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

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PRAIRIE GOLD Myrtle-Alice Ellsworth having received a refusal on February 29, 1936, became a mannequin in Madame Stella l.e lleird's Paris Salon. Ida Thornbrough and Margaret Sheetz had established a correspondence school for beauty culture in San Diego, California. james had also heard that Martha Swope. who was a bachelor maid, was teaching' Physics in Covington lligh School and wondering how the old folks are at home. lone Swan who started her literary career as editor-in chief of the l9ZH Prairie Gold, was in Nome, Alaska. writing editorials for cooler seal skin coats for Fskimos. Ruth XX'orley had married a millionaire who made his money selling l.alin ponies. He lost all his money and now Ruth was head accountant in Herman Forshey's Slioppe- Snappie Clothes for Fnappier Men. Ruth Sands was an organist in Mexico City where her wonderful music had done much to calm the savage Revolutionists. blames also informed me that -leannette Hall was the star chorus girl in Ziegfcld's Follies-twe wonder about her agel. Eugene Crabbe had studied art CU in Paris and now he ranks above the famous Howard Chandler Christy who lived during' l'icne's high school days. Margaret Colescott fnow Mrs. D. Budreaul and husband were running a delicatessen shop on First street in Lafayette. which is a great way to display their thirteen children. At this l bade blames good-bye and journeyed on to Chicago. l dropped into a wine shop for a coca cola and to my great surprise l found liverett Penick head man. He told me that 'lack Griffin, a former classmate, was serving a term of 90 years in the penitentiary for robbing the cradle. which occupation he had learned in his Senior year of high school. Jeanette Comley, Glenn Richmire. liugene Baxter. -Class of '29, ' l 9 2 8 Page thirty-eight

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PRAIRIE GOLD PROPHECY GF CLASS GF '28 In l950 while traveling over a beautiful metropolis in my sport model airplane with both helicopters whirling, I was stopped by one of the feminine air policewomen whom l recognized as Peg Hanson, a member of the Class of 1028. Stopping a while to chat with her 1 inquired about one .lames Dumas. another of the class, who, while in high school had been very fond of his dainty feet. She told me that he was manager of the lileuor Kennels of Fowler which town l was above. Deciding' to stop and see nlames, 1 turned on my tractor motors and dropped down, alighting on the private landing field at the Kennels. Xkhile chatting with blames he told me that Clarence Hagenbuch, a former classmate, was managing the Misfits, champion basketball players of Atkinson. lieing thus started on the subject of classmates, ,lim informed me that llarold Yanderipe was the basketball coach at Purdue University and that in his spare time he played the drums in a Salvation Army band. Ralph Shonkwiler, who was at present a telegraph operator at llarcc, had married llalcie Hamilton and after a few years of happy married life he was left broken-hearted as Halcie had run away with a traveling sales- man. lOh! these treacherous blondesl. 'lames asked me to stay and attend the new Airo Theater with him that evening. .-X hometown girl and boy, Sara Pfleeger and Keith Smith, were starring in The Yampire's Revengef' l also learned that Lewis Kenyon lloffine was airplane announcer at the International Air Line Field in New York. XYith great pride James pointed out to me the headlines in the latest issue of the llenton Review which stated that Martha Sampson had now gained great renown as the world's fastest typist, making 275 words a minute. Further examination of the paper revealed that Minnie Nunn, famous lion tamer of Ringling Brothers' Circus, was recovering from serious injuries received during a daring performance with her lions. Resuming his story, lim told me that Oakley llfcflain was a noted Senator, famous for his great oratorical ability. l 9 2 8 Page thirty-seven

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