Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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Class Pfiajinecij One summer--the summer of 1972, I think it was--two friends and I traveled abroad. Our journey took us into France, Switzerland, and Italy where we were met by an old friend of ours, a girl with whom we had gone to high school back in Francesville. She took us to her home. (She had married an Italian movie producer). After dinner, as we sat reminiscing, our conversation turned to days of high school life. Faces, once familiar but now changed, were recalled from the past. Somehow the expression Class of 52 was brought up. Oh, what a class! Were they live wires! Did they add to the spice of life! We all agreed that it would be so much fun to make a check upon the class, one by one, and see what twenty years on the Road of Life had brought to them. Not know- ing just how we should proceed, we pondered this situation at great length. Finally we hit upon a plan! We all knew the story of the Three Sisters, the Fates, who governed the lives of the old Romans. We looked up their names which we found to be Clotho, Lochesis, and Atropos. We hit upon the plans of going to a medium, who could call up mortals and immortals from the past. By hypnosis, which she used on all of us, she transported us to the three life giving, life sustaining, and life ending sisters before whom we stood in awe and wonder as they revealed to us the story of the Class of 52 . Our eyes literally pop out as first we see before us a very energetic young man in the person of LEWIS SANDERS who has attained a very high position in life--chief window washer at the Empire State Building. Lewis really has had to start at the bottom and work up. What's this we see thundering toward us? Twelve little Hoosier Pride feed bags? No! They're children being herded along to school by their parents, the former CHRIS- ANN WUETHRICH and EDISON GUTWEIN. At Edison's insistance to advertise his mill, his family is clothed in feed bags. Chrisann, who wears the big economy size, still in- sists they're cheaper by the dozen. They now show us GARY WITT, baby photographer, (eighteen years and over). His hobby is substituting on the Tarzan Television Show. The picture is not clear-- we're not sure what Gary is substituting for--Tarzan or his monkey! Tell us Gary! After a tedious day of hard labor at his camera, Gary's secretary rescues him and helps him to his new Mercury. We remember her as MARY MALCHOW who graduated with Gary. After graduation Mary entered Ft. Wayne Business College and is now a very successful secretary. The town's most fashionable ladies are always seen at the Roglow Beauty Salon, managed by the Misses BETTY LOWE and DONNA ROGERS. Being together after gradu- ation, these two charming ladies have had many suitors but, being rather choicy, have never married. Sitting behind the wheel of an old 1950 Ford we see the editor of the Francesville Tribune, DONALD H. AMES, who after graduation took over his father's business. Don could never give up his Ford for a new model. A certain blonde is still waiting at home for Don to pop the question. Still as bashful as he was in his high school days!

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I, DOLORES MICHAEL, will my ability to love one man till I die to Sharron Onken, providing she furnishes her own man. Also my ability to make Aunt Jemima Pancakes to Ralph Wendt. I, DONNA ROGERS, will my dark hair, big brown eyes, and pleasing personality to Donna Rockwell. My studious habits I bequeath to my sister, Charlene. I, ARDITH MORGAN, will the right to drive my boy friends crazy by trying to sing like Frankie Laine, to my partner in Bloody Crime , Sharron Onken. To Gloria Getz, I leave the ability to receive my diploma and still think that Lincoln was the first president of the United States. I, CHRISANN WUETHRICH, will the right to go steady with a Gutwein three years without any fights or arguments to my cousin, Yvonne Niehouser and to Phyllis Albrecht the honor of driving the pick - up to all school functions. I, LOUIS SANDERS, will my art ability plus the ability to make passing grades to Herb Weltzin. I, GILBERT GUTWEIN, will my ability to be president of my class for the Last three years of high school to anyone who wants it and to Philip Gutwein I bequeath the privilege to fully express my thoughts to Don Ehrlich and Mac Laqrence without firing their tempers. I, PERRY NIEHOUSER, will the right to go with the sophomore class president to Ralph Wendt, and my ambition to play basketball to my brother Andre. I, PAUL MALCHOW, will my sideburns to Eugene Fisher and my curly hair to Albert Smith. I, RICHARD WILEY, will to Carl Gutwein my quiet ways and to get through school without too much trouble with the teachers. I, DON AMES, will the right to have the family car at least seven nights a week to Jim Weaver, and my G.I. haircut to Mac Lawrence. I, VIRGINIA MYERS, will my curvaceous figure (second only to that of Jane Russell) to any great lover of food and my meek and timid ways to Peg Boehning. I, CHARLES WARNELL, will my taste in colors for car upholstery to Otto Wuethrich and exactly twelve inches of my height to Carl Anderson. I, GLEN MALCHOW, will my ability to keep calm to Ralph Wendt. I, LLOYD BEISWANGER, will my height to Donnie Swartz and my government grades to Margie Gross. We, ARDITH MORGAN, DOLORES MICHAEL, and CHRISANN WUETHRICH, will our ability to skip school, without getting caught, the last period and leave the one who backs out, Virginia Myers, behind in Biology to Adeline Gutwein, Yvonne Niehouser, Phyllis Albrecht and the one to back out, Lillian Gutwein.

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Class Pfwjihectf The wife of General TOPP, the former LOUISE VOGT, is sitting at home in her fabulous library, waiting for the return of her devoted husband. Upon entering the Marine Corp in 1951, Dale decided to make the Marines his career. Louise, having a hard time to adjust herself to Marine life, has taken up short story writing. CHARLES HOT ROD WARNELL, seated behind the wheel of his racer, is battling for first place, as they round the final turn of the Indianapolis Memorial Day Race. This tall, modest boy has become internationally known for his daredevil driving. Standing on a windy corner, we see two sailors whom we recognize as DICK WILEY and LLOYD BEISWANGER. Upon graduation, the two joined the Navy and de- cided to make it their career. Dick and Lloyd claim they are the only two bashful sailors in the world. PERRY NIEHOUSER, who has made a fortune renting compressed air tanks to un- fortunate boys with flat tires, has retired with his tall, dark-haired wife to his small farm. Three guesses who she is? ? ? Sweeping towards us at a pounding gallop, with six guns blazing and bubble gum popping, rides ARDITH MORGAN. Close behind come three panting ponies. Astride them sit her three sons. Cruising leisurely behind them, comes her husband Richard Harvey . in his Cadil'ac convertible. The pair have made a fortune with their dude ranch in Texas. Ardith's kids are known as the Texas Terrors. Next we see a city hospital where over the loud speaker of the City Hospital comes the urgent call Dr. Myers! Surgery calling Dr. Myers! Who is Dr. Myers? None other than our own studious, hard-working VIRGINIA MYERS who graduated with the Class of 52 ! After fifteen years of steady company. Dr. Myers is still engaged to RICHARD (CASSANOVA) CAVNESS. Richard is the town’s most eligible bachelor living in quiet luxury on his eight hundred acre farm. Richard seems to think it is better to look twice before he leaps. After fifteen years he still hasn't looked twice?? The picture clouds. We can only see a shadowy light flashing off and on. It reads P. - G. Morticians--Deadest Business in Town. We recall PAUL and GLEN MALCHOW as the two shy boys who graduated with the Class of 52 . Their shy personality allowed the two boys to remain bachelors and start their unlively business. Last but not least a graceful ice skater makes her appearance. She is none other than the former DOLORES MICHAEL; now the wife of Senator GILBERT GUTWEIN. Yes, she was taken in by the Senator's campaign speeches. He has tried hard to persuade her to give up her career and go to Washington as a social butterfly but to no avail. Sonja Heine in her heyday was no rival for this star of the skating world.