Monroe Township School - Mirror Yearbook (Bringhurst, IN)

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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

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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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ui ul: in mln alll ull: ulln illmlihe Hiirrnrlmlli alll ll ,I F-:S we found the Chief of Police-he was the only fellew in town who knew how to beat time. He was a drummer in the Cosmopolitan Band. We had a good talk with Morris, we learned that Carl was substituting for a traffic officer who went to Hot Springs to cool off. Carl's ever ready willingness to help-out had lead him to put on the blue uniform a few days. He thought it would do him good to have a change of occupation. The Zinn brothers after leaving school had started a canal-boat factory in the Sahara desert, but met with some dif- ficulty. Next they traveled throughout the United States giving lectures on the agricultural extension work, How to Raise Umbrellas, and Raising a Dis- cussion on Clay Knobs. Finally they decided to sever business relations and each to go into business his own way. Carl attended college, and became one of Uncle Sam's leading surgeons in Nicaragua during the construction of Uncle Sam's second big ditch. He won his greatest renown as a physican when he started to a health convention in a wheel chair. He was now the head ofthe Walter Reed Hospital at Wash- ington. Melvin had developed rheumatism in his right arm by nlaying his slide- trombone in a telephone booth, but finally he achieved his great triumph, Edna Hanaway, and they are living a retired life, Down on the farm. Here Melvin is growing something new on his farm: he is raising elm-peeler hogs and shredded wheat. In the evening we attended a public gathering at the new theatre. The speaker was a man of note. He had much to say about evolution, and dis- puted the Darwin theory using himself as an I example. His voice seemed familiar, and we finally recognized in this humblefman of God the Rev. Leon Clingenpeel. We learned that he had been in Nicaragua with Voyl-e and Carl where he had won fame as a minister, altho we were told that his success had been largely due to Martha. The text of his first sermon had decided it, Come 4 l l l unto me all ye who are weary, andl will give you rest. His latest book. Only the Good Die, he proves by quoting the epitaphs on tombstones. The next morning we visited the D. Y. W. Y. K. University of which Bring- hurst was mighty proud. Here we found the four girls as nearly insepar- able as ever. Afterleaving high school Hilda and Delilah had acquired fame as actresses in the Never Return stock company, and later by running a beauty parlor at Dodgertown. Next they started aphotograph gallery, but the only thing they ever developed was pneumonia. Then Hilda became art censor for the Police Gazette, and De- lilah had proven to be the greatest dancer since St. Vitus. Finally they decided to enter De Pauw-they came out full-fledged profs, and we had quite a visit with them here at the University, where Hilda is private sec- retary to the president and Delilah is head of the Mathematic department. We found Elva and Marguerite visit- ing classes. Since leaving high school they went to the Canary Islands for a course in voiceculture. Later they were the cream of the program in The Milk- maids . Nothing daunted they started out as agents. Beliving in Save the surface and you save all they decided to sell powder. This did not prove to be such a success, so they entered Man- chester college, from which they gradu- ated. They beeame two of Carroll county's best teachers. We had passed a beautifull country home on our way into town the day before and wonder- ed who could be living in such a beauti- ful place. We learned that Fred had won his argument that there is no place like the farm. Elva is still teaching, but expects soon to give it up for a more happy profession. She says that the honor of being elected to the State Legislature on the U-Telllem ticket, and traveling over the United States lecturing on the subject, Never Say Can't is not com- fContinued on page 155 all :Ili I lllcilll Ill: -ullcilll ull: ullmlll :Ill ilu C5birteen