Royerton High School - Panorama Yearbook (Royerton, IN)

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ERNEST M. BOYER To the Seniors Mr. Boyer has been both teacher and sponsor. In each in- stance his leadership has been faultless With unerring marksmanship his guidance has taken us through all the situations that have confronted us. 16

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NINETEEN FIFTY-TWO I had just clippered from Tokyo. The war was finished and the Japs were friendly, except for a few who were still a little miffed because they hadn't won. My assignment as an eastern news reporter was over and I was returning to America to visit my old classmates. The airplane in which I flew to California had been designed by Howard Hernley. CHis reading of the Popular Science was not in vain., The piloting of the plane was inthe hands of Paul Heffner. When I asked for a glass of water, up rushed the stewardess, Margaret West, with some. Alighting at the airport I looked about for more of my classmates. Charles McLaughlin and his taxi appeared and took me to my hotel. Arriving, I went to the desk for my room number. The clerk--he didn't fool me, trying to hide behind those false teeth and that bald head--was Oren Huffer. I asked him to arrange to have a soft drind sent to my room. He obliged me by sending Wayne Williams' own special brew. I learned that Wayne was now president of a soft drink company. Later I decided to go out and have a look at San Francisco. Walking down the street I saw a shingle sticking out of a door. It read: CHARLES DYKE--ATT. AT LAW. I continued until I came to an intersection. My attention was arrested by a police whistle. It was Earl Chisman. He explained that he was a referee by night and a policeman by day. he also told me about other class- matesg Charles Justus was hiring out by the day to haunt houses: Margaret Lindsey was giving a piano recital in New York while Betty Kyle was cap- tivating audiences by her ballet feats: Ted Scott and Jim Russell were running a dairy farm back in Indianag Junior Strahan was manager of the Yankees: Harold Umberger was raising geese on a farm in Iowag and June Berry was in Hollywood finishing a picture called nMemoriesn. I asked Earl if he knew about any more, and he replied that Maurice Cloud had been promoted to the rank of Admiral. Thanking Earl for the information I went my way. Feeling hungry I step ped into an exclusive little restaurant. Both of the proprietors rushed up to see who the customer was. I recognized Verda Hesson and Verda Gale. I plied them with questions about other classmates. Here is what they told me: Betty Hutson was married to an army officerg Mary Eiler had become a countessg Freda Mills was a contortionist in Billy Rose's new show and Paul Parsons was an undertaker. I left the restaurant and went to an art gallery. You guessed it! There was a painting with Dorothy Bechdolt's name in the corner. I walked out in a daze and bumped into Allis Williams. She informed me that she was teaching Home Eo. at Royerton. I told her about our class-- mates. She responded with the fact that Clyde Bird was driving a car in the nDaredevilsW troupe. Bewildered, I went to my hotel room. Relaxing, I turned on the radio. Anna Jane Rarick was on. She was still telling the same jokes she told at Royerton. I turned to another station and got the voice of Eleanore Crampton, singing that old favorite nChattanooga Choo Choon. I listened, turned off the radio and had a relapse. 15

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