Hartford City High School - Retro Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Senior Class Hislorq COLORS:-GREEN AND WHITE. FLOWER:-LILY OF THE VALLEY. MOTTO:-NO VICTORY WITHOUT LABOR. HE CLASS of 1927 started its four year journey with the follow- ing ofiicer in charge: Olof Hedstrom, Presidentg Fannie Camp- bell, Vice Presidentg Esther Hummer, Secretary and Treasurer. Our activities the first year were confined to class parties and a hayride. In our Sophomore year we had a class party and several other social events. Our third year we presented the three act comedy Nothing But the Truth. Besides this we held markets uptown to aid in iinancing the J unior-Senior banquet. These were very successful and we like to feel that we gave one of the best receptions in the history of the school. Mr. Haley was the class adviser and was very efiicient in that capacity. The Senior year was of course the big year for the class. The Insight and Retro Staffs had been elected and had settled down to work. The biggest event of the year was the production of the three act comedy, Kempy, which was given before a full house April 22 and again by request on May 5. On the first day of April we celebrated Hick and Ham day and just turn to the snap shot section to get a faint idea of the good time we had even if it did rain torrents all day. Yes, we took them in the rain. After high-hattingf' the lower classmen for about seven months we decided it was about time to shuffle off this scholastic coil, and so we started thinking about graduation credits. We were given a fine banquet and dance by the class of '28. About 70 Seniors were graduated with the class and so endeth another chapter in the history of Hartford City's High School. DELBERT LORD, '27.

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5 i .7 5 , V X 7 ! ,X Al v. . .1 af RUTH CALE- RUTI-IIE Glee Club, Commercial Club, History Club. MILTON PARKS- MILT Commercial Club, Science Club. ALICE WILLIAMS- AL Glee Club, Mathematics Club, Latin Club, Home Economics Club Treasurer, May Fete, Pepinella Club, In India, Kempy, Dramatic Club, The Mouse Trap. MARGARETTE NOBLE- MARGE May Fete, Girls' Varsity B. B. Team, Gym Pianist, Society Circus, H. S. Pianist, Underwood Honors-Medal. MARY M'GARY- MAC Science Club, Commercial Club, Latin Club, Mathematics Club. VIOLET OREN- VI May Fete, Commercial Club, Wood- stock Typewriting Honors. JENNELLA COLLINS- JEN Pepinella Club, Commercial Club, Dramatic Club, Glee Club, May Fete, Home Economics Club. OLIVER ELLIOTT-- SPECK Science Club, Commercial Club, Glee Club, Yell Leader, Pickles, Assisiant Athletic Editor Insight and Retro, Booster Club, Hi-Y. FRANK OLIVER- HANK Varsity B. B., Varsity Football Cap- tain, Class Champs B. B., Class Champs B. B. Coach, Booster Club, President Hi-Y Club, Commercial Club, Society Circus, Barkers Club, Secretary 0. P. B. A. Club. CALE PARKS WILLIAMS NOBLE M'GARY OREN COLLINS ELLIOTT

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Memoirs ELL, WE CERTAINLY had a big time last week when we had that reunion of the Senior Class of 1927. We had been trying to have one for forty-five years, but not until this year were we able to do so. Alas! some of those old familiar faces were gone forever. .... But to get back to that big day, a call had been sent out by our former class president, Harold Markin, for an all day picnic and general get-together meeting to be held at the Legros Park fGeorge having made so much money on his farm that he donated one to Hart- ford Cityl. The members started assembling very early in the morn- ing-some having traveled many weary miles just for the occasion. Some came in huge limousines, and others in wheel chairs, and still others arrived in aeroplanes. After a sumptuous meal of sandwiches and ice cream we all sat around and discussed old times. Bob Lewis, who is very distinguished looking now, looked over at Mae Baxter fMrs. Daniel Linderj and chirped, 'Member the time when Miss Hahn asked Mae what an anecdote was, and she spoke up with a brilliant smile and said, 'I think it's a little girl billy goat?' 'i They were then started, each tried to think up the Worst he could. fI'm not saying how far from the truth we wanderedj. Carleton Wright, now a very reputed? ? ? ? old bachelor, lost his dignity long enough to tell 'em about the time he fell out of the win- dow over at the North Ward, unfortunately, the window was closed, so Carleton just took it along as he fell, but left his shirt in doing so. Then Mr. A. Jennart, a very renowned personage, but now slightly failing, giggled a, little and grunted, Those good old days when Harold Mar- kin, Pete Reynolds, Dean Shaw and I used to have Harold swipe cig- arettes from the Hess grocery, and then go out behind the South Side school house and smoke! My! Oh! My! did we get sick? Yes, and if you hadn't done such things you probably wouldn't be in this wheel chair today, Albert. We looked up at his wife and who should we see but the regal form of Marguerite Long. Charles Bolner, who had increased considerably in avoirdupois since I had last met him, waddled up and cried excitedly, I sure re- member the first time I was prompted by a paddle! The paddle was owned and operated by Miss Haddon at the Wm. Reed Schoolg Cmany chuckles were audible as they recalled this instancej it was before the entire class that the operation was performed. Although I can't re- member what for, I remember the instance and the two similar ones that same week-Them were the days! Then was heard a faint, squeaking voice, and who should it be but Thelma Perry. She told about the time she dressed up like a Red Cross nurse during the World War-isome recalled having heard of such a warj solicited funds and was severely reprimanded by her mother. After re-living this incident she had to sit down and rest as she was so weak from so much excitement.