North Webster High School - Troy Yearbook (North Webster, IN)

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Dear Diary.. Well children, when you read this I'll be many miles away, as I'm making my last flight to the West as a passenger, not a stewardess. You see I retired 20 years ago. While looking out the window up here in the clouds it brings back memories of my old school pals, who were really a swell bunch. Listen and I'll tell you how it all started on another plane just like this. All aboard for the West Coast, flight 42 leaving the runway 11 Pilot JIM PAYNE is at the controls as the owner and operator of the American Airlines. With him is his very efficient and good-looking co-pilot and head mechanic, DON SMITH. GWEN GAWTHROP, our nurse, is ready with everything it takes. She has a white nylon uniform and a big red rose pinned on from a very special doctor . Oh, here comes RUTH WITMER, now Mrs. Foy Sauers, in a heavenly blue dress trimmed in rhinestones and mink cape. She and her husband have been vacationing in the South Sea Islands and are now returning to their home on the California beach. Our Doctor, JEAN VALENTINE, is referred to as one of the best in the field of medicine and she is on her way now to take over a new hospital in Colorado Springs. She is right on the job bending over one of our passengers now. Why it is JEAN CARSON who has just fainted. Jean C. is now the head nurse at a large hospital in Indianapolis and is now taking a much needed vacation. Who do you think is just boarding the plane? Countess CHARLOTTE SMITH (Werstler) with that tall handsome 6’ 5 Count Werstler. They look like a king and queen. Well, everyone is aboard and we are now taking off for Kansas City. Here we are sailing along. What's that? There is a roar and we all look out the window. One of the newest type jets is just passing and on its side you can see Leedy Jet ; yes, it’s JERRY LEEDY who owns another large airline. Fasten your safety belts! We are landing at Kansas City. Look at the beautiful church by the airport! Look who is smiling at all the passengers! It is no other than the pastor, our EDDIE BLUE, who came hurrying over when he saw so many familiar faces. He wanted to tell us of Kansas City's newly elected mayor who was none other than ARTHUR ENGLEBERTH. He is now married and has 5 children. Well, we are about ready to take off again and the passengers are coming aboard. Among them is Attorney JOHN CL1NGERM AN, who is a very prominent attorney in the West. Here comes another familiar looking face in a 10 gallon hat. Look close; surely you know it is JIM BRANSFORD. He just struck oil and is now a millionaire. Once again we are in the air. Someone said Took at the beautiful ranch with all the white fences'. It must cover acres! I informed them that it belonged to our former school chum JACK JERRAID, the J. J. Ranch. There is no finer in this part of the country. Our next stop is Tucson, Arizona where we are to pick up a very famous chemist. This chemist turned out to be LYNN OVERMEYER who has gone a long way since graduation and who is now working on a new secret weapon, the Z Bomb. With him is a very neatly dressed lady, EFFIE HIMES, the head professor at the University of Arizona. She told me that she was taking a month leave of absence from the University for a trip to Paris. We are now ready to start on the last lap of our journey. Next stop. L. A. Everyone is so busy chatting that the time sure does fly. You know how this class always could gab. I just heard someone say that BARBARA FREEMAN has a very exclusive dress shop on Hollywood Boulevard, and is the best dressed lady in Hollywood. She also has a very good-looking husband, who is a banker. JIM HILL has sure done all right for himself as he is the owner of the largest Yacht CluB on the West Coast. Here we are at the Airport so soon and the trip has all passed too fast. Who do you think is here to meet us--the Chief of Police himself. I should have known when I heard that siren going full blast. It's--you guessed it, (Cork) LEROY KNAFEL, who was escorting the owner and best reporter of the Ring-ler Daily Times; of course it’s MARILYN R1NGLER in her new cream colored Cadillac. She and the Chief came all the way out just to be with all their old pals for awhile and slso to get a front page story on all of our famous passengers. Well, you can plainly see that the trip started out as so many of our other flights had, but it ended up to be my most thrilling one as it was the reunion of the Class of 52 . All aboard for flights East. I remain your American Airline Stewardess. Peggy Jordan Compliments of LESTER R. KILNE General Repairing and Carpenter Residence in Epworth Forest Ph. 123F13 North Webster BURT'S STANDARD SERVICE Road 15 Leesburg 19

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Senior Class Play The Senior Class presented their play, Coveralls , on March 12, 1952. It was directed by Lester Young. The play cast was as follows: Robert Stillman, a would-be Mayor, Lynn Over-myer; Margaret Stillman, his socially ambitious wife, Gwen Gawthrop; Alexander Stillman, their adolescent son, Jim Hill; Susan Stillman, their marriageable daughter, Effie Himes; Grandad Stillman, with both feet on the ground, Jim Bransford; Walter Brant, a mechanic in coveralls, Jack Jerriad; Elizabeth Morrison, a social leader, Charlotte Smith; Patricia Morrison, her love-bitten daughten, Ruth Winner; Miss MacArthur, Mr. Stillman's secretary, Peggy Jordan, an outspoken maid, Jean Valentine. STORY: Susan Stillman, daughter ot a hot-tempered father has so far forgotten her socially ambitious mother's training as to fall in love with Walter Brant, who is personally an excellent choice--but financially not in good graces with the family. The fact that Walter works in. grease-stained coveralls, instead of in some nice, clean bank or office, makes Susan's mother most adamant in her objections to him as a prospective son-in-law. Father, too frowns on him as not able to garner many votes for him in the forthcoming election for mayor--an office which Mr. Stillman covets and feels quite confident he will win. Susan defies the family without much success until she secures the assistance of Grandad, meddlesome old busybody that he is. With the old man's help she continues to see Walter until the afternoon that everything goes wrong with the Stillman household... and Walter is on the ground--only to be mistaken for the electrician who was to fix the lights. Noting Walter's ability to impress Father as an electrician, if not as a son-in-law, Susan permits the deception to continue until it reaches a stage where both are fearful about revealing his true identity. Then Walter helps Father with his political speech and matters seem to be headed for smooth waters when mother discovers who is who-and Walter, accompanied by Susan, is in the well-known dog-house. Family affairs are further complicated by the determination of Mrs. Morrison, a friend of Mrs. Stillman's, to annex Alexander, the Stillman terror, as a permanent boy friend for her unattractive daughter, Patricia. Such an alliance does not meet with Alexander's approval --considering Patricia's rating with the other fellows of his gang. Also, Alexander is much more interested in winning a model airplane contest. But his dreams are shattered when father tells him he doesn't want his son entering the contest. Alexander decides to spite the family by eloping with Patricia and is prevented by only one thing, his age. Meanwhile Father is ready to make his final radio speech for votes. Suddenly he loses his voice. He calls in the electrician, to woik out a plan to save the day. Walter of course does save the day; the election is cinched for Mr. Stillman; Mrs. Stillman relents about coveralls not being nice; Susan gets her mail; and the whole audience is pleased with the evenings entertainment of watching a group Just like the people next door. Compliments of SENIOR CLASS 18

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SENIOR BABY PICTURES Charlotte and Don Smith Leroy Knafel Barbara Freeman Lynn Overmyer Compliments of SENIOR CLASS Peggy Jordon Jean Valentine Jean Carson 20