Ellettsville High School, The Flash, 1930, Page 10

Description:	10The FlashTHE S E N I O R S-ContinuedJunior wishes to go for a walk. Of course youknow I married Eddie after I graduated. Well,we came to reside in Charleston, West Virginia, where Eddie became manager of EdisonsExperiment Shops. We are very contented andhappy here but are expecting to return to Ellettsville in a month for a visit. Oh yes! I nearly forgot we now have a small son to bless us inour old age.I remain yours,LELA FLETCHERThough Lois has intellect we knowAt that word her eyebrows shed raise.And if she is smallT s agreed by us allHer ability she shows many ways.We all make history and here is this so far.Lois Coffey who was a native of Terre Hautestarted her education in the fall of 1919 whereshe continued till 1926 when she began the lasthalf of the tenth grade at Bloomington. In thefall of 1928 she began the trial of grade andhigh school work.That Lois will send us the following letterseems rather certain.Toronto, CanadaApril 6, 1950Hello Irene:My lands, why didnt you warn me you weregoing to surprise me so with a letter? Any waywhen I left school I went to Franklin and got ajob in an office. I worked there two years andthen came back to Ellettsville and married Lee.We left for Canada immediately after our marriage. We live in a hotel as Lee owns the Central Hotel.We are very happy and have one little girlof which we are both very proud.Yours truly,LOIS LITTENNow Coleman has never liked plays.But mischief and fun he craves.Hes of the comedian type,And we all call him PipeHis humor he shows many ways.More has happened in Colemans history thanseems to be stated here.Coleman Freeman reluctantly came to schoolin the fall of 1918 at Ellettsville where he hasgone year after year till he has reached the lastyear of High School in 1930.Coleman and Gene were always partners infun so it doesnt seem at all queer that even in20 years we still find them together taking lifefree and easy.Hollywood, CaliforniaApril 5, 1950Well here we are:Since you wished to hear something about uswe decided that it would be best to let you knowas we hate to disappoint anybody.We left school with the idea of going to California. We had no definite position in mind butwhen we arrived at Hollywood we decided to trythe Movies. Gene said since I was so comical inmy school days that I should try for the comicpictures. Well, I tried and after much work andpractice I succeeded and am considered now asa second Charlie Chaplin.Gene worked hard and became the shiek ofHollywood. He has been married three timesand is engaged now to Loretta Young who hasdivorced Grant Withers. I guess this completesmost of our life history this far.Wishing you luck,GENE and PIPENow, Gene is the shiek of the class.Hes as handsome as anyone could ask.And though he is slowWhat he doesnt knowIsnt needed to secure a pass.Another native and loyal Ellettsville productwho seems to never had any desire to attendany other educational institution, is Gene Welchwho spent all of his school life at Ellettsville.His starting year was 1918 and he has toiledtwelve years to reach the goal of graduation.A shiek must have a shieks ways according tothis partnership missive.Hollywood, CaliforniaApril 5, 1950Well here we are:Since you wished to hear something about us,we decided that it would be best to let you knowas we hate to disappoint anybody.We left school with the idea of going to California. We had no definite position in mind butwhen we arrived at Hollywood we decided to trythe movies. I told Coleman that since he was socomical in his school dav« he should try for the2omic pictures. Well, he tried and after muchwork and practice he succeeded and is considered now as a second Charlie Chaplin.Well, now a little about myself. You see, Iworked hard and everyone knows me as theshiek of Hollywood. I have been married threetimes and am now engaged to Loretta Youngwho has divorced Grant Withers. I guess thiscompletes most of our life history this far.Wishing you luck,GENE and PIPETo a question he never said yes.He seemed to think it was. bestIf he did not knowTo answer as thoughHe did, and reply I guess.Harold Hamilton in the fall of 1918 beganthe ordeal of climbing the ladder of educationat Vernal where he climbed to the eighth stepand came to Ellettsville in the fall of 1926 as aFreshman and has at last reached the twelfthstep.Surprises are always in store for us, so fategives this account of Harold in 1950.Pittsburg, Pa.April 12, 1950Hello:Your letter reached me a few days ago. Yousee I travel quite a bit and sometimes it takesquite a while for letters to reach me.(Turn to page 23 please)
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