Jasper High School - J Yearbook (Jasper, IN)

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TGS WZCZVZ OFFICERS President .... WILLIAM DUDINE Vice President . . . DORISS KREMP Secretary-Treasurer . STANLEY KELLER ON SEPTEMBER 2, 135 Freshmen started their high school careers at Jasper High School. They were a timid and shy looking bunch wandering through the halls not knowing where to go or what to do next. They opened the wrong doors, attended the wrong classes, and in general didn't know what was going on. The Freshies pinned the responsibility of class activities on Bill Dudine, President, Doriss Kremp, Vice President, and Stan Keller, Secretary and Treasurer. They elected Margaret Berger and Kenny Krempp as the class representatives on the Student Council. The Freshmen group was not one to sit back and let others do the work. They played an active part in contributing to the social functions of the school. Under the guidance of their class sponsors, Miss Pate, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. Irons, they completed their first high school year successfully. We seniors feel confident that the class of l949 will continue to carry on the high ideals of our school. Page Twenty-nine

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Class P70729 QC!! LEON PFISTER sat on the hard cot in his cell. He raised his head as Rich Eckerle, the iailor, opened the door. Here's your dinner, he said. I never saw anyone so fussy about his last meal. It had to be prepared at Heldman's Res- taurant by Joan Merkley, the head cook. lt had to be only Berg's T-bone steak. Such goings on. Imelda Vonderschmidt entered carrying a large tray laden with the afore-mentioned food. Leon slowly began to eat. Betty Spillmeier entered in a few minutes to cut his hair. Another of his peculiarities. About an hour later Rich walked in with Guards Elmer Schipp and Coon Yaggi and Father Louis Korff. Leon rose and began to walk down the corridor. The two guards walked behind him as he spoke to the venerable priest. They entered the room at the end of the hall, and Leon was strapped into the large chair by John Fehribach and Eugene Haase on hand to prevent any last minute violence. There were many reporters present including Mary Lou Hoffman, famous for her sob stories, Doris Baker and Hats Woolsey of the New York Sun, plus Louise Heichelbach, the famous columnist. O Dennis Kunkler, the electrocutioner, got ready to pull the switch, in a few minutes it was all over. Then suddenly Warden Bergherm rushed in with Western Union messenger, Tom Jochim, with a telegram from Governor C. Bredhold, who influenced by his wife, Louella, and by new evidence brought to light by the con- fession of Ralph Jacob, had pardoned the condemned man. Leon's wife, Mary Rudolph Pfister sat in the ante-room sobbing while Bill Nalin, Bernard Burger, Richard Briedenbaugh, and Harold Meyer, her old suitors, begged her to choose one of them. When she learned that her ex-husband was innocent she stalked off saying, I knew he wasn't man enough to do it. Later Dallas Krodel, the Undertaker, with his helpers, Cyrilla Witcher and Rosa Lee Steffe, took away the body. It was then given to Jim Toole and Gloria Kunkel, gravediggers. They buried his body in Voegerl Cemetery. As the last shovel full of earth fell upon the grave Tom Vollmer, Leon's guardian angel, de- scending from above, started him on his long iourney to the Celestial City. On his way up he saw the Heavenly Trumpeters of the 20th Century , Shorty Kieffner and Bob Schwinghammer. As he rose higher, he saw Jerry Durlauf and Ann Kuebler, both sprouting brand new wings, trying out a new step on a cloud. Above them Bill Barnhart and Rita Beck were cutting a rug. l?l As he arrived at heaven he saw a large crowd gathered around J. St. Pe- ter Salb who was c h ec k i n g in those lucky ones permitted to enter heaven with his most high potentate, Wanda Meyer. He checked their names as they entered. Anna Mae Fleck, Viola Giesler, Oscar Knies, Edna Kress, Charles Page Thirty