Michigantown High School - Challenger Yearbook (Michigantown, IN)

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bought a small cattle ranch, and today it is the sixth largest Angus ranch in the world. Don't you think that Piedmont did OK? James Webb now has a steady job until 1964. He moved from one job to another: then he met a Missourian girl who inspired him to be a detective for an insurance company in Chicago. Now he is hunting insurance delinquents. He meets lots of funny people, gets to travel all over the world, and enjoys it a lot. Jo Watkins is living on a farm near Lafayette with her husband, Cletus Miller. She is using her ability as a registered nurse in rearing her triplets, two girls and one boy. She is quite busy with her hobbies, singing and flying, and taking care of the children. Let's hope that Jo and Wayne don't have a head-on collision while searching the clouds. This is the list of all the class and what they are now doing. Who said the Seniors of 1951 wouldn't be famous? llviust have been Mr. Reedj. As this took most of the afternoon, it was time for every- one to start home. We all said our farewells, and left with the expectation of seeing everyone in 1971, ten years from now. Goodbye kids, see you thenf ia.:- An easy government job in the swivel service. He could always count on his wife to addle up the monthly accounts. He could convert a minnow of thought into a whale of sound. When it comes to used cars, it's hard to drive a bargain. Traveling faster than sound will at least eliminate the voice from the back seat. As cool as the inside of a wave. Taken from: READERS' DIGEST Z0

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Susanne Huffer is using her ability as a secretary to help keep books for her husband, Jack Ward, who is supervisor of the Stark and Wetzel Packing Company in Frankfort. Oh, yes, she has two children that are short just like her, one boy and a girl. They are happily married and live in Frankfort. Mary Kingery, naturally by 1961, has accepted the fatal question and is very happily married to a wonderful guy known to everyone as Dick. She said that their little boy and baby girl keep her busy Knot to mention her singing careerj. This, I can imagine if they are as full of pep as their mother! And, oh, yes, if you ever want to locate her, where else would you find her but with Dick on a farm southwest of Mulberry? Sarah Laughner told us that she was typing and keeping books for her husband, .Tim Shelton, who is working in railroad construction business. They are living in Frankfort also. Q Thelma Maish is now a registered nurse in the largest hospital in Indianapolis, and is studying to be a surgeon. She informed us that she is sun single. Thelma, don't take it so serious! Betty New was married the fall of 1951 to Max Crum and is living on a farm near QI'll bet you can't guess, Beard. They are the parents of four children. One is only two months old. She has blonde hair and dark brown eyes like Betty did when she was little. They think they are the happiest couple in the whole wide world. Wayne Patchett told us that he is living on a 376 acre farm ' near Avery with his pretty wife, the former Marilyn Sharp. They have no children as yet. Wayne also has a hobby of flying. After graduation, Jane Reed went to Indianapolis to learn to be a beautician. After she got her diploma, she came back to Frankfort and started a business of her own there. Looks like Norma and Jane are rivals now. James Thompson decided he wanted to see some country after he graduated. He and a friend took off in a Willy's Jeep. The southern states were unpleasant so they headed for the west. By the time they got to Nevada, they were broke. But by luck, they won about three hundred thousand dollars in a place called Harold's Cafe. They left Nevada and went to Texas. After they were there for awhile, they 19

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Class Will I, Jim Ashley, will my ability to study to Mike Wayt, and to say the most ignorant things at the wrong time to Carolyn Cohee. I, Ted Bowen, will my shoes to William Reed to walk up the aisle, and my ability to keep my mouth shut to Phil Reed. I, Julia Brant, will my ability to go steady with the same boy for four years to Janet Sue Brant. I, Raymond Burns, will my ability to be the only boy in Typing II to Jimmy K. Caldwell. I, Jean Canter, will my Government book to anyone fool enough to take it, and my typewriter to the first person stupid enough to take second year typing. I, Norma Cochran, will my law book to anyone who is brave enough to take it. I, Robert Crenshaw, will my ability to play basketball to Tommy King, to catch on the softball team to Paul I-Iartsock, my batting average to Norman Perrel, and to flirt with all the girls, to John Higbee. I, Marilyn Crum, will my ability to be Mr. Forbes's pet to Sam Fields and my blonde hair to Wilma Whiteman. I, Donald Davis, will my ability to throw erasers in the assembly without being caught to Jim Taylor and to get home early on Saturday nights to Gordon Maish. I, Jeanette Evans, will my ability to go with boys to Joan Ostler. I, Morris Fausett, will my ability to flirt with all the girls to Bob Smith to play ball to Joe Mason, to box to Don Peterson, and my singing ability to Phil Reed. I, Joan Hedges, will my ability to flirt with all the boys at school and on Saturday nights to Patsy McKinzie. I, Richard Huffer, will my bashfulness toward the girls to Jimmy Caldwell, and my height to Kenny Eads. I, Susanne Huffer, will my ability to get along with Forbes to Fern Shearer. 21