New Ross High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (New Ross, IN)

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Class Will I, Marilyn Bush, will my front seat in the Senior row to Janice Bailey, I, Marty Gray, will my ability to play hooky andnot get caught to Bernie Burke and to Freddie Thompson the ability to get his hair fixed the way he Wants it, I, joan Haley, will my ability to play the saxophone to Carolyn Norman, I, Fred Harris, will by brains to Don Dice to make the honor roll is in case his should run out, I, Dale Houser, will my ability to keep financial records to any junior who is willing to became treasurer of the class 0151955 so that they may always show a balance, A I, Janice Keller, will my ability to hold a man to Susie Todd and to Mary Manning my late hours, May she succeed and never get caught, I, Bill-Largent, will my handsome profile to Tom Burke so that he too can snag onto a wonderful gal of somebody else choice, I, Pat Ludwig, will my ability to type to Freddie Thompson, and my clarinet to jeanie Haley, I, Barbara Morgan, will to Lucille Williams my cheerleading ability so that she too may raise the voices of N,R,H,S, students, And to Donna Huffman my flirtatious ways so she may always have a man around, I, Dale Newton, will to Alva Paxton my Crosley so that he may set a world's speed record, I, Melvin Routh, will my ability to get all good looking girls to swoon over me to Art Buck and Don Dice, I, Barbara Stanley, will my ability to study to Betty Canada and Don Pennington so they will always be busy, I, Darlene Stout, will all my love letters to Phyllis Spangler, and to Beverly Ward my station in Linnsburg,

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Class History On a bright fall day, September 1943, Barbara Stanley and Billy Largent left on a flying saucer called, The Guided Missile of '54 , for a twelve year trip arqund the universe, The first place on which they stopped was Sun , The saucer was then guided by Miss Norma Everhart, During their stop on Saturn , Fred Harris joined the great crew, At this time Margaret Proffitt was in charge, U The next stop was on Moon , The pilot was replaced by Mrs, Gladys Smith, The fourth stop was on the Milky Way , The crew was joined by Melvin Routh and Dale Houser, At this time, The Guided Missile of '54 , was propelled by Mrs, Irene Byrant, The stop on Venus was short as all they did was to change the captain to Mrs, Edwin Miller, i ' They stopped on '9Mars for a rest, While they were there, Mr, Denver Feltner directed the crew, It was then that ,Ioan Haley was added to the group, The seventh year of the journey was when the group made a big jump in the trip, The group landed on Mercury where they were joined by Pat Ludwig, Barbara Morgan, janice Keller, and Dale Newton, The captain in charge then was Mrs, Mildred Beck, They paused on Pluto just long enough to have Darlene Stout join the group, The Guided Missile of '54 at that time was guided by Mr, Norman Evens, The saucer hesitated on the North Star , where Marilyn Bush was admitted to the crew, At this stop Mr, Max Barnett became the captain, This was where the crew had their first money making experience, During the visit on jupiter , Mr, Norman Evens, was again captain in charge, They also had another money making project of selling popcorn, The next to the last stop was on the Big Dipper , There they gave an excellent junior -Senior Reception, This stop also included selling of cokes and to present a favorable play, Her First Flame , directed by Mrs, Kay Gillis, Mrs, Gillis was also the sponsor, The last stopping place was at the planet Earth , where the crew had their pictures 'taken and left a composite in the Hall of Fame, A junior- Senior reception was given in their honor, The captain, Mr, A, V, Purdue, was in charge of the many things they did, The Senior play was directed by Mr, Glen Harper, ,. On April 25, Baccalaureate services was held at the Mace Methodist Church, Commencement Exercises was held on April 30, in the great New Ross Gymnasium, The speaker at this time was Mr, Fred W, Rankin of Indianapolis, Indiana, ' The final trip through space together, was to Washington D, C, and on to New York, on May 9, , This trip through outer space on The Guided Missile of '54 will remain in our memories forever and ever,

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Class Prophecy As my train sped toward my destination, New Ross, Indiana, the conductor stopped to ask me for my ticket, Much to my surprise the condoctor was Dale Houser, As Dale and I talked over old times, I learned that he and Marilyn Bush were married and the parents of four children, Dale said that Bill Largent was the engineer on the train, I asked if I might talk to Bill and he said that I could, As my train pulled into the station, I bid farewell to Bill and Dale, just as soon as I stepped from the train steps I saw a familiar face, it happened to be Barbara Stanleyf She told me that she was a dress designer and a model in New York City and that she was home on vacation, She surprised us when she said she had been married for seven years, ' After I left Barbara, I walked over to the information booth, low and behold there sat Darlene Stout, I asked her if she would call a taxi for me, as I stood there talking with her, I discovered that she was unmarried because she hadn't found the right man, When the taxi got there, I opened the door and saw the driver was Janice Keller, janice told us that this was her job as she had to work her way through Notre Dame, At that moment a tire went flat, Janice called the garage for them to come fix the tire, As the truck came to a stop, the garageman was Melvin Routh, Melvin told me that he owned the largest garage in town and during his free time he played basketball on the New Ross independent team, Melvin told me where I could find some more of my friends, The largest department store in town was owned by joan Haley, As I started to her office, I met her private secretary, Pat Ludwig, As we talked she told me that she had been married for several years, She took me into joan's office and we sat there and talked about old times for quite a while, joan had taken her chances and stayed single, I As I came out the door a motor cycle went whizzing by, A second later a police car went by chasing it, As they came to a stop I noticed that the rider of the motorcycle was Dale Newton and the police car was driven by Barbara Morgan, We learned that Dale runs a motorcycle shopddown the street and Barbara was a lieutenant on the police force, I As we continued down the street I came to a Sportsman's stop, As I glanced in the window I saw Fred Harris behind the counter, So I went into the shop and talked to him, As we talked, he said that he had finally found the right girl and settled down to married life, H As I walked back to the railroad station, I realized that I had seen and talked to all of the members of the class of 1954,