Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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The fever of homesickness must have been very catching as not more than a month after Mr. Holderman left us, Miss Edith Gallay received a letter from home saving that an Old sweetheart of hers, thought ,to have been lost at sea, had returned. Instantly she pack- ed her trunk and next morning had already left the ship without even saying Good-bye, We hear she is happily married and living at South Bend at the present time. In our Iunior year we gave as our class play, Attorney for the Defense, directed by Miss Stambaugh. We, the Class of IQ36, were honored by giving the first Junior-Senior banquet to be given at jefferson. The banquet was given in the school Gymnasium, which was decorated With a combination of the Senior colors, rose and silver, and the Iunior colors, green and silver. The guests were served by the Alumni girls. After enjoying a real sunnner vacation we came back to school in the fall of 1935, but were surprized to see hoxv many had dropped out during the summer. First, there was Ruby l-loldread, who had married anice little boy and was living in Elkhart. The Covert twins, Cora and Dora, had gone to live in Middlebury, Indiana. Now we hear they are living near Scott. ' Burl Lepird went to live in Ligonier. These were the last to escape the clutches of this class, Not having enough problems, to solve during our four years in High School, we gave as our Senior play, The Black Ace, a murder mystery, directed by Mr. Trump, We feel this was one of tiie most successful plays ever given at jefferson. On April 27, I936, after some nords of advice from Mr. I. O. Winger, our trip as a class was completed. From this point we are to travel separate roads, which we hope will occasionally meet, and which will lead to success and happiness. Jil J Page 13

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CLASS HISTORY Since life is constantly moving, we, the Class of 1936, have boarded an Airplane, the good ship, Knowledge, Upon boarding the ship, with fourteen passengers aboard, in the year 1932, known as Freshman, we took for ourselves the motto, Our Ship is Launched, Where Shall We Anchor? During this year, while passing over the large town of Bristol, Indiana, we added to our passengers a pair of twins, Cora and Dora Covert. Still later in the year, as we were sailing over the scenic countryside near the town of Millersburg, we gathered in the pieces of a young man bearing the name of Charles Thwaits. After much work we tinally got most of the pieces together where they belonged and made a fairly good basketball player out of him, so that he is a member of the famous Jefferson Five. While still wondering of the why's and wherefore's of our high school career, we gave as our Freshman play, Where's Grandpa? directed by Miss Stambaugh, our class sponsor. We then sailed over the summer vacation with few historical events and little men- tal exercise. Upon starting our Sophomore year we paused long enough in the city of Goshen, Indiana, to gather up school books, school teachers and such trash as would be needed during the coming year. While there we picked up some much needed mental material condned in a young man known as Richard Holderman, Several months later, passing over the same city, another young man by the name of Burl Lepird was added to the class. Being of a very sentimental nature we gave as our Sophomore play, The Romance Hunters, under the direction of Mr. Trump, class sponsor of ,33 and '34. After a good rest from our strenuous activities, we were now ready to begin the shady side of our High School career. Upon re-assembly, when the pilot had called the hated words, All Aboard, and the ship had been started, everyone began to look around to see all the familiar faces. The general question seemed to be, Any new people unluckv enough to get wrapped up in this sort of thing? Yes, a young lady was aboard bearing the name of Edith Gallay, who said her home town was Elkhart, Indiana. Perhaps this person realized her mistake as she very often deserted us when our most trying classes were in progress. In the early part of 1935, upon passing the old home of Mr. Richard Holderman, we decided to allow him a short visit with his paf81ltS, but he liked ll S0 Well lllat he never joined us again. Page 12

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CLASS PROPHECY As I was lonely one evening in the fast moving town of New York, I thought per- haps I should see an astrologer. I thought maybe he could tell and show me, through his knowledge of the stars, where my classmates of '35 were keeping themselves. Bright and early the next morning I was on my way to the world's greatest astrolo- ger. To my great astonishment, he turned out to be my old classmate. john Berkey. When over the excitement of seeing each other in New York, I asked him if he knew where any of our other classmates were. He said he could easily get in touch with any of them at any time. I-Ie asked, Do you care to see any of them in particular or would you care to see them all? I told him I would like to see all of them. So he asked me to step up to his newest invention, It was a machine that focused them on the wall so that one could see them and hear what they were saying. The first view carried us far across the continent. We couldn't see anything for a while, but we heard much commotion. johnny asked, Has something gone wrong with my apparatus, I don't seem to be getting any picture? But the picture soon came into view and we were at Reno, Nevada. We saw what seemed to be a courtroom and much excitement going on, Look, I said, there is a figure,-why, it is Christine Logan! What was she do- ing at Reno? There was only one answer,-the scene was in a courtroom and Christine was getting a divorce. But who was the fortunate? We soon found out for upon the appearance of the defendent it was none other than Roy Gardner. Well, said Johnny, we'1i leave her to fight her own battles The next scene took us on to the coast. Iohnny said, Here comes a boat ing I wonder if my brother is on itg wouldn't it be ajoke if he Were? The last time I saw him he said he was going to be a sailor. The boat came in and no other than William Berkey was at it's helm. johnny said, w 'Jn Well, knock me down and pick me up if it isn't he We were about to leave that scene but I cried, Vk'hoa! What's the matter? he asked. Wait, I said, I think I see another familiar figure coming down the gangplanki' It was Betty Kitson of our good old class. She was talking to another lady, and said she had been all over Europe selling the latest things in cosmetics. Our next scene took us to Geneva, Switzerland, where we saw a pert little WHVETCSS in one of Geneva's most Swanky night clubs. We recognized her to be Lavonne Smetzer, our little cutie of the class of '36. We were then ou our way to Paris Our next vieW was a very eXC111SiV8 DYCSS Shoppe. The sign in front said, Mather's Shoppe. We wondered if the owner might be Violet Mather. Upon seeing the inside we were spellbound for we had never seen such a beautiful place. Yes, there was Violet standing to one side with an interested buyer. Vio- let motioned for a group of models to come out on the platform, The first model was none other than Ruth Everest. All of a sudden we heard a fire gong, and the scene before us was at Chicago, lll. Chicago's largest Fire Department was atlsvvefiilg H Call. There Were IIIHHY trucks going out. Coming along last, but by no means least, was the Fire Chief. W hy, I said, he looks familiar. It's Horace Fairfield! Page 14