Loogootee High School - Black Gold Yearbook (Loogootee, IN)

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From there we traced down Jimmy Krodel in Stanford. We went there and expected to find Jimmy loafing around. We were really shocked to find Jimmy working as a clown--in his own circus, no less! We also learned that Herb Frye worked in Stanford. He is the swimming instructor in a girls' school. Lucky boy! Our next stop was Chicago. We stopped at a big tape manufactory managed by Frosty Fields. He told us that he decided to go into the tape manufacturing business because of all the tape he had seen used at L.H.S. on the basketball team. He told us that Bill Bohlinger owned a little shop on Fifth Avenue. We went to the shop and there on a big sign out in front were the words, Pierre's Beauty Sa- lon. Surely this wasn't Billy! But it was. We found out that Don Hall owned a big plant that man- ufactured Goose Grease, the best grease there is for hair. While at the Goose Grease plant, Don told us that Mary Lou Cox was working in his laboratory trying to invent something to take ink out of cloth. She got tired of throwing away good clothes because of ink stains. We traveled to Indianapolis and found Don McGuire working at the Fox. He sure has moved up, hasn't he? From Indianapolis we went to Cape Canaveral, where Ruth Goode has become head pro- fessor. We arrived there just in time to stop her from shooting Prof. Gary Mosby to the moon. She said he was trying to invent a rubber rolling pen, but she would put a stop to that. We drove around the base and ran across Mary Ann Truelove, (Cropp now). Mary Ann said that Sammy Truelove was teaching at the Base High School. He teaches Drivers Training, of all things. Sam told us that we had really missed a lot of excitement. Pvt. Roy Duncan had just been arrested the day before for try- ing to sneak into the Wacs barracks. We journeyed on to Louisville and stopped at the Louisville T. V. station where Jim Pankey work- ed as a news commentator. He had just received a phone call from Patty Cox informing him that he had forgotten to turn on the switch and there was no sound. Jim's broadcast consisted of the news that there was a big fire at the port in Norfolk. One of the firemen in the picture was Verlan Davis. We never expected Verlan to become a fireman. Now, we had found all of our classmates but two, Kay Sheetz and Robert Seals. Betty had learned that Kay Sheetz was now a housewife and was living in Ireland. We went to see Kay to find out how she was. While there, Robert Seals appeared at the door selling Fuller Brushes. He said he thought that would be a good way to find a wife. He came to the wrong house this time. We were now just 10 minutes from our deadline. We hopped in our helicopter and headed for Loogootee. We walked in the office with our story 2 minutes before the deadline. There in the office stood our class sponsor, Mr. Purcell, muttering under his breath. Patty and I got a promotion for our splendid work, but boy, were we bushed! 22

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SKMOIt CLASS NtOPIIBiY On May 7, 1971, Patty and I, working as newspaper reporters for the Loogootee Tribune, were call- ed into the office of our editor, Denny Phillips. He was wanting to run a special news editorial on our graduating class of 1961. It was our first big break and we wanted to make good. We were going to have to work hard for the editorial was to be published on May 19, the day of our graduation anniversary. We knew we could not accomplish this task by ourselves so we turned to the F.B.I. for help. Who do you think was appointed to help us but our old classmate, Betty Evans. Our story started in our home town where we knew what the kids were doing. Peggy Fish is a Phys. Ed. teacher—she teaches body conditioning. Ronnie Daugherty is now the official popcorn popper at old L.H.S. Roger Gentry is president of the Beatnik Club (commonly known as the Way-Out Club) of Loogootee. Ronnie Fullerton, who became a Latin teacher, is still skipping through the halls of L. H.S. flirting with the girls. Jim Melton owns a big farm just outside the city limits of Loogootee and is quite a success. To get the rest of the information for our story, we had to rent a helicopter and travel all over the United States. You'll never guess who our pilot was! Camilla Jones. She said she really likes her work. Our first stop was at Plainville. Wayne Dillon now owns and operates his own gas station in Plainville. Wayne informed us that Danny Hoffman owns a big chicken ranch on the outskirts of Epsom. We went to the ranch and found Paul Moffitt working as his foreman. Danny told us that he is having trouble with his hens smashing their eggs. Could it be that Paul is always late to pick up the eggs? We then traveled to Las Vegas. We stopped at the Pizza Palace for dinner and were surprised to learn that Marilee Atchison and Suzanne Strickland were the owners. Mari lee and Suzanne cameout and talked to us and told us the bad news that the Palace was being closed the next day for illegal doings in the back room. They also told us that Jo Ann Harris and Gary Fox were co-owners of most of the gambling cassinos and beer joints in Las Vegas. We visited their offices and found Carolyn Hembree working as their private secretary. She obtained this position on the recommendation of her high school shorthand and typing tea- cher. Carolyn informed us that Shirley Woods was working in Las Vegas as a divorce lawyer. I bet she keeps busy! Betty tracked some of the kids down in New York. Sharon Jones was the first one we ran across. She was deep in politics. She announced her intentions of running for the Presidency in November. Just think! She will be our first woman President! Sharon told us the news that Joe Montgomery had just been appoint- ed as Ambassador to Russia. We hope he doesn't do anything to harm our relationship with Russia. Sharon said that one day when she was downtown in Macv's she ran across Doris Stranqe. We went to Macv's and found Doris working as a model—she was modeling men's socks. We asked Doris if she knew of the whereabouts of any of the old classmates. She said we would be surprised to learn that Karen Jordan has traveled more than any other woman in the world—she is the elevator operator in the Empire State Building. 21

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SENIOR CLASS WILL I, Marilee Atchison, will my height to Terry Abel. I, Patty Barber, will my freckles to Diane Conolty. I, Bill Bohlinger, will my place in the cafeteria to Larry Deaton. I, Mary Lou Cox, will my ability to go steady to Vicki Jeffers. I, Patty Cox, will my algebra problems to George Duncan. I, Ronnie Daugherty, will my height to Roy Pannell. I, Verlan Davis, will my cowboy boots to Mike Lett. I, Wayne Dillon, will my cards to Mr. Williams. I, Roy Duncan, will my seat in civics class to anyone who wants it. I, Patty Ellis, will my position to go to Girls' State to Mary Ellen Wood. I, Betty Evans, will my position as majorette to Yvonne Strickland. I, Forrest Fields, will my share of tape to Darrell Smith. I, Peggy Fish, will my blond hair to Andrea Palladino. I, Gary Fox, will my ability to get along with the opposite sex to Charles Sheetz. I, Herb Frye, will my dark complexion to Gene Chanley. I, Ronnie Fullerton, will my ability to have wrecks to Eddie Deaton. I, Roger Gentry, will my bucket of bolts to Tom Medina. I, Ruth Goode, will my ability to get caught by Mr. Williams to Jo Ann Chattin. I, Donald Hall, will my romantic mood while in the show to Larry Hotz. I, Jo Ann Harris, will my shorthand to Tony Slone. I, Carolyn Hembree, will my experience to ride home on the bus to any city slicker. I, Camilla Jones, will my partial plate to Junior Gee. I, Sharon Jones, will my sneakers to Janet Westenbarger. I, Karen Jordan, will my pony tail to Phyllis Survance. I, Jim Krodel, will my ability to play basketball to Bill Drake. I, Don McGuire, will my dental plate to Mr. Jones. I, James Melton, will my seat in study hall to Bob Hinkle. I, Paul Moffitt, will my ability to get to school on time to Mike Newton. I, Joe Montgomery, will my way with women to Larry Hotz. I, Gary Mosby, will by getting into trouble with Mr. Williams to Larry Trambaugh. I, Jim Pankey, will my pegged pants to Bob Haines. I, Denny Phillips, will my position on the track team to any freshman. I, Kay Sheetz, will my ability to go steady to Judy Baker. I, Robert Seals, will my red hair to Kenny Ellis. I, Doris Strange, will my disposition to Valerie Christley. I, Suzanne Strickland, will my ability to stay slim to Patty Duncan. I, Mary Ann Truelove, will my ability to get a diamond to Brenda Gillick. I, Sam Truelove, will my second set of car keys to the office. I, Shirley Woods, will my position in the office to Patty Harper.