Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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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 -

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Prophecy cont nued Ruby Carole Koebcke, co owner of a large firm, is now serving time in the Women's State Prison a t Indiana polls for attempting to poison her junior partner, H ank Sullivan also formerly from Francesville She was caught pouring arsenic into the hot fudge Audrey Houston, we see, is married to one of the richest cattle ranchers in Arizona Audrey has developed that southern accent, and we cannot tell her from Minnie Pearl of the Grand Old Opera Incldentally, Audrey, once in a while, doubles for her as in case of illness Nola Ward, who is tke feminine rather Flanagan, has organized a town for wayward girls Girls Town, Iowa, is located near Des Moines Throughout the bnited States, Nola is considered a novice in her field She has been elected Mother of the Year for two consecutlve years Greater accomplishments will no doubt follow as the years roll along Madame Pauline Poole was operating a beauty salon in Toto , until recently she kept her shop so clean that the native Totoites were scared to enter therein She was forced to leave Toto and is not operating a street car line in Lakeside where she expects to make a huge fortune Although she has been there only a short time, her onlv competitor has been forced out of business Lewis Ge er, who has been skinning muskrats and selling the furs to the ovotny Fur Company, has saved enough money to operate a fur busfness of his own He and Harold are competitors now in the fur business as once during high school days they were over a rosy cheeked, vivacious brunette Three guesses'P'7 Annabelle and Carroll Messer are now living in California Mrs Messer was the former Annabelle Ya le of the Class of 1950 They are now operating a thriving usiness in orange growing 'lhelr oranges are extremely popular among movie stars as is Annabelle Carroll gets so insanelv Jealous that he often threatens to commit suicide but changes his mind when Annabelle hands him a gun Richard Wuethrich and Erven Gutwein, who have become confirm ed bachelors, are still living in Francesv lle Erven is employed at the Gutwein Milling Company and Richard is working at Von Tobels Lumber Yard Both men are very active in all social affairs and are very popular in the community Richard Cords enlisted in the U S Air Force immediately after graduation and is now stationed in Texas Phyllis Steffe , his high school sweetheart, is still waiting for that diamond Richard promised her when they were Seniors It seems Rickard has had gambling excesses and can not save enough to buy her one His alibi to her is that he has been giving his money to charity What's her last name, R1chard'P'P THE END Eddie Kelley Millie Boehnlng Ronald Belswanger . -.. w Q , , O 0 ' 7 11 e I I 1 1-......-..-.. af 5 o . r 0 e . O O O . . 0 , 1 U 4 o 2' X., w -L O - -. g ... l 0 0 0 r . 0 -.. J O . . U e - ,,,,- - , --.-....1.1........-. X J- O O O o 0 -iii.-..,.....1 . 1 O I o ..- - -