Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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x!!P 'f W c-Lass r X 5 ' 5 ' 1 HISTORY 4 yy' - 5 7 5 -A. e .ve-1sz... '2 ll K CLASS HISTORY Quite dimly the elementary years of our schooling are re vealed Our greater days began with our seventh and eighth grades under the direction of B V where we heart1ly Chardlylstudied Higher days were yet to come. The next year we were initiated into the High Schoolandbe- gan planning our future High School days The large study hall amazed us, and our entire success with our teachers, including Mr Ralph Curtis, was unbelievable Our parties that year were a huge success We opened our Sophomore days with a new principal, Mr Frank lin Our life changed through this year as we studied harder and harder Remembering our initation we were not slow to join our elders on the 'initiating squad At this stage of our higm school days, we could see little use of activity period except to take up time Our Junior year was a dream We were much more highly re spected now and found ourselves ln the midst of many activities Our treasury increased with our coke sales, jitney supper, and play Our play A Ready Made Family was a complete success Our Junior Prom brought out our creative ability with our theme The Mardi Gras The work was entirely overshadowed by its im portance to us In the alumni banquet, our part as waitresses and waiters was anxiously looked forward to and gladly givm up of our Junior year greatly Our Senior year stands out in bold relief Starting out the year with a class treasury of about 8700, we planned t wo jitney suppers the first semester, both of which were quite suc cessful The class served at the Eastern Star supper, and also sold ice cream at the basketball games We sold personalized stationary and school emblems The annual became a Senior proj ect thls year and we weary Seniors, adding more work to ourschsd- ules, finally survived Finishing the year with our class play Bound to Marry, we climaxed our school career Takin with us the skill and knowledge gathered 'dmoughour S school years, we shall turn to the future to display our talents hzre f rth Ever thankful to our parents and teachers, we now ven o to shoulder the responsibility that will be ours May we be able to repay the debt of gratitude we owe them as we venture down 'The Road of Life MONTICELLO DAIRY INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Pasteurized Dairy Products School of Commerce 742 N Main St Phone 119 Fort Wayne, Indiana .I H . 'f . , Ou ' I as we advanced into the place of honor. We treasure the memory ll . 0 ! .N

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PRGPHECY Now, in the year 1960, gazing into tloe crystal ball, we find ourselves reviewing the lives of the members of the Class of 1950 Many change have come about in the world since this cla s s has le t the site of P H S Let us review this small but mlghty band and s e e what they have been doing since graduation and what the futu re holds in store for them It may be surprising Sitting at the desk of the Novotn Fu C y r om pany, Mr Harold Robert Novotny, its new president, conducts the business of the firm Bouncing the youngest of his four children on his knee, he is talking to his wife, the former Virginia Myers We see that the children have one similitude of the mother chubbiness Jeanette Pfledderer has been with the Waves since graduation and this year has been commissioned to one of the highest offices We hear lately that she has been romantically 1ncl1ned towa d near Admiral Fitzpatrick, whom you will remember as 'Pete ' The out look is favorable, Jeanette Rackers' Association He is now becoming fabulously rich from the proceeds of this occupation It is rather unfortunate that he is in the hospital, recuperatlng from a broken back, an injury sus- tained whlle attempting a difficult shot at their annual meeting last year Medical experts say he will soon completely recover Edison Gutwein, the once multi millionaire president of the wtwe pany, has suddenly gone bankrupt from squander ing his money on Chrisann Wuethrich, his fiancee Last year Mr Gutwe1n's name appeared in the news column The Ten Best dressed Men of the Year but, due to financial losses, he now is wearing shirts made of Hoosier Pride feed bags But time changes every th1ng ' Phyllis Smith, who is now Mrs Donald Anderson, is a proninent member of Chicggoig Upper Thr-ee Hundred She now owns the largest night club in Chicago Phyllis has just hired two new employees Look' As they approach us, their features seem familiar W e recognize them as Mrs Anderson's former classmates, Louise Dunker and Bernice Garling C'I'hey started their careers as Models, but competition was so keen that they were forced to give that up and become hat check girls! have a promising future ing and her and ing all I Under Mrs Anderson's supervision they Jim Gudeman, who has radio program, is now cracking corny jokes, replaced Happy Hank on his early morn known as 'Smilin Jim Playing a banjo he works at night for Mrs Anderson in minstrel show He often forgets he is at work in a night club starts singing his theme song Hello, Hello, Hello, Good Morn- Everyone.' But Jim! He is not bothered by trifles. It is in a day's work f M '. . . ' , g p . r P - Robert ,Q,BobJ, ,Cooley is now chairman of the National Pool Ball U C '- -1- '- ' O .ll -