Summitville High School - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Summitville, IN)

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SENIOR PROPHECY We the Juniors of Summitville High School look into the future to prophesy the success of the Seniors of this year, 1955. In five years hence, we shall see the seniors in this light. Morris Bailey is head mechanic for Bailey, Bailey, and Bailey Motors. Sherman Baker is married to Mary Ethel and has three sets of twins. He drives a bus for Hines Coach Lines. Jack Banther has just graduated from Indiana University and has been elected governor of Indiana. Bill Coty is head man on the milking machine for Carnation Milk Company. Patty Denny has just been hired for the thirteenth time as secretary of Summitville High School. Barbara Durr is now married and living in Burnt Grass, Texas. David Gates has just been named the new manager of Krafts Foods Company because of his faithful cheese- making. Joyce Gossett is now teaching at the Minneapolis Institute of Mental and Technical Hyrogenics of the Spine. John Green has just been fired from the Harlem Globetrotters after taking a shower and revealing his identity. Phyllis Hannon, after four years of nurses training, has been hired as the head nurse for the President of the United States. Bill Harvey, having been connected with Seyferts Potato Chip Company during his senior year has bought the company and started making potato chip golf balls. This is handy when you are playing golf and get a little hungry. Rosalie Head made history this year as the leading poultry raiser of the country. All in all she raised thir- teen million, three hundred ninety-two thousand hens. Gilda Kilgore, as everyone knows, is an accomplished musician. This year she has made ten appearances in Carnegie Hall and fifteen in the New York • Pnilharmonic Auditorium. Her best contata is Three Blind Mice in F flat. Harry McCord just graduated from Comptometry school and is working for Marilyn Monroe as her private secretary. Jana Sue Pyle has been married and divorced six times and is collecting $120 alimony a week. Her next victim is expected to be Liberace. Dick Reiley and Jack Sappenfield are now big businessmen in the oyster business. It seems they went fishing at Vinson’s Pit and Jack fell in. He discovered that the pit was full of oysters. They bought the pit and are now making a fortune selling oysters.

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1955, at Summitville High School, being of sound mind and memory do hereby declare this our last will and testament. Patty Denny wills her false tooth to Larry Matney. Gilda Kilgore wills her typing speed to Max Warren! Barbara Warren wills her Ford and her safe driving to Janet Elsworth; on one condition, that she doesn't use it. Jack Sappenfield wills his legs to Ronnie DeLong. Jack Banther wills his track ability to Sam Willis. Barbara Durr wills her ability to go steady to Shirley Dean. Janice Tappan bequeaths her sixth period assemblies spent in the library to Judy Cunningham, hoping that she will enjoy the gab fests as much as she has. Jo Ann Thurston wills her height to Bud Keefer. Moe Bailey wills his sleeping ability to Wayne Norris and Bob Roudebush. Jana Sue Pyle wills all of her old boyfriends to Linda Johnson and hopes she has lots of luck with them. Rosalie Head wills her acting ability to Sarah Vernon and Catherine Semon. Use it well girls!! David Gates wills his ability to get along with the girls to Morris Brown. Be careful boy, they can be dangerous! He also wills his ability to be late to school to Kent Butler. Dick Rieley leaves his broad shoulders to Kaye Young and Floyd Durr. Please do be careful with the shoulder pads boys, he may need them again. Sherman Baker wills his seat in the study hall at noon to Max Jay Smith and his girl. Bill Harvey wills his pink and black clothes to Wayne Jackson. Sandra Tucker wills her driving ability to Pat Hannon and Junevee Coleman. Dewey Schwinn wills his height and flat top to Charles Head. Bill Coty wills his yodeling and hillbilly singing “abilities? to Tom Silvey and hopes that Tom will do better than he has. Joyce Gossett wills her place in the cheering section to Mary Ethel Richards. Remember to back the team well, Mary Ethel. Harry McCord wills all of his old Chevrolets to Jerry McConnell and Leon Armstrong in hopes that they will have better luck with them than he has had. Phyllis Hannon wills her treasurer jobs to Margaret Hollingsworth. Jim Smith wills his good looks and his personality to Jim Small and Dick Pyle, also his club which they will need to use to keep the girls away. Mr. Green leaves all of his troubles and worries as Senior Class sponsor to Mrs. Goodman. We leave the entire Junior Class all of our rights and privileges as Seniors and also our desks, books, classes, and all unfinished business.

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Dewey Schwinn has also become interested in the oyster business, but only in the eating department. He is the oyster eating champion of 1960. Jim Smith is one of Jana Sue’s ex-husbands and is now working his fingers to the bone in his logging camp in Canada scraping up enough money to pay the alimony. Janice Tappan is now married to Juluis LaRosa and is making pretty music with Juluis and their three children. Jo Ann Thurston is still going with Jim and is busy all the time trying to figure out a way to persuade him to marry her. Sandra Tucker has just completed her nurses' training and is starting to work next week for Doctor Nottingham the veterinarian. Barbara Warren was married soon after she graduated and is now working steady in her curio shop and taking care of her six children. AUTOGRAPHS