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

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glzofzfle 5: While on one of my many trxps through Kentucky I came through the crty of Loulsvrlle where I notxced people from all over the U S Then I realnzed rt was the day for the Kentucky Derby As I was rn no hurry to get to my destmatlon I declded to stay a day and see the race I pushed through the crowd and hnally managed to get to a seat As I was looking around I spotted a guy wrth a racxng form coke and a cxgar rn one hand and a hot dog pencxl and a parr of bmoculars m the other I also notxced the girl slttmg next to hxm who looked very famlhar At a second look I reallzed rt was my old classmate DORIS JEANNE SCALES I hurrred over to dxscover the character behmd the raclng form was DOYLE WALLIS We were very happy to meet again after ten years from dear old Fort Branch Hugh School The horses were commg on the track as we were dlscussmg our school days together We were also very much mterested ln the race because two of our classmates had entrles ln the race JOHN JOHNSON owner of the Calumet Stables rn Lexmgton and CARL WEBER owner of the Royal Stables xn Callfornla Looking over the raclng form we dlscovered that TED NEUFELDER was the Jockey for the Calumet Stables The horses were ln the startmg gate ready to go when we heard a cry from the stands Hot dogs' Hot dogs' Get em whrle they re hot' It was none other than FRANCIS ASBERRY FERRY JR Francrs mformed us that ANNA LOUISE KUESTER was ahead by ten lengths Twmkle Toes Carl Weber s entry was second They rounded the turn headmg for home wlth Blue Nose strll leading Fmally Blue Nose won the race wlth Twinkle Toes runmng second GUSSIC suggested we go someplace for lunch ln hrs new 59 Mercury I agreed and we took off We had not drrven far when we saw a beautiful mght club wrth The Dlrty Shame Inn ln brg lights We could not resist so we pulled rn The doorman a tall dark and handsome young man greeted us It was JOHN HARRY KRAMER John told us the club was owned by ROGER MAYER and DON BARRETT When we got mslde we saw none other than BETTY JOYCE, WILKERSON She had become a famous performer who traveled all over the world Having done so much travelmg she had kept m touch with a lot of the classmates She Informed us that COLEEN RIFFERT was now resting after the completion of her latest movle She also told us that ADA MARIE VAUCHT was vacatlomng ln the old home town whlch by now was almost as large as Evansville It seems that Ada Mane IS a graduate nurse now and has her eye on a certam doctor who rs gaming mter natxonal fame C - . . . - , . was a Chiropractor. The race had started now and Blue Nose , john Johnson's entry, . . - .4 ' Y ', . . ' s .I . gg . 4' , ,, . . .4 . .l . Q . . . .. U . . . I . . Q ' , V , . - .

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Cya clftsfo 'zy As freshres we started with an enrollment of 35 A new member Ted Neufelder Joined our class makmg us 36 Our ofhcers were Presrdent Roger Mayer Sec y Treas ohn Kramer Vrce Pres Donald Barrett Reporter Doyle Wallis Our sponsors were Miss C-raper and Mr Taylor Our Youth Center representatxves were Ada Marie Vaught and Donald Barrett erry Kelfer and Teresa lVlayer were our Oompah candidates and our Basketball ueen attendants were Coleen Rxffert and Teresa Mayer Our team Mayer s Marvels won the class tourney Were we proud of them' We started the sophomore year with an enrollment of 36 Another new member eanette Rose enrolled making rt 37 We lost two members oe Odom who enllsted m the Merchant Marmes and Betty Ann Serb Our officers were President Mary M Boren Se retary eanne Scales Vice Pres erry Keller Treasurer Ada Marte Vaught Reporter Donald Barrett Our sponsors were Miss Graper and Mr West Our Youth Center representatives were Bernrtta Dllbeck and Ted Neufelder Bermtta Drlbeck and Donald Barrett were our Oompah candxdates Our Basketball ueen attendants were Lodema Kramer and eanne Scales Our 49 ers didnt qurte make rt this year but we were proud of them even rf th y werent the wmners We began our junior year wrth only 29 members Lorene Smrth eamne Broshears Buddy Prke Delmar Flnney Ronald Lee and Norma Kers I were mxssrng Our officers were Nrce Pres Ada Marne Vaught Treasurer eanne Scales Reporter Don Hull Our sponsors were Mrs Callls and Mr Walker Our Oompah canclldates were Roger Mayer and Coleen Rlffert Ada Mane Vaught and Mary Margaret Boren were Basketball Queen attendants We were very proud of Coleen Rrflert who was elected yell leader We ordered our class rrngs and th n our class sweaters and Jackets of red and gray On November 21 we presented our class play Under Twenty It was a great success and we really enyoyed grvmg rt We held a receptron for the senrors at the Prxnceton Country Club on Aprrl 21 Every one seemed to have a good trme especrally those who took part rn the program We won the class tourney this year under the name of Walker s Callrses We started our last year m hugh school with on y 27 members erry Kerfer and Davrd Blackard dropped out of our class Our offlcers were President Pat Carter Secretary Donald Barrett Vxce Pres Roger May r Treasurer Mary Lee Staley Reporter Don Hnll Our sponsors were Mr Walker and Mr PhllllPS Our Oompah candxdates were Betty Wllkerson and Don Hull Bernrtta Dllbeck was elected Basketball ueen and her senxor attendants were Teresa Mayer Betty Ann Lutz and Coleen Rlffert Both Coleen Rlffcrt and Betty Wilkerson were elected yell leaders We presented our class play I Know Your Secret on Aprxl l Each year of our hrgh school career we have had two class partres On October 9 ln our senlor year we made a trlp to Indiana Unrverslty to see a football game As we leave Fort Branch Hugh School we are hoping that our llves will be as happy m the future as they have been clurmg our hugh school days as ' . D ----w----- ' - l w-.------ J 7 . Q , J , D 1 1 ' ' TI. , . .' g ' ......... . c ....... J - O ------A--I . ------- 4 . President ....... Bernitta Dllbeck Secretary ..,...... Mary M. Boren I' - ' ----k- - --W-T----J X I ----'--'----'- 1 1 . 1 -J 1 . 1

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As we were leavmg the restaurant a shmy black lrmouslne drove up and out got another one of our classmates BERNITTA DILBECK wlth a fellow whom we all remembered as a star basketball player Bernltta had also been to the races but smce the place was so crowded we hadn t seen them She had just returned from New York where she had seen LODEMA KRAMER who was now one of the most famous mtenor decorators of the world After talklng to Bernltta for a whlle longer we h aded for Evansville All along the way we saw billboards advertlsmg the basketball game which was coming to Evansulle soon Two gurls teams were to play After readmg these advertxsements for about thrrty minutes we finally realized that the Captam Cleo they all told about was none other than our former classmate PATSY CARTER We wanted to stay to see the game but smce we were rushed for time we decided we had better not While we were lookmg over the clty we spotted a large office bulldmg with a slgn out side whlch read If you are tired and worn see 'VIARY MARGARET BOREN Under this was the slgn Mary Margaret Boren Psychlatrrst We dxdnt have anythmg speclal to do for awhlle so went In to see Mary Margaret When we walked mto the waltlng room we got another surprise There sat CLARENCE CLEVELAND He told us he was a used car dealer so had plenty of worries and was very tired and worn He sand that BOB CENTRY had been helpnng hlm for awhrle but he had qult to take a posltlon as coach at lndlana Unlverslty About that tlme the door to the mner office opened and there was BETTY ANN LUTZ She was worklng as Mary Margaret s secretary Betty Ann called Mary and we all had a nlce vrslt Betty Ann told us that JEANETTE ROSE was now a reporter for the Evansville Courier She had written a very colorful report on the murder of the owner of the Trocadero After we left Mary Margaret s ofhce we walked on down mam street We walked down to the rrver and facxng the rrver we saw a large modern drug store We looked at the bright neon slgn and werent too surprised when we saw Staley s Drug Store We couldnt pass up the opportumty so we went rn to talk to her a mmute MARY LEE told us that PAT TRIBLE was now teachxng Government at dear old Fort Branch l-llgh She also said she had had a letter from TERESA MAYER who rs now model mg rn New York Teresa sald that she had seen PHYLLIS REYNOLDS and EUGENIA HACKER who were gettmg ready to sail for Paris She said they were now buyers for a large dress shop and were gorng to Pans to see the latest fashions By the time we had Enlshed our conversatxon rt was tlme to be leavmg Saying good by to Dons Jeanne and Gus I headed for the tram depot There l bought a ticket to Call forma where I was to put on my new radlo show Whlle l was waltmg for the tram I was thrxlled to thunk that all my classmates had gone so far and accomplished so much I wonder what the next ten years wxll hold for us3 DON HILL n n a , . a . , . . , - - u 1 an , . v . , - - ' u ' n u o A . . H . . ,, . , . , . - v . v , . v , .. - - 1 - u n n v , , . . . o - ' - 1