Tell City High School - Sagittarius Yearbook (Tell City, IN)

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He has established his own newspaper, The News Views of Dogpatch.” Gary Richards has fooled them all; he has become a great singer on the well known radio station, S-Q-U-E-A-K. Jessie Schroeder is still quarreling with the gang she ran around with in 1950. Charles Geene is now teaching bookkeeping at Maxville High School. Alfred Schroeder has just won a pin for typing 210 words per minute. Ralph Eger now owns his own photography studio. Charles Kramer has just become the personal typist of the Governor. James Hagedorn has just graduated from Business College and is now starting his own business. Christie and Leo Gengelbach have just been appointed president and vice-president of the Farm Bureau. Ralph Boerste and James Haerle, after ten years, are still as slow as ever. Raymond Gramelspachcr, after ten years, has learned the yell “Fight Team Fight” and is now the cheerleader of Cannelton’s varsity. Jim Bob McMahon, after ten years, has finally finished his Dean Practice Set in Bookkeeping. Jim Robertson, to the astonishment of all, has invented a way to fasten handles on the world’s axis. Ralph Hanloh has received the title of being the World's Champion Roller Skater. Betty Blandford is still making those goo-goo eyes at the boys. Bertha Brown is now the second Madame Curie. Joan Claise, after ten years, is still undecided as to what she will do. Opal Mae Falls has just fallen off Niagara Falls. Nancy Ford is now the champion woman wrestler after taking the crown from Mildred Burke. Betty Alice Harpenau and Marjorie Miller are owners and operators of the Cosmetics Manufacturing Company.” Lois Harris is working at the General Electric Plant where she can keep an eye on Bob. Wilma Hauser, after ten years, is still as noisy as ever. Ruth Kellems is still going to the dances with her sister. No mate has been found. Etta Jean Reiser and Jane Ludwig have added a Mrs. before their names. Juanita Weiss is now Chief of Police in New York, on the Woman’s Police Force. Marlene Huff and her husband, Admiral Russel Thomas, are living in Frankfort since his retirement from the U. S. Navy. Marietta Klueh, after all these years, still has a crush on Bill Labhart. Imogcne Lottes and Marccne Price are still looking for their mate. Wanda Darden, Dot Kessner, Betty Shadwick, and Mary Wilgus have their orchestra. All four of them are the leaders. Mary Lou Parker and husband are living in Kentucky raising hill-billies. Lauretta Beumel, after graduating from Nurse’s Training, is now playing nursemaid to her own little Don Kuster, Jr. Jean Montgomery, after ten years, has finally quit her job at the Ohio Theatre. William Feix, Tell City High School’s outstanding athlete, is the owner of a yoyo manufacturing firm. Bill does nothing but test yoyos. Carol Maurer is now the proud owner of two beauty salons. He has created a new type of bangs. Joe Gentry, who has progressed thru recent years in the field of photography, is now a personal photographer for President Truman. David Eger has just inherited a vast gold mine, the only drawback attached is that there wasn’t any given instructions as to where it was located. Eula Malone is married to Clyde Smith, Jr., and is busy taking care of her twins, Marilyn and Carolyn. Verlee Zoll, Tell City’s most famous singer, is now Mrs. Charles (Cocky) May and is owner of the Firestone Store at Cannelton. 23

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Class Prophecy Take a stroll with me down memory lane and remember the Seniors of 1950 as you see them in this book. We are strolling again in 1960, this time we see this: Don Lee Alvey is still going with Betty Stinnett and after ten years she is waiting for leap year to roll around. Lillian Reynolds, a genius in driving, is teaching Driver’s Training at Troy High School. Edna May Parr and Arlene Gruver are successful Home Demonstration Agents in the Agricultural Department at Washington, D. C. Joan Bockhold is now owner and operator of the St. Mark’s Telephone Exchange. Sharronan Heitkempcr and Dale Scott, shortly after leaving school, entered matrimonial life, and now have five blond boys. Ruth Sandage, after spending several years becoming a registered nurse, is now running a private nursing home for insane teachers. Roderick Williams, a distinguished musician, is making millions of dollars with his hill-billy band, The Hoosier Stinkeroos.” James Mitchell is now leader of the famous band, The Kentucky Moonshiners.” Betty Jo Chappie, a girl of unusual intellect, is operating her own dime store. Chiefly employed there are boys. Bcula Malone is now happily married to Raymond James and has a little Raymond, Jr., to look after. Joan Little and Carrie Terry are stage managers at the Metropolitan Opera House. Regina Mills is now raising her family. All blonds. Mary Lee Mitchell and Delores Toot'-rnan have found the courage to speak out. They said I do.” Mary Ann Richard- son is still popping popcorn at the Local Theatre where she can watch her husband, Floyd Ferrell, usher. Ronnie LaMar has his own undertaking establishment. Anyone interested see Ronnie. Catherine Moore is making a concert tour of Europe, accompanied by Rosemari Quinkert. Jessie Ramsey has been crowned Queen of Dogpatch. L’il Abner did the crowning. Jim Johnson is the owner of the Johnson Johnson Clothing Company. John Goffinet is now a famous scientist; he has recently discovered that the world is square. Marvin Howell of Gatchel, owns a big farm with three hundred acres in tobacco. Tony Fischer is now forty-three years old and still a bachelor, living in the backwoods of Perry County, occasionally playing a little football. Tommy Sanders has finally made his mark in the world. He is the- owner of the Ditch Digger, Inc. Janice Birchler, after ten years, still can’t decide who she shall marry. Morrow Evans has finally settled down to one girl friend. Cecil Mallory is living happily on his 100 acres of farm land with his wife and four children. Eugene Highfill has finally persuaded Nancy Ford to marry him. Floyd Schrocder after all these years has gotten a credit in World History. Raymond Harpenau has fulfilled no prophecy, so I suppose he is doing the same as always, nothing. John C. Hilgenhold is still asleep in World History Class. Sydney Lutring has already retired and has 1,000 acres of virgin timber in which he does nothing but hunt. Charles Northener is not doing so well at the present time His team, the Gatchel Sharpshooters, have lost twenty games on a straight. Eddie Pannett has prospered in the recent year. 22

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Senior Will We, the seniors of Tell City High School, being of sane mind and generous heart, do make this our last will and testament, hoping the undergraduates, the benefactors of our wills, will make use of the personalities, characters, and positions willed them as we have gained them through hard work and years of experience. I, Betty Blandford, will my height to Betty Sue Hanloh. Now maybe Betty can be seen in the hall. I, Joan Bockhold, will my violent temper to Betty Lou Hanner. I, Tony Fischer, will my dislike for girls to Allen Lechncr. I, Charles Geene, will my friendly disposition to Gary Starkey. I, Bertha Brown, will my page boy hairdo to Carrol Ann Vaughn. I, Wanda Darden, will my ability to wrap packages to Mr. Silke. I, Nancy Ford, will my strength to Lois Ann Eger. I, Rod Williams, will my electric guitar and amplifier to Don W. Alvey when he reaches the age of reason. I, Leo Gengelbach, will my bashfulness to Tommy Pannctt. I, Opal Mae Falls, will my bobby pins to Don Page so he can keep his hair out of his eyes. I, Arlene Gruvcr, will my ability to manage a Ffome Economics class to Joyce Hemingway. I, Donald Lee Alvey, will my position as benchwarmcr on the varsity basketball team to Jervis Kast. I, Verlee Zoll, will my diamond ring to Jane Schaefer so Eppie won’t have to buy her one. 1, James Robertson, will my brains to Estil Wilgus. I, Tommy Sanders, will my ability to make A’s to my sister Margaret. I, Jessie Ramsey, will my shape to Sue Spencer. I, Beula Malone, will my job at Fischer’s Chair Co. to Delores Lcmaire. I, Eula Malone, will my ability to get along with people to Mary Ann Dauby. I, Marjorie Ann Miller, will my ability to get along with Cannelton boys to any deserving girl. I, Regina Mills, will my ability to go with basketball boys to any girl who needs it. I, Mary Lee Mitchell, will my love for school to Joe Ludwig. I, Emma Jean Montgomery, will my job at the Ohio Theatre to anyone who is stupid enough to want it. I, Ralph Eger, will my ability to whistle at girls to Kenneth Berg. I, Bill Feix, will my height to Ronnie Birchler so that he can play pivot man on the varsity team. I, Alfred Schroeder, will my ability to type to future typing students. I, Floyd Schroeder, will my plumpness to Miss Terry. I, Lauretta Beumel, will my position in the band to Anormalee Splater. I, Betty Jo Chappie, will my ability to imitate phonograph records to any girl crazy enough to want it. 24