Pleasant Lake High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Pleasant Lake, IN)

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fad! amf 7e4la.menZ' We, Marjory Miller and Annabelle Bebout, do will and bequeath all our good times, our silly giggles, our secrets, our two years of Varsity cheer leading and our abil- ity to skip school to any one who is in need of a good time, I, Paul Daniels, do hereby will my ability to participate in all active Sports to Olin Edgell and John fFredJ Bilderback. I, Erma Fortney, do hereby will my brown eyes to Roger Ripley CP. S. Wish I had his blue ones.J I, Wava Fox, do hereby will my ability to skip school and not get by with it to Col- leen Evans. I, Jim Frey, do hereby will my ability to drive safely to Joey Chitwood. I Mary Frey, do hereby will my ability to argue to my sister, Linda. ! I, Arlene Geisler, do hereby will my quietness to Helen Cook. I, Ruth Gephart, do hereby will my job as editor-in-chief to my sister, Audrey Gep- hart, I, Ben Jones, do hereby will my ability to skip school Without being caught to Bob Noll. I, Ellen Jones, do hereby will my long hair to Marilyn Noll, I, Herman Kelsey, do hereby will my front seat in Civics class to Richard Young. I, Gloria Merrimen, do hereby will my ability to make A's in Civics to John Bilder- back. I, Alice Musser, do hereby will my Model A to Carol, Audrey, Shirley F., Shirley E., and Shirley J, providing they can keep the wheels on it, I, Dorothy Myers, do hereby will my ability to be a class officer all four years to Sally McCullough, I, Mary Ohler, do hereby Will my ability to drive Doc's car to any one who is bright enough to drive it. I, Jim Price, do hereby will my ability to get along with cows to Bob Noll. I, Joan Riley, do hereby will my ability to back a car out of a drive way to Myrna Foor. I, Jane Smith, do hereby will my ability to behave in class to Larry Myers and Jack Bebout. I, Barbara Wolfe, do hereby will my position as Valedictorian to any member of the Junior class who will promise to Work hard and earn it, I, Bill Workinger, do hereby will my good behavior and my ability to get my lessons to Jack Raudenbush, Bill Johnson, and Richard Young. We, The Senior Class, have set our hand and seal hereto this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one 119511. THE SENIORS. G, W, Vizard. Thirteen

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President, Dorothy Myersg Vice-President, Marjory Millerg Secretary and Treasurer Erma Fortneyg Sponsor-Mr, Vizard, , We enjoyed one party at the school entertaining the freshmen. We thought it would be a good idea to Welcome them to good old P.M. H. S, We are looking forward to a class play and class trip during the spring. CXHJ5 Oelll If nobody smiled and nobody cheered and nobody helped us alongg If each, every minute looked after himself and the good things all Went to the strongg If nobody cared just a little for you, and nobody thought about me. And We stood all alone to the battle of life, what a dreary old world it would be! Life is sweet just because of the friends We have made and the things which in com- mon We shareg We Want to live on, not because of ourselves, but because of the people who care. It's giving and doing for somebody else-on that all life's splendor depends, And the joy of the world, when you've summed it all up, is found in the making of friends. Twelve

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Seniafz May 2, 1961 Dear Mr. Vizardz Joan and I just arrived home after a very interesting visit with our former class- mates, The Senior Class of 1951 of P. M. H. S. We thought maybe you would like to know what has happened to us during these ten short years. We all met at the Schnitz Restaurant, formerly The Pioneer in Decatur, Indiana. The restaurant is owned and operated by Mary Ohler and her husband, Al Schnitz. They have three little boys, who keep Mary very busy at home, The guests started arriving at 7 p.m. and among the first visitors were Barbara Wolfe and her fiance. Barbara is head of the mathematics and physics departments of the Pleasant Mills High School. She says that they have an enrollment of nine hundred students. While we were chatting with Barbara, Dorothy Myers, Gloria Merriman, and their beaus arrived. They both are living in Ft. Wayne where Dorothy is Superin- tendent of the Methodist Hospital and Gloria is in charge of the Merriman Music Center, formerly the Ft. Wayne Music Center. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Salway, Ruth Gep- hart and her fiance came strutting in. Mrs. Salway, formerly Alice Musser and Ruthie own the International Harvester at Ft. Wayne. Alice's husband and Ruth's fiance are the head managers. They all were elaborately dressed, We were all happily surprised when Jim Price arrived. He now is the owner of Price's Dairy. He has decided to leave women alone, because they cause him too much interference. Jim told us that Ben Jones is now an Admiral in the Navy. We were all sorry that he couldn't attend our reunion. He is stationed in Japan and from what we hear, he is in love with a little Japanese girl. Annabelle and I were looking out a window when a taxi cab drove up. We immediately recognized the passengers as Jane Smith and Ellen Jones. They had come to Decatur by way of an airplane. Jane is an airline hostess with the T W A Airlines. Her main headquarters are in New York City where Ellen and she room together in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, El- len is the owner of a swank dress shop on Fifth Avenue. Erma Fortney didn't have far to come as she owns the Kroger Store in Decatur. Fourtagn 0 She hasn't found the man of her dreams, yet, but is still looking. Wava Fox and her husband came about tive minutes late. They explained that they had trouble finding a baby sitter. They have two darling baby girls, They live in Ft. Wayne and own the Ft. Wayne Co-Op Milk Plant. We heard a horn tooting and rushed to the door. There was a new Cadillac and it looked as though it was going to stop. When it finally slowed down, we could see that Paul Daniels was the driver. Jim Frey was along with him. They informed us that they are now the owners of the A Sz P Chain Stores. They leave the girls alone and for that reason they are extremely wealthy, A chauffeur helped Arlene Geisler and her fiance into the restaurant. They were heavily laden with packages. Arlene is the owner of Sac's Fifth Avenue Store in New York City. She brought each of us a nice souvenir. Her fiance is the manag- er. They are planning on getting married this June. We received special invitations to attend the ceremony, Herman Kelsey came next and alone. He owns the Salem Store and is engaged to a beautiful redhead. When asked where she was, he told us that she is sick in bed with the mumps. We were all sorry to hear the news. Mary Frey and Marjory Miller were the last arrivals. They are movie actresses in Hollywood, California. They are both mar- ried to actors, but their husbands were too busy to come. They brought a movie cam- era along and took pictures of the entire celebration. The movie will be called Happy Reunion and will be shown in all movie theaters next December. I suppose you know that Annabelle Be- bout and John Johnson are married. They own a beautiful 500 acre farm near Pleas- ant Mills. They now have a darling baby girl and a herd of Holsteins. It's now time for me to tell you about Joan Riley and Bill Workinger, our last two classmates. They are married and op- erate Workinger's Chevrolet Garage in Pleasant Mills. They also have twin boys who are very cute. This happens to be the end of our happy reunion, but we are looking forward to meeting again in 1971 in the Waldorf-As- toria Hotel in New York City. Sincerely, Annabelle and Joan.