Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY I had just arrived in New York from Madagascar, where I owned a plantation of trees growing money. Picking money from my trees made me tired so I had come to the Waldorf Astoria to rest. As I stepped into the lobby I felt something wasn't right. All the traffic was going away from the hotel, and in a hurry. People scurried. about as if makinz preparation for some impending doom. When a loud noise came from the grand ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria, I knew someone was having a wild party, and as I don't like to miss anything I strolled through the door and was instantly petrified. Now I could see why everyone was leaving. Before me was the notorious class of '53 from that famous center of learning, Rockville High. After twentv years they had met to reminisce about their wild esca- rades and to see what Destiny had handed each. And so I will now give you the low down on each member for they all have international repu- tations; good or bad. It would be only proper to start with the host, multibillionaire Melvin Greene and owner of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The great naturalist, Gerald Lenover, and his assistants, Bob Kulchar, and James Terry were there. They had just returned from the upper Amazon River Basin in search of a tribe of beautiful, blonde, bearded ladies, and from their wild, diabolical looks, their mission had been accomplished. Glamour Boy McMurtry, heart-throb of all the hobby soxers and the head coach of the Notre Dame football team, was explaining why they lost to Coloma Tech after winning seventy-nine consecutive games over the past ten years. Jim Nelson, a real-estate agent who owns half a million acres of vineyards at the North Pole, 8 summer resort in the Sahara Desert, and all the lots under Lake Michigan, was there trying to sell his stock and real-estate, but for some unknown reason, he wasn't having much success. David Todd is now Professor of Anatomy and Physical Hygiene at Vassar, an all girl's college. Mr. Todd is an excellent teacher, for he takes a very deeg interest in all his feminine students and gives each of them his undivided attention. The great opera singer, Tennessee Tom McMurtry, cancelled all his important engagements so that he might honor the party with his pre- sence. His rich bass voice is proclaimed by many to be the Igreatest the world has ever known. The song that he sings best 'and has made popular throughout the world is, There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea. Une member of this famed class has reached the eminence of nobil- ity, for he is a king. This lucky person is none other than James Monroe, King of the Hoboes . Mr. Monroe has a very beautiful office in the twenty-fifth box car on the side track at Judson, Indiana and visitors are always welcome, except flatfoots. Compliments Of: Parke State Bank Parke County Garage -22-

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I, Gerald Lenover, the Daniel Boone of today-m- Will to Roy Cloyd all the deer I didn't slay. 1, Jerry Neidlinger, 3 Don Juan it's true ----- Leave to Becky Shanklin my lucky horseshoe. I, David Todd, a senior wit so bright---- Will to Janie Millspaugh a spree every night. I, James Monroe, will to Judy McMillin, a Junior lass--- My love for naps in class. I, J1m Nelson, so handsome and tall---- Will to Shirley Holler my basketball. I, James Terry, with my big Olds--- Will to David Clodfelter my winter colds. I, Hubert Hall, who likes a distant town ----- Will to Ramona Timberlake my right to be a clown. 1, Thomas Charles McMurtry, original; no doubt--- Leave to Cynthia Barney my love of sauerkraut. I, John Hudson, Rockville's English whiz---- Leave to John Overpeck and Bill Hobson my last fatal quiz. a. WW WA 2Z1wcgux 27::xiroM9LX Ckbvtlx k;LZ;eanAL4Lm 19W M $37 :7 crux Compliments Of: Woodyms Skelgas Parke County Oil Company -21-

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Dick Cottrell, Johnny Hudson and Cliston Coverdale, agricultural Specialists who graduated from Cow College, are here drinking more than their share of the Soft drinks. They have designed an ingen- ious plan for irrigating the Sahara Desert and raising peanuts, yams, zooseberries and other citrus fruits. Four great fashion experts, Rosemary Teschmacher, Sharon Stutler, Dorothy Dickerson, and Marilyn Neet are now enlightening their former classmates of the latest hair styles. They advocate burr hair cuts for women because it is much healthier for the scalr. It would be much easier to control the swarms of little insects like fleas, lice, and other little animals which inhabit most women's heads. Mrs. Jim Seip, the former Jane Thomas had left Jim at home with the kids and their thousand acre farm near Rockville. Jane has a na- tional reputation as a connoissuer on fine cattle. Robert Lee, who has just returned from Tick Ridge in Tanganyike where he lectured the natives on The Mistreatment 0f Mosquitoes, is giving his opinion on why birds fly forward instead of backward. Mr. Lee is also famous for his novel, The Weekend Drag. Florence Thomas is now starring in the movie, To the Moon and Back in Three Years, which was awarded the Oscar in 1972. This Fa- mous movie was directed by the great movie producer, Hubert Hall. Flo- rence Thomas has taken the place vacated by Marilyn Monroe, who re- tired because of rheumatism. Jerry Neidlinger reduced to 95 pounds and is now a jockey racing horses. He won the Tennessee Derby, which has replaced the Kentucky Derby. This track is owned by Tennessee Tom, the Opera singer and lover of Tennessee. Doris Cooper and Barbara Martin are the only members of this fame ed class who aren't present. They were hostesses on the T.W.T.A.tthey went that awayl Airlines. On one of the flights over Mexico, the plane had a blow out, and the pilot told them to get out and repalr it. Miss Martin and Miss Cooper haven't been seen since. Virginia Flaurr, Ruth Ann Hartman, Mary Bryan and Lois Purcell run a very enterprising 01d Maid Home on Sunset Boulevard. All divorcees and love sick women who have been unvisited by Cupid are welcome. As the hours slowly dragged by, the party slowly reached its zenith and some of the things they were doing were bordering on in- sanity. Tenn. Tom was trying his best to pour beer through a funnel, while Sharon Stutler was making mud pies out of plaster-of-paris and French Vermouth. Four others had formed a quartet and were slowly taking Mule Train apart, stanza by stanza and note by note, while Todd exasperated the piano quite a lot with quotations from the operas and helped produce a harmonic sort of discord. With them all in a stupor of semi-madness, I quietly made my exo- dus and started to my room. For some reason, I mistook an elevator shaft for my apartment and woke up days later in a hospital. It was an excellent party and I see by the headlines that everyone survived and has returned to their occupation. Compliments of : Kut and Kurl Beauty Salon Hall Agency -23...