Wawaka High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Wawaka, IN)

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SENIOR BIOGRAP HIES -C ontinued are four years of high school basketball, including play in as many sectional tournaments. Nice, juicy steaks no doubt give him extra energy. His ambition is to get into the same business as his father--feed and coal--, but he hopes also to own a string of feed mills. First he expects to attend college for a year or two learning some more business angles. His hobbies, which can be easily understood, are hauling coal, feed, and fertilizer. His favorite classes include economics, algebra, and bookkeeping. He claims the latter as a favorite even though he suggests his bookkeeping teacher as his pet peeve. Louise in song or person is music to his ears. Keeping Merrill busy is the best way to keep him out of mischief, for he finds it hard to be idle. JAMES FULFORD--If in the future you ever hear the nalne of a Mr. Fulford as foreman of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Company, that will be our jim. james Soloman Fulford was born on April 8, 1930, in the big city of Wawaka. He has both started and finished his education at Wawaka. And now, his goal is an advanced position with the company just east of here, on Road 6. Proud is Wawaka that jim won the good sportsmanship award at the 4-Team Invitational Tourney at Ligonier this january. He has been one of the outstanding basketball players this year and last, in the county. His six foot three inches and broad shoulders give him an outstanding athletic prowess that he handles adeptly. Parking out on the ice with a fish pole and water-soaked bait provides jirn with more thrills. Disgusting it is for someone to say, How is every little thing? Small wonder then that he chooses to hear Too Fat Polka. Oh, yes, jim has been an able president of the Senior class this year, too. ' DONALD GANGWER--Another twelve yearer at Wawaka School is Donald Gangwer. This baby of the family was born May Zl, 1930, onthe shores of Diamond Lake. This summer he hopes to work at the Mogul Rubber Corp., Goshen, and then turn to farming. His favorite hobbies are reading Western tales and fishing. Anyone would like fishing if they lived as close to a lake as he does. If Bob Hope and Judy Conova are playing at the Local you will probably see him there. Don gives others real competition i.n the lively games of ping pong around school. '

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SENIOR BIOGRAPHIES -C ontinued JOSEPHINE GApp1NGER-:.l Never a hair out of p1ace it seems. That's the way Josephine Louise Gappinger appears to her fellow classmates. Jody, who is perhaps the peppiest of Senior girl quintet, doesn't agree with that idea, but others probably look at her more than she does herself. Her present home was her birth site on March 26, 1930. How- ever, she attended Elkhart schools for her first seven years of schooling. After graduating she hopes to beginnurses' training and then be a good nurse. Hope she doesn't tell her patients that they're going to die, for Jody is usually out with what she thinks. Baked potatoes and baked beans would make a warm spot inJody's heart for you if you'd just serve them to her. Civilization, Robert Mitchum, and Greer Garson are her favorites in the entertaimnent world. Choice car? ..... They all seem to drive Fords ! ROBERT HANEY--On a cold Decernber 18, 1928, the stork landed at the Haney family, two miles north of Wolf Lake. Robert spent his first two years of school at Wolf Lake, then four years at Merriam, and finally ended up at Wawaka for the last six years. He likes to collect stamps, go fishing, and see Roy Rogers and Judy Canova on the screen. His pet peeve is getting up in the morning. fTry getting up in the afternoon, Bobl! His ambition is to be a mechanic, probably for the practical purpose of keeping his Model A running. He and Donald Gangwer are a challenge to each other in the ping pong room. ARLENE JOHNSON--Beulah Arlene Johnson, Red to all that know her, came into this world just in time to go to bed. The blessed event took place April 10, 1930, at 10:30 p. m. She started to school at North Elkhart with Mrs. Audrey Stauff as her first teacher. After 6 years there she came to Wawaka for the last six. Others telling their troubles annoys her, so, i.f you have any, tell them to someone else. Not too often does Arlene display the much talked of red-headed ternperment. She enjoys seeing basketball gamesjskating, collecting pictures of movie stars, bookkeeping class, and sending for articles. Her favorite song is I Wonder. After graduation she expects to work and then go to college. Her arnbition is to make good as a medical secretary. EDWARD MAWHORTER--About 4 a. m., March 22, 1930, a little blue-eyed boy made his appearance in Elkhart Township. He was given the name of Edward Evans Mawhorter, but all his classmates call him Ed or Eddie. He, too, has had all twelve years of schooling at Wawaka. He likes to divide his time among working math problems, driving a car, and playing basketball. If you have Ed to dinner sometirne feed him yellow wax beans, they're his favorite. After graduation he expects to farm and continue schooling. His pet peeve is