Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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gm i T'r':-'ffbaig RE UN ION WF I F TEEN YEARS LATER October 3, 1946. Dear Thelma, I know you were sorry not to be able to be at the class reunion, so I will try to tell you just how everyone was. I arrived early in the morning, and the first person I saw was Mrs. Morge. After greeting me, she asked if I would write six hundred words on the reunion, for the Echo. Thinking how much things were like what they used to be, I assured her that I would. Margueriette Cressler was the first to arrive. She came puding up, and imagine my surprise to hear her say that she was now champion cross-country runner. I remembered how her feet used to hurt, but she told me she had faithfully taken Doctor Achem's pills that cure coughs, colds, pyorrhea, indigestion, halitosis and flat feet. She had brought a big basket of lunch for the whole class, and we certainly appreciated all the good things. We heard a car stop, and as the chauffeur held the door open, who should emerge but Senator L. A. Baker, none other than our old Spud, He represented Marion county in the Senate, and was known chiefly for his work in influencing legislators to take Latin from the high school course. Spud joined us, and as we were sitting on the front lawn talking, who should ap- pear but Catherine Lamb. She had fared well in life, and had suceeded in piloting some rich man to the altar. Kitty was famous herself for her two masterpieces, Fish Playing in Lake Graham, and Sunset in Peacock Woods. These two pictures won fiirst and second prize at the 1946 art exhibit at Chicago. Anthony Titus was the next to come in sight. Tony was just back from the Afri- can jungles, where he had gone in search of big game. He had bagged several Eagles and Owls, tin the name of Mortonj but he had not been so successful with the Lions. One of them had fringed his ear and another had nipped his arm. He was writing a book on his adventures and wanted to secure a copy of Clippenger's English to be sure his style was correct. Gladys Critchfield was there, too. She had organized an expedition to the South Pole, and had just returned. We remembered how she had said once in history class, that she thought a polar expedition would be 'tsuch fun. She had taken K. N. Banker along as photographer, and he is now busily engaged in making the pictures into a movie. Gladys wore an outfit made of polar bear skins, and the heat was nearly killing her. We noticed a balloon overhead and wondered who might be in it. Imagine our surprise to see it land and to see Jack Stevens emerge. Jack is a famous tight-rope walker and is now planning to walk a rope across Niagara Falls. He demonstrated his skill by skipping about on the local telephone wires. Bob Miller appeared from nowhere, and it seems he is taking Houdini's place in the world of magic. He wore a black silk hat and a swallow tail coat, and he carried a wand. He had a set of whiskers that would have made Red Devil Dugan turn green with envy. His occupation completely absorbed him, and every few moments he would snatch rabbits out of the air, by their ears.

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1? seventh glade played agarnst the sophomores I thrs game our grrls defeated thc sophomores by a close score In the sprrng of 1990 we saw ahead the goal whrch had always seemed so far away from us Our crew rn 1930 consrsted of fourteen members as another of our classmates had decrded to try to conquer her hardshrps alone W re now the drgnrfied senrors and started our last year wrth renewed enthusrasm The serpents thrs year were book keepmg and botany Ol physrcs Botany was a hard subJect to the grrls at frr st but they soon mastered rt under the excellent supervrsron of Mrss Ellrott Wrth Mr Ewrng, takrng over the physrcs class thr year the boys found that the subJect was drfficult but had to be mastered The exercrses they undertook were a lrttle drfficult but thrs drdnt hmder the boys as every ne came through wrth a good record Bookkeeprng as a whole was very rnterestrng to the class but we had our drllrcultres rn masterrng rt Thrs year four of our boys Anthony Trtus Walter Baker Clrfford Smrth, and Robert Mrller were members of the band Three of our crew Gladys Crrtchiield Marguerrette Cressler and Walter Baker were also rn the orchestra In athletrcs all of our boys took a part In the oratorrcal contest Fvelyn Qwartz Thelma Voyles and Dorthea Welker represented our class Thelma Voyles won thrrd prrze rn the local contest From the three wrnners Thelma was chosen to represent the school at Carth age rn the county contest She won first place and recerved a gold medal as the rnclrvrd ual prrze and the Amer rcan Legron plaque as the reward for the school Thr year the senrors took over the work of the Morton Echo permanently The staff took an extra course rn Journalrsm and for thrs course they each recerved a credrt For further help rn publrshrng annuals rssurng the Morton Echo and for composrtron work the senrors began the work of publrshrng a style book but because of lack of trme the rest of the work on the style book wrll have to wart untrl next year to be finrshed In the Cadet Lorp we had some of the hrghest officers On the oflicrs staff were Marvrn Fletcher cadet major Lee Bybee and Anthony Trtus cadet captarns and Jack Stevens sergeant magor We had one member Walter Baker rn the Cadet Band These members of thc 8011101 class have learned a great deal concernrng mrlrtary movements srrrce the begrnn mg of thrs drrll two years ago Earlrer rn the year we vrsrted Earlham College at Rrchmond We were rnxrted to the college to vutness a football game between Ear lham and Indrana Central college of Indranapolrs We thoroghly engoved the football game and all the more so because one of our ex students was playrng a wonderful game for Earlham We also vrsrted mam burlclrngs on the campu and recerved some rdea of college lrfe Later on rn the year the boys of the basketball squad wrtnessed a very rntere trng basketball game between Earlham and DePauw Unrversrty We feel d eply rndepted to the college for thesc prrvrleges and hope some of our rrsrng cla ses vsrll have the same opportunrtres Our class and the Junror class had the pleasure of gorng to the Indrana Legrslaturf thrs year We vrsrted both houses and made a study of the legrslature rn connectron wrth our hrstory work We also vrsrted the Scottrsh Rrte Cathedral the Amerrcarr Legron Headquarters and the Soldrers and Sarlors Monument Early rn June 1931 our crevs of thrrteen safel5 harbored our craft rn the lonf., hoped for port Graduatron We succeeded rn sarlrng safely through the tempests of thc last four years -Y . .., if , . F?--I.5'3t I k. .' ' , C '. l'l r 'r 5 . - 5. . - . 1 K. . U S , r r . ' . D M . . . ,, . 9 we . , , . . 1 ' l i . A 1 . .L . . . D . r 5 1 . v -.' . . ' ' '. . , . A Y . . X U . lv r v v - 1 s r , ' . . . l . . I K . - , L., . . . ' . ' ' , ' ' f S . . . . . . , . K . , l . , . . 'Q . . . i , . ,. E - ' -4 . K . ' 1 . x ' 1 1 ' v -r . ' . , I . , . . . D . ' . . , . . h . Y. . . . Q X S . f . ' - ' S , I K. . 9 . ' ' , ' ' S ' . . . ' ' . . ' ' ' . ., .1 Y. . Q . . . . ' H. . . ' ' ' ' '.. . . , ' . . ' 7. ' - 7 r, . - ' r ' ' v ' r v 1 , . It . w . . ' . x , . . .

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-ME' Clifford Smrth had chosen to be an evangelrst He rs known all over the world a Bully Monday No doubt hrs success rs due to hrs vorce He has become qurte proficient on the musical sav. and offered to play and srng rn chapel that afternoon We accepted hrs krnd offer and were delighted at hrs well developed tenor Lee Bybee rs famous as the edrtor of the New York Sun He has many worrres and whrle at the reunron contrnually hoped that the copy would be ready on time Of cour se you know the Morton Style Book has been accepted as a gurde to all the leading periodicals We can thank Lee for that We were all busrly talking over old times and drdnt notrce an absorbed person intently gorng over every rnch of the ground wrth a magnrfyrng glass Imagrne our Joy to see Evelyn Swartz a confirmed botanrst' Evelvn explarned that she was looking for some saprophytrc fungr and she couldnt stay We promrsed we would afterward help her look rf she would only srt down and talk with us Marvrn Fletcher was traveling wrth an Indran medrcrne show and rt was only wrth great drfiicultv that he was able to be there Fletch rs a full blooded dyed rn the wool brave had a feathered hat and everythrng It seems he had lost a few ot hrs eagle would dash off after a promrsrng looking chrcken Marvrn was rather quiet for he was busy makrng plans to go on the warpath Mary Handley was there of course To all radro fans Mary 1 known as the little mrss who Introduced the Morton Hrgh School song If you will tune rn on statron WXYZ anytime between seven and eight o'clock you wrll be sure to hear her Thelma I shall say goodbye as Senator Rowley rs calling for me to take some drctatron Dorthea YFARLY STATISTICS An ambitious dumbell went into a nervous fit and asked each senror what they were planning to be dorng rn about ten years and oh bow xx hat results were returned Mrckey Designer for dress making firms Lrrtchy Grvrng Plano less n Mary Beth Srx foot center on a girls basketball team Thelma Lee Arrplane machanrc Porky Magazlne model Evelyn Acting as a dwarf rn a crrcus Krtty Dretrtron Spud Packing books on erght foot shelves without a step ladder Rusty Paper hanger Fletch Keeprng house Bob-Movre actor Tony Singer at the Metropolitan Opera House Steve Playing a prccolo rn Sousa band Smrttx Street cleaner Q3 . . . o if GPU. ,-'-'lsr' L C , . v, ' ' . - . .1 9 I ' ' i v , ' ' K . . l . . , . Y I - 7 Y u ' ' p 7 u ' p n , . . I .' .L - , -. - i - . . . ,, ., feathers on the way down here, and had to have some replaced. Every few minutes he - , . . , . ' , 's ' . ' r L n v . . . U , x Y A . . 4 ' . . A . v S K' . .ky 3, , . K . . : '-' - ' ' ' 3 s. . . . , - . . . A y . S In ., 0 . A . . . ,Q '1 D . ' ' ,i - . .7