New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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.Maier C aaa 1943 In September. 1939. there entert-rl. along with a new principal. Mr. Young, 117 green, little freshmen. .Xt tht- time, that long-hoperl-for Grad- uation Day seemed quite far away. hut now we have ht-gun tu realize how short our high school career has ht-en. XYhen wt- came tu school for our Iirst instructions. it was with fear :mtl tremhling, AI Iowever, our fears soon vanisht-tl and wt- spent most of our time trying to get away from the hantls tri the stately tlignitietl uppt-r class- men who threatenetl our very lives if we tlitl not ohey their commantls. lfx- cept for a few activities, our freshman yt-ar was rather uneventful, lflectecl to heatl our group were l'aul Ilearman, l'rt-sitlt-ntg llerht-rt llurff -tte, Yice- gt president: lilecla Stemmlt-r. Secretary: antl lfvelyn liehher. 'llrt-asurer, ln September, 11140. we again wt-ntletl our way to N, ll. ll. S. Xlve felt rather superior antl very hrilliant. a well-known characteristic tif sopho- niores. antl how we clitl lortl it over the little freshmen, who were just entering. Uur officers' slate containetl the names of llelores Schlinlc, l'resitlt-nt: Charles llantlelier. Yice-president: Yertla liyers. Secretary: antl lltiwarrl Zelt, Treas- tzrer. , . . . . . . lt was at tne lmegnnung ol our junior year that things rt-ally hegan to happen, autl lwoth stutlents anrl tt-achers took note ul our gtititl tlt-t-tls antl mistlemeanors-if any of such coulrl he fountl, Leacling us along that rough antl rocky roatl wt-re Carl Fruechtenicht. President: Ethel S-chnelker, XiiCC-1J1'CSlLlCl1tl Anna l.ee Groves. Secretary 3 anrl i'aul llearman, 'l'reasurer. Our higgest project this year was tht- supervision of the Canteen. lt helrl untoltl hours of work hut with the assistance of our ever faithful sponsors. Mr. Ilownt-y and Bliss llarnt-tt, we managed to come tsut in good shape. Other important activities this year were our -lunior Play, Cross My Heart, antl that long-loolqerl-for .luilior-St-nior llantluet helcl at the Yaleneia Gardens. In the fall tif '43 we hatl attaint-tl the rlignity of Seniors. Nothing- alisolutely nothing-coultl oppress our spirits. XYe harl arrived-antl to make it more emphatic we hegan to show signs of st-nse antl even at times a glim- mer of brilliancy. Heading our hrigatle were litlwartl lioester. l'rt-sitlent: Carl Fruech- tenicht. Yice-president: Yerrla llyt-rs, Secretary 3 and Ethel Schnelker. Trea- surer. Althouglt we sufferetl many knocks antl hruises seventy-four Seniors emerged to experience that all-important eventvtZrarluation. XYe are now ahout to celebrate the enfl of this illustrious journey through the paths that letl to a high scliool eflucation. lfor tht- most part our journey has ht-en very successful and hlletl with many joys. XX'ith our eyes slightly hlurring and a sizable lump in our throats we hicl a fond Farewell to our helovetl Alma Mater. af' 3

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Page If 3066 prop ec? 7943 'l'he other day as I walked down Main Street, I niet an old classmate of 1943. It was Paul Bearman, the street cleaner. lVe talked awhile and he informed me that he and his wife, Virginia Hutson, were having a party. Of course he invited me to the there were going to be many of our former classmates there. After promising to I sauntered on down the street. Since I was thirsty, I decided to go into the drug get a coke. lYho do you think was jerking sodas? None other than our very student. Carl Fruechtenicht! .Ks I drank my coke he toldhnie about many of our friends, in- cluding his wife, Verda Byers. They now have two kids, Carl lr. and hlanie. He was going I went with Yerda and him. Un the way we stopped at the Swihart Beauty party, as be there, store and brilliant to the party. so Salon and picked up Bonnie and her two helpers, Ruth Doty and Carolyn Kollman Craig. good friends of Glenna Tustison and they informed me that she was still They are both looking for a man, namely Howard Zelt. Wie linally arrived at the party and talked with the other guests. Mary jane Albertson informed us that Irene Sommers was married to a handsome marine and was living in llrooklyn. June Headford and Lois Ulrey, the opera stars., are on a tour. Bonnie Adams is their clever pianist. I always knew their good sing- ing would get them places, but not in the opera. Delores Schlink is a chorus girl at Ciros. I hear she can really swing it. Mary Belle Hodson is a roller skater. Its the only way she could continue to wear short skirts. The Rebber twins, Eleonora and Leonora, have married twins from Zulu and each has a little boy two years old. Gloria Wiegmann is still looking for a boy friend. She can't hold one because they say she talks too much and too loud. Merle Rigby is sticking pretty close to her, though, Richard Beyer was taken into court the other day for bigamy. It seems he married two girls, Alice Doctor and Lois Hathaway. lX'hen asked if he were guilty or not he said, I guess it was pretty big-of-nie.'i Russel Meyer and Joan Hively are still thinking of getting married. It seems they've been thinking along this line for quite some time now. 'loan had better keep her-eye on Evelyn Rebber. They tell me Noah Swartz still thinks he has a change to w-in Lois Amstutz, Dorothy Bearman and Helen Stauffer 2ll'C going to college to study teaching. 'Ilhey get pretty good grades. 'llhey must have pull with the teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Koester, the former Anna Lee Groves, are doing quite well as editors of the New Ilaven Times. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton, the lOl'11lC'l' F10 Ladig, ZIYC doing' qlllte well as coaches of girls and boys physical ed. classes at I. C. Betty Brennan is Still fluttering around like a butterfly and can't find the real KIcCoy. Mr, and Mrs. Fritz Hitzemann, the former Marjorie Willet, are great ballroom dancers. Alice Oberlin is really doing all right in taking care of Virge, Q1 XYo1'lCl lYar II vet- eran. Marlo Gene Felt l.ee who is now divorced, is taking good care of their twins, Danny lr. and Sandy. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Bechtol, the former Milly Bowers are having marital ditliculties. Bruce Masters and Edward Ulmer think they're doing all right as movie comedi- ans. XYhile going through Pittsburgh on a vacation Milly visited Carnegie llall and saw some of the work done by Edward Long and Roy Hart which proves that the best a1't of all moves to Carnegie Hall. Deloris Rothgeb is the proprietor of the Ritzy Rothgeb Milinery Shop, ller husband ffornian, is chauffering a large: Cadillae for President William Stanley White jr. Walter Oscor Seemann is now married to the former Ethel Schnelker. 'llhey are enjoying themselves on their small farm near I'ittsburgh. Charles Winans and Maurice Krauskoff are now working in a munition plant. Paul Milliman and julia Seddlemeyer are seen quite frequently at some of the night clubs, Clayton Lewis has to use color-back to keep his dark curly locks from turning gray. The new school trustee, Eugene Lepper, is still keeping company with Rosie Thomas, a great engineer at a well-known company in New York. Mr. and Airs. Arnold Heller, the former Marian Lampe, are spending their honeymoon on an island in the South Seas. XYhile refreshments were being served a telegram came from How- ard Menking, the famous actor in llollywood, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Miller, the former Estel la Bremer, had to leave early to catch a train lo XYashington, IJ. C. You know he is our Rep- resentative in Congress. Lloyd Melcher is now gi professor in music at C. C. L. A. The Geor- gia 'l'eek football team consists of Kenneth Bandelier, captain, Harry Gantz, Henry Hart- man. Bob Kain and Orville McFadden. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Critchneld, the former june Bo-lin- ger, are now living on a ranch in Texas. Many people on the west coast stop at the Pladium to hear the sweet music of Richard Hockemeyer and his cornyteers, Max Ward is a famous surgeon at Mayo lflrothers Clinic in Seattle, lYash. flu the way home from the party I went down to the corner store run by Mr. and Mrs. Max Neidhart, the former Evelyn Wetzel, to talk over old times. l picked up the paper and there on the front page was a scoop f1'om Eu- rope by Dallas Welbel, Qyfilecn