Linlawn High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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I Trall of the 49ers Most crystal balls foretell the future but the one we looked 1nto the other day show ed us a b1t of the past hfe of the l949 Sen rors Lookrng mto thls rather backward crystal ball here IS what we saw All over the country 1n September l937 many l1ttle boys and g1rls who were des tmed to become 49ers were beglnnrng a gold rush for knowledge Of th1s vast group ten of us began at L1nlawn Grade School where we were to cont1nue and to become members of the L1nlawn l-hgh School Class of 1949 We consrsted of Isaac B1nkerd Constance Clark Larry Curless Donald Denney Ralph Dyson Marllyn Garrlson Donald l-larmsh IoAnn Kroft Earl Raver and Robert Van Camp Each day at grade school was a new adventure for us We learned many th1ngs both from books and from experlence Blll Sp1tler from Frankfort Jolned our group 1n the thrrd grade and Rex Nrelsen from Wa bash I-larrtet Peebles from Marron and Delores Roser from Texas came to us rn grade f1ve Ftnally the great day arr1ved We were at last el1g1ble to go to the BIG Hlgh School for we were seventh graders loan Burwell lune Knable and Ioan Mowrer entered from Wabash and loan Potterf entered from LaFonta1ne Mr Wllllarns was our teacher and he d1d a wonderful 1ob 1n helprng to get us started off on the r1ght foot fn he e1ghth grade Fred Aukerman from Wabash and Bob W1nters from Som rset became members of the class One of t e thr1lls was havfng permanent seats 1n the hxgh school assembly At long last we found ourselves Freshmen green but h1gh school students just the same We had a good Freshman basket ball team Among the memorxes of our Fresh man year was a rrp roarmg party at Wh1te s lnstltute Soon we became sophlstrcated Sophomores Many of our boys were on the second team and Rex made the f1rst team We had an excellent party thrs year Larry took us on a hayrlde and then to nts house for games and refreshments When we showed up for school for our lumor year we found a new pr1nc1pal Mr Shanahan wa1t1ng for us lt took us no tune to become hard worktng lumors prepanng the money for our lun1or Senlor expenses We really got 1nto blg bus1ness when we started sellrng magazlne subscr1pt1ons Drv1d1ng 1nto two teams we took IH over one thousand dollars' makmg a generous proht Larry was the captaln of the w1nn1ng team and the 1nd1v1dual leader as well We had a turkey supper at the school rn celebratlon of our success Frve of our boys made the f1rst team 1n basketball two Larry and Rex playmg regularly Durrng th1s lun1or year we had a ducky swunmmg party at the YMCA rn l-luntmgton tak1ng 1n a show afterwards Early 1n the year we got our sparkhng new class rlngs Our class pres ented Baby Srtter for the trad1t1onal Iunlor play It was well recemved ln the spr1ng our class gave a banquet rn honor of the 48 Sentors At thls pornt our crystal ball glows x 1th the beauhful formals and new su1ts whrch the young ladles and young gentle men respectrvely were weartng AND NOW lets throw the crystal ball away and come from the past to the pres ent' WE HAVE BECOME THE 49 SENIORS' Pag Fo teen ' 4 . - 1 . . t I - . . I , I I I A - ' . , - I ' ' U McGinnis from LaFontaine and Eugene - - - N , ' I . . AY- - I v . , I ' e UI'

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l-lcrrrlet Peebles Secrelary Treasurer 2 Yell Leade 3 Annual Staff 4 Sen nor Play 4 Junror Play 3 Band Girls Baslrefball Team l loom Potterf Senior Play 4 Junior Play 3 Chorus 4 Enfered from Wa bas In 47 Eorl Rover Secrelary Treasurer 2 A nual Slaff 4 Assusfed Annua f 3 enuor ay ub I, ,Ban . Dolores Roser Annual Slaif lPholoqraphy Edilorl 4, Junior Play 3' Promprer-Senior Play, Band I, 2 ,3, 43 Chorus I, 2, 3, 4. ge Tfrleen Robert Von Comp Chrusrmas Play 4 Soffball 4 as efball I n C orus I 2 lolfm Wlnlers mor Play Chorus I 2 Inlermural So lball 4 Arnafeur Show Robert Wrnters ball I 2 Ba C orus l

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1' ' 1 5 5 , 2- if 4 Items from the 1969 Lmlawn Alumnr News, as reported by The Senrors of 1950 Eugene Sprtler world famous trumpet player 15 makrng a personal appearance tour appear1ng at the state and county farrs callrng the horses to the post to start the races Isaac Brnkerd a graduate of Monkey town lnstrtute of Scrence has perfected a devrce whrch wrll enable man to smell un der water Tune Knable IS a mrstress of ceremony on a radro grve away program The thous ands of dollars worth of prrzes grven away each nrght rnclude flat rrons wrth detach able handles bubble gum flowers and used peanut butter Jars Ioan Burwell the lrttle woman wrth the mrghty vocal chords has Just won natronal d1st1nct1on by wrnnrng the hog callrng con test held at Sweester lndrana Earl Raver has also achreved drstrnctron cs water boy for the Fort Wayne Darsres Softball team Rex Nrelsen and hrs pet monkey have been gorng around the streets of Wabash sellrng popcorn and peanuts He garned hrs knowledge of these b1g busrness ven tures from hrs experrence rn the L H S book store Donald Dale the Drzzy QUIZ Master over statron LHS has a specral attractron durrng lnternatronal Brotherhood week He 1S grv rng as prrzes on hrs program two trckets to last weeks productron of hrs program and boxes of Mrlky Way wrappers Robert Wrnters M D rs the chref surgeon at the Rrch Valley Munrcrpal Hosprtal Re turnrng from a huntrng trrp up at Spercher vrlle he completed hrs frrst major operatron sk1nnrng a rabbrt Wrllram MCGIHDIS presrdent of the Chrc ago Mrnrsterral Assocratron Wrll be the guest speaker at the assembly program at L H S thrs week Hrs toprc Some of the Strangest People Become Mrnrsters Fred Aukerman has a successful under takrng busrness ID Servra lndrana Freds motto IS When you are rn drre need drop dead l ll be the last one to let you down Phyllrs Crull another of the 1949 gradu ates rs runnrng a cable car up and down the Wabash Street hrll Mr and Mrs Merr1ll Hobbs were honored recently by the Dora Chamber of Commerce for havrng the largest famrly rn the com munrty Thev have th1rteen ch1ldren Mrs Hobbs rs the former loAnn Kroft Ralph Dyson sherrff of the Rrch Valley Bad Lands has been out Wrth hrs posse huntrng a desperate gang of watermelon threves belreved to be 1U thrs vrcrnrty loan Potterf toreador w1ll next appear at the large amphrtheater rn Treaty lndr ana Marrlyn Garrrson known 1n her hrgh school days as a frrend to all rs contrnurng her acts of good wrll by takrng care of all stray cats and dogs rn the nerghborhood Robert Van Camp an eccentr1c m1ll1on arre reported recently that hrs prrvate own ed luxury lrner Seablazer underwent m1nor reparrs for damage resultrng from a collr son w1th the bathtub faucet Captarn Larry Curless of the Choke Crty Polrce Precrnct l3 has just frnrshed arrest rng a desperate crrmrnal The crrme knrfrng a loaf of bread Harr1et Curless the former Harrret Peeb les runs a boardrng house for broken down and run over reformed crrmrnals Dolores Roser s now the chref cook and bottle washer for the Choketown Country Club They serve the best hash drnners 1n town lean Mower has Just srgned a contract wrth the Chrcago Bears Professronal Foot ball team They hope to wrn the champron shrp w1th therr new team member Constance Story formerly Connre Clark rs resrdrng rn her penthouse on the Salaifo nre Rrver where she spends her spare trme frshrng CShe barts her own hook tool Anna Io Axe physrcal educatron teacher at her alma mater was chosen the World s Champron all around athlete Donald Harnrsh provrdes the chrldren w1th many Wrld adventures vra the radro H reads the latest comrc books every after noon from two to three on the L H S School of the Arr lohn W1nters the warblrng garbage col lector of Rrch Valley IS the favorrte of all the housewrves He serenades them as he col lects therr rubbrsh Donald Denney has ret1red to the home of hrs hrgh Qhool sweetheart Marrlyn Gar rrson and lS ass1strng her rn ph1lanthrop1cal enterprrses He made a fortune from a patent on a new blrnd dr1v1ng devrce Whrch enables man to drrve wrthout usrng erther hand on the steerrng Wheel l-le got the rdea for thrwewce durrng hrs hrgh school courtrn days' Page F tteen ' o 0 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' , ' , . 1 ' 1 , - , - 1 1 1 1 1 . , . 1 1 ' 1 - - . , - . , - 'I iz . . I - I - - 1 1 1 . . . . , . - 1 , . ., . , . ' 1 . . . . , 1 1 ' . 1 ' . 9 I - . . . H , - - 11 . . . I - 1 . . . . . 1 . , . . ' - 1- - 1 , . 1 11 . 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 . . , . . 1 l