Ossian High School - Oracle Yearbook (Ossian, IN)

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CLASS PROPHECY This is the year 1966. Frances Mackey, Don McFadden, and I have lived in this community ever since graduation. As we have been taking on the responsibilities of adult life, we have grown to know each other rather well. We have certainly had some grand times together. Frances' life has been rather sad financially. You see, she married Bob Ludwig, and after several tough breaks and much back- breaking labor, he is now on the WPA. With ten little Ludwigs they really have to pinch the pennies to make both ends meet. Don bought a little farm two miles south of Ossian fifteen years ago. He has been making the farm pay, toog he is quite contented to be a bachelor. We three have many happy social evenings together. One evening when we were at Don's home hav- ing fudge and popcorn balls, the conversation turned to school days. We recalled many an old prank we used to play. Oh, we certainly were cut-ups in our day. But this younger generation! My, I just won- der what's to become of it? Well, that's beside the point. We began to wonder what had become of all of our dear old classmates. The only way we could get in touch with them would be to inquire from every- one we knew of their whereabouts and what they were doing. You see our class became widely scattered. Very few stayed close at home So a trip was definitely decided upon. Don and I could help Frances with some of the expenses. Bob would necessarily have to stay at home, although we would like to have had him come along too. We had heard that Catherine Gephart was an expert chemist specializing in explosives at the Univer- sity of Chicago, so we decided to go to Chicago first. We went from here to Chicago by train in twenty- Hve minutes and ten seconds. We certainly looked as though we were standing still in 1941. We spent part of that evening in one of the new night clubs. It was a very smooth place, and we were rather sur- prised when we saw one of the cigarette girls thereg it was Ilow Wilson. Many celebrities patronized this place, so we kept our eyes open for them because we had never seen many in our lifetime around Ossian. We were doubly rewarded, for we saw Molly Morose, the great straight-face woman of the movies, none other than our own Fern Phillips. Fern visited with us quite a while: she hadn't been affected by fame at all. She did get rather provoked, though, by autograph seekers and candid camera fiends. But we did our best to console her by telling her that all went with being famous and it was the same way back in '41. We put on our rubber capes then to go. Oh, yes, the most common material now is synthetic rubber made from dandelions. As we were out on the sidewalk and had turned north to go to a hotel, we saw a face come out of a side door that looked strangely familiar, but it took a second for us to recognize her. Don was the first to recognize her by saying, Why, if it isn't Gloria Horman! We certainly didn't expect to see you here. Gloria an- swered rather dejectedly, Things aren't going so well with me right now. I'm just a poor scrub-woman being paid by the number of square feet of floor I scrub. I certainly am glad to see you, though. I've been wanting to talk to some friends Oh, by the way, have you seen the latest paper? There was a terrific explosion at the University today. The star chemist, Catherine Gephart, caused it. She was mix- ing up her explosives as usual. and one formula finally worked, but now there is no more Catherine. We talked for a long time with Gloria, for we thought she needed cheering up. We had heard that Paul Beerman and Bernadine Herbst were happily married and were living in San Francisco, California. That was to be our next visit. We boarded an airplane on a large transcontinental line, for we thought the service to be excellent. Don caught a glimpse of our pilotg it was George Dishong. He was doing very well for himself, making good money, and not minding the responsibility. We were more surprised to see our hostess, who was Marjorie Wolf. We had more time to talk with her. She told us that Roxanna Richey, who was a student nurse with her, wanted very much to become an air hostess too, but as yet she was just a graduate nurse. We asked Marjorie if she knew the whereabouts of any others of our classmates. She said, The only other one that I know of is Junior Hendry, whom we all called 'Fuzzy': he says that he is the brains of a brain-trust, but I don't think that is true. I' We told Marjorie that we were going to San Francisco to see Paul and Bernadine. She was pleased to learn of the whereabouts of some more of her classmates. She asked us to send them her best regards, and so we arrived at San Francisco. Paul and Bernadine were delighted to see us. They had a lovely home by the seashore. The only sound in their home was the splashing of the ocean waves, for they were such quiet people, hardly ever speaking to each other. They were very active, though, in society and they agreed to entertain us with the best that California had to offer. At that time it was Billy Rose's newest show Billy Rose Follies of l966. The show was even better than we had expected. Then Paul told us to prepare ourselves for a surprise. A dance called Fantasy with Wings was next on the program. The chorus girls were equipped with wings which they used for graceful turnings and swoopings. As the girls advanced closer to the footlights. we recognized two of them, Rosella Barrick and .Ioan Diemer. After the show we bought them flowers and took them backstage. Don was almost overcome by the charm of these two who were so shy in school days. The next evening a championship boxing match was to be held in San Francisco's new athletic stadium. The heavyweight championship of the world was at stake. The defender of the title was a two-fisted demon from Oak Park, Illinois, John Smith. The challenger was Kenneth Crow. Don and Paul would not have missed this fight for anything. Trouble was, Kenneth heard birds singing, and Crow's hopes for the title flew out the window. Kenneth wasn't the only disappointed one. Trueman Bell, his manager, was just as downhearted about the whole thing. However, one little fight could not hold these two down. As soon as Kenneth was healed they started training again. We bade our friends a fond farewell, and were on our way again. Denver, Colorado, was a city we wanted to visit just for the sake of the city itself, not to see class- mates. But as things finally turned out, six of our classmates had made Denver their home Downtown Denver was so inviting with its tempting window displays and sparkling store fronts that Frances and I just couldn't resist going into them. We stopped in front of a little hat shop which had f Continued on page 411 Sixteen

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EDWIN STOPPENHAGEN F. F. A, 43 F. F. A. Treas. 43 Corn Husking Contest 43 Basketball 3, 4: Softball 1. 43 Noon League 2 DEAN TOOR Softball 13 Noon League 1, 2 ZETTA WEIKEL Sunshine 3, 43 Martha Washington 2, 3. 4 PAULINE WELCH Operetta 1, 2, 43 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4g Sunshine 1, 2, 3, 43 Paper Staffg Annual Staffg Office 3, 4 NITA WERLING A Class Play 3, 43 Operetta 1, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 43 Sunshine 2, 3, 4g Paper Staffl Annual Staff, Librarian 43 Olhce 4 VIOLA WERLING Class Play 3, 43 Operetta 1, 2, 3, 43 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 43 Sunshine 2, 3, 43 Sun- shine Treas. 43 Sunshine Corres. Sec. 23 Latin Contest 33 Annual Stalafg Librar- ian 3, 4, 4-H 2, 3, 4 NELLIE WHITE Class Sec.-Treas, 23 Sunshine 1, 43 4-H 13 4-H Pres. 13 4-H Sec.-Treas. 13 Annual Staffl Office 4 ILOW WILSON Class Play 43 Operetta 1, 23 Glee Club 1, 23 Sunshine 3, 43 Paper Staffg Annual Staff, Librarian 43 4-H 4 MARJORIE 'WOLF Sunshine 13 Martha Washington 3 1 Martha Washington Secretary 43 Banli 13 2, 3, 4 CHARLES YAGER F. F. A. 43 4-H 1, 2, 3, 4g Corn Husking Contest 43 Noon League 1, 2, 3, 4 Fifteen

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CLASS WILL We, the senior class of 1941, realize that our days in the world of Ossian High School are numbered. Our class, being of good sound mind and body, make this, our last will and testament. Item I: To our beloved faculty we will our everlasting knowledge, which we do not want. and our alertness on any question, which we do not care to take with us, Item II: To the student body we will our hope that they will some day be as talented a class as the one departing. Item III: We, the senior class of '41, will individually the following items, which we each and every one prize highly. We will these to our underclassmen, hoping they will use them to the best of their ability. Rosella Ann Barrick wills her love for Ernie Springer to Betty Resler. Paul Harry Beerman wills his quiet ways to Richard Cocky Coverdale. Trueman Owen Bell wills his title as world's champion liar to whoever hopes to enter the world's lying contest. Carl Nelson Bushee wills his love for the blondes to Chester Springer. Velma Mae Bushee wills her dignified ways to Bob Mercer. Wanda Rose Carnes wills her love for the red-headed Hunters to Clella Platt. Paul William Chronister wills his interest in classical music to Ralph Hatfield, Kenneth Crow wills his Golden Gloves title to Wayne Confer. Marcille Jean Derr wills two all-day suckers and a bag of peanuts to Harvey Caston. Joan Anita Dierner wills her queen-like figure to Mary Lou Grim. George Francis Dishong leaves his ability in English class to Junior Foulks. Marjorie Edith Dowty wills her subscription to the magazine, How To Become a Movie Star in Ten Easy Lessons to Eileen Monroe. Glen Richard Foulks leaves his book of etiquette to George Panas. Catherine Gephart leaves her contagious wisecracking to Red Swaim. John Goshorn leaves his ability to hold an office to Robert McAfee. Junior Hendry wi.ls his package of Lucky Strikes to Harvey Caston. Bernadine Iona Herbst wills her spitfire temper to Erma Simmerman. Gloria Horman leaves her lonely heart for Phill.p Lydy to Gretchen King. fTake good care of it, Gretchen! Jack Hunter leaves his perfect attendance record to Dale Reinhart. Scott Hunter leaves his care for shrubbery tHe igesl to his brother, Tom. Dale Johnson wills the bulge in his right hip po :ket to Carl Johnson. Arnold Kiefer leaves his seat in the assembly where he sleeps to Dwight Foulks. Alleen King leaves her singing ability to Junior Urshel. Vada Kumfer wills her lady-like way to Imogene Grandstaff. Bob Ludwig wills his lace-collared shirt to Boo Soward. Frances Mackey wills her beautiful hair to Mr. Moore. Charles Mahnensmith leaves his technique on how to go with two girls to the Kiefer twins. Orville Mahnensmith wills his lease to the parking space in front of the Hedges residence to Dale Yager. Esther Martz wills her ways on how an old maid acts to Miss Snoddy. Don McFadden leaves his dimples to Frederick Springer. Mary Louise McMullen leaves her lone heart for Paul Chronister to Pauline Courdway. Esther McNeal wills her ways in matrimony to Lucy Rogers. Pauline Miller leaves her fortune telling booth at the street fair to Joan Hoover. Sam Ogg leaves his driving ability to Junior Urshel. Wi.lis Outcalt wills his love for the freshman girls to Brooks Heckley. Fern Phillips wills her muscular build to Vera Grewe. Alberta Platt wills her fondness for the Swaim boys to Alice Werling, Felix Price wills his black curly hair to Jerry Pettibone. Roxanna Richey leaves her book, How To Win a Man to Juanita Werling. Doris Shaffer leaves her diet book to Imogene Schwartz. Alma Smith wills her curly red hair to Mr. Lemar. Leanore Smith wills her position as mayor of Poe to Marcille Helfrick. Irene Snider wills her grace as a ballet dancer to Luella Springer, Edwin Stoppenhagen wills his feminine admirers in every town to Harry Schaffer. Lyle Summers wills his angelic ways to Norman Young. Dean Toor wills his Seat in the assembly to Robert Hall. Zetta Weikel wills her giggle with an accent to Miss Knull. Pauline Welch wills her bottle of blonde hair dye to Barbara Koons. Anita Werling wills her quietness to Hannah Jones. Viola Werling wills her very dignified ways to Robert Yergler. Nellie White wills her go south motto to Barbara Romine. Ilow Wilson wills her laughing in Mr. Stech's history class to Bessie Weikel. Marjorie Wolf wills her seat on the hack beside Dickie Schaffer to Evelyn Mills. Charles Yager wills his knowledge of being a good farmer to Kenneth Schwartz. Seventeen