Middlebury High School - Middiette Yearbook (Middlebury, IN)

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Last Will and Testament of The Class of '52 We, the Class of 1952, hereby declare ourselves in a state of bankruptcy. Being as sane as we'll ever be, leaving the halls of M.H.S. forever. We hope the unfinished business we left will soon be done, and we do hereby declare this our last Will. As a class, we do hereby bequeath to the faculty the following: To Mr. Young our individual class records. To Mr. Yacuk the ability to quiet our class at class meetings. To Mr. Biddle our full support at future games. To Mr. Diener all the test tubes we broke in chemistry. To Mr. Kurtz all the corridor passes from study hall. T0 Mr. Albrecht the knowledge you gave us in government. To Mrs. Lounsbury the correct English we use. To Mrs. Delgado the wonderful meals served in the cafeteria. To Miss Hoover our typing abilities. To Miss Shoup the headaches we caused you during play practice. To Miss Yoder and Mr. Lawson our music talents, To Mrs. Garber all the excuses you had to write for us. As individuals, we feel we should leave some things to our loyal and trusted schoolrnates. We will the following to the Junior class: I, Bill Bradshaw, will my height to Rosalie Yoder. I, Norman Caton, will my black hair to Bruce Gordon. I, Carol Cummings, will my ability to cook to Rosalie Yoder. I, Delores Ferm, will my driving ability to Joanne Hout. l, Rae Ann Fike, will my red hair to Cecilia Wesdorp. I, Don Fisher, will my physics book to Richard Miller. I, Mary Griffin, will my dark skin and figure to Joyce Luke. l, Robert Hooley, will my curly hair to Rosina Kauffman. I, Bill Hout, will my athletic ability to Bruce Gordon. I, Roger Kindy, will my long curly hair to Bud Stutz. I, Kathryn Mauck, will my square dancing ability to Mary Scott. I, Randall Mauck, will my speaking ability to Tom Kauffman. I, Elmer Miller, will my blond hair and blue eyes to Rich Miller. I, Marjorie Miller, will my twirling ability to Carol Vincent. I, Tom Miller, will my build to Charles Mathers. I, Joanne Plank, will my slim figure to Beverly Broadsworth. l, Grace Schrock, will my blue eyes to Shirley Barnes. I, Dick Smith, will my cheerleading ability to Ira Kauffman. I, Darrel Steele, will my ability to go steady to Roanne Hout. l, Joel West, will my ability to play Murder to Lowell Baer. I, Mertice Yoder, will my blushing ability to Merlin Mockler. I, Bob I-lout, will my slide rule to Maurice Hooley.

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Senior Class History On September 3, 1940, forty-six rather bewildered children entered the doors of the new school for the first time. Miss Viola Sherk had a hard time convincing us that we couldn't talk just when we felt like it. However, in a very short time, we settled down to twelve years of hard work. The following year, we entered the second grade under Miss Verna Yoder. How we enjoyed the spelldowns she gave us each week. Then we passed to the third grade, where our teacher was Miss Joy I-Iooleyg we all remember so well the Sugar Creek Gang stories she read to us. Miss Rhea Yoder, our fourth grade teacher, let us build scenes in sand tables which we proudly showed off to the other classes. In the fifth ' grade, we thought we were just the stuff, for we put on several little plays with the help of our teacher, Mrs. Valentine. By the time we reached the sixth grade, our class had grown so large that we had to be divided. Mr. Hunsperger and Mr. Leer took turns in teaching our two classes. The next September, we found ourselves in junior high school. On the first day, we had trouble finding our way from class to class, but it wasn't long until we caught on. We elected officers for the first time that year. Rae Ann Fike, Presidentg Tom Miller, Vice-President: Leroy Shetler, Secretary and Treasurerg Donnie Ferm, Reporter. Mr. Kurtz was our sponsor. We lost ten members during the year, but our class was still large with forty-nine members. Starting off with a bang in the eighth grade, we elected Woody Immel as our sponsorg Jerry Linfor, President: Melba Miller, Vice-Presidentg Grace Schrock, Secretaryg Freddie Kauffman, Treasurerg Bob Hout, Reporter. The next year, we excitedly entered high school with forty-two members on the roll. Our class officers were Grace Schrock, Presidentg Roger Kindy, Vice-Presidentg Mary Griffin, Secretaryg Torn Miller, Treasurer, Rae Ann Fike, Reporter. Mr. Diener and Miss Rupel were chosen as our sponsors. Norman, Melba, and Marjorie were our S. O. S. representatives. Twenty-seven students came back the next year to enter the Sophomore class. Marjorie Miller was elected Presidentg Mertice Yoder, Vice-Presidentg Melba Miller, Secretary, Bill Bradshaw, Treasurer, Joanne Plank, Reporter. Norma, Bob Hooley, and Mertice were our S. O. S. representatives. Our sponsors were Mr. Young, and Miss Yoder. As Juniors, we had many good times selling magazines and greeting cards. Our royalty play Cheaper By The Dozen , drew a record breaking crowd. Our class sweaters and rings came early in the year. In May, we gave the Seniors a banquet in Potowatami Inn at Pokagon State Park, Tom Miller acting as toastmaster. Our class officers were as follows: Bill Bradshaw, President: Tom Miller, Vice-Presidentg Roger Kindy, Secretary: Joel West, Treasurer, Marjorie Miller, Reporter. Miss Shoup and Mr. Yacuk were our sponsors. Joanne, Tom, and Bill B. were S. O. S. represent- atives. We entered the Senior class with twenty-one members, adding one new member, Don Fisher, during the year. Our officers are Joel.West, President, Norman Caton, Vice-President: Grace Schrock, Treasurer: Joanne Plank, Secretaryg Marjorie Miller, Reporter. Miss Shoup and Mr. Yacuk are again our sponsors. Our S. O. S. members are Mertice, Dick, and Bill Bradshaw, the latter being president of the organization. We put on another successful play this year with the help of Miss Shoup, The Heats' On We are looking forward to the annual banquet, and our Senior trip to Washington, D. C. T.hen comes graduation. We all hate to leave good Old M. H. S., but we realize we no longer will be a class, just citizens who go out into the world to do our duty to God and our country.

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Senior Class Prophecy It is the year 1998, and we are looking in on the proud possessors of a check for S l0,000. We see that the proud and happy couple is Mr. and Mrs. Robert I-lout. Mrs. Hout is the former Carol Cummings. The check they just received is for the copyright on their new book, Cheaper By The Gross or How To Run An Orphanage On The Lowest Possible Capital. They immediately pack their baggage and take the bus direct from their front door to the New York Central Depot. They see that the baggage porter is no other than Darrel Steele. Darrel is working at the depot to help pay his 1967 income taxes. Darrel was given the job by the president of the C. I. O., Joel West. Darrel was given the job as a reward for help- ing Joel design a new type of union suit. They are now greeted by the engineer of the train, Norman Never Two Accidents in the Same Week Caton. Norman is a perfect of A Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech, and a Heck of an Engineer. On their way to the diner, they have to go through the hospital car. There they are astounded to see Bill Bradshaw, the winner of the Madam Curie Award for curing smokeless smoked sausage. It seems that Brady had a little accident while working on his experiments. He tried to pour a little too much zinc down the thistle tube at one time and suffered the explosive results. What surprises them most is the fact that he is suspended head down from the ceiling. It is soon understandable though when they find out that his nurse is no other than Rae Ann Fike. Rae is a graduate of St. Mary's School of Nursing. She was the only graduate to have had five years of experience as a Senior. Upon arriving in Chicago, they decide to see a baseball game between the White Sox and the Cubs. Tom Miller is starting catcher for the Cubs and Roger is fifth string shortstop for the Sox. The owner of both ball clubs is Randall Fireball without any Oxygen Mauck. Mauck has the privilege of being the owner of the clubs that are in first and last place. And again today the Sox push the Cubs farther into the cellar with a 14 to 3 victory. They now take a plane to Detroit, Michigan. The pilot of their plane is no other than Donald Nosedive Fisher. Don has received his license from the chairman of the ground forces of the U. S. Air Force. Why no one is able to understand, because he has had an average of 35 forced landings per week, and all of them have been on the top of the Wrigley Building where Miss Marjorie Miller is working as a secretary for the United Air Lines. After a reasonable safe trip, they get off the plane at the Detroit field. There they see Bob Hooley of the Midwest Hooley Produce Company. He is just about ready to take off with another plane load of chickens that he is flying to Brazil. The cab that they take down town is driven by Elmer The Flying Dutchman Miller. In the next five minutes, they cover the fifty miles to the busines district in no time flat.