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

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Pfophtty ll 11311 Pool 111 thc eountx cle1ks of'11cc Then bIlSll1CSS the1e was ex plalned to HIL by Rev B1ylo1 D1Bu11nf1h wl1o was Waltlllg, fO1 tl1en1 outs1de the doo1 Afte1 I lett tl1e fOllI'hUl1Sl I 1 '1111 mounted HIV DICLCIG and IOd6 up to G H 'S Mx attcntlon xx as 1tt1'1eted to the slght of Fo11est Ost mg Slttlllg on the fl1 pole I had IIXKHYS supposed that FO1l6St would occupy '1 h11.,h 1305111011 111 l1f1 IHC1 lt seemed IS though my DIGCIICLIOII had been COIIEKI TIISICIP tl1e bu1ld111 the thmg that most IIILGICSKGG n1e was '1 l1fe s17ed 11 1111 of Edvtm Hellm1el1 des1g,11ed by M1ld1ed JOIIIISOII Ethel G1ce1 vtho was at the tlme se1ubb111g the ea1s of the statue told me tl at 1t had be e11 e1ected by the students 111 ho11o1 of Edwm s 1I'1V1ll 1301511 lded M1 BIHIIIQS to ICIIIOVG the ban O11 el1ew mg gum Over the 11bl'lIV doo1 tl1e1e was a board bea11ng the 1nse11pt1o11 Ca1m1el1ael 8a COCIIIDIII LIXLIV Stable I vxent 111 and talked to the prop11eto1s who 1n1o1111ed me tl11t they VLGIC domg, bug, busxness sup Once 111o1e I mounted 1113 DICVCIL tl11s t1n1e tllllllllf, southwest ward As I passed the stone qua111es of Bedfo1d I savt John Blld s1tt1ng O11 '1 keg, of 111t1o 1,lyee1111e He send that he was learmng to be an elevato1 111a11 E1e1y t11111 tl1e IIILIO g,lyee11ne would explode he would ascend 1ap1dly yelhn CXOIIU., up' IS he d1d so In PODCOID I found that the R111g,l111 B1os C1rcus was holdmg a show I met Sa1a M11 '11et BIOXKII xx l1o vt IS w1tl1 tl1e encus as a tlght rope vvalke1 She told 111e tl11t l1e1 husband Donald G1ll1land was the clreus svxold svxallowe b11t was 11ot VvO1k111g at the t1n1e bemg la1d up w1th an attaek oi l1IdI20bt1OIl Ma1eella Ernstes was also a membe1 of the tloupe '11d vms engaged to Dale Bakex tl1e hon tamer Afte1 leavmg, PODCOIII I 1111de no 111o1e stops u11t1l I came to Texas I saw a fat 1101112111 st1111 111 beans nea1 the cook house of a large IHHCII wl1e1e I stopped to get 1 d1111k of w1te1 The fat woman proved to be my old fllelld Da1sy Ba111es Dalsy was so de11g,hted to see H16 that she 1nv1ted 111e to sptnd the mght w1tl1 l1e1 I sta1d and d1d not regret It fO1 the CIIICIIFLIIIIIICIII I 1eee11ed vms unlque Robe1t Ol1ge1 11111 . --....-...-------cb-..--................... Z, - Cfuulxv sed ' ' , , , V . . , ' . ' L L. . . - ' 1 1 ' 2 - 1 C ' 1 A ' ' ,- - . 2' .' 1 1 .' z 1' 1 ' . -. , Q 1 1 , , 1 I . , .N , .K A. , ' I. . ' . .lv , 1 . 1 ' ' 1 g 1 1 '. ' 1 - .1 . ' .L ' , , .A r I , ' -' . . V ' ' . 4 :A , , . ' T -s. 9 K - ' - ' ' V. 1 . 1 plylng Latln ponles to Caeszu students. - v ' ' V ' . ' Q ' Y A 1 - X . .' . . ' . . C , ,. . -, . , V K . , v ' , ' . - , .' - , g 1 . . . ' f ' 1' ' 0' - ' ' 4 v FH ' , . . Z . . . , ,Z . . - c . 1 Y' ' . ' . ' ' ' . cl fi 1' 'c I '- ' 1' ' . 1 - ' ' 1 . 7 U. U ' - ' ., D , 1 . . , 2 . 2 .V .' ' . , . R. ' . . ' ,t 'I -,,-,,-.,-.,..,,-..-..-..-..-,,-..-. - -,,-,,-,,- ..,,-.,-, -, -, -..-..- - -

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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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