Madison Township High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Wakarusa, IN)

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MADISONIAN TWENTY YEARS HENCE— tt r Mail, Special, The latest news from long distance, was the cry J J that I heard as I stepped from my apartment on Fifth Ave., Extra. I called to my partner, Estella Oberly (formerly Beehler) who was inside and asked her if she knew what it was all about. The newsboy answering in his gruff voice said, All about Estella Fredericks making the record flight across the ocean. As soon as we regained our composure, we secured a paper and read more. The head-lines, Estella Fredericks flies across ocean, making record, met our eyes in big black letters. Started at 6 a. m. Satur- day from Roosevelt Field; arrived at Challex Field, France 8 a. m. Sunday. Will return in two weeks. We couldn ' t read any farther. After recovering from our speechless amaze- ment, Beehler (as I still called her before I thought) suggested that the class of ' 29 hold a banquet in honor of the aviatrix at Hotel Madison, when she should return from France. We started plans for the banquet immediately. It was to be held at Madison Center. Estella and I went to the telegraph office to send a message to our honored classmate in France, inviting her to attend a banquet in her honor in two weeks at Madison Center. Since the members of our class were scattered all over the U. S. we thought we had better announce it over the radio. Leroy Hirstein was the announcer of KFI, the radio station in Hollywood, so we notified him. We learned that Leroy had gone to Hollywood to seek fame, but after failing to find it, secured a famous wife, Estella Felton and was appar- ently satisfied to be a radio announcer. He had learned to control his voice and made a good announcer. Being interested in our class he promised to announce our plans every day and also said if Stella could cancel her engagements for a couple of days they ' d be glad to attend the banquet. We went to the information bureau to find out if any of our classmates were in Chicago. In reading the city directory we found a familiar name. Prof. Roy L. Metzler. After a little research work we found he was professor of Physics in Chicago University. Edna Weldy also taught here. She had become a great mathematician and was teaching geometry. She always was Mr. Schurr ' s most brilliant geometry student in high school, so we weren ' t surprised. From Mr. Metzler we learned the whereabouts of Byron Eslinger. He had of course married his boyhood sweetheart, Mabel Stickel. His work in vaudeville had made him rich and he and Mabel were now living in luxury in a fashionable part of Chicago. When we arrived at their house they seemed very glad to see us and were very enthusiastic over the banquet which they had already heard about. Mabel said she saw Marie quite often since she and Ralph had moved to Chicago. Ralph had become an athletic director and had a position there in Chicago. Mabel and Mr. and Mrs. Troxel would probably be there. Referring to the directory again we found an advertisement of a First Class Bakery of which Marie Bringolf was proprietor. Upon entering the store a lady stepped up and was about to greet us when Estella cried, Sure enough, it is Marie. After a little chat [Twenty-two]

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MADISONIAN Last Will and Testament WE, the most highly honored, lauded and esteemed class that has passed or probably ever will pass from this great institution of learning, do publish this, our last will and testament. Article I — To Mr. Gordon we will three pounds of appreciation done up in a gunny sack and hung on the flag pole in front of the school. Article II — To the faculty we extend warm thanks for their hearty co-operation in all our problems, and express our sorrow because no longer will they be able to teach such a bril- liant class, but will have to be content with this unnitelligent bunch of Juniors. Article III — To our flourishing but yet unripe Freshman brothers we bequeath three years (or more) of pleasant (or otherwise) experience in getting a high school education. Unto that unassuming, innocent bunch of Sophomores we leave our ability to make A ' s in our subjects and U ' s in our conduct, and to keep the entire faculty under nervous strain trying to keep a reasonable amount of order in the building. To our nearest kin, the Juniors, we leave our advice and ability in deciding questions of great weight and also our dignity to be used in the study hall and other public places. At this point we wish to endow Mr. Walters with the task of getting Mr. Gordon ' s gunny sack off- the flag pole and presenting it to him. Article IV — To Kenneth Kern we bequeath Estella Beehler ' s ability to handle money and to Olive Grenert, Estella ' s ability to be true to one fellow. Unto Bessie Keil, we leave Elsie Fox ' s ability to make good grades, especially in English. Unto Anna Hillaert, we wish to leave Dorothy Hartman ' s meekness and blushes, pro- viding she will use them to an advantage. To Mary Buday, we bequeath Mabel Stickel ' s bobbie pin in hopes that she will then keep her hair out of her face. To Wm. Showalter, we leave Millicent Hall ' s brains in hopes he will use them. To Dorothy Boner we bequeath Marie Louck ' s perfect spit curl and her peaches and cream complexion to Christine Unsicker. To Fritz Jordan, we leave Byron Eslinger ' s yell leading powers and his love for class- mates we leave to Herb Pittman. To Erma Weiss, we bequeath Marie Bringolf ' s ability to make 98 ' s in Economics. To Mabel Kline we hereby bequeath Dorothy Schweisberger ' s charming smile. To Viola Rassi we hereby bequeath Estella Frederick ' s love for reading. To Ireta Brenneman we leave Esther Eslinger ' s curly locks. To Anna Shrock we bequeath Sophia Berger ' s love for romance. To Lavon Rassi we wish to leave some of Edna Weldy ' s weight and her wee little voice to Lillian Murphy. To her sister Wilma we bequeath Stella Felton ' s ability to lend attractiveness to the basketball team. Article V — To Kenneth Kern we leave an encyclopedia of etiquette on How to Be- have Properly Under Any Circumstances in six volumes, bound in chicken skin and writ- ten by Margaret Murphy, whose conduct grades qualify her to write on the subject. To Ada Felton we wish to bequeath Elsie Blondia ' s ability to have a steady boy friend. To Kid Troxel we bequeath Leroy Hirstein ' s ability to make wise cracks. Article VI — We do hereby appoint Edna Hesch and Lela Hawkins to be the executors of this, our last will and testament. We do hereby provide that three hours after our demise our obituary shall be published in all the world ' s leading funny papers and be broadcasted over Sears, Roebuck ' s station during the Coo-Coo hour. In w itness thereof we hereunto set our hands in seal this 29th day of March, 1929. Signed: Senior Class of ' 29. [Twenty-one]

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MADISONIAN we asked Marie why it was that she was still single. She then told us her sad story of the disappearance of her husband, six months after marriage: she had resumed her maiden name. We told her about the banquet and she promised to come. One day while window shopping in Chicago we recognized Elsie Blondia who was entering a Ladies ' Apparel Shop. After talking to us awhile she said she was to be married the next week. We thought that she surely couldn ' t come to our banquet then but she said if she could bring Mr. Weaver, her husband to be, along that they would come to Madison on their honeymoon. We agreed that that would be fine, so she said we ' d probably see them there. Elsie told us that Sophia Berger and Elsie Fox were to be her bridesmaids. We hadn ' t heard of or seen those girls for a long time so we asked her about them. She said Howard Hensler and Gerald Zeiger were still coming to see Sophia and Gerald had proposed many times but Sophia couldn ' t think of being without Howard. Elsie Fox was engaged to marry the man she was stenographer to. Elsie didn ' t remember his name. The evening for the banquet came. Estella and I, when we drove up in my roadster, were very surprised to see the crowd waiting for Estella ' s train. Five more minutes. This time was spent in chatting and introducing each other. Here it comes! Hello Helen, You are a wonder. Everyone talked so flowery to Estella but no one noticed her husband who walked sheepishly away. At last we were all assembled at the table. Some one called on Estella Shermier to give a toast. Schermier, shouted everyone? She had traveled under her maiden name. Then Fritz stood up with his head high in the air and said, Look me over. In order that we might become better acquainted, Mrs. Stokes (formerly Miss Larrick, our sponsor) introduced all present. Of those whom I had not mentioned Millicent Hall (now Kelley) was there. After the banquet she told Estella and I to come and visit her and Marvin some time. They lived on a very modern little farm quite a distance from anyone else and she said she enjoyed farming and fishing very much. Dorothy Schweisberger was also there. She had become a famous Home Economics teacher but before she had taught many years a rich young man from Philadelphia discovered and married her. Her home is in Philadelphia but she comes back to see Millicent and Marie quite often. Dorothy Hartman lived her usual quiet life and when she became of age started a small farm or plot and ran it on the intensive plan. Her chickens, eggs, flowers, and other prod- ucts were sought by everyone who knew of her. Esther Eslinger, now Mrs. Heckaman, cuter than ever, was the life of the banquet. She was a famous singer now and in response to our requests sang some of her selections to us. I believe that is all, except that I forgot to tell you what Estella and I are doing. Well! Most of the time we spend in leisure doing what we want to but when we get tired of that we write articles for the New York Times or for journals in any city where our husbands may have business. The class of ' 29 is proud of all its successful students. [Twenty-three]