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

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me 0,4 1957 At last the long awatted day had arrrved We were now at the arrport wartrng for the plane whrch was to take us to New York Ctty to the annual Tw1n Conventton. We were hurrymg to board our plane when we heard a famllrar vorce It was ALAN TITZER who was a Jet mechanrc there Alan mentroned that BILL BARRETT and WAYNE BRUMFIELD two promrnent engrneers were responslble for all the new burldrngs at the arrport Alan had recently seen RAY DILBECK who was an offrcer rn the U S Navy We had talked to Alan longer than we realtzed and had to hurry to board the plane Our stewardess greeted us very warmly and much to our surprtse II was BETTY ANN SOLLMAN. She had received a letter from RUTHIE UNDERWOOD who IS an elementary teacher at Ft Branch She mentloned rn her letter that the followmg would be teachrng at dear old F B I-LS next year ANN CARTER math SHERI REED musrc BOBBIE ROLEN Englrsh DON WOOLSTON agnculture JERRY WILKINS socral studles SHARON FLOYD commerclal specrallzlng IH I B M machlnes DICK DILBECK coach RICH WEBER physrcs and chemlstry and BETTY BAILEY school secretary A new class 1S to be added next year It 15 a beautrcran course taught by WANDA GRAPER, After tellrng Betty good bye we headed strarght for the theater where the conventxon was already under way There we met some of our old claxmates FRANK and FRANCIS SOLLMAN and PAUL and PAULINE MENY We all emoyed the program rmmensely and to our surprtse found that BOB SCHMITS was rn charge of the program Bob had been on a tour of the country and had come rn contact wrth DON NAAS an accountant and DAN NEUFELDER a noted sc1ent1st and JUDY GREGORY a prrvate secretary who was soon to become the boss s wtfe Bob also told us that JERRY VEACH was v1ce prestdent of a leadrng New York ftrm MARY BLEVINS was also employed there as personnel manager All too soon our V1S1t was ended We reluctantly boarded the plane to frnd BEVERLY JONES our ste wardess She told us about several of our classmates LINDA EATON EVELYN MOORE HELEN HOEF LING MINNIE TRAINB2 GLENDA GEORGES PHYLLIS FONES and JOYCE WAGNER who were all hap prly marrled She went on to tell us that PHYLLIS KRAMER and JEAN BUCK were both secretarles for lawyers ID Ft Branch. She ask rf we had read the arttcle 1n PARENTS MAGAZINE wrttten by JULIA HILLYARD and MARLENE KUESTER nurses rn a nearby hosprtal Whrle talkrng to Beverly we were cas ually thumbmg through an agnculture magazrne and saw a prcfure of a very beautrful farm It was GEORGE KREIG S noted darry farm The magazlne was owned and edrted by ROBERT BAEHL and ED HUELSMAN JAMES SCHUESSLER was a feature wr1ter for th1s famed magazrne We aruved home wrth the thrrll of the success of all our classmates We wonder what the next ten years wtll hold for us? LINDA and PATTY MARSHALL 20

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wlowoftde 47757 FRESHMAN YEAR After erght hard years we now have only four left As we entered our freshman year as green fresh res we had forty srx rn our class To begm our four year tenure we elected the following offrcers Ray Drlbeck presxdent Marlene Kuester v1ce presrdent Don Naas secretary and treasurer and Loren Heldt reporter Our class sponsors were Mrss Froman and Mr Norrrclc Ray Drlbeck and Ann Carter were our Student Councrl representatrves Phyllrs Jones was honored by berng elected cheerleader Our bas ketball queen attendants were Beverly Jones and Wanda Graper Thus ended our frrst excrtrng year SOPHOMORE YEAR For our second year we elected Ann Carter to presrde The charr next to her was grven to Dan Neu felder To take care of our great fortune and to record 1mportant events Ruthre Underwood was grven the honor Our reporter was Sharon Floyd Ann Carter and Dan Neufelder were our Student Councrl representatrves Our basketball queen attendants were Lrnda Eaton and Shen Reed We recerved our long awaited class rrngs and Jackets We added two new members Betty Barley and Jerry Wrlkrns to our class Our sponsors were Mrss Froman and Mr Roettger Phyllrs Jones was elected cheerleader a gam. JUNIOR YEAR In our thrrd year we had the respons1b1l1ty of producrng our Jumor class play Grandma s Best Years basketball queen were Ann Carter and Marlene Kuester We gave the gavel to Don Naas To assrst hrm were v1ce presrdent Betty Barley secretary Dan Neufelder treasurer Marlene Kuester and reporter Jerry Veach. Student Councrl representatrves were Ann Carter and Don Naas We were sorry to lose Loren Heldt Ray Money and Paul Meny Our sponsors were Miss Froman and Mr Sollman. Phyllrs Jones was cheerleader agam. SENIOR YEAR At last we are sophrstrcated seruors Our four years of hard work are about to end The class offtcers are presxdent Don Naas vrce presrdent Betty Ann Sollman secretary Judy Gregory treasurer Rrchard Weber and reporter Mary Blevrns Our Student Councrl representauves are Jean Buck and Ann Carter To rergn over our basketball team as queen was Bobble Rolen who entered our class from Berr1enSpr1ngs Mlchrgan. Her maid of honor was Ann Carter and her semor attendant was Shen Reed Phyllrs Jones and Sharon Floyd were elected cheerleaders Wrth the completron of our four great years came the sen ror class play the seruor trip the prom and our graduauon We grve credrt to Mr Sollman Mr Bar rett and Mr McGlothlin for helpmg us through tlus year 19 I and planning the Junior-Senior Prom with the theme of 'Moonlight and Roses.' Our attendants to the

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