Francesville High School - Francillian Yearbook (Francesville, IN)

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'ld One sultry summer even1ng wh1le we were v1s1t1ng Coney Island we saw a booth advert1s1ng fortune telhng PAST PRESENT FUTURE Upon enterrng we were led by a tall dark man 1nto a drmly llghted room Behrnd a table sat an ugly old woman peenng mtently 1nto a crystal ball After we were seated 1n front of a large mrrror the old woman asked us whrch we wrshed to see the past the present or the future We answered The future The old woman then tumed some of the gadgets fall so mystenousj and the mrrror slowly became transparent As the l1ghts dlmmed agarn she Sald You w1ll now see the fu ture of the CLASS OF 1953 The smoke havrng cleared from the glass we stand amazed as the f1rst person ap pears before our eyes It 1S RONNIE HONEGGER who IS now takxng Sherman B1ll1ngsly s place at the Stork Club rn New York As for guests he has the most famous as well as the SOCl311IeS Whrle v1ew1ng h1s even1ng show whom do we see as hrs chorus grrl but IUDY MYERSP? Ronme IS not lonesome srnce an old frrend LEE RADCLIFFE 1S a steady customer He rs takrng the place of Jerry Lewrs rn the show What Causes Dr1nk1ng Husbands and has to feel the sparkle of the champagne to get rnto the mood of the part he IS playmg In the scene that follows we see a frock coated man wrth graymg temples Although II has been years srnce we last met we recogmze STANLEY BOEHNING fnow Reverend Boehmngj He strll preaches agarnst crrme and gambhng He 13 strll a good frrend of h1s former classmates and h1s Wlfe Maxme often rnvrtes h1s old fnends over for d1n ner however they do not l1ke hrs chorce of drmkforange Jurcej As the scene changes our gaze IS drrected to the Metropohtan Theatre Emblazoned rn electnc l1ghts around the marquee are the words Personal Appearance of a Famous Opera S1nger As we are pnveleged to vrew the show whom do we see as Carmen but CAROL LOWRY? But who rs ll that makes our lady lovely? None other than ESTHER FE LEKI She IS advanc1ng steadxly 1n her beaut1c1an work Next we see SHIRLEY DAVIS an old classmate who 1s attendrng the Patrrcra e vens modehng school She st1ll belreves that men are the root of all ev1l Next IH the panorama there IS a huge arena flooded wrth beautrful l1ght1ng Why ll IS Madlson Square Garden where R1ngl1ng Brother s Crrcus rs stag1ng the world s great est performance The place IS ahve w1th clowns and ammals Suddenly all pause to look toward the door at the far srde of the arena A tall graceful bespangled lady as tr1de a whrte steed gallops rnto the center nng The aud1ence IS held spellbound as yes you have guessed rt SHARRON ONKEN puts her horse through the routlne perfor mance It IS a marvelous slght She has become one of the world's renowned woman tuck nders All of a sudden out of the clear blue sky we are rn an experimental laboratory rn Purdue Umversrty here rs Professor SHEILA DELONG experrmentrng on a new drug that IS to cure every dlsease and srckness 1mag1nable At the moment she IS Just addrng . . . . . ' . . . -- ' I . . I , . . . . . ' . . . O . ' uv nv - 1 v ' I ' I . . . . ' . I ,, . - . ' . . . . , ' 1 . . Y . . . . . . ' . . . . . . ' , . . 1 v 1 I . ' . . , . ' . . . . . - : . . . . . . . , I v .ae - - I , , . . . . St - . , . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . g - ' . . . . o , ' 1 --- . - o . I o U I ' l . . . : . . .

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I MARGIE GROSS w1ll my reputatron of bemg the loudest g1rl rn school to Mrs Mrller To anyone loony enough to want rt I leave my love for square dancrng I VIRGIL EUGENE FISHER w1ll my quret manners to Drck Myers my herghth to Carl Anderson and my drrvrng ab1l1ty to Herbre Weltzrn I GENEVA FIELD bequeath my dark ha1r and eyes to Donna Rockwell Also m skatrng ab1l1ty to anyone who 15 fool enough to accept II I ESTHER FELEKI w1ll the ab1l1ty to tell good Jokes to anyone who lrkes Jokes and the dark rrngs under my eyes to anyone who lrkes to stay out late at mght I MARY MARGARET CONWELL wrll my many smrles to Mr Port I J EDMUND WEAVER w1ll my ab1l1ty to be prano vrrtuoso at all school functrons to my srster Marrlyn and the ab1l1ty to spend half of the day workrng rn the Off1C6 wrthout supervrsron to Joe Hauptlr also I wtll my prowess on the trombone to Tom Myers I DENNY SWING, w1ll my abrlrty to get Mac s goat Just by look1ng at hrm D1ck Myers to park there everyday to Chrrs Lee Wuethnch I STANLEY BOEHNING w1ll myab1l1ty to get the famxly car to Carl Anderson Also my ab1l1ty not to get prcked up to Bob Gutwern I JUDY MYERS w1ll my ab1l1ty to get Sllalghl A s 1n typrng to anyone that th1nks they re smart enough and the abrlrty to sk1p school whenever I want to wrthout gettrng caught to D1x1e Moncel I KARL SOECKNICK leave my German accent to Mrs Mrller for spellrng forergn names I ALBERT SMITH w1ll my small burld to Andre Nerhouser my ab1l1ty to get along wrth Mr Lawrence to Chrls Lee Wuethrrch and Herman Smldler I LEE RADCLIFFE leave my sense of humor to Roland Conwell my baby blue eyes to Lors Ramey and my abrlrty to pound out dents to Sammy Gunnerson FRANCES SMIDLER will my good fortune to be able to go square dancrng three trmes a week to Stanley Jordan and my very quret ways to my brother Herman CAROL LOWRY will my ab1l1ty to srng to Roberta Houston also the abrltty to make up her mmd one way or the other I GERTRUDE DUNKER Wlll my brg green eyes to Marcra Farney and my shyness to Charlene Rogers S L Border D D Monon, Indrana 1 9 . ' y , . . . , . . . to I, ELLSWORTH PELSY, will my parking space, last place south end, and the right , . . . . . I' . . . I' ' . . . , . . . . , . - S.

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another formula to one she has 1n I er hand Boom What are your favorrte flowers Shetla? Thrs trme we are carr1ed to far away Germany where we vrsrt an old classmate KARL SOECKNICK After attendrng Purdue Unrverstty he has returned to Germany where he rs now a famous darry expert The crystal hghtens as the scene changes We frnd ourselves rn Calrfornra watchrng the New York Yankees Phrladelphra Phrllres baseball game Whrle watchrng the game we f1nd that the prtcher for the Yankees 15 none other than our good fnend RALPH WENDT Hts wrfe Pat rs as always srttrng rn the stands cheerrng hrm on The next prcture shrfts across the contrnent to why rt seems so famrlrar Oh yes rt rs the Indranapolrs Speedway Around the bend to the frntsh comes DENNY SWING settrng an all ume record of 350 mrles per hour HIS wtfe the former Kathy Burnau rushes out to greet hrm A slrght shadow appearrng on the crystal we are transported to the other srde of town where there rs a large factory manufacturrng Women s founda tron garments After we look rnsrde we fmd the proprretor IS none other than ALBERT SMITH Trme passes and we lean forward eagerly to grasp the full srgmfrcance of the scene before us Here rs the Chrcago Stadtum packed to the roof wrth people wartmg to see the World s heavy werght wrestltng bouts for men and women The ftrst bout rs ready to start and out 1nto the nng steps EDMUND WEAVER fsecond Gorgeous Georgej Wrthrn a few mrnutes he has won the men s trtle Next comes the mam event of the evemng Who rs gorng to wrn thts harr pullmg flght to frnrsh contest? At the fmrsh the decrsron 15 all for Atomrc Trllre she 15 better known to us as MARY M CON WELL The lrghts drm now and we frnd ourselves tn a comfortable home The chrldren of the famrly are just turmng on therr televrsron set What s thrsrr It looks lrke ll rs Margre Gross FrancesSm1dler and Gertrude Dunker are dorng the square dance they made famous on the W L S Barn Dance Thts dance IS known to the pubhc as The Road to Old Wrnnymac or as they call rt a Hop Sktp and a Jump to Yonder Next we see ELLSWORTH PELSY who rs workrng for the Federal Government as postal mspector He has Just seen a car gorng ftve miles per hour and thmktng there rs somethrng wrong he has stopped to help Who should be drrvrng the car but EUGENE FISHER an old classmate who snll has ashrs slogan Slow and Steady wrns the race You remember GENEVA FIELD, who s harr was always w1th1n an mch of perfecuon Well she rs now a very successful pnvate secretary to President Dwrght D Elsenhower Mrnk coats are no longer rn vogue we see The lrghts suddenly go on agarn The crystal once more rs votd of faces We are reminded that all of the Class of 53 have passed rn revrew We srt up rn wonder Has this all been real or have we been dream1ng2 The class of 54 wrshes them a full measure of success and happrness We wrll always say we are proud of THE CLASS OF 53 - 111 ,H . A ..- ... , 1 0 1 Q 1 -- . ' 1 e 1 1 1 1 1 . . . -- . . . , 1 0 1 . . . . , . . u 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' - - 11 1 - 1 . ,, . . . . . . o 1 , . . . . . 1 , . . . . , , . u . - - - . . . ,, . . . ,, - . - o e 1 a . - . . . . , . . --. . ,, Q 1- 1 1 . . . ,, 1 1 . 1 - 11 - 11 ' 111 1 1 1 o 1 ' 1 1 0 - - 11 - 11 1 ' , . . . . . , 1 1 . 1 1 1 . . , . . 1 1 g . . , . u . Q . . . 1 1 1