Shadeland High School - Echo Yearbook (Shadeland, IN)

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Class Will We, the Seniors of nineteen-hundred and fifty-two, being highly intellectual and of sound mind and belng are about to depart from Shadeland High School. At this time we wish to leave some of our dearly treasured belongings to the faculty and underclassmen. We leave the fond memories of our good behavior to our grand teachers who through the years have gone through many ordeals with us. To the Juniors we will and bequeath our ablllty to become dignified Seniors. To the Sophomores may they have our modesty and our ability to tease. To the Freshmen may they increase their knowledge ln everything including their school work. And now individually to the coming Seniors: FIRST: I, Edna Blain, will and bequeath my Speech book to Eva Jane McDowell and my ablllty to be ln band to Bonnie Riley. SECOND: I, June Connelly, will and bequeath my light complexion to Sara Roche and my blond hair to Jack Mays. THIRD: I, Madelyn Conrad, will and bequeath my ability to go steady to Mary Ann Roth and my ability to crack gum in Gov't class to Barbara Phillips. FOURTH: I, Tom Funkhouser, will and bequeath my ability not to giggle to Virginia Gee and my ability to not argue with the girls to Lester Martin FIFTH: I, Marie Gee, will and bequeath my Senior skirt to Delores White and my curly hair to Dick Giltner. SIXTH: I, Dolores Hamilton, will and bequeath my ability to cause eruption ln the assemblies to Mary Louise Kuipers and my ability to become engaged in my Senior year to Jim Mays. SEVENTH: I, Carolyn Heemstra, will and bequeath my green eyes to Ruth Ann Peyton lf I can have her brown eyes and my ability to get the boys to turn in news for the paper to Frank Goodman. EIGHTH: I, Barbara Morris, will and bequeath my ability to go with only one boy to Alice Remsburg and my ablllty to get to typing class on time to Donnie Graves. NINTH: l I, Sheldon Stillions, will and bequeath my ability to sit still ln Gov't to Don Welsh and my ability to get engaged before I'm out of school to Ruth Haynes. LASTLY: I, Harold Williams, will and bequeath my height to Regina Sexton and my muscles to Dora Mae Hockema. Having disposed of some of our dearly possessions, we leave this our last will and testament ln the hands of our sponsor, Mr. Glen H. Robb. Signed, THE SENIOR CLASS OF '52 18

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On March 29 we left on an eight day eastern tour with the Montmorencl Seniors. We went to Pennsylvania, Washington D. C., and New York City. The most important places of interest were the home and tomb of President Roosevelt, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Empire State Building, West Point Military Academy, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and really many more too numerous to mention. On April 26 we were honored by the Junior class at a reception in the school gymnasium. Baccalaureate was held on May 4 with Rev. Peter Heemstra giving the address. Commencement was on May 9 with Dr. John Holland of WLS as our speaker. We hope that ourllves may be enriched by many more happy memories. Don't Don't get discouraged when you hear What people say about you, Don't get the blues and drop a tear Because they chance to doubt you. Don't go around with troubled brow, 0'erlooklng all llfe's beauty, The folks that talk will suffer more Than you so do your duty. Don't fret and fume and wish them ill, Their lives hold little pleasure, Send back a message of good wlll 'Twill serve to heap your measure. Don't be discouraged, for the world Will always criticize youg Earth's dearest treasure is the few True friends who love and prize you. -- Unknown 17

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Class Prophecy Last evening I was looking through my memory book and got carried away with my thoughts of the Senior Class of '52. All of a sudden I was startled by me nngmg ox the doorbell. It was a messenger boy with a telegram from the ex'Marle Gee, who was married to a multlmllllonalre She lnvlted my two girlfriends and me to come and vlslt her on their big dude ranch out in Arizona. She has been married for slx years and has a little four year old girl, who is growing up to be quite a cowgirl. Since we had never been on a dude ranch, we dlcided to go to Ayres at Indianapolis to get some new outfits. We thought the people who worked there would know what we should take with us. We walked into the store and decided to look around. While we were looklng around, a tall, slim, beautiful blonde walked up to us with an alr of dignity. She asked us if she could interest us fn the evening gown she was modeling or any that were hanging up. We were about to tell her no when, lo and behold, we discovered that she was none other than Carolm Heemstg who is modeling there at Ayres. She told us that she was engaged to the owner and she had a good sized rock on her finger to prove lt. Cary also told us that June Connelly was working for her fiance as a private secretary. She ls doing very well for herself and ls also engaged to a very handsome boy from Indianapolis who ls ln the Marines. We decided to talk to June. She told us that she was very happy with her work, and her fiance was'expected home very soon. On our way home we decided to stop at the Llght House Inn at Lebanon to get a blt to eat. Whlle we were waiting on our order, who should walk up but ole' Sheldon Stilllons, better known as Skel1y . 'We invited him to sit down and join us ln a bit to eat. He told us that he was married to a former '51' graduate and is the proud father of twin boys, four, and a little girl, two. He now owns the Stllllon's Furniture Store, Inc. where he makes and designs his own furniture. His store ls located on the outskirts of Indianapolis, and he is starting to build one at New York, so it looks as lf Shelly ls doing very well for himself, too. He told us that Q Funkhouser is the President of the Ball State Teachers College. Tom is married to a little English girl whom he met on his annual tour there. ' We reached home that evening about seven o'c1ock. Since we were leaving early the next morning, we had a few things we had to wash out. We turned on the water and to our surprise, we couldn't get It turned off. Everything was getting flooded and we had to do something quick. We tried and tried to get hold of a plumber, but no one would come out at that time of the night. We finally got hold of Williams Plumbing Service. Who should come to flx the running water but Harold Wllllams, who was now owner of the thriving business. After Harold got the water fixed he told us that Madelyn Conrad was now teaching the first and second grades at Shadeland. She now ls married to a high school sweetheart and ls happy teaching school. We took the 8:15 plane to Tucson, Arizona. We boarded the plane and to our surprise the pretty little girl who fastened our safety belts was none other than our own Barbara Morris. She informed us that she was engaged to the pilot, one of the Tippecanoe Co. boys that Barb went with while she was still in hlgh school. She told us that Edna Blain was teaching music 19