Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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G1 pfzopltecyi Patty Johnston and Bradley Grlfflth It was a beautxful day The sun was shxmng br1ght1y upon the XSIIILS of our aero car as yye sk1mmed oyer the lazy country xde below The cloud floated by llke puffs of cotton caught 1n a gentle brce7e We sat 1n sllence Both of us were t1y1ng to 1mag1ne how Prmceton y ould look It had been twenty ye rs sxnce exther of us had seen the town yyhere yye attended school Now yye returned w 1th our fortunes made Vye hoped to f1nd some of the old membels of our class of 49 to talk oyer old lI1f1lCS w1th them Suddenly one of us excla1med lhere she 1s' Sure enough there lay Pr1nceton but my how she had changed Inste 1d of a l1ttle country town she IS now a thrlvlng metropohs Blg broad streets lmed wlth fllS+9l1ll'l,Cf yyh1te bl1lllllllgS extendlng for mlles Away from the heart of the cxty nd outs1do of the suburbs l1e the factor1es g1gant1c structures bclchlnv' forth smoke and flame We gazed 1n awe Surely thlS could not poss1bly be the Prxnceton wc left twenty years ago' In a short txme we came to our senses and dec1ded to f1nd a place to park After L1l'Clll'lg lower over the glgantlc p.1bl1c square we eased our aero car 1nto a parkmg lot on the top of a modern hotel A unlformed bell boy opened the door of our car greetmg us wlth a Welcome to Hotel Howe HOTFL HOWE' That couldnt be- But It was We saw h1m entert,.1'1 ng 'fuests over ln the roof garden He saw us Here he came wlth that unforgettable swagger of h1s L d you old codger xts good to see you aga1n ' After the greetmgs and handshaklngs were d1spensed w1th he 1nv1tcd us to have dlnner w1thh1m As soon as we were seated xn the dxmly llghted club room we started flrlng questxons at h1m about our old pals Hold on he pleaded Let me start from the beglnnlng and Ill tell you all I know concernmg the cl rss of 1940 Georglana Beames started out as a career g1rl but now shes marrled and hvmg IH Ch1cago Junlor Bennett owns a comb f ctory He must have gotten hxs talt IH hlgh school from wea11ng out so many combs combmg h1s hair Joe Farl blnhack owns a dairy farm He suppl1es all of tl1e mllk butter and cheese for Prmceton Hes got a herd of two thousand cows Eugene Blltchlngton went 1nto the army as soon as he graduated He stayed 1n after the war was won and now he IS a major general B111 Bruce and Glenn Cansler folmed a pa1tnersh1p They own a wholesale a ency over on Mt Carmel Boulevard Paul Byrne oyyns a syfndxcate of tam cabs ln Prmceton and the surroundmg Lltl6S He 1nher1ted lt from h1s father I guess you both know what Dlck Clark has been dolng He was an ace llllflllg the war and now he s a commerclal pll0t Claude De Board IS a pubhsher HIS home Offlce IS ln Prlnceton but he ha a branch OfflC8 lh New Hork Chlcago, and Los Angeles Martln Farny lS retued He made hx fortune manufacturlng elastlcless glrdle B y the women certalnly went for them Ben Glaper ln on Broadway n11nag.,1ng a tloupe of lldI'lCll1f., gnls He another lays Ragland Ralph Greek IS Slg.,llCtl by the New Hork Nletropolltan Opera Company H got the leadlng role ln tl1e commg pxoduct1on IL TRONATORE S'1lll6 Ann Hamblen ls a Xllltel' and a famous author Jack H111 IS a captam 1n the nayy He commands the crulser U S S Prlnceton He Jomcd the navy befole he f1n1shed school Vlrl Holtsclaw has a cham of grocery stores Denms Horn has made qu1te a name for h1n1self He took oy e1 the coachlng dutxes at Chlcago LIl1V0l'Slty and for the last three years they haye won the bxg ten basketball champlonshxp J1m Lexster IS a surgeon He owns h1s own hosp1tal Ill New York Clty Just tlllllk the hands that are say mg l1y es on an operatlng table once pitched the St Louis Browns to a world s champlonshxp ' Page ly meteen l I ' l . .' ' , f . l l 'l '.' . - L. , it . . .. S .' S f , ' 1' v u -t I 1 sl Y , yv . . y . - v v' 1 V ' . r , ' , ,- u . . 1 . , , ' KI , ' , 71 , ' . . , . . . . - , ' . ' ,, . Q z . 3 .. ' ' ' 5 x. ' J C. ' ' 3 -, U .- . . ' . , . . . . , , , . . . . , . Y , . 4 . Y . . D. . . . V . V - . . : Y ' . - , ' . , an v H Y i7 ' v 1 ' ' ' A 1 0 A Q s q A I ,., . . . . . , - cc 1 , , ' 1-. . , . ' . . . u , , . . . T 1 ' . 4 . W Y. . . X K . Y , ' . - ' I, ' . J' . . ' ' : . , f , n n l 44 , x ' ' , 1 I , 3 ' A - v , . ' , .1 Y! L. 5 ul. ll ' , 4 v 1 a 1 v 7 ' , . . . . ,, l ' v 1 f v - ' P. , ' ' I . Z1 . . . 5 Y 1 v . -' s V - ' ' ' 77 Y al , . w' . . ' , ' ' J I . t U . , . , , r , L., xx U 1 ' ' v ' v - - - v f v A I v v ' :I YY u ' , . . . ' . g YY 4, ' . .- . . . I. . . . . ' . ,, n 1 7 . - , 1 u , rv ' v. , 1 ' ' 17 H . ' . . . . . . l . . . . , s I . . V , . ,, , . U . Y . . A .Q l . . N . Q V . . '.' , . vw 0' , . u . I ' . ., . 1 ,' - . ' ,. ' . L.. is 1 . n ' t h . . '. . ' 1 ' 1' ' ' 1 ' ' e's l . . . 4 . . ,, li I - 1 v.. ,Y 4 , . H . . . . Q , . Y . . b . . . , . . . - . . I . . V ,, u ' , ' , . 11 u ' . ' ' . ' . . . ' - ' v ' . J , - . , . v ' 4 ' -s ' ,Y H . . . v . v Q . . 7 . ' V , . . , . ,.

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Eugene Thompson, Nxck Yeager J1m Le1ster Walter Coleman Bob Wrlght Eugene Jmes Jack Hurst, B1ll Mxller V1rl 'Simms and Jack Jmes Betty Rabun a semor was one of our three yell leaders Harold McCullough mght Janltor at the school for the past few years called mto mllltarx servmce of the Unlted States w as presented w 1th a gxft from the en1or class at a farewell assembly Those semors playmg basketball for their last tlme were Captam Eugene Blltchlngton Denrus Horn Vxrl Mmms and Jlm Lexster Th1s team was one of the most succes ful that P H S has had m the last few years It won the sect1onal at Ft Branch by defeatlng Market ln the fmals From there It went to the reglonal at Evansvllle where xt defeated Tell Cxty m the prelnnlnary game only to fall IH defeat to Central of Evansvxlle ln the fmals Semor members of the g1rls sextet were V1rg1n1a Reed P'1ttv Johnston and Barbara Kemp Semor members on the student councll were Marlxn Kxrk Jlm Slade Vlrl Mlnms Bud Howe Eugene Blltchlngton Pattx Key Bob Wught Lucille Turner Patty Semors on the baseball team were Denn1s Horn Vxrl M1nn1s Jlm Lexster and Eugene B11tCh1Y1g't0l'l, w hlle Eugene Thompson and Bud Howe w ere on the track team On Aprxl 22 the Honor SOC18ty 1nduct1on was held in the gymnasxum Semors elected to membershlp thls tear were Patty Key Georg1ana Beames Sara Rabun Gladys Spear Marlln Kxrk Dorothy Hollen and Jack Jmes The dramat1c play SPRIING FEVER was presented Aprll 29 wlth a few mem bers of our class taklng part We are lookmg forward to the Junlor Senlor Receptxon to be held on Max 14 wh1ch we hope to enJoy to the utmost s1nce we are not faced w1th the responslblhty of provxdlng 1ts entertalnment QEHIOTS who are asslstxng Mxss Saupert 1n produclng this edxtlon of the Retro spect are pxctures V1rg1n1a Reed and Patty Key typ1sts B1ll1e Stegner Rosal1e Schleter Juamta Harr1son Maxme Bates and Mary Clem art Betty Rabun and Sam Wood Sunday nlght, May 16 we w 111 don our roy al blue caps and gowns for the bac calaureate serv1ces The Semor Dmner wlll be held at the Country Club May 18 Ratxomnfr prob lems and the war Wlll hlnder elaborate preparatxons but Mxss Saupert and Mr Pruett as always wxll come through w 1th fly mg colors to make the event a success May 20 we the semors of Prmceton H1gh School say ad1eu to these dear old walls when we recewe our dlplomas at the commencement exerc1ses May we the Class of 1943, express our gratltude and apprec1at1on to our teach ers, whose admonltlon w1ll clmg to us throughout our hfe We have thoroughly en Joyed our hlgh school caleer and we hope that our presence has not hmdered, but lmproved our school Page Eighteen x , 1 . . .1 , . V ' L . . ,- . .L ' . Y , S, . , L ., ' . I 7 ' - 1 1 -- . . . . ' l . l I 1 S . . v l' . D, . ., ..A. v S . . , .x y A . M: . .X l .L L . . . , , . i , 1 . . S . A ' Y : I. I , - . , ' 'Q x . . J 'I .V . Vx ' y 1 Johnston, Barbara Kemp, J1m Le1ster, and Phyllls Greek. . V . , . . . , . .1 y 0' ' ' r ' '- v . K. . 'V Y ' . 7 ' 7: , Y V , si. . , v . . . . ,F . - . . J , 'S A : . -y I l .Y 3 7 1 I ' ! I 7 T I l ' Y- v - . . v. V A u . . N U , . Y . . . ,, . f v . ' : 1 . 1 H '

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Sax Bud ltS gettlng rather late Cant you condense your story a llttle blt We vs nt to hear about every one but we don t thlnk we ve got tlnle Im sorry, Bud leplles I gue s I got too engrossed ln my llttle story Well let s see vshere yvls I Oh yes Janlce Brown, Marv Clem, Norma Lee Cox llrl1CkCX Comlskey, Mary LOUISE C100lxQ Juanlta HGFTISOH Barbara Kemp, Evelyn Thurston, Dolothy Thoss Betty Elshoff and latty Franklln all became armv or navy nurses After the war some have stayed ln the mllltary serylce some work ln hos pltals, some are practlcal nulses, some of thenl marrled, and the rest found other careers Floyd Dunn John Grubb Fugene Jlnes, Jack JIIIQS Nlarlln Klrk Laurence Olds Xernel Fhonlas, and John We tfall entered the armed QSYVICCS and stayed ln aftel the war was over Agnes Dosch, Janette Jones Vlfglllla Lalb, Wanda Paltenhelmer, Mary Lols Tyree Nellle Vondelheld Mary Fourthman Ihyllls Greek Blllle Stegner are secre tarles or stenographers scattered all oyer the country Joan Decker, Donabel Hatfleld Betty Morrls, Sara Rabun Norma Rumple Frances Scales, Louella Schmldt, Janet Wltllcrspoon and Vlfglnla Reed are all marrled and settled down Jlm Hurst 13 the manager of a modlste shop Patty Key IQ an actress Jlm IS a forelgn correspondent Blll Mlller lb a tallor Vlrl Mlnnls IS a hortlculturlst, Frleda Newton IS a connolsseur of cosmetlcs, Mary Pltman IS an hlstorlan Betty Rabun IS a deslgner James Read IS the presldent of a rubber company, Frank Eads IS a wealthy oll nlan, Delores Revnolds lm a Jeweler, Rosalee Schleter IS a dentlst, Melya June Sears IS an optometrlst, Phlllp Sparn IS an enguneer, Irvln Taylor IS a farmer, Lucllle Turner IS a p yclllatrlst Vlolet xVlllld.II'lS IS a chlropractor Sam Wood owns several retall markets Nlck Yeager 18 a football coach, Fred Sturgls IS a Fuller brush salesman Ru sell Farmer IS a G nlan, George Wlnters 15 a track star another Gregg RICE Jack French oyy ns a drug store Eugene Thompson 19 a professlonal foot ball player Gladys Spear IS a mlsslonary, Jack Hulst ls a photographer Bllly Kolb IS a professor, Imogene JIHGS 1S a school teacher, James Slade IS a chauffeur, Mar garet Cartel IS a dancer Ollve Carlthers has the controlllng lnterest ln a dalry, and Herbert Jones IS a zoology professor at Indlana Unlverslty I guess that takes care of the class of 194 Bud sald as he flnlshed all but y u What do you two do Oh we We re afrald our l1V6S have been rather lnslgnlflcant ln comparls wlth the llves of the rest of our class we replled We can say one thlng' though he class of 1943 IS a class to be proud of We tllen thanked Bud for the dellclous dlnner and bade hlm goodbye Then we stalted back to our llomes As we salled l011g through the alr we compared our ldeas on what we thought each one of oul old class mates would have been We came to the concluslon that nelther of us would have been rlght ln our prophecles Page Tlx enty ,, ' v . , Y . 1 , V I U 1 y . . , , . y . . ' va . . , 7 ' , 1 ' YY ll ! Y ,Y . ' U Q , ' , ' , , Y! . N l . l N4 Y v YK.. ' ' 'V 'Q' .. . ' ' , . , , l. , , ' L ' I , B l . . . . ' . L I , , M v . , y x L, H . , H v . D . v . . Y . 1 9 J ' ' 1 4 l V - l w ff 4 ' v ' c, . r ,. . . . . V v U H . . . . v V . . . , , , . U . V , Y ,W . . - 4 Y Y . Y Y ' , , i! u ' ' , . Y v- . . . Y u ' I . H , U . . . ' I Y . . . . , . . , LEWIS IS the manufacturer of false teeth, Charles Mason IS a farmer, Georgette MSTCICF ' S ' Q ' . . ' . I 1 . , . , Y ' : . f ' . - .S - . . - .y . , , . ' . ,. 3' ' ' . . . ' ' L ' ' A . l . . : .' 3 s: ' '- ' s ' - 3 , . V . . 9 l . A1 L . - ll . lj 77 ' ' ' ll 'Jr 1 'o . . ,, , . . . . . . . . on . . 1 ,, , . H . . . . . , t . ' . ' I v f Q '