Markleville High School - Arabian Yearbook (Markleville, IN)

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Senior Class 'Ptophecg X The Parent-Teachers Association of Markleville High School recently purchased a newly invented machine. If one steps inside this machine, it shows what he will be doing ten years from now. The Seniors of '29, being an unusual class, were the first to look into their futures. Wondering what would become of John Thomas Guenther who had been sent out of Botany class for spitting on the floor, the teachers decided to place him in the machine at once. After a half hour of anxious waiting, he was seen in the kitchen of George Hart's restaurant washing dishes. One Monday morning Donald Dudley, seeming to have a severe case of the blues, was put into the machine. You can imagine the amazement of those who were watching when black and white stripes began to appear. A tag about his neck read as follows: 2 to 14 years for the attempted murder of James I. Morton. Much to the relief of the onlookers the stripes began to disappear, and Donald was seen standing before the altar with a bride whom we recognized at once as Virginia. The third victim of this contraption was Mildred Hodson who was very eager to learn the outcome of all her love affairs. After a few minutes of waiting, she was seen riding in a taxi with Harold at her side. The taxi driver was no other than Glenn Eb- bertt. They came to an abrupt stop in front of a doctor's office. The sign read, Dr. Maurice A. Conner, Surgeon. As Mildred opened the door to the secretaryis office to take up her work, Maurice was seen performing an operation. He was removing a bone from Hildred Mauzy's nose. This bone was fractured when she fell on the ice at Wilson's Lake in 1928. Carl Williams was next to learn his fate. He appeared almost immediately, shouting, 'I got five. I got five. Who'll go ten?', He was traveling with a medicine show com- pany, auctuioneering their valuable herbs and soaps. After much persuasion and many threats of holding back credits, Eugene Cole en- tered. A very modern barber shop slowly came in view where Brownie's old barber shop stood. Behind the chair was Eugene. He was using some kind of an electrical apparatus on Floyd T. Walker to stop beard from growing. Over in one corner was a large over- stuffed chair for shoe shining patrons. In this chair sat Elbert U. Ewing reading a True Story' magazine, while Warren Addison struggled desperately to fulfill his orders to put such a shine on those shoes that the face of the wearer would be reflected as he window- shopped. Page Seventeen

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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF- Mildred Wasn't in love? Ermall would lose his toy revolver? Harley would make some noise? John couldn't spit out the window? Mr. Ewing would ever remember where he puts things? Oliver would move to Sly Fork? Robert would sit still one Whole period? Donald got to school on time? Lucy would get her hair cut? Dewitt would get skinny? Maurice couldn't sing? Eugene Wasn,t teased all the time? Glenn didn't make a good grade in Botany? Carl couldn't find a buyer for his Botany book? Carson couldn,t smile? Warren would forget the Way to Anderson? Delsosis didn't mention the Buick? Mr. Walker Wouldn't rave in Economics? Sixteen

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Senior Class Ptophecg When Robert Cooper stepped in everything grew hazy. We thought he had jimmecl the works. Then through the mist we saw Robert in a land unfamiliar to us. As things gradually cleared up, we saw him in a long white robe playing, Let Me Call You Sweet- heart on one of St. Peter's golden harps, and gazing with longing eyes down toward Mechanicsburg. It was now Gien's turn. After a few moments of suspense we saw him standing on a platform introducing a bill to Congress to the effect that women shall no longer wear bobbed hair or short skirts. Soon after Carson entered things became quite lively. A baseball game was in pro- gress between two great league teams. Carson was a second Babe Ruth. In the short time we watched he made Hve home runs. The Seniors insisted on Harley DeWitt being next as they wondered what would be the outcome of this quiet Senior. As we had guessed he was living on a large farm near Pendleton. Harley was tilling the soil with a large Farm-all tractor. When Ermall's turn came we were not surprised at what was revealed for we al- ways thought that he'd do something great. He was seated in the mayor's office in Anderson trying to convince Oliver Walters, city judge, that Markleville should be added as a suburb. , De Loss tried it out next. He was seated at a table in the Buick Motor Corporation. He was using the talent he had developed in high school for drawing parts of a Buick. He was a draftsman for the Company. The boys decided that it was about Lucyls time to look into the future. Many guesses were voiced as to what we should see, such as a nurse, housekeeper, actress, etc., but alas! we were doomed to disappointment. Lucy had followd Miss Pearson's advice and had grown into a pleasingly plump old maid. Due to the rapid growth of Markle- ville, she was kept very busy writing items for the Bulletin. Last, but not least, DeWitt strolled in. He certainly had succeeded Tom Mix. For, as we gazed we saw him fall from a cliff a thousand feet high into a torrent of rush- ing water, rescue a fair maiden, and come up with his hair combed perfectly. Page Eighteen