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

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Class History If 5' T is hardly to be expected that we would be less meek and terrilied was than any other rreshmen, but with eliicient oriicers and sponsors Follow, and to successfully complete our iirst year. Our officers l were: Chester Russell, presidentg Auclre Mae Minneman, vice l president, Ann Elizabeth Dee, secretary, and Bertha Dee, treas- urer. Miss Pearson and Mr. Parks were our sponsors. ig to guide us, we managed to fulfill our motto: Always Lead, Never 1 As Freshmen we were represented in many of the school activities, including basketball, track, band, orchestra, and the glee clubs. We were saddened by the loss of a classmate, Kenneth Carnes, whose death oc- curred early in the spring of 1929. Before long we attained the title of Sophomores. For that year we chose as officers: Ray Baugher, presidentg Merrill Hendricks, vice presi- dentg Edward Gable, secretary, and Dorothy Overmyer, treasurer. Miss Pearson and Mr. Parks again served as sponsors. Several members oe- longed to the Latin Club and we were represented in the Latin contest at iVabash. At last the antics of our Freshman and Sophomore years became his- tory and we were Juniors. Early in the year we elected the following of- ficers: John Rutledge, presidentg Orval Partlow, vice president: Edith Hendricks, secretary, and Vevel Braner, treasurer. Our class play, Smilin' Through, was the outstanding event of the year. We also gave a very successful carnival. Our Junior year was brought to a close when we en- tertained the Seniors with the annual Junior-Senior Prom. At the beginning of our Senior year, we introduced a new method of selecting officers. Those chosen were: Charles Hubbard, president, Chester Russell, vice presidentg Georgia Zeck, secretary, and Ruth An- drews, treasurer. These officers witn three other members, William Pettit, Julia Worley and James Willman constituted the council which guided us through the events of the year. For the fourth time, Miss Pearson was chosen sponsor of our class, but this time Mr. Myers was selected to help her. The class conducted a magazine campaign for the Curtis Publishing Company and then the Retro campaign to which the underclassmen con- tributed quite generously. Since the Junior carnival was so successful, we decided to try it again, and due to our previous experience the last one was even better than the first. Members of the class took an active part in Debating, Basketball, Dramatics, Hi-Y, Girl Reserves, Swimming Clubs and Musical activities. Once more we produced a successful play and then came the long-to- be-remembered Hick and Ham Day. Junior-Senior, Class Day, and Bac- calaureate followed in close succession. But as all good things must come to an end so must our four years of training at dear old Hartford High. BERTHA DEE, DOROTHY OVERMYER. e ---V---'Ing ' f fl '

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Class Prophecy If i ECAUSE of overwork as instructor of Physical Education at Tay- -7 I lor University, I set out for a European tour during the summer of 1946. I was accompanied by Julia Worley, house detective for Madison Square Hotel of New York City, who wished to com- municate with Paul Schuhmacher of Scotland Yard. On our second day out of New York, we heard some one say that Captain Ivan Smith predicted a storm soon. Slightly dis- turbed by the familiar name, we investigated and found that this Smith was none other than he who was graduated with us in 1932. When we met him later, he asked us to dine at his table that evening and to attend the conceit afterward, promising us that we would receive a great surprise. And a surprise it was! The opening number was played by Professor Ottyce Johnson and her one hundred piece symphony orchestra, which she was taking to Vienna to enter in a world's contest. Our surprise at this part of the program was increased at the sight of the soloist for the evening, who was Madam Pola Polensky, known to us as Vevel Braner. The con- cluding number of this most interesting program was played by Countess Giovanni of Naples, better known to us as Beatrice Fennig, court pianist to King Mussolini II. We arose unusually early the next morning to see what promised to be a most beautiful sunrise. 4Can you imagine that 77 Before our stateroom, two haggard looking women were busily scrubbing the deck. At the bang of our door they faced us. Lo and behold, those deckhands were none other than our former classmates. Dorothy Overmyer and Georgia Zeck! After this most interesting disclosure, our passage to Europe was completed Without further incident. We were glad to reach France and immediately took a plane, piloted by Elizabeth Williamson, to Paris. There we had the good luck to meet the renowned explorer, Leah Lefiler, preparing to lead an expedition into the wilds of Italy in search of a free citizen. It was reported that this expedition was financed by the multi-millionaire, Donald Phillips. From Paris we wandered down to Deauville, the home of pajamas, and we met there the chorus members of Iky's Irish Lilac, who were on a vacation. Several of the stars rushed at us: and we had little difficulty in recognizing Twilla Ault, Cledith Quillen and Dorothy Ratliff. After spending a pleasant week-end, we continued our journey to Madrid where we arrived just in time for the annual bull fight. We were seated near the king's box and noticed in his party the brilliant American diplomat, Mary Ellen Hughes. Our attention was soon drawn to the arena where the fighters had just appeared. As they paraded past us, We recog- nized Bob Love as one of the toreadors. The heat having made us slightly faint, we stopped at a little wine shop on our way back to the hotel but almost fled at the sight of the man behind the bar. This was Bob Ballen- gerg and helping him was his wife, the former Hilda McGary. Tired of Spain, we took our lives in our hands and ventured within the boundaries of Italy. Our fears were fully realized for we were cap-