Greentown High School - Emerald Yearbook (Greentown, IN)

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P115 Continuing on my cross country time machine tour, I arrived at Indianapolis, Indiana. As it was Memorial Day, I went to the Speedway, hoping to meet some of my friends there, The first person I 111et was Jane Johnson. She and Bill Callis, sl1e said, was married and owned a grocery store i11 Greentown. They had taken the day off to see the races. lily special arrangement we went to tl1e pits to meet the various drivers in the race. NVe were eager to 111t'0f tl1e winner and the runner-up. The winner had just came into the pits and when he took his helmet off we saw Phillip Julius wearing a victorious look on his face. lVe rushed over to congratulate him and to ask him how he had come to be a race driver. He said, I always did like to drive fast, so one Sunday I got a chance to drive a racer at Kokomo Speedway and have stayed with the profession ever since! lVe asked Ifhillip to introduce us to the second place winner. He called. Morrie? XVhen he came over I was astonished to see Morris Lamb. He had be- gun life after graduation as a policeman and was still in that profession, but had taken up racing as a hobby. It was a pretty profitable hobby, it seemed to me. As we were talking to Phillip, a reporter walked up to interview Phillip and Morris about the race. Before she left, she handed us a name-card-Xorma Roth, Sports Reporter, Indianapolis Tribune. lVe called her back to talk to her, asking her about the other members of the class of IS NVIIUIII sl1e knew about. Norma said that she had met two ot' the class in the past week or so. She had a Nash that had to have repairs. She had taken it to IJIIIIIRIIJQS Garage in Indianapolis. Eddie Dun- lap had finally opened a garage. Instead of working on his own car all the time. he IIUXV was the doctor for other cars i11 need of repairs. James Newton was one of lids mechanics, a very good one at that. I then took leave of the little group, hoping that someday we would meet again. I then wandered dow11 the strett of a small town out in the Middle-West. Uarlene Kepner, a former G.ll.S. student, was driving a Farmall at a reckless speed down Main Strectviill she saw me. She halted the tractor 111141 came over to meet me. lVe had a cozy little chat about by-gone days and then Carlene told me about Mary Zook, who had taken ballet after graduation. Mary was giving a performance at a theater in the town of Logansport that evening. NVe went to Marys performance which was very good. lVe went back stage after the performance and chatted witl1 her. lVe were eager to hear how she had faired in the past ten years. lc fII't'llf1l-fllllf

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them if they knew of the where-abouts of any of our classmates. Bill and George both shook their heads, saying they knew of only o11e of the class. Bill slyly smiled, You might be interested in seeing my new vocalist! Excuse me a second aml We'll let you hear her sing. Imagine lily surpise when Ielill introduced Beverly Julius. YYhen her number was over, she joined us at our table. We then settled back to hear the lecture to be delivered by Editor Clarence Hagan of the New York Gem. After tl1e speech was over, George invited Clarence to our tableg then followed a reunion of a few 1ne1n- bers of the Class of HIS . IVe exchanged experiences. Clarence had married into a family who owned a newspaper in Indiana and had attained such fame as a reporter that he'd had several good offers. Ile accepted the Gem's ot'fer and came to New York. Time was getting short, so with regrets, I left the Club and walked back to the tilne machine. I had many more miles to go before my journey would e11d and I had little time to spare. I stepped into tl1e time machine and in a mere instant, I stepped out to view a circus parade coming down a street in Middletown, Ohio. The clowns in their bright. array always attract me aml on this particular day I decided to visit them in their dressing rooms after the parade. I stopped a well-dressed fellow and asked him where I could see the clowns. He began to laugh. Then I recognized him. Ferris Petty! I exclaimed, what have you been doing for the past ten years? He said he had started out as a clown in a circusg l1is interest in tl1e circus grew till finally he and Ferrell bought a circus wihch they named the Petty Brothers Circus. They were featuring lYillis Little as King of the Clowns. After meeting Willis, I was given a pass to see tl1e circus and, accompanied by Ferrell Ferris, I went to see the King of The Clowns. lle really was the King. His performnace was nearly as good as his portrayal of Elmer in Elmer and the Lovebug' in high school. After the performance we went to the Corner Drugstore for refreslnuents for old time's sake. Stepping up to greet us with that always pleasant s111ile was Jeanie Maple. That drug store grace and geniality she developed in her high school days still clung to her and made her a delightful person to meet. She aided her husband, Ralph Trott, who had opened the corner drugstore. Prlyt'twenty-H11 cc

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Mary had a good deal of 11ews about Ruth Riley and Bea llosier. She said. Yes, I know about Ruth and llea. They had an act on Broadway for several months. They are now on tour of the I'.S. Ikea isa comedian and Ruth isa dancer. Ruth went to Arthur 3Iuriay's dancing school, having been attracted by their clever advertisements. She advised us to try Muri-ay's method. llea has kept that good humor she had at school and has capitalized on it. The girls are making a hit through- out the nation so I hear. Ruth is still hoping that some day she will settle down near Russiaville, Indiana, as a certain flll'lll0l S wife. I bade farewell to Mary aml tfarlene and continued on my journey in the future. I entered an office building in 'l'uscon, Arizona. I glanced at the name on the door. Printed in bold, black letters was TIlIll'llltblltI Auto Sales. I knocked on the door and heard the husky voice of llryan 'l'hurmond bid me enter. I was rather taken aback to see Bryan here. IIe said, l'll bet you are surprised to see me here! I had at one time considered being a farmer, you know, but a rich uncle in Arizona left 1110 il garage business so I forgot about farming. I came XVest and met Phyllis Ibunham, who was living Tuscon. l needed a bookkeeper to keep my books and knowing Phyllis had experience at ti.II.S. as a bookkeeper, I hired her. lIer book- keeping ability helped make the business a success, 11ot to mention her husband's mechanic ability. I took leave of llryan and Phyllis. Vontinuing on my journey, I began feeling chilly. I glanced around and where do you think I was? I was in northern XVash- ington. The Olympics was to be held in the Ifnited States and Washington was chosen as the host state. I looked around for anyone I might know. lYhat was that streak that just whizzed by??pIlill Frakes, the greatest mile runner in the world. I was told. He had just broken his own record of 1:tl1.12. I remembered llill was always breaking records in high school and I thought to myself Ile will always be breaking records I After the race I walked over to spe.ik to Bill and there was Ilill Symons. I was glad to see Symons and learn of his success as a baseball pitcher. llill Frakes whispered to me that without a doubt Ilill was another lllackwell or -Iohnson. Also, he was being offered dazzling salaries by some big clubs. I have visited all my former classmates and they have all become successful i11 their own profession. They are all talented i11 one way or another. Some day we will perhaps return to see how the t'lass of IS is fairing in this troubled world! Farewell to everyone! I 1'uy1f'f1re11ty flll