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

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PROPHECY Here it is the year of 1962 and I wonder what all my former classmates of P. M. H. S. are doing. Taking a day off from my duties as head librarian of the Library of Congress in Washing- ton, D. C., I decided to visit all my old classmates. After sending all of them an invitation I took off for Pleasant Mills in my Super Speed Bus. Very shortly I arrived at Hirschy's Super Speed Bus Terminal. On inquiring for the manager, I found that my former classmate, Alice Hirschy, was ovsmer of this station and also owner of the chain of Super Speed Bus Terminals all over the world. We had no more than made ourselves comfortable when the first bus came in. The first people who stepped off the bus were Grace Baltzell and her fiance from Australia. She is design- ing dresses for a large company and in her spare time she and her fiance, who is a shoestring salesman, spend their time hunting kangaroos. Following her in the door were Lee Edwards and his wife, Pauline, who just returned from a tour of the country. To those of you who don't know, Lee is the leader of the famous band, Edward's All Girl Orchestra which comes to you every Fri- day night at 8:00 p.m. over NBC. Along on the first bus was Olin Edgell. He informed us he was leaving for Canada the very next day. It seems he is a pilot of a C.A.L. airplane and is engaged to a pretty Canadian Stewardess. We had just ordered a cheeseburger in the basket when in came Colleen DeBolt, fthe former Colleen Evans if you don't knowh, calling, Save me some! She had come by her special midget Crosley bus from Newberrys Dime Store which she now owns. She said Ed was staying home taking care of their little girl, Brenda Dawn, who is now four years old and is the exact image of her mother. Poor thing! We asked her if any of our former classmates were living around here. She told us that Marilyn and Dick Young live over by Salem and no soon- er than the words were out of her mouth than in the door they walked. They had come in a special bus from Salem, but Marilyn said they couldn't stay long for they must hurry home because they had left their three small children, Ricky, Janie, and Cedric with a baby sitter. Dick informed us that he was doing very well for himself and is full owner of Young's Super Stonequarry where he has a fleet of 38 stone trucks. Every once in a While he and Marilyn climb in a stone truck and take a drive through the country and enjoy themselves. Lying on the table beside Marilyn was a copy of the Pleasant Mills Sentinel which to my surprise is edited by John Burkhart. I ran to a telephone and called John's number and asked him if he were coming to our reunion. He said he was and would be there in just a minute. He hung up before I could ask him how he could make it in a min- ute, and before I could walk back to the table he was walking in the door. He had come in his Super Jet bus and promptly made himself comfortable. He invited us all to his wedding which is in two weeks, but he wouldn't tell us who the lucky girl is for he wanted it to be a surprise. Glen Bauman came with him for Glen is owner of Bauman's Barber Shop in good old P.M. He said that he had no particular girl friend, but John told us Glen has a very pretty manicurist who works for him in his famous barber shop and thinks a lot of Glen. Because he is so generous Glen told us that he would give all of us a free hair cut or a manicure if we would come to his barber shop which is the largest in the world. Just then the next Super Speed Bus pulled in from Richmond and in the door walked Myrna and .Tack Raudenbush. If you think you have seen the name of Jack Raudenbush in the paper before it is because he is one of the star basketball players on the Rich- mond Hot Shots professional basketball team. In the summer Myrna and .Tack line on a farm in Blue Creek with their twin daughters. As I was glancing through the paper I saw a poem entitled Twins by Myrna Foor. In surprise I asked Myrna if she wrote this and she confessed that in her spare time she writes poems. Such surprises! Along with Myrna and Jack on the bus was Billy Johnson. You guessed it. He is the Billy Johnson that is star center for the Hot Shots from Richmond. It seems he received a trophy for the most foul shots missed during the season. On inquiring about his private life, he told us he is happily married to that same girl he thought so much of when we were still in school. Just then the door banged open and in barged Bob Bowen. It seemed he was on the same bus with Myrna, Jack and Bill but there was a pretty blonde on the bus and he just had to talk to her a little more. He still is as flirty as ever. To our surprise he told us he is the coach of the Hot Shots . The reason he never tells anyone that he is coach is because the last time the f'Hot Shots lost a ball game, some people hunted him up and threatened to bash in his head if the Hot Shots lost any more ball games. By this time everyone was getting hungry so we all ordered a three course dinner. While the rest of us had been talking it seemed Olin had been eating all the time and by the time he had finished the dinner he had a wonderful stomach ache. None of us knew what to do but finally someone had the bright inspiration to call a doctor. Since we wanted the best, we called our former classmate John Bilderback who was in Englandg but since Olin was a friend, John promptly jumped in his Jet Super Speed bus which also has wings and flew at once to Hirschy's Bus Center. After making a thorough investigation, John said Olin would be all right and give him a Tum. Everyone relaxed and we asked John if he liked his work and if he had a fiance. He informed us he liked doctoring very much and was engaged to a red headed nurse in the John Bilderback Hospital in New York. By this time things were getting pretty noisy and - will . Q Q- , X QD 1 ' , , -O-O-0-O-O-0-0-0- -O-0-O-0-0-0-0- f ' Publix Service Co. Franklin Park View l f Zintsmaster Motor Sales Stiefel Grain Co. LU ,Q I., Smith Scrap Iron CO, Phil L. Macklin co. yy F Mennonite Book Concern Decatur Hatchery ' f UWFWFT -, - max: -. ,lb

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, ew 61444 Wd! , ,-2 L 'KX I, Grace Baltzell, will my expert trombone playing to Ronnie Gephart. I, Glen Bauman, will my ability to cut up in Mr. Stebing's study hall without getting caught to Dwight Edgell. I, John Bilderback, will my good behavior to Larry Myers. I, Bob Bowen, will my ability to go with all the girls to Jack Bebout. I, John Burkhart, will my ability to keep out of mischief to Dick Bauman and Dwight Edgell. I, Nancy Custard, will my ability to want only one boy friend and keep him to Violet Judge. I, Olin Edgell, will my ability to stay on the road and out of the ditches to Dick Bau- man. I, Lee Edwards, will all my bad habits to the Juniors and my good habits to the Freshmen. I, Colleen Evans, will my shortness to Janet Shady. I, Myrna Foor, will my good behavior to my sister, Ann, and my ability to eat without getting fat to my cousin, Roger. I, Charles Hawkins, will my ability to drive reckless, without having any wrecks, to Jim Wilson. I, Alice Hirschy, will my ability to flirt with the boys to Marilyn Luginbill and some of my pep to Carol Archer. I, Bill Johnson, will my ability to play good basketball to Leon Byers. I, Sally McCullough, will my ability to yell and get hoarse at a ball game to Shirley Williamson. I, Kay Miller, will my ability to chew gum in Mr. Stebing's class and get caught to Raymond Lichtenberger. I, Phyllis Moser, will my ability to keep quiet in classes to Mary Sheets. I, Marilyn Noll, will my good behavior, only when the teachers are looking, to Darlene Fortney. I, Bob Noll, Will my ability to take two steps at a time and not get caught by Stebing, to Larry Myers. I, Jack Raudenbush, will my ability to get through and out of school, without studying, to Herman Fox. I, Bonnie Roe, will my tiny waist line to Virginia Wolf and my long hair to Lester Painter. I, Henry Sipe, will my ability to eat candy in Mr. Stebing's study hall to my brother, Gerald. I, Dick Young, will my ability to drive slow to Miss Huser. We, the Senior Class, bequeath our sympathy to the faculty for losing such a brilliant, well-mannered, well-behaved, active, noiseless, and wonderful class. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o- West End Texaco Berne I. G. A. Store

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someone next door must have reported us to the police. Just then bang went the door and in came the man in blue. Guess who he was? The policeman was Kay Miller. We told him he had to stay and visit with us. He said since we were his friends he wouldn't run us in. He asked us if we 'mew he was married and were we surprised. But Kay always a good talker and he must have talkea his wife into marriage. But I'll bet she isn't sorry. Just then the door opened and in walked a woman in a mink coat with a five star general. Everyone looked twice and then we recognized Nancy Cus- tard in the fur coat Know Mrs. Connorl and her husband. It seems they live right in town so they walked. Upon asking Nancy what her hobbies were in her spare time she astonished us with the answer that she has no spare time because she devotes all her time to taking care of her six chil- dren. She said she knew they were Cheaper by the Dozen , but they were going to settle for a half a dozen. We all ordered another cheeseburger and they were brought to us by a waitress who seemed very familiar. Then I looked again and sure enough, it was Phyllis Moser. She is Alice's head cook and Phyllis is a wonderful cook. Right then we made her take off her cook's hat and sit right down and visit with us. She informed us she had no special man in mind, but such a good cook as she is, she won't be single for long. Just then we all heard a roar and looking out the win- dow we saw a bus come to a stop. Guess who was driving it? You guessed it, Bob Noll. After coming in and seating himself he told us he had become a millionaire from making and selling a new model car, but he still liked to drive very much and had paid the bus driver 31,000 if he would let him drive. Oh well he has money to throw away anyway. A girl got off the bus with Bob and now we all recognized her as Bonnie Roe. She had on dark glasses and at first we couldn't tell who she was. The reason for the dark glasses she said was that since she is a famous T.V. actress she wore them to keep people from noticing her. Then she showed us the engagement ring and was it ever a big one. No wonder! Millionaire Bob Noll bought it for her. Also on the bus with Bonnie and Bob was a famous Senator and a well known Professor. Guess who the Senator was. Charlie Hawkins no less! It seems he had promised all the women in the country a fur coat if they would vote for him. Well he always could get away with anything. He says that if they will vote for him when he runs for President he will give them all a Cadillac. He said, he had no special girl, because there were too many pretty ones in Washington. Then Professor Sipe started to lecture Charlie on his grammar and said if he didn't improve that he would cut his next semester grade from A to D-. It seems Charlie takes a special class taught by Henry at Harvard University. Then Henry informed us that he would like us all to come and see his famous collections of stuffed animals for he is a wild animal hunter in his spare time. He said we could come with him on his next trip to Africa, but we all declined his invitation because we were all cowards at heart. Then as it was getting late we decided that we had better get back to our many different occupations, but before we left we decided to meet again in l962. Good-by until then. - Sally McCullough 4 J gi 5 1 f ' X f A -3 - V-x 4 -, I CLASS Morro - ffonward and Upward' I , 1 nl i COLORS - Lavender and White 1 K FLOWER - Yellow Carnation -0-0-0-0- -0-0-0-0- ' E A T CLgg?nEE,1itiU1:1?OOI3 lvlgu-EEE STUCKY FURNITURE STORE Willshire Ohio Furniture gl Appliances ' Willshire Ohio Phone 65 Phone: 4