Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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www.waihi. .t m .ime wuw , - -A-w--erv , t ' ' ' J y CLASS PROPHECY Motoring through southern Indiana on vacation late one afternoon, I had an experience which warmed the bottom of my heart. Coming down New Albany Boulevard past the Sellersburg Bank, I was breezing at a mere 95 m; p. h. In my new, TUrbe- Jet Adams Auto which was invented by a former classmate, Bobb Adams. Suddenly I heard the scream of a siren; then, a police car pulled up es de me and a famil- iar looking character jerked his thumb for me to pull over. After stopping, the character rushed up, shouting, What do you mean exceed- ing the 85 m. p. h. speed limit on this street? Looking up, I was about to re- ply when I saw thattmy so-called characv ter was 551 K0 . Both of us stared with stark amazemen ; then I fell out of the car into a hand-clasp that carried me back. fifteen years previous, through the portals of S.C.and its memories. Com- ing back into reality I heard Ray saying, Yes I have just been promoted to the Senior Lieutenancy of the Sellersburg P. D. Before I could say a word Ray de- clared, Come: Come: Go with me down to the Blue Room, Located at 113 New Albany Boulevard and have a bite to eat, and discuss the by-ways of which our class of 1948 havetfallen into. But what about my violation ticket? I said. Tut,Tut, forget it, Ray chuckled, with the same old carefree attitude, typical of S. C . days; furthermore, he added that after our dinner we could talk to some of our former classmates and find out what has happened to our class of 1948. ; ;mmwwmwmerm-w We climbed into our cars and a few seconds g$ W W's later we were strolling into the Blue Room and who m ,i't was there to take our hats but Victoria Hart, who, after exchanging greetings; informea uEIEEat she was averaging thirty-five dollars nightly from tips which obliging customers were only too willing to proffer. After being seated by J. Jones, the manager, whose ingenuity had given the pIace country-wide recognition and brought fame and fortune to Sel- lersburg and vicinity,we were served a roast chic- ken dinner, prepared by Leona Sam les and who should bring IE But Eustg Prather, the head waiter an bouncer, who had re- cently won the National Light Heavyweight Bouncers Championship at New York Madison Square Barden. There we discovered the great musician, William Massie, who had taken Spike Jones! place. He provided the entertainment with his jazz band and featured their most prominent artist, Mag: House, as vocalist. With this beau- tiful music as a backgrouna ana our coffee to mull over, I in- quired as to what had become of Cecil Baile , a great S. C. ath- elete in his day. Jonesy told me He he en Ed Diddle's place . as coach of the Western Basketball team which is rated first in the nation. I ask- ed what had ever become of the rest of our scholars of yore. Well, Ray chirped, Did you know that Wm. Woods directed the new motion picture hit, 'Too Dumb to Come Out of the RaiiTV which starred 0. Weber, the commedian, who this year was highest paid of the Hollywood elite. IIso, Hid you know that Alfred Sam les, yes, our own Alfred, has become head of the largest movie itheater chain n - e U. S. Well, I put in, I suppose you fellows know that ya. Dre er resigned as direc- tor of the Boston Symphony to become President of the NationaI Oboe Tooter's Guild but still has his famous Orchestra and his most loyal clarinet player, Jwayce Schaefer who has been with his band for 12 years. This informal conversat onwms suEHenIy climaxed as Ray exclaimed, Let's drop everything and take an inventory on the Alumni of '48. This was short notice but I readily agreed.

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455 And so it was an enjoyable evening in Sellersburg after which we found ourselves traveling up 51 to the S. C. Nook in Speed and saw Shirle Po , owner of the S. C. Nook. After sitting and cEa ng awhile, who should come in but Ervin Pettit and Elmer P022 who were home on a vacation from ITricu where they own and operate an ostrich farm and are having a very success- ful business. We strolled back toward the dance floor and who did we see but Anita Smith who was now the charming spouse of Don Swartz, dancIng one of the lat- est Jitterbugs, Too Thin Polka. After refreshing with one of Shirley's concoctions, we decided to be on our way. Cruising between Speed and Memphis near Wimpys, I saw a car piled up against a tree. Evidently a dis- astrous accident had happened. Hopping out,I saw that its occupant was badly hurt; whereupon, I rushed into Wimpys and asked Glad s Hall, the waitress, where the telephone was. Seeing 1E IE the corner, I graHbed.it and in the heat of a panic called Herb Van Pelt, a veterinary, instead of Dann Vo e1 who was tHe famous Medical Doctor in this vicinity. Not having explaine e s uation to Herb 0 n the phone, he came on the run within a few minutes. After arriving, there was nothing he could do but administer all aid he kn25h4;:?;; 4 Later, we called Danny, but we feared he would get there toshiate. Due to Herb's horse-doctoring, the poor fellow expired, thus giving James Wile some timely trade as he was now the coroner of clerk county. Just as He was tak- ing the corpse away, Vogel, with Norma Ehrin er, his nurse, came driving up. Daniel saw that he was too late so He proceeaeg to call Jack Wamgler, owner of a Memphis Garage, to haul the wreck away. We felt that we had need of coffee so we proceeded back into Wimpys. Just then a short well-dressed man walked in that looked quite familiar to me. He spoke with a big grin upon his face and then I recognized it was our former Ral. h Grar. After we got through telling him why there were so many of our old IEEB cIassmates here together, I asked him what he was doing now, to which he replied, I am president of the Purity Maid Products Division at Bennettsville and I stop- ped to see if'they had any complaints or any corrections to be made on our pro- ducts. We asked him what happened to our classmates from Bennettsville and St. Joe. He told us that Alfred Yost was one of the superintendents of The Ford Motor Company at Detroit. He aIso said that Theodore Graf was an excellent pilot of an Eastern Airlines Transport and took passengers anywhere they wanted to go by Special charter plane. By this time we hadg spent the entire night and it was about seven o'clock in the morning. We decided this mode of travel was too slow so we backtracked to the airfield formerly known as Bush Aviation Enterprise at Jeffersonville, which is now run by Robert Bostock who is the husband of Doris Jenkins. When we