Wallace High School - Pepper Yearbook (Wallace, IN)

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00 15413 - Class Pr0Phe0V April ao , 1976 Dear Mr. Duncan, I don't know if you remember me or not, but I used to be a part of the graduating class of '56 which you sponsored at Wallace. I just found out yesterday what they were all doing and thought you might like to hear the latest. My family doctor sent me to a large clinic in Indianapolis for a medical check-up for some insurance papers. He told me to see Dr. Frazier. Well , I gave it no other thought, so when I walked into Dr. Fraz1er's office, you can imagine my shock. You guessed it-it was our boy David. Instead of a medical check-up we sat down for a quiet talk. He told me he'd specialized in heart surgery. He married a nurse from one of the hospitals at which he took his internship , and had two lovely children. He said as his business was heart surgery he wanted a nurse who had some training in that line. About that time I heard a swish of a crisp uniform and his nurse appeared. When I heard myself saying, Janet Carpenter, she slowly grinned and said,nJanet, but not Carpenter, but Brown.u I was really surprised to to hear Janet was married and had two boys and a set of twin girls. I still can hear Janet saying' I'll never get married' back in high school days. Just then the receptionist appeared and said, 'Lawyer Bowen to see you. ' Well I knew then that it could be no other than Richard, our great president for at least one half our high school career. Some elderly man had died, supposedly of a heart attack,and Richard was in to see if David had found out.1f it was a heart attack or murder. When Richard appeared I said , uHello, PeeWee.n He told me that he wesu't marr- ied yet, which came as a shock. He said he, N always wanted to keep a lovely secretary and didn't want any wife to be Jealous.n I d1d'nt know then that, before the morning was over, practically all the class of '56' would soon be in Dav1d's office. It seemed that all the class relied on David as their family doctor and drove for miles to see him. As I was trying to get over my amazement and shock I heard a lot of noise which sounded like kids. Richard excla1med,nOh noi' and David sa1d,uSend them in.n we all remember how well Carol Weaver liked kids. Well , she now has twelve lovely children. I was really surprised to see how expenslvely they were dressed. I soon learn- ed Carol had hooked some millionaire, and she really lived in style.

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1341300 x X isa 2 9 9 .if- ai Q V QA f ,E Q Q43-A. 'Q- ld alt' . -13. L Isa x rw, ,B Qu R I looked up and saw the most beautiful lady I'd ever laid eyes on and behind her was her husband. The musician of the class, Darwin Mitchell. He now has his own orches- tra, and his summer tour had brought him to Indianapolis. David then told me that there were two of the class that he knew wouldn't be there, Paul Kunkle being the first. Paul, as I knew, had gone to the Air Force after graduation, where he learned to pilot a plan. He is now manager of the new Indianapolis Municipal Airport. He and his wife, also a former member of Wallace School, were in Europe on a vacation. Carolyn Spessard was the other member who lived too far awau for a visit to Indianapolis. I wasn't surprised when he told me she had married a very wealthy owner of a Saddle, Race, and Show Horse Ranch and lived in Texas. We all remember how fond she was of horses. I then heard someone shouting, nDr. Frazier, Dr. Frazier I did it, I did it. H No one had to tell me who that was--none other than our dear friend, Robert Gooding Robert was a great sclenclst, I learned, and had just learned or discovered the cause and a cure for the common cold. Robert is married and has two adorable girls. Just then I heard a laugh which reminded me of our school days more than ever. Of course it was donald Moffett and his lovely wife. Ronald is the only farmer of the class and a wealthy one, too. He farms the best five hundred acres in Indiana with the help of his six sons. It was a very enjoyable afternoon and I must say Richard is still a wonderful joke teller. I enjoyed my- self so much that I left, forgetting about the check-- up I came after. I think you will agree that the time the class of 1956 spent at Wallace wasn't wasted. I hope this hasn't taken too much of your time. I know you're quite busy since you are the Head of Commer - cial Training at Indiana University. Give my regards to Helen and the family. 5 Ti .. v X i