St Marys High School - Gael Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Anderson, Indiana Iune 21, 1947 Dear Sylvia, I have just retumed from my class reunion, and l'm itching to tell you about it. It was our first since graduation in l937g nearly everyone was there and eager to make the event an historic one. l'll skip the banquet and other social functions of the meeting and TGIUY the Surprises that were in store for us when we heard how each mem- ber of the class had fared in life. Henrietta is now Toby's official manager. as we had expected as far back as 1937. Her chum, Lucille, finally acceded to Mart's wishes-her name is now preceded bY Mrs. . Florence has practically become an institution at Boze's. She scrys the Only draw- back to her general satisfaction with life is that Boze interferes with beaus. Poor Florence. Dorothy is employed at Carson, Pierie, Scott, ot Chicago. Since she is a model, her weight is a great asset. Worth Brinker has been appointed athletic director at Purdue. He replaced Piggy Lambert, who made Bob Kessler famous. His former teamrncte, Bud Wulle, is still walking out oi places-it's employers' offices though, not a Princ:ipal's office. Johnnie Mechenbelieve it or not, is still at school at the Alma Mater. Sister Verona can't yet make twenty-nine equal thirty-two credits. His partner in crime, Spoo, has displaced Fred Astaire in the field of esthetic dancing, but he can't find a partner whO can keep up with him. He is not the only one who has gone to Hollywood. Iohnny Lamper is really another Darryl Zanuck. Johnny produced The Rebel Front . Perhaps you have seen it. Louise married Bob Igney, the noted basketball coach, whose Rossville team wen the State championship in 1940. Zola's in Indianapolis. She has joined the management of H. P. Wasson Co. Anderson's leading beauticidn is none other than Wilma. Hel' beautiful Titian hair does ample advertising for her shop. Pat holds the unique posi- tion of manager of Panther Estle, the famous wrestler. She will meet you at the Ar- mory on Thursday night. Wanamakers can boast of Marcheline as head buyer of the ready-to-wear department. Curline Hair Lotion is lohn Ford's offer to the commercial world. His simple dis- covery has placed his income in the higher brackets. lohn Kuklenslzi made his know- ledge of chemistry pay and now manages the experimental farm fcr the Govemment- Janie conducts an exclusive dancing, schO0l. I can still see her and Wilber Crim at Canavan's recitals. Ruth is still trying to find out what everyone is talking about. Joe Lanane is a super salesman for Farm-All Tractors. His pleasing personality makes him the most valuable salesman on the whole force. Kenny owns a vast chain of filling stations. Ipana Tooth Paste has secured the services of Tommy as a Smile model. Do you remember that Tom's teachers could never get him to open his mouth when he read? Well, he's learned now. liggs is prosecuting attomey for Cook County, Illinois. Anderson's opportunities were too sparse for him, so he fO1'S0Ok them for greener fields. Mary and Mildred are still close friends. They are now making a concert tour of the United States with the Artists' Guild of America. We all regretted their Obs sence from the reunion. Mary Aline is ncw of intemational fame. The Metropolitan is crowded to capacity when she is booked to sing in Carmen or Fcxust . The pride Of St. Mary's, Bravo! And last, I, as you know, have gone the way Of all true steno- gruphers - a private secretary, but not in love with my Boss. That finishes the roll call of the Class ot '37. And haven't we dc-ne better than the average class? As ever, Helen

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SODALITIY OFFICERS IA-NIE FUNK. PFeSideI1T BERNARD WULLE, President LUCILLE WENTE, Vice1President JOHN MELCHER, Vice-President FLORENCE ECKSTEIN, Secretary GEORGE BLOSSOM, Treasurer HENRIETTA KOESTER, GenerallChairman The Children of Mary and Holy Name Sodallties, combined under the title of Stu- dent's Spiritual Council, held elections on September 18. The Executive Board which de- cided the activities and proiects of the year is as follows: Our Lady's Committee - - - Wilma Oleksy, Chairman Eucharistic Committee - - Ioseph Lanane, Chairman Literary Committee - - Mildred Shaffer, Chairman Publicity Committee' - - Mary Margaret Roche, Chairman Mission Committee - - Dorothy Ripberger, Chairman Social Committee - - - Marcheline Butler, Chairman Assistants to the Executive Board are Francis Ratchford, juniorg Eileen Wente, soph- omore: William Sefton, freshman. At the September meeting, Mary Katherine Davied, retiring president of the Sodal- ity, presided and installed the new officers. It was decided at this meeting to in- crease the number of subscriptions to the Oueen's Work, the Sodality organ, to twenty- five copies. Other magazines subscribed to were the Catholic World, the Catholic BOY, America, the Catholic Readers' Digest, the Messenger of the Sacred Heart, and the Young Catholic Messenger. Prayer for the Holy Souls was the aim for November. Banks were placed in. the classrooms and offerings for Masses were made for the Holy Souls. A project to stim- ulate interest in the lives of the saints was made a part of the daily program of the religion classes and ended the last week of November 'ln a contest. Virginia Herring and Iol-in Kiely, freshmen, won. They were each given a year's subscription to the Queens Work. A business meeting was held in December to discuss plans for raising funds for a Sodality donation for the Christ the King statue to be erected in Washington, D. C. On the Friday before Christmas the Sodalists presented a Play and awarded prizes for per- fect attendance on Sodality Sunday. The pledge to the Legion of Decency was re- newed. The contributions in food and toys rGQ11ired as an entrance fee at this meet- ing were sufficient to fill ten baskets. In Ianuary plans for the second semester were formulated. Ianuary and February were devoted to an intensive study of Communism. The Sodality .purchased a hundred pamphlets on the subject from the Paulist Press to prepare the sodalists for a rapid-fire contest cn this .present day menace. The freshmen presented a skit composed by Wil- liam Sefton on that theme. Father Crowley. O. M. startled the students into the reali- zation that Communism is upon us by his factual exposition of its deadly grip upon Our nation. Special attention was given to character building through the use of the Daily Six during Lent. Patricia Donovan directed the activity by placing a character tower POSW1' in each room and by checking up weekly on the progress made weekly by the sodalists. Stress was placed particularly on prompt attendance at daily Mass and frequent re- ception of Holy Communion and the response was gratifying to the officers. The chief feature of the Vocation meeting was the playlet COmP0S9d Und di' rected by Doris Renner. During the last week of April the Sodalists nominated their officers forthe cominq year..The year's activities culminated in several May projects, the last of which WGS the impressive May procession and the coronation of Our Lady by lanie Funk.