Linden High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Linden, IN)

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a cheerleader but he had a hardttn e .setttng through He spent most of hts I1l'Il6 drtvtng Noma back and forth to school and telltng all the students tn class the wrong answers when the teachers called on them After ytstttne a ttme wtth Margaret we went on our way We were walktn down the street and saw Ltnn Goldsmtth comtng toward us ttpptng hts hat to all the women He knew us rtght awav and stopped to talk to us He trttroduced us to hts wtfe who was from Chtcago He had moved back to Chtcago and was runntng for a poltttcal offtce He had come home to see hts folks who were sttll ltvtng on thetr farm We asked htm tf he had seen Fred McBee lately H satd The last ttrne I saw htm he was ltvtng tnCrawfordsvtlle and had a btg cattle farm near Ltnden We asked Is he marrted yet P Iv Ltnn replted he s a bachelor btt he s ltvtng tn Crawfordsvtlle where he had so ntuch fun whtle he yas tn school We told htm we were glad to have seen htm and then we went on down the street We saw a new mustc store so we dectded to stop tn We walked throubh the door and heard a famtltar votce We all looked at each other and satd Where tn the world have we heard that votce P me he had just made a record I satd You mean he really dectded to be a stnyser? I rememberthe concert at schoolthat year and how tnterested tn mustc he was after that Yes he even went to college Mary satd We looked at the clock and tt was ttme for dtnner We went back to the Rosebud Tea Room to eat be cause they were havtnye a program that ntght After se had eaten the orchestra played a number and we ftnally recogntzed the leader as I C DePlantv Our band dtrector had told us that I C was good tn mustc but we dtdn t really thtnk so But I guess the dtrectorvvasrttht Whenthe orchestra ftntshed the number we called tol C He recobnt ed us rtght awav He always dtd know all the ptrls when he was younger He came over andtalked wtth us and told us that Jane Sabens was sttll worktng at her mustc career He satd she was stngtng wtth hts orchestra but next Nlonday she was ygotnys to audttton for the Metropolttan Opera We were surprtsed to hear that she was gotne ahead wtth her mustc career stnce we remembered how fond of the boys she was tn her htgh school days We supposed she ltad marrted The lovely dtnner and entertatnment gaxe the day a perfect endtng Phyllts and I satd good by to Mary left her at her home and left for ouro s 1 ltome tn New York We had a wonderful ttrnethat dav and were happy to see and hear about all the ktds wtth whom we had gone to school . , 2 1 . , . . I , . . e ,, ,0Y.. I - v .. . I L . A . I . , . . . ,Y . . . All at once Mary squealed, I know who it is. It's Larry Payton. I saw him just the other day and he told ' s . ' 1 ' y 1 I s v ' y' v V 1 ' V .... Y. . .

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'Ld Whtle shopplng Phyllrs Johnson and I went tnto a department store rn Ltnden We had been gone from Lrnden for about seven years and were astomshed at the changes that had taken place The populatron had rncreased from 640 to 50 O00 There were huge skyscrapers many department stores a beauuful park and wrde boulevards We walked up to the jewelry counter and our classmate Mary Ruch greeted us wrth her famrlrar srntle and hello We vrsrted wrth her for qutte a whrle and she told us that Shrrley QToddJ Crumwas the man ager of the store We weren t at all surpnsed stnce Shtrley had done so well whxle workrng at Montgomery Ward s when she was rn hrgh school Whtle we were talkrng to Mary Sh1rley rushed by and Mary called to her At frrst she drdn t know us and we had to tell her who we were We talked about old trmes and the fun we had at all the slumber partres She told us that she and Dale had been marrted soon after she frmshed buslness college and that he was the owner of the Crum Transcontrnental Shtppmg Ltnes W asked Shrrley 1f she had heard from Laura McBee lately She sard she saw her one day lastweek I asked Does Laura teach school as she had planned to do? No Shrrley sard she f1n1shed college but Bob Grrmes went to Purdue too where they became better acqualnted As soon as they were out of college they were marrred and now they have sw red headed Shtrley sard she had to be gorng back to the offtce so we told her good by It was noon so Mary Phyllrs and I went to lunch Srnce Mary ltved 1n Lrnden she took us to the Rose bud Tea Room Phyllls and I were surprrsed when we were greeted by the former Mae Cummrns who IS now Madame Rosebud proprtetor of the Rosebud Tea Room Madame Rosebud found us a lovely table and she talked wrth us whrle we ate She tnformed us that her wealth had come to her from the orl well whlch was found tn the backyard of her Krrkpatrlck home We asked about Betty Srmmons and Madame Rosebud told us that Betty had fmally decrded to take the fatal step and marry Al because Jack went back rnto the army and decrded to make ll hrs career When Phyllrs and I had come through Ltnden we saw the Sxmmons Motel so we asked about rt too Madame Rosebud sard that Betty was runnmg the motel and had enlarged rt srnce Llnden had become an tmportant c1ty When we had fmrshed our meal and an hour and a half had gone by we bade Madame Rosebud good by and went on wtthout shopprng Mary went wtth us as she had the afternoon off As we were passmg by the dress shops we spred a gorgeous dress rn one of the wrndows We went mto the shop and asked to see the dress The clerk told us that tt was the latest from Parts and was desrgned by EthelR1tch1e You could have pushed usover wrth a feather We drdn t even know Ethel wanted to desrgn clothes I fell rn love wrth the dress and bought tt When l patd for the dress I saw Margaret Hawkms at the cash regrster She was glad to see us and she told us that M1ss Rrtchre was rn Parts desrgmngclothes She sent her orrgtnals back to Amerrca and Margaret sold them for her In her dress shop Mary asked Margaret what had happened to Dtck Hampton Margaret laughmgly sard Drck went to college and was . . . . , . .,., ,. . . . . , . .. . . ,. . . . 8 . . n - ' I boys. I - s I I 0 '- . . . . . l U , I l - U l a . . . , , .1

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66444 7046! Mae Cummrns do hereby wrll and bequeath to Joyce Varl the abrlrty to move Krrkpatrrck alrttle nearer to Lrnden so she won t have so far to travel back and forth each day also a new Cadrllac so she can drrve over to vrsrt me more often I C DeP1anty do herebv wrll and bequeath to Harlan Rhea Varl my abrlrty not to go steady Lrnn Goldsmtth do herebv wrll and bequeath to Don Krrse my abrlrtx to be rn trouble and keep good grades Rrchard Hampton do hereby wrll and bequeath to Allen Lyon my abrlrty to keep a car on the road whrle drrvrng wrth one hand Fred McBee do hereby w1ll and bequeath to Beverly Royer my abrlrty to not get mad everytrme some one says somethrng to me that I don t lrke Laura McBee do hereby wrll and bequeath to Martha Hudson my slrmness and my abrlrtw to have a date once rn a blue moon Ethel Rrtchre do hereby w1ll and bequeath to Phyllrs Johnson a personal fortune teller to tell her when the next good lookrng boy wrll come rnto her lrfe Jane Sabens do hereby wrll and bequeath to Harlan Rhea Varl my even controlled temper Larry Payton do hereby wrll and bequeath to Jerry Forrest my abrlrty to cut up rn hrstory class and strll keep my present seat Shrrley Todd do hereby w1ll and bequeath to Mary Ruch my abrlrty to keep calm rn trme of chaos Betty Srmmons do hereby wrll and bequeath to Brll Clements my abrlrty to be quret rn study hall Margaret Hawkrns do hereby wrll and bequeath to Jerry Kahle my quret drsposrtron and my abrlrty to know what to say at the rrght trme the Sentor Class do hereby wtll and bequeath to Mr VanPelt four Senror grrls to grve I Q tests next year e Senror Class do herebv wrll and bequeath to Mr Lyon another bemor Class lrke the Class of 5.3 e Senror Class do hereby wrll and bequeath to Mr Bunton a state champronshlp bagkerball team an a serrous attrtude e Senror Class do hereby wrll and bequeath to Mr Buttrey a helrcopter so he won t have to watch ou for fence rows and other cars e Semor Class do hereby wrlland bequeath to Mtss McNabb a larger Latrn class and a room of rherr own the Senror Class do hereby w1ll and bequeath to Mrs Wells a quret journalrsm class the Senror Class do hereby wrll and bequeath to Mr Mack a new book explarnrng the fundamentals of musrc and a new tumng rnstrument the Senror Class do hereby wrlland bequeath to Mrs Ray a cafeterra lrne wrth the Semors frrst every week the Semor Class do herebv wrll and bequeath to the Jun1orClass our envred Sentorcords and ourabrlrty to not get along together the Senror Class do hereby wrll and bequeath to the Sophomore Class a larger class wrth more grrls the Senror Class do hereby wrll and bequeath to the Freshman Class our Senror row and our abrlrty to act drgnrfred I . . th ' , ' , ' ' ' ' ', th . V . . u . , d ' ' . th ' . ' . ' . ' t . th ' . ' ' ' ' l .