Linden High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linden, IN)

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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.

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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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THE BULLDOG 1 9 5 2 “Virginia Anthrop had quite an interesting life. She studied music at DePauw for one year, and then quit to marry Chip Robbins after a whirlwind courtship of three weeks. They had six children (three boys and three girls) and resided in Clarks Hill. “Jo Ann Clark, former proprietor of the Hall’s Cafe, married Jim Fer- rier and had three children all of whom played trumpets. They formed a trio which was nationally famous. Each of the three children now owns a restaurant located in Clarks Hill, Bowers, and New Richmond. “Martha Fifer, after graduating from Linden, took an art course and graduated with flying colors. During her high school years, she and Dick, her boy friend, had a little spat and decided to call it quits. But during her art course, they made up and decided to get married and settle down. They adopted a beautiful child whom they named Reginald but called Reggie for short. They resided in Romney. “It seems that Barbara Hunsicker did some pretty wonderful things. Barbara received her master’s degree of science at Purdue and then she became quite famous with her experiments and discoveries. Barbara’s husband was also a graduate of Purdue. They did not have any children, but instead raised some orphans from Korea. “Lester Rafferty really made good after he got out of high school. If you will remember, Lester had a very good voice. At the last concert that he gave while he was in high school, a man heard him and asked him to audition for the Metropolitan Opera. So Lester made about six thousand dollars a week. That was quite a change from the money he was making on the railroad in the summer of ’51. “Charlotte Ruch, after graduating from ‘dear ole Linden High’ de- cided to accept Bayne Ward’s offer of marriage. They lived in a house which Fred Smith had built for them out in the pasture near the Smith house. Smith’s farm is now a large horse ranch. The Wards had two sets of twins. It seems that they took after their mother, since they were all elected yell leaders during their high school years. “Don Waltz, it seems, was a busy person. When he and Pat Kell got married, they decided to run a restaurant which took up a lot of their time. Also, they had six boys and two girls. Since Don was always good at basketball, he reared his children to become great athletes. All of the boys played basketball and the two girls were cheer leaders. “The last member left in the class of ’52 is Jim Vail. Jim ran a filling station, motel, and restaurant out on the edge of Linden. I heard that he made quite a bit of money until his hired help began to get scarce and he had to close up. Jim never did marry because he was too busy with running his filling station, motel, and restaurant.” After this Charles adjourned the meeting and .... All at once, I felt something hit me on the head and I sat up in a daze. An apple from the tree that I had been sitting under had just fallen and hit me on the head. It was then that I realized I had been dreaming about the class of 1952 and how wonderful they turned out to be. After I was fully awake we got up and continued our little jaunt on the bright Sunday afternoon.