Monroeville High School - Viking Yearbook (Monroeville, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY (Continued) When we went in, Pete was sitting at his desk smoking a cigar. He cer¬ tainly had changed. He told me Arthur was running a Beer Garden and Dance Hall at Tillman ' s; Jack was his bartender; Louis his bouncer, and Chalmer one of his waiters. It was getting late and we knew we would have to be going if we got to the show that afternoon. After the show we went to Audrey ' s restaurant for supper. She was having considerable trouble because all her help was striking for more wages. She had one faithful helper who stuck by her; that was Geneva, her cashier. Audrey told me she had received a letter from Norval a few days before. He had a job working for the Government making airplanes. After we got home Bettie put the children to bed, then she continued to tell me about my other classmates that 1 hadn ' t yet heard about. I asked about Ray and she was so surprised to think I did not know about him. She said it had been in all the papers. He was disappointed in love 13 times, and finally committed suicide. Poor Boy! I had always though he would make some one a good man. Lawrence was touring the country with a barn-storming company as their leading Bare-of-Tone. Betty Mae and Elizabeth had built a skating rink at Zulu with their Hubbies ' money and were teaching gentlemen to skate. Kenneth had erected a trap factory just outside the city limits where he was going to patent a special ' possum trap. Donald had taken up scientific farming way out west and there were rumors around that the Love Bug had bitten him, and he was going to take the fatal step soon. Bonita had married an illustrious farmer and had found married life to be just the thing for her. Mable and Goldie were attaining great success as Chorus Girls in a Comic Opera in Bluffton. I could hardly believe this, because they never seemed to me to be the type for that profession. Clyde and Bill were dance instructors at the Trianon Ballroom. Anyone who has the ability to dance like those boys did in high school ought to make a go of it. Bettie had Bonnie and Chet in the next evening for supper. We had a very nice time. Bonnie was still as sweet and pleasant as she had always been. I only had one more day to stay so I went around and saw all the kids. After spending another evening in my old home town, I started home the next morning after four days of a fine vacation. —Phyllis Myers Page 18

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Living in Chicago and being the leader of an all-girl orchestra is a very tiresome but enjoyable job. After finishirig a week ' s engagement at one of the large theaters, with nothing booked for the coming week, I decided to take a vacation and visit my old home town which I had not seen for sev¬ eral years. Upon arriving at the depot, 1 went in to inquire about some of my old schoolmates. There, to my surprise, I found Russell to be the ticket agent. He had been working there for about four years. He told me Joe was porter on one of the passenger trains that went through town. Russell then began to show me the town. Upon inquiring what a certain building was, I found that the two inseparables, Bette Jane and Virginia, had started a chevhng gum factory for High School pupils. When I asked what had become of Bettie Beery, he told me she had settled down to be a housewife and was now the mother of a pair of twins whom she had named Bernon and Berneta. After Russell had directed me to Bettie ' s, I proceeded to go there, where I spent the night. I slept until quite late the next morning and when I awoke, I heard some¬ one downstairs talking to Bettie. When I got to the bottom of the stairs, I recognized Tony ' s voice. Just as bashful as always, he was delivering Bettie ' s ice. After he had gone, I began to inquire about different schoolmates. J was told that Leola and Berniece had gone to Central Africa as Missionaries and were sending back encouraging reports. This amused me quite a lot because in school these girls always talked about getting married and set¬ tling down. If they had to go all the way to Africa after a man, they ' ll surely come back with one. Nellie had started a shoe factory in Maples and was making shoes with a reformed last. After dinner was over, Bettie suggested we go to town to a show and out to supper afterwards. As we walked down the street I saw a sign in front of a very nice building. It said, Here is the place to buy the dresses to make you look like you want to—Madame Dorotha ' s Dress Shop. After going into Dorotha ' s shop, I asked her if she was married, and she said, No, the right man has never come along. She had put all her trust in Harvey and he had failed her, so she was pretty well discouraged with the men. Berniece Spurgeon (Louden), her model, was out to lunch at that time. I found out that Pete was President of a chain of Service Stations and his office was next door; so I could not lose that opportunity of seeing him again. Page 17

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