Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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THE FRANCHQLIAN i - paper, we found the account of an operation performed by a notable brain speciali-st. Could it be? It was! Dr. Ross Nelson, assisted by none other than his college day sweetheart, Mildred Nelson, who luckily didn't have to change her last name when she became Mrs. Strange to say, Junior was still working on brains- but not of the chemistry class this time. After our long search, we found the class of '37 quite well on the road to success, and are trusting the class of '38 will follow in their foot- steps. - The Juniors. CALENDAR FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1936-37 Septemlber 4-Back in school as Sen- iors-our last year in old F. H, S. September 7-Everybody busy choos- ing their courses. September 8-Class officers for our last year after much balloting. October 5-'Grade cards received for first time-some happy-some not. October 18 and 19-Fall vacation- State Teacher's Convention. November 13-Junior Class Play. November 26 and 27-Thanksgiving vacation. Decemlber 22 to 24-Semester exams! December 25 to January 3-Holidays vacation. January 4-Started planning for the annual, The Francillianf' January 19-O.peretta, Tune In. January 30-County basketball tour- nament. February 3-Those little ,white cards appear again. February 17--The Seniors go to the Legislature, What a day! March 4, 5 and 6-Sectional tourna- ment. March 8-Cast for Streamlined Sue fSenior class playl chosen. March 9-:Senior class 'pictures taken. March 10-Class tournament. Sen- iors won! March 27-Alumni banquet. April 6-Senior class play. Aipril 14-Junior-Senior Reception. April 18-Baccalaureate. April 19. to 23-Senior vacation. April 23-Commencement program. Your singing took me ibaack to my girlhood days, she cried. Really, murmured -the artist. I had no idea -my voice could carry so ar. CALVIN COOLlDGE'S TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN While .governor of Massachusetts in 1919 Calvin Coolidge issued the following proclamation calling the attention of his state to Feb. 12 as Lincoln Day: Five score and. 10 years ago that Divine Providence, which intlnite repetition has made only the more a. miracl-e, sent into the world a new life, destined -to save a nation. No star, no sign, foretold his com- ing. About his cradle all was poor and mean save only -the source of all great men, the love of a wonderful woman. When she faded away in hi-s tender years, from her deathbed in humble poverty she dower-ed her son with greatness. There can be no proper observance of a birthday that forgets the mother. Into his origin as into his li-fe men long have looked and wondered: In wisdom great, but in humility great- er: in justice strong, but in compas- sion stronger, he ibecame a leader of men by being a follower of the truth. He overcame evil with good. His presence filled the nation. He broke the might of oppression. He restored a race to its birthright. His m.ortal frame has vanished, but his spirit 'in- creases with the increasin-g years, the richest legacy of the greatest century. Men show by what they worship what they are. It is no accident that before the great example of American manhood our people stand with re- spect and reverence. And in accord- ance with this sentiment our laws have provided for a formal recogni- tion olf the birthday of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, for in him is revealed our ideal, the hope of our country fulfilled. I'd rather be a Could Be, If I could not be an Are, For a Could Be is a May Be With a chance of touching par. I'd rather be a Has Been Than a Might Have Been by far, For a Might Hav-e Been has never b-een, But a Has Bee-n was once an Are. Foreman fto workmanl: Now then, Bll.1, what about carrying up some more bricks? Bill: I a-in't feelin' w-ell, boss: I'm 'trembling all over. Foreman: Well, get busy with the sieve then. 1987

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TI-IE FRANCILLIAN - nounc-er turned the microphone over to the owner of the club. To our astonishment, the voice was that of Maru Reish. Du-rin-g her short talk, she gave consoling advice to those who had -been disappointed in love. This recalled to our minds the inci- dent of Lenora Kelley's and Ralph Koebcke's engagement, which we sur- mised probably led to her starting this club. For you know that would be disheartening to her! At the end of this program, the announcer stated that Madam Doris Kopka Netherton would now favor us with a vocal solo. I immediately recognized the name of Netherton, and as soon as she began to sing, we recognized the voice of Mrs. Nether- ton as being that of our old class- mate, Doris Kopka. Alice then told us that Doctor Junior Nethertron had a child's clinic in Buffalo, New York. Doris was the matron of an orphan's home which was in connection with the clinic. Besides this. every after- noon she sang on Maru's program over the radio. Melba and Mildred wondered why Doris would be Sing- ing on a Lonely Hearts Progam , but I personally knew of Doris' de- sires during high scho-ol days, and surmised the reason was on the ac- count of a certain young man from Rensselaer whom I had heard her talk about quite often! At the close of this program our guests said they must leave as they had a busy day. We stayed on in Palm Beach for two more days, but as nothing exciting happened and we did not meet any more of our former classmates, we decided to leave for another interesting state. We picked Nevada as our 'next stop, so the next day we took a plane to Reno. We landed in Reno and took a taxi to the Reno Hotel. After a short rest, we decided to explore the town. Passing the Babcock, Babcock and Babcock I aw Firm, we came face to face with Hilda Gutwein. We immediately be- gan questioning her, and she in- formed us her days as Mrs. Wilhite Foster proved to be very unhappy and she thought she could better the situation as Mrs. Tom. She told us that the life of an orchestra leader's wife was too lonesome as Wilhite had engagements all over the country and was very seldom home. They had come to a friendly agreement that he should follow his career and she would be free to be Mrs. Tom. She also hinted that he was quite atten- tive to his soloist, Dorothy Nine. Finding our vacation coming to a close we started the hormeward jour- ney. We took a plane from Reno to Indianapolis. Where we decided' to visit relatives for a day. Arriving at Melba's aunt's home, we found her cousin Jim just leaving for a Latin contest. He told us that his teacher was Miss June Morgan and she used to live in Francesville. Puttin-g two and two together, we came to the conclusion that here was another of our schoolmates doing her life-long ambition-to become a Lat- in teacher. One of .her pupils had won a state Latin contest for three consecutive years. thus proving her albility as a teacher. We decided to finish the trip by train. so we purchased tickets to Monticello. We arrived in Monticello and werw walking down the street when the first person to meet our eyes was Wilma Koebcke. She in- vited us to her home. While there she told us that she was now Mrs. Virgil Waymire and that he was now assistant .manager of Rider's Furni- ture Co. She also told us that Doro- thy their small daughter was not at home. since she had just taken her to rake her violin lesson. She also told us the news that Dorothy Jentz and .lack Render had married and lived on a farm near our own home town, Franccsville. This brought the decision to visit them. That aftern-oon she took us over to Dorothy's. But as luck would have it --she wasn't home. We learned that she and Jack had gone to the state tournament. Jack had not lost inter- est in the games although he was now a farmer. They certainly had a nice looking farm, and we knew that Dorothy was quite happy even though we didn't get to see her, for she had always been interested in the Render family. We had only one person yet to find -Lucille Schlatter, S-o stopping at her home we learned from her moth- er that Lucille was now Mrs. Robert Clausen and that they had just left for China. She had attended Moody Bible Institute which he did also. They had gone as missionaries to that far off unknown land. We quite well knew that the conditions -of the country would be much improved with such a capable person -to teach them. We reached home, Chicago, late that evening. Reading the evening 1937

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THE FQRANCILLIAN SENIOR CLASS PLAY STREAM LINED SUE Presented at the Myers Theatre, April 6, 1937, at 8:00 P. M. CAST OF CHARACTERS Jenny Groves --------- Mardella Eide fwho lives in the village of Pine Grovel Lucille Babson --------- Maru Relsh ia pretty neighborj Ben Crump ' ' ' ' ----- John Hancoc.k fwho directs the aiairs of the villagej Charlie Boone -------- Wilhite Foster fwho returns to the villagel Clarence Elliot ----- ---- J oe Manion this friend, 'with a fondness for climbing trees? Sue Gray - - ---- - - - Hilda Gutwein f S'treamlined Sue J Mrs. Cornelia Cobb - - ------ Doris Kopka. fhead of the Women's Clum of the villagel Jonathan Boone -------- Ralph Koebcke fthe village bankerl Oscar Schulz ------- Perry Long fwith a fondess for gumdropsj Bunny Bartels --------- Alice Hill fa pretty but embarrassing visitorb SYNOPSIS Charlie Boone and his friend, Clarence Elliot, have come to Pine Grove for a. visit. Lucille Babson, a neighbor, sets out to catc-h Clarence, and David Bo-one, with the help of Jenny, who is Charlie's aunt, try to make a match between Charlie and Sue Gray. Sue is known as riff-raff. A roaring girl who is after Charlie with a shot- gun for 'thirty dollars damages .she says he did to her farm. Nancy Brent, a school -teacher, was t-o come to Pine Grove. Sue decides t-o be Nancy, and by doing this she manages to fool the town, and Charlie also, who falls desperately in love with her. Things go along smoothly until Bunny Bartels comes, saying she is Nancy's sister-in-law. Jenny and Ben, the mayor, manage to get her out of town, telling Charles it is a trick. Then it is proven that this Nancy is a fake and is Sue Gray. Sue then shows them their place and ruins a parade that Mrs. Cobb, a woul-d-be aristocrat, has planned in favor of her grandfather. Then Sue, with Ben Crump's aid, changes it into one for her own grandfather as it should really be. Finally Charlie, with the help of Jenny, does ask Sue t-o marry him. After a little arguing Sue consents. Publicity and Advertising Management - Wilma Koebcke, Chairman Margaret Wolf, Assistant Ticket and Seating Arrangement - - June Morgan, Chairman Glendoris Tillett, Assistant Stage Manager -------- Junior Wuethrich Property Men ---- Ralph Steffel, Roy Osburu, Kieth Jackson, Herald Bailey, Jim Hamblin Ushers - - - - Odetta Kesler, Patricia Kearney, Lucile Sohlatter, Florence Kruger, Dorothea Severns, Lenora Kelley Prompters - Ruth Gutwein, Margaret Wolf 1987