Noble High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In 1951, we were just “green freshmen.” We had 19 in our class. These were: Harold Atkinson, Jim Benedict, John Brane, Vera Brown, Jarolyn Clark, Roberta DeArmond, Leo Elshire, Graee Ann Futrell, Jerry Jacobs, Tom Kiefaber, Dale Kroft, Roma Mettler, Delores Miller, Beverly Retry, Lawrence Porter, Mary Ellen Ridenour, Larry Rogers, Robert Stubblefield, and Fern Williams. Officers for our freshman year were: Delores, President; Beverly, Secretary and Treasurer; Roberta, Vice President; Larry, Student Council. Dale and Roberta were our candidates for king and queen. Finally, after much struggling, we were sophomores. Linlawn and Chippewa were consolidated, those joining from Chippewa were: Donna Rhoades, Shirley Roser, Deloris Shepherd, Charles Tyson, Clarence West, P. L. Wilson, and Bill Yocum. Frances Pearson also joined us from Wabash and Katherine Ringle from Urbana. Jerry Jacobs, Robert Stubblefield, Roma Mettler, and Fern Williams left us this year. Sophomore officers were: Larry, President; Shirley, Vice President; Jarolyn, Secre¬ tary and Treasurer; Dale and Frances, Student Council. One of the greatest misfortunes of our class was the death of our President, Larry Rogers. Our king and queen candidates were Tom and Shirley. We now had 23 in our class. In our junior year we gained Charles Carter from Chester, John Marsh from Wabash, and Grace Dale from Ohio to make us 25. Our officers were: Dale, President; Kathy, Vice President; Donna, Secretary and Treasurer; Jarolyn, Student Council. Our sponsors were Mr. Bechtold, and Miss Rife (Mrs. Busch). John Brane was the top fish fry salesman and also the top magazine salesman. The magazine sales, fish fry, and junior play were all a success. John Brane and Grace Dale were crowned king and queen at the carnival. At last, our big year. During the summer we lost John Brane to the tune of wedding bells. Charles Downey from Wabash joined us to again make us 25. Chuck Carter was elected President, Jarolyn Clark, Vice President; Donna Rhoades, Secretary and Treasurer; Shirley Roser, Student Council. Our senior play was a great success with one of the largest audiences ever seen in this building. In April we had our carnival and were entertained by the juniors at the reception. Then came our trip, baccalaureate, and commencement. With the school paper and the annual mixed in with all these activities you saw some pretty busy seniors, but we all had fun doing them, and lived through this wonderful last year.

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Clarence Edward West Vocational Booster Club 4 The Little Dog Laughed 4 Basketball 1 Track 1 FFA 1, 2, 3, 4 4-H 1 Intramural Volleyball 1 Booster Club 4 Secretary 1 Stage Manager 3 The Little Dog Laughed 4 Band 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 4 Swing Band 3, 4 Solo Contest 2, 3 Track 1, 2, 4 FFA 1, 2, 3 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4 Judging 3 Lawrence William Yocum Vocational Booster Club 4 Student Council 1 The Little Dog Laughed 4 Basketball 1 Baseball 1 FFA 1, 2 Pleasant L. Wilson Academic

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PROPHECY As we look into our crystal ball, we find that in 1975, the 1955 graduates of Noble High School will be doing the following activities. Harold Atkinson is now in the music business. The last time I saw him in Radio City he was really turning out the music. However, since then I heard his monkey ran away. Jim Benedict has a profitable kangaroo farm in Johnston, Kentucky. He sells them for boxing and or mail-carrying. Mrs. Joe Railsback, the former Vera Brown, is living happily with her husband and 16 children in Saskatchawanifyoucan, Canada. She working in the salmon canning factory. Her job is to write down how much the fish weigh by looking at their scales. Charles Carter is in the automobile business. He is president of Carter’s Left-Handed Monkey Wrenches’ Corporation. However, the only work he has to do is locate left-handed monkeys. Jarolyn Clark is nurse in the new hospital. The patients have taken a liking to her and she seems to like them. She always did seem to get along well with cats! Miss Grace Dale, 1954 queen of Noble High School, is founder and president of the O.M.A., or Old Maid’s Association. This has been a long time ambition of Miss Dale. Congratulations, Grace! Mrs. Frank Stayer, the former Roberta DeArmond, recently set up housekeeping in her new home in Warsaw, Indiana. Her family outgrew the house trailer. Charles Downey, a Ball State graduate, is really rolling. He has just been appointed as instructor of English and history at Noble High School. Good Luck in your new venture, Charles! Miss Grace Futrell was recently appointed a private secretary to President Dale of the O.M.A. At this rate she may attain her goal as Vice President. We wish you lots of success, Grace! Mrs. Dickie Harrell, the former Deloris Shepherd, is now with her husband wbo is in ibe U. S. Army. Stationed in Maryland, you can find Deloris working in Gach’s Drug Store saving for those three or four kids she intends to have. Tom Kiefaber is certain to win the indoor Crosley stock races at Ft. Wayne this year. He has reworked the frame of his Crosley and put a Cadillac engine in it. We repeat, it’s a sure thing! Dale Kroft is looking for some hired help on his 535 acre farm in Texas, until his 10 children are old enough to support him and Donna (?). John Marsh has just opened his new garage in Hollywood. He made a fortune by polishing the rear bumper on Jane Russell’s Cadillac. Mrs. Keith Morphew, the former Delores Miller, is washing dishes at Tom’s Tavern to support her husband and 13 children until they all graduate from Indiana Central College. Frances Pearson is now head nurse at the Poduncke Center Hospital, Lower Slobbovia. Lester stays home and answers the telephone! Mrs. Charles French, the former Beverly Petry, is leading an exciting life in Disko, Indiana. She mows lawns while her husband comes along and collects the money. Atlantic Ocean, 1975. Lawrence Porter, who enlisted in the Navy to avoid the draft, is selling vegetables from his garden on the rear deck of the Battleship Big Mo, so he can go through college if he gets out of the Navy. Mary Ridenour is now secretary to the president of the African Motors Assoc. She received this job because she worked hard, took low pay, and married’ the president’s son. Katherine Ringel is now shoveling coal on a tramp steamer to work her way to Europe. After she gets to Europe, she’s going to see the country by riding the rods underneath railroad trains. Bungling Brothers Circus. A young girl today asked the world’s foremost female weight lifter, Donna Rhoades, how she became a weight lifter. Her answer was, “I got my practice carrying typewriters at Noble High School.” Shirley “Blood Loving” Roser is now a surgical nurse at one of the country’s leading hospitals. She became a nurse so she could watch people being cut to pieces. Charles Tyson, after leaving military service, is now head foreman at the General Tire. He makes quite a fortune in the overseeing of rubber washers for Jane Russell’s car. Clarence West, who joined the army right after graduation, has now worked himself up to Sergeant First Class. Boy, do those girls ever go for him now! But he still has his eye on an old classmate because he shaves every day now. Could something be arranged, K. R.??? Bill Yocum, who volunteered for the army and has served his time, has now gone into farming near Chippewa. He intends to be married in the near future to his One and Only, Carol Hendry; as Bill says that’s a part of farming. P. L. Wilson, who is attending Purdue University seems to be hitting it off quite well. P. L. is not only making a hit with the girls, but Professors, too. He has been offered a teaching position by the Agriculture professor, but intends to come back to Wabash and engage in farming. As far as marriage, he hasn’t planned that far ahead.