Ellettsville High School, The Flash, 1930, Page 9

Description:	T H E F LASHTHE SENIOR S~ContinuedEugene EichenbergerIkeher goal of education. In 1925 she began on hereighth step at Cox; studied hard until Christmas, then began on the ninth step as a Freshman at Bloomington which she completed. Shebegan on the tenth step at Ellettsville and hassucceeded in graduating with the class of 1930.Central Business CollegeIndianapolis, IndianaApril 15, 1950Dear Friend:I received your letter the other day and decided to answer it immediately. When I leftschool I went to college for six years studyingshorthand and typing. After six years of veryhard work I became a teacher of shorthand andtyping at the Central Business College. I havebeen teaching here for ten years now and amvery fond of my work.Wishing you much success,ELLEN GOBERTNow Peggy is jolly and gayShe talks a great deal every day.And in English classShell argue to the last.So shes sure to get her own way-Lucy Corder in the fall of 1919 started on herroad of education at Ellettsville where she finished her first half of the fourth grade. In 1922she started at Miami, Florida, then came back toEllettsville and finished her fourth year. In1924 she again went south till a month beforeschool was out, when she came back and finished her sixth year. Having climbed grade bygrade till 1930 when she finished her HighSchool course.Wont it be startling to learn the truth aboutLucy by this letter?Fort Gibson, OklahomaApril 8, 1950Dear Friend:You certainly could have knocked me downwith a feather when I received your letter.You remember when I graduated I went towork in a telephone office. Well, one day Ioverheard two people talking. They seemed tobe wanting someone to go to Oklahoma and runa small ranch. Of course I told them I was thevery one to go. They were doubtful about sending a girl but they finally consented to let mego.Well, I have been here fifteen years now andthey have never returned. I can now ride ahorse and rope and brand cattle. If the Seniorswould come out I would put them to workbranding cattle.Yours truly,LUCY CORDERNext we have Vanelia Eakin.A great singer shell be makin.Shell sing through her partRight into your heart.About that well not be mistakin.It is said that:Vanelia Eakin climbed her first round of theladder of education in the fall of 1919 at OakGrove, Louisiana. When in the fourth gradeshe went to Devol, Oklahoma, where she finished her fourth and fifth years. She then movedto Spencer, Indiana, where she completed thetirst half of her Freshman year. In the fall of1926 she found the last step of the ladder at Ellettsville and has now completed her Senioryear.This prophecy may seem a little strange butsurely it cant be wrong.Venice, ItalyApril 2, 1950Dear Friend:Received your letter O. K. Since you madethe request of learning about my life the pasttwenty years, I have decided to tell you aboutit.As you know I took leading part in all of theOperettas. Well, after graduating I attendedBrenau college at Georgia and cultivated myvoice. It took a great deal of patience and hardwork to make my voice what it is. In one of mymost famous Operas I met Bradford Stevens.We have been singing together for ten yearsnow and are considered two of the most famoussingers there are. In July weintend to start apartnership which we hope will last forever.Yours sincerely,VANELIA D. EAKINNow theres Lela who answers the phone.Some day shell have her own home.Its a pretty sane betThat the right boy shes met.For her engagement since Christmas weveknown.Lela didnt spend all her school life at E. H.S. but she did spend a very important part, thebeginning and the last. Lela McHenry startedto school at Ellettsville in the fall of 1917 whereshe went the first part of the winter. Then shebegan at Reeves school in the country whereshe continued till 1922 when she changed toRed Hill. In 1923 she started at Woodlandwhere she went a part of one year. She beganat Stinesville for a part of one winter changingto Spencer, where she finished the year. Shereturned to Stinesville where she continued till1927 when she came to Ellettsville and has completed the High School course.Could anything sound more natural than this:Charleston, West VirginiaApril 13, 1950Friend Irene:I will have to make this letter brief as Eddie
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