Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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TWENTY-TWO « ELEVENTH Charles Beeson Boyd Blue Ronnie Brown Bill Cochran John Davis Betty Dirck Elaine Dunnuck Pierre Ferverda Gerald Fitzgerald Howard Frantz Phyllis Grubbs Sue Hammer Robert Hoffer Merlyn Holt Colleen Kindig Barbara King Dorene Miller Marjorie Mollenhour Cloanne Nelson Wallace Oyler Merrill Peterson Jerry Ross Carol June Rule Eleanor Rush This Page Sponsored by Smith Bros. Garage, Mentone

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TWENTY-ONE Donnagene, is now working for the F. B. I. and is personal secretary to J. Edgar Hoover. She really has made a name for herself. Darlene owns a modelling school. It is called the Slim Slick Chicks Modelling School.” She sometimes goes to the dear old M. H. S. to help the pupils with clothing. Berna Dean is married to Clem and they live on a dog farm between Mentone and Talma. They have six children, five boys and one girl. She always wanted a basket- ball team and a yell-leader to cheer them on. They also are the only people that have a huskie dog team in Indiana. Mary Louise was married to Chuck after he was honorably discharged from the Air Force (as a Major General). They are now- living on a farm near Mentone. They live near Berna Dean and Clem. I hear that Mary Louise and Berna Dean never get any work done because they are all of the time talking about old times. Wilma and Delores own the old Thomas store in Warsaw which is a suburb of Men- tone. It is now called the Lewis and Kin- dig Super Duper 5c to $5.00 Store.” Velara is married and is now living in Pierceton. She always had a great love for children and now has two of her own. The rest she keeps for the women who work. Shirley now owns the Bell telephone com- pany. She started as an operator at Men- tone and worked up to the owner. She even made so much money that she decided to buy the biggest company in the U. S. which is the Bell. She has headquarters at Men- tone now. After the nice chat with Pat, Mr. Kelley and Ned left to take a look at dear old M. H. S. The old place has really grown. The high school has 3300 pupils and one hundred teachers. It covers what used to be the Vet- erans ball park. We have such a large gym that they hold the State finals here. After seeing the schoolhouse they decided to go back to the hotel for dinner. During dinner Ned told Mr. Kelley about the rest of the students that graduated in ’52. Rodney is married to Jackie Ward his old schooldays sweetheart. Although Rodney never liked to work much, he really struck it rich. You see Jackie and Rodney went to Texas for their honeymoon. While they were there Rodney struck oil. They have a very large home on the outer drive in Men- tone. Bill is one of the top notch racers. He has been racing in all of the top racing places in the United States except Indiana. You see, they claim that he goes too fast so they won’t let him race here. I wonder why?? Donald has taken over the Nellans Dress- ing Plant and he really has a very good bus- iness. Both he and Ned have decided to become confirmed bachelors. All I can say is, If that’s the way you want it, more power to you both.” Devon of course is still chasing women. It’s a wonder he hasn’t caught up with any of them. Our old friend Jim Doyle is the most pros- perous of us all. He has the largest Rocket Ship company in the U. S. and, he also has a farm on the moon. He goes there for a vacation once every month. It is really a lovely place. At least that’s what he says. Oh yes, we must not forget our one and only Dick Kindig. He is a great basketball player. Although Mr. Burt may never have thought it of Dick, he has made quite a name for himself. And believe it or not he is married. It wasn’t a girl from around Mentone. Y'ou see, he met her on the road, while he was playing basketball. Neil is now coaching the Mentone team, in the new gym. He never got married be- cause Pat hasn’t decided whom she wants to settle down with yet. After learning about all of the class of 52”, and seeing a lot of old friends, Mr. Kelley left for sunny Florida.

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TWENTY-THREE G R A D E » Warren See Charles Urschel Dawn Ware Phyllis Warren HISTORY The class of 53, twenty-eight strong, made its first business for the year 1951-52 the election of officers. Elected were: Ronnie Brown—President Eleanor Rush—Vice President Sue Hammer—Treasurer Merlyn Holt—Store Manager PHyllis Grubbs—Class Reporter Charles Urschel—Annual Reporter Mr. Burt was again our class sponsor. The main money-making project, the can- dy and ice cream sales, was soon going smoothly. Too smoothly, it turned out, when twice the ice cream in the freezer melt- ed, and several cases of pop froze in the gym. However, we did make money even with our troubles. In October, we held a hay-ride and party at the home of Carol Rule. Plenty of hot dogs and several games were enjoyed by the Juniors and their guests. On October 28th, we served at the Egg Show Banquet. Nothing was spilled down anyone’s neck and we had a lot of fun dish- ing out the food. It was great temptation to eat some of what we were serving, too, but everyone seemed to get enough food. The class was paid by the Egg Show com- mittee for our services, so not only did we have fun, but got paid for it. In November, we planned a penny sup- per to be held on the 17th. The supper was a success even though we ran out of chicken pie before it was over. On December 27th, the Juniors were hosts to the Seniors for the Junior-Senior trip to Chicago to see the stage play South Pacific.” Leaving Mentone at 4:30 in the morning on the Nickel Plate railroad we arrived in Chi- cago early to spend a long and exciting dav in the big city.” A day of sight-seeing and shopping was climaxed by the play in the evening. The first experience of seeing a professional stage play for most of us was met with varying reactions. Just making our train for home we arrived hack in Men- tone at 2:30 a. m. A joint Junior-Senior money-making project is to be held later to help pay the cost of the train fare. Most of the class fared OK on the semes- ter exams, but several groans were heard when the scores were given out. When the second semester started we wel- comed a new member to our class, Kay Hat- field, who moved to Mentone from Winamac. Later in the year we will hold our play, some time in May, date yet undecided. At this writing, the play has not been chosen, but a committee has been appointed to choose it. In clubs and sports around school the Jun- iors are well represented. They have active participants in basketball, band, F. F. A., F. H. A., and speech club. The Junior year, though a busy one, has been a happy one for all of us. This Page Sponsored by DeLuxe Cleaners, Mentone