heard that Jack has a girl in every port but no special girl in any port. Jack is announcing that the trio will now render I'm Only Ninetten. After a minute I realized I had belonged to that so I found my way to the stage. There I found J ESSIE ROBIN- SON and IRIS ANSLINGER. These two girls had been leading much the same type of lives. Iris is on the Hit Parade , while Jessie is featured on Waltz Time. After finishing our number we three re- returned to our seats to discussiold times. V KENNY PAUL DODDS, who has his own orchestra at the Stork Club, is our next soloist. We came to the conclusion that the 1947 Senior class certainly had talent that got places. ELMA DORSAM is the head cook at the Stork Club and is very' famous for her Southern Biscuits which she learned to make in Home Ec. at F.B.H.S. I noticed that the lights were dimming and the music was very soft. Out on the stage steps our school-day crooner, ABE DILBECK. While listening to his arrangement of Stardust , I learned that he is co- starring with Iris on the Hit Parade. So tune in every Saturday night at 8:00 and listen to the famous students of F.B.H.S. My attention was suddenly diverted from the stage by a group of voices at the table next to me. There I found ELOISE BUCK, NORMA SOLLMAN and GEORGIAN N GRAPER. Norma is a famous hair stylist while Eloise is alworld known designer. Eloise told me they were soon leaving for Hollywood to work at a studio. Sure seems that Ft. Branch 's population is decreasing while Hollywood's is increasing. As for Georgiann, she is the world's champion typist. She now occupies her spare time by writing 11ew speed test books, and when completed, they will be presented to her beloved old institution. Actually the school is getting some different speed tests! ! . When I turned around there stood CHARLES MCREYNOLDS and DAVE HILL. Charles told me that he had married that little blonde We tried to find out about in our Senior days, and recently was crowned Wheat King of Gibson County. Dave is the editor of the Evansville Courier, now a democrat paper. I thought that paper had a familiar twang to it! ! 4 The drum section aroused our interests and as we looked to see who was doing such a good job on THE MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS I saw that it was the former FAYE HASSELBRINCK. Wonder if Faye uses those same sticks on Bill Jr.? Swinging the bass drum stick was the former MONA POOLE, now the wife of Indiana's governor. Seems that Mona has gotten to be quite a prominent social lady. Playing the clarinet was YVON NE WILHITE, who is now an air hostess on the HTWIGS TWITTERH of which BOB PHILLIPS is the

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? , fass Cgvroplzccy 0 '47 As I walked up the steps to the old Alma Mater who should open the door but JOHN ROBERT HACKER. Immediately I wondered if Bob had succeeded Mr. Baker as the principal of the great high school, but after conversing with him for a few minutes he enlightened me on the subject. It seems that Bob 's main occupation is farming while he devotes a little time to an Owensville girl. Yes, kids, he finally decided to settle down and save wear and tear on the Plymouth. As we continued to saunter down the hall, I bumped into another classmate, RALPH FRANKLIN GENTRY, JR. Bud told me that he was preparing to run for president in a few years, but in the meantime was hunting for a brunette who was not a Hboogey-woogey-ite. Leaving Buddy, we went down the still dark and dismal stairs into the old gym. Upon entering this beautifully decorated gym, my heart turned ha flip-flop. There was something so familiar about it and that song that the orchestra is beating out-where had I heard it before? ? Suddenly it dawned on me that these are the same decorations we had used for the J unior-Senior Reception in 1946, and the Victory March was the theme song of our orchestra. What a perfect setting for our 10th class reunion. I was startled to hear a voice behind me. When I turned around, I thought I recognized the face, but still no one in the class had been so handsome. Suddenly I realized that it was BOB JACKSON. Bob told me that he was now an actor in Hollywood, under the name of Robert Powers. He also told me that another classmate had gone west too. MARY ALLENE MASON is playing opposite Roy Rogers in her be- loved cowboy movies. Suddenly something hit me on the head. When I glanced up at the ceiling, I saw that it was just BENN Y McINTYRE trying to fasten the crepe paper back. Later I learned that Benny had succeeded Mr. Mc- Intire as janitor of the one and only school. Just then the orchestra struck up another number. It sure was grand to see so many of our old classmates all together. There was RUTH- ANN FAIRCHILD at the piano. Although the outstanding music teacher of the state, she chose to return to F.B.H.S. to teach. And there 's the former SANDRA LOU DOUGLAS. Having had me as her first partner, she is now playing the bells with her husband, Yehudi, the famous violinist. They have a small son named Doug so maybe she isn't playing second fiddle to the fiddle. The music is interrupted by JACK PIKE. Jack has made the Navy

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pilot. Talking to them later, Bob hinted that there were special rates for any old classmates who were brave enough to go up, to which Yvonne add that she had a good supply of air-sick pills. Seems that they know their old classmates pretty good! I strolled over to a table where BESSIE SMITH was sitting. Bessie has turned out to be quite glamourous, having won the Miss America beauty contest in 1952 down in Florida. I heard rumors that Bob Jack- son would like to have her as his leading lady in his next movie. Here's hoping! Also at the table was ROBERT LEE MAAS, who is now the mayor of Evansville. Although he may be the boss of that progressing city, a certain little blonde reigns over his household. ' I continued over to the next table and there sat two of my old pals. LORETTA WEBER is now the wife of an Evansville professor and seems to enjoy society life. JOYCE CARTER is the now well-known professorite of Purdue University. A glint in her eye told me that there was perhaps another professor that is helping her to build dreams in- stead of bridges. At the next table was the former BONNIE DUNKEL and JUNE WALLACE. Bonnie and Perk took the fatal step and now have a couple of little Perks . June is about to tie the strangling knot with a Poseyville guy. June just decided she couldn't or wouldn't live any- where but in Poseyville. Bonnie told me that PATRICIA SCHMIT was the only Senior absent. Pat and her sailor are now residing in Hawaifi. Better be careful of those little hula-hula girls, Pat! ! Just then a booming voice diverted my attention. It was none other than ROBERT YEAGER. Bob is now traveling salesman and usually he can arrange his schedules to fit wherever Army Ls playing. He told me that he had met up with another classmate while touring the wets. WILMA SCHUESSLER is sawed in half every night. Now don 't get alarmed, she .married a magician. BILL JACKSON strolled up and I learned that he had married Lois and they were living west of town on the farm. Bill was recently elected Corn King . Now you can see our class had talent. As it is getting late, I had better hurry, As for myself, my love for traveling has gotten the best of me and to date I have flown around the world twice. In my free time, I write the feature stories for the New York Times, having had my first experience on the Twig Twitters . This reunion has been wonderful for each of my classmates has gone far beyond the goals I had set for them. Woiicler what tl1e next ten years hold for us-well-we'll see at our 1967 class reunion. Farewell to all until then. --AIIQEEN HOFMAN.