Short High School - Libertonian Yearbook (Liberty, IN)

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THE LIBERTONIAN We all felt sure Robert Greeson would some day receive recognition. Sure enough he did! His new improved way to raise soy beans has revolutionized the soy bean industry. Not only has Robert helped the soy bean, but he has put Union County in a prominent place on the map. People come from miles around to see his ultra-modern farm which he shares with many farm hands and his wife who is very short! Verna Mae is very busy keeping sheep happy on the sheep farm she helps her hus- band maintain south of Liberty. They don't spend all of their time there as they are very busy keeping social engagements from New York to Seattle. It shouldn't be a hard job for Verna Mae to keep the sheep happy as she practiced on us for two years. I suppose Millard Hayes is still going through life laughing at jokes several minutes after they have been told. They say that his farm is the show place of eastern Indiana. He not only practices excellent farming he also broadcasts from Liberty's own station every week on a farm program. Slug alias Dale Huntington is still with the Short Warriors-not as a manager this time but as a coach. Last year the Warriors went to the State Tourney, in fact, they won all kinds of basketball titles. With the new county consolidated high school they have at Liberty they should be able to turn out a good team. Dale has received recognition from a state college and has signed a contract to teach the boys there to play basketball next year. Neil Jackson, ithat name still brings a flutter to many a feminine heartj, certainly captured everyone's heart with his singing. Although now he has retired from active work he still sings for important occasions. To think there was a member of the class of '43 who was another Bing Crosby or what Crosby meant in our day. Glenna was sure she would never be a nurse, but how wrong she was! Now she is head nurse in one of the leading hospitals of the nation. Hers wasn't one of those over- night success stories, because she had to work hard for the position she now holds. Ted Kalsbeek sure gave Tommy Dorsey a scare, but Ted realized in time that his calling was to be a doctor and not a musician. Today he is teaching other young hope- fuls who want to cure the human race of all the illnesses. I felt sure with Ted at the helm that people can add. at least ten more years to their life span. Jack of all trades ! That is the best title I know to bestow upon Annette. That woman has tried everything under the sun and strange to say she has been a success at everything she has done. Let me see, she has been a newspaper reporter as well as an editor, an author, a concert singer, a traveler, an actress. and explorer. After many years of search she found her dream man just as she always said she would. Now she travels back and forth across the country with her husband and writes the most inter- esting books about all that she has done. Hubert Matix couldn't find a farm big enough to suit himself in Union County so bag and baggage he went west as Horace Greely advised. Out west he bought untold acres of land. As far as I know he's still there supplying the country with the finest beef ever known. Jerry Meece R. N. That was her one ambition, to see that after her name and I guess she realized it. She only got through with her training in time to serve one year as a Navy nurse. After nursing several years in a hospital at the close of the war she met the wealthy patient of which all romantic nurses dream. She married him and now she nurses the illnesses of their twins. Betty Pace satisfied a desire for travel and adventure by marrying a man con- nected with an oil company. Shortly after their marriage he was sent to some foreign country. Here Betty made a home that was not believed possible in such a wilderness. Having little else to do she started making pottery and sending it back to the States where it is used by every smart housewife. Billy Rhonemus stayed in the air force after the war and from what the news reporters say the army couldn't go on without him. I wonder if they have found out that Bill was the logical one to take Red Skelton's place? Bill Strong finally remained silent and quiet for long enough to invent more things than Edison. He has given to the world so many things to make life easier. His simpli- fied invention of synthetic rubber changed the Whole course of American industry. Everyone was sure Norma Snyder would be married as soon as school was out, but she certainly fooled everyone! As her patriotic duty she went to work in a factory and a good worker she was too. Then when the war was over she took the fatal but so im- portant step. I remember so well the day we talked about futures in a senior class meeting and each one was telling what his secret ambition was. Minnie Zerr said that with the dia- mond on her finger it was pretty obvious what her future would be. We knew what she meant because shortly after we were handed our diplomas she also took the fatal step which wasn't very fatal as they now have a whole family of rear admiralsf' CSits looking back through the annual smiling thoughtfullyj. How nice it would be if we all could see each other again and have the same good times we had then. It has been a great number of years since we were graduating, but I dare say that there is not a single member of that class but what can recall very clearly all the most important events of our school days. Of all the classes that are graduating this spring I don't think any of them could have been the same kind of class as we were nor as happy-go- lucky. Those days are gone forever and an old person like I am can't sit here all day longing for what can never be again. THE END Page Fifteen

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THE LIBERTONIAN Prophecy of Class of 1943 Time: Month of May, year not determined, but all of the members of the class of 1943 have grown old enough to be given to reminiscence. Place: Home of a class member. Scene: Character is looking at a copy of the annual of Short High School 1943. Voice: fLaughs heartily as he looks through a copy of the annual.J Ah, ha, this brings back very clearly the good times that went with my high school days. I once thought I would never call them happy days, but now I know they were the happiest days I could hope to have. Even the annual itself brings me the memories of the drops of blood we each shed in getting this book ready for the engravers. Every ounce of in- spiration we were endowed with was put between the covers of this book. fSits looking at the pictures softly chuckling to himself.J Here is a picture of Mr. McGraw: that was his first year of principalship and along with that he was our class sponsor, making twice he had to put up with our bickerings, the first time being when our small class was in the Freshman year. I wonder if he still remembers the disputes over our Senior trip to Indianapolis? Mr. Turner-that was his first year in Short High School too. Ho, ho, what good times we had in Civics class learning about our government and how to be good citizens, and if we haven't been good citizens then Nlr. Turner isn't to blame. iSits looking at the other pictures of the teachersq Goodness, it does make one wonder what has become of everyone. I suppose most of these teachers are still teach- ing-that is if they ever recovered from the wear and tear on the nerves of trying to pound bits of knowledge in our heads. fTurns to page of Senior pictures.J It says here Robert Beck, but it is probably still Bobby with his friends. Gracious, what a mind that boy had for figures fin Mathematicsb, science and the things that most of us look at through a very dense fog! Like most of the boys in the class he went into some branch of military service right after graduation. The government surely must have found him valuable in its service. How long ago has it been since I read in the paper that he had been appointed Dean of Science at a leading college in Connecticut? It is almost impossible to believe that some one I have known and gone to school with could become so important. This picture of Marie Brandenburg reminds me of the day Marie said she would like to join the WAVES when she was out of school. Little did she know then that one day she would be sighted for heroism in that branch of service. Now she is writing articles in a leading home-makers magazine on How to Feed a Family on a Budget. From what they tell me she should know from experience! Eleanor Collier, after many years of being agent for her sister who was the famous pianist, retired to a lovely little twelve room home in Chicago where she lives very comfortably with her doctor husband. A good agent Eleanor must have been, too, be- cause Ethel certainly was a recognized concert pianist. Eleanor always did have ability to get things done. Anastasia Corrington-I wonder if she still gets as excited at ball games as she used to. All the young girls of today think they aren't well dressed unless they buy their clothes at Anastasia's High School Shop. She has her college and high school board who design the clothes that her stores all over the United States sell the younger generation. Here is a picture of Sally Davis. She spent half of her time worrying about what profession she should follow. For a time she went to medical school, but she gave that up to run an orphans' home. After a while she left the management of that to a friend and went to seek her fortune elsewhere. As far as I know she is still seeking, and writ- ing the best sellers in the fiction world. Wilbur Davis turned his ability to remember dates, of history, important people and all the other details that go to make up the world news, into very natural channels as he is taking the place of Lowell Thomas as a news commentator. Mr. Thomas per- sonally recommended Wilbur as his successor. Another one of Liberty's sons makes good! Mildred Fields was always the most silent girl in the class, but I guess she must have known that to be silent is a good policy because she certainly proved the same. She knew when to talk and therefore is now the confidential secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture. Being a farm girl she fits in perfectly. It seems that chain stores change managers every so often and when a certain chain store in Liberty decided to get a new manager Joe Finch, who had worked there, seemed the logical person: but Joe just couldn't keep the love of music out of his soul, so he went South to find some one who fel-t about music as he did. He must have found them because The Goldfinch style of music is as popular now with young people as swing was when I was young. Page F0llI'tC8ll

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