Ellettsville High School, The Flash, 1930, Page 7

Description:	T he FlashTHE SENIOR S~~Continued&_fl^>-■^mma^^^^^cLe^- ■h^^ut-cJ/Lucy Irene (•^order0fxsiA£-^jLJ&y\qI^<^£ iThough to us it has not been imparted,We know Johns life has just started.^nd the sunny smileThat he wears all the while,Makes us wonder why hes so hard-hearted.A lot could be said about John but he preferred to be a man of few words. John Kellys firstschooling started in the fall of 1919 at Ellettsville. After ten years of hard work he finallyreached the goal he had been longing to reach,as a Junior. In 1930 he graduated from theSenior class at Ellettsville.In some ways people dont change. At leas;this letter written in 1950 gives us the idea.New York City, N. Y.Dear Old Schoolmate: April 14, 1950^6o>t^ S^^J?^ ,\ a „ Upon leaving school I traveled to New York.H&Z-Vip Q&J&jfaA ^k^Here I worked myself up until I became thef)Jr Lc;£fc£% Q^s 4#6&6 owner of the large manufacturing establish-rSu^ ment. As you well remember I was generallyknown for my hard heart. Well, three womenhave already committed suicide over me,through no fault of my own. So you see thecurse of a hard heart has followed me all theway. I am quite a notorious person since thosethree women committed suicide but the girlscertainly wont come around me. Now isnt thatqueerVanelia EakinNeah,l^^yL^O.a.fl.i1Lela McHenry^I^iOfetx^•? Must stop as I am going to a dance.Yours truly,JOHN KELLYLois Jean CoffeyBlondie94bt0Coleman FreemanPipe£*!£? &?< bcrodJttoezv IreneWe wondered why Margaret was so quiet.She would never take part in a riot.Then one sunny dayWe heard Maggie sayShe had been on an eighteen-day diet.2^3 Margaret seems to have spent most of her lifein Monroe County. The following tells about it.Margaret Van Dyke in the fall of 1919 startedon the road of education at Bloomington whereshe completed her eighth grade. In the fall of1926 she started at Ellettsville as a Freshmanwhere she now came to the end of the road in1930. Read this fortune and then talk.XEugene WelchGeneHarold HamiltonHamStringtown, IndianaApril 1, 1950I am answering your letter as I dont wishto be penalized as Mr. Williams used to say.Upon graduating I started in taking nursestraning. This was so interesting that I decidedto become a surgeon. I am now head surgeonat the hospital owned by Marie, which is thelargest in Indiana. I have been married once,but alas, my husband committed suicide oneweek after our marriage. The grief was toomuch for me and I lost fifty pounds. I am nowthe most slender woman on the hospital staff.Well. I hope this letter finds you the same as Iam, slim and beautiful.Yours truly,MARGARET VAN DYKENext we have Olive Mae.Shes traveled quite a bit they say.She heard you could winAny heart with a grinSo she goes about smiling all day.
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