Monmouth High School - Eagle Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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CLASS ILL We, the Senior Class 619503, of the City of Monmouth, township of Root, county of Ad- ams, and the state of Indiana, being of sound mind, memory, and body do declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby declaring void any all wills made by us heretofore: TO THE JUNIORS: We will the dignity of being Seniors and all the privileges and duties connected with this. TO THE SOPHOMORES: We will the duty of keeping the school morale. TO THE FRESHMEN: We will the joys of initiation. TO THE FACULTY: We will the guardianship of the under- classmen and all the keys and locks of Mon- mouth High School. MAX ANDREWS: I, Max Andrews, will my radical Repub- lican ideas to Tom Drew, and to Willis Bul- mahn my ability to give speeches. MARLENE AUMANN: I, Marlene Aumann, will my happy dis- position to Jean Kirchoffer, and my ability to always have my lessons to Bob Miller. BILL BRENTLINGER: I, Bill Brentlinger, will my ability to play basketball to Franklin Buck, and my quiet- ness to Jerry Grandstaif. JOAN BULTEMEIER: I, Joan Bultemeier, will to Franklin Fuel- ling my typing ability, and my cheerleading ability to Marilyn Keifer. ROLAND BULTEMEYER: I, Roland Bultemeyer, will my curly hair to Leroy Bulmahn, and my shortness to How- ard Nielson. ALTON CHRISTIANER: I, Alton Christianer, will my baby-face to Evelyn Bulmahn, and my blushing ability to Pat Courtney. CHARLES CIRCLE: I, Charles Circle, will my witty remarks to Marilyn Miller, and my car to Edward Stoppenhagen. WILLIS CONRAD: I, Willis Conrad, will my height to Melvin Krueckeberg, and slimness to Eugene Blume. DOROTHY CROSBY: I, Dorothy Crosby, will my duffle bag of odds and ends to Nancy Kirsch, and my abil- ity to sing to Shirley Butler. FLOYD EHLERDING: I, Floyd Ehlerding, will all my love and affection to Ila Schaefer, and my ability in bookkeeping to Bernita Thieme. JOAN FUELLING: I, Joan Fuelling, will all my senior digni- ty to Marilyn Boerger, and my ability in cheerleading to Dick Elzey. BOB FUHRMAN: I, Bob Fuhrman, will my shyness to Snorty Bultemeier, and my ability of driv- ing a car 94 miles an hour to Frederick Bienz. Page 12 MAXINE GALLMEYER: I, Maxine Gallmeyer, will to Jane Clark my ability to catch a man, and my slimness to Carolyn Owens LOREN GERBER: I, Loren Gerber, will to Albert Huston my math ability, and to Franklin Becker my broad shoulders. BARBARA KELLEY: I, Barbara Kelley, will my ability to Ube on the ball to Marie Witte, and my job as school secretary to Mcrilyn Grotrian. GENE KIESS: I, Gene Kiess, will my ability to always be seen 'ttalkingu to Richard Schieferstein, and my '36 Chevvy to anyone who will give me a '50 model for it. IRENE KRUECKEBERG: I, Irene Krueckeberg, will my shortness to Lloyd Kiess, and my ability to be broke to Harriet Fuelling. EVELYN MACKE: I, Evelyn Macke, will my black hair to Russell Walchle, and my Saturday night dates to any boy driving a '51 model car. JAMES MERRIMAN: I, James Merriman, will my last name to Margie Menter, and my editorship of the Eagle to Doris Keuneke. LORENE MOELLERING: I, Lorene Moellering, will my blonde hair to Carolyn Lewton, and my collection of shoes to Bonnie Deam. MILDRED NUERGE: I, Mildred Nuerge, will my height to Gary Harvey, and to Reuben Thieme my music ability. DOROTHY GETTING: I, Dorothy Getting, will my ,ability to square dance to Betty Fegley, and my ability in shorthand to Eldora Ewell. RUTH REPPERT: I, Ruth Reppert, will my ability to be ex- pelled from school to Mary Lehman, and my ability to always be seen talking to Darlene Bohnke. FERDINAND SELKING: I, Ferdinand Selking, will my stoutness to Larry Andrews, and my extra credits to anv poor junior in need of them. DOROTHY LaRAE SHOAF: I, I.aRae Shoaf, will my good looks to Alice Werling, and my ability to tell jokes to Richard Bleeke. KENNETH SINGLETON: I, Kenneth Singleton, will my ability to dislocate my back to Clarabelle Brown, and mv rebound ability to Carl Thieme. NORMAN WOLFE: I, Norman Wolfe, will my 'tout of town dates to Jim Goldner, and my ability to get good C?3 grades without studying to Mairlyn Thieme. In witness whereof, we the Senior Class of 1950, have set our hand and seal hereto this tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty, 119503. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1950

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CLASS PPIUPHECY Fifteen years have gone by and to my surprise, I find myself dreaming of the great times I used to have at Monmouth High. Often I long to see some of my former classmates, cspecially, when I leaf through the pages of thc 1950 Eagle. I decided to take a four months vacation from my office where I was employed as a private secretary in a law office in Key West, Florida. So I packed my luggage and started ogi my journey. As I drove down the highway in my new convertible, I passed over the Georgia state line and to my great astonishment, my car sputtered and stopped, I was out of gas. It just so happened that I stopped at a large cot- ton plantation and whom did I spy, Ferd Sel- king. Ferd filled my car with gasoline. As he was busily doing this he told me that he had seen Roland at the Cottonbowl game last week. He told me that Roland was living in Louisville, Kentucky, so I journeyed off to Kentucky. Here, I found Roland and his wife, Eldora, busily playing with their two daugh- ters. He said that he was the owner of a used car lot. All tliree of us sat down and discuss- cd some of t'ie others who were in our class. While I was driving through Lafayette, I noticed a blond young lady cross the street. In fact, I just about ran over her. I later saw her in a restaurant. The lady was our jolly Marlene Aumann. She invited me to spend the nigltt with her. She told me that she was very happy. Her husband was the coach at Purdue, and they now had their own team of five sons. After leaving Marlene, I decided to visit Fort Wayne. As I was looking through the News I noticed that the famous Zollner Pis- tons were playing that evening, so I decided to attend the game. As the game was on, I noticed a tall handsome man playing center. After the game, I found out that it was Willis Conrad. The next day I spoke to Willis and he told me that he was enjoying his career very much. He also told me where I could find some of my other classmates. The following day, I left Fort Wayne with happy memories. In the distance I noticed the great Notre Dame. Suddenly I remembered that Willis told me that Jim was the coach at the college. That evening I spent with Jim and his wife. They were doing fine and Jim's team was super just as ours was in 50 . I had plann- ed to stay longer but their seven children were driving me batty. As I was driving down the highway to go to Grand Rapids, I passed a beautiful farm. Children were playing out in the yard so I stopped to talk with them. It was noon and time for dinner. The children's mother stepped out of the door and called them. Their mother was Mrs. Norm Ostermeyer, the former Max- ine Gallmeyer, who invited me to stay for dinner. I enjoyed my visit with her very much. Early the next morning I drove to Grand Rapids where Ruth Sheets met me at the sta- tion, as I was to go to her house. She lived in a lovely home. Charlie and Ruth now had eight little pillowcases. When I was ready to leave, Ruth told me that I should be on the lookout for Kenny Singleton because it was reported that he was seen in that territory. I had driven just a few miles when I noticed a dark-haired man. It was Kenny all right. He was a great man. He was the Super- intendent of the State Highways. Even though he was a great man, it didn't keep him home all the time, for he still made his annual trips to New York on business ????? Kenny told me that he had seen LaRae and Jack as they were returning from a motor trip to the West. She was living in Corry, Pennsylvania. So I de- cided to visit her. She and Jack now owned a trucking line, called the Fisher Fishing Line. I.aRae sometimes drove the semi while Jack was the baby sitter. I drove happily along and in the distance I saw the beautiful Capitol of the United States. Oh, yes, Max Andrews was a states- man in Washington. I met Max the next after- noon and he told me that he was going to give a great speech on Republican elections. It seemed that some Democrats were throwing tomatoes at him. However, Max still knew his politics and enjoyed every minute of it. Max told me that Barbara Kelley was a teacher at Yale, so I journeyed off to see Barb. I met Barb at the Campus Club and we had lunch together. She told me that she was teaching mathematics and that she was engaged to afine man. I invited Barb to have lunch with me at the Stork Club the next day. Here to our great surprise we met Joan Bultemeier. She was a secretary in New York City. Her office was on the fourteenth floor of the Empire State Building. She was engaged to a boy from her home state. Joan invited us to have dinner with her at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. As we sat there eating, we heard the enchanting music of the Wayne King orchestra featuring Miss Evelyn Macke at the piano. After the show we went back-stage to speak to Evelyn. She told us that she was going to appear in the great movie production, Music for Mill- ions, soon to be shown in Montpelier, Ver- mont. I recall the beginning of her career. While she was a Junior in Monmouth she played the piano for our Junior play, Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge. Joan and Barb were unable to attend the show in Vermont, so I left on Tuesday, heading for the eastern state. As I walked down the main street in Montpelier, I saw a large office building and to my great amazement, I saw the name of Floyd Ehlerding, President, written in bold letters on one of the doors. I stopped to see him. He had a new car. It was a Buick. He was still the same Floyd, always moaning and groaning over his bookkeeping problems. After spending several days in Vermont, I left the United States and went to Canada. I stopped along the road to take some moving pictures. As I was taking the pictures, a rider CContinued on next pagel Page