Williamsport High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Williamsport, IN)

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Class Will of '48 U I, Bernard Bartlett, will all my extra credits to Rosemary Martin. I, Bob Beaman, will my Ford's dented fend- ers to Bob Ehler. I, Harmon Billings, will 1V2 inches of my height to Billy Haynes. I, Mary Byers, will my front seat in English class to Elsie Kochel. I, Ruth Citizen, will my old flames to Betty Jaynes. I, Ralph Cox, will my interest in grocery stores to Norma Moore. I, Daniel Crane, will my history book to Ron- nie, my brother. I, Frank Crawford, will my shyness among girls to Ernie Slauter. . I, Evelyn Cronkhite, will my ability to play the trombone to Leona Sipes. I, Voorhees Dalton, will my little green Ford to Bob Miles. - ' I, Jane Davisson, will my nearness to the school building to anyone who likes to sleep late-mainly Marion Travolia. I, Kathryn Eller, will my ability to stay up late to study to Wayne Crowder. I, Nancy Haupt, will my interest in the sen- ior class to Norma Davis. I, Archie Ingram, will my interest in 10c Stores to Billy Penick. I, Beulah Jennings, will my ability to keep my boy friends to Barbara Mathews. I, Lois Johnson, will my ability to blush to Bill Garriott. I, Mickey Julian, will my big stomach to George Martin. I, Eileen Lanie, will my love for popcorn to Lillian Kirts. I, Ernest Manus, will my ability to woo the girls to Jim Bratton. I, Bill Markley, will my heel plates to Dwain Thompson. I, Dean May, will my love for school to Frank Taylor. I, Grace May, will my secretarial job to any- one who wants to stick his neck out. Page Fourteen I, Phyllis McLain, will my interest in Attica to Martha Hawley. I, Etta Morgan, will my giggle to Dick Cole. I, Ramona Newnum, will my True Story Book to Peggy Bowlus. I, Louise Phelps, will my ambition to be a housewife to Pat Balser. I, Eunice Pittman, will my desire for a large family to Louise Newton. I, Jack Pugh, will my prominent place in the band to Lee Perry. ' I, Jean Pugh, will my twin brother to anyone who can take as good care of him as I do. I, Phillip Rhode, will my ability to sleep all the time to Gerald Griflls. I, Mary Silver, will my ability to get straight A's to George Reitz. I, Betty Synesael, will my quiet ways to Jean Brooks. I, Dick Stump, will my good grades in Physics ttirst semesterl to Melvin Hines. I, Jean Westfall, will my height to Juanita Barwick. I, Joan Zenor, will my rock to Margaret McIntosh. May she try hard to get one. I, Eddie Watkins, will my back seat in his- tory class to Mary Kennedy. I, Wilbur Wallace, will my interest in Wor- ley's to Bob Hanthorne. I, Lloyd York will my interest in my class- mate to Leland Trott. I, Margaret Trueblood, will my red hair to Betty Bush. I, Bob Walder, will my position on the Gold- enrod Staff to Earl Haddock. I, Dixie Watts, will my interest in the Junior class to Shirley Marquess. I, Lois Worley, will my ability to blow ol! all the time and say absolutely nothing to Everett Lohmeyer and Frances Middleton. I, Marianna Clawson, will my dark complex- ion to Doris Gasklll. MARIANNA CLAWSON

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Senior Prophecy Here it is 1980 and I, with nothing more to do, picked up the Williamsport paper now called the Williamsport Atomic Spreader, and to my surprise, looking at the society page, I found the town gossip reporter to be Marianna Claw- son, an old classmate of mine. As I read on, familiar names came before my eyes in the fol- lowing items: Jean Westfall and Beulah Jennings, both wealthy widows of Williamsport, are having a banquet Thursday in honor of welcoming home some friends, the former Betty Synesael and Ruth Citizen. Kathryn Eller has just returned from a mis- sionary assignment in Asia and while on the way home on the ship toperated by Jean and Jack Pughl she met none other than Voorhees Dalton and the former Evelyn Cronkhite on their second honeymoon. The town was shocked to hear of the burning of the famous Music Hall in Indianapo- lis operated by Daniel Crane. The great pianist, Bernard Bartlett, and the well-known concert leader, Harmon Billings, are in the hospital for a complete rest. They are in the care of Physi- cian Dean May and his Assistant Nurse Grace May. It seems Mickey Julian has come back to Good Ole Bingy to open a small eating joint on Main Street. To aid him is the former Phyllis McLain twhose present name we do not knowl who is earning the family income. This town is thrilled to have as our dis- tinguished guest this week, Miss Lois Johnson, the famous jazz singer who sings with the fam- ous William Markley Orchestra. William's theme song is Give Me Back My Reo. Word was received from Phillip Rhode and Ernest Manus, who are on a good will tour in France. They want us to know that they met an old school chum, Dick Stump and family on a summer vacation in Paris. The school coach, Lloyd York, and the former Nancy Haupt entertained the basketball squad with a banquet in the Clearwater Hotel fthe former Mudlavia Hotell, celebrating the winning of the sectional tourney over Attica. The leading theatre in Chicago, featuring Mary Silver and Prince Bob Walder, in Down Bingy Way written, directed, and produced by the famous playwright, Wilbur Wallace, seems to be drawing a large crowd from Williamsport. It seems Mary could not part from her old friend, Ramona Newnum, so she has her as her dress designer. Reading all this news about my old class- mates brought back many memories. Some of them were not mentioned in the paper. As I laid the paper down I began thinking about those who were not mentioned and I fell asleep with that thought on my mind. I saw a mist before my eyes which was followed by a blaze of bright lights which said, Lady Gla-moure of Paris. I looked further to find that it was a Broadway hit of this time, starring Etta Morgan, the famous French Actress. To travel on, I visited the busi- ness section of a large city. I found a large de- partment store owned by the former Dixie Watts and her millionaire husband. And who should I find clerking in the Men's Wear department but Louise Phelps. Well, who would want a better place to clerk? My dream switched to another part of the country-Texas. Here I found the former Lois Worley, who now owns her own ranch and horses, just bringing in a wild herd to tame. It seems Who-Go-Dare, her horse, is getting well along in years and it is almost impossible to ride him. I also notice a few more familiar faces at her ranch. Her two cowhands appeared to be some more of my old classmates, Bob Beaman and Frank Crawford. And who should her cook be but Margaret Trueblood. Suddenly I was awakened by a sharp knock on the door. It startled me for a moment, but before I could get to my feet, in barged my own neighbor, the former Eileen Lanie. She had just returned from a trip to Canada. She was burst- ing with news, as usual, so I prepared myself to listen for a long while. She mentioned all of the beautiful sights she had seen and above all, that she had met some old school chums. She said that she stopped at a small town and went into a General Store owned by none other than Ralph Cox. Ralph seemed to be doing alright for himself, I guess. As she looked around the store she noticed something very familiar: it was a bar of soap with a picture of another school chum, Mary Byers, on it. The name of the soap was Byers Beauty Soap. She also mentioned that while in Ontario, she met another chum, Archie Ingram, who was hunting in that region. For about an hour Eileen talked of the interest- ing things she had seen. I just happened to glance out of the window in time to see the former Eunice Pittman taking her two twin grandchildren out for their daily stroll. I could always expect her to go by around 4:00 o'clock every day because it had been going on for the last two years steadily. After quite a long chat with Eileen she decided she had better leave as she had an appointment with Dr. Jane Davisson, who was also a member of my class. Jane has a very line office and specializes mostly in heart ailments. It was time for my mail to arrive so I stepped out on my front porch in time to see the mailman, Edward Watkins, turn the corner leaving my house. This was the end of a very tiring day, but it left me very happy knowing that my old school chums were all getting along all right in this big world of ours. JOAN ZENOR Page Thirteen

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Society ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PICNIC The annual Athletic Association picnic was held Friday, October 17, for the largest crowd in many years. One hundred and eighty stu- dents, representing 90W membership attended. The officers for the school year were as follows: Lloyd York, President, Ronnie Crane, Vice-Presi- dentg Etta Morgan, Secretary-Treasurer. The faculty volley ball team defeated two groups of students in hotly contested games. Soft ball was also enjoyed before the class stunts. Refreshments included cider, doughnuts, pop corn, potato chips, and apples. SENIOR CHRISTMAS DANCE On the evening of December 18 the Senior class sponsored a dance for the entire school and for invited guests. The decorations were in keeping with the holiday season. Red and green crepe paper streamers were used in decorating the ceiling: pine branches were used in decorating th stage, and a Christmas tree was placed at each end of the stage. A number of prizes were given away by the class. These included a door prize, a lucky couple prize, and a turkey for the holder of the lucky number. Music for the dance was furnished by Lyle Mitchell and his Sophisticated Swingsters from Hoopeston. BASKETBALL SUPPER The coaches and players of the 1947-1948 Williamsport basketball team were honored at a basket supper in the school gym Wednesday evening, March 3. School oflicials, patrons and friends of the school helped make the evening a huge success. Principal E. E. Stahl acted as master of ceremonies, introducing the guests, coaches, players, yell leaders, and student man- agers. Those attending enjoyed meeting Coach Willard Kehrt of Terre Haute's Garfield Purple Eagles. Garfleld's team was runner up for the state championship in 1948. Coach Kehrt and Superintendent Fechtman of the local high school were teammates at Indiana University. Clyde Lovelette, Garfield's 6 ft., 11 in. center came with Coach Kehrt and was undoubtedly the center of attraction. Other entertainment for the evening con- sisted of some musical numbers under the super- vision of Miss Reed. These numbers included folk songs by sixth grade students, a solo whistled by Shirley Tate, and a number by the boys' quartet. The program ended with a showing of the film of the Indiana-Iowa basketball game by Mr. Cox. CHORAL FESTIVAL The district high school choral festival was held Friday night, April 16, in Attica, with Russell Paxton, of Technical High School, Indianapolis, as guest conductor. Several hundred students from Williamsport, Attica, Covington, Veedersburg, Richland Town- ship, Hillsboro, Wallace, Waynetown, and Bos- well schools took part in the festival with forty- six students from Williamsport participating. Rehearsals started early Friday morning and continued through the day under direction of the guest conductor. The concert was presented Fri- day night to a capacity audience. The Boys' Quartet from Williamsport, accom- panied by Miss Reed, sang the spiritual, Rollin' Down to Jordan, by Elton Bjorklund. GLIDERS CLUB DANCE The annual Gliders Club Spring Dance was held in the high school gymnasium on Friday, April 30, from 9 to 12 o'c1ock. The gymnasium was attractively decorated in rainbow colors. Lyle Mitchell and his Sophisticated Swingsters furnished the music. There were prizes given away, one to the lucky couple and a door prize. There were also three stage show numbers. A very splendid time was enjoyed by all of the fifty couples attending the spring dance. SENIOR GIRLS' TEA On the evening of Tuesday, April 20, the high school gymnasium was the scene of the Senior Girls' Tea with the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club of Warren County as hosts to the senior girls of West Lebanon, Pine Village, and Williamsport. The annual affair opened with a musical program. Medals to the outstand- ing academic and commercial students in each of the three high schools were presented by the Education and Vocation committee. Dainty refreshments were served by the committee in charge. A very splendid evening was enjoyed by all who were present. JUN IOR-SENIOR RECEPTION Pastel crepe paper streamers, artificial green- ery, flowers and outdoor furniture provided the setting for an Old Fashioned Garden scene for the annual Junior-Senior banquet and dance, which was given on the evening of Friday, May 7, in the gymnasium of the Williamsport High School. At attractively appointed tables with subdued candlelight, a three course dinner was served. Quaint favors were presented each guest. Dancing was enjoyed from nine o'clock until midnight. Lyle Mitchell and his orchestra fur- nished the music. Page Fifteen