Montpelier High School - Spartan Yearbook (Montpelier, IN)

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Om' Class We are the Seniors who must leave This wonderful school behind, We've had great fun, But now that it's done, After all, I guess we don't mind. I should go right down the alphabet, But that is so hard to do, So I'll start in with one, And end up with none, And then my job will be through. Bob Park is president of this class, He is very efficient indeed, Bill Hawk takes his place When Bob's out of the race, And he surely is quick to heed. David Bowman likes the Millgrove girls, Sam Wunderbaum does, too, They play ball on high, When these girls stand by, And have a good time when it's through. We have cowboys and farmers here, also, Who have as good times as the rest, Denton Reff is the cowboy, Merle Norton is the ploughboy, And in studying they do their best. Betty Sills, our yell-leader, is leaving, Helen Riggs, our singer, is too. They'll be missed, I know, When they must go, But for that they shouldn't be blue. Inez Beeks likes a young man named Louie, Who was graduated a few years ago, Rose Norton is quiet, She never is high-hat, But none of the school boys is her beau. We have a pair of sweethearts, too, Jim Whitecotton and Velma Freeman. With them none can compare, 'Cause they go everywhere, In a V-8 that goes like a demon. Harold Brock was left over from last year, But he's going through this time, Betty Ellis went away, But she came back to stay, For she thinks this school is sublime. Mary Murle Pugh tells the teacher In our Health and Safety class. Bob Rayburn snoozes, But sometimes he chooses, To answer questions in Civics class. Dick Henderson is our little man, But he's as old as some of the rest. Warren Emshwiller is small, And not very tall, But at jokes he ranks with the best. john Clark is the one who gives friendly Before you get married, he says, think But Mildred says, No, What he says can't be so, Therefore I wonlt heed his advice. The three musketeers from Millgrove Were mentioned once before, They like 'Pelier boys, Who don't play with toys: Jeanne Holcroft, Valda Dennings, Janice Junior Cline is our student manager, James Marion is a quiet young lad, Bill Davis beats a drum, Violet Stafford can hum, Evelyn Richwine is usually glad. Von and Roy Rains are basketball boys, Esther Gerard plays the grand piano, Helen Davis plays trombone, Norma Shadle plays saxophone, advice, twice? Shroyer The school will miss them when they go. Gathel Walker is a 4-H club leader, Margaret Fisher is a bashful young lass, Mildred Johnson is talky , Fred Culberson is stocky, We're sure they all will pass. Wilma Cunnington likes to design dresses, Elaine is artistic, too. Bill Chaney is a drummer, Dee Towns is a runner, And Alberta wrote this for you. ....16... .

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Davis, the former Elaine Landis, painted the scene in her famous Landis style. While this was being enacted below, Dee Towns flew overhead in his private plane, making a quick getaway in a smoke screen from a swarm of admiring Hartford City girls. After the traveler landed in Shanghai, China, she saw James Marion, the most sophisticated floorwalker in Woolworth's Five and Ten, show- ing the Chinese ladies where to find the kitchen- ware department. In China she also encountered Margaret Fisher on her way to join her fiancee, Fred Culberson, who was in Calcutta taking snake-charming lessons from Alberta Sutton, ali- as Madame Lazonga. Going north through Si- beria, she saw Orville Cline, jr. milk his two hun- dred and ten dairy cows with the assistance of his new invention, The Super Milker. She reluc- tantly passed up this interesting sight to go to Persia, where she encountered her old friend, Mrs. Dan Markley, the former Evelyn Richwine, mak- ing an extended visit with her aunt, Mrs. Hutchi- son, formerly Inez Beeks. From there she went to Istanbul, where she found Von Elbert and Roy Rains, Jr., the playboys of the world, trying to escape the clutches of two beautiful mademoiselles who had followed them from Paris. Then her dream carried her to darkest Africa, where to her surprise she beheld Bill Hawk still trying to invent machines to keep him from working. Too, she found Norma Shadle teaching the natives to do the rhumba and the Big Apple. After taking a few lessons, Mildred left Africa for Europe. She entered Europe with a little shiver of fear, for in Berlin Dick Henderson and his world fam- ous hockey team, The New York Rangers, were playing Hitler's Blackshirts in a contest for the world championship. After spurring her former classmate on, she went to Oxford University, where she found in the library, the best seller of a few years back, Hold Your Man , by Helen Louise Riggs, the famous authority on love and the weaker sex. Crossing the Atlantic she found herself in New York City, where Betty Sills was doing stage work, while the Carls, former boy friends, fought it out for her affections, backstage. Down in Boston, Senator David Bowman was telling Dave Jr. that he couldn't be president because he was a republican. Going on to Washington, she saw Esther Gerard, who was dividing her time between being the wife of William Lewis Chaney, the fam- ous banker who balanced the country's budget, and knitting sweaters for Merle Morton, who had joined the Foreign Legion to forget .... Leaving Washington, she traveled to Georgia, where she found Mrs. Robert Pence, formerly Mildred Clark, pulling a plough, while her husband drove the tractor. At Camp Shelby, in Mississippi, Sam Wunderbaum was filling army tanks with Ethyl, five gals. for one dollar. He was making money on the deal, too. On down in Mexico City, she found Miss Valda Dennings tossing a flower pot from her balcony at her caballero who was sing- ing It All Comes Back to Me Now. In Del Rio, Texas, Denton fBing Crosbyj Reff was serenading the cowgirls. Up in Kansas City, Kansas City Kittyn alias Betty Ellis, the famous beauty cul- turist was giving Helen Davis, the women's champ wrestler, an automatic steam bath to get her in condition for her next wrestling match with Velma Freeman, The Hoosier Hotshot , in private life known as Mrs. James Whitecotton, wife of the Indianapolis Speedway King. In Chi- cago was to be seen Wilma Cunnington, the head of the commercial designers for Marshall Field and Company, conducting a class on Designing the Appropriate Gown for the Pocketbook of Your Customerf, In Cincinnati she heard Rob- ert R. Park give a very interesting address on The Ability of a Man to Love 'Em and Leave 'Em, his favorite hobby. Back in Indiana she beheld Robert Rayburn still trying to put an automobile up a telephone pole without denting the fender. He had ruined only 325 autos so far. In the great metropolis of Millgrove, she watched Jeanne Holcroft and Janice Shroyer still trying to compete with Montpelier girls. The boys just can't decide which are the best. She found Gathel Walker and Violet Stafford nursing in the Hickville Hospital and trying to decide whether to continue nursing or to become home- makers. In Montpelier High School she found Mr. Morgan and Miss Albertson, rapidly growing gray, putting out bigger and better Senior classes every year. Across from the school she beheld an old maid rocking and knitting as she waited calmly for a knight to come riding on a white horse, while her parrot screamed at her black cat. The person was, why, it was herself, but before she could find out what she was knitting and whether the man came or not, Miss Nelson tapped her on the shoulder and said, Mildred, I must in- form you that you have received ten demerits for sleeping in study hall, and you have also flunked Math!,' What a rude awakening from such a beautiful dream, Time alone will tell whether it will all come true. -15-

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lass lVill We, the Senior Class of 1941, coming to the end of Our Dear Old Golden School Days and wishing to rid ourselves of all childish possessions, do declare this to he our last will and testament: Helen Louise Riggs wills her willowy figure to Bernice Fensil. Harold Brock wills his ability to put lace on handkerchiefs to Miss Albertson. Wilma Cunnington wills her art ability to Margaret Hoover. Denton Reff wills his crooning ability to Bing Crosby. Alberta Sutton wills her strong republican be- liefs to Thomas Huffman. Bill Chaney wills his Buick to Jimmy Phillips. Esther Gerard wills her ability to play the or- gan and the piano to George Peach', Ledbetter. Von Elbert Rains Wills his yellow fever to Dude Barrett. Q Dude says if Vonnie can do it, he can, too.j Evelyn Richwine refuses to will her Danny Boy because he is her only possession. Merle Norton wills his fast typing ability to Thanamae Ford. Norma Shadle wills her ability to stay up all night and stay out of school the next day to Gay- nel Inmanl Bill Hawk wills his industrious nature to Ray- mond Jackson. Violet Stafford wills her red corduroy suit to Martha Shadday. . James Marion wills his boisterous voice to Jack Smith. Betty Ellis Wills her ability to get along with so-oo-oo many boys to Martha Kegerreis. Bill Davis wills his ability to get along with the Landises to the Smiths. Inez Beeks wills her correctional ability to the teachers. i Bob Park wills his excellent grades in chemis- try to Joan Wilson. Mary Murle Pugh wills her ability to walk out of Health Class to Mildred Morgan. Warren Emshwiller wills his Tarzan build to Harold McDirmit. Mildred Johnson wills her many quiet ways to Marjorie Nelson. Jim Whitecotton wills his dark beauty to? ? P Elaine Landis wills Bill Davis to her sister, Annie. Dee Towns wills his ability to be a good drum major to his sister, Lavetha. Helen Davis wills her graceful walk to Ruth Ann Berry. Dick Henderson wills his height to Max Downhour. Betty Sills wills her yelling ability to George Clark. John Clark wills his rag time music to Guy Sills. Gathel Walker wills her straight A's to Iona Bell. Bob Rayburn wills his trips to Hartford City to anyone who thinks he can get them. Margaret Fisher wills her ability to knit to Elma Schwarzkopf and Mary Alice Woods. Sam Wunderbaum wills his feminine admirers to Clark Gable. Rose Norton wills her curly hair to Bud Greer. Junior Cline wills his ability to copy in Civics to next yearis class. Jeanne Holcroft wills her double dates to her sister in order to keep them in the family. Frederick Culberson wills his lazy ways to Mr. Morgan. Janice Shroyer wills her dark hair to Annabel Garrison. .David Bowman wills his ability to get back in class after being kicked out to John Lillie. Velma Freeman wills her rides in a certain Ford to any lucky girl who is smart enough to get them. Junior Rains wills his ability to ask silly ques- tions in Health Class to Gean Walker. Valda Dennings wills her Sunday School Class to Wayne Reasoner. Mildred Clark just won't will her diamond to anyone. The Senior Class Wills Mildred Johnson to Hartford City. In witness thereof we have set our hands and seal, this, the twenty-fifth day of March, 1941. -The Class of '41. .-17..