Union Center High School - Reflector Yearbook (Wells County, IN)

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THE SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY OF 1948 December 31 1966 New Years Eve My that was a good evening meal I ll go mto my lxbrary where that big cheery fxre IS blazmg and s1t before It stretch out and catch a catnap so I ll be on my toes for the New Year s part ahead Ho hum but th1s IS certamly comfort and that fue It just soaks that tiredness rxght out of my bones There s the pxcture of my graduatmg class above the mantel p1ece of the flreplace and what does xt say under 1t? It s Class of 48 Umon Center High School Gee we used to have fun back in those days Snore snore snore Eh what s this why it appears to be a large chicken farm and whose name is that on the roof of that great big chlcken house? Well I ll be it says Anderson s chicken Farm Breeders of Purebred Leghorn Chickens I wonder if that could be Ray Anderson By golly it is Well Ray sa1d he always dld want to be a chicken farmer and I guess he finally has realized his ambitxon Say there comes a large well because he is waving to hun The truck IS rolling up to the chicken house e driver is getting out and I see it s Jim Anderson delxvering poultry feed to Ray just across the road there is another big sign it says Bushee and Sons Breeders of Purebred Holstein Cows and Duroc Hogs And say mere comes two tractors out of the tool shed and there s Ed Bushee driving one of them I remember old Ed back in hlgh school when he was class president Gosh that s two of my old classmates who l1ve close together I wonder who thxs is driving in the lane though The car is stopping and who should it be but jim Sprinkle his wife Marcella Boxell and their farruly jixn and Marcella must own the place right beside Ed s where the name on the barn says Sprmkle and Sons Marcella is going into the house while jun and thexr three boys are going into the tool shed Ed is emerging pulhng a two wheeled trailer behind him They are backing one of the tractors up to another one whxch is parked in the shed and they are hitching a chain on to it and it is being pulled out mn to the open and up on the trailer jim with his family is leaving and Ed s truck IS following them jim is stopping at his farm but Ed is drmving on down the road Ed is entering a town and is coming to a stop before an irnplement repazr shop A rnechanic is coming out of the garage and that looks like Bob Ertel Bob s dad ran a garage and I guess Bob just naturally followed in his footsteps Ed is leaving the garage and is stopping in front of the bank That clerk in the bank looks faxniliar why it is Nina Grirn She was a member of the same senior class that Ed and I were She always said she wanted to be a secretary or some thing Now Ed is pulling up in front of the lumber yard and I ll bet he is going to get a few boards with which to patch his barn There s a little fellow walking around there with a white shirt and necktie on and I believe that it is Neil Hoopingarner. He's telling Ed that he has owned this lumber yard since 1958, and they are talk ing about their school days. truck on the lane leading back to the farm. Ray must know the driver driver- pretty , . . i . , th I