Greensburg High School - Tower Tree Yearbook (Greensburg, IN)

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Prophecy 0 the Class o 1931 OME years after my graduatron from Greensburg Hrgh School I became possessed of '1 desrre to travel and see the many attractrons of the world rncludrng of course my classmates of 31 Accordrng ly I purchased fr second hand brcycle and havrng clrmbed thereon I pedaled away from my palatral country home near Podunk Indrana The frrst town I vrsrted was Greensburg As I had been a cus tomed to sarlrng over the roads at 1 reat rate I drd not slow up as I came rnto town Just as I was aorng around the southeast corner of the square on one wheel I heard behrnd me a tremendous puffrng and blowrng and then a shrrll whrstle Lookrng around I saw that James Lawson rrgged out as a traffrc cop motorcycle and all was hot on my trarl He chased me around the square three trmes before he caught me and hauled me up before Mayor Henry Ernstes who was servrng hrs twentreth term havmg entered polrtrcs at a tender age Henry reco nrzed me at once and rnstead of flnrng me for speedrng began to talk of old trmes and of what had become of some of our classmates Mrldred West he sard was managrng fr gurnea prg farm rn Australra Paul Brooks and Valentrne Hahn were connect ed with Purdue Unrxersrty and spend then spare moments studyrng the domestrc habrts of the corn borer I had become rather hungry and Interrupted Henry to ask wheth er he knew of a good place to eat He recommended 1 restaurant specralrzrng rn rabbrt sandwrches and operated by Lrllran Doer flrnger and Margorre Russell Folks had remarked upon the absence of cats rn the town soon after the restaurant was opened At the restaurant I found Vrnson Smrth stowrng away one of the so called rabbrt sfrndwrches I ordered one for myself and then fell to talkrng wrth Vrnson who rnxrted me to come over and take a look at hrs roof garden For the first trme I notrced that there was on the courthouse not a lone tree but a beautrful garden wrtlr a row of rhubarb all about the edge Vrnson told me that he and Mrs Vrnson nee Edna Dolan lrved rn an apartment rust under the clock rn the courthouse tower I complarned that hrgh altrtudes always made me drzzy and asked Vrnson to excuse me from vrsrtrng hrs garden However I drd walk through the hall rn the courthouse and saw Garnett Crarg and L11 IHH Q -------------w------------- f 4, .l S , c 4 ' ' c c ' I - . . b . , 4 . c c Y . ' ' . N . . D - . I. . f . L . .L i D I L. I. L . . . Y C . . . U . . . A -' - - ' . - - . a ' t . , 1 Q 0. . . . - a 1 1 , c . , . ' F 4 A ' . . . V - . . Y . ' . V Q v . Q ' - . I . c . . Q v . c 1. 'c . . ' 4 . ' , ' , 4 . 1 , . . Q ' - 1 . . , . . . 1 Y . c . ,. 4 fc ' ' qc ' c ' Q Q

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