New Madison High School - Owl Yearbook (New Madison, OH)

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ffl, As I walked lnslde the door I notlrcd a board of ten bush buttons one bLQldQ the name of each archltect I studled the tell nanees and Il0t1CEd they W9l all VS lley and of course I kllew thls vxas W'1lex and bons I pu hed one butt H1 xxlluh 11d R J Wlley Presldent and hls QQCICIHIY walked out and took lle to 111 IOUIII IJ ICS o vxonoen and alrplanes drexx my Bttelltlllll to the xx all 1nd I knexx he xx IS th sal lC D1cl1 Wlley 1 knew ln school Aftel a mee talk he sald my plans xx ould be d13V!ll tht next da lhe next IIIOFHIIIS x1h1le xxe xxmlc litlll ble1k11st a man 1 11111 11111 1-mx l us tr patronlze 1115 ddlly Ile lntloduced h1IllS lf as Ml Plpengel I told lllm my ll lllll and to my sulprlse he l0lII0lIlbLltd me X1 lu M418 one of ll x schoolm 1t1s B111 Plptllger I asked B111 lf he knew vxhele any Uthll of H13 classmates xxtlm He told me that Maxlne ROblnSOlI had become one of hls customers aftrl mlllylng a pohce offlcer I asked hlm hel address betause I xxantrd to sae MIXIIIG Nou l111oxx a polltlnlan IS one of man s best frlends I had a qulet day as I settled dovxn to Illllqlh mx plans for the factory The olllx lnterruptlon came xvhell one ol my younger nelghbors came to get aequalnted wlth me I asked her how she got along 111 school and she told nee school was all llght and that she llked hel teacher Maly Brown She shoxxed me a plcturn of Mrs Bloxxn and I almost svx allowed my teeth because she looked famlllar to me ex en vxlth her gray hall lllce Yes the plcture looked just llke Mary Tlmnlolls and I couldnt belleyt she vxas glttlllg so old That lllght I lented 1 car to rlde 1lo11nd toxxn and my Vtlfl suggested that we go to a shovx We pass d llllly theatels before xxe 1 11110 upon a tltle that staltled me It read Proud Father starrlng Kelth Burns as fathel I kept looklng at the marquee wonderlng lf It mlght be the Kelth Burns I knew when WHAM' llght through the trunk of another car' The pollce soon arrlved but before they came I notlced my xx lfe had smashed her arm through the xx lndshleld The p011C8 ladlOGd a doctol vxho came lmmedlately and took my xxlfe to the hospltal I looked oxer the shape of the damaged Cars then plcked up the telephone ln my rented car and called a xxlecker to come The Wrecker arrlved p1Ck9d up both ears and I rode along I asked tht man lf that was the same Kelth Burns that used to llxe near lNexx Madlsoll Ht Sald he xx as and told me that he exen vxent to school with Mr Blllllb SIIICL thc lrlloxx had to be 111 school wlth me too I asked hls name 111d It tlllflbd out to be Dlek Doxxler Vx Q talked all the way and Dlck told me he had beu III the auto bllSlfl65S fol yeals and xxlvcklng serxlce was hls hobby It vxas gettlng late so I took a t3Xl to the hospltal to see mx NVlf6 A 1111151 told me that my xxlfe had recelved l'I'l1l1OI cuts lnd a dOCtOl vxould place stltches ln the nlolll mg After a short vlslt wlth my Wlfe the nurse began to dlagram on hel ovxn arm vshele my vxlfe was cut Her xolce sounded llke a XOILE I used to hear so manx tlnles and I asked lf she exel knevx Dolls Clopp She gunned and Sald hel name had been Dorls Llopp untll she Yfldllled a clrcus manager Early the next Il'lOl'Il1llg I vxent to the hospltal The nurse told me to go to hel room as the doctor xx as tllr IC but before I entered Dorls saw mt 1nd told me he mlght be somebody I knoxx I xx 1lkcd 111 and Doc gaxr nu 1 happy good lllflllllflg I looked on hls satc hel and lead lll gold letttls D1 R L1 Cox My vxlfe told lne th1S was the same Gene Lox Vklth whom I xx ent to sehool I hld to look txxlet and xfxe had a blg laugh We talked aftel he lttellded to IIIX wlfe b11t befole he lctt he told me shi had to stay 111 the hospltal a fwx days llvmzfx P0111 eb' X. 1l'...f..41 rf , ' ' j ' ' . 1 ' ' 1 sz ' . . ' , ' , ' . ' 'Jr '1 1 1 'ss ' ' . 11-L19 .' f f 1 ' ,1 1 ,' 1 eqf. ' 1 ' 1 4 ' ' ' 1 'I v 1 , Y- 1 ' Y ' ' 1: ' g 'ea 1 : , ' 1: 1 2 a: 1c Q 1 ' ',. . ' . ' ' . , 1 AX, ' . 5. .l ' V, -V ' V 2 1 . 1 ' ' 1 1 1 - V 1 - hx- v 1 - 1A I f ' ' ,: 1 1 ' 1' 1 ' 1' 1 ' ' . ' - Vb. , . 1 V. VA 1 2 1' . ' V V ' . , . 'S U . I ' 'I V. ' ' - ' . 5 1 ' ' ' Y V 1 '0- V . -V: . . ' V' I . y 1-V V . V ' , - . V . V ' 'f V V' ' 1. I told the little girl 1 used to go to school with Mrs. Brown IIIYSUIIQ and she was very . V - 1 ' ' ' V -. ' 4 ' V X . V. Ti ' ' Y 1 2 ' 2 . V V V' 1 5. ,-V,- L. V 1. e I2 ' 1: 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' . 11 .11 - 1 X . ' . V' A of V' ' I ' - ' 1 V , v ' - ' V - V ' L , ' V Y V ' I , ' , V, L. . V V V' . . V. ' 11 1 '1 Y I ' 5 1 ' y Y K 'K 2 ' - 1 1 ' - r 1 ' ' 1 - r' f ' r , . 1 , ' ,V ' , K V ' I .V 1 , . V' . V ' ' V ' 1 1 ' ' V , . V .' .- ' V . ' V ' . . Vp T , , , - .K - , .L. 11 .I V '14 '1V V' y , , 2 v V' V b--. 4 Z V' V, 1 V 1, . ' I V 2 I V ' 1, 1 1 1' Y I S 1 ' ' 1 V v 1 y .

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CLASS PROPHECY Furythrrrg., w rs packed we had sard goodbye to our nfrghbors our brlls were rll prrd md my wrfe and I elrmbed rnto our wrng to fly to New Madrson I was rn the proerss of burldrng a factory whrch would coxer a whole block on forty srxth street I knew the factory would be successful because we could sefuu labor from New Mad rson s populatron of 280 000 shrpprng facrlrtres on rts twelxe rarlways and advertrsrrrg through rts newspapers and radro statrons Thrs was to be our frr st xrsrt to New Madrson rn thrrty years so we were anxrous to see what had taken the place of the frre truck they were so proud of the lrttle one room post offrce on Marn street and the lrttle electrrc shop close by whrch sold old style clocks and radros I heard that many of the small tow ns around New Madrson had become rncorporated as a part of rt and Rrchmond was the home of many of New Vladrson s workers We started on our 2000 mrle trrp and were or er New Madrson wrthrn a few hours We couldnt belrexe the beautrful crty we were now ox er was New Madrson Skyscrap ers sw armed the trty wrth parkrng lots for planes on top of thenr We landed at the nrunrcrpal arrport and radroed a taxr to take us to a nearby hotel for lunch and a lrttle rest 'We were telephoned that our new house would be ready for us rn the mornrng cook and all Wrth nothrng to do that afternoon I asked my wrfe rf she would lrke to see a baseball game at Emrrck Park I told her that New Madrson had jorned the major leagues and was playrng Detrort rn a close pennant race We went to the game and as I sat rn the grandstand I notrced a large prcture parnted close to the scoreboard wrth a few words sayrng Dedrcated to Al Emrrck Whose Prtchrng Made Our Team Famous Throughout The Country The face looked famrlrar to me and I realrzed rt was the same Mr Emrrck I went to school wrth Later I learned that he lrved rn the northern part of New Madrson near the old Greerrxrlle Creek I went to wrsrt hrm after the game and we had a happy reunron I asked hrm rf he knew where any of our classmates were and he sard he drdn t srnce he tray eled so much wrth the team He drd tell me though that a statue of one of my frrends was placed at the gateway of a racetrack on srxteenth street We made thrs trrp and at the gates stood a statue of a man on a motorcycle The words around the toundatrorr read Donald Ross Natronal Lhampron Motorfytlrst Yes rt was the same Don Ross who had that old one cylrnder motorcycle rn hrgh school Tht next mornrng we mor ed rnto our new house After breakfast I went to my rral estate dealer and settled the deed for the locatron of nrx future fac tory I asked hrm rf he knew a good contractor rn town He recommended the F G Grrle Co just frxe blocks down the street I took hrs adxrfe and went to see Mr Grrle As I entered the burldrrrg a man approached me and I told hrm I wanted to see Mr Grrle He rang hrs boss on the thrrd floor and then told me I could see hrm rn an hour NVhrle wartrng I asked the man rf Mr Grrle w as honest and relrable He told me that he started to school wrth hrm back rn 1936 and knew hrm to be honest rn all of hrs dealrngs wrth hrm I w rs currous to know hrs name srnce I started to school rn 1936 also He sard hrs name was Kerth Mrller and he was employed as Mr Grrle s prrx ate secretary I later had my talk wrth 'VIr Grrle who was none other than my old classmate bane We settled down to brrsrness and he agreed to send tw tnty cor tractors as soon as I had a dragr rm of my frctory drawn He told me of a good archrtect on the other srde of town whom I went to ste after lunch 1 141111 I 1 Q ji? r...Y 4 'ml I v 1 v J' 'Q 5' f X ' v x r 1 x ' Q 'T 'h Y L' ' i z 1 , 2 K ' ' , . N .' . ' , , ' ' . , . , ' . 1 1, . -L' L . , Y , . I - y 1, 1 .1 1 V . S . . , . - ' I , ' v 1 v ' 1 ' v 1 . x 1 ' ' ' 1 yr . ' r 1' ' V 1 1 ' ' ' r 1 1 v ' V ' ' ' - , 1 I ' ' 5 ' 1 v A ' , . ' ' v r . ' 1 ' ' v 1 v . Y - ' ' ' V V ' 1 1 ' ' v y - v ' 1 - ' s, 1' v y' v ' - r - , 1 1 1 V' ' ' ' 5 A Y 1 , ,IH ' ' . ' ' 1 , . u , ' . ' ' v f . ,V Y ' - 1' v' v' ' , , - A , . , . , , . r ' ' ' ' . . , ,' ' 1 . .' . Y -, -, .' ' , ' v ' 1 - 1 1 Avr ' f V' ' - . r ' 1 1,1 ' yr A s ' Y A ' V 1, 1 Y, r .1 . ' v r y L ' 7 v A1 . ' 7' , y r -' ' .' , . . ' . I ' ' , D ' 'K .' , S .1 , . ,- v V' A A ' ' A . . . X 1 X V ' 2 r 3 - 1 -1 v - r - ' - . .' , 1 ' , , , . ' .rr utr

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I went on home and told my cook about the accrdent and that I would have to eat wrth her alone She was a nrce lady whose name was Phyllrs She told me how odd her last name was but sard rt used to be Halderman Here I had my cook several days before I knew she was one of my old classmates Phyllrs told me that her husband was dorn mrssrorrary work 'Ind slrc cooked for busrness men durrng the sunrmer lor pr rc trcal cxpcrrence as she taught home economrcs at Mramr Unrversrty I vrsrted my factory several trmes and Mr Grrle sard that wrth hrs modern ma chrncs he would have rt done wrthrn a few days except for the parntrng whrch he couldnt do I made an apporntnrent wrth a painter who I heard advertrsed over the radro could parnt any burldrng rn town wrthrn two hours He had a small trarn runnrng on a track around the burldrng wrth a parnter rn each car who gave the burldrng a coat Thrs was somethrng new and Mr Slorp was the only parnter rn town who could handle t When I wrote hrm a S2 000 check for hrs work I found he was the same Gene Slorp that I knew rn school Machrnery was all ordered and bought for my factory but rt couldn t run without electrrcrty I asked my nerghbors to recommend a good electrrcran They told me Earl Schlecty was the best rn town so I went to hrs home to see hrm about wrrrng my fac tory Whrle we were talkrng a lrttle grrl walked rn and asked Could I have a precc of candy Grandpa' I told Mr Schcler ty that this lrttle chrld looked lrke a grrl I knew rn school Her Dorrs walked rn the same grrl I krrew oxer thrrty years ago When Mr Schlecty sard he would send several men wrth wire from hrs large storehouse I remembered that he was the same man who starte.l a small erectrrcal shop on old Marn Street The next day I checked my ad rn the newspaper announcing the openrng of my factory In a column close to mme was another advertrsement reading New brcycles wrth radio heater and free wheeling attached have just arrrved at Bakers Brcycle Shop I copred the address and went to see hrm and I was correct rt was my friend Donald Baker He told me that he and hrs brothers owned a brcycle factory rn Rrch rrrond and he sold them rn hrs shop He saw my ad rn the paper and told me if I wanted good flocks to trme my employees I should go to the clock company next to hrs factory rrr Rrchmond I took Mr Bakers advice and radroed a bus to Richmond I walked rnto the huge burldrng the Gartrell Clock Co and asked to see the owner The clerk sard he would call Davrd Yes rt was Davrd Gartrell the same fellow who tore apart hrs Benrus and mme too every day rn study hall We had an enlrghtenrng conversation and after orderrng my clocks I took a walk through hrs factory to see the many patented wat ches he had One whrch rnterested me most was an alarm watch whrch burned your arm and then threw water on rt to awaken you A few days passed and then Dr Cox phoned that my wrfe could be released from the hosprtal Trred of rrdrng taxres I bought a car from Dowler s Auto Sales and took Phyllrs my cook for a lrttle rrde before gorng after my wife My factory was now nearly frnrshed and my wrfe and I decrded to have a large celebratron before openrng rt I thought of havrng a prrvate party but who could I rnvrte I knew only a few around New Madrson srnce I had been gone so many years and most of those I remembered were old schoolmates of mrne Say that was a good rdea why not rnvrte all my old classmates rn school name was Doris Wills. Earl flipped his glasses and said that was his wife. Just then Pugc Tn :tx