Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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P--1 l .L ll' tr I l iff We talked of those days in old F. H. S., Of the class, and the freshmen, and McClure's wittiness. Dr. Clark spoke of Shorty, the light of the school, And said he was now Great Britain's champ fool. But instead of a cent for his allowance and pay, He Was given his board, his clothes, and his stay. He said that Marie Stillwell had married in fame, And was now very happy in a mansion in Spain. I noted the fact that John Coulter, the late, ,ff Had bequeathed his cheese factory to his poor widow Kate. Having now had a chat as both old friends and new, And my head being better, I bid Doc adieu. I soon left Los Angeles, the place where I fell, And determined to go to the Liberty Bell. I became famished and hungry as lunch time grew nigh, S0 I steered her down earthward, and landed on high. The old plane it muttered and sputtered and sighed, And before I could know it, a farmer I spied. And another old friend it happened to be- Fred Hendrix, a raiser of chickens, you see. He invited me in to meet all his kin, And whom should I see but Marian Helvie therein. His romance of school days had long been unknown, For his Martha of Frankfort, to Boston had flown, Her fame as a dancer had grown more and more, For she was in Follies of Forty and Four. Farmer Hendrix was kind, and his wife gave a feed g They both begged me to stay, but I must go with speed. And Whom did I meet but old friend Lena Spray. It seemed as if Lena had come to mishap, And was waiting on table in an apron and cap. In Denver I wandered up one street and down, 'Till a sign I did see, in the heart of the town. It was Deyhle and Crawford, -grandees of the place, And it stated, We fix up your hands and your face. We entered, and low and behold our amaze,- There stood Mary and Frieda of old High School days. They had gone to that place in quest of their health, And had started this parlor, and were gaining much wealth. As We chatted, I noticed a paper's head lines, Which stated that diggers had found some gold mines. As I glanced through the item, I was filled with great awe, For none other it was than Voris Latshaw. Brother Marvin was with him, and by work of both hands, They could turn out the money, and buy millions of lands. My friends proved to be hostesses of much pleasing grace, Thirty-one . ell 11-ee

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. I- ,I ar, T u p-I I lil E LASS PRGPHECY I 1 l , I I l l I l 'Twas in the year nineteen hundred and forty-four 5 t That I wandered back to my days of yore. It happened the way that all things do, For 'twas only an accident too good to be true. My fame as a spinster had long become known, And my life was a prison without any dome. But to shorten my story and make it worth while, I started to travel and got just a mile When my ship began knocking and swaying about, And I called down below that they'd better watch out. i Now don't begin doubting and think Ifm insane, For it wasn't a Ford, but a big aeroplane. p It was made by the company as you all may know, l Of the brilliant and noted John COX and Charles Rowe. e These two had been members of old green and white, And their fame had since grown and was in the lime-light As luck seemed to have it, my plane gave a bound, l i And at last we both landed on a smooth piece of ground. 2 I felt rather queer for my head got a nick, And when I came to, there stood our Merle Quick. i She had trained and had learned by the aid of Dad's purse, And had gained great esteem and became a trained nurse. il When my head was all plastered and I felt like a larkg The doctor came in,-my old friend, Basil Clark. X l Thirty e e ll I e ee Q, M l

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A+ l -cas ll Y I I l A1 l l X I 1 l 3 l I I I In II , 1 But for Texas I yearnedg so must go to that place. After skimming the country a few hundred miles, ' I I visited Mrs. Wicker,-the former Gwen Pyles. One day to the movies we happened to go, And our tickets we bought from Delia Reno. When we entered, the usher who took us above, Was no other than classmate and friend Jesse Love. The play was old Keystone, with Phillips and Barnett, And the name of the play was The Rose and the Hornet. We both almost died to see Harold so dary, And Blanche take the part of a sweet blithesome fairy. When walking down Fifth street, I just looked aside, And happened to see our sweet Ruth McBride. She said she and Doc had gone there for a cure, , And also to visit the Governor McClure. 1 ' For it seemed that Leota had a political fate, And the Texans so liked her, she became Governor of State. As here I stayed longer than I really had meant, I got in my plane and to Nashville I went. In this city I stopped to see Doris Werts partly, And also to see my friend Edith Artley. For Doris, a doctor of feet was now known, And Edith was at work for the Bell Telephone. A taxi I called in the city one day, And I hardly overcame my utter dismay,- For who was the driver and took up the change, But the brilliant and quiet Leodicia E. Strange. She told of Opha Thomas, a genius so rare, Who was in Frankfort schools, teaching chemistry there. She spoke of Charles Fisher, who had married so young, Who had taken his wife and had gone to Shantung. And now to old Frankfort I went for a stay, I visited Madge Norris, and didn't have to pay. She recalled to me scenes of those happiest tifmes, When we Went to the Rainbow and spent our last dimes. In it's place stood a building so grand and so high, And on entering, Edna Strouse I happened to spy, She was model for dresses in this mammoth store, And the head of the section was classmate Fern Moore. Kenneth Rinnert on tcp of the building now stayed, And his work of astronomy was making him fade. Florence Allen was met, as we went down the street, A policewoman was she, and was still on her beat. Madge showed me the site of the old temple of knowledge, -Ll And said most of our class had finished some college. ,Ag TT Old Prairie was there with its deep sounding roars, IT' M But now one must cross it by the aid of huge oars. 4 l Thirty-two L? ll l IIQF- wi r, I ffflm ' 'IM I I