Pleasant Mills High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Pleasant Mills, IN)

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JdNlOR AND SENIOR TBkP To DETROIT . Instead of having a reception, the Juniors and Seniors of 1941 took a trip to Detroit. he rode to Ft. Wayne in a school bus and from there we went to Detroit on-a train. We had two buses and drivers chartered when we got to Detroite For about an ehour and a half we drove around the city seeing the most imgort- ant placest The bus drivers would tell us about the interesting places as we came to them: . After driving around in Detroit for a while, we went to Greenwich Village, which is owned by Henry Forde ln this village we saw an old fashioned grist mill, spinning oheelsq imaser of old clocksv and many other antiques We drove back to Detroit for our dinnerf and then went back to the Village for about an hour. Another place where we went which was owned by Eenry Ford was a large museums This was really an interesting place because there was everything imaginable theree Another place of interest .was the Ford Rotunda, where everyone had their pictures take n which were later put in the caper ' From the Ford Rotunda we went to dell Island where we saw many interesting sights of natural On this island there were many squirrels running free, without any fear of peoplee hnother place which west probably the most, interesting was in alarge buildingc This building was divided into several parts. Qmong them was the aquarium, where we saw many difierent kinds of fis h andre large sealg a place where they had several kinds of flowers arranged ao- that they were very beautifulg and a third glade where they had all kinds of tropical planted which included helm trees, messes of different kinds, and many other eiantse - The next place we went which was very interesting to most of us because- we had never been there before, was Windsor, Canada. When we got there everyone went uptown in Windsor and bought some souvineren We went 'across the Detroit river and came back on the ferrya . A' ' . .. when we got back into the United States the bus drivers took us to the depot where we were to get on our traine This left us about two hours to wait for the traint During this time we ate supper and explored the cityn but didnlt get tar enough away from the depot to get lost. . On the way home 'everyone was weary and worn out. Those the did try to sleep got water thrown in their face or anything else anyone could think rot which might annoy them. We got back to Pleasant lille about ll-O'clock in the nighte Everyone soon went heme, tired from a long dey of trave. ' , ig. 4 . I , -49-

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' 1 9 cznss PRoPFnc.r V Miami, Florida 3212 Lovely Avenue A April 21, 1952 Dear MIG Mowrey: I have just taken a trip ove' this countryf On my return to the school room my pupils asked me to tell them what I had seen on my tripn This is what I told them: HCDG spring day as I happened to find myself having to wait for the north bound train for hime, I decided to walk about the small town of Greensvilles It was a lovely day, The trees were starting to lelf out ,and the whole world seemed to be taking on a new freshness.and lovelinessa People were starting to make garden and to began their house cleaningh At one little vine covered cottage a.lady was replanting flowersa .As she arose to get more plants I recognized her as someont I knew or should know e-but Who? Doris hadn't seen her greetings of long was serving teasn Hartz, new lrsv Penrod, she later told mee I since we were together in high school, . After home and in no time at all she 'We seated ourselves before the fireplaces Even thoxght it was spring, we really appreciated to us, we began talking about how We began on the subject of fwhat class is doing now.' Then all of a to the teapot which seemed to give the warmth the fireplace gave each of us were getging alongo do you suppose the rest of our sudden our attention was drawn outw a whistle and puff steam a man and as into the air. The steam seemed to form a face of the face became clearer, we could see it was John Waltke, he was just landing his plane. As soon as he was safely landed he rush- ed into a building that was labeled.Wqltke Q Winans Airplane Fac- tory. le could see Harvey inside the'bu1lding working on a 'Sup- er Duper-Looper.' Then they were gone and even the steam was gone too. .Before we could catch our breath there was another whistle rgnd,another puff of steam. This time it was a city and as' we Igdked closely, on the buildings we could'reas Kalamazoo Michigan Q13 'in e .' 1' ' 1' Y' Y 'mg V .Qi . all. ' ' Y' 'lluiroh 'A W