Union City Community High School - Successus Yearbook (Union City, IN)

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 SPRING JFEVER Howard Brant, a senior at Brookfield College Ed Burns, a chemistry student - Vic Lewis, an art student - Lou Herron, a journalism student Mrs. Spangler, the landlady ... Anne Purcell, Howard’s heart interest Vivian George, Vic’s heart interest Carmon Caplinger Eugene Caupp Robert Davis Joyce Fraze Margaret Myers Lavon Chilson Martha Jane Schricker Henry Purcell, Anne’s father, a rich manufacturer Phoebe Purcell, Anne’s mother -Maude Corey, Howard’s aunt from California Professor Virgil Bean, of the Zoology department Dr. Dixon, President of Brookfield College Understudies...................... Stage Manager..................... Jack Caron Vergene Evans Vera Davis Richard Frazier Richard Lollar Pauline Geyer, Hazel Brooks Donald Stebleton The Seniors frolicked through a day at college in their class play—“Spring Fever” by Glen Hughes. All the action took place in a rooming-house at Brookfield College. And I do mean action! They came and went so fast that it was almost impossible to keep up with them. What with getting Howard Brant through college, acquiring a new science building, discovering explosives, painting pictures, and many other things, it kept everyone in an uproar. Every Senior had a part in helping to make this play a splendid success. The high school orchestra and musical specialties from the Senior Class added to the enjoyment of the entertainment. The public received this play with unusual enthusiasm. The play was directed by Mabel E. Ward, class sponsor. Walter L. Shaw supervised the music. Page Nineteen

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CLASS PROPHECY ? Looking 10 years into the future we see: Leatrice Barr modeling bathing suits in P'lorida. Anna Lee Bennett recuperating from a recent illness at the Bar X Dude Ranch in Arizona. The latest report is that there are many handsome cowboys available. Betty Best in the place of the “Singing Lady,” reciting nursery rhymes to the children. Hazel Brooks in Boston, Massachusetts, as poetry editor of Harpers Magazine. Robert Bruss taking lessons on the harp so he won’t be too much trouble to St. Peter. Margie Buckingham doing her spring housecleaning for a family of five, or is it six? Carmon Caplinger has taken the place of Mrs. Grimes and is giving voice lessons above Grimes’ grocery. John Caron, by the latest report, just gave Miss Rubey a severe stomach-ache because he made a mistake when filling out her prescription in his corner drugstore at Columbia and Pearl streets. Eugene Caupp still trying to find that substitute for dynamite. Lavon Chilson as a traveling saleswoman for the Beauty Rest Mattress Co. Mark Coleman as a night clerk at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. Herbert Corbly as a history teacher at Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois, noted for his infallible memory. Carol Current as head designer at Marshall Fields. Robert Davis as head photographer of Life magazine who just returned with sensational pictures of the European War which is still in progress. Marian Davis still trying to decide between a small inland town or a white, blue-shuttered home on the coast. Vera Davis as head stenographer at the Lincoln Life Insurance Co. at Fort Wayne, Ind. Rowland Dean promoted to broom salesman from broom demonstrator. Vergene Evans running a boarding house in Hawaii for honeymooners. Virginia Evans selling tickets in the “Little Theater off Times Square.” Stanley Fahnestock teaching high school students of senior age how to spell “children” correctly at Shortridge High School, Indianapolis, Ind. Joyce Ann Fraze returned on the Queen Mary after interviewing Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor as star reporter of the New York Times. Richard Frazier awarded special recognition from the President for designing a new super Douglas bomber. Chloe Garringer running a boarding house for boys at Purdue. Pauline Geyer a chewing-gum demonstrator for Wrigley’s. Marcelle Green trying to pass the pharmacy course at Purdue. Walter Hill as that “flash” from the army air corps. Mary Jane Hudson, the confirmed old maid now celebrating her fifth wedding anniversary. Norma Jean Kennon, English professor at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, has the boys in such a dither that they can’t learn their lessons. Ada Mae Livengood giving science a new medicine for “Charlie” horse. Richard Lollar still hitting the off-beats at the wrong time in the famous Jimmy Mann’s orchestra, now engaged at the Mill. John K. Malone finally wins a contest at Wright Field with his model airplane. Ann Parent making “stinkum” stuff in a chemistry laboratory. Joyce Richey, braving the turmoil of Europe, studies art in Paris. No: ma Roberscn improving the recipe for frying potatoes. Martha Jane Schricker, diving into the higher ranks of acting, finally appears on the legitimate New York stage. James Tibbetts making a blueprint for his home. Delia Mae Vernon adding another ring to her collection. Byron Welbourn on his first non-stop flight around the globe. Robert Williams just finishing his plans for a new super model airplane, the “McCarthy.” Jeanne Vernon has just opened her Fifth Avenue floral establishment. Page Eighteen

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POETRY SECTION The Senior English class completed a successful poetry unit during the last semester. Seven students entered groups of poems in the Scholastic poetry contest. The following selections are examples of some of the lighter forms of verse written in the class: DAWN Dim mist Evaporates To disclose a midnight blue That all too soon grows clear, and then— The dawn. —Jack Caron GOD’S SUNSET It’s a good plan He has, To take all the happenings of the day, And tie them into one big, bright thing, And put it in the sky where everyone can see it— And then just call it a sunset. —Marcelle Green GOLDEN HOUR Blazing in red, and orange, and gold, Spreading from inch to mile, Waving a glorious banner above, The sky is flooded by the sunset. The sky blends a pink glow to light Even the windows and the tallest tree; The world is shining with color Before darkness settles for the night. Wrapped in black, and black, and black, Spreading from inch to mile. Slowly coming and reaching afar, The sky is rain-splashed with stars. —Betty Best Darkness— It slowly comes. Peacefully it covers all; It takes small tots to slumber land For dreams. —Walter Hill Page Twenty NIGHT Drifting comes the darkness As flowers of the day die. The moon slowly begins to rise; With it comes stillness. Shadows, black and purple and blue, Stab each flower in the back. --James Tibdetts. The house Covered with moss, Stands as a great idol, Haunted always by memories Of the past. —Carmon Caplinger Fur coats, Big and chunky, Wobbling along the boulevard Rushing into bargain stores Shopping. —Virginia Evans MARCH 1, 1941 There once was a village called Parker It wasn’t much more than a marker But it had a team That left such a beam It made our bright city look darker. —Virginia Evans