Linden High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linden, IN)

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1940 fifteen frightened, yet excited, children entered the first grade class room of Linden High School. The warm greetings given us by Miss Stephenson and the thrill of new friendships soon ban- ished our fear. Miss Stephenson, with her gentle firmness and unlimited patience, guided us through the first year successfully and provided the foundation upon which our education has been built. At the end of our second year in school, Miss Bymaster was still try- ing to convert monsters into little ladies and gentlemen. However, when, in the third grade, Mrs. Eva McKinsey Hudson pad- died wirey Donald Waltz, a new class member, for crawling between the rows of seats, our conduct strangely improved immediately. Besides Don- ald, cheerful little Lester Rafferty joined the rank and file of the class of 1952 that year. In the fourth year of elementary training, it is customary for eager learners to begin their study of the history of their country. Mrs. Gilky, under whose supervision Mrs. Hudson had gladly placed us, shortly dis- covered that we didn’t want to study history but were determined to make the grade. Nevertheless, we and Mrs. Gilky survived the struggle; and at last we were ready to ascend the awe-inspiring stairway that seemed to be only for high school students. At the top of the stairway we found Mrs. Burns, who guided us through the fifth and sixth grades. During the sixth year diminutive Martha Fifer’s name w'as added to the class roll. The seventh grade was uneventful until Jo Ann Clark, a trumpet play- er from Remington, invaded the class. We hadn’t fully recuperated from Jo Ann’s arrival when Charles Kell, a good-looking farm boy with dimples, joined us. During the latter part of the seventh year, Charlotte Ruch, who had an excellent eye for horses, became a new class member.

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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.

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THE BULLDOG 1 9 5 2 The eighth grade was a normal year. We were accustomed to being in the assembly, had learned to find our way among the class rooms, and were anxiously awaiting the day when we would be full-fledged freshmen. Naturally, during the first few weeks of our first year of high school our heads were in the clouds; however, the upper classmen soon made us realize we were just green Freshmen. The sophomore year was climaxed by the arrival of our treasured green and white class sweaters. With the selling of concessions, the ordering of class rings, the pre- sentation of our Class Play, “Calling All Carrs”, the junior-senior recep- tion, and the many other activities, we felt our junior year had been a very active and most enjoyable one. Finally, the senior year arrived, and we were busy working on our annual, looking forward to the time we would receive our diplomas. We hope the last twelve years have not been too strenuous for our teachers and fellow students. The thirteen of us wish you who are still in school as happy a time as we have had.