Montpelier High School - Spartan Yearbook (Montpelier, IN)

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ffm 'W We the Senror Class of 45 1n preparatron tor our departure from thls lschooll hte do hereby bequeath these our DOSSGSSIOHS to the tollowrng Dorothy Weaver w1lls herself to Frank Pond Iohn Emshwlller w1lls h1s manly f1gure to B111 Batten D1ck Wagner 1S w1lled to Presldent Roosevelt Robert Da1ly w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to ralse hogs to Lawrence Walker Merval Moms w1lls h1s early hours to Pat Pugh Laurel Anderson w1lls her tardlness to FIGDCIS her srster to keep 1t rn the famrly Lavada Stotler w1lls her absence to Lloyd Crawford Myron Whybrew w1lls h1s beard to Kerth W1ble Gertrude Parker w1lls her g1ggle to Kate Morton Iumor Storer w1lls h1s flxrty ways to Kenneth Shannon Mlldred Rogers w1lls herself to her da1ly dlet R1chard Iones w1lls hlmself to Alaska Norma Dennls W1llS her soph1st1cat1on to Wanda Bantz Max R1chw1ne W11lS h1S Gblllly to get here on trme to Betty Lee Ioan Schwarzkopt w1lls her ab1l1ty to get her lessons 1n on trme to B1ll Sm1th Sherman Helm w1lls h1s flgure to Ieanne Burson Edna McCammon w1lls her lov1ng ways to Seaman Shaclle Kenneth KIGVIS w1lls h1s sl1mness to Norman Howard Helm to take Tyrone Power s place Edrth Spauldrng Vera Morgan w1lls her frgure to Imogene Iunxor Poulson w1lls hrmself to Hollywood Max1ne Huffman w1lls her rosy cheeks to Dor1s Mrller Vonona Sm1th w1lls her QOSSIDY ways to Paul Ford w1lls h1S heart to Margaret Gubson lh1s new tlamel Eva Sholty w1lls her bashful ways to M1 s Iohnson Clayton Ford w1lls Barbara h1s last name Betty Trump w1lls B1l1y to anyone that thrnks she can get hrm Glen Schwartzkopf w1lls h1s dumbness to Rrta Iester Ralph Martln w1lls the back seat 1n h1s Ford to Paul Ford Edna Iones w1ll her catty ways to Nan y Buchanan Robert Goodspeed w1lls h1s speed to Superman Emma L1nn w1lls her engagement r1ng to Mrss Albertson Vlctor Wells w1lls h1s ha1r to Ilmmy Sm1th Betty Cl1ne W1llS her beauty to the Vogue S1Sl9fS lBetty Rose and Dorothyl W1ll1am Cromer w1lls hrs ab1l1ty to play prng pong to Drck Hoover Margaret Park w1lls her mlstletoe to Bob Sm1th Paul Wall w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to wh1stle l1ke the radrators to Madonna lones Bud Cary w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to know all the news to B111 McColly Mable Fear w1lls her Mann to the Army Bllly Martln w1lls h1s l1ttle brother to Shxrley Trump to keep her 1n the famrly Donna Mason w1lls her basketball ab1l1ty to Rose Wunderbaum Bob Van Busklrk w1lls h1s freckles to Don Adams Esther Bennett w1lls her ab1l1ty to keep so many love lrghts burn1ng to Iack1e Arm SlI'OI'1q 945 Everett Brandenburg w1lls h1s ab1l1ty to stand up on a hayr1de to Dan St Iohn Thus we have s1gned and sealed these w1lls of the Senror Class of 45 on March l C L I 1 3 Ronald Noller wills next year's new girls to Iohn Marine. ' 's . l .

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511,.,.,L,z' saw, ., 45 Up 1n the Smoky Mountams where the grass IS a deep green And each 1nsect rnforms you how much hes ahve l once met a httle mountatn man Who sa1d he wanted to tell the school hte story of the class of 45 Hrts in the state of lndtanre Mees 1n a l1 le town called Montpeller Me grandson felled me about h1t and he heared h1t from some other feller Ye see many y ars ago when they was Jest starttn ta go ta school Some of em was sorta happy but twas some others thet was madder un a mule Anyhow they all got ta gettln busy and worked r1ghten real f1ne Except thosen thet d1dnt l1ke ta work so good so they got left behlne They studred an they worked they even had ta take books home at ntght Ye k1n bet yer Sunday bntches too the ones that stud1ed hard got purty brlght Readln wr1t1n rlthmetrc was what they learnt the furst few yars But Enghsh hxstry health and geogaphy was the sublects ta answer took ars They got em though un wxth a few exceptrons they got em Jesten almost pat They could tell ye what was when wh1ch was how why h1t was an where h1t s at Them yars Just went a whrzzm though me frrend dxdnt last no t1me atall The folkes left the e1ghth grade rn the sprxng of 41 an entered hrgh school 1n the fall Some fellers made the Pacer team er derrnahcs wh1len others made the Honor Roll But thet werent all the whole class got thetr names prmted on the brrck fer do1ng the loudest yelhn Un when h1t come to txckets ta be sold fer plays un stuff th1s class shore helped em do the selhn Now th1s yar they re Semors un when school ends they ll be goxn d1fferent ways Some ll go ta college er servlce wh1len others ll ferm clerk er work 1n factones er cafes Some of ern ll be purty umportant maybe ll have the1r pltcher rn the news er thexr names 1n l1ghts But the ones thet s gonna be the most s1ccessful IS the fellers thet works the herdest un get out un frghts The class of 45 w1ll do h1t same as the classes before have done un other classes ll do They know a teller oughtenta gxve up un qu1t so ye k1n be purty shore the Jobs they start IS the Jobs they ll carry through Welpt thet s the story lady now I gotta go cause I hear ma ahollerrn Thet woman Jest caxnt do nothxn by herself VJ1ll'1OL'll her loved l1lle pa fthet s mel a taggxn at her heels un follerm But as l sez onct befor thet s the school l1fe story where eachen feller has done h1s blt Every one of um contrxbuted somethrn er other un all the stuff they accompl1shed was worth the effert they put rn h1t Wrth those last words he turned and left me He hobbled up the rugged path and through the broken down fence I saw hlrn enter h1s l1ttle shack h1gher up rn the mountalns and from that day lnever saw hrm agatn Edna Iones 7 I I 2 I I I n 0 I I I . I I : 4' - z ' - I I 1 'T ' I I ' They jined the clubs an basketball teams, perticipated in tract, un often reached their goal. , . 2 I I I I ' ' ' ' s , . , : ' ' - I 7 I

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CKLZJJ M' PLUG? On a September even1ng1n 1955 B1lly Mart1n after a hard day teach1ng Enghsh was s1tt1ng 1n the parlor readmg the latest 1ssue of the Montpelrer Herald He was 1nterrupted from h1s read1ng by h1s WIIG Betty who had Just returned from puttlnq the baby to bed saylng B1lly hand me the So CIGIY page They sat s1lently read1ng unt1l Betty chuckled and asked D1d you see th1s advert1sement about Bob Van Busk1rk and GUSSIG s C1gar Store at Hartford C1ty? Yes I d1d Bob 1S dolng all r1ght for h11nself 1snt he? B1lly repl1ed There sure are a lot of wedd1ngs now arent there? I see here that Dorothy Weaver marr1ed Frank Pond and Clayton Ford marr1ed Barbara Mc V1cker 1n a double wedd1ng Sunday sa1d Betty Yes I heard that at school repl1ed B1ll Well 1f here 1snt Paul Walls column on How to be a successful poker player D1d you read th1s letter from Max R1chw1ne to h1s folks about h1s VlS1l to Cal1forn1a where he was crowned K1ng of the Hobos? Yes sa1d Betty look1ng up from her newspaper Are we go1ng to take that tr1p to Ind1anapol1s over the weekend to see the Folhes of 55? Iun1or Poulson has the lead1ng role and Ronald Noller w1ll be there w1th h1s famous Make you want to dance band Yes repl1ed B1lly and wh1le we re there we can go to the Speedway to see VIC Wells w1n the 500 Mlle Class1c HIS mechan1c Bob Goodspeed Wlll be on hand to keep VICS racer 1n perfect runn1ng order Also wh1le we re there we can VISII the Art Gallery to see Vonona Sm1ths famous pa1nt1ngs Before I can go I must call Norma and Ioan to have my ha1r f1xed and see 1f I can leave Iun1or over the week end at Dr Robert Sm1th s Nursery w1th Margaret Park yawned Betty The car also needs to be f1xed sa1d B1lly Ill leave xt at Da1lys Garage tomorrow on my way to school so that Bob can f1x lt up They read a wh1le 1n s1lence Then B1lly looked up and sa1d Say Betty I heard a lot of news at school today Iohn Emshw1llers l1ttle boy Archxbald sa1d that Iohn IS now Blackford County Ag r1culture Agent and that Merval Morrls was crowned Corn Kmq last week at the State Falr Well Well' chuckled Betty And d1d you know that we have a new teacher and a new clerk at school? cont1nued B1lly Everett Brandenburg 1S the new agr1culture teacher and Edna Iones IS the new clerk Mr Morgan 1nformed me th1s morn1ng that Vera IS Head Surg1cal Nurse at Ball Hosp1tal Kathryn Sholty told me that her Aunt Eva IS work1ng 1n her old home town W1ndfall B1ll a letter came from Maxlne Huffman today She IS head nurse at the Chlldren s Hospltal at CIHCIHHGII She says that Laurel Anderson and Gertrude Parker are work1ng at General HOSQIIGI there Answer the door dear Why 1f 1t 1snt Bud Cary the Fuller Brush man exclalmed B1lly Come 1n Betty and I were Just talk1ng over our old classmates Hello Betty sa1d Bud D1d you know you are go1ng to have new nerghbors? Kenneth Kra VIS Just sold h1s farm to Sherman Helm and bought the property next door Well I declare SG1d B1lly I was Just tell1ng Betty how strange 1t seems to have some of our class so far away and others st1ll 1n Pel1er Take for 1nstance Blll Cromer hes a test p1lot at Boe1ng AIICTGII Company 1n Cal1forn1a Esther Bennett IS 1n New York work1ng as a SCIGDIISI for the Du Pont Company M1ke IS now an expert engmeer and really has bus1ness 1n Chlcago Betty added Ralph Mart1n 1S now a coach at Notre Dame Glen Schwartzkopf IS Professor of Eng1neer1ng at Terre Haute Paul Ford 1S super1ntendent of the Chem1cal Corporat1on and Mlldred Rogers IS h1s pr1vate secretary Yes reJo1ned B1lly R1chard Iones IS owner of cha1n grocery stores 1n Alaska and Donna Mason IS h1s pr1vate secretary I stopped at Mr and Mrs Iack Fullers tErnma L1nns you knowl and she told me that Ch1ef Eng1neer D1Ck Wagner IS now home on furlough v1s1t1ng h1s parents and that Iumor Storer has been promoted to the rank of general commandmg all the U S A1r Forces added Bud I saw 1n the Soc1ety Page of th1s even1ng s paper that Betty CI1ne and Dean Herr were marr1ed last week and I guess that Mr and Mrs McCammon have announced Ednas engagement to Rol land Shadle Betty remarked The paper also stated that Mr and Mrs Max Mann tformerly Mable Pearl are bu1ld1ng a new home on South Ma1n Street and that Lavada Stotler has accepted a pos1t1on 1n Ind1anapol1s B1lly added Well sa1d Bud I hate to leave but to keep my Job I have to Q0 HOW Come back soon and we ll cont1nue our talk of old classmates 1nv1ted B1lly I I , 1 . 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 11 II I I I u I I I Il I I 1 ' 1 I 11 1 1 1 I L 1 1 1 1 11 1 I I ' II II I I II I I I I I I I ' I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 1 1 11 1 11 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 I I ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 11 11 11 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 11 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 11 ' . , 1 11 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 , 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , . , ' I I I I I I Il 11 11 I ' u 11 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 11 1 , 1 Il 1 I I I II I I II I I I I ' ' I I II ' 11 11 1 11 1 1 1 I I ' - 1 1 1 ll 11 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 I I ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I u I I I I I II 1 , 1 11 1 1 1 I I I I 1 1 1 11 11 11 1 1 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 ' ' I 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 u I II , 1 1 , 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I I - 11 , 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 I II II 1 II I II 1 1 1 1 - 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 , 1