Fowler High School - Prairie Gold Yearbook (Fowler, IN)

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PRAIRIE GOLD XXX' hiked for daysibut-Oh, well. it would be useless to bore our readers with a detailed account of that long. dreary journey. XVe arrived at England safely and waded triumphantly to the shore where great crowds thronged to meet ns. and an official committee welcomed us as the heroes of the hour. This committee consisted of the American Ambassador, who was our classmate, Herman lforshey, and three distinguished English noble- men. The next day we were to be presented to several royal houses in lingland. We met many nobles. lords, and dukes. Imagine our surprise but also happiness when we met l.ady l.anshire. formerly Miss Jeanette Hall of F. H. S.. class of '28 She was very hospitable and took us to see her daughter. who was attending an exclusive girls' school near London. She had chosen this school especially because our old classmate. Myrtle- .Xlice lillsworth, was superintendent. Alas! Myrtle-Alice's name was still lXliss lXlyrtle-.Xlice Ellsworth, and there seemed to be no reason that it would ever be changed. We received a cablegram from Oakley telling us that our fortune was made. Therefore we decided to make a short trip to Europe. We went to Paris and discovered another of our classmates, Miss Minnie Nunn. She was a prominent lawyer in Paris, being graduated from Michigan Univer- sity, and from the best co-educational law school in France. Minnie, of course. had mastered the French language, but if the occasion demanded. she still had the command of some very forceful words of the English language. In Yenice we had a wonderful time and had the pleasure of riding in a beautiful gondola owned by Smith and Company. Mr. Smith. we learned, was Mr. Keith Smith. His business was very prosperous. and was copied from the Yellow Taxicab Company of .Xmerica. Mr. Smith invited us to dinner one evening, and we fell in love with his lovely home immediately. .-Xmong some of his beautiful collections we noticed a lovely picture. which he told us had been painted by Miss lda Thornbrougb. Vee were de- lighted to hear that Miss Thornbrough was now one of the best-known liuropean artists. We finally decided that we should return to dear old U. S. A., so we made plans for our departure, making' reservations on the famous successor of the l.eviathan. XYe had been on the steamer a day, before we met the captain, who proved to be Mr. Harold Yanderipe. His shipmate was Eugene Crabb. who, you remember, was Harold's pal in the good old school days. They were each divorced because they had absolutely refused to take their wives along on their journeys. One day we accidently recognized a fel- low passenger as lylr. blames Dumas. XYe hardly knew him. for .lim had a Yan Dyke beard and a small mustache. XYhen questioned about these he confided to us that he was thought to be the desperate jim that was l 9 2 8 Page thirty-three

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PRAIRIE 001.0 CLASS PRGPHECY .11 The morning of july 1, l948 dawned bright and clear, which we con- sidered a good omen, for at 7:52 we, Sara Pfleeger and Lewis Hoffine. were to start on our epoch-making trans-oceanic hike from New York City t0 Liverpool, England. The result of this hike would prove to the naval offi- cials the advisability of equipping the sailors of our merchant marinelwith the new hiking' ensembles for ocean-going pedestrians. This suit was de- signed by a dear old classmate of ours, a l923 graduate of Fowler High School. Oakley Mcflain. XX e accidentally ran across him, and found him in the depths of despair, for he had not the capital to prove his invention a success. lf his invention was successful, his fortune would be made. XYe came to his rescue, and after our hike was finished, the three of us were to share equally in the profits. That beautiful july morning crowds of people came to bid us a fair adieu. Among these we met several old classmates. The Mayor of New York City was there and proved to be none other than our dear friend, Ralph Shonk- wiler. His wife, formerly, Miss Agnes Hanson, was with him. Mr. Donald Griffin, who was one of the caretakers of the Statue of Liberty, tearfull, but proudly said good-bye to us. We were very surprised to meet these old friends, but the greatest surprise was yet to come, for about ten minutes before we were entirely ready. Miss Martha Sampson appeared. She was easily the most beautifully dressed lady present and she carried her pampered Pekingese dog which she called Pretty. As we stood chatting to her a moment she asked if we had seen Miss Martha Swope, who was the leading lady in Angel Face, the famous musical comedy which had been playing in New York for one hundred nights. Martha's stage name is 'Maybclle Flowers. XVe were sorry to have missed seeing our now famous classmate, but we assured Miss Sampson that we had met Miss Margaret Colcscott in Buffalo, and she was famous, too, as she was the leading prima donna of the season. .-Nh! The time was nearing. ln the distance a ship's bell chimed, and we realized that it was 7:45 as Miss Stella Beird. the well-known reporter of a New York newspaper syndicate. rushed up for a last-minute interview. We had refused all other reporters, but, of course, we consented to a few words with our old classmate. It was 7:52ll and as we stepped fearlessly into the briny deep three rousing cheers arose, for the crowd realized as well as we that our fates were in the hands of Neptune. l 9 2 8 Page twenty-two

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PRAIRIE GOLD being hunted all over the world. and that the whiskers were a disguise. lle declared he was not guilty and said that he had just heard from Miss lone Swan, who was now an evangelist in lioston, Massachusetts. She had sent him word that she had solved the mystery and it was now safe for him to return home. This was indeed a noble deed of Miss Swan's and jim felt that he could never quite repay her. XX'e were greeted with great respect and honor when we arrived on native soil again at lioston, but a new discovery had already overshadowed our heroic deed. All the newspapers were full of the facts about this won- derful feat. Mr. Clarence Hagenbuch, of Chicago, formerly of Fowler, Indiana, and a l9ZS graduate of F. H. S., had personally talked to another person on the Moon planet. He and his secretary, Miss Halcie llamilton, were beseiged with letters. congratulations and offers. Mr. llagenbucli has done a great deal of research work in Astronomy and Science. but he at- tributes all of his success to his thorough knowledge of Physics which he received in F. ll. S. XYhile in Chicago l decided to purchase some new gowns and so went to the most exclusive shop tfor remember, l was now very wealthyl in Chi- cago. The and Miss of retiring as they had XYhile going to a upon investigation he She told him that her when she felt like it. of our old class of '28, waiting for tent show. mannequins who displayed the clothes were Miss Ruth Sands Ruth XYorley. They were tired of the work and were thinking made all the money they wanted. me, Lewis decided to idle the leisure time he had by He noticed that the music was unusually good and found that Miss Margaret Sheetz was the pianist. husband owned the show and that she played only He told her of our meetings with various members and she enjoyed listening to the account very much. On our way to the bus station we met another classmate of '28, Mr. liver- ett l'enick, who said that he had recently held a position as tester in one of the largest mattress factories in the Middle lVest, but had been dis- charged the week previous for loafing on the job. XYe regretted this verv much, of course, but we i him about our meetings had to hurry to catch our bus and so could not tell with our other classmates. where we paid tribute to our dear old Alma Mater. our respective homes for a brief respite before we XYe went to Fowler From here we went to started on an extensive the members of that glorious class of V128 of Fowler High School. lecture tour. Tlins ends the story of the careers of -Sara Pfleeger. -Lewis Hoffine. l 9 2 8 Page twenty-four