Laketon High School - Laketonian Yearbook (Laketon, IN)

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learned that she enjoyed her work very much. We bade her adieu and went to the next large city we planned to see, Rome, Italy. As we were walking down the street in Rome one sunny afternoon, who should we come across but Patricis Hileman. She liked being the art editor for the TIGER NEWS so well beck at L. H. S. that she continued drawing after she got out of sch- ool. She was so good that she was now working in Rome as a modern artist. She said that she had not found her one and only man yet. We now headed for Peking, China to get our boat and return to the United States. We landed at Los Angeles and stayed there for a few days. One morning we were walking down the street and met Mr. and Mrs. Lon Price. Mrs. Price was the for- mer Phyllis Montel. We were surprised to meet them here. Phyllis said that she decided to be a movie actress, so she married Lon and moved to Beverly Hills. As we were driving through Utah, our car began to sputter and to spurt and after investigating we found that we were out of gas. As there was no filling station in sight, we had to walk to the nearest ranch. We knocked on the door and a small girl answered, who certainly resembled the former Rose Anna Ebbinghous. No wonder; we came to find out that this was Rose Ann’s little girl. Rose Anna told us she had married a rancher eight years ago and had settled in Utah. After we got some gas, we were invited to stay for supper. We accepted the invitation and had a very good time listening to Rose Anna’s thrilling Western stories. She told us Martha Hoover was married and lived in Salt Lake City. We had seen so many of our old school mates, that we decided that we should look up the remainder of them, too. We thank- ed Rose Anna for the fine time and went to Salt Lake City. Upon arriving there we hunted for Martha. Because of her marriage, she was connected with the State Farm Insurance Company. She had been living in Salt Lake City for three years. We couldn't leave the West without going to Yellowstone National Park. As we were driving through the park, we saw a man feeding a large black bear. We stopped to watch and soon saw the man was John Floor. He had been hired as one of the caretakers at the park. Since we had seen so many of the graduates of the Class of 1952, we asked John where we could find the others. He told us that Dick Clingen- peel was connected with Erie Railroad, working out of Chicago. As we didn’t know what part he would be connected with, we thought we would have a difficult time find- ing him. It so happened that luck was with us. As we were driving through Chicago, not far from the depot, we had to stop and wait on a train. The train was almost to a dead stop. We looked at the engine and saw that Dick was the engineer. We didn’t get to talk to him, but at least we saw him. We had seen all of the graduates but two, so we headed back to Laketon. Since we had been gone so long we wanted to look the town over. As we were walking down Main Street we saw a sign which read MThe City Sweet Shop.” We decided to go in and buy some candy. Upon entering we saw the waitresses to be Doris Haynes and Ruth Reiken. After graduating they had opened this shop. Leaving the shop we saw Mrs. Mabel Weber entering. We were surprised to see her. She said that she was still the art teacher at Laketon High School. We told her of our trip and she said she Wished she could have been along. Thinking back over our trip, we decided we had a wonderful time, and were glad we had met all of the graduates of the Class of 1952. Committee: Ruth Ann Moyer Agatha Coning Louise Yoder Jerry Butler Albert Sims

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On June 1, 1962, we left Laketon on our long planned trip around the world in our new blue Cadillac. The weather was wonderful for traveling and after packing, we drove to Burch's filling station at junction 114 and 15, to get our car filled with gasoline. Tom Burch, now married and in partnership with his father, waited on us. We chatted a few moments and then bade him good-bye and were on our way. Our first big stop was to be in Washington, D. C. We stopped at a newstand and who should we come across but Jim Weitzel. He was getting a paper. He told us that he was living in Washington, D.C. and was a senator from Indiana. He had be- come a great man in politics. We now headed our car for Niagara Falls. As we were parking our car there, we glanced across the street and saw a car with the sign JUST MARRIED on it. Who should climb out but Terry Miller and his new bride. We congratulated them and learned that he was a instructor at West Point. We were sorry that we couldn't talk longer, but we were in a hurry to get to New York City. We wanted to go shopping in New York, so the first place we went to was the large Murphy’s Dime Store. After having purchased a number of things and were just about ready to leave, we glanced around and saw Carol Sue Fruitt (now Slack 1 at one of the cash registers. We hurried over to talk to her and she said that she liked working at the Murphy Dime Store in North Manchester so well that she was now clerking here. We wondered how she ever came to be in New York, but she soon explained it to us. Max was now the manager of the Murphy Store here. She said she enjoyed her work very much. She also told us the former Dorene Eltzroth was living in New York. Our next stop in New York was at Madison Square Gardens. We were looking around and much to our surprise we saw Jacob Cormany sparring around with his trainer, getting in shape for his championship fights. We had a little chat with him and then went to the Yankee Stadium. We had heard that the Yankee's were playing the Cleveland Indians that day. Just as we walked in, we heard the crowd cheering. Devon Ogden had just made a home run for the Yankee's. We thought we saw a fa- miliar face out leading a yell for the Yankee’s. It was! It was Mr. Hanson Baldwin! He had liked yelling so well back at L. H. S. that he continued doing so for the Yan- kee's. The Yankee’s won! After the game we didn't get a chance to talk to Devon, but at least we got to see him play. Next, we looked for Dorene. She was quite surprised to see us. We learned that she had worked as a secretary in the Underwood Typewrite Office and had marr- ied her boss. She was living in a small apartmen and was leading a very happy married life. We had a wonderful time in New York, but decided to see some more of the world, so went to New York Harbor, and boarded the Queen Mary , driving our car on the boat with us. We weren't on the ship long until we met Rex Baker, the cap- tain of the ship. He decided that it was cheaper to be a bachelor, so he had never married. We landed at London. Because we had always heard so much about the famous London Opera House, we decided to take time out to go there one evening. We thou- ght we heard a familiar voice, and, lo and behold, it was Myrl Frantz trying to sing the leading part. We enjoyed it very much and wished we could have talked to him. Our next stop was at Paris, France, which is noted for its style and fashion shows. One evening we went to one of the Elite Fashion Shows. Among the models was Dorothy Shewman, a graduate from that famous class of 1952. Her picture was appearing in some of the noted magazines. She saw us sitting in the audience and motioned for us to wait after the show. This gave us a chance to talk to her and we

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CLASS COLORS: BLUE AND GOLD CLASS FLOWER: WHITE CARNATION CLASS MOTTO: THE PAST FOREVER GONE: THE FUTURE STILL OUR OWN. Four years ago most of us entered Laketon High School for the first time. At last we were members of Laketon High School, greenhorn freshmen. We elected officers and the result was Phyllis Montel, president; Charles Hoffman, vice-president; Carol Sue Fruitt, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Weber took the job of sponsoring the class of twentyfive freshmen. Our class parties consisted of two weiner roasts. When we got boosted into our sophomore year, we were a little more settled than the year before. We no longer roamed the halls hunting class rooms. We were becoming a little more involved in the activities of old L.H.S. The twenty-three sophomores elected officers as follows: Terry Miller, Carol Sue Fruitt, and Phyllis Montel to the offices of president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. We again stuck Mrs. Weber with the job of sponsor- ing us. This year as before we had class dues. We also made a little money by sponsoring a skating party at Warsaw. In 1950, twenty of us came back as juniors to keep things buzzing at Laketon. This year Dick Clingenpeel took over the chief executive's chair with Tom Burch as his right-hand man and Carol Sue Fruitt as our secretary-treasurer. Mr. Ford was our co-sponsor along with Mrs. Weber, our sponsor. Within a short time our rings and sweaters were ordered. Due to conflict of rings, the boys bought from one company and the girls from another. This class of juniors presented a very successful play entitled “Peck's Bad Boy. This shindig came off on the 16th of March in the school auditorium. This success was mostly due to Mrs. Weber's patience and know-how, since she had the job of directing us. Our junior-senior reception was held at the Hotel La- Fontaine in Huntington. We and the seniors enjoyed a wonderful ham dinner and were entertained by Harold Leckrone and family. In the eventful year of 1951-52, a proud class of seventeen members en- tered Laketon High School for the last time. Of course they were the usual bunch of haughty seniors who proudly proclaimed that they knew considerably more than any member of the faculty, particularly the principal, a “swell fellow by the name of Harmon Baldwin. Along in November, we received a new student, Doris Haynes, who hailed from Lagro. This graduating class chose Rex Baker as their president, Myrl Frantz as vice-president, Carol Fruitt as their secretary, and Devon Ogden as treasurer. Since this was the money making year we sold magazines, and did we sell them! As a matter of fact, we set all kinds of records. We also sold concessions at the basketball games, or rather the girls did, while the boys helped to win the games. With all this money, we planned a nine-day trip with the Miller Tours. We will leave on May 14. This year our play was “Fresh Air. Again we had a how- ling success under the direction of Mrs. Weber. It was presented in the Laketon auditorium on the night of October 12. During the last semester, we all got down and really studied in order to become exempt from the final exams. Then on that fateful night of May 10, the eighteen members of the senior class received that piece of paper which meant our high school days were over. With a sigh of joy, relief, happiness, and yet sorrow we received that piece of paper, our diplomas. We were, of course, happy and relieved to have com- pleted our twelve years, but as we look back on these twelve years we find that we will miss dear old L.H.S. very much.