Millersburg High School - Millerette Yearbook (Millersburg, IN)

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Back on the road now, we headed for Chicago. As we ap- proached the big city, we noticed posters advertising a coming attraction. Gertrud Heimel was to give a lecture entitled Agriculture in Germany Today. Why Gertrud had graduated with us! Then and there Glen and I decided to attend. The day finally came, and with thousands of others we crowded into the large civic building in Chicago. After listening to a stirring lecture, we hurried backstage to congratulate Gertrud. However, someone had arrived before us. lt was Carol Perry, now a famous phychologist, who had flown from New York to attend the lecture. The four of us talked over old times. Carol told us that she also does some interior decorating. Gertrud told us that the mayor of New York wanted Carol to have the best transportation service from New York to Chicago so he secured the best pilot of the Air Force to Pilot her out. Now you couldn't guess who this was. l knew you couldn't! It was Bill Buckshot Lewallen. Bill had been granted a special leave from his regular duties, which were testing jet planes, to bring Carol to Chicago. Carol had to get to the airport in fifteen minutes so we hurried out to hail a cab for her. The first cab that came along stopped. As the driver stepped out to open the door for Carol, we recognized him. It was Pete Manges, another classmate. Pete was so glad to see us that he invited Glen and me to ride along while he took Carol to the airport. During the ride we learned that Pete was married. Pete also told us that he had been writing to Steve Rippey. Steve is now an Admiral and has been placed in charge of the naval academy at Annapolis. The next morning we left Chicago and headed south. As we started through the town of Kokomo, Indiana, lhappened to remember that last Christmas I had received a card from the former Marilyn Litwiller and it had been postmarked Kokomo, Indiana. We decided to look her up. Marilyn is married to Mel- vin Slabach. We arrived just in time for supper. After supper we settled back to watch television. At 7:30, The Fat Man came on the screen. Glen and I were in for a big surpriseg for instead of the fat man that we had known as children, the star of the show was none other than Jim Redman. Now we knew the whereabouts of all our former classmates and knew they were well and happy.

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CLASS PROPHECY ln the spring of 1962, a gypsy caravan was rolling north to Indiana. Glen, my husband, and I were in that caravan. As the rolling plains of Indiana came into view, memories began run- ning through my mind. Suddenly I turned to Glen and exclaimed, Why not go back and visit Millersburg? Needless to say, Glen agreed and we were on our way. As we approached Millersburg, we were both startled - gone was the fire trap where we had gone to school. In its place stood a new modern building that far surpassed any others of Northern Indiana. School had just dismissed as we hurried to the principal's office. A tenor voice instructed us to come in. My husband and I looked at each other, where had we heard that voice before? We soon found out for as we stepped inside the of- fice, there sat Carlysle Chiddister behind a big oak desk. After we had exchanged greetings with our former classmate, he took us on a tour of the school. Gone were the old school and all its memories. All we could see were rooms filled with smooth, neat desks. l wondered what had happened to the old desks with all our classmates' initials on them. How l longed for the old school back! After saying good-bye to Carlysle, we went out to our wagon. We had seen Millersburg again. Silently, except for the creak of the wheels, we drove along a nearby country road. As we went around a jog in the road, we came to a farm with the name John Thomas painted on the barn. No sooner had lnoticed the name on the barn when I saw a young woman leaving the chicken house carrying a basket of eggs. Now who do you suppose this woman was? You guessed it! The former Janice Rohrer. Re- cognizing Janice, we stopped to visit. From them, we learned that Rose Ann Troyer had married Glen Showalter and they were doing a thriving business on a large chicken farm near Elkhart. John also informed us that Bud Kurtz was No. 1 cowboy singer on the hit parade. Shot Gun Boogie was his most popular song. Over a million of his records had been sold. John knew most of the news. He told us that Louise Smith was now manager at Newberry's 5 85 10 in Goshen. There had even been talk of promoting her to district manager.

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CLASS WILL We, the Gypsies of the class of 1952, having been in camp here for 12 years, have collected great riches. Since we will not be using them in the future, we wish to will them to people who are less fortunate than we. l, John Thomas, will my glasses to Mr. Nettleton for um- piring baseball games at M. H. S. Yours just don't seem to be able to see things our way, Mr. N. I, Pete Manges, will my 1937 Chevrolet to M. H. S. for a squad car. This town could do with a little law and order, and I'm sure it will serve the purpose very well. I, Jim Redman, will my big feet to anyone who needs a good foundation. U I, Carlysle Chiddister, will my a-bility to brag to Gordon Bates. I, Richard Kehr, will my ability to skip school to Richard Martin. Doesn't it get a bit boring to be here almost every day, Richard? l, Billy Lewallen, will my meager knowledge to anyone who thinks he can get by with it for another four years. I, Sheldon Kurtz, will my ability to get my English to Milton Munro, who seems to be having troubles. Don't we all? I, Steve Rippey, will my red hair to Larry Simmons. Red- heads always get more girl friends than blonds, Larry. I, Glen Larimer, will Laverle to Devon Lantzer, I am sure she will be well taken care of. l, Carol Perry, will my ability to keep quiet to Pat Rook- stool. lt might help in the study hall, you know! I, Rose Ann Troyer, will my size to Kathryn Kehrg l am sure a little help is better than none at all. I, Louise Smith, will my gift of gab to anyone who wants it. It is still in excellent condition. I, Laverle Berkey, will my good looks to any of the M. H. S. girls who are after a boy friend. l, Marilyn Litwiller, will my ability to go steady to Bonnie Musselman. I, Gertrud Heimel, will my accent to Lauretta Wilson. lt does not hurt to have a little culture, you know. This is the last will and testament of the class of '52 as drawn up by JIM REDMAN and PETE MANGES.