Madison High School - Highlights Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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CLASS PROPH ECY l948 Too eager to wait the required length of ten year, we, the Senior Class of 1948, de- cided unanimously to see what was in the future for us. We all jumped in Wehrly's Dodge and turned toward the fortune teller's home. We sat around her table to have our palms read. One at a time, she begged, the presence of more than one disturbs my contact. Standing back, we listened. After receiving a list of our class members she started down the list. Frank Ballard, she called. Stepping forward he answered, 'tPresent. 'Ah, she said, gazing intently, I see you, in apron, early in the morning, dusting the tables of a restaurant of which you are joint proprietor. And the sign reads 'Ballard and Powell-Foods of Quality'. tlf you can't find a hamburger, here is a magnifing glass! Next! she exclaimed, Carolyn Blackf' Carolyn appeared looking scared las usual.J I see a picture of you walking accross a stage, carrying a lantern. Coming to your line, you are saying, Van, 1Johnsonb this lantern wo,n't throw shoe. That's bad, he says, but we don't need a light, the moon is bright enough, You have a great acting career ahead of you. Ruth Hess was then beckoned. A secretary, the gypsy reported, for a U. N. Representative, it is a member of your class, but I cannot see the name. You shall be known as a great worker. Ruth Ann Morehous was next in line. I see an invitation in your hand. It requests your presence at a tea given by the wife of the President of the United States to be given at the White House. Your husand is the Secretary of State and you are well known. Mary LeMaster, she called. Yes, a Chopin the second! Greatest musician Amer- ica has known.' You are playing in a large auditorium. Thousands of people from far and near have come to hear your music. You shall be remembered. Henry was next. Powell, half owner of the Ballard-Powell Restaurant. You are the sole entertainer. There need be no other. You are a great comedian indeed Bob Hope is fast losing ground. Your radio program is called Powell's Punches. Roberta Shaneyfelt was then asked to report. I see in your future a young man. He is a rocket pilot. You are the stewardess of his rocket plane. You own a large home just out of Washington, D. C. Romona Shauver, called the fortune teller. When Ramona came forward, she said, You are to be recognized by many as the greatest dress designer of all times. You shall live in the heart of New York City and be high in social life. Your penthouse is indeed beautiful and you shall entertain muchf, I Gladys Smith was asked to come forward. f'Here is a singer, she remarked. You will be a great alto soloist in the Metropolitian Opera. You will have a radio program but with much competition, Henry's program is the same hour, As Bob started to her table she said, t'Robert Stump, better known as 'Babe Ruth the second. A great ball player indeed. You are pitcher for the New York Midgets who have won the world championship for the last five years. Sports fans yearn for your autograph. Here is that P. N. Representative, she declared, as Bill Wallace stepped up. You have been very successful in your dealings with Russia, you have put off war many times and have now made them our friends. The American people are much indebted to you. . t'Thank you, we all sang out starting back to Madison to report the news and to await eagerly our bright future. Ramona Joyce Shauver Gladys Louise Smith Thirty-three

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CLASS HISTORY September 2, 1936, the Senior Class entered school for the first time, and were under the supervision of Mrs. Mabel Ickes. We wanderezl around shyly for a few days but we soon be- came accustomed to our new adventure. Very few of us succeded in keeping our names off the blackboard because of whispering. Ruth Ann Morehous, Henry Powell, and Ruth Hess are the only remaining members of that beginning class. Our second grade tears and troubles were told to Miss Marie Bibler, who steered us safely through that year, and prepared us for grade three. With all the curosity of our new room and new teacher we took on the subject of English under the instruction of Mrs. Doris Harruff Freemyer. She guided us for the next two years. During these years the teacher was kept very busy trying to decipher the puppy-love notes which she found in very unusual places. Mary Marie LeMaster joined our class in this, our third year. With more knowledge now than ever. we proceeded to grades five and six with Mr. Dale Marsh as our first man teacher. There still seemed to be puppy-love notes circulating, but we were more experienced at it now, and that meant less for our teacher to read. We were nearly grown-up by the end of the sixth grade, and with Gladys Smith added to our class, Mr. Marsh prepared us for upstairs All grown-up and ready for anything, except those class bells, we managed the seventh grade very nicely with Frank Ballard Jr. being admitted to the class. Miss Blanche LeFever was our class sponsor. Our last year of elementary school went by quickly, with Mrs. Thelma Kidder Wiebusch as our class sponsor. We welcomed Robert Stump and William Wallace into our class. The next year we were in High School with the title of Green Freshmen. A weiner roast was the occasion of our first class party in the Fall, with our sponsor, Mr. Clarence McLaughlin, and his ghost stories. Romona Shauver, coming from Salamonia, became a member of our class this year. Our class was represented in a Christmas Program, in Decem- ber, with Mrs. Ruth Glunt directing. We all passed this grade successfully, including Algebra. As Silly Sophomores we got by with Health and Safety, even though we weren't emo- tionally grown-up. Mrs. Ruth Glunt was our class sponsor and we enjoyed two more parties. The girls were given the privilege of serving the dinner at the Junior-Senior Reception held in Union City. With much coaching from Mrs. Bernice Fennig, our Home Economics teacher, we successfully accomplished this task. We were glad to receive two more members that year, Carolyn Black and Roberta Shaneyfelt. When we became Jolly Juniors we discovered how to manipulate the typewriters. With Mr. Robert Wehrly, our sponsor, we were out to make money. We sold magazine subscrip- tions, Tomcat badges, and Tomcat T-shirts. In April, we entertained the Seniors with a formal reception at Portland, Indiana. Our biggest event was our performance in our Junior Class Play, Seeing Double, under the direction of Mr. Wehrly. On November 19 our class rings began to shine all over Madison. We went to a fooball ame for our class party and later went to the home of Mr. Wehrly and made several recordings. As Dignified Seniors we tried our best to uphold our title, and kept Mr. Wehrly as our class sponsor. Our class membership has remained the same during our Junior and Senior years. We had our class party on October 10 with a hay ride and a Weiner roast. We sold chances on turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas for a little extra money. We also sponsor- ed a paper drive on December 18. At the beginning of the second semester we started gathering material for The Highlights of 1947-48. We enjoyed being guests at our first Alumni Banquet on March 27. On April 23, we pre- sented our class day program and the following evening we were entertained by the Juniors with a formal reception at Union City. Our Baccalaureate was on Sunday evening, April 25, and Commencement was held on April 29. Our school days are now over. At times we seemed ready to give up and perhaps a bit discouraged, but in all, they have been the best years of our lives. They will probably be un- equaled in our future life work. Ruth Ann Morehous Ruth Hess Thirty-two

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CLASS WI LL We the class of 1948, being of sound mind and body, do make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. To the Freshmen we will the right to advance from the green into the Sophomore year. To the Sophomores we will the privilege of advancing into the upper class and knowing that they will uphold the standards of Madison High School. To the Juniors we bequeath all the senior dignity which we have left behind, our worn out books and our waning prestige We will to each Junior the following: A I, Frank Howard Ballard, will my ability to control my temper while playing basketball to Howard Paul Shauver. I, Henry Albertus Powell, will my knowledge of Chemistry and Physics to Robert Lee Wallace and Vernon Earl Stoner. I, Evelyn Ruth Ann Morehous, will by blush to Alice Eileen Shaneyfelt. I, Ruth Evelyn Hess, will by giggle ani good naturedness to William Lewis Green and Ardis Ellen LeMaster, I, William Paul Wallace, will my ability to argue on the subject of automobiles to David Keener. I, Carolyn Louise Black, will the honor to be the first in the class to wear a diamond to Vera Marceil Prescott. We, Ramona Joyce Shauver and Mary Marie LeMaster, will our ability to always be together and get along at all times to Aletta Mae and Wanetta Fay Stoner. I, Roberta Jean Shaneyfelt, will the back seat in the assembly and my bashfulness to Richard Eugene Prescott. I, Gladys Louise Smith, will my quiet nature and cheerfulness to Richard Keith Crawley. I, Robert Lowell Stump, will my ability to get dates, in a round about way with the good looking girls, to Edwin Ronald Kaderly and Paul Edwin Lake. To our teachers who have lead us through the years we do hereby bestow our gratitude, our memory, and the knowledge which we left in our books. To Mrs. Marjorie Sweeney we will our ability to keep together in group singing. To Mr. Clarence McLaughlin we will our ability in Commercial Geography to draw maps to suit his taste. To Mrs. Audrey Kennedy the senior girls will their ability to continuously air their troubles in Home Economics Class. To Mr. John LeMaster we will our ability to keep the lower classmen under con- trol when he is absent. To Mr. Gscar Weibusch the senior boys will their Periodic Classification of Elements. To Mrs. Thelma Weibusch we will ou ability to replay basketball games in Civics Class. To Mr. Wehrly the senior girls will their ability to exhibit their legs at crucial points in a ball game. To Mr. Wehrly the senior boys will their ability to play basketball. In witness whereof, we the class of 1948 do hereby agree the above to be our last will and testament and do set our seal of eternal memories on this 23 day of April, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-eight. lSignedl Roberta Shaneyfelt Thirty-I L