Sweetser High School - Ti Pa Wa Ni Ca Yearbook (Sweetser, IN)

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by the family and since there was no heir to the throne, I was named to in- herit it. The honor is too great for me, but I shall try to live up to my titlei' It has changed my life somewhat, but it hasnft sti1l.afriend to every member of the dear old class of you may need me, 1'll be more than glad to give you my At this time, Jackie rose and said, UI think that Earl Turner. Earl is here, but he is too busy to life history, so we're calling on Robert Davis to represented except forth and give his for hin.W WWell,U began Robert, WEarl has many talents. The one in which changed me. I'm El . f,2, and any time assistance.H everyone has now been come do so he is representing himself with now, ispbroddcastingi He is over there in a booth makingzirecording of our evening meeting. He is the disc jockey of the new station WLBC in Swectser. Also, several years ago, he won the national jitterbugging contest for adults. Time has taken its toll on all of us, but I doubt if any of you would know Earl if you were to see him. He now weighs one hundred and forty-two pounds, and what is more, hu has long curly hair. I guess he lost all his weight in the war, but I don't know the true storya Perhaps Earl can come down later and give us all the details of the 'Thin Manln UThank you, Robert, and I believe this closes the part of the program before dinner,U said Jackie, Nalthough something special is coming up after- wards, so until then, you're at your leisure to eat, drink, and be nerrylu At this time the younger children of the alumni appear, dressed alike, and bringing the first of the five course evening meal. While the eating, talking, and laughing continued, the older children of the expgraduates en- tertained the crowd with short skits, songs, poems, etc. After all this was concluded, and-everyone was nearly finished with his dessert, Jackie rose and said, Whiss Wolf, if you would kindly stand and say a few words, our evening would nearly be complete.W Laying down her napkin, hiss Wolf rose slowly to speak. She was gowned in pale blue, which went with her snow white pompadour beautifully. Through the years, she had lost all excess weight, almost to a point of thinness. Even though she had a great many more wrinkles, her eyes still were a snapping blue. UI'm very pleased,N she said, Ute be permitted to speak to all of you again in a group. It seems as though old times were here once again. I treasure many memories-ofthe days gone by, and I know that you do, also. But those days are long past, the old schoolib gone, the old teachers are not here, few friends remain, but friendship never dies. we must not live in the past, but in the future. Only then will we remain young. But I'm no authority on that. I'll have Mrs. Torgerson tell you about that o N WThank you, Miss Wolf,H said Jane with a smile. WI'm oertain.that you are fibbing to me, and I don't know why. I haven't anything to give you. It seems a pity that we had to wait such a long thne to get together. Per- haps it won't have to be so long next time.W Jane seated herself, arranging her gown carefully, her white head bent slightly to show the gray curls on the back of her head. Age has certainly had a good effect on Mrs. Torgerson. Slowly Mr. Torgerson rose to show his appreciation. WI also vish to let you students know how happy I am to see each of you, to see that you are all happy, to see that you have all succeeded. class motto well, 'The distance is nothing, it counts.' A few people find this out too late, You seem to have followed our is only the first step that I'm happy that our class didn't fall into this lot. Oh yes, I hope you hold up better with age than HI - I did. Laughter again floated through the hall, but everyone was quickly silenced by a loud fanfare from Norman Campbell's orchestra. Everyone turned his attention to the front table again, as Hubert rose to speak. UI've been

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appointed to read the thing you've anxiously waited for all this evening. Nothing better could climax tonight's activities than the reading of the class prophecy of 1952, written by Audrey Julian and Nancy'Woodmansee.N A sudden stillness fell on the group, as Hubert began to read. The further he went, the more the expressions changed on every face. It began to dawn on them, and each individual remembered what was prophesied for h5Jm within the next twenty years. The strange and mysterious thing was, each person's life had been exactly as was written in the prophecy of the year of nineteen hundred and fiftyhtwolll Nancy'Woodmansee Audrey Julian Q Q