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Memoria    (Monroe,     Ind.) 
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MEMORIA 

1949 


Published  by 

THE  SENIOR  CLASS 

MONROE  HIGH  SCHOOL 

Monroe,  Indiana 


Allen  County  Public  Library 
900  Webster  Street 
PO  Box  2270 
FortWayne,  IN  46801-2270 


FOREWORD 

\Ff,  the  senior  class  of  Monroe  High  School,  in  order  that  ice  may 
clearly  recall  n/any  pleasant  memories  of  our  high  school  days,  publish 
this  annual.  If  is  our  earnest  desire  that  yon,  with  ns,  u-ill  recall  the 
many  cherished  and  happy  memories  of  school  days  by  reading  this  year- 
book. 

We  consider  the  many  hours  of  hard  labor  on  this  book  n'ell  icorth 
0/1  r  while.    Our  sole  desire  is  that  you  icill  be  pleased  with  it. 

ANNUAL  STAFF. 


TEMPLE  OF  LEARNING 


DEDICATION 


To  a  man  who  deserves  a  lot  of  credit  for  his  success  in  his  three  years 
as  coach  at  Monroe  High  School,  we  dedicate  this  annual.  He  has  proved  to 
be  a  very  efficient  coach  by  the  fine  showing  his  teams  have  made  in  his 
bhort  time  at  Monroe.  Although  there  were  times  when  we  were  on  the 
short  end  of  the  score,  he  always  had  a  word  of  help  on  how  to  win  the 
next    game    fair    and    square. 

In  addition  to  his  duties  as  teacher  and  coach,  he  has  been  our  very 
capable  class  sponsor,  through  our  sophomore,  junior,  and  senior  years. 


It  gives  us  great  pleasure  to  dedicate  this  annual  to  a  most  deserving 
person,    Mr.    Myron    C.    Knauff. 


Safe  driving  .  .  .  Clean-up  day  ...O.K.  Glen  .  .  .  Some  got  bawled  out       ^Valentine  hats 
A  great  life     .  .  .  Speed  demons  ...  Big  rip  .  .  .  Santa  remembered  Mr.  Knauff^.  . 
Sophomore  party  .  .  .  Soup's  on  .  .  .  Pepsodent   smile   .    .    .    Everybody    swoon    ...   Our 
transportation    .    .    .    Harley! 


FACOLTy 


ARTHUR    F.    BYRNES 
Principal 

B.S.    Manhattan    College 
M.Ed.    Springfield    College 
Ed.D.    New    York    University 
Monroe   High   School,   two   years 
Principal,    Vocations,    Biology 


TRUSTEE 

AND 

ADVISORY  BOARD 

Howard  Gilliom 
Noah  Neuenschwander 
John  Soldner 
Ora  Townsend 


HARRIET  SCHERTZ 
B.S.    Bluffton    College 
Monroe   High   School,   one   year 
Home    Economics,    English 


CARLA  LUCAS 
B.S.    Manchester    College 
Monroe  High   School,  two  years 
Typing   I   and  U,   Shorthand 
General  Business 


MYRON    C.    KNAUFF 

A.B.    Franklin    College 

M.A.  Ball  State  Teachers  College 

University    of    California 

Monroe  High   School,  three  years 

Coach,  Mathematics,  Physics,  Health 

Student    Drivers    Training 

HERBERT  ARLINGTON 
B.S.    Indiana    University 
(Candidate)  M.S.  Ind.  University 
Monroe   High   School,   one  year 
Music,  English 


BARBARA  SPRUNGER 
A.B.    Bluffton    College 
Monroe  High  School,  one  year 
English,    History,    Government 


ANNA  BYRNES 

B.A.    North    Central    College 

Columbia  University 

Monroe  High  School,  four  years 

Latin    I    and    II 


GRADE  TEACHERS 


Mrs.  Harry  Johnson,  Harry  Johnson,  Ezra  Snyder,  Leo  Strahm 

Janitor 


Cooks 


Wilbur  Beer 


Mrs.    Madge    Johnston,    Mrs.    Jess 

Laughery,    Mrs.    Sherman    Essex, 

Mrs.  Wilbur  Beer 


CLASSES 


Hurrah!  We  Made  It 


SENIOR  CLASS 
OFFICERS 


Vera  Inniger, 
Treasurer 


Pauline  Nussbaum, 
President 


Gladys  Zurcher. 
Secretary 


Richard  Coppess, 
Vice  President 


Last  fall  we  seniors  came  back  to  Monroe  to  receive  the  final  blow.  It 
was  finally  our  turn  to  be  called  "cocky  seniors." 

We  well  remember  our  first  year  of  our  high  school  days  as  "Greenies"; 
but  as  the  years  went  on  we  gained  knowledge  and  soon  were  upperclassmen. 

For  our  final  year  we  choose  class  officers  as  follows;  president,  Pauline 
Nussbaum;  vice  president,  Dick  Coppess;  secretary,  Gladys  Zurcher; 
treasurer,  Vera  Inniger.     Our  class  sponsor  is  Mr.  Myron  Knauff. 

The  many  activities  throughout  the  year  included:  concessions  at  home 
ball  games,  sale  of  T  shirts,  selling  of  Christmas  cards,  fall  festival,  radio 
raffle  and  many  other  things.  These  were  all  in  preparation  for  our  class 
trip,  which  we  took  in  May. 


Our  class  is  now  proudly  going  forth,  striving  to  live  up  to  our  class 
motto,  "Do  not  say  go  but  go  thyself." 


ROBERT  BEITLER 

Class  Play  4;  Physical  Education  1; 
Choir  1. 


PAULINE  NUSSBAUM 

Class  Play  3,  4;  Class  President  3,  4; 
Physical  Ed.  1;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Vice  President  2;  Girls'  Glee  Club 
1,  2,  3;  Annual  Business  Manager 
4;   Booster  Club  3;   Sextette  3. 


WANETA  NEUENSCHWANDER 
Girls'  Chorus  1,  2,  3;    Mixed  Choir 
2,  3,  4;    Band  3,  4;    Class  Play  3; 
Circulation    Manager    4. 


RICHARD  COPPESS 

Class  Play  3,  4;  Class  Treasurer  3; 
Vice  President  4;  Choir  1,  2;  Stu- 
dent Manager  1.  2,  3,  4;  Physical 
Ed.    1;     Sports    Editor    4. 


BYRON  LIECHTY 

Physical  Ed.  1;  Band  2,  3;  Basebal 
3,    4;    Softball    2. 


JEANETTE  SCHWARTZ 

Choir  1,  2,  3,  4:  Girls'  Glee  Club  1, 
2,  3;  Annual  Music  Reporter  4; 
Band  1,  2,  3,  4;  Physical  Ed.  1. 


CHRISTINE  SPRUNGER 

Class  Plav  3;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4;  G'ce 
Club  1,  2,' 3;  Sextette  3;  Annual  Ty- 
pist 4;  Physical  Ed.  1. 

PAUL  BRADFORD 
Entered    from    Monmouth,    Junior 
year.    Class  Plav  3,  4;   Physical  Ed. 
1,    2;     Basketball   3,    4. 


KENNETH  FUNK 

Basketball  4;   Class  Play  3,  4;  Pres- 
ident 2. 


BERTHA  RAY 
Class  Plav  3,  4;  Choir  1,  2  3,  4; 
Girls'  Glee  Club  1,  2.  3;  Sextette  2, 
3;  Trio  3,  4;  Cheer  Leader  2,  3,  4; 
Annual  Joke  Editor  4;  Booster  Club 
3;    Physical    Ed.    1. 


VERA  INNIGER 

Class  Plav  3,  4;  Class  Secretary  2; 
Class  Treasurer  4;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Girls'  Glee  Club  1,  2,  3;  Band  2,  3, 
4;  Cheer  Leader  2,  3,  4;  Annual  Art 
Editor  4;  Booster  Club  3;  Physical 
Ed.  1. 

CLAREN  LEHMAN 
Class  Play  3,  4;  Class  Treasurer  1 
Choir  1,  2,  3,  4;  Basketball  2  3,  4 
Softball  1,  2,  3,  4;  Track  2,  3,  4 
Baseball  3,  4;  Alumni  Reporter  4 
Physical  Ed.   1. 


CARL  BAUMAN 

Class  Play  4;   Physical  Ed.  1;  Choir 
1. 


DONNA    LOU    CRIST 

Class  President  1;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Girls'  Glee  Club  1,  2,  3;  Band  1,  2, 
3,  4;  Booster  Club  3;  Annual  Pho- 
tography Editor  4;   Physical  Ed.   1. 


GRACE  LIECHTY 
Choir  1,  2,  3;    Girls'  Glee  Club   1, 
2,  3;    Annual  Calendar  Reporter  4; 
Physical    Ed.    1;     Office    4. 


MILTON  HABEGGER 

Class  Play  3,  4;  Class  Treasurer  2; 
Class  Secretary  3;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Boys'  Quartette  2,  3;  Annual  Editor 
4;  Physical  Ed.  1;  Basketball  1,  2, 
3,  4;  Softball  1,  2,  3;  Track  2,  3,  4; 
Baseball  3,  4. 


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DERRYL  LEHMAN 
Band  1,  2,  3,  4;  Physical  Ed.  1. 


MARY    ALICE    STEURY 

Benie— Latin  Club  1,  2;  Cheering 
Club  2;  Girls'  Chorus  1,  2;  A  Cap- 
pella  2;  Training  Chorus  1;  Band  2; 
Monroe— Girls'  "  Chorus  3;  Mixed 
Choir  3,  4;  Booster  Club  3;  Band 
3,  4;  Class  Play  3,  4;  Literary  Re- 
porter. 


GLADYS  ZURCHER 

Class  Plav  4;  Class  Secretary  1,  4; 
Vice  President  3;  Choir  1,  2,  3,  4; 
Girls'  Glee  Club  1,  2,  3;  Annual 
Advertising  Manager  4;  Booster 
Club    3;     Physical    Ed.    1. 


ROBERT  ROTH 
Physical   Education   1;    Choir   1, 
Class    Plav    3,    4. 


SENIOR  CLASS  PROPHECY 


It  being  the  custom  fcr  the  junior  class  to 
prcphesy  what  we  believe  the  future  holds  for 
the  graduating  seniors,  we  have  compiled  this  list 
of  incidents  which  we  think  might  appear  about 
the  seniors  in  the  world's  leading  newspapers,  the 
Who's  Who  books  and  the  Encyclopedias  for  1959, 
or  be  whispered  across  the  back  fence.  We  give 
them  to  you — 

Mexico  City.  July  9,  1959  A.  D.  Tragedy  and 
success  struck  simultaneously  at  the  bull  fighting 
arena  today  when  Bertha  Ray.  champion  bull 
fighter  was  injured  after  charging  a  giant  Brahma 
in  a  last  attempt  to  subdue  the  raving  beast.  Miss 
Ray  was  unarmed,  except  for  a  level  head,  and 
the  bull  seeing  her  charge  level  head-on,  died 
from  shock.  Miss  Ray  stubbed  her  toe  tripping 
over    the    fallen     carcass. 

Bob  Roth,  here-to-fore  an  unsuccessful  novelist 
(because  he  hasn't  written  anything*  fell  down 
the  back  stairs  of  his  twc-story.  two-roomed  man- 
sion crying.  "Darling.  Darling."  Embracing  the 
evergreen  tree  and  then  seeing  his  mistake  walked 
over  to  his  cow  and  cried  "I  have  it."  My  first 
successful  novel.  It's  about  what  every  young 
man  should  know.  I'll  be  as  famous  as  Dale 
Carnegie.  I'm  going  to  call  it  "How  to  Win  Wait- 
resses and  Influence  Bartenders."  Incidently  Mr. 
Roth  writes  under  the  name  Clementine  Paddle- 
board. 

CARD  OF  THANKS 
The   thanks   and   appreciation   cf   all   the   towns- 
people of  Monroe  goes  to  Miss  Christine  Sprunger, 


who  has  succeeded  in  putting  the  little  town  of 
Monroe  on  the  map.  Miss  Sprunger  was  chosen  in 
Atlantic  City  as  Miss  Broadwalk  of  1959.  Thanks 
again,  Christine. 

"Dick,     are     you     ever     coming?" 

"Yes.  dear." 

"Hew  many  times  must  I  tell  you  not  to  leave 
the    keys    in    the    Buick?" 

"Yes,  dear." 

"Will  you  ever  learn  to  speak  up'.'" 

"Yes.  dear." 

I  moved  closer  so  I  could  get  a  better  look  at 
New  York's  most  famous  playboy  and  discovered 
him  to  be  Dick  Coppess.  After  a  fitting  back- 
ground as  M.  H.  S.'s  most  pronounced  girl  chaser, 
Dick  has  finally  been  captured.  Who  is  the  lucky 
girl'.'— Why  Gladys  Zurcher!!!  She  is  sitting  down 
for  a  life  of  leisure — Dick  and  Buicks. 

O'VERHEARD  ON  A  STREET  CORNER  IN  PARIS 

"Have     vou    seen     IT'.'" 

■"WTiat?" 

"The  three  American  girls  in  their  new  show." 

"Who?" 

"Waneta  Neuenschwander.  Grace  Liechty  and 
Jeanette  Schwartz." 

"No!" 

"Best     thing    since     Mae    West." 

"Oo  la  la."  * 

"Woo  woo." 

"Scandalous." 

"Im     going     again     tomorrow     night." 

These  American  girls  have  developed  one  of 
Thirteen 


the  most  eye-bulging  shows  Paris  has  ever  seen. 
They  are  really  skilled  in  handling  their  puppets. 

Radio  reporter  Walslice  Windshield  reports  the 
greatest  story  of  the  century.  "A  most  phenomenal 
achievement,"     said    Mr.     Windshield. 

Inquiring  further.  I  find  that  a  new  record  of 
flagpole  sitting  has  been  established  by  the  one 
and  only  Donna  Lou  Crist.  Five  years  ago  today. 
Miss  Crist  was  strolling  in  Jackson  Park,  when 
suddenly,  she  saw  a  man.  In  her  haste  to  catch 
him.  she  misjudged  her  speed  and  ended  up  on 
top  of  the  Ti-ibune  Building  where  she  has  been 
ever  since,  sitting  on  the  flagpole.  Moral— "Haste 
makes  Waste" — Also  she  is  still  an  old  maid. 

OVERHEARD     ON     A     STREET    CAR 

"Say,  have  you  seen  the  new  picture  the  artist 
Miltcn     Habegger     has     done?" 

"Yes,  I  think  ifs  the  most  wonderful,  extra- 
ordinary piece  of  work  that  has  been  displayed  in 
years.    So  original. 

"Rumor  has  it  that  he  is  to  be  recommended  for 
the  Pulitzer  Prize.     Isn't  that  marvelous?" 

The  name  Milton  Habegger  seemed  to  ring  a 
familiar  bell  in  my  mind  and  I  wondered  if  it 
could  possibly  be  the  same  "Milt"  I  had  known  in 
school.  I  inquired  of  the  two  ladies,  and  sure 
enough,  it  was  the  same.  Being  interested,  I  asked 
whether  it  would  be  possible  for  me  to  see  his 
great  masterpiece.  "Oh,"  replied  one  of  the  ladies, 
"just  go  to  your  nearest  grocery  store  and  stop  at 
the  canned  vegetables'  counter.  He  designs  labels 
for  spinach  cans." 

Further  inquiry  into  the  subject  of  Mr.  Habeg- 
ger and  success  proved  that  our  friend,  Pauline 
Nussbaum,  is  busy  now  as  Mrs.  Habegger  raising 
a     family     of     storks. 

We  are  son-y  to  say  that  since  the  "All  the  Way 
Space  Ship  Company."  has  been  on  strilce  we  have 
not  been  able  to  gather  much  information  about 
Mary  Alice  Steury,  but  can  only  report  that  she  is 
doing  a  thriving  business  with  her  hot-dcg  stand 
on  the  Moon.  There  is  a  rumor  tliat  she  is  plan- 
ning to  marry  a  man  from  Mars. 
New  York,  New  York,  July  16,  1959 

(From    Prew    Dearson's    Gossip    Column) 

Word  has  been  received  from  Hollywood  that 
New  York's  "Man  about  town,"  Byron  Liechty, 
has  chosen  himself  another  bride.  The  lucky  girl 
is  Lona  Grable.  This  is  Byron's  fifth  marriage. 
When  questioned  by  reporters  about  the  unsuc- 
cessfulness  of  his  previous  marriages  Mr.  Liechty 
stoutly  declared  that  he  loved  marriages.  The 
only  trouble  he  said  was  that  his  wives  didn't. 

After  dining  at  the  Waldorf,  I  discovered  many 
aches  and  pains  which  I  did  not  have  when  I  ate 
other  places.  Investigating  the  cause  I  wandered 
back  into  the  kitchen  where  Pierre  De  Bradforde, 
the  world  renown  chef  was  at  work.  I  gazed  a 
moment  at  the  character  in  the  high  white  hat 
and  then,  it  spoke,  "Hi."  Pierre,  better  known  as 
"Pete"  informed  me  that  for  six  years  he  had 
been  working  on  a  recipe  bock  to  end  all  cooking 
worries.  It  is  to  be  called.  "How  to  Win  Friends 
and  Get  Rid  of  Unwanted  Relatives." 

Kenny  Funk,  who  is  in  business  for  himself  is 
following  his  life-long  ambition  .  .  .  raising  those 
beautiful  potted  geraniums,  the  small  size  for 
home  use — that  large  beautiful  type  for  business 
firms. 

Kenny's  poor  little,  hard  working  wife  is  so 
alergic  to— no  not  Kenny  they  have  decided  to 
rent  their  honeymoon  cottage  and  sleep  with  those 
dear     geraniums     in     the     greenhouse. 

Fourteen 


EAVESDROPPING    OVER    THE     BACK    FENCE 

"Did  you  see  that  beautiful  shiner  Carl  Bauman 
has?" 

After  hearing  this.  I  decided  it  was  time  to  see 
Carl  Bauman  and  get  the  straight  story.  I  did, 
and  here  is  the  story  word  for  word.  (Except  a 
few     we     can't    print.1 

"I  was  the  best  saleman  in  the  company.  I  had 
been  for  the  past  five  years.  And  then  they  fired 
me,  just  because  of  one  itsy,  bitsy,  mistake.  I'm 
so  mad,  I  could  eat  fried  chicken.  Here's  hew  it 
was. 

"Yes,  wasn't  that  terrible.  I  heard  he  got  fired 
from  the  Fearless  Vacuum  Cleaner  Company,  too, 
and  he  said  he  was  one  of  their  best  salesmen. 

"I  was  expanding  my  territory  to  the  rural  dis- 
trict. Why  should  a  farmer's  wife  be  without  a 
Fearless  Electric  Vacuum?  So,  I  walked  up-  to 
position,     started    talking." 

"Madam,  I  am  a  representative  of  the  Fearless 
Electric  Vacuum  Cleaner  Company.  I  have  here  a 
display   model   of   our   new   cleaner." 

Slipping   further  inside   the  door  I  continued: 

"I  shall  demonstrate  it  to  you  by  first  putting 
this  pocketful  of  sawdust  on  your  obviously  new 
rug,  then,  scattering  this  bag  of  chicken  feathers 
around  on  your  furniture  and  then,  this  box  of 
confettie  on  your  curtains,  furniture  and  floor. 
Now,  I  will  show  you  how  easily  and  quickly  my 
product  will  clean.    Will  you  show  me  the  outlet?" 

"We  don't  have  electricity."  the  lady  said. 

A     PLAY     IN     ONE     ACT 

Cast:   Vera  Inniger — successful  Magazine  Model. 

Philippe     Persotona     Mergetroid— her     agent. 

Time:   Daytime. 

Setting:    Office   of  P.    P.   Mergetroid. 

(Corner  Drug  Store,  first  phone  booth) 

Miss  Inniger:  (Entering  slamming  door,  very 
viciously     saysi      "Hey     you!" 

P.  P.  Mergeti-oid:  (Removing  glasses,  setting 
down,  standing  up,  emptying  waste  basket  and 
lighting  cigar  1   "Yes?" 

Miss  Inniger:  "Why  haven't  you  found  me  a 
job?" 

P.    P.    Mergetroid:     (Contimplatingj     "Hmm!" 

Miss    Inniger:      (Lifting    eyebrows >     "What?'' 

P.  P.  Mergetroid:  "Here  are  some  requests  for 
models.  Let's  see— Towers,  no.  Life  Magazine 
Cover  Model,  no.  American,  no.  Aha,  here  is  the 
perfect  one." 

Miss     Inniger:     "What's     that?" 

P.  P.  Mergetroid:  "The  before  picture  in  a 
■Don't  Let  Nature  Do  This  to  You,'  Ad." 

Claren  Lehman  was  the  world's  champion  knit- 
ter. He  was  really  a  knit.  Wondering  how  he 
could  cash  in  on  his  skill,  and  after  many  hours 
of  strenuous  exertion— thinking— he  came  upon  an 
idea.     Why  not  knit  clothes  for  little  kids. 

Thus,  his  company  started.  "I  need  a  slogan," 
he  decided.  Let's  see.  "Little  Toys  of  Little  Boys." 
"Little  Skirts  for  Little  Gerts."  "Little  Hats  for 
Little  Brats."  "Little  Clothes  for  Little  Schmooz." 
"Little  People"— No— "Little  things  for  little  peo- 
ple"— that's  it.  He  can't  sell  any  of  his  clothes  so 
he  is  looking  for  a  widow  with  many  children. 
This   may   be   your   lucky   day. 

Bong,  Bong,  Bong.  Three  o'clock  and  all  the 
female  population  of  America  dash  to  their  radios, 
turn    them    on,    and    hear: 

"Do  you  feel  low  when  you  bend  over?"  "Do 
you  have  trouble   seeing   in  the   dark?"     "Do  you 


First  game  tipoff  .  .  .  Jim  scores  again  .  . 
Madge  .  .  .  Interesting  .  .  .  Speed  demons 


Tip  in,  we  hope 
.  .Safe  landing  . 


.  Vera  and  her  man 
Physics  experiment. 


feel  rundown  when  hit  by  a  speeding  truck?" 
"Do  you  want  to  get  a  bang  out  of  life?"  Here's 
one— BANG — and  now  we  bring  you  Derryl  Leh- 
man and  his  advice  to  the  lovelorn. 

"Good  afternoon,  ladies.  Our  first  letter  is 
from   Amelia   Wcneybags  who   writes: 

■Dear  Wr.  Lehman:  My  husband  is  a  very  rich 
man  and  buys  me  everything  I  want.  Last  week 
I  wanted  a  little  dog  and  he  got  me  one.  I  loved 
the  dog  vei-j'  dearly  until  he  stopped  eating  his 
dog  food.    What  should  I  do?' " 

"Dear  Mrs.  Moneybags:  Try  eating  dog  food 
and   see    how    ycu   like    it." 


Podeenk.   Ai-kansas.     July   10.   1959.   U.P.— 

Olympic  diving  champion,  and  America's  fore- 
most critic  of  acquatic  sports  made  another  spec- 
tacular dive  today.  Always  looking  for  new  pud- 
dles to  conquer,  or  to  make  a  big  splash.  Bob 
Beitler  rode  his  sky  hook  to  the  tremendous  height 
of  100  feet  and  dived  into  the  three  foot  deep. 
Lake  Wahoo.  During  his  descent,  he  accomplished 
two  somersaults,  three  spirals,  one  jack-knife,  and 
got     his    pipe     lit. 

This  is  indeed  the  most  daring,  record-breaking 
dive  ever  made  in  history.  Funeral  services  will  be 
tomorrow    at    3:30    p.    m. 

Fifteen 


SENIOR  WILL 

We.  the  Senior  class  of  Monroe  High  School.  Adams  County,  Monroe,  Indiana,  being  of  sound  mind,  do 
publish  and  declare  this  our  final  will  in  the  following  manner: 

To  Mr.  Byrnes,  our  good  principal,  we  will  an  automatic  paddling  machine  with  a  gauge  for  hard  and 
s')ft  paddlings. 

To  Mr.  Knauff,   we  will   a   beautiful  head  of  wavy,  black  hair. 

To  Mr.  Arlington,  we  will  a  train  load  of  grain  to  sell    at    his    stock    exchange. 

To    Mr.    Snyder,    we    will    a   very   heavy    leather  glove  to  give  the  boys  longer  and  harder  dutch  rubs. 

To  Miss  Lucas,   we  will  a  beautiful  Cadillac  convertible     with     all    the     extras. 

To  Miss  Schertz,  we  will  a  boyfriend  with  a  baritone     voice     to     serenade     her. 

To  Miss  Sprunger,  we  will  a  double  boiler  that  will  make  a  double  recipe  of  cake  frosting,  and  also  a 
seating    arrangement     that    really     works. 

To  Mrs.  Byrnes,  we  will  a  beautiful  new  Easter  bonnet. 

I,  Carl  Bauman.  do  will  and  bequeath  my  poor  grammar  to  Jane  Baltzel.  in  hopes  that  she  will  im- 
prove it 

I.  Robert  Beitler.  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability  to  visit  the  "Green  Gables"  to  Glenn  "Spike"  Rowdon. 

We,  Richard  Coppess  and  Paul  Bradford,  do  will  and  bequeath  our  Spanish  dialect,  our  corny  jokes, 
and  our  memberships  to  the  "Bachelors  Club"  to  Jim  Ehrsam  and  Doyle  Lehman.  Dick  also  wills  his 
ability  as  student  manager  to  Lester  Schindler. 

I,  Donna  Lcu  Crist,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  tiny  waist  line  to  Rosie  Wagner. 

I,  Kenny  Funk,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  clear  complexion  and  my  curly  hair  to  the  two  Bruces,  Bruce 
Hirschy     and    Bruce     Schnepp. 

I,  Milton  Habegger,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability  to  play  basketball  to  Curtis  Nussbaum  and  that 
familiar   "Ha!      Ha!"   to    Glen    Strahm. 

I,  Vera  Inniger,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability  to  hook  cne  man  and  keep  him  to  Louella  Jones,  and 
my  three  years  of  cheer  leading  to  Mary  Lou  Hannie. 

I.  Byron   Liechty,  do  will   and  bequeath   my   ability  to  keep  quiet  at  the  right  times  to  Howard  Rich. 

I.  Grace  Liechty,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability  as  office  girl   to  Betty  McKean. 

1.  Derryl  Lehman,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability    to   guess   the   right   answer   to   Virgil   Gerber. 

I,  Clai-en  Lehman,  do  will  and  bequeath  all  of  my  secrets  to  Darlene  Yoder,  in  hopes  that  she  will 
keep    them    for    me. 

I,  Waneta  Neuenschwander,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  high  sporano  voice,  and  my  musical  talent  to 
Bonnie  Huser. 

I,  Pauline  Nussbaum,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  blonde  hair  to  Grace  Fisher,  and  my  three  years  of 
class   presidency   to   my    brother.   David. 

I,  Bertha  Ray,  do  will  and  bequeath  seme  of  my  pep  to  Coretta  Chamness,  and  my  three  years  of 
cheer    leading    to    Elizabeth    Johnston. 

I.  Robert  Roth,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  ability  to  skip  school  and  go  fishing  to  Audrey  Burkhead, 
and   my  ability  to  fight  with  all  the  ladies  to  Doyle  Haines. 

I.  Christine  Sprunger,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  silly  little  giggle,  and  my  typewriter  to  Kathryn  Soldner. 

I,  Mary  Alice  Steury,  do  will  and  bequeath  my  good  manners  to  Donald  Rupert. 

I,   Jeanette   Schwartz,   do   will  and  bequeath  some  of  my  height  to  Neva  Mallonee. 

I,   Gladys   Zurcher,   do  will   and   bequeath  my  good  driving  habits  to  Virgil  Moser. 

We  do  hereby  ccnstitute  and  appoint  Darlene  Yoder.  president  of  the  Junior  Class,  to  hereby  agree 
the  above  to  be  our  last  will  and  testament  and  do  set  our  seal  of  memories  on  this  fifteenth  day  of  April, 
One  Thousand  Nine  Hundred  and  Forty-nine. 


BERTHA  RAY 
RICHARD  COPPESS 


Double  Trouble 


loio  1:  Audrey  Burkhead, 
Jane  Baltzell,  Coretta 
Chamness.  Jim  Ehrsam, 
Grace  Fisher. 


Row  2:  Virgil  Gerber,  Bruce 
Hirschy,  Bcnnie  Huser.  Lu- 
Ella    Jones,    Doyle   Lehman. 


Row  3:  Neva  Mallonee.  Betty 
McKean.  Virgil  Moser.  Cur- 
tis Nussbaum,  Howard  Rich. 


Rotu  4:  Glenn  Rowdon,  Don 
Rupert.  Bruce  Schnepp, 
Kathryn  Soldner,  Rosalyn 
Wagner. 


Row   5:    Darleen   Yoder 


Wot    Picfiired:    Doyle    Haines, 
Glen   Strahm. 


JUNIOR    CLASS    OFFICERS 
Howard    Rich,    Vice    President 
Virgil   Moser,    Secretary 
Darlene    Yoder.    President 
Grace    Fisher,    Treasurer 


On  the  first  day  of  school  in  September,  1946,  a  very 
unsophisticated  group  of  Freshmen  stood  and  looked 
enviously  at  the  upper  classmen. 

In  our  sophomore  year  we  progressed  very  rapidly. 

This  year  we  elected  the  following  as  class  officer.s: 
president,  Darlene  Yoder;  vice  president,  Howard  Rich; 
secretary,  Virgil  Moser;  treasurer,  Grace  Fisher.  Mr. 
Herbert  Arlington  was  our  class  sponsor. 

Some  of  our  activities  included,  selling  of  magazines, 
a  contest  in  which  Bruce  Hirschy  was  the  winner.  In 
October  with  the  seniors,  we  held  a  fall  festival.  A 
member  of  our  class,  Grace  Fisher,  was  chosen  queen 


of    the    festival. 

We  also  enjoyed  two  class  parties.  One 
was  held  at  Sunset  Park,  and  the  other  at  the 
home    of   Doyle    Rich. 

Every  member  of  the  class  is  anxiouslv 
looking  forward  to  1950  when  we  will 
emerge  as  graduates. 


Why  Stop  Now? 

SOPHOMORE    CLASS    OFFICERS 
Phyllis    Bailey,    Secretary 
Charles    Huffman,    Vice    President 
Edith    Steury,    Presideyit 
Marie    Habegger,    Treasurer 

At  last  we  have  attained  the  honor  of  being  called 
sophomoies.     We  have  passed  the  stage  of  "greenies" 
and  are  well  on  the  way  to  the  big  event  of  graduation. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  year  we  elected  the  follow- 
ing class  officers;   president,  Edith  Steury;  vice  presi- 
dent,   Romayne    Litwiller;     secretary,    Phyllis    Bailey; 
treasurer,  Marie  Habegger.     Our  class  sponsor  is  Miss 
Schertz. 
We  enjoyed  two  class  parties  during  the  Sophomore  year  and  also  some  other  class 
activities. 

During  the  year,  we  sold  sweatshirts  with  the  Monroe  High  School  insignia  on  them 
and  this  gave  the  class  treasury  quite  a  lift. 

We  have  all  enjoyed  these  first  two  years  of  high  school  and  will  long  remember  the 
good  times  we  had  together.  We  are  eagerly  looking  forward  to  the  next  two  years 
which,  we're  sure,  will  prove  to  be  very  interesting    and    exciting. 


Row  1:  Phyllis  Bailey.  Mary 
Baumgartner,  Norma  Brad- 
ford. Helen  Brandyberry. 
Beulah    Christner. 


Row  2;  Diana  Crist.  Rex  Ehr- 
sam,  Marilyn  Fox,  Norma 
Funk.   Delores   Graber. 


Row  3:  Marie  Habegger,  Don 
Haines,  Dmitri  Hendricks, 
Charles  Hoffman,  Robert 
Huser. 


Rom  4:  Beverly  Lobsiger, 
Loren  Moser,  Gerald  Nuss- 
baum,  Pauline  Rupert,  An- 
dy   Schrock. 


Row  5:  Irene  Schwartz,  Edith 
Steury,  Mary  Jane  Steury, 
Lavonne    Strahm,    Carl   Yo- 


Eighteen 


Qreen  as  Grass 

FRESHMEN    CLASS    OFFICERS 
Lester    Schwartz,    Vice    President 
David    Nussbauzm,    President 
Anna    Inniger,    Secretary 
Alice    Yoder.    Treasurer 


We  took  two  field  trips  this  year.  We  went  through  the  Berne  Witness  and  to  the 
Wells  County  State  Forest  Game  Preserve. 

We  had  two  class  parties  this  year.  One  was  held  at  Gloria  Lehman's.  We  all  en- 
joyed it  very  much  and  were  sorry  our  class  sponsor  had  an  accident  and  was  unable  to 
attend.     The  other  class  party  was  a  skating  party. 

We  all  "expect"  to  graduate  in  "52." 

After  finally  struggling  through  the  first  eight  grades,  we  have  come  to  the  place 
sre  we  can  call  ourselves  "Freshmen." 


.-here 


At  the  beginning  of  the  year,  we  elected  the  following  class  officers  which  proved  to 


be  very  efficient.     Our  president  is  David  Nussbaum;     vice 

secretary,  Anna  Inniger;    trea.=;u 

Sprunger. 

Row  1:  Norman  Cook.  Gloria 
Crownover.  Fannie  Habeg- 
ger,  Millard  Habegger,  Jean 
Haines.  Mary  Lou   Hannie. 


Row  2:  Clifford  Hirschy.  Dale 
Hirschy.  Anna  Inniger,  Carl 
Irwin.  Elizabeth  Johnston. 
Phyllis   Kolhi. 

Row  3:  GKria  Lehman.  Shir- 
ley Lehman,  Doris  McKean. 
David  Nussbaum.  Marie 
Rowdon.   Lester    Schindler. 

Row  4:  Mary  Ellen  Schnepp. 
En  OS  Schrock,  Lester 
Schwartz.  Pauline  Schwartz. 
David  Sprunger.  Stanley 
Sprunger. 

Row  5:  Bern  ice  Strahm. 
Gladys  Strahm.  Henry 
Wagley,  Alice  Yoder.  Earl 
Yoder.    Raymond    Zurcher. 

iVot  Pic( II red:  Elmer  Kilty. 
Emma  Hilty.  Joan  Mover, 
Levi  Schwartz.  Jacob  Wick- 
ey. 


Lester   Schwartz; 
Mi.ss    Barbara 


FUTURE  FRESHIES 


GRADE  EIGHT 

Kneeling — Jimmy  Brodbeck. 

First  Row — Leroy  Chamness,  Roy  Lehman,  Coleen  Hirschy,  Marya  Strahm, 

Shirley  Steury,  Ernest  Liechty,  Bill  Rowdon. 
Second  Row— Vivian  Baumgartner,  Sara  Mover,  Mary  Michaels,  Julia  Ann 

Yoder,  Erleen  Funk,  Vera  Harvey,  Arlene  Habegger. 
Third   Row— Gene   Bluhm,    Edward   Nussbaum,    Luther  Hedington,    Lyle 

Gerber,  Chester  Beer,  Donald  Hollowav,  Max  Lehman,  Willis  Nussbaum. 


GRADE  SEVEN 

First  Row— Ruth   Ann  Liechty,   David  Ringger,  Barbara   Hausk,  Junior 

Nussbaum,    Neva    Sprunger,    Luther    Lehman. 
Second  Row— Phyllis  Sprunger,  Carolyn  Hirschy.  Carol  Yoder,  Judith  Rvf, 

Junita  Sapp,  Velma  Strahm,  Marinall  Lehman. 
Third    Row — Nancy    Eicher,    Patty    Beitler,    Flossie    Baumgartner,    Pearl 

Huser,  Shirley  Bailey,  Joyce  Lehman,  Caro  Moser. 
Fourth  Row— Darrell  Stout,  Danny  Gerber,  Floyd  Simon,  Harry  Mazelin, 

Jack   Hendi-icks,   Rex   Bovine,   Bobby    Steury,    Ronnie    Stucky,    Donald 

Graber. 


GETTING  A  GOOD  START 


GRADE  SIX 

KNEELING  —  John  Row- 
don,  William  Michaels, 
Gerald  BecM-. 

FIRST  ROW— Karen  Leh- 
man, Florine  Hirschy, 
Marinel  Strieker,  Shirley 
Rupert,  Sally  Beer,  Marie 
Lehman. 

SECOND  ROW  —  John 
Bluhm,  Jimmy  Bauman, 
Larry  Schwartz,  Ronnie 
Wagiey,  Freddy  Fox, 
Dale  Workinger,  Jimmy 
Lobsiger. 

NOT  PICTURED  —  Anna 
Shelter,  Katherine  Wick- 
ey,  Moses  Schmidt,  Char- 
les Lehman.  A  1  v  i  n 
Schwartz,  Emanuel 
Schwartz. 

GRADE  FIVE 

STANDING— Gary  Ring- 
ger,  Marvin  Zurcher, 
Richard  Allen  DeAr- 
mond,  Roger  Lee  Habeg- 
ger,  Lowell  Michaels 

SEATED  —  Nancy  Ann 
Shoaf ,  Carolyn  Kae 
Christner,  Louise  Simon, 
Mary  Jane  Rice,  Costa 
Jane  Hike,  Sonja  Sue 
Schug 

KNEELING  —  Richard 
Rowdon 

NOT  PICTURED— Edward 
L.  Hilty,  David  E. 
Schmidt,  Valentine  J. 
Shetler,  Roman  D. 
Schwartz,  M  a  r  y  a  n  n 
Schwartz,  Joseph  M. 
Girod,  Toby  M.  Swartz- 
entruber 

GRADE  FOUR 

STANDING— Jimmy  Stei- 
ner.  Tommy  Hoffman, 
Emil  Baumgartner,  Joe 
Macias,  Danny  Lee  Stout, 
Freddy  Schott,  Ronald 
Gene  Gerber 

SEATED— L  i  n  d  a  Lou 
Schug.  Marjorie  Nuss- 
baum.  Sondra  Lee  Cra- 
mer, Mary  Lou  Ehrsam. 
Jane  Michaels,  Edith 
Hirschy 


WE'RE 
GROWING  UP 


GRADE  THREE 

STANDING  —  Richard 
Hirschy,  David  Gullaume, 
Ned  Stucky,  Jerry  Bovine 

SEATED— Barbara  Steiner, 
Carol  Sue  Moyer,  Mar- 
ilyn Mae  Christner 

NOT  PICTURED  —  Rosa 
Canales,  Jerome 
Schwartz 


GRADE  TWO 

KNEELING— L  a  r  r  y  Wit- 
twer. 

FIRST  ROW  —  DeWayne 
McBride,  Georgianna  Es- 
sex, Judy  Persons,  Mar- 
alyn Wable,  Linda  Schott, 
Terry  Hike. 

SECOND  ROW  —  Jerry 
Stout,  Olin  Moeschber- 
ger,  Donald  Ray,  Jerry 
Gerber,  Frederick  Mann. 

NOT  PICTURED— Richard 
Canales,   Clair  Inniger. 


p! 

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Hi 

1    ^^    f    iL        M^^^^H 

GRADE  ONE 

FIRST  ROW  —  Richard 
Steiner,  Joyce  Guillaume, 
Maxine  Wable,  Joan  Ru- 
pert, Sonja  Stucky,  Mi- 
chael Stavenick. 

SECOND  ROW  —  Timmy 
Ringger.  Bobby  Christ- 
ener,  John  Inniger,  Bob- 
bv  Baumgartner,  Jerry 
Huffman,  Phillip  Gerber, 
Phillip  McBride. 


Double  exposure  .  .  .  Cute  picture  .  .  .  Bert.  .  .  Pistol  Pete  .  .  .  T.  B.  examination  .  .  . 
Don't  blame  you  .  .  .  Another  victim  .  .  .  Mr.  Johnson's  room  .  .  .  Phone  333  ..  .  Miss 
Sprunger's  substitute  .  .  .  Latin  class  .  .  .  Senior  play  .   .   .  Dishwashers. 


Twenty-three 


On  to  win  .  .  .  Nothing  unusual  .  .     No  bench  .  .  .  Nice  picture,  Bob  .  .  .  Our  plaything 
.  .  .  Someone  fouled  .  .  .  Doyle's  special  ...  All  that  for  a  rebound 


Twenty-Sour 


SPORTS 


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COACH  MYRON  KNAUFF 

Coach  Myron  Knauff  has  been  at 
Monroe  for  three  years.  In  1947,  he 
led  a  fine  team  on  to  a  sectional  vic- 
tory. He  is  considered  one  of  the 
best  coaches  Monroe  has  ever  had. 
We  wish  him  a  lot  of  luck  in  his  fu- 
ture   years    at    Monroe. 


OUR  CHEER  LEADERS 

SECOND  TEAM 


FIRST  TEAM 


Bertha    Ray,    Vera    Inn 


Mary    Lou    Hannie,   Elizabeth    Johnston 


CLAREN  LEHMAN 
Claren  finished  three  years  of 
varsity  basketball  which  included 
many  fine  performances.  His  stellar 
work  in  rebounds  was  his  out- 
standing feats:  although,  he  was 
capable  of  coming  up,  with  several 
points  occasionally.  He  usually 
played  a  fine  defensive  game,  es- 
pecially his  senior  year.  His  per- 
formance against  Portland's  Brews- 
ter in  the  1947  regional  was  one  of 
the  best  games  of  his  career.  Clez 
always  lined  up  at  forward  and  he 
was  one  of  our  pivot  men.    W.  C.  K. 


MILTON  HABEGGER 

Milt  was  the  leading  scorer  on  the 
team  tlie  past  two  years.  He  played 
center  and  was  always  used  on  the 
pivct.  He  was  depended  upon  great- 
ly for  defensive  rebounds  because  of 
his  height  and  ability  to  "grab"  that 
ball.  Milt  was  selected  on  the  all- 
sectional  team  his  sophomore,  jun- 
ior, and  senior  years  and  was 
awarded  a  spot  on  the  all-regional 
second  team  his  sophomore  year. 
He  is  a  senior  and  a  four-year  man. 
M.   C.  K. 


ROBERT  EHRSAM 
Robert  (better  known  as  Jimi 
was  a  junior  and  has  played  two 
years  on  the  varsity.  He  is  an  ex- 
cellent defensive  man  and  was  us- 
ually counted  upon  to  guard  the 
leading  scorer  of  the  opposing  team. 
Jim  was  a  consistent  free  throw 
shooter,  hitting  over  62  per  cent  for 
the  season.  He  always  did  his  share 
of  scoring,  and  alcng  with  Rowdon 
was  one  of  our  dependable  guards. 
— M.  C.  K. 


GLENN  ROWDON 
Glenn  was  the  smallest  player  on 
our  team.  His  keen  alertness  in  de- 
tecting the  weaknesses  of  the  op- 
position helped  to  win  several  ball 
games.  He  could  usually  be  count- 
ed upon  to  successfully  stop  the 
fastest  man  on  the  opposing  team. 
He  is  a  junior  and  this  was  his 
second  year  on  the  varsity.  M.  C.  K. 


VIRGIL  GERBER 
Virgil  was  a  junior  who  had  a 
lot  of  determination.  He  has  shown 
much  improvement  throughout  the 
year.  He  usually  played  a  guard 
position  and  has  spent  one  year  as 
a  varsity  reserve. — M.  C.  K. 


KENNETH  FUNK 

Kenny  played  in  a  reserve  role 
behind  our  big  boys.  His  chances 
of  playing  were  limited  but  he 
came  through  frequently  when  he 
was  needed.  He  either  played  cen- 
ter or  forward.  He  played  on  the 
varsity  one  year  and  is  a  senior. 
M.  C.  K. 


DOYLE  LEHMAN 
Doyle  has  been  used  in  a  reserve 
capacity  for  the  past  two  years,  al- 
though, he  has  seen  much  actioa. 
He  has  shown  a  lot  of  determind- 
tion  and  ability  to  think  properly 
in  the  crucial  moments.  He  is  es- 
pecially good  at  rebounding  and 
cftenlimes  t  ps  in  a  basket.  He 
plavs  forward,  and  is  a  junior.  M. 
C.  K. 


RICHARD  COPPESS 
Dick  was  a  senior  and  a  very 
capable  Student  IVIanager  for 
all  four  of  his  High  School  years. 
There  was  always  something  to 
be  done  and  Dick  always  was 
there  with  a  helping  hand.  He 
also  was  a  great  morale  builder 
and  was  well  liked  by  everyone. 
Dick  will  be  hard  to  replace  in 
future    years.— IVI.    C.   K. 


CHARLES  HOFFINI.AJSI 

Charles  was  the  only  scphomore 
on  our  varsity.  He  played  some 
very  good  games  and  was  an  ex- 
ceptionally good  feeder.  He  showed 
signs  of  inexperience  occasionally, 
but  his  playing  was  above  average 
for  only  a  sophomcre.  Charles  was 
a  good  one  handed  shot  and  he 
should  develop  into  an  excellent 
player  in  his  next  two  seasons.  He 
usually  played  forward,  but  fre- 
quently was  u.'ed  as  a  guard.  M.  C.  K. 


PAUL  BRADFORD 
Paul  was  ineligible  for  one  year 
because  of  IHSAA  technicalities. 
Therefore,  since  he  is  a  senior,  his 
playing  was  quite  limited.  He  im- 
proved rapidly  and  gave  us  some 
excellent  assistance  in  a  reserve  ca- 
pacity during  the  sectional  tourney. 
He  was  a  very  aggressive  player 
pnd  a  good  "feeder."    M.  C.  K. 


TOTAL    POINTS    OF    EACH    PLAYER 

Name                                  F.G.  F.T.  Total  Points 

M.   Habegger 106  98  310 

J.   Ehrsam  50  63  163 

G.  Rowdon  67  24  158 

C.   Lehman   41  28  110 

C.  Hoffman    30  20  80 

D.  Lehman   21  14  56 

K.  Funk 3  2  8 

P.  Bradford  ...     2  4  8 

V.  Gerber   0  1  1 


BASKETBALL  1948-49 

The  Bearkatz  almost  put  another  tournament  trophy  on  the  shelf  this  year. 

In  the  first  two  games  of  the  Sectional  against  Monmouth  and  Berne,  the  team  really 
showed  their  true  blue  and  white  colors.  But  they  just  weren't  playing  their  best  ball 
against  Decatur  in  which  they  lost. 

They  had  a  very  good  season  too.  The  boys  won  thirteen  games  and  lost  only  seven. 
Their  record  this  year  really  proved  they  are  a  clean,  hard  working,  and  co-operative  team. 
Of  course,  most  of  their  fine  tactics  can  be  attributed  to  the  excellent  coaching  of  Myron 
C.  Knauff. 

The    scores    were    as    follows: 

MONROE _.     37  MONMOUTH   34 

MONROE 27  WILLSHIRE  34 

MONROE 32  GENEVA   - 35 

MONROE 40  KIRKLAND    35 

MONROE 38  PLEASANT  MILLS   ..33 

MONROE 50  JEFFERSON    34 

MONROE 28  HARTFORD     30 

MONROE 51  OSSIAN 38 

MONROE 40  DECATUR    CATHOLIC    42 

MONROE 51  PLEASANT   MILLS    28 

MONROE... 33  MONROEVILLE 52 

COUNTY  TOURNEY 

MONROE 32 

MONROE 48 

MONROE 36  GENEVA    

MONROE 41  BERNE 

MONROE ...34  HARTFORD   

MONROE 42  MONMOUTH   

MONROE 36  KIRKLAND    

MONROE 52  DECATUR    CATHOLIC 


SECTIONAL  TOURNEY 

MONROE 57  MONMOUTH     34 

MONROE 50  BERNE     31 

MONROE 37  DECATUR    56 

Our  Team  As  We  See  Them 

Claren  Lehman — Wlien  playing  basketball  his  judgment  carries  a  lot  of  weight. 

Milton  Habegger — Always  good  for  a  big  laugh   and  loud  nose  blowing. 

Glenn  Rowdon — Mightiest  midget  on  the  team.     What's   Milton   Habegger    got    that   he 

hasn't    got,    except    Pauline. 
Virgil  Gerber — He  plays  to  win.    Does  his  part,  but  scarcely  lets  anyone  know  about  it. 
Kenneth  Funk — All  Ainerican  substitute.    Plays  so  many  positions,  he  can  scarcely  keep 

up  with   anyone  of  them. 
Paul  Bradford — Works  hard  on  the  team.    But,  he  still  finds  time  to  keep  the  teachers 

"fat  and  sassy." 
J:m  Ehrsam — On  the  teain  he's  a  regular  old  "smoothy,"  but  when  it  comes  to  gals,  all 

he  needs  is  a   whistle. 
Doyle  Lehman — Like  his  brother,  he's  an  all  "round"  athlete.     Hard  on  opposing  teams 

and  too  easy  on  the  girls. 
Don  Rupert — When  playing  basketball,  the  opposing  team  find  him  a  hard  man  to  beat. 

But  when  it  comes  to  girls,  its  quite  easy,    isn't    it    Beverly? 
Charlie  Hoffman — The  only  Sophomore  on  the  team,  and  sure  lets  everyone  knows  it. 

*  ;!:  ;:;  * 

Mr.  Knauff:      How  many  sexes  are  there? 

Lester  Schindler:   Three. 

Mr.    Knauff:     What    are    they? 

Lester  Schindler:    The  male  sex,  the  female   sex,    and   the   insects. 

Milt:     Bertha,  did  you  make  all  of  these  jokes    up    yourself? 
Bertha:     Yep,    out   my    head. 
Milt:      You    must    be. 


SECOND 
TEAM 

St<indiug-D  uke 
Hendricks,  D  o  n 
Haines,  Rex  Ehr- 
sam,  Gerald  Nuss- 
baum,  E  n  o  s 

Schrock,  Lester 
Schindler,  Stu- 
dent   Manager 

Seated  —  Dale 
Hirschj-,  Dick 
Ervin,  Don  Ru- 
pert, Lester 
Schwartz.  David 
Nussbaum 


J.  H.  CHEER  LEADERS 

Shirley    Steury,    Marinall    Lehman 


JUNIOR  HIGH  TEAM 

Standing — Jimmy  Brod- 
beck,  Max  Lehman, 
Jack  Hendricks,  Ches- 
ter Beer,  Lyle  Gerber, 
Eddie  Nussbaum,  Gene 
Bluhm. 

Seated  —  Bill  Rowdon. 
Ned  Stucky,  Donald 
Holloway,  Rex  Bovine, 
Willis  Nussbaum,  Jun- 
ior Nussbaum. 


TAKE  ME  OUT  TO  THE  BALL  GAME 


BASEBALL 

The  Monroe  Bearkatz  had  a  very  successful  season  this  year,  by  win- 
ning three  out  of  four  games. 

Tlie  team  was  as  follows:  C.  Lehman,  catcher;  M.  Habesger,  pitcher; 
D.  Lehman,  lb;  G.  Rowden,  2b;  C.  Huffman,  3b;  J.  Ehrsam,  ss;  B. 
Liechty,  If;    G.  Nussbaum,  cf ;    D.  Nussbaum,  rf. 

The  graduation  of  four  seniors  will  be  noticed  to  some  extent  by  Coacn 
Knauff.    They  are  C.  Lehman,  M.  Habegger,  K.  Funk,  and  B.  Liechty. 

The  scores  were  as   follows: 

Monroe  14 _.._ Monmouth   4 

Monroe     8 .Geneva  7 

Monroe     2 Geneva  1 

Monroe     0 .Berne  8 


SOFTBALL 

The  lineup  was  about  the  same  as  baseball.     The  team  broke  even  by 
losing    one    and    winning    one. 
The  scores  were  as  follows: 


Monroe  16. 
Monroe     8.. 


..Jefferson  5 
.Jefferson  9 


ACT IV IT  IBS 


Brainwork 


Milton  Habegger 
Editor 

Pauline  Nussbaum 
Business  Mgr. 

Miss  Sprunger 
Faculty  Advisor 


Vera  Inniger 
Art  Editor 

Richard  Coppess 
Sports  Editor 

Bertha  Ray 
Jokes  Editor 

Christine  Sprunger 
Typist 

Claren  Lehman 
Alurtnii  Reporter 


Waneta 

Neuenschwander 

Circulation  Manager 

Mary  Alice  Steury 
Literary  Reporter 

Jeanette  Schwartz 
Music  Reporter 

Grace  Liechty 
Calendar  Reporter 

Donna  Lou  Crist 
Photography  Editor 

Gladys  Zurcher 
Advertising  Manager 


n  o^ 


FROil  LEFT  TO  RIGHT— Donald  Holloway.  Ronnie  Stucky,  Norman  Cook,  Diana  Crist.  Rosie  Wagner, 
Darlene  Ycder,  Anna  Inniger,  Jeanette  Schwartz,  Katy  Soldner,  Vera  Inniger.  Mary  Alice  Steury.  Bruce 
Hirschy,  Derryl  Lehman,  Howard  Rich,  Don  Rupert,  Phyllis  Kohli,  Curtis  Nussbaum,  Gloria  Lehman, 
Max  Lehman,  Edward   Nussbaum.   Donna  Lou  Crist.   Shirley  Lehman,   Waneta  Neuenschwander. 


fM^^Oo/i 


tilth  Row:  Glenn  Roden.  Norman   Cook.  Dmitri  Hendricks.  D  ivle  Leliman.  Cls 
.Andv  Schrock.  Curtis  Nussbaum.  Don  Rupert.  Earl  Yoder.  Dale  Hirschy. 

Fourth  Row:   Marj-  Lou  Hanni.   Shirley  Lehman.  Mary  Alice  Steury.  Christine  Sprunger.  Paulii 
Diana  Crist.   Elizabeth  Johnston.  Alice  Yoder.   Marie  Rowdon.    Waneta    Neuenschwander. 
Third  Row:  Anna  Inniger.  Mary  Baumgartner.  Phyllis  Bailey,  Fannie  Habegger.  Jeanette  Schwartz.  Pauli 
erly  Lobsiger,   Phyllis   Kohll.   Doris  McKean.   JoAnn   Moyer.   Donna  Lou  Crist. 

Second  Row:  Gladys  Strahm.  Mary  Ellen  Schnepp.  Irene  Schwartz.     Helen    Brandyberrj'.     Beulah     Christ 
LuEUa  Jones.  Vera  Inniger.  Bertha  Ray. 

First  Row:  Norma  Funk.  Edith  Steurx-.  Gloria  Crownover,  Lavonne  Strahm.  Gloria  Lehman,  Jean  Haini 
Pauline  Schwartz.   Marie  Habegger,   Gladys  Zurcher. 

Director.  Mr.  Herbert  .\rlington 


pert.  Mary  Jane  Steury, 
Nussbaum,  Bev- 


Thirty-Jivt 


SENIOR  CLASS  PLAY 


DATE  BAIT' 


Emily  Walker 
Agnes  Walker 
Mary  Walker 
Pat  Walker 
Anna  Gibbons 
Harley  Allen 


Mary  Alice  Steury 

Pauline  Nussbaum 

Gladys  Zurcher 

Vera  Inniger 

Bertha  Ray 

-       Paul  Bradford 


Jim  Allen 
Ed  Walker       - 
Johnny  Burns 
Lester  Gray 
Dave  Wilson 
Harold  Smith 


Richard  Coppess 

Claren  Lehman 

Kenneth  Funk 

Milton   Habegger 

Carl  Bauman 

Robert  Roth 


Officer  Benson 


Robert  Beitler 


Directors        ---...        Miss  Barbara  Sprunger  and  Miss  Harriet  Schertz 


At  8:00  p.  m.  the  lights  flickered  and  the  heavy  curtain  swung  open.  There  sal  Mr.  Walker,  the 
father  of  three  daughters,  reading  the  evening  paper.  Squirming  restlessly  on  the  sofa  was  Johnny  Burns, 
waiting  for  Pat.  as  usual.  Mrs.  Walker  entered,  placing  a  piece  of  paper  under  Johnny's  feet.  Such  was 
the  di-amatic  opening  of  "Date  Bait." 

On  through  the  play  .  .  .  there  was  fifteen-year-old  Emily,  braces  on  her  teeth,  and  wearing  dark 
rimmed  glasses,  who  stayed  at  home  and  sighed  with  envy  at  the  gloricus  times  her  sisters,  Pat  and  Mary, 
had  dating  Dave  Wilson,  Johnny  Burns,  and  Harold  Smith. 

Also  there  was  Jim  Allen,  a  next  door  neighbor,  always  attempting  to  restore  good  politics  to  town  by 
exposing  Assemblyman  Gray  and  his  machine.  Every  time  Mr.  Allen  would  call  on  Mr.  Walker  to  work 
on  a  speech,  Harley,  his  son,  always  tagged  along.  Emily,  worrying  about  her  future  in  a  spinsters'  home, 
proposed  to  Harley.  Harley.  pleased  to  think  of  a  girl  liking  him,  accepted.  But  then  when  Lester  Gray 
comes  along  and  asks  Emily  for  a  date,  Harley  is  completely  forgotten.  When  Mr.  Walker  finds  out  that 
Lester  is  Assemblyman  Gray's  son,  all  the  fun  lets  loose.  Lester  had  just  completed  a  new  car,  all  except 
for  a  license  plate.  In  order  to  make  Emily  happy,  Harley  borrows  the  license  plate  off  of  his  father's 
car.  Everything  went  along  alright  until  the  motor  in  Lester's  car  wouldn't  behave  right,  and  they  were 
caught  by  Officer  Benson.  When  Emily  was  caught  with  Assemblyman  Gray's  son  in  a  car  bearing  Mr. 
Allen's  license  plate,  this  didn't  look  too  well,  but  everything  was  straightened  out  at  the  end  of  the  play, 
and  kept  the  audience  in  good  spirits. 

Thirty-six 


JUNIOR  CLASS  PLAY 


Miss  Chandler      ■ 
Mr.    Pettit 
Gabby  Gallagher 
Gloria   Price 
Speed  Miller      - 
Paul  Chapman 
Bernice  Johnson 
Ron  Dayton 
Jean  Fox- 
Shirley  Walker 
Mr.  Bii-ch 


■  YOU  RE  ONLY 

Darlene  Yoder 

Virgil    Gerber 

Glenn  Rowdon 

Jane   Baltzell 

Don  Rupert 

Curtis  Nussbaum 

-     Betty  McKean 

Jim  Ehrsam 

LuElla  Jones 

Neva  Mallonee 

Doyle  Lehman 


YOUNG  ONCE" 

Mrs.  Burton  Lee 
Harvey  Jones 
Peggy   Johnson 
Mona  P'isher 
Miss  Ross 
Cluck  Biggs      - 
Pop  Wilson 
Miss  Spencer 
Mr.  Bell       -       - 
Mrs.  Chapman 
Director 


Rosalyn  Wagner 

Howard  Rich 

Coretta   Chamness 

Grace  Fisher 

Kathryn  Soldner 

Bruce  Schnepp 

Bruce  Hirschy 

Audrey  Burkhead 

Virgil  Moser 

Bonnie  Huser 

Mr.  Herbert  Arlington 


Easy  tip  .  .  .  Get  ready  .  .  ,  Surprised  ...  Hal  Ha!  .  .  .  Bert  and  Vera  .  .  .  Our  Musician 
.  .  .  Patch  test  .  .  .  Nice  couple  .  .  .  Anything  for  attention  .  .  .  Pre-fab  .  .  .  Two  tone  .  .  . 
See  something  .  .  .  Busy  kids  .  .  .  Homeward  bound  .  .  .  Vera  knows. 


Thirty-eight 


Our  money  makers  .  .  .  Guess  who  .  .  .  .Another  day 
gone  .  .  .  Cradle  robber  .  .  .  :\ronkey  bars  .  .  .  Dick's  gradu- 
ation present    .  .  . 


CALENDAR  1948-49 

September  2 — Back  to  school.  Hi 
there,  everybody! 

September  9— Class  officers  elect- 
ed.     Congratulations,    Kids. 

September  13— We  learned  of  Sen. 
Taylor's  variety  of  wigs  from 
Robert  Hansel." 

September  17— The  Monroe  base- 
ball team  defeated  Geneva.  Keep 
it  up,  boys. 

September  24— What  happens  once 
happens  twice.  We  beat  Geneva 
again. 

September  30— Sophomores  have  a 
class  party. 

October  5— Chapel  with  Rev.  Jones 
as  speaker. 

October  6 — Congratulations,  cheer 
leaders.  Vera  and  Bertha;  Mary 
Lou  and  Elizabeth!  Now  let's 
yell. 

October  7 — Juniors  sponsor  skat- 
ing party.     Anyone  can  go. 

October  8— Fire  drill.  Everyone  get 
out. 

October  12— Seniors  go  to  Fort 
Wayne  to  take  pictures.  Don't 
break  the  camera. 

October  19— Chapel.  Rev.  Amstutz 
was  the  speaker. 

October  20— Sad  day!  We  get  our 
report  cards. 

October  21-22— Teachers'  Institute. 
Ah!    Vacation. 

October  26— Mrs.  McCurdy  was 
the   speaker  for  chapel. 

October  28— Great  day.  Fall  festi- 
val sponsored  by  the  Juniors  and 
Seniors. 

November  2— Chapel.  Rev.  Wal- 
tei's  was  the  speaker. 

November  3— The  Bearkatz  won 
their  first  game.  They  beat  Mon- 
mouth. 

November  5 — Bearkatz  defeated  bv 
Willshire. 

November  8— Oh.  boy!  Look  at 
Mr.  Byrnes'  new  glasses.  Sharp! 

November  9 — Chapel. 

November  12 — Geneva  defeated 
the  Bearkatz. 

November  15 — Seniors  go  to  li- 
brary in  Decatur.  Hope  you 
learned  something. 

November  17 — Everyone  has  their 
pictures  taken,  even  the  teachers. 

November  19— Defeated  Kirkland. 
Nice    going,    fellas. 

November  23— P  1  e  a  s  a  n  t  Mills 
game.    We  won. 


Prayground  .  .  .  Our  experiment  with  Levis  .  .  .  Need  a 
back  rest?  .  .  .  Early  Morning  routine  .  .  .  What  the  fu- 
ture has  in  store    .  .  . 


November  24 — Again?  Already? 
Oh,  report  cards. 

November  25-26 — Thanksgiving  va- 
cation.   Don't  eat  too  much. 

November  30 — Mrs.  iVIcCurdy  is 
substituting  for  iVIiss  Sprunger. 
The  Bearkatz  defeated  Jefter- 
son.  Photography  contest  for  an- 
nual begins. 

December  3 — Hartford  defeated  the 
Bearkatz. 

December  6 — Freshmen  have  a 
class  party. 

December  7 — Chapel  with  Rev. 
Hall  as  speaker. 

December  a — Freshmen  go  lo  CCC 
Camp  for  Biology.  Seniors  have 
dress  rehearsal.  Some  rehearsal. 

December  9 — What  a  day.  Class 
play,  I.  Q.  test,  and  school  skip- 
pers. 

December  14 — We  all  see  the  film, 
"A  Christmas  Stocking."  Poor 
Clez! 

December  20 — Five  of  our  students 
are  on  the  "City  Desk." 

December  21 — Rev.  Hall  speaks 
at  Chapel. 

December  23 — We  see  another 
Christmas  film. 

December  24 — Christmas  vacation 
starts. 

January  3 — Back  to  the  old  grind. 
Our  pictures  came.  What  pic- 
tures!! 

January  4 — Bearkatz  wallop  Pleas- 
ant Mills 

January  6 — Exams.  Should  have 
studied  harder. 

January  7 — Some  exams.  Semes- 
ter ends.  Monroeville  defeats 
the  Bearkatz. 

January  12 — Report  cards. 

January  13-14-15 — County  tourney. 
Got  beat  first  game. 

January  18 — Chapel.  Rev.  Lock- 
wood  was  speaker. 

January  20 — Magician  was  here. 
Thanks  for  the  entertainment. 

January  21 — Bearkatz  defeat  Ge- 
neva.    Close  one. 

January  25— The  Bearkatz  defeated 
Berne.    Nice  work,  boys. 

January  27 — The  pre-fab  is  opened 
to  grades  3  and  4. 

January  28 — Bearkatz  were  defeat- 
ed by  Hartford. 

February  1— Chapel.  Rev.  Kreh- 
biel  is  speaker.  Juniors  and  Sen- 
iors take  X-rays  at  Berne.  T.  B.?? 

February  2 — We  see  the  film  "Tut- 
tle  Tugger."     Some  film. 


Sophomore  lassies  .  .  .  Corn  poppers  .  .  .  Sectional 
ter  ...  Principal  and  future  coach  .  .  .  Lunch  .  . 
.  .  .  Conimantler  Kay    .  .  . 


ilaugh- 
.^lovie 


February  4— Bearkatz  defeated 
Monmouth  again. 

February  11 — Kirkland  defeated 
us.    Tough ! ! ! 

February  14— No  principal.  He 
went    to    Indianapolis. 

February  15— P.  T.  A. 

February  17— First  graders,  Fresh- 
men, and  Sophomores  take  patch 
test. 

February  19— Waneta  and  Shirley 
get  Superior  ratings  in  Music 
contest.     Nice  work,  kids. 

February  23— Report  cards  again. 
The  Bluffton  College  quartet 
gave  us  a  fine  musical  program. 

February  24-26— Sectional  tourney. 
We  beat  Monmouth  and  Berrie 
and  went  right  on  to  the  finals 
but  we  were  defeated  by  the 
Yellow  Jackets. 

March  1— Mr.  Byrnes  gone.  When 
the  cat's  away,  the  mice  will 
play- 
March  3— The  Freshmen  have  a 
skating  party. 

March  8— Chapel  with  Rev.  Eicher 
as  speaker. 

March  10 — Juniors  have  dress  re- 
hearsal, or  do  they? 

March  11 — Juniors  present  "You'i'e 
Only  Young  Once."    Big  success. 

March    15— P.    T.    A. 

March  17— Sophomores  have  a 
skating  partv. 

March  22— Chapel. 

March  24 — Senior  girls  to  Man- 
chester College. 

March  26— Algebra  contest,  with 
some  of  our  freshmen  participat- 
ing. 

March  28— Sophomores  take  field 
trip  to  Fort  Wayne. 

March  29— Chapel. 

April  1— Music  Festival  at  Geneva. 

April  5— Chapel.  Rev.  Chambers 
is  the  speaker. 

April  7 — We  are  all  surprised  by 
our  grade  cards.  What  kind  of 
surprise?     Good  or  bad? 

April  12— Chapel. 

April  15 — Good  Friday  vacation. 

April  19— Chapel.  Mrs.  McCurdy 
spoke    to    us. 

April  21— School  night  at  P.  T.  A. 

April  29— Reception. 

May     5— Exams. 

May    6 — More  and  harder   exams. 

May    8 — Baccalaureate. 

May    9 — Commencement. 

May  10 — Schools  out.  Seniors 
say  "Good-bye,  everyone." 

May  11  or  12 — Seniors  take  trip. 


Worth  playing  for  .  .  .  Awards  .  .  .  Future  coach  .  .  .  Minor  awards  .  .  .  Well  deserved 
Final  instructions  .  .  .  Last  pep  session  .  .  .  The   big   shot   on   wheels. 


ALUMNI  MEMBERS 


— mil— 

William  Adler 

Harry  Kesslcr.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana 
Lawrence  Spuller.   Chicago.   Illinois 
Ray  Peterson,  Tcrre  Haute.  Indiana 
Nancy  Halberstadt  Miller.  Berne.  Indiana. 
Anna    Hendricks   Hendricks.   Fort   Wayne. 
Paul  Graham — deceased 

Orvillp  Kos«ler,  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana 


Dav 


Fort  Wayn 


school  teacher 


Ruth 
Ed  rye 
Clark  John.  Chicago.  Illii 

— lun— 

Marion  Watkins.   Plymouth,  Indi; 

Hettie  Loudon 

Cecil  Rickord 

Chelsie  Strait.  Middletown.  Ohio 

Lucille  Thomas 

Mirian  Thomas 

Don  Andrews — deceased 

Pryor  Gilbert.  Decatur,  Indiana,  farmer 

Ralph  Stogdill.  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana 

— lillS— 
Harvey  Haggard.  Decatur.  Indiana,  school  teacher 
Raymond  Cnst.  Monroe.  Indiana.  G.  E. 
Jchn  Shirk,  Palm  Beach.  Florida 
Ravmond   Keller— deceased 

Arthur   Spuller,    Contuiental.   Ohio.   Nickel  Plate  Railroad 
Blanche  DaMs,   Dayton,   Ohio,   government  emplo.ved 
Alice   Gerher   Michaels,   Decatur,    Indiana,    housewife 
Martha   McKean   Liby.    Monroe.   Indiana,   housewife 
Mary  McKean 

Vivian   Hendricks   Klopfenstein.    Bluffton.    Ind,.    housewife 
Ada  Lamminman  Crist.  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 

Louise  Busche,  Elkhart,  Indiana,  school  teacher 


Mart/.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana 
ma   Burkhead  Hendricks.  Monroe 
iia  Christner 
Ud   Hendricks.   Sturgis.   Michigan 


Donald  Es 


parlor.  Dewitt.  Ar 


Mary  Thomas  Costello.  Decatur.  Indiana,  housewife 

Albert  Coppess.  Monroe.  Indiana,  school  teacher 

Lcla  Parrish 

Hazel  Gilbert  Burnett.   Decatur.   Indiana,   housewife 

Sanford   Wagner.   Atlanta.   Georgia 

Arnold  Reinhard.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana.  Foundry 

George  Harvey.  Southport.  Indiana 

Ralph  Myers.  Decatur,  Indiana 

Sylvester  Everhart.  Decatur.  Indiana,  school  teacher 

Chester   Kessler.    Shelbyville.    Missouri,    school    teacher 

Deward  Lehman 

Cecil  Myer  Baxter.  Bluffton.  Indiana,  housewife 

Electa  Oliser  Adams.  Ceinci.  Ohio,  housewife 

Lynn  Shirk.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana 

Kirk  Smith 

Leota  Smith,  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana,  housewife 

Francile  Spuller 

Louise  Thomas.  Monroe,  Indiana 

— l!ij:»— 
Veda  Andrews  Crist,  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 
Arzia  Crist.  Monroe,  Indiana,  salesman 
Josephine  Heffner 
Lucile  Heffner 

Rhoda  Lehman,  Berne,  Indiana,  factory  worker 
.Mice  McKean.  Auburn.  Indiana 
Robert  Myer.  Inglewood.  California 
Viola  Reinhard  Sinn.  Waynedale.  Indiana,  housewife 
Rcxie  Kessler.  Berne.  Indiana 
Ruth  Libey 

Letita  Burkhead  Noffsinger.  Bluffton,  Indiana 

Grace  Butler 

Alta  Hahnert  Row,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana 

Lauva  Hendricks 

Howard  Johnson 

Lucile  Laisure  Sprunger, 

Marg\ierite  Lewellen   Gaiser, 

Vera  Martz 

Minnie  Mills — deceased 

Ferdinand  Smith,  Fort  Wayn. 

Helen  Thomas,  Monroe,  India 


Dec 


Indian 


Marga 


t.r.   Decatur.  Indiana 

:i    Monroe.  Indiana,  civil  engineer 

Indianapolis.  Indiana 
I  nks  -deceased 
,-   Ostcrman.  Decatur.  Indiana,  housewife 
vcr  Keller.  Rockford.  Ohio,  housewife 
ert.  Decatur.  Indiana 
Bieneke.  Decatur.  Indiana,  housewife 
?rs,   Decatur,   Indiana 


Donald  Hahnert.  Hartford  City,  Indiana,  farmer 

Mildred  Coppes.s  Foley.  Preble.  Indiana,  housewife 

Creo  Crist  Meyers.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana,  housewife 

Jesse  Essex 

Kenneth  Kessler 

Marion   Martz 

Harriet   McKean    Shodell.   Auburn.   Indiana 

Flovd  Mitchel.  Decatur.  Indiana,  farmer 

Harlan   Osterman.   Dayton.   Ohio 

Clara  Reopert.   Decatur.   Indiana,  housewife 

Everett   Rice.   Monroe.   Indiana,  farmer 

George  Smith.  Columbus.  Ohio,  merchant 

Carl  Whitenack 

Ernest     Whitenack.     Fort     Wayne.     Indiana.     International 


Har 


Indii 


housewife 


Lela  Bahner  Smith.  Fort  Wayne 

Mardell     Hocker    Bowman.     Napoleon.     Michigan. 

teacher 
Ruth  Martz  Hoover.  Tocsin.  Indiana,  school  teach( 
Chrystal  Sells  Rice.  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 
LeoStrahm.   Monroe,  Indiana,   school  teacher 

Vale  Smith,  Fort  Wayne,   Indiana,  factory  worker 

Donald  Elzey.  Colorado    Springs.  Colorado 

Hubert  Keller 

Ruth  Schwartz  Brown.  C 

Emma  Striker.  Geneva.  Indiana,  housewife 

Genevieve  Walters  Parrish.  Decatur.   Indiana,   housewife 

Jay  Yost,  Monroe.  Indiana,  farmer 

Flovd  Johnson.  Fort   Wayne.   Indiana,   Sears  Roebuck  Co. 

Lois   Zurcher   Blum.    Berne.    Indiana,    housewife 

Leo  McAhreu 

Percv  Gould.  Berne,  Indiana,  salesman 

Loma  Hahnert  Miller 

Alvin  Andrews,  Decatur,  Indiana 

— liCiO— 
Charles  Andrews.  Ossian.   Indiana,  oil  and  gas  retailer 
Paul  Bahner.  Monroe.  Indiana,  barber 
Henrv   Busche.   Jacksonville,    Illinois,   college   professor 
Franklin  Duer.  Bluffton.  Indiana.  Morris  5c  &  10c  fieldman 
Harold  Essex,  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana,  salesman 
Flovd  Rupert,  Berne,  Indiana,  farmer 
Marv  Schwartz  Bahner,  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 
Miriam  Yoeman  Sprunger,  Berne.  Indiana,  housewife 

— l!i:!l— 

Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 
New  Castle.   Indiana,  school  teacher 
nack.   Monroe.    Indiana,   housewife 


Ruth  Bahner  Stucky 

How-ard  Brandyberr: 

Frieda   Heyerly   Stav 

Lois   Hoffman    Hurst.    Berne.    Indiana,   he 

Doyld   Hoffman.    Monroe,   Indiana 

Paul  Meyer,  Berne.  Indiana,   farmer 

Osie  Striker  Johnson,  Fort  Wayne,  India 

Elmo  Stucky,  Monr. 

Naomi   Walters   Stucky,   Monroe,    Indii 


ife 


Mil 


Wy 


Dessie  Mazelin  Wolpert,  Wabash,  Indiana,  housewife 

Grace   Chilcote  McBlide.   Decatur,   Indiana,   housewife 
Wilbur  Fricke,   Dayton,   Ohio,   Fridigaire  work 
Ruby  Hendricks  Peabody,  Monroeville.  Indiana,  housewlf 
Dolores    Longenberger    Mitchell.    Decatur,    Indiana,    house 

wife 
Helen  Mitchell  Bluhm,   Monroe.   Indiana,   housewife 
Carl  Bauserman.  Kalamazoo.  Mich.,  grain  elevator  operato 
Olive    Huser    Mann,    Geneva,    Indiana,    housewife. 

— 1!I3:5— 
Delores  Egly 

Esther   Frtcke   Habegger,    Benton,    Arkansas,    housewife 
Jeanette  Rich.   Monroe,   Indiana,   school   teacher 
Doris  Laisure  Hike,  Monroe,  Indiana,  housewife 
VirgU  Gilbert.  Monroe.  Indiana,  farmer 
Billy  Bovine — deceased 
George  Garrett 

Harold  Ray.  San  Diego.  California 
Glennvs  Roop.  Decatur.  Indiana,  school  teacher 
Helen"  Roop   Inniger,   Monroe.   Indiana,   housewife 
Gordon  T.  Sprunger,  Berne,  Indiana,  office  worker 
Howard  Nussbaum.  Berne.  Indiana,  farmer 
Anna  V.  Liechty.   South  Africa,  missionary 
Ernestine    Liechtv    Sprunger,    Berne,    Indiana,    housewife 

— 193J — 
Wava  Holloway  McAlhaney 

Dorlha  Strickler  Singleton.   Monroe,  Indiana,  housewife 
Alma  Morgan  Everhart,  Washington,  D.  C.  housewife 
Ruby  Rupert  Haney.  Geneva.  Indiana,  housewife 
.A.noli   Walters  Mauce.   Monroe.   Indiana,   housewife 
Dorma  McDaniei   Le\-y.   Decatur.   Indiana,  housewife 
Esther  Hirschy,  Monroe,  Indiana,  school  teacher 


Housing  problem  solved  .  .  .  Freshmen  bench  warmers  .  .  .  Have  i 
glance  at  M.  H.  S.  .  .  .  Byron's  helper  .  .  .  They  feed  us  .  .  .  Want 
School's  out  .  .  .  J-U-M-P  .  .  .  Dick's  Levi's.  .  .  Just  Bob  and  Carl. 


,  piece  .  .  .  Upward 
our  addresses  .   .   . 


Neva  Fricke 

Helen  Bluhm   Decker.   BluHton.   Indiana,   housewif 

Donna  Landrum  Bailey,  Pleasant  Mills.  Indiana.  h( 

Ireta  Egly 

Lewis  Hendricks 

Roger  Bhihm.   Monroe.  Indiana,   farmer 

Marcel   Everhart.   Washington  D.    C,   salesman 

Glen   Stucky,   Monroe.   Indiana,   merchant 

Max  Bahner.   Indianapolis.  Indiana 

Roy  S.   Strickler,  Monroe,  Indiana,  merchant 

Ray  Musser 

Othella  Mttta.x 

Nollie  McClain 

Ernest    Schwartz.    Berne,    Indiana,    carpenter 

Laura  Soldner  Meyer,  Berne,    Indiana,   housewife 

Robert  Strikler 

Melvm  Liechty,  Berne.  Indiana,  real  estate 


Chole  Essex  Fortnez.   Pleasan 

Dale  Ryf 

Novitas  Moser 

Loris  Habegger,  Kansas,  Mini: 

Donald  Gage 

Edgar  P.   Sprunger.  Berne 


Indi: 


dentist 


Indi: 


farn 


Marie  Soldner  Macy,  Fort  Wayr 
Ei-Une  Stucky  Bluhm.  Monroe, 
Prusilla  Burkhead  Hartman 


Harold  And 

Alda  Liechty  Neuenschwander,  Berne,   Indiana,   housewife 

Paul  S.  Liechty,  Goshen,  Indiana,  Goshen  CoUege 

E\elyn   Ludy.    Berne,    Indiana,   housewife 

Vivian   Schwartz,   Portland,   Indiana,  nurse 

Howard  Fox,  Berne.  Indiana,  Dunbar 

Marie  Neuenschwander  Lehman,  Berne,  Indiana,  housewife 

Lydiann  Lehman 

Opal  Sprunger 

— 1930— 
Leo  Nussbaum,   Huntington,   Indiana,   school  teacher 
Marjory   Blum    Cori-y.    Augusta,   Georgia,   housewife 
Margaret  Burkhead 

John  Christener.  Monroe.  Indiana,  plumber 
Mabel   Fricke.   Indianapolis,    Indiana,    housewife 
James  Habegger,  Geneva,  Illinois,  doctor 
Alta  Haines  Lautzenheiser,  Monroe,  Indiana,  housewife 


FiaiK-ille  Harvey 

ohn  Li-hman.  California.  Minister 

Irtii.i   LiL-chty.   Omaha.   Nebraska.   Grace  Bible  Institute 

Roman  Licchty.  Berne.  Indiana,   garageman 

Frederick   Ray.  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,   funeral  parlor 

Paul  Rich 

Vera  Schwartz   Lehman.   Decatur.   Indiana,   housewife 

norothy  Shaff 

.I.-not    ^iiifin.T    *^oiitti    America,   missionary 


Otho  Andrews.  Decatur.  Indiana,  medical  student 
George  Engle— deceased 

Harold  Fricke.  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  laundi-y  servic( 
Frmal   Gilbert.   Decatur,   Indiana,   farmer 
K«  rmit   Hocker.  Grass  Lake.  Michigan 
.IiMri   Husor  Foreman.  Berne.   Indiana,  housewife 
Thura    Kauffman   Ray.   Decatur.   Indiana,   housewife 
Ruih   Lundrum.  Fort  Wayne,   Indiana.  nur,se 
Har\ey  Laiighre.y,  Angola,  Indiana,  trucking  firm 
Conine  Liechty  Liechty.  Wooster,  Ohio,  housewife 
Flfriida  Liechty  Pflueger,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  hou 
Liechty      Neuenschwander,      Berne,      In 


i-ife 


\ndrews,  Decatu 


Indi; 


G.   E. 


e  Morgan,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  filling  station  att. 
loser,   Berne,    Indiana.   Dunbar 

iienschwander.  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  office  worker 
lussbaum,    Upland,    Indiana,   Taylor  University 
is-^b£.um    Schwartz,    Berne,    Indiana,    housewife 
Schindler  Meyers,  Berne,  Indiana,  housewife 
Schwartz.  Bloomington,  Indiana,  school  teacher 
;ili\\.'it/    California,  airplane  pilot 


Neola   Bailey   Carnes,    Indianapolis,   Indiana,  housewife 
Nadean  Brookhart 
William  Diehl 

Valier  Flueckiger,  Berne.   Indiana.  Ford  gai'age 
Gerald  Grove 

Edith  Habegger  Augsburger.  Berne.  Indiana,  housewife 
Calvin  Hahnert— deceased 
Benjamin  Jones.  Berne.  Indiana,  farmer 
Lester  Laughery.   Fort  Wayne,   Indiana 
Noble    E.   Manley 

Evangeline    Moser.   Berne.    Indiana,    clerk   at   Berne  IGA 
Harold  V.  Schwartz.  Monroe.  Indiana,  farmer 
Marybelle   Snyder   Schwartz.    Monroe,    In( 
L<irena  Soldner  Covey,  Fort  Wayne,  India 
Berne.  Indiana,  farmer 


housewife 


Dorjthy   L.   \Vi 


S.   Zu, 


Ohii 


school  teache 


Gilbert  Brookhart,   Monroe.  Indiana.   G.  E. 

Portia    Burkhead.    Warren.    Indiana,    beauty    operator 

Lester  Esscv,   Monroe,   Indiana,   unemployed 

Howard  Flueckiger,  Berne.  Indiana.  Ford  garage 

Eugene   Gilbert.   Monroe.   Indiana,   farmer 

Harry   H.-.hegger,  Wheaton,  Illinois,  farmer 

Jc.-se  R     Habegger,   Berne,  Indiana,  factory  wcrker 

Ralph   Hanni,  Bloomington.  Indiana,  Indiana  University 

Kathleen  Haney  Frantz.   Bluffton.  Indiana,   housewife 

Kathryn  Hook  Bonifas.  Decatur,  Indiana,  housewife 

Norris  Lehman,  Angola,  Indiana,  farmer 

Ruth  B.  Liechty  Habegger,  Omaha,  Nebraska,  Grace  Bible 

Institute 
Ireta  Longenberger  Jones,  Van  Wert,  Ohio,  housewife 
Arveda   Mazelin   Monnier,    Decatur.    Indiana,   housewife 
Robert   Monnier.   Decatur.    Indiana,   merchant 
Howard  Moser,  Beme,  Indiana,  Dunbar 
Roger  Moser.  Berne.  Indiana,  Smith  Bros.  Furniture 
Vernon  Neuenschwander,  Berne,  Indiana,  Dunbar 
Alvin  A,  Nussbaum 

Lillian  M.   Nussbaum   Herman,   Linn   Grove,  housewife 
Juanita    L,    Parrish,    Monroe,    Indiana,    housekeeping 
Dortha   Ray   Hirschy,    Monroe,    Indiana,   housewUe 
Karl  Ray.  Monroe,  Indiana,  farmer 

Virginia  M.  Schwartz  Sprunger,  Beme,  Indiana,  housewife 
Willa  Ann  Sorgen  Stucky,   Beme,   Indiana,  office  w^orker 
Ada  Marie  Sprunger  Frank,  Bryant,  Indiana,  housewife 
Doris  Sprunger,  Berne,  Indiana,  office  worker 


James   R.   Yoder,    Berne,    Indiana,    Dunbar 

— riiii— 

Esther  Andrews 

Keith  Bailey,  Indianapolis.  Indiana,  unemployed 

Violet    Egly    Ringenberg.    Continental.    Ohio,    housewife 

Wilma  Grove  Smith.  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 

Herman  Habegger,  Indianapolis.   Indiana,  chemist 

Juanita  Habegger 

Maryann  J,  Habegger.  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  nurse 

Myron  Haggard,  Monroe,  Indiana,  farmer 

Ruth  Hamrick 

Gromainia   Hanni   Owens.    Monroe.    Indiana,    housewife 

Chole  Kauffman.   Beme.  Indiana,  housewife 

Julia  Lehman  Beitler.  Berne.  Indiana,  housewife 

Lorraine  Lehman   McKean,   Berne,   Indiana,    housewife 

Ma,xine  Meyer  Nussbaum,  Berne,  Indiana,  Kroger  Co. 

Wanda  J.  Neadstine 

Bernice  Nussbaum  Flueckiger,  Berne,  Indiana,  housewif 

Corrine   V.   Nussbaum   Lehman,  Berne,   Indiana,   housew 

Truman  Nussbaum,  Tucscn,  Arizona,  printer 

Jean   Oliver 

Loris  Rich,  Monroe,  Indiana,  farmer 

Berneta  Sprunger,   Beme,   Indiana,   Winner  House 

Virginia  Taylor 

Clinton   Steury,   Berne,   Indiana,   Economy   Printing 

Virgil  Sprunger,  Berne.  Indiana,  factory  worker 

Violet  Yoder  Nussbaum,  Upland,  Indiana,  housewife 


— I!I4J— 

Marjory  Branch  Von  Gunten.  Beme,   Ind 

Doyt  Brv-an.  Monroe,  Indiana,  farmer 

Brice  Diehl,  Illinois,  college  student 

Ch'.oetta  Egly.  Upland.  Indiana.  Taylor  University 

Lois  Essex  Gunder.  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 

Brice  Fisher.  Monroe.   Indiana,   farmer 

Viiginia  Flueckiger  Mattax.  Beme.  Indiana,  hous< 

Co  ir.an  Gi.bert — deceased 


housewife 


Decatur  Casting  Co. 


vwile 


floipi:i.     I        '  r       I    '.       ■■  !;     :  .      ;    •!    iiia.   housewife 

Bcrnu,.    :,  .      ,   .-    ,       -.  ,     1.    :•      I     ::.,na.  housewife 

Betty  J-    \,     li,,,:',    Hi,!;.    I;.!!.,      l:,,;, ,.   housewife 

Mllo  Nussbaum.    Upiand.    Indiana.   Taylor   University 

Verna     Nussbaum     Sprunger.     Berne,     Indiana,     housewife 

Helen  Ray   Parrish.   Monroe.   Indiana,   housewife 

Doyle  Rich,   Decatur.    Indiana.   Swearingen  Dairy 

Lofton  Rich.  Decatur.  Indiana.  Ideal  Dairj' 

Arthur  Roudebush.   Monroe.    Indiana.  Farm  Bureau 

Paul  Schug.  Monroe.  Indiana,  farmer 

Anna  J.  Schwartz  Gilliom,  Beme,   Indiana.  Economy  Prtg 

Doris  Sprunger  Fisher,  Monroe,  Indiana,   housewife* 

Ilva   P.   Sprunger  BUlington.    Geneva.   Indiana,    housewife 

Josephine  Sprunger.  Berne,  Indiana,  Economy  Printing 


Max  Winteregg.  Lafayette,  Indiana, 
Verna  Gene  Steiner  Wagner,  AngolJ 


Purdu 


Uni' 


■ity 


Indian 
— 1!I4:J— 

Betty  Amstutz,  Ashland,  Ohio,  office  worker 
Kathrj-n  Bailey,  LaOtto,  Indiana,   G.   E. 
Barbara  Bryan   Gaunt,   Decatur,   Indiana,   housewife 
Mary  Burkhead  Nyffeler,  Preble.   Indiana,  housewife 
Neva    Cock    Workinger,    Monroe,    Indiana,    housewife 
Quentin  Crist,  Monroe,   Indiana,  unemployed 
Doris  De.i^rmond  Hart,   Decatur,  Indiana,  housewife 
Catherine  Ehrsam  Roudebush,  Monroe.  Indiana,  housewife 
Ellen   Fisher   Lehman,    Beme.   Indiana,   housewife 
Robert  Gage.   Monroe.  Indiana,  factory  worker 
Evelyn  Graber,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  office  worker 
Edward    Habegger,    Fort    Wayne,    Indiana,    office    worker 
Elmer    Habegger,    Indianapolis,    Indiana,    doctor 
Helen  Habegger  Augsburger.   Berne.  Indiana,  housewife 
Rosemary   Habegger  Amstutz.   Beme,   Indiana,   housewife 
Helen  Ruth  Haines  Martin,  Decatur,  Indiana,  housewife 
Ruth  Hannie  Hougland,   Monroe,  Indiana,  housewife 
Pauline  Huser    Lehman,  Beme,  Indiana,  housewife 
Thomas  Johnson,  Jr.,  Muncie,  Indiana.  Ball  State 
LeRoy  Lehman,   Berne.   Indiana,   farmer 
Delores   Litwiller   Habegger.   Wheaton.   111.,   housewife 
Joan   Oliver  Workinger,   Monroe,   Inidana.   housewife 
Loyd  Reef.   Decatur,   Indiana,   unemployed 
Edward   Roudebush,    Monroe,   Indiana,    unemployed 
Eleanor  Schwartz  Olt,   Dayton,  Ohio,  housewife" 
Treva    May    Soldner    Schafter,   Berne,    Indiana,    housewife 
Nacmi  Steury  Polstra.  Springfield.  Ohio,  housewife 


Donald  Trump.   Fort  Wa^ 
Edward   Von   Gunten.   Beme. 
Darrel  Wagner.   Angola.   Indi 


i-ife 


Indi; 


facto 


hous 


Richard  Br\on.  Muncie.  Indiana.  Ball  State 
Raymond   Chamness.   Berne.   Indiana,  farmer 
Neva  Crownover  Johnson.  Muncie,  Indiana,  Ball  State 
Patty  Fox  Delllnger,   Decatur,   Indiana,   Housewife 
Beverly  Gilbert,   Decatur,  Indiana,   factorj"  worker 
Gene   Hoffman,   Beme.    Indiana,   filling  station  operator 
Robert  Johnson,  Monroe,  Indiana,  factor^'  worker 
Maynard  Lehman.  Beme,  Indiana,  self  employed 
Eleanor  Kennel  Hult,  CaUfornia.  housewife 
Henrietta  Liechty,  Berne,  Indiana,  Dunbar 


Martha   McDaniel  Harmon,   Monroe.   Indiana,  housewife 

Robert  Niissbaum.  Berne,  Indiana.  Dunbar 

Beverly  Reichert  Reisin,  Berne,  Indiana,  housewife 

Arnold  Roughia,   Berne.   Indiana,   filling   station   operator 

Billy  Sadler.  Berne,  Indiana.   Dunbar 

Dale  Schott 

Marie   Schrock  Geiger.  Berne.   Indiana,   housewife 

Lois  Schug  Christman.  Monroe.  Indiana,  factory  worlcer 

Gertrude  Schwartz.  Fort   Wayne.    Indiana,   office  worker 

Bettv  Smitley.   Fort  Wayne.   Indiana,   housewife 

Loretta  Soldner  Brooks.  Berne.   Indiana,  housewife 

Donald  Sprunger.  Marion.  Indiana.   College 

Forest  Sprunger.  Berne.  Indinaa.  farmer 

Florine  Steury.  Fort  Wayne.  Indiana,  nurse 

Mary    Tramp    Stucky.    Montpelier.    Indiana,   housewife 

Marjory   Yoder.  Berne.   Indiana,   office  worker 

— 194.->— 
Mildred  Beer  Sadler,  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana,  housewife 
Wanda   Burkhead.    school   teacher 
Clair  Christener.  Berne.  Indiana.  Ford  Garage 
Marie   Christener.   Monroe.    Indiana.    Bag   Service 
Jean  Coppess.  Monroe.  Indiana,  waitress 
Billy  Flueckiffer.   Berne    Indiana.   Ford   Garage 
Mable  Gimtlp 


Ray 


Inte 


Har 


Max  Scl-iindler.  Berne.  Indiana.   Dunbar 
David  J.   Schwartz.   Columbus.   Ohio.   College 
Verne  Sprimger.   Berne,   Indiana,  factory  worker 
Dorothy    Sprunger    Lehman     Berne     Indiana,    housewife 

— 1<»K.— 
Ma.x    Baile\     LaOtto     Indiana     International   Harvester 
Loren   B^er    Bei  le    Ii  di  m  i     factory    worker 
Max  Crowno\cr    I     *        tt       I    dnna    Puidue  University 
Harvey   Habi  k  \  Indiana 

Samuel   Habt  Indiana    construction 

Marilyn    Keni  1  Berne   Witness 

Romaine  Lehn  I  na    Goshen  College 

Christian   Liechu     Blii  e     ii  uic'na     farmer 
Rowena  Mattax    BLine    Indiana    Bag  Service 
Robert  Mattax    Berne    Indiana    Beine  Furniture 
Cleora  Nussbaum  Sprunger    Berne    Indiana,  housewife 
Howard   Nussbaum     Monroe    Indiana    milk   route 
Lorena  Nussbaum.  Mom  oe.  Indiana,  office  worker 
Janice  Oliver,  Monroe,  Indiana,  Schaffer  Hardware 
Luster   Rich,   Berne,   Indiana.  Berne  Furniture 
Robert    Sadler.    Bloomington.    Indiana.    Indiana    University 
Ernestine  Schrock  Redwanski.   Berne.   Indiana,   housewife 


Arleda  Sorgen.  Berne,  Indiana,  First  Bank  of  Berne 
Gerald  Sprunger,  Berne,  Indiana,  Berne  Furniture 
Shirley   Sprunger,   Berne,   Indiana,   housekeeping 
Ruth  Steury  Sprunger,  Berne.  Indiana,  office  worker 
Vera   Steury   Tharp,   New  Mexico,   housewife 

K'.essen   Brandyberrj',    Decatur,   Indiana,    factory    worker 

Janet  Bryan,  Monroe,  Indiana,  office  worker 

Bonnie  Lou  Burke-Anspaugh.  Willshire,  Ohio,  housewife 

Fileen   Graber.  Berne,    Indiana,   office  worker 

Betty   Hirschy,    Decatur,    Indiana,    Swearingen   Dairy 

Armida  Inniger,  Berne,   Indiana,  office  worker 


Indii 


far 


Vernon  Liechtv. 

Berne. 

Indiana,  farmer 

Verna  Litw.lh 

Vernon   Zm 

l!:diana.  farmer 

Charlotte  M.  '  ' 

-     Indiana,  G.  E. 

Herbert    A;n> 

1      ::,nia.    McMillen 

Vaughn    Mn. 

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Indiana,    International    : 

Jane  Palmer.   E;.i 

-t   Lan^ 

mg.  Mich.,  Michigan  Statt 

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Har 


Edward  Pierce.  Berne.  Indiana.  Decati 
Cli-sty  Rich.  Monroe.  Indiana.  Palmer  House 
Adrian  Sprunger.  South  Carolina.  Bob  Jones  Unive 
Coleen  Wagner.  Berne.  Indiana.  Winner  House 
Joshua  Zurcher.  Monroe.  Indiana.  Berne  Furniture 
Jo.vce  Brewster  Nussbaum,  Monroe,  Indiana,  housew 
•Sherman  Liechty.  Berne,  Indiana,  insurance  agent 
-Reuben  Nussbaum,  Flanagan.  111.,  school  teacher 


Nor: 


Becher.  Decati 


na,  farmer 
Burger.  Decatur.  Indi; 


International 


Hirschy.  Monp 


Mos 


Berr 


Nussl 

ElRoy  Nussbaum.  -^ 
LeRoy  Nussbaum.  :> 
Paul  Nussbaum.  Bt 
Rebecca  Nussbaum, 
Weldon  Nussbaum. 
Betty  Roudebush,  C 
Mildred  Schwartz.  : 
Rosanna  Sprunger.  . 
Ben; 


i.   Smith  Brothers 
Main   St.   Filling   Sta 
telephone  operator 

Dunbar 
Central  Market 


Ste 
Donald  Wittv 


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CITY  DESK  EDITORS 


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Congratulations    and    Best    Wishes 
for    Success    to    the    Class    of    '49 


Compliments 
of 

C.  F.  Emling  Company 


BERNE  ICE  CREAM  COMPANY 

Where    You    Get 

The    Good    Things    of    Life 

PHONE  106 


Compliments  of 


ECONOMY  PRINTING  CONCERN 

Printing  and  Binding 
Lithographing 


BERNE 


INDIANA 


Goftschalk  Supply  Company 

"We    A 1771    To    Please" 

Berne,  Indiana  Phone  240 

QUALITY  COAL  FOR  EVERY  PURPOSE 

PAINTS         -         FERTILIZER        -         LAWN  SEEDS 
DR.  HESS  TONICS 


BERNE  LOCKER  STORAGE 

524    West    Franklin    St. 
Berne.  Indiana 

PHONE  43 

Locker    Service,    Custom    Butchering    and    Curing 


THE     HABIT 

CLEANING     -     MEN'S  WEAR     -     PRESSING 

Are  your  clothes  becomiiig  to  you  or  should  they 

he   coming   to  us? 


MEET  AND  EAT 

at 

PALMER  HOUSE 

Prop.    GAYLORD    STUCKEY 
Berne,  Indiana  Phone  167 


Columbus  Mutual 
Life  Insurance 
Columbus,  Ohio 

Myron  C.  Knauff,  Agent 

356    Bryan    Street 
Berne,  Indiana 

Phone  1701 


PICKERING'S 
Service  Station 

WHITE    ROSE    GASOLINE 
ENARCO  OILS 
KEROSENE 

ANTI-FREEZE 

MONROE.  INDIANA 


Automobile  Painting 


Body  and  Fender  Work 


LOUIS  MATTOX 

MONROE.  INDIANA 

Phone:   Monroe  91-T 


Stengel  &  Craig  Drug  Store 

Drugs    oj    aU    kinds 

SCHOOL    SUPPLIES  -  -  -  WALLPAPER 

ICE    CREAM,    SODAS,    SOFT    DRINKS 

The    Rexall    Store  Phone  28 

Berne.  Indiana 


vou   are   considering   building   a    new- 
home,   let  us  help  you  in   planning 

Plans  and  Estimates  Available 

Leo  Sprunger  &  Son 


'hone  IKi 


Monroe.  Indiana 


REMEMBER 

More    Meat,    less    bone 
and    fat    at    KROGERS 

WALTER  FENSTERMAKER 
BERNE  KROGER  Mgr. 


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;             BEN  SPRUNGER 
j                        Shoes 

1                      HEKNP:,  INDIANA 

i                 STRICKT.ER'S 
1          Berne  Equity  Market 

;                        HOME     KILLED 

\                                 MEATS 

\             GROCERIES                 FRUITS 

1 
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1 

Berne  Equity  Exchange       1 
Company                    \ 

Feeds     -     Seeds     -     Coal 
Fertilizer 

Berne  and  Linn  (irove,  Indiana            1 
Chattanooga  and  Tama,  Ohio              ( 

J     Pianos,    Radio    and    Record    Changers 

\        Full    line    of    Band    and    Orchestra 
!                               Instruments 

J                     Swiss    Yodel    Records 

J            Accessories    and    Sheet    Music 

\       Accordions     (American    and    Swiss) 

(               Repairs    of    all    instruments 

*                        Factory  Guaranteed 

Chris  Zuercher 

\       Accordion  Manufacturer 

;                               Phone  290 

1      BERNE                                   INDIANA 

Get    your    hair    cut    at 

Riesen's  Barber  Shop 

260    East    Main    Street                   ' 
BERNE.  INDIANA 

Compliments  of                          | 

Dr.  Amos  Reusser 

BERNE.  INDIANA 

Berne  Hardware  Co. 

JOHN  DEERE 
Farm  Implements 

Good    equipment    makes    a 
good    farmer    better 

■'If    It's    Hardivare.    We 
Have  If 

Phone  117  BERNE.  INDIANA 


For    the    "Newest""    in    Hair    Cuts 

and    reasonably    priced    Permanents 

visit 

Ann's  Beauty  Salon 
and  Gift  Shoppe 


Berne.  Ind. 


Phone  124 


^^aQpl'fi  dpualitg  iFlompra 

Since  1910 
C.    AUGUST    NAGEL 


Phone  150 
WE  DELIVER 

Member 

Telegraph  Delivery  Flowers 

Service  For  All  Occasions 


Compliments  of 

Dr.  Edwin  Nyffeler 

Chiropractor 

South    Fulton    Street 
BERNE  INDIANA 


GILLIOM  LUMBER  CO. 
Building  Materials 

Paint  —  Roofing^  —  Windows  —  Doors 

BERNE,  INDIANA 

Phone  36 


Tim's  Super  Service  i 

"Triendly    Mobilgas    Service" 
Lubrication    and    Wheel    Balancing       j 

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TIRES,    BATTERIES,    and  j 

ACCESSORIES 

Phone  45  BERNE.  INDIANA 


Compliments  of 
NORMAN  E.  BEAVER  M.D. 

Phone  630  or  631  BERNE,  INDIANA 


Liechty  Cannery  &  Cane  Mi 

Custom  Canning  of  all  kinds 

Including  Meat 

Sorghum — Processing  or  Cooking 
Phone    Cannery — 173  Home — 316 


YOUR  BOY  IS  DRESSED 
AS  WELL  AS  THE  BEST 
AND  SAFER  THAN  THE  REST 


THE    WINNER    HOUSE 


BERNE,  INDIANA 


Living  Room  Furniture 


Attractive  Period  and  Commercial  Design 


Smith  Bros.  Furniture  Mfg.  Co. 


BERNE 


INDIANA 


Parkway  Service  Station 

BERNE,  INDIANA  Phone  6661 

Congratulations    to    the 
Class    of    1949 


Compliments  of 
D.  D.  JONES,  M.D. 


The    Home    of    Good    Clothing 

Kahn  and  Stylemart  Suits 
Sprunger.  Lehman  Co. 

BERNE.  INDIANA 


PHONE  20 


BERNE,  INDIANA 


. 

Compliments 

MENNONITE  BOOK  CONCERN 

HERNE.  INDIANA 

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Lehman  Heating  & 

j        Berne  Overall  Co.,  Inc. 

Plumbing  Co.,  Inc. 

Steam    and    Water    Heating 

'                         Manufacturers  of 

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Toastmaster    Water    Heaters              s 

DURO  SOFTENERS                     \ 

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Duro    Water    Systems                    ! 

GENERAL  PLUMBING                 j 

WELDING 

Berne.  Indiana 

Celina.  Ohio 

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164    N.    Jefferson    St.               Phone    200   \ 

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BERNE,  INDIANA                      j 

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1                FIRST  BANK  OF  BERNE 

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COMPLIMENTS  OF 

DR.  E.  D.  BIXLER 
Optometrist 

Office  Phone— 419  Residence  Phone— 41' 

BERNE.  INDIANA 


THE  FAIR  STORE 

Berne's   Variety   Store   Since    1903 

Home  and  School  Needs 

GIFTS    FOR    ALL    AGES    AND    OCCASIONS 
You    will    be    pleased    with    our    merchandise 


I  Schindler  Electric 

t  ELECTRIC  WIRING 

t 

I  RCA  Victor  Radios  and  Records 

j  Frigidaire     Appliances 

i  BERNE  -  -  INDIANA 

!  Phone  136  113  E.  Main  \ 

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LIECHTY  JEWELRY 

\  WATCHES  RINGS 

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\  BULOVA 

\  ELGIN  KEEPSAKE 

\  HAMILTON  DIAMOND 

\  BOULEVARD 

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j  Phone  4  Berne.  Indiana 


Try    Our 

SUPER    AUTOMOBILE    SERVICE 

Get  All  Your  Motoring  Requirements  At  One  Stop 

Repairing  and  Accessories  of  All  Kinds 

PLYMOUTH  AND  CHRYSLER  SALES  AND  SERVICE 

MAIN  STREET  FILLING  STATION 


BERNE.  INDIANA 


PHONES  51—1: 


Compliments  of 

LIECHTY  BROTHERS 

Harry  W. 

Hn-am   Liechty                 Elmer  Liechty 

NEUENSCHWANDER 

Oswald  Liechty 

D.D.S. 

Plumbing  —  Heating  —  Pumps 
Welding  —  "Stokol"  Coal  Stokers 

Telephone  78                  Berne,   Indiana 

BERNE.  INDIANA 

OUR    BEST    WISHES 

Bring    your    carpet    strips    for 
custom    weaving 

for    your    happiness 

and    success    are 
easily    attained    with 

Crosley  Appliances 

Also  see 

Needle    work    of    many    ladies 
of    the    community 

We    Try    to    Please 

iri>m 

ELLIS  C.  LEHMAN 

Weaver's  Gift  Shop 

Phone  16S2                       Berne.  Indiana 

Lawrence 
Yager 


L.  Luther 
Yager 


J.  Jerome 

Yager 


YAGER'S  FURNITURE  STORE 

Furniture  Funeral  Home 

Carpets,  Rugs  Modern 

Pianos  Ambulance  Service 

BERNE  — PHONE  224  —  SINCE  1910 


LADIES'    and    CHILDRENS' 
Ready-to-Wear 
Quality  jor  Less 

THE  FASHION 

MRS.  ROY  DUBACH 


SERV-US  STORE  | 

BERNE.  INDIANA  1 

Hardware  and  Electrical  Appliances 

Westinghouse  \ 

Radios,    Ranges,    Refrigerators  J 

Horton  Wasliers  I 


M.    B.    Habegger 


D.    D.    Lehman 


E.    L.    Lehman,    Props. 


'Incline    thine    ear   unto    luisdom    and      \ 
apply   thy   heart  to  understanding."        J 
Prov.  2:2. 


DR.  T.  H.  Soldner 


BERNE.  INDIANA 


Berne  Hi-Way  Hatchery 


R,    O.    P.    Sired    Baby    Chicks 

with    a    background    of    rich    Trapnest  * 

Breeding    that    puts    profits    in  \ 

your  pocket  \ 


Submarine  Luncii 

Prop.,    Les    and    Bob 

SANDWICHES 

FRENCH  FRIES 

MALTS 

BERNE,  INDIANA 


CHEVROLET 
Sales  Services 

GASOLINE    AND    OILS 

UNITED  STATES  TIRES 

AUTO  ACCESSORIES 


ON    FEDERAL    ROAD    27  * 

1/4    mile    north    of    Mennonite    Church     \ 

BERNE.  INDIANA  ; 


Jefferson  Garage 


BERNE,  INDIANA 


Sixtij 


Berne  Lumber  Co. 

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General  House  Furnishings 

PHONE  119 
BERNE,  INDIANA 

The  Berne  Witness    ! 

Published— MONDAY,    WEDNESDAY 
and  FRIDAY 

Complete    coverage    of    the 
news    of    Adams    County 

FOUNDED  1896 

1                          Compliments  of 

Dr.  Harold  Lehman 

1            PHYSICIAN  AND  SURGEON 

\                   159    East    Main    Street 
1                      BERNE,  INDIANA 

Berne  Electric       | 

Anything  Electrical           1 

BERNE,  INDIANA                     1 

Phone  70                                | 

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!       Graber  Tin  &  Plumbing 

*                                Dealer  in 

;            Hot  Air  Furnaces.  Sheet  Metal 

t                              and  Roofing 

\        Plumbing  and  Tinning  A  Specialty 

!  NOAH  GRABER.  Prop.         Phone  No.  1 
\                      BERNE,  INDIANA 

\ 
SEE                                   1 
The  new  Spring  and  Summer             1 
FASHION  FROCKS 

;                I    have    the    complete    new               \ 
line    to    show                             < 

Mrs.  Leslie  Stuckey,  Jr. 

Berne  2723 

RACER'S  BAKERY 

MONTPELIER,  INDIANA 

Phone  40W 

Breads      -      Buns      -      Rolls 
Cakes  and  Cookies 


MASTER  FEED  STORE 

LEHMAN  BROTHERS 
Grain     -     Feed         Custom  Grinding  and  Mixing 

PHONE  457  BERNE,  INDIANA 


FOOD  TOWN 

Home  Killed  Meats 


We    specialize    m    WISCONSIN    SWISS    CHEESE 
Full    line    of    Groceries,    Fruits    and    Vegetables 

North  Jefferson  Street  BERNE.  INDIANA 


Nussbaum  &  Stauffer 

East  IMain  St  Berne,  Indiana 

Norge  Appliances  Domestic  Sewing  Machines 

j  Schwinn  and  Shelby  Bicycles  Repairing 


Complete    Stock    of    Parts.    Tires    and    Accessories 
PHONE  114 


FORREST  BALSIGER 

Your  Sinclair  Dealer 


OLDS.MOBILE  INTERNATIONAL  \ 

Sales  and  Service  Farm  equipment  \ 

and  Motor  Trucks  ) 

PHONE  81 
BERNE,  INDIANA 


FORD  CARS  FORD  TRUCKS 

A.  J.  MOSER  &  CO. 


BERNE,  IND. 


THE  CITY  LUNCH 

Lunches  Short  Orders 

SANDWICHES    and    FOUNTAIN    SERVICE 
Lester    Babcock    and    Robert    Schindler,    Props, 


"Be  Sure"  -  -  Insure  with 

Schug  -  Neuenschwander,  Inc. 

Insurance  Service 

Telephones:  34  and  547  —  BERNE 


"THE  STORE  WHERE  YOUR  MONEY  BUYS  MORE" 

Habegger  Furniture,  Inc. 

Complete  Home  Furnishings 

and  General  Electric  Appliances 

Corner  U.  S.  27  and  High  Street 

Phone  161 

BERNE,  INDIANA 


1918-1949 

Globe  Hatcheries  &  Poultry  Farm 

U.  S.  Approved  Pullorum  Passed 

BABY  CHICKS       FEEDS       POULTRY  SUPPLIES 

BERNE.  INDIANA  OSSIAN.  INDIANA 

Phone  138  Phone  130B 


PARR'S  TIRE  SERVICE 

BERNE,  INDIANA 

General  Tires  -  Goodyear  Tires  j 

Recapping  Vulcanizing  Repairing 

Shell  Products  Tubes  Accessories  j 

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LIECHTY  MOTOR  SERVICE 

GENERAL  REPAIRING                                                            1 
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j                  Motor  Tune  Up 

1 

Magneto  Service 

1 

Phone  10.3 

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BERNE.  INDIANA                         ; 

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COMPLIMENTS  OF 

Pirz 

The  Clothes  Shop 

MMM/fhi^ 

Easy  terms- liberal  tradp-in.  Come  in  today. 

CLEANING,  PRESSING,  TAILORING 

W.  M.  Lehman 

;                  Made-To-Measure  Suits 

Appliances 

BERNE                                             IND. 

109    Sprunger    Street                     | 
BERNE.  INDIANA                      1 

Bryson  C.  Fetters 

Dr.  Edgar  P.  Sprunger 

1         Real  Estate 

{                  Farm  Loans 

Dentist 

\                               Insurance 

Phone  6611 

\      BERNE.  INDIANA             Phone  142 

BERNE.  INDIANA 

H.   J.    EHRSAM 
IMPLEMENT  SALES 


BERNE,  INDIANA 


"I  LIKE  TO 

HOME 

SHOP  at  IGA" 

Owned 

Such  Low  Prices — Every  Day 

You  will  find  IGA  prices  always  save 

and 

you  money. 

So  Convenientiv  Located 

There's  a  thrifty  IGA  Store  right  near 

HOME 

your  home.                                                                \ 

So  Friendly  and  Courteous                                           J 

Drop  in.     We  know  how  to  make  you                   » 

Operated 

feel  at  home.                                                             ! 

THE  COMPLETE  FOOD  MARKET                      \ 

Phone  15                                              * 

GROCERIES,    FRUITS,    VEGETABLES    AND    MEATS                              J 

BERNE.  INDIANA 

GLEN  GIFFORD                     \ 
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FELBER  MACHINE  & 

D.  W.  FIREOVED 

WELDING  SHOP 

Veterinarian 

155    North    Sprunger 
BERNE,  INDIANA 

Phones    321    and    369 

BERNE,  INDIANA 

General  Repairing 

V  Belts  and  Pulleys 

Compliments  of                          J 

Graber's  Produce 

1 

BERNE                      1 
Nursing  Home                | 

906  West  Main               BERNE.  IND.      ! 

j        Buyers    of    POULTRY    and    EGGS 

Phone  5421                               1 

!      Berne,  Indiana                         Phone  86 

Mr.    and    Mrs.    Walter    Winchester        ] 

Proprietors             j 

MIES 
Recreation  Alleys 

266    N,    2nd    Street 
DECATUR,  INDIANA 

BRUNSWICK  ALLEYS 

Phone  272 
MOLLY    MIES,    Prop. 


I    DIerke's  Implement 
Sales 

More  Power  .  .  .  More  Speeds 
Greater  Fuel  Economy 


7L/\L 


See  It  Now! 


COMPLIMENTS 
of 

BEGUN'S 

Successor 
LINN  CLOTHING  STORE 

Clothing  and  Shoes 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

Phone  293 

D.  &  T.  Standard 
Servke 

standard  Oil  Products 
DECATUR.  INDIANA 

Corner    13th    and    Monroe    Sts. 
on    Highway    27 


Edwards  Studio 


DECATUR,  INDIANA 


■4v 


ROAD 
TO  A 

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future 


The  day  you  stop  wishing  and  start  saving  is  the 
day  you  start  down  the  road  too  Brighter  Future. 
The  things  you  want  most,  plus  priceless  peace  of 
mind.are  yours  with  the  security  of  "money  in  the 
bank".  Set  your  goal  now-start  a  savings  account 
with  us  today.   You'll    find    a    friendly    welcome. 


SAVE  now  at 


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THE 


FIRST  STATE  BANK 


of  Decatur 

Established     1883 


Member  FD\C 


for  haiipier  SPENDING  later 


AIKMBEK    FEDERAL    DEPOSIT 
INSURANCE  FUND 

MEMBER    FEDERAL    RESERVE 
SYSTEM 


HOTEL  COFFEE  SHOP 

"A   Good   Place   To  Eat" 

3rd    and    Madison    Sts. 

Decatur,  Indiana 


ZWICK  FUNERAL  HOME 


Ambulance    Servia 


Phones— 61-800 

Decatur,  Indiana 


Yost  Construction  Co.  Inc. 

Dealer  in 

Sand         Gravel         Truck  Mixed  Concrete 

DECATUR.  INDIANA 


Always    the    Latest    in    Styles    at 

Holthouse  -  Schulfe  &  Co. 

Decatur's  Store  for  "Men  and  Boys" 


DECATUR.  INDIANA 


PHONE 


F.  McConnell  &  Sons 

KAYES  SHOE  STORE 

!                 Jobbers    and    Wholesalers 

Quality  shoes  for  the   entire  family. 

Tobacco,    Cigars    and    Confections 

X-RAY  FITTED 

Phone  214 

154    N.    Second    St. 

Decatur,  Indiana 

Decatur,  Indiana 

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U.  S.  TIRES            DUPONT  PAINTS 

1 

Quality    at    Popular    Prices               J 

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The  Why  Store 

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Sales            Service 

1 

DECATUR,  INDIANA                   | 

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Al  D.  SchmitI 

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Phone  532 

your 

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DODGE  Dealer              | 

;               Photo  Finishing 

! 

! 

All   work  done  in  our  own  plant 

DECATUR,  INDIANA                   1 

{                   right    here    in    Decatur 

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Lumber  &  Coal  Co. 

1    Holthouse  Drug  Co. 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

Phone  12 
■ -^^^^^- ^.^ 

BEAMS  SUPER 
SERVICE 


Corner    8th    and    Monroe    Sts. 


DECATUR.  INDIANA 


Phone  391 


MOBIL    TIRES  BATTERIES 


"Say  it  with  flowers" 


When  In  Decatur 


Make  the 


Ideal  Dairy  Bar 


A    very    pleasant    place 
to    meet    all    your    friends 


1315    West    Adams    St. 
Phone  300        DECATUR,  INDIANA      | 


LELAND  SMITH 
Insurance  Agency 

General  Insurance 

SECURITY  BONDS 

AUTO  FINANCES 

•'Insure — In-sure — Insurance" 

Corner:     1st    and    Monroe    Sts. 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

Phone  140 


CONGRATULATIONS 
SENIORS 

Bag  Service,  Inc. 

812    N.    Elm    St. 
DECATUR,  INDIANA 


DECATUR  HATCHERY 


U.  S.  Pullurum  Passed  Chicks 


KELVINATORS 

HOME  FREEZERS        ESTATE  STOVES 

DECATUR.  INDIANA 


REFRIGERATORS 
ELECTRIC  RANGES 


-    HAUGK    - 

Heating  and  Appliances 

GRAVITY    and    FORCED    AIR    HEATING    SYSTEMS 

COMPLETE    YOUNGSTOWN    KITCHENS 

PHILCO    and    UNIVERSAL    APPLIANCES 

COMPLETE    BATH    ROOMS    and    PLUMBING 

BOTTLE  GAS 


DECATUR 


Phone  49 


INDIANA 


Dick  Mansfield  Motor  Sales 

DeSoto  Plymouth 

RADIOS        HEATERS        SPOTLIGHTS        SEAT  COVERS 
141  South  Second  Street  DECATUR.  INDIANA 


Cpyjf/m^€^/ rings  by  /^ 

BELOVED    BY    BRIDES    FOR    ALMOST    A    CENTURY   (1850-1947] 


BOWER  JEWELRY  STORE 

Decatur,  Indiana 


Seventy-three 


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Teeple  Truck  Co. 

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DECATUR,  INDIANA 

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GAS                                      MOTOR  OIL     ! 

Beaver's  Oil  Service   j 

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Story    Best" 

DECATUR,  INDIANA                   i 

Phone  373 

Decatur  Dally 
Democrat 

The  Home  Newspaper        1 

Deliverd  to 
MONROE    POST    OFFICE               ; 
EACH  EVENING                        | 

Wall's  Bakery 

i      Phone  346         DECATUR,  INDIANA 

1 
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i             We  Specialize  in 
Decorated  Cakes  and 
French  Pastries 

Compliments  of 

Rosemary  Shop 

"The  Children's  Store" 
DECATUR.  INDIANA 

FIVE  POINT 
SINCLAIR  STATION 

GAS  OIL 

CIGARETTES  CANDY 

DECATUR.  INDIANA 

G.    RAMBA,    Prop. 


CONGRATULATIONS 
SENIORS  1949 

Phil  L.  Macklin  Co. 

Sales      Service      Parts 

PHONE  80 
107    South    First    Street 
DECATUR.  INDIANA 


Gerber-Moser  Impl.  Co.       } 

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Ywur  Allis-Chalmers  Dealer  ! 

(;raham-haeme  plow  { 

U.  S.  27  — DECATUR  — Phone  2551 


Swearingen's 


Fine  Foods  and 


Drive-in  Service 


DECATUR.  INDIANA 


DECATUR 


Seventy-five 


Decatur  Lumber  Company 

Builders'  Supplies  and  Coal 

111    Jefferson    Street 
PHONE  253 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

ASHBAUCHER'S  TIN  SHOP 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 

Phones:     739—187—765 

FURNACES  STOKERS 

Oil  and  Gas  Conversion  Burners 
Spouting 

Sheet  Metal  Work 
Lightning  Rods 

Roofing  and  Siding 
Insulation 

ESTABLISHED:    1915 


SAVE  MORE 
at    your    friendly 

Western  Auto 
Associate  Store 


Home    Owned    and    Operated    by 
OLLIE    G.    PENNY 


111  S.  2nd  St.  Phone  1693 

DECATUR,  INDIANA 


RAY'S 

West  Side  Fruit  Market 

FRESH    VEGETABLES    aiid 
FANCY    FRUITS 

Your    Patronage    Appreciated 

Owned    and    Operated    by 

WiLFORD   Ray 

Decatur  Phone  56  Indiana 


Liechty  &  Myers 

Your  Firestone  Dealer 

3rd    and    Monroe    St. 
Phone  1770  DECATUR.  IND. 


COMPLIMENTS 


Congratulations 


BUTLER'S  GARAGE 


DECATUR,  INDIANA 


BAKER'S  PLUMBING  & 
HEATING 

General  Plumbing  and 
Heating  Equipment 

Phone  232 
DECATUR  INDIANA 


G.  REMY  BIERLY,  Inc. 


ABSTRACTS    OF    TITLE  \ 
FARM    LOANS 

INSURANCE    AND    INCOME  I 

TAX    REPORTS  I 

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107    South    2nd    St, 
DECATUR,   INDIANA       Phone  12S 


Uhrick  Bros. 


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Today  we  have  the  greatest  number  of  telephones 
in  operation  in  our  history.   Daily  telephone  traffic 
has  far  surpassed  the  busiest  rush  hours  of  the 
war  years.  Our  expansion  program  for  1949  calls 
for  an  even  greater  number  of  installations  than 
during  the  record  year  of  1948.    We  are  doing 
everything  possible  to  meet  the  record  demand  for 
sei-vice — and,  in  all  fairness,  will  give  fir^t  atten- 
tion to  those  who  are  on  our  waiting  list. 


Compliments  of 

STYLE  SHOP 

Ladies'  Ready  To  Wear 

DECATUR  INDIANA 


ZINTSMASTER  MOTOR 
SALES 


CADILLAC 

OLDSMOBILE 

HUDSON 


COMPLIMENTS 
of 

DR.  N.  A.  BIXLER 

Optometrist 

DECATUR  INDIANA 


Sales  and  Service 

EVINRUDE    OUTBOARD    MOTORS 
JAMES    MOTORCYCLES 


First    and    Monroe  Phone    372 

DECATUR 


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MOLLENKOPF  &  EITING 

1                                         Dependable  Service 

1 

1                         TRACTORS                             '      ■                          MOTOR  TRUCKS 

DECATIR,  INDIANA                                                             Phone  131 

Niblick  &  Company 

"Ready  To  Wear" 

1                         DRY  GOODS                                                 FLOOR  COVERINGS 
;                         DRAPERIES                                                                     CURTAINS 
;                         VENETIAN  BLINDS                                        WINDOW  SHADES 

DECATUR,  INDIANA                                                       Phone  67 

Vim  Company,  Inc. 

Fort    Wayne's    Exclusive 

COMPLIMENTS                         1 

Sporting    Goods    Store 

1            Locally    Owned    and    Operated 

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VIM                         SPORTING  GOODS 

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WHOLESALE    and    RETAIL 

1027    S.    Calhoun 

INDIANAPOLIS,  INDIANA 

Phone— A6375 

FT.  WAYNE,  INDIANA 

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I  see  Great  Things  in  the  Future  . . . 
. . .  for  You  Seniors^^ 


For  some  of  you  the  road  ahead  leads  to 
college.  For  others,  a  place  in  business  or 
industry.  For  the  girls,  perhaps,  a  career 
or  a  home  .  .  .  Regardless  of  your  choice, 
opportunity  lies  ahead.  Opportunity  that 
in  some  way  I  helped  make  possible  .... 
I'll  always  be  at  your  side  ready  to  help — 
ELECTRICALLY. 


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COMPLIMENTS 
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FRYBACK'S  ICECREAM 


BLUFFTON 


INDIANA