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

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Prophecy (cont.) into the city, passing an art museum, we noticed a familiar name on the outside poster. It said, Roberta Eckhart ' s Paintings Being Shown this week . We were very happy to know this and decided to go in and see Roberta. As we went in where the paintings were being shown, we saw her and waved to her. After the show, she talked to us. We learned that she had gone to college and had good luck after that. We admired her paint- ings and later had dinner with her. She told us that she was now engag- ed to Bernard Chapman and expected to be married the next month. She also told us that she had gone home the week before and had seen Mary Grow- cock, who was now Mrs. Ernie Gard. Mary Jo had been married shortly after school was out and was now living on a farm in the West. Mary Jo had told Roberta that Katie and Don, (the former Katie Hulen), had visit- ed her and Ernie recently. Katie had been married in June following graduation and she and Don were living in Kendallville. Katie was a part time secretary and had her own home and was, indeed, very happy. After bidding Roberta farewell, and good luck, we aecided to find a hotel, and golngintothe largest one in the city, who should we meet as receptionist but Sally Donat. Delighted at our good fortune, we all had tea and talk- ed about the old days back at old Rome City. Sally said that Doris Donat was a very successful hair-dresser in Chicago, and was married to a big hotel owner. Betty Treesh,we also learned was a hair-dresser, and wife, of Dick Faux, and was living in Indianapolis. Sally said that Honey Jean Shelvis was a singer with a name band at the leading night club in the city. We decided to drop over and see Honey. After bidding Sally goodbye, we proceeded on our way. Stopping for a red light we saw a policeman on the corner and thought he certainly looked familiar. As he turned toward us, we were very amazed to find it to be Ivan Malone. We pulled to the curb to chat with Ivan for a minute. We found that after graduating, Ivan had farmed for a few years, and then gone into the city, and decided he ' d like to become a cop . Glad to hear of Ivan ' s success, we continued to the night club. As we approached the uptown section, who should we see coming out of a grocery but Ed Sattler, another of our classmates. Ed told us that he was doing the weekly shopping; furthermore he told us that he now had a large farm and was doing nicely in the farm ing industry. He also told us he was married and had a daughter. Wishing Ed good luck, we went into the night club and without much trouble, found Honey Jean. Glad to see us and learn of other classmates, Honey showed us into her dressing room where we could talk. Here, we met her husband, Gene Paulas, and learned of Honey ' s good fortune. She had begun singing as soon as school was out and had soon acquired a job with a band. Now, she was singing five nights a week with a name band In the largest night club in the city. We learned from Honey Jean that Edith Cook was now a Home Economics teacher in Cleveland, Ohio. Edith had gone to college after working a year, and shortly after college had gotten a good teach- ing job. We were glad to know that Edith was happy and successful. Honey, had many things to do so we decided not to take up any more time. After leaving her, as we were driving along the highway, W e noticed a sign saying Daredevil Racers , The Masked Daredevil , today ' s main attraction. We decided we might find some excitement at the auto races and turned off the side road ana drove about a mile to the tracks. In the bleachers, we watched daring tricks, done by skillful drivers, and, finally the main attraction was on. The Masked Daredevil certainly liv- ed up to hisname.He drove through a fiery ring, went over a hundred miles per hour, and ended with a head-on-collison. After much applause, he un-masked and to our delight and amazement, it was none other than Robert Browning. This was certainly the crowning glory of the day. Talking to Bob later, we found he was a successful daredevil and was happy and con- tented driving recklessly. He owned his own home and was married and had a baby girl. After leaving the race tracks, we decided to try and take an airplane ride as many of us had never been in a plane. At the airport we asked a young man about taking a ride, and he told us he ' d get the in- structor. As we waited, a familiar looking girl walked toward us. At once we Identified her as June Schell, another graduate of 1948. We asked June what she was doing out here and were startled to learn that she was the instructor. We took our rides, which were very enjoyable, and learned a- bout how June had gone to college at Indiana for a few years, and, then had decided she wanted to fly. She proudly told us that she now owned, her own p-38, June told us that she had seen Joyce Schwarz not long ago, Joyce was now married to Fritz Brown and lived in Fort Wayne. Glad to re- ceive this information, we aaked what had happened to Donna Murphy. She, 13 ■ •-- ■ mm

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PROPHECY Senior Will, cont. go to Dot Kerr. If she chooses, she may transfer the debts to a taylor in Kendallville. (Sixteenth) I, Al Potee, regrettfully leave my voice to Wayne Shull. You ' ll also need my porcupine suit to keep the girls away as they swoon a3 you croon, Don ' t You Love Me Anymore . I, also, leave my ability to get along with Miss Biggerstaff to Russell Ramer. (Seventeenth) I, Ed Sattler, leave my height to Jack Smith, my studious ways to Lynn Van Aman, and my bashfulness to Max Miller, as he needs some. (Eighteenth) I, June Schell, leave my position as Mr. Perry ' s secretary to Retta Hulen, and my policy of ' never being late ' to Pat Speakman. I, also, leave my only valuable possession — my pivot tooth in my upper set- to Tim Ackles. To Russell Ramer, I leave a pair of blinkers so he won ' t be distracted by paasers-by in the halls or on the stairs. (Nineteenth) I, Joyce Schwarz, leave all the pencils I lost to Dot Kerr. When you find them you ' d better fence them in, because they walk away without leaving a note saying when they ' ll be back. I, also, leave my note writing to Pat Speakman, and my place as postman for Russ- ell Ramer to Hope DeRemer. (Twentieth) I, Dick Stiles, will my ability for going to English Class every day to Jerry Racht, also my alow shuffle and carefree ways to Jon Baker. I, also, will my good looks to anyone who needs them. (Twenty-first) I, Honey Jean Shelvis, leave my morning routine of eating candy in the study hall to Ralph Knott, and my place in band to Pat Speakman. I, also, leave my ability for being late to band to Jean Emerson. (Twenty-second) I, Betty Treeah, last but not least, leave my vast supply of pep, self starter, get over that ten o ' clock slump, and A to Z vitamins to Doris Smith. I hope you won ' t look as sleepy as I often did. Item IV: As an additional asset to the future seniors, we leave our quiet bookkeeping class and our ability of always remaining quiet in history or bookkeeping when the teachers are out of the room. Our haloa may need polishing. We, the senior band members, will to all the other band members, our ability of always being to band on time, and always stopping and starting promptly when told. Item V: We hereby constitute and appoint our principal, Mr. H. J. Ward as executor of this will. In testimony, we, the class of nineteen hundred forty-eight, de- clare this to be our last will and testament on this first day of Febru- ary, nineteen hundred and forty-eight. President Secretary As the crystal ball from last year la broken, we find we must use aomething else, so we decided upon Madame Zuzu. As we sat Inside her small, dark home, Madame went into a trance and peered into the future. We find ourselves in a large city news-paper office. There on the 3rd 1 or, we see one of our old classmates, Al Potee. Al, we learn is the top sports writer and radio announcer. Al (Gates) Potee, he is known as. Al tella us he had seen another of our olaaamatea recently who la now playing profesaional baaketball. We decided to go aee this boy. We found that Red Conley is the star player with the All-Amerlcan — Red Heads . Red was very glad to see us and told ua that he waa now married and had a red-headed son, Bobbie Jr. We talked with Red for about an hour, and he told ua that he had aeen June Frederick juat the other day. June, now, Mra. Bob Holcomb was very happily married and living In Fort Vayne. As we left Red, he told ua where we might find another claaamate. Tr aveling out into the country, we came upon a large farm; on the mailbox It aaid, Mr. and Mra. Paul Hosted . Aa we approached the farm houae, we aaw pete coming In from the barn. He waved to ua and oame over to talk. Paul had a 350 acre farm and had married a model from New York. He told ua that Jack Edmonda , another ' 48 graduate, alao had a farm down the road about five milea. Jack had taken up dairy farming and he had married a girl from Fort Wayne. He was very- aucceaaful In the dairy farming bualneas. After saying goodbye to Pete, we decided to go back 12

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Prophecy (cont.) had gone to college for a year at I.U. but had become engaged and was now married. Donna, June told us, was a very nice sister-in-law. After saying goodbye to June, we drove back into the city, talking about our eventful day. Vie named off our classmates one-by-one, discussing what each was doing. At Virgil McDonald ' s name, we stopped. Virgil had worked for a while at home and soon had gotten a farm of his own. He is now a successful dairy farmer and has one of the most modern dairy farms in all Indiana. Eddie Linthicum, for a while, had worked in Fort Wayne, but then had gotten a job on the railroad, and is now an engineer on the fastest diesel on the railroad. Eddie is very satisfied with his pro- fession and is married, as is Virgil, and both have sons. Back at the hotel, we had the radio on and the man ' s voice certainly seemed familiar At the end of his song, we learned that the crooner was Dick Stiles, who was now the Frankie of the age. As we had now seen each of our class of 48, Madame Zuzu fell out of her trance and collected for her trouble. Satisfied by our prophecy, we paid the Madame and went our way. If tbis prophecy doesn ' t hold true, see Zuzu. BABY PICTURES 1. Mary Jo Growcock 2. Edward Sattler 3. June Frederick 4. Doris Donat 5. Virgil McDonald 6. Ivan Malone 7. Donna Murphy 8. June Schell 9. Betty Treesh 10. Joyce Schwarz 11. Robert Browning 12. Sally Donat 13. Eddie Linthicum 14. Roberta Sckhart 15. Alvin Potee 16. Robert Conley 17. Jack Edmonds 18. Katherine Hulen 19. Edith Cook 20. Paul Hosted 21. Honey Jean Shelvis 14