Ossian High School - Oracle Yearbook (Ossian, IN)

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AFTER THE DURATION Havrng been grven our walkmg papers we the graduatrng class of 43 rn order to show our patrrotrsm enlrsted rn what made a very frne group of gobs Waacs Waves prrvates and defense Norkers At the present Fort Ossran was rn a drther The Vrctory Caravan was expected to arrrve at Fort Ossran before the week was over In fact the Caravan was headrng down the Burma Road before known as L1 S Road l Escortrng the Caravan was a Jeep full of gurdes of Fort Ossran ln command of the Jeep was Staff Sergeant Harold Scherry wrth Roy Bushee grven short leave of the guard house because of neglrgence n commandrng the 13th Bed nrakrng Drvrsron of the Infantry They were accompanred by Sergeants Ralph Urshel Ir Wrllram Kay Double nurse Luella Sprrnger and ambulance drrver Aldrne Graft As the bus drew nearer to Fort Ossran one could see the words Lavern Leeka and hrs Celebrated Orch stra wrth a Star Studded Stage Revue parnted cn the srde of the bus He had been sent by the Vrctory Parade of Spotlrght Bands Hangrng gently to hrs arrn was the former Mrss Alrce Werlrng clad rn beautrful srlver fox attrre Sne had be come Mrs Leeka years back Then to everyones surprrse came Alvrn Mrller the romantrc harrtone pullrng along the charmed songstress Gret hen Krng both of Leeka Revue He seemed rn a hurry and only seconds passed untrl we saw why A few of the chorus grrls were runnrng after hrm so evr dently Al had lost none of hrs fascrnatron to grrls In Mrss Krng s eyes was a faraway lock She kept rnqurrrng about a buck prrvate rn Port Lrberty Center As we got to the gate rt was opened by General Prrble of the lst Freld Artrllery and Cornmandrng Offrcer Knull Lrned up at attentron were Clark Gable Tyrone Power and frrrally Pxt Robert Merlrcke Pvt Merlrcke had Jorned shortly after hrs graduatron from hrgh school When at ease Bob told Lavern of hrs recervrng a letter from ambulance drrver Iulranne Bowman lt seems they had cor responded srnce therr school days Waacs Wave and crxrlran defense workers were also rnvrted to the show and rmmedr ately Marvrn Graft drove up rn hrs Ford V ci accornpanred by Clella Platt Vrrgrnra Bares and Evelyn Mrlls After recognrzrng and speakrng to them we found that they are defense workers rn an arrplane factory Marvrn and Clella seemed to have gotten together rn earlr 1 years and were 1 1CIrr19Cl Evelyn Grid Vlfgrnra both had solrtarres glrtterrng on therr thrrd frnger left hand Walkrng to the recreatron hall we notrced a gr up of Waacs and Waves QOSSIDIHQ TTIGY Were d1SCUSS1l'1Q the sweaters th rr boys frrends and husbands had knrttecl for them Among these were a few O H S graduates Lreutenant Margaret Woodward and Scrgeants Ru h Stahl and Ruth Hougendobler of the Waves Margaret had recerved a beau trful but slrghtlf large red sweater from Walter johnson who v as rn the army parachcrte troops rn the new base rn Alaska lt was learned that Walter was rn charge of a group of practrce troops and hoped to marry Margaret as soon as the war was over Wrlma Brrckley had also hooked a senror of 43 and was happy only rn the thought of her elopement of a few months ago wrth Iohn Harflrch of tlre U S Coast Guard Ionn ard Wrlma had a beautrful whrte Cottage wartrng on them but rn the meantrme rt was berng occupred by Lorene Bauermerster and Brooks Heckley who had postponed therr honeymoon untrl after the war Brooks was an arr rard warden and Lorene took charge of a group of chrl dren left homeless by the war Ruth Stahl was engaged to Tom Hunter of the navy Tom was now rn the Guadalcanal war zone under the command of Lreutenant Commander Norman McDev1tt who had marrred a lrttle Irrsh beauty Eleanor Hrlgeman a nurse rn England had been secretly rn love wrth Norman and to help her drsapporntment rn Norman she marrred a Duke rn England Dale Yager of the U S Calvary was home on leave and was especrally happy to come to the show He had a love lrght rn hrs eves for Lreutenant Ioyce Byerly but she drdnt re turn the favor Her nterests were entrrely rn Ansel Beck of the R C A F Ansel at 1 Leroy Swarm had wanted actron so they Jorned the R C A F rmrnedrately after graduatron Ans l corresponded wrth Ioyce qurte frequently and leroy thought the Canadran grrls were pretty nrce Sergeant Dwrght Foulks was rn charge of the demonstratron rn marchrng grven by the soldrers at Fort Ossran Everyone got a laugh at the one boy who was always out of step Through rnqurry we found that rt was Wrlbert Krefer a graduate of O H S He had a letter on hrs mn d a letter from Marrorre Gresley who was an ambulance drrver rn England She was threatenmg hrm for gorng wrth Marrorre I-lrser a nurse at Fort Ossran After the demon stratron a crowd gathered rn the background There stood Barbara Koons who modeled Con fCOhf1HU9d on page 411 Sixteen . . . . 1 . 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