Rome City High School - Gladiator Yearbook (Rome City, IN)

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to you, Jo Ann Schlotterback, (may you make better use of me than I have) and my winking technique to Phyllis Huffman. (Fifteenth) I, Neil Mas- ters, will my influence with my better half to Betty Joslin so she can sub- due Bob Frick. (Sixteenth) I, Dean McClure, will my throat-cutting tech- nique to get and keep other fellows ' girls to Jack Biddle and my egotistical character to Dick Chapman. (Seventeenth) I, Martha Stillinger, will my vivacious personality and Band-Box neatness to Betty Johnston. (Eighteenth) I, Donna Scatterbrain Rimmell leave my scattered brain to the nearest garbage can and my putrid kissing technique to whoever wants it. May they improve with experience and age. (Nineteenth) I, Donnabelle McDonald, will my popularity with the Senior boys to Arlene Morrison. (Twentieth) I, Mark Munk will my influence with Lorraine Holsinger to Evert Gulick and gentlemanly ways to Bob Frick. (Twenty- first) I, Lorraine Holsinger, will my will power to be true to one and only one boy to Jean Hayes and my Ann Sheridan Oomph and my Alice Faye figure to Mae Krotzer. (Twenty-second) I, Carney Waldron, will my slim physique to Ernest Gard so he can reduce and make the first team next year. May he train better than I have. (Twenty-third) I, Thelma Morri- son, will my position as President of the Girl Reserves and my neat hair to my sister, Arlene. (Twenty-fourth) I, Paul Ream, will my excess height to Mr. Smith so he can grow taller and slimmer. ITEM III. As an additional asset, we, Irene, Betty, and Donna, wish to leave our ability to stay in school to Jean Hayes and Earl Grimm. We, the Senior Journalists, will to future men of letters our posi- tions on the Keyhole Staff, the mimeograph machine, (may they run it slower than we have) the blue, thick, correction fluid, and our quietness and innocent behavior in the typing room. We, the Senior Orchestra members, will to any prospective musicians our regular attendance, our orchestra leader, and warm orchestra room. We, the entire Senior Class, regretfully leave our seats in the assem- bly, our instructors and sponsors, our decorative grades in the big record book, our quietness and studious characteristics, our private table in the library, our backbone, and our tact to say the right thing at the right time, to our successors. ITEM IV. We hereby constitute and appoint our principal, Mr. H. J. Ward, as executor of this will. In testimony whereof we, the Class of Nineteen Hundred Forty, have hereunto set our hands to this, our last will and testament on this Eighth Day of February, 1940. SIGNED: ROBERT GALLAND SHELDON GROH BETTY GABY LORRAINE HOLSINGER ACTON CHANCE, Notary Public. Page fourteen

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior Class of Rome City High School, Orange Township of Noble County, State of Indiana in these United States of America, do hereby in this year of 1940 and in the presence of these witnesses, Bob Four Quarts Galland, Sheldon Groh, alias Shorty , Lorraine Million- Dollar Baby Holsinger, and Betty Gaby, better known as Gabby , be- ing about 18 years of age and not of sound mind and body, but being in as good mental condition as possible and in much better temper than usual, do declare this to be our last will and testament, giving up all claims to our successors, the Junior Class of Rome City High School. ITEM I. After all our lawful debts, funeral expenses, damage suits and expenses of the administration of our estate are paid and discharged, we give and bequeath to R. C. H. S. any assets which we may possess at the time of our passing. ITEM II. We give and bequeath our qualities, abilities, and personal accessories as follows : (First) I, Betty Gaby, will my secret formula for staying short to Ruth Ream and my quietness and ability to sit still in Government Class to Venita (Bashful) Donat. (Second) I, Frances Savoie, will my well-rounded figure to Josephine Gaby and my magnetic personality to Johnny Surface. (Third) I, Cliff Asher, will my ability to roller skate to Claude Flint and Mike Schermerhorn, (I also suggest they use pillows in case of emergencies )and my careful driving and disregard of stop signs to Harold Rawles. May the State Cops have mercy on him. (Fourth) I, Hubert Leatherman, will my handsome profile and my way with the women to Bob Schermerhorn, (May he be a happy bachelor!) (Fifth) I, Ralph Moore, will my lack of speed and ability on the basketball floor to Dick Potee and my ability to stay awake in class to Earl Grimm. (Sixth) I, Irene Sti ausberg, will my tap-dancing technique to Mary Ellen Raber, (the exercise will do her good) and my red hair to Miss Solar so she won ' t have to dye hers any more. (Seventh) I, Morris Frain, will noth- ing to my followers as I feel I need all I have. (Eighth) I, Sheldon Groh, will to my sister my curly hair and my ability to keep cash on hand and to Phyllis Huffman, my quiet dignified laugh so she can get rid of her silly giggle. (Ninth) I, Jean Fox, will my high-speed intelligence to Jean Hayes and my mother ' s loving care that helps me to get in good with all the teachers to John Bloomfield. (Tenth) I, Bob Galland, will my raucous guffaw to Mary Lou Rice so hereafter she can get along better with Evert Gulick, and my place on the basketball team to Bob Frick so that he won ' t have to bring a pillow to the games any more to soften the bench. (Elev- enth) I, Rebah Donley, will my strenuous nights of reminiscent waiting for a man to come along to Katherine Ramer (may she look under her bed each night). (Twelfth) I, Thomas Hague, will my good training to Bob Schermerhorn and my pugilistic ability to Bob Frick so he can take Evert Gulick the next time. (Thirteenth) I, James Jolly, will my prompt- ness in editing the Gladiator (the yearbook without a contract) to the editor of the 1941 Annual. (Fourteenth) I, Donald LeMaster, will myself Page thirteen

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JUNIOR PROPHECY Isn ' t it queer how you seem to always become dreamy and reminiscent when sitting before a fire? The fire seemed to fade as my dim old eyes gazed into it and in its place many aged but sweet memories of the things appeared. To recall these more clearly I brought out my memory book bulging with souvenirs, clippings, and announcements and prepared my- self to run into the past. Today I seemed to see the class of ' 40 so I started leafing through my collection to see what really became of them. What should I find first but a column, clipped from a largely circu- lated paper, entitled Frank Facts to Forlorn Ferns and signed Aunt Donna. This could be the work of none other then Donna Rimmell since I recalled how straight forward she had been in her early years and never showed signs of changing. This next souvenir was a pressed flower, taken from a wedding bou- quet, attached to a wedding invitation. This was put in my book to re- member the wedding of Jo Ann Schlotterback to Don LeMaster. After they had the knot tied, with the right amount of grandeur, they had left to wend their way to the West Coast where Don was in the Army. While leafing on through my memory album this small stub attracted my attention. It was part of the ticket I had used years before for a boxing match. Now it all comes back to me. I recall meeting Donnabelle Mc- Donald in one of New York ' s smarter night clubs, the Stork Club where she is a waitress. In there I saw advertised a prize fight between King Leviticus and Buddy Bear. Remembering they used to call Bob Galland Levick during his high school days, I inquired about it from Donnabelle and she said it was the same old Bob and none other than Clifford L. Asher as his manager. Clifford himself had participated in many fights but he decided to settle down and let Bob do the physical work. The next thing my eyes fell upon was this programme. It was a musical revue and leading the cast of players was Irene Strausberg. How- ever, she had ceased to be the Irene we had known back in R. C. H. S. Now she was second only to Eleanor Powell as the world ' s fastest tap dancer. After seeing this, I left for the airport to come home and who should I run into but Sheldon Groh. He told me he had taken a course in aeronautical engineering at Tri-State and had a job at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. While we were recalling our old high school days, Shorty told me that Dean McClure was an aeronautical engineer, too, and was in one of the rival airplane companies. It seems that 1940 had produced a class of air-minded boys because we learned that James Jolly, who had done much designing in his high school days, was now designing airplanes. Jean Fox ' s ambition, too was to be an airplane pilot but since he couldn ' t pass the physical examination he was very well satisfied with being vice- president of the United Air Lines. Next in my album I found this newspaper clipping announcing that the leading dance band in the country, led by Mark Munk, would be play- ing at the Palmer House in Chicago and I managed to get tickets. Back stage after his fine performance I had a chat with Mark. While there he received a telephone call from Tommy Hague. He explained that he was Page fifteen