Huntington Township School - Medita Yearbook (Huntington, IN)

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vii'-r T' V . . : U ,. Jwtf' h J- If? Q ' I . CLASS WILL We, the members of the class of '58, being of sound mind and body, do hereby bequeath to our beloved underclassmen the following possessions: I, Eunice Barnes, will my dancing ability to Loretta Slusser. I, Janet Bowers, will my draw ings to Becky Hummer. I, Phil Bruss, will to Jerry Ditton my ability to get along with Mr. Mertz. I, Mike Bryan, will my ability to get 18 days detention for skipping a day of school to Helen Shively. I, Bill Cone, will to Mack Day my private parking places. I, Jim Dunnuck, will to Larry Adams my bullet-riddled government book. L Donna Earlywine, will my ability to be a cheerleader for several years to Sue Shel- hamer. I, Ray Earlywine, will to Larry Herrick my track shoes. I, Gerald Eckert, will my ability to get into the movies on a child's ticket to Paul Wall. I, Diane Elett, will to Scarlett Clark my ability to get along with Mrs. Swan. I, Dick Funderburg, will my cheerleading job to Ned Yordy, I, Barbara l-Iauenstein, will to Betty Rudy my quietness. I, Gene I-Iauenstein,will my safe U 25 driving habits to Terry Penn. Take good care of them. I, Janet I-Ioch, will to Ruth Keplinger my job as class treasurer. I, Catherine Huffman, will my ability to go with a boy for 2 weeks without knowing his last name to Nancy Smyser. I, Mary Huffman, will my ability to be engaged in my junior year to Nancy Wires. I, Max Kohr, will to Bob l-Iartle my ability to sleep in class. Just don't snore. L Riva LaBar, will my ability to play the marimba to Burma Houser. I, Kay Lahr, will to Judy Cone my ability to sing Banana Boat during study hall and never get caught. I, Lawrence Landrum will my drum sticks to Dale Davis. May they last a few days. I, Richard Lee, will to Mike Ott my quiet ways. We, Alta McClain and Janet McHenry, will our ability to keep secrets to Sharon Minton We, Fred Mercer and Jim Sills, will to Roger Hall our side burns. I Dean Merryman, will my ability to get along with Mr. Baker to Jerry Settlemyre. I, Judy Paxton, will to Linda Lahr my ability to borrow apples from a certain orchard. I, Patty Rader, will my shortness to Pat Vickery. Can you use it? I, Jim Shivley, will Dwane Beady my ability to get through school without studying. I, Sandra Storey, will my ability as a ballet teacher to Dennis Andrew. I Tom Tobin, will to Larry Steele my ability to be late to school. I, Bev Wiley, will my ability to chew gum in government class and always get caught to Sandy Van Meter. I, Pat fDureej Williams, will my short hair to Joan Gearhart. I, Jerry Willour, will to Harold Weaver my ping-pon playing ability.

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1945, twenty-SCVCH eager students faced their teachers, Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Musgrave, for the first time. These twenty-seven were Eunice Barnes, Phillip Bruss, Mike Bryan, Jim Dunnuck, Bill Cone, Mary Huffman, Kay Lahr, Lawrence Landrum, Richard Lee, Alta McClain, Janet McHenry, Fred Mercer, Dean Merryman, Jim Shivley, Sandra Storey, Tom Tobin, Beverly Wiley, Jerry Willour, Jane Kethcart, Janice Kethcart, Jim Biddle, Marilyn Cross, Velene Bowers, Earl Holley, Paul Holley, Karlita Bonewitz and Douglas Watkins. Out of the twenty-seven students these seventeen were destined to graduate from Huntington Township. They were Eunice Barnes, Phillip Bruss, Mike Bryan, Bill Cone, Mary Huffman, Kay Lahr, Law- rence Landrum, Richard Lee, Alta McClain, Janet McHenry, Fred Mercer, Dean Merryman, Jim Shivley, Sandra Storey, Tom Tobin, Beverly Wiley and Jerry Willour, Jim Dunnuck started and finished school here, but he spent some of his elementary grades in another school. After discovering that school wasn't so bad after all, we found ourselves ready for the second grade. Our class was again divided, this time between Mrs. Vernerder and Mrs. Riley. We gained four new students this year. They were as follows: Pat Rader from Horace Mann, Clarence Johnson from Michigan, Pat Duree from Avon, and Larry Smith from Columbia City. The third grade found us still divided into two sections, Mrs. Vernerder having one sec- tion and Mrs. Hugh Brown having the other. This year we lost Jim Dunnuck, who transferred to another school. Our class increased in size with the addition of Gerald Eckert from Huntington Catholic, Diane Elett from Fort wayne, Jim Sills from State Street, Vernon Byrd, and Nora and Catherine Huffman. We started the fourth grade with Miss Gesaman as our teacher. A newcomer was Gene Hauenstein from Clear Creek. We lost Douglas Watkins. We started fifth grade off with a bang under the direction of Mrs. Wike. She taught us many things about wild life. Learning about wild life with us was Janet Hoch from Riley, Pat Hawkins from Fort Wayne, Roger Norton from Ohio, Jim Dunnuck from Lagro, and Riva LaBar, This year Diane Elett and Karlita Bonewitz moved away. We went on to the sixth grade with wonderful dreams of soon being in junior high school. Cletus Lahr was the teacher. Added to our class were Janet Bowers from Central, Judy Paxton from Tipton, and Rhea Creager from Lincoln. Subtracted from our class were Pat Duree and Larry Smith. fContinued on page 755

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PROPHECY We four members of the junior class of '58 predict that in ten years the seniors of said year will be distributed as herein documented. Catherine and Mary Huffman, after breaking their long engagements, will be writing a lovelom column in the Sob Sister Journal. Beverly Wiley will be spend ing all her time and efforts trying to find out what is Written on the Wind. At the Navy Testing Ground at Stupendeo Saturn, Jerry Willour, well known detective, will be hunting down Gene Hauenstein in connection with the theft of a glass of H20 from the laboratory of Jim Sills, scientist in charge of the Missile Testing Program. Sandy Storey will be still trying to teach Dick Funderburg ballet, thinking that it might help him to lead cheers, but Dick won't be able to keep his mind on business. Riva LaBar will be selling stockings for canaries, which is strictly for the birds. Bill Cone and Janet McHenry will be swinging through the trees on vines while making movies with MGM, playing the roles of Tarzan and Sheena. Janet Hoch will have just won the Nobel Prize for her latest novel, 'How to Trap a Mouse. Tom Tobin will be teaching the natives of Mercury how to blow smoke rings and do the French Inhale. Pat Rader will have gone into the singing business. She will be singing Jello ads for Nello, Ausenpher, Birstrom and Nello Company. Donna Earlyw ine will have just run the fastest mile in the Olympics. fMaybe we should tell you she was chasing Count Lawrence Landrum and his millions.j Phil Bruss will be using a meat Cleaver on a stack of Sputniks: it seems he will redistribute them. He will steal them off the rockets at Cape Canaveral while the army and navy are still trying to decide whether or not to set them off, and will sell the parts to Russian agents. Judy Paxton will be a beautician. You should see what she has done for the statues on Easter Island. Diane Elett will still be playing the piano. She will be appearing with a hill- billy band, Mike Bryan's Bootleggers.. She has given concerts with her toes so long that she will no longer wear shoes.