Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Spencer, IN)

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SPENCERIAN Prophecy I find myself in Paris, one of my dreams of school-days having come true, and I am here on one of my frequent trips, buying for the Nouvel Faconsl' shop on 5th Avenue, New York City, which Helen Bryan and I have been successfully managing for five years. Our clientele is of the class that demands the latest French modes -hence my presence in gay Paree. Today I received a letter from Helen which I enjoyed very much, and I believe you will final it interesting, too. It is as follows: Sept. 25, 1930. Dear Helen: You no doubt will be surprised to hear from me immediately upon your arrival, but I have so much of interest to tell you about our old High School Class of 1920, that I thought best to write be- fore I forgot it. VVho do you think dropped into our shop to order a hat, the very day you left? Madam Pinot, you know the famous opera singer. -WVell, who do you think she is in real life? None other than our old Classmate, Ruth Parrish. You can imagine how we talked about our old class, and as she had just visited back in Spen- cer she knew all about them. W'ell, to fmish about Ruth, she has invited us to visit her in her lovely California home, at the end of her season here in New York. It will be grand to see her charm- ing family, and, incidentally, to hob-nob with her artist friends. Of course. I first asked about our class president, .Iohn Beem. john has developed into a very promising business man. His father retired soon after john's graduation, and john became mana- ger of the shoe store. It seems that he was not very successful at first, because his thoughts, instead of being on shoes, were con- tinually wandering toward K'Geneg', he was so worried for fear he should not be able to win the fair beauty, that he could not Hnd time to fret about business interests. But after his marriage, he could afford to turn his attention to shoe business, because, of course, Gene must be well provided for. Now john has built a mammoth shoe store consisting of ten stories, and needless to say controls the shoe trade for miles around. One would think that Mildred Sheppard had changed her meek and bashful ways, and become quite a Hirt, judging from the fact that she meets every train that comes into Spencer, but Mildred has a perfect right to do this as she is the agent for the Adams Express Company. 1920

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1SPENCERIAN Beatrice Hancock married her beloved Clifford W'ampler, who is an architect. and they live in the heart of Chicago. As Beatrice could not give up her taste for farm activities, he built their house with a barn in the basement and a chicken park on the roof. Here Beatrice spends most of her time, among her chickens and cows, and is extremely happy, since she can imagine she is back on the farm. Now hold your breath while I tell you that I have an engage- ment for this evening with a United States senator. You have prob- ably already guessed that it is our old classmate, Hoyt Clark. I-Ie won this high office mainly through his ability as a public speaker. He gives all the credit for what he is, and what he hopes to be, to Miss Mason, in whose English class he received his first training. I am told that Hoyt's marriage proved to be a serious mistake, as his wife was not in sympathy with his political ambitions. I-Ie is di- vorced now, and is engaged to a woman senator from the West. Zella Pegg and Edna Speas are safely installed in S. H. S. as teachers. Zella makes an efficient Domestic Science instructor, while Edna is a mathematician. She is so engrossed in the subject of Geometry that she has developed a dreadfully cross disposition. Zella and Edna live together in one of Spencer's beautifully fur- nished ffats, together with their black cats, and are enjoying life immensely. Margaret Barnes at last has her heart's desire. Her dream to go Vest has come true and she is happy, managing a sheep ranch in XVashington. Maud, you will recollect, was married the day af- ter her graduation, and she makes good use of her railroad pass by taking her large family frequently to visit Margaret, so that the children may enjoy the free life of the ranch. No doubt you are wondering what became of our most brilliant classmate, Neal Close. Neal's life is sad, in a way, because he is a decided woman-hater, hence he leads a rather secluded life. How- ever, he has made quite a mark in the world, through his many scientific discoveries and valuable inventions. One of his great- est accomplishments along this line is of a machine of perpetual motion. As a result of this and other inventions including a device by which he can communicate with the inhabitants on the Planet of Mars, Neal is now not only famous, but is also worth many mil- lions. Mary Hawkins followed up her business course which she began in school, and is now employed as a stenographer at the Farm Life. Mary never married, as she preferred to remain true to the memory of her first love, who was killed in the world's war when he made a daring attempt to capture the Kaiser. Elizabeth Franklin did not marry Troy on her graduation day, as many people predicted. Elizabeth is so independent that she de- cided it was not the best policy to settle down until she had seen more of life. Until recently she had been employed as a cabaret singer in a New York cafe, but she found this life too gay and tire- 1920 , J