Heltonville High School - Heltonian Yearbook (Heltonville, IN)

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ig PROPHECY I ' W 0. tXiQafsQ ' mom RAQ5 TO RI Q as getting tired of my gay life as a socialite, so one morning my hus- band handed me an extra 3lO0,000 and told me to take a vacation. As I am my husband's ninth wife, I hesitated to leave him, but I finally took his advice and decided on a tour of the United States. When I b0Hrded the Plane at Phoenix, and headed for Los Angeles, who should I meet but Wilma Murphy! She told me that she had taken stewardese tpain1ng bg- cause someone had told her that the altitude cured giggles. She still 1sn't married but has her hopes placed on a certain pilot. le soon arrived in Los Angeles and from there I journeyed to Hollywood to see the movie stars. I articularly wanted to see Carolyn who is considered the new and younger Evelyn Keyes, famous for her red hair. We had a very short visit in which she told me that she had never married and was interested only in her career. Carolyn had seen Ivan the day before in the studio commissary and he has a swank penthouse in Beverly Hills. He told her that his main ambition is to play opposite Carolyn in the new movie she is making. Soon it was time for us to part and I continued my journey. My destination was Heltonville. When I reached Heltonville at last, tired and hungry, I headed for the best-looking restaurant in town which was the nwhite Derbym with Letta White as its manager. Letta had built her super cafe on the site of the old Belton Cafe. After eating, I went to Letta's office to swap some gossip. Of course she was very busy but glad to see me. She had made a trip to Indianapolis last week and while there had run onto Josephine and Pearl. Josephine is married and has six lovely children, five girls and a boy. Josephine seemed in a hurry but Pearl and Letta had had a long chat. During their talk Letta noticed a diamond on Pearl's hand and Pearl explained that this was definitely her last engagement after five unsuccessful ones. Pearl was working, trying to pay for the furni- ture she h d bought when she became engaged the first time. Lette also told me that Mrs. Banners had been appointed State Supervisor of Home Economics. All good things must end, and soon I had to leave Lotta and hunt a hotel roam. As I drove down the street I came upon a short stubby man-nobodygelse but Clovis Hearth! I hailed hhm and he, after asking about me and my nus nd, in- vited me to take a tour of his factory. He explained that it was a new branch of the Studebaker Automotive Corporation of which he had been made president. After leaving the factory building I resumed my quest of a hotel. At the out- skirts of town, my eyes were attracted by the sign, 'Rest Haven Home.' I went in and reserved a room, and as I started upstairs I p ssed a door with the sig nlrvin Sherrill, Proprietor, Prlvate.n I laughed as I heard the snores emanat- ing from the closed door and thought of the m ny snoozes Irvin had taken in Government class just ten short years ago. Next morning the first sound I heard was that of racing motors and hammers on steel. Leaving the hotel, I was confronted by a sign 'U-Bust-It, We-Fix-It Garage.' Under this was lettered 'Rodney Hilderbrand, F1xer.' Buying a morning paper, I glanced at the heading and saw that it was THE HELTONVILLE MORNING STAR and Mrs. Denny the editor. The headlines praised Mr. Ray's team of H. B. 8. B1ueJackets for winning the State B dketball Championship. The next page of the paper was an ad by Raymond and 'Doll' describing their new motorcycle race track jointly owned by them, which was located just east of Heltonville. On down the street, who should I meet but Laverne and George! We were ex- cited over the meeting and since people were staring at us, George finally led us into the nearest breakfast room. There Laverne explained that she and George were married a year after they graduated and now had three rowdy sons, Lorenzo, Clem, and Elmer. George told me he had been farming with his brother since his graduation from high school. When I asked about Marjorie, George said she h d

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joined the WAC's and had risen to a very high rank. He said she and Gerald had been engaged for some time but could never agree on a date for their wedding. As we ate, the old song, 'Bell Bottom Trousers' was played. This reminded La- verne of Dean Todd and his 'career.' She said he is in the navy, and from what she heard he is having many romantic adventures on the South Pacific Isle of Paradise. Dean always had a taste for the South Seas! LB no visit would be complete without seeing my best friend, I followed June up and found her at her typewriter in the Prosecuting Attorney's office in Heltonville. It wasn't until I questioned her about her romantic hopes that she explained she is engaged to her boss! They expect to be married in a month. June had seen Delight a short time before when they were back to Heltonville on her husband's furlough. She is married to Major Harold Kinser of Fort Knox, Kentucky, and they have a baby daughter, Josette. After I had told June about my own thrilling life, I left her to her typewriter. As I passed the Second National Bank, I stepped inside to cash a check. There I saw a door lettered 'Wilbert Gilstrap, Pres1dent.' Then I took my leave of Heltonville and my many friends there. I felt it necessary to see at least one ball game in Indiana. This I chose to see at I, U., the school where I took my bus1ness.tra1n1ng. AB the team came out onto the field, who should be leading them but our high school cheerleader, Clarence Norman! Clarence had a date with an I. U. coed after the game, but he found time to tell me that he is going to college to become a coach. He said he wanted to take over Mr. Ray's position as basketball coach at H, H, S. Clarence said he had seen Myron Hudson a month before, when his team played Indiana Cen- tral. Myron is a professional ball player for Indiana Central, now. He and Wilma White still go together, but they won't get married, because Wilma says Myron leads a much too dangerous life for her to share. I had heard of Miss Clark's appointment as head of the Library of Congress in Washington, so I decided to drop in and see her. Miss Clark was very happy and hinted that she had, at last, found THE MAN, a representative from Utah. She told me that Mr. East had been elected by an overwhelming majority as Sena- tor from Indiana. She also told me of Dwight Jones' great success in the medi- cal world. He went to Johns Hopkins University, graduating as Doctor of Medi- cine with honors. After taking special training, he is now a brilliant surgeon ax Johns HopEIns Hospital. Next, I headed for New York City. I needed some new clothes, so I went straight to Sak's Fifth Avenue. Many new creations were shown me but none seemed exactly right until one model came out wearing the most lovely gown! As I looked closer I realized that this model was none other than Lorene White, now 'Rene.' The saleslady told me that Lorene had made a brilliant career for her- self, designing and modeling, and the gown she wore she had designed herself. Driving along, I saw an announcement of an art exhibit. As it was about time for it, I asked the driver to take me there. when I arrived, I noticed several people engrossed in a group of paintings. My curiosity was aroused, so I walked over there. When I inquired from someone the name of the artist, he looked at me curiosly and said, 'Why, haven't you ever heard of M. K. Faub1on?' I had stayed longer than I intended, so I left immediately to rest a bit before I boarded a plane for my return trip. By the schedule I saw that I would have to change planes at Dallas, Texas. When I reached Dallas, I had 3 hours between planes, so I decided to go out and look the town over. Absorbed in the people, Bill Ford. With him was his wife. They were having dinner in town so they invited me to join them. I accepted and was kept busy telling Bill of my visit with our former school friends. Bill told me that 5 years ago he had bought a large cattle ranch near Dallas. I could see that he had prospered! Soon my time was up and I parted with them. When I was resting in the airliner, I relived my trip across the United States. As I neared Phoenix and my home, I realized that that had been a perfect vacation because I had seen all my former classmates and high school teachers. N. s S .T-T.