Williamsport High School - Goldenrod Yearbook (Williamsport, IN)

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Senior Class Will I, Patricia Balser, will my position as Supt. Fechtma.n's secretary to Kay Sipes. I, Charles Banning, will my Packard's beat-up fenders to Bob Ehler. May his never look the same. I, Juanita Barwick, will my nickname, Pee Wee, to Dick Billings. I, Barbara Beason, will my interest in Wrest- ling to Jo Ann Houck. I, James Bratton, will my interest in Attica to Meredith Tatlock. I, Jean Brooks, will my sweet disposition to Joyce Silver. May she always use it. I, Betty Bush, will my black hair to Gladys Worley, providing that she does not cut it. I, Richard Cole, will my black curly hair to Darrell Reynolds. I, Ronald Crane, will my play-acting ability to Robert Lee Freeland. I, Wayne Crowder, will my ability to run around with Carl Barnhart to Doris Bannon. I, Monte Crumley, will to John Markley the right to sleep in government class. I, Norma Davis, will my ability to answer questions in Mr. Pribble's economic class to Phyl- lis Miller. I, Billie Garriott, will my little Fireball C46 Ford7.to Delbert Fink. I, Doris Gaskill, will my ability to hit the high notes in Miss Reed's glee club to Anna Griflis. May she never get off key. I, Earl Haddock, will my interest in farming and livestock judging ability to Dick Gillespie. I, Martha Ann Hawley, will my job as news reporter to Betty Hipsher, hoping she finds more gossip than I. I, Billy Sam Haynes, will my temper on the basketball floor to John Markley. I, Melvin Hines, will my bass voice to Jack Cole. May he use it to the best of his ability. I, Eleanor House, will my shortness to Mil- dred Bacon. I, Betty Marie Jaynes, will my dark com- plexion to .Alrnetta Bartlett. I, Mary Lou Kennedy, will my ability to get demerlts from Mr. Pribble to Charles Handy. I, Lillian Kirts, will my interest in Crawfords- ville to Patsy Bowlus. I, Elsie Kochel, will my fondness for boys to Mary Lou Ottinger. I, Everett Lohmeyer, will my wrecked cars to William Clair Byers. I, Flora Martin, will my ability to giggle all the time to May Odle and Pauline Kaniewski. I, Rosemary Martin, will my love for study and high grades to Jeanne Davis and Bertha Byers. I, Barbara Mathews, will my interest in West Lebanon to Betty Biggs. I, Margaret McIntosh, will my height to Pauline Kaniewski. May she never have to tip- toe. I, Robert Melton, will my way with the women to Howard Ttate. I, Robert Miles, will my Blue Streak 131 Chev.J to John Markley. May he get more speed out of her than I did. I, Norma Moore, will my position as secretary to Mr. Grady Swadley to Juanita May. I, Louise Newton, will my appetite to Jerry French. I, William Penick, will my athletic ability and charming ways with the fair sex to Win- field Wesley. I, Lee Perry, will my seven years' experience in the band of Bingy High to Carl Dean Mclntosh. I, James Pugh, will my height to Elmer Mc- Aleer. May it do him more good than it did me. I, George Reitz, will my bashful ways around the girls to Robert Lee Freeland. I, Thomas Ringer, will my ability to play hooky and always get caught to John Markley. I, Leona Sipes, will my ability to chew gum in classes to Bessie DeZarn. I, Ernest Slauter, will my track record to the junior class boys. I, Frank Taylor, will my interest in intra- mural basketball to Richard Gillespie. I, Dwain Thompson, will my interest in girls to Joe Lanie. I, Leland Trott, will my interest in school work and extra-curricular activities to Richard Billings. I, Donald VanLaere, will my typing ability to any junior who needs it. I, Marjorie York, will my ability to sew to Shirley McLain.

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Senior Prophecy One beautiful spring day in the year of 1949, I met a funny little man who promised to show me what my classmates of Williamsport High School would be doing ten years hence. I eagerly departed with him on his Magic Carpet to the Land-of-Make-Believe. We flew over a great city and landed in front of the imposing oilice of the Le Compte Bugle. Stepping into the ofiice we met Frank Taylor, the editor, and his reporter, Barbara Mathews. In rushed the busy gossip columnist with the exciting news that the famous Elsie Kochel was having her charming estate redecorat- ed by Betty Jaynes, who owned an exclusive shop on Cherry Blossom Lane. Elsie is hoping to im- press the muchvsought-after Duke of Avoyelles of France, when he visits her this summer. Leaving our friends, we soon came to the B. 8z B. Burger Basket, which we found to our joy was owned and operated by James Bratton and Charles Banning. While lunching there, I recog- nized a smartly dressed lady as the former Bar- bara Beason. I waved to her and she left her husband and two children and rushed over to our small table near an open window. I learned that she was the wife of the distinguished pro- fessor of Romance Languages in a college in the South. She related to me that Melvin Hines and Juanita Barwick were among the faculty mem- bers of Miami High School in Florida. I also learned that Donald VanLaere was most success- fully operating a large rabbit farm in Texas and Dwain Thompson had a life-long contract to raise lettuce for his rabbits. ' As my queer little guide was becoming im- patient to depart, I hurried with him on our Flying Carpet to another strange area. In flying over Arizona, we saw a beautifully situated ranch with the sign Pat's Patio on the gate post. We found it belonged to Patricia Balser and that Ernest tErniel Slauter was the foreman. Vacationing there were Billy Sam Haynes, Monty Crumley, Olympic champs, and their trainer and coach, Bill Penick. Our next stop was Hollywood, California, where we attended the premier of Our Miss Fields written and directed by Messrs. Billie A. iii Garriott and Ronald Crane. The stars of this movie were Lillian . Kirts and Robert Melton. Madame tEleanorl House was the designer of clothes for this and many other outstanding shows. Further down the street we saw the res- taurant Trott in for Moore, which needless to say was owned by Leland Trott and his wife, the former Norma Moore. At the Palace Theatre we saw The Capture of The Thin Man, in which Bob Miles was playing the role of the Thin Man. We were not amazed to find that Jim Pugh was chief of the F. B. I. We attended the next day a spectacular cele- bration and ceremony of the new Trans-Pacific Bridge built and constructed by two of America's outstanding engineers-Tom Ringer and Marion Traviolia. The President of Columbia University, Richard Cole, was in attendance and presented the medals to the engineers. Wayne Crowder, Ambassador to Russia, and his competent secre- tary, Miss Norma Davis, were also present for the ceremony. Wayne reported seeing Martha Ann Hawley and her traveling companion Mary Lou Kennedy in Moscow. Starting homeward, we passed over Kansas and for a few hours visited there with Everett Lohmeyer and Earl Haddock, who were wealthy wheat farmers. In Chicago I discovered that Leona Sipes has the leading role in a light opera, Madam Fu Fu, under the direction of Lee Perry. Louise Newton was Miss Sipes' secretary. While in the Windy City, I learned that George Reitz was a pilot for the Bingy Airlines and that Doris Gaskill was a stewardess. Margaret McIntosh financed this particular airline with money that had been given to her by one of her wealthy patients, Flora Mar- tin. Flora had made her money in dealing in cosmetics. On our last leg of this interesting journey, we stopped at Pence, Indiana, where I visited for an hour with Marjorie York and Betty Bush, who ran The Haven, a home for old maids and bachelors. -ROSEMARY MARTIN

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Society FRESHMAN CLASS PARTY The members of the Freshman class met at the school building on the evening of October 14, and then proceeded to the City Park, where a wiener roast was en- joyed around a big bonfire. Other refreshments besides wieners and buns included potato chips, popcorn, and cokes. Later during the evening games and dancing were enjoyed in the school auditorium-gymnasium. Guests were the class sponsor, Mr. Joseph Cull, Principal Edgar E. Stahl and friends of the class members. 1- .. SENIOR GIRLS' TEA At 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening, April 19, the Williamsport 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 girl graduates of Pine Village, West Lebanon, and Williamsport. The annual affair was opened with a musical program. Miss Emma Jane Bever of the Education and Vocation Com- mittee presented the medals to the superior and outstanding academic and com- mercial students in each of the three high schools. Dainty refreshments were served from a beautifully appointed tea table covered with a lace cloth and decorated with spring flowers and tall tapers. . JUNIOR-SENIOR RECEPTION Gay and colorful spring Bowers, greenery, pastel crepe paper streamers, and subdued candlelight provided the background for the annual Junior-Senior ban- quet and prom, which was given on the evening of Friday, May 13, at 7:30 o'clock in the Williamsport High School Gymnasium. At attractively appointed small tables artistically set with all tapers, flowers and clever favors, a three course dinner was served. Dancing was enjoyed from nine o'clock until midnight. Joe Wilson's 'Tune Toppers from Attica furnished the music. -lill GIRL SCOUT PARTY Clever Valentine motifs and appointments were used in decorations for the Girl Scout party for Warren County given on the evening of Friday, February 11, in the school auditorium-gymnasium. The Warren County Business and Profes- sional Women's Club was host to the annual affair. Relay games were enjoyed. Dainty refreshments of ice cream, cakes, and cokes were served by the committee in charge.