Linden High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linden, IN)

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THE BULLDOG 1 1) 5 2 Our good sports writex-, Jim, Says that girls don’t interest him. This we do not dai'e believe, But he says “You wait, I shan’t deceive.” Martha Fifer, a very good artist, Seems to work her very hai'dest. But yet she seems to click, With a special boy named Dick. Joan Sabens, our annual’s proof reader, Has also become a very good leader. She doesn’t look at John, Bill or Harley, Because she’s waiting patiently for Chai'lie. Our trumpet playei', Jo Ann Clark, Can sing merrily like a lai’k. She also has a beau named Jim, And she sure thinks a lot of him. Our saxophone player, Virginia A., Has a lot to do in a shoi't day. She takes sewing and uses bobbins, But she thinks a lot of that Chip Robbins.

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CLASS POEM Donald Waltz is the basketball star of the class, He is always studying so he will pass. Sometimes in class he does not do well, But he does with his girl, Pat Kell. Charles White is quite a lad, He’s the best president we could have had. He has so much fun with the lasses, And always they’re in the lower classes. Charles Kell is a handsome guy, He makes the girls faint and sigh. The reasons are he’s so cute and tall, And he can even play basketball. There’s a girl who’s on the beam, And she’s labeled Barbara Jean. She’s younger than the other kids in the class, But with a few prayers she might possibly pass. Now let’s take a big long look, At a gal named Charlotte Ruch. And when to you she’s looking bored, She’s not, she’s thinking about a boy named Ward. Our class’s red head is quite a girl, The boys from Crawfordsville keep her in a whirl. It’s our quiet librarian, Ruth Ann, Who gets freckles instead of a tan. Our sunshine queen, Miss Barbara Guard, Gives us the impression of working hard. But she always has some time to spend, With Sonny Coopman, her boy friend. Our best salesman is named Lester, He gets by with many a jester. You’ll generally see him in a nice big car, Although his girl friends never live far,

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THE BULLDOG 1 9 CLASS PROPHECY 5 2 It was a bright Sunday afternoon as we started on a little jaunt through the country. It is always good to get out of a city and get some fresh air. After we had walked about three miles, we decided to sit down and rest. It just so happened that there was a very well-kept cemetery near by, so we sat down under some nice shade trees. All of us were getting a bit sleepy, and we decided to stay there for a while. Suddenly, before my very eyes, a grave opened and a tall, white figure arose. In a deep voice he announced, “I am Charles White, president of the Senior class of 1952 of Linden High School. The meeting will now come to order.” Silently twelve figures arose and took their seats upon their headstones. “The secretary will account for the lives of the class members”, con- tinued the president. Barbara Guard’s figure arose from her headstone as she solemnly read: “The last meeting of the class of 1952 was a reunion held May, 1972. Charles White, who had been Linden’s mailman since his father’s retire- ment and also proprietor of ‘Whitey’s Theater’, toi'e himself away from his two jobs and his family to attend and preside over the 1972 reunion. He was claimed to be the best mailman Linden had ever had in its history of postal service; also, there have been favorable comments about his movie house. He learned to operate a movie projector during his high school years at Linden. One of Charles’ two sons is in charge of the theater and the other son is Linden’s mailman. Also present was our former vice-president, Charles Kell, who was an outstanding farmer in Montgomery County. Besides farming, he assisted with the State Hi-Y Club—having gained his knowledge of the organiza- tion when he was president of the Linden chapter during his senior year. “Barbara Guard Coopman (class secretary) liked writing and working on the newspaper staff so well she published a newspaper of her own— ‘The Guard Special.’ She learned from Mr. Ratliff that current events are very important in one’s life so most of her paper sided toward world happenings. Behold! She was not too deeply interested in her career to marry! And, of course, she set aside a special column for Sonny Coop- man’s ‘Laffs Jokes.’ “Joan Sabens (class treasurer) went on to college to study music and Latin. She became a Latin professor, but when Charles McDonald was discharged from the service, they were married and had two children. Joan didn’t have time to play the piano or clarinet after her marriage until the children were grown; then she gave a few concerts of her own. “The former Ruth Ritchie (class reporter) held a position as reporter on Barbara Coopman’s paper staff. Soon after graduation, when Ruth went to Kentucky to live there awhile, she met a very nice southern gen- tleman with a lot of money. They got married and had three children, all of whom were redheads.