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

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CLASS PROPHECY A few days ago I was making my way up the crowded sidewalks of Loogootee when I heard the sweet music. Upon investigating, I discovered an organ grinder. When I got a better look at him, I was amazed; Bill Drake had chosen a very quaint occupation indeed! I was in town with the intention of buying myself enough clothes to last for the next two years. I would be spending these two years in Africa in the mission field. I just had one year to get everything ready for the trip. I bought my complete wardrobe from Susan Drew's Dress Shop, the most popular dress shop in town. I wasn't at all surprised when Carolyn Arvin modeled them for me. She was born to be a model. Crossing the street, I noticed a policeman standing at the parking meter by my car. The time had expired on my meter. I was so embarrassed that I didn't recognize the man for a minute. When I did recognize him as Dave Strickland, I hoped he wouldn't make me pay a fine. Some friend he was! I ended up paying it after all. The next day I went to my doctor, Steve Riggins, to get some nerve pills. I had a nice conversation with Lylia Swayze in the waiting room. She was married and had a sweet baby girl in her lap. Lylia had a severly banged up head. She said she crept out of bed in the dark and ran into a door. I thought it odd, but she talked with more sense than she had when she was in school. Lylia informed me that Anita Sanders and Ralph Haines were happily married and lived in a beautiful house near Anita's parents. It seemed as if everyone was getting married. Two days later I talked to Judy Baker's mother, who said Judy and Larry Trambaugh were married and lived in Florida. Sue Harper surprised me by telephoning me one day. She had been living in Georgia working as a beautician. She was anxious to hear all the news about the kids we had gradu- ated with. I told her all I knew. She said Norma Arvin had written to her from New Jersey. Norma was trying to find Bill Moore, who was a traveling salesman. She never could keep track of him. One day before going to Africa, I decided to call up some of the kids I had graduated with to find out what they were doing. When I called Carmen Palladino's house, her mother said she was in Indianapolis work- ing as an editor for the Indianapolis Times. I called Larry Weitkamp next. He said he was gonig to be a professor at Purdue Univer- sity the next fall. I congratulated him and asked about Bob Duncan. He said the Crane com- munity had hired Bob to tell stories to children of the neighborhood every evening. He said Bob sure wasn't making much money. Larry said that George Cochran was a Spanish teacher at Odon High School. He said Larry Christley hadn't gone to college; therefore, he had to wash windows, shake rugs, and mow lawns for the women of Crane. Darrell Nonte had been working at the Crane Ammunition Depot, but he fell asleep on the job like he used to do in government class and got himself fired. Tony Slone was in the Navy and had graduated to Fleet Admiral. Larry said Tony just loved to boss poor Gary Goller, Robert Haines, and Kenneth Holloway. He found several good excuses to make them all mop the deck. Yvonne Strickland was successfully running the Thrift Shop in Crane, but she wasn't so successful in raising her three children. They were the terrors of the neighborhood. I called Karen Fry next. Her mother said she was in the hospital. After further ques- tioning, I learned that she had been visiting Paul Chanley's farm at Rutherford Township and a cow started toward her. Karen scurried up a tree. The limb broke with her. She seemed to be all right until Paul picked her up. Then all at once she fainted. The doctors Compliments of NU-WAY CLEANERS SHOE SERVICE, Loogootee, Indiana 22 Compliments of LOOGOOTEE MOTOR SALES, Loogootee, Indiana

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JAMES MICHEAL WOODS Basketball.............. lf 2 Baseball ................ 1,2 Band..................... 1,2 Math Club................. 3 Science Club.............. 3 Vice-President ...........2, 3 T rack................... 1,2 Yearbook Staff..............4 Ambition: Industrial Engineer LARRY LEE WEITKAMP Math Club.....................3 Science Club..................3 Band....................1, 2, 3, 4 Boys' State Alternate Delegate Yearbook Staff................4 Basketball....................1 Track.........................1 Ambition: Higher Education STEPHEN KENT WITSMAN Prom Committee............3 Ambition: Success CLASS FLOWER CLASS COLORS CLASS MOTTO .................... RED ROSE ................RED AND SILVER FORWARD EVER; BACKWARD NEVER THE UNION BANK, Loogootee, Indiana 21

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said no bones were broken, but she seemed to be in a state of shock. Karen's mother said that Karen had been privileged to get Marcella Williams as her nurse. Since I was going away, I was invited to many social gatherings. I talked to Janet Wildman and Sharon Waggoner at a concert in Indianapolis. Sharon said she was a home economics teacher at one of the schools there. Janet was a librarian for the public library. Neither were married, but they were dating a lot and having a great time. They said Penny Mattingly was married and living in Loogootee. Sharon said her husband was really handsome and dark complexioned. They missed their friend, Phyllis Fields, considerably. Phyllis decided to be a travel- ing woman. They said she had gone around the world once already. They didn't say how she was traveling though. She may have been in orbit! Jane Wade invited me to her baby shower. I was really glad to see Wanda Souerdike, Linda Hembree, Joy Jackson, and Judy Fry there. Wanda had joined the WAC's, but she was home on furlough. Linda was running a poultry house in Loogootee. Her hired help was Larry Fellers and Roger Taylor. Joy said that she and Lin Olsen were secretaries for Mr. Jones. They typed out his tests for him. Finally it was time for me to leave for Africa. I knew I would miss Burns City so much. I would never forget the smell of rotten oranges in Bill Strange's store. I would miss having Eddie McGuire shine my shoes every Friday afternoon as he made his daily rounds. I would miss taking all my holey socks to Judy Hite's Darning Shop. Steve Witsman and his wife, Linda Strawn, and their three children keep Judy in business. I was gossiping with Linda over our backyard fence when she said that Mike Woods, his wife, and children visited them a few weeks ago. Mike had finished college and was working in Hawaii as an electronical engineer. Mike had told them that Delbert Stoll and his wife were flying to Japan where Delbert was a colonel in the Army. The great day arrived. I was seated in the jet which was to take me to Africa and to my future. Jo Anne Chattin, the stewardess, kept me comfortable and saw that I had plenty to eat. My seat companion happened to be Roger Parsons. He was being sent to Africa to bring a gorilla back to the States. His constant chatter of big snakes, apes, and lions had me about ready to jump out of the window. After I had stepped out of the jet, I watched the passengers get off. The last one out was the pilot, who to my amazement, was Gary Jeffers. No wonder the ride was rough. I was happy with my job as a missionary. It seemed that everyone in our Senior Class was happy and satisfied with what they were doing. Even Deri Littrell got his wish to be an accountant. He was the accountant for all the mission stations in Africa. Although we were the meanest Senior Class that was ever in Loogootee High School, we grew up to be fine men and women. by Barbara DeWeese Compliments of HOOSIERS SUPPLIES INC., Loogootee, Indiana JEFFERS GARAGE, Loogootee, Indiana