Monroe Township School - Mirror Yearbook (Bringhurst, IN)

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all alll ills ill: ullmliilgv Qlilirrnrlnlli ills :Hi ill: :E -1. -. with this tablet and pencil. The most appropriate gifts I could think of for Mr. Ancil Ayres and Miss Dortha Riggles were spoons. They will find use for them evenings in the park or in the parlor when lights are low. In closingl wish to say that I hope you will make good use of these gifts, or that you will treasure them through the future years. My parting wish for you is that there may be many happy years in store for you. A CLASS WILL 1 We, the class of 1927, of the High School of Bringhurst, having come to our last hours and right minds, and in peace with the world give all our worldly goods and possessions to the following beneficiaries to wit: The settee which was formerly held by Leon Clingenpeel and Elva Doug- las to John Shaffer and Ruth Jenkins. To Frank Wilcox the getting ac- Perigo of being popular among the girls. Any one attempting to change the provisions of this document shall not only be deprived of all rights and privileges therein granted to him or her but shall be sentenced to hard labor, for one to five years, according to the decision of the court, at the nearest soda water fountain. We have set our hands and seal Class of 1927. PROPHECY OF SENIOR CLASS 0F 1927 fBy Guy G. Sharpj Sit with me by the homestead hearth, And stretch the hands of memory . forth To warm them at the wood-fire's blaze, And at dear old B. H. S. faces in memory gaze. In the spring of 1947., we decided we we would like to renew once again the - - -- - - E quainted with new girls that come to friendships of former scholars. Going 'IT 1: visit our school of Voyle Shelburn. back over the pages of memory one 3 To Junior McCloskey from Ancil fine, warm April evening, Mrs. Sharp Ayres the ability of his hair to be curly. and I recalled the good days of old I To Opol Ross the arriving at school spent in Bringhurst twenty years before. 4: just as the bell rings, which Dorthy I I always had cherished a fond remem- -1 Riggles has been in the habit of doing. brance for the Senior history class of'27g T To Grace Pearson the ability to talk and remembering that they were all in- in class of Marguerite Eikenberry. qtensely patriotic Americans, I began an . To John Shaffer, the quietness of extended research to ascertain the 5 Melvin Zinn during class or while 1 whereabouts of thirteen members of 2 studying and not disturbing the others that class. My investigation revealed ' by blowing hard his nose. that they had all been true to their To Pauline Carter the ability of patriotic sentiments,and were all plan- C Delilah Allen to be agood librarian ning to return to the Home Coming 'E and keep her mind off from the'at Bringhurst on June10, 1947. ' 5' night before. 4 So after an absence of twenty years , To Opal Ross the ability of Hildalwe planned to return to Bringhurst to Garrison to express her opinion. renew Old acquaintences of Monroe L To Junior McCloskey the ability of township, and especially to greet once ,- 1' Carl Zinn to study, which he is very more the Alumi of 1927. ? much in need of. Oil had been discovered in precient 1 nl To Russell Porter the silence of Rus- V and Bringhurst had grown to athriving sell Flora in History class and not take metropolis of 30,000 with all the ad- Q up the class period arguemg over cer- vancements and modernisms of the L tian dates and ev ants. twentieth century. T To John Shaffer the ability of Morris We had changed cars at Cincinnati. Il 1. in i- in' 'limos' -ui +'llCill' 'ui mann- ini i U glenn

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ill ills ill: ull: illmlihe Eillirrnrlnlll ull: ull: ell: in Q .1 .-.- Chapter Four A shining example for all to discuss. If you are in doubt, please look at us. Coming back to Dear Old B. H. S. as Seniors full pledged leaders of con- duct in the halls and in the assembly. We cannot help but regret that our happy days spent here, will soon be ended. We again organized our class, electing Ancil Ayres, president, and Russell Flora,secretary-treasurer, This year seemed very short and pleasant to us and we are already in thelast few days and weeks preceeding the Com- mencement, Taking everything in con- sideration,we feel confident that there never was a better looking Senior class than that of '27. We had a very ex- citing time Friday,April 8, as we Seniors had our pictures taken by Carl Mc- Donald from Indianapolis. As the day of days draws near when we shall receive our diplomas as fitting rewards for unceasing toil over note- books and numerous encounters with brance--some tokens by which you may refresh your memory of these happy days. Accordingly I have been asked to select' and present to you these little gifts. It has not been an easy matter to select them any more than for your friends to select your birthday or Christmas gifts. Butl have done the best I could. I have endeavored to choose gifts that are symbolical of your life in this school. I sincerely hope you will be pleased with them. Some people place their faith in mankind, some in clothes, some in one thing and some in another. Elva Doug- ,las has lots of faith so I present this clothes pin that she may pinit to what- ever she wishes. Voyle Shelburn is most eager to at- tain to man's estate and hirsute adorn- ment of his upper lip is one thing most desired. Perhaps t.his may answer the purpose until nature is kind enough to present him with one. Lee Voorhees is an ardent lover of 1.4 'F Physics dragons, we look forward into sweet thirgs. I hereby present him -F ? the future with forseeing eyes, dream- with this stick of candy. g lag Ol lille Swiffly approaching days A real coquette loves a fan, so I had when We Shall be Called UPON to take no trouble in selecting this gift for, , up the burden and duties of our fath- Hilda Garrigonn L ers and mothers as cirizf-ns of the Itis always a pleasure tolook upon - -D Ulllted States' a beautiful face, and that others may ? NOW as We leave to enter .upon 3 not have all that pleasure I present larger work map we ever keep in mind 'this mirror to Morris Perigf, the lessons which have been installed Thi, idealist of our Class is' Marguer- .E lly 'lllr teacllel' and may the future ite Eikenberry. Her eyes are ever fixed 2- Senior Cl.-was lake our placfii in ill? upon the mountain heights, far above - School Wllll the fest and Splrlt .wlllch 1 the common place of life. By watching Should Clmacteflze all goofl SCUIOFS- this little gift she will have no trouble L DOrOtgZlnl?3Ig gf9f27 in keeping her eyes skyward. l - -gr 's Whether 1t1s a blessing or a misfor- -1' WT? tune to be rattle-brained,I do not know. '27 I dohghigk hovsgeveai that a ggttle-box wou e pre era e oara. e- rain. L Your High school days are ending. To Leon Clingenpeel. , T Four of the pleasantest years of your life Some people are never so happy as ? have come to a close. You are leaving when satisfying the inner man. As a I . the guidance of your teacher and are means of keeping Melvin Zinn happy ' I stepping out into bigger and broader I present him with a bag of peanuts. lg fields. In veiw of this fact it seems Like Cowper and'Lord Chesterfield, 41 ' quite fitting that you should be pres- Carl Zinn has became famous as a let- T cnted with some little gift of remem- ter writer. Therefore I present him .al J L D l- fn' funn' 'nf -'nun' ln- -lmn- -ul l D 65,611

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gli ills ills ills illcilihr Hiirrnrlcilli ills - .- 1 To my great surprise our train, the Palm Beach-Banana Special, was in charge of Conductor Lee Voorhees and Engineer Russell Flora. Lee told us that he and Russell, after attending Purdue University had tried farming. During hard-time they had greatly enjoyed swinging dumb-bells, but the girls had become dissatisfied with farm life,and as the boys always had a knack for machinery, especially Fords, they all decided to move to the city. Here they became acquainted with the vice- president of the Pennsylvania ra.ilroad. He had his office in Bringhurst since the railroad shops had been moved there and made Breezy the main division point between Cincinnati and Chicago. In a few years, thru the efficient work of inventing names for Pullman cars, Lee and Russell were promoted, now were in charge of the best train of the Pennsy road. As we alighted from the train, some- one stood in front of the magnificant quite a different town than it used to be. Since Judge Morris Perigo, one of our oldest citizens, and a happy grand- father, had become Mayor the town had been cleaned up, for the Judge and his Chief of Police Voyle Shelburn were sure enforcing the laws for the first time in fifty years. He told me that Morrisafter taking an electorial engin- eering course had made a trip to the moon, but not appreciating Baron Man- chusen's abode, he had returned to earth and took up law. After graduat- ing from I. U. he had practiced law in some of the largest cities and won many Csuitj cases. But the longing for home had finally induced him to return to his native town. Here the people had shown their appreziation for his honesty and ability by electing him Mayor. Just for the election Voyle had returned from Central America. He had attend- ed mechanical engineering school at Purdue, and later attained nation wide renown being first assistant engineer of 41 Bringhurst depot restaurant, beating a the Nicaragua canal. Engineer Shel- 'E big dish pan. It was rather annoying, burn wanted a rest, and thought Judge ? and I asked Lee if they hadn't got Perigo's offer of the position of Chief of over that small town stuff. Helaugh- Police would provide some interesting ed and told us that Ancil Ayres was incidents. still as noisy as ever. I looked again, I mentioned the fact that we'd bet- 3, and sure enough it was Ancil Ayres, ter move on or the railroad company T with a smilelike a million dollars. I would charge us for rent. As it was went over to him, and he nearly shook noon we went into the fine restaurant for my hand off' I asked him what on earth dinner. As we took our seats, we made him so happy. He said, You Y noticed ,the clerk at the desk, and 5 know today is Home Coming. We all ' though she looked familiar. During the 1 planned to meet here once again for a meal we decided who it was. As I paid good, old reunion. I gotin town early our checks, Do you still fry onion ' I this morning, and learned that I had hamburgers? Then she recognized us. I won a bet from Morris. We made a We learned that Dorothy Riggle had 5: 'wager that each would get marri- attended Manchester College, taking a ' ed first, and glorv be, I've won the domestic science course. After running bet. I learned that there was only one a Hot-dog standin the Sandwich Island dark spot in hislife-he had served time and teaching school two years, she had L for shooting two mail carriers-he decided to return home and run a first -: thought they were Confederate soldiers. class resturant. But fortune had been his, and thru Later as we went down Main St., we his excellent work as a coach hehad be- noticed the nice, big buildings. The come wealthy and now was the owner streets were busy with traffic. On one - of a big league baseball team corner stood Carl Zinn directing traffic. T I asked him how everything was in As it- was impossible to speak to him we ' Bringhurst and he said, Just fine- passed on to the Mayor's office. Here U I' 'll' 'IIUN' 'Il' 'IIUIII 'H' 'llflll' 'll' 'I U Twelve ills :Ili i ci