Winamac High School - Totem Yearbook (Winamac, IN)

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class of 1912 shall also mourn and remember as its sincere friend, instrumental in many of its successes and joys. A hay- ladder ride to Hi ' uce T.ake, where the day was spent in boat ridinji. swinging in hammocks and eat- ing, closed our .Junior career. A hay-ride to tlie Inune of Yiola Degner was the tii ' st social event of our Senioi ' yeai ' . Next came a jiai ' ty in honor of Ihe Sophomores who, in I ' elni ' ii. surprised us by nundiei ' . Katheryn Hoch, (]lara Dilts and the writer, constituting the remnants of the thirty-live who entered the Winamac grades in 1000. — ♦— It was in 1932 when, one day while sitting in my bachelor apart nients. the memories of that haiipy 19 12 came thr(niging back and an intense desire to know about my former comrades seemed to overwhelm me. 1 even WHEN WE WERE JUNIORS. eiilei ' laining us royally al Kid- jer ' s Hall. U. cogni .ing Ihe class intatualioii tor iiay-ladders. an- olher was taken for the s(de pur- p,,se of enjoying a ride. • ' All-of- a-Su(Uien Peggy. ■■ given April I Slli uinliM ' the direct imi |)i,.deri(di and Miss SIralt iiished us wilh tuinis I ' m ' Ihe phonograph which we leaxe lo Ihe W. II. S. as oui ' ni ' !n(ni-il. The gi-audaling class it 19 12 is Iweiity shM.-. ' . thr t Ibis reniend)ei ' ed how they chaffed me (•(HH ' erning my determination to be a ba(dnd(u-. My musings and ■ ' homesickness culminated in a i ' es(d t ' to return to Winamac for a isil. rpon arriving 1 found it Miss lo be. n(d the quiet town thai I tui ' - iiad known, but a buslling cily. ihe cry ot Ihe cabmen. Ihe muse .r Ihe sii ' eel cars, and the honk it I he anhniKdiiles met the ear. Iiiipalienlly making my way to he (dd s(di(Md building. ' I found

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that it had been remodeled and enlarged until it had become • ' normous. I went to the office, and imagine my surprise when I was here greeted by Dean Patti- son, as Sui)i ' iinl(Mident of ' ina- mac High Sidmol. In talking over old tim( s our coiiversalion drifted to llari ' - Parrolt, who was much in 111 ' ' liiiicli.ulil I hen. He was running tor ills second term as United States Senator from Hidiana, and there was no doubt that he would win out, for all the women were working hard for his election, be- cause it had been through his un- lii ' ing efforts and idoriuent ora- tions thai a bill had been i)assed in (-ongress that gave women the |tri ilege to vote. t ' pon Dean ' s invitation I re- mained in dear old Winamac for a wliile. One evening we decided lo isil one of the new theaters and found llial the entertainment for liie evening was provided by a i(dinist whose music was call- ing fortli a wealth of applause and admiration. The name on the i)rogram tidd no secrets, so you can well imagine our delight when our former classmate, Agnes Hoffman, proved to be the inspired musician. But another revelation awaited me, for when I inipiired of Dean who had l)uilt and wlio owned this beautiful up- lo-date structure, he told me that il. together with the adjoining iuiildings. belongi ' d f() Paul Mil- cliell. On Sunday, uiion visiting inie of llo ' iai-Kci ' chur(dics, a fa- milial ' fii iu ' c ascended lih ' pulpil and in llie minislei- whose sermon was l)y far IIh ' itesi I luive ever heard I recoun i ed oiii ' misciiief- lovin.u William .Jackson. The next day, court being in session, we decided to go to the assembly room of the new court house for a while. Here a series of suri)rises greeted me. Viola DegiuM- was the judge, the first woman in Indiana to hold the of- fice! Th( lawyer speaking was (iara Dills! There were several other women lawyers present, a ' lKMig them Beatrice Hedges, Mildred Hathaway and Pearl Kis- tler. Women had certainly made [•apid strides in politics. A beautifully dressed woman met us as we left the court house. I recognized her as our Mabc ' le Miller. Upon slopping to talk I discox ' ered llial her name was iu)L Mill(M ' , Init , and she in- formed me that Beatrice Miller was her neighbor, she also having deserted the ranks of solitary bliss. Dean surprised me on speaking •of his teachers. He named Lenore Bringhain and Hazel Johnson. I then inquired concerning the whereabouts of Ethel Smith and Katheryn Hoch, to learn ihat Ethel was a missionary in Africa, that Ivalheryn with Ethel Uinn, and iial Gleo Long and Facnctie Miller had gone to Texas to teach sriioid and had been very suc- cessful. .!v visil to dear old Wina,,iac (•line to an end, but t could re- luni lo my work with a feeliim ' of inlcnse satisfaction concerning I he fate of the class of ni ' i;iis;ui and (lold. ' iiiey had all lU ' oved I heiiis(i -es woi ' lhy men and women, willini: and able to take up I heir burdens in life and 1 was ,j;islilied in hein.u prond Ihat I lo(. had been a memlier of Hie class of IDIL ' . — lOlIN U. WK. IVf.