Maxwell High School - Lions Lair Yearbook (Maxwell, IN)

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Prophecy On the nrght of May 9 1965 I alrghted at the door of the large hotel where the fmt reunron of the 1955 graduatmg class of Maxwell I-hgh School was to be held I stared about me at tl1e beautrful and rmposrng burldrng and at the steady stream of well dressed patrons passrng through the entrance and on rnto the spacrous drnrng room Ten years befae when we 1955 senrors were graduatrng thrs hotel had been only a small drive rn Goffs old srgn had been torn down and replaced by a large artrstrc srgn whrch I tmmedrately recognrzed as one of Beverly s own ortgrnal orls As I stepped rnto the lobby I was greeted by Beverly Goff When I remarked about the beautrful hotel Bever ly told me that she was strll mterested rn art and desrgnmg Just as she was back rn our hrgh school days She had not only parnted the beauttful hotel srgn but had even desrgned and burlt the hotel She had also parnted srgns for almost every busrness house rn Maxwell and even had orders from frrms rn Wrllow Branch and Mohawk Beverly had a greetrng from Janet Swans who rs lrvrng rn Japan Janet rs head of a modelrng school for young Japanese grrls whrle her husband a colonel rn the Au Force, 15 statroned rn that country Iheard an old fam1l1a.r laugh and Betty Jean Pyles came rn She looked qurte prosperous She sard her husband had become wealthy as a contractor and that they were lrving rn Alaska Betty was happy to be w1th us and not snow bound for once Alrce Anne Kiser had the look of a grrl who had spent long hours out of doors and enroyed rt She and her husband lrve rn a large old fashroned farmhouse near Charlottesvrlle Alrce has a mrlk route and her cottage cheese and buttermrlk are much rn demand in that communrty I understand that thrs route has helped pay for ther: nrce farm I thought thrs wonderful as Alice Anne had never operated a churn untrl after graduatron Joan Walls opened a boardrng home tn Greenfreld but her busrness soon folded up as she marned her boarder We heard a loud vorce bellowmg orders to the hotel doorman and George Phrllrps came rn wearmg a unrform beanng the rnsrgnra of a Frrst Sergeant He told us that he had been very successful trarning young recrurts when she was producmg the senror play Bther Welbom rs now a well known trapeze and acrobatrc strmt artrst wlth a crrcus She also credrts much of her success to our senror play That rs where she fust practiced the art of tumblrng wrthout serrous rnjury Annabelle Ellrott rs a l1on tamer wrth the same crrcus A smartly dressed young woman bustled in and signed Janet Lee Kuhn, We were all aware of Janet Lee s successful career as Presrdent and General Manager of Wrckers Wonder Worm Extermrnattng Co whrch IS wrdley advertrsed rn all the leadrng farm magazrnes She formed a partnershrp wtth an old fnend who brought home a surplus arrplane when he left the Arr Force They have made a fortune dustrng frelds for cabbage and tomatoworms Joe Rousch had garned a lrttle werght He now werghs over 200 lbs Joe sard he was a salesman for the Happy Canary Bud Seed Company Tom Wrlson attended Rarnbow Beauty Academy and now has hrs own chan in lake Suttous barber Shop and gtves permanents and manrcures to all lady customers We were all surprised at the change ten years had made ln Owen Jay Copeland He was qurte thm and very nervous He carrred a large brrefcase wrth the word Glas printed on the srde He was a salesman for Bamey s Ort Rate Diamonds wrth headquarters rn Chicago and was combrnrng busi.ness with pleasure on this trip He was here to attend the reunron and to sell the 1965 seniors some dramond rrngs, Hence his care of the brrefcase, rt contarned some of his best samples Valeeta Burnham told us that soon after graduatron, she took her drum sucks and beat it to Chicago where she obtained a 1ob playing wrth one of the largest bands in the mid west Manetta Olrver one of the most rndustnous members of the class, saved her money and wrth her expenence in the grocery busmess 18 now the owner of a large Super Marker Marlene Strver told me she was dean of a nursing school in Maxwell and was enloyrng every mrnute of rt, Barbara Rose came 111 lookrng sober and drgnified She told us that she now occupred Mrss Runks Old Chair m Sensor English. She has been teachrng at Maxwell for several years now We were all famrlrar with Larry Kelly s success as head basketball coach at Purdue Miss Runk on the verge of a nervorn breakdown after seeing us safely through graduation and our Sensor nip took a boat to darkest Afrtca Here she met a young missionary and they were married as soon as the boat docked Now she feels repaid for all her labors at Maxwell, Her experience teaching us has proved invaluable rn teaching the heathen After hearmg the exciting success stories of my classmates, I was ashamed to tell them I was so busy wrrtrng for the annual I forgot to look for a job Consequently, I was forced to take a positron wrth a Greenfield paper writrng a Lonely Hearts column, I wrll be out of a Job if my readers ever drscover that I am Just a lonely old maid myself , , . Jane Alice Lewman, George said many of his training ideas with the young men had been borrowed from Miss Runk back in the days

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'Q'-I' -5' L Seniors JOAN WALLS Sunshine 1, 2, 3, 4 GAA 2 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Ab1e Miss Cain 4 Headin for a Weddin 3 BETTY PYLE Sunshine 1, 2, 3,4 GAA 2 Den Staff 3 Annual Staff 4 French Club 1, 2 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1 Able Miss Cain 4 l-Ieadin for a Weddin' 3 OWEN COPELAND French Club 1 FAA 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2 Able Miss Cain 4 Headin for a Weddin 3 BARBARA ROSE Sunshine 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3 Able Miss Cain 4 l-Ieadln for a Weddin 3 French Club 1 MARETTA OLIVER Sunshine 1, 2, 3, 4 GAA 2 Den smaff 4 Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4 Able Miss Cain 4 Headin for a, Wedd BEV GOFF Sunshine 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary 2 French Club 1, 2 Den Staff 3, 4 Annual Staff 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Choms 1 Yell Leader 2, 3 Able Miss Cain 4 in 3 I-Ieadin for a Weddin 3 GREENFIELD BANKING CO. XO!

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We the Senror Class of Nrneteen Hundred and Flfty frve of Maxwell Hrgh School realrze that our days rn thu realm of leamxng are no more and bemg m possessron of a well trarned memory do hereby declare and publrsh thrs our last w1ll and testament our school we w1ll all of our respect and honor the Iumors we will our abrlrty to have a unanlmous decrston on every rssue the Sophomores we w1ll our abrlrty to make money QThey wrll need tt j the Freshmen our abrlrty to choose such lovely class sweaters the Faculty we w1ll srmply peace and quret Dave Yater we w1ll one orange popsrcle I Bev Goff w1ll my bookeeprng abrlrty to Mr Terrell rn hopes that he can keep the school books strarght and also to hrm my last drme to put mto the Embezzlement Fund Manetta Olrver leave my Georgraphy workbook to Bruce Whrtaker and I hope he w1ll frnd more use for rt than I drd George Phrllrps rn order to express my last feelrngs of the dear school of Maxwell do w1ll Mr Holzhausen my forever memorable books and my ablhty to tell Jokes to Jerry Wrlson, Betty Jean Pyles wrll my abrlrty to get Busmess Arrthmeuc Problems to Barbara Reed and my chan rn the band to anyone who wants rt Jane Lewman wrll all of the adhesrve tape rrbbon stung and frngernarl pollsh off my r1ng to Marlene Mxller May she be able to put rt to good use when she starts gorng steady Joe Rousch w1ll my abrlrty to stay out of trouble to Bob Logan and my Ex gul frrend to Earl Wrrght than Lou Annabelle Ellrott wrll my Chevre to Glendon Grrnstead for when that Plymouth grves out Janet Swarts w1ll my knowledge of Japan to Mr Scotten rn hopes that he w1ll be able to teach hrs Geography class more extensrvely Tom Wrlson w1ll my h P 8s C system of typmg to Don Hunt and the school barxtone to Ron Amett Esther Welbom w1ll the ab1l1ty to edrt the annual operate the mrmeograph machme and keep up my studies to anyone who wants the Job Larry Kelly w1ll my ab1l1ty to play the gurtar to Jerry Olxver and my abrlrty to eat the school lunches to Ron Strver Marlene Stlver w1ll my abrlrty to get through hrgh school U1 three years to Tom Beason Owen Copeland w1ll my pass rnto the offrce to Gary Wrlson and my pass out of the offrce to Fred Gamott Janet Kuhn w1ll my abrlrty to take thmgs serxous once rn a whrle to 11m Bodkms rn hopes he wrll profrt by rt Ln later years Barbara Rose w1ll my grggle to Wanrta Brown and my abrlrty to arrange flowers to George Allen homas Joan Walls w1ll my abrlrty to attend school everyday to Ronnre Clark l Miss Runk w1ll all the responsrbrlrtxes of berng a Senror bponsor to Mr DeLay but hope that tn sanrty w1ll pass hlm by I Valeeta Burnham w1ll my quretness to the seventh grade grrls rn the Study Hall And last but not least we the Senxors of 55 w1ll one hot rod and one expued license to our sponsor Miss Runk rn apprecratron of the last two years To ' . To . . . , . . . . . To . . . . . . ' To ' ' , To . . ' . . . T0 . ' ' . I' . , . . . I' . . ' . . ' . I, ' . . . . . . I, , . . , . ' . . . . . It ' . . . - . . I, Alice Kiser, will my flat feet to Pattee Souder and hope it won't make her too much shorter I, . ' . . . . . I, ' . . . . I. . , . ,. U . . . If D . . l U D ' I I 1' , . . , . . . . I' . , . . . . . . I' I . . . . . I' , . . . . . , . . . . I' ' . . . . . Y .I . 1. . ' ' ' ' .