Aledo High School - Astrum (Aledo, IL)

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Pwphwf 1Cont1nued fr m page 102i The roar of guns lS heard 1n the dlstance A car approaches In It are three f1ve star generals Now I see they are Joe Leary Jerry Stead and Eugene Wlll1HmS the famous fuedln f1ght1n and fUSS1H three We enter Stop and Slurp at Shlrley s Drug Store' She and her husband Alan have operated th1s thr1v1ng concern smce 1953 when they purchased lt from Mr Stuts man A load of books appears Underneath them IS yes 1tS Dorothy D1xon Toohey Seems she never could make up her mlnd WhlCh college to attend so shes golng to all of them Her husband Roger baby s1ts w1th the chlldren wh1le she IS 1n school The scene changes to Maynards Alley Inn Bud Maynard IS the new propr1etor fln the wlnter he plays Wlth the Chlcago Bears W1fe Cora Boultxnghouse Maynard IS the home ec teacher at A C H S D The buzz of a school bell IS heard We see Professor Wanda Johnson Ohaver leav 1ng the Blackburn chem1stry hall Her husband Delano IS pres1dent of the college Whats th1s we see now'l It seems to be a mov1e set ln Hollvwood Why lt s D1ck Hunter and hes dolng a love scene w1th Jane Russell Seems hes called the great lover out there The roar of a plane comes closer It goes 1nto a power d1V6 and the pllot lands the plane on the Aledo Football Fleld Hls name IS J1m Moorhead and hes head test pllot for the U S government The sound of a band IS heard It comes march1ng toward us and we see Don Graham d1rect1ng and leadlng It He 1S also a1ded by Gertrude Lockm1ller Wagner who runs a muslc store 1n Aledo Patty Harbour and Maryanne Hyett run a modellng school for g1rls 1n the c1t1es Patty also models for Seventeen wh1le Maryanne takes care of the bus1ness end of the school A country fa1r appears A man steps forward to g1V9 a speech 1n the amphl YVe see a bu1ld1ng and there IS a Long l1ne of people wa1t1ng before It Why theres Donn1e Soseman Seems hes wa1t1ng for h1s unemployment check He brags that he hasnt worked 1n ten years The Aledo Opera House has a new owner Sally Oppfelt wlth the help of W11a belle Grldley and Joyce Frye operate the bus1ness It features Westerns excluslvely Dave Larson IS the operator of Larson Roller R1nk at Mlllersburg Featured are those famous r1nk stars Freda Rursch and Betty Duncan They perform nlghtly dazz l1ng the onlookers w1th the1r darlng Aledo now has a thr1v1ng new DUSIHQSS Dawn Wolfe and Carolyn Glffln have started an art store Dawn does the draw1ng wh1le Carolyn handles the DUSIHGSS end of It Freddxe and Joyce Kernan own a gas statlon south of Aledo They have lots of bus1ness because they sell the1r gas so cheaply They cla1m they have a secret to make gas out of water I see that Lyle Decker and Ronald W1ll1ams are 1n the servlce Ronald entertalns the troops wxth h1s s1ng1ng wh1le Lyle Just entertalns Janet Swearlngen and Darlene Sm1th are proprletors of the Aledo Beauty Shop They Sp8C13l1Ze 1n stralghtemng curly ha1r Lewxs M1llet and Fred Beard own a farm near Shale C1ty They F3156 all sorts of cows and cla1m ltS a prof1table bus1ness What do I see now I cant f1gure out what It IS Its some sort of a bureau Its Marjor1e Reason pres1dent of the Aledo Marr1age Counsel Servlce She stra1ghtens out peoples problems Carroll MCBf1d9 and Jack T1tter1ngton are seen 1n some fore1gn country They are the champlon h1gh Jumpers for the 1961 Oymp1cs C1a1r Lloyd and Charles Peterson operate a t3X1 SGFVICE throughout Aledo They are famous for the1r speedy SGYVICS The plctures fade out now I can see no more That IS all there IS Thus ended the recordlng of my 1nterv1ew In turn Icollected a DICE fat fee Do you suppose the sucker bel1eved ALL I had told h1m ONE HUNDRED THREE ' 0 - 1 1 v l ' 9 K ' 7 ' ' Y ' 7 7 3 7 ' K ' 7 1 ' ' ' . . , . .Q Q , . Q , . . 1 ' . , , . , . , ' 7 7 , . . . . , . . V . , 1 ' ' 1 , . . .' . . 7 , . ' Y - v I L , I . . theatre. It is Don Schroll, Secretary of Agriculture and also a famous singer. . . , . . . . . I , , . , . . . , . s - v ' I . , . . . , . . . , , 7 , . . l . ! - . . . . 7, , . . . , , .

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Pfwnhwf A FORTUNE TELLER'S DIARY May 24 1961 Dear D1ary I had a rather busy day today There was one cllent It happened that he wanted me to tell h1m what had happened to all h1S former frlends at Aledo Hlgh School so I gazed lnto my crystal ball and told h1m what I saw there SINCE th1s was such an 1m portant 1nterv1ew I dec1ded to record my f1nd1ngs for posterlty v1a the use of my tape recorder Her are the results of my crystal gazmg exactly as I told them to my cl1ent The crystal ball IS d1m ah but now It clears I see many faces The f1gure of a man comes fo1ward It IS Howard Bennett He 1S 1n some queer costume Ah hes at no 1n a c1rcus A Slgn says Thrllls Chllls and Spllls See death defy1ng Bennett 1n h1s Motorcycle Madness Show The scene changes I see a huge factozy a typewrlter factory and Fern W1II1amS IS presldent of lt' She IS the world s champlon speed Iyp1St bemg able to type 142 words per m1nute Now I see a stage 1n New York and I see Enz1o Plnza 1n Tales From the North Atlant1c and he IS play1ng Opp0S1tB yes IIS Darlene Holt They go 1nto a pas slonate love scene They but the p1cture vanlshes A cowboy appears he IS s1ng1ng on a rad1o program The announcer says he IS the new successor to Eddy Arnold Hopalong Jones the former B111 Gowdy All the g1rls Slgh as he yodels h1S way through Tennessee Waltz Now I see a Shlp at sea Some of the passengers look rather seasxck Bette Toohey cheers them Wlth some of her drawlngs As a s1del1ne she operates a Shlp between K6lIhSbUFg and Oquawka D1ck Mavnard appears He operates the Mlckey Mouse bus l1ne from Seaton to Aledo patronlzed malnly by the people who thlnk It s a long way to walk Dress Salon 1n Aledo d6d1C8tGd to the people who want to be 1n h1gh style at very low prxces I see that Charlle Dunns favor1te pastlme IS stand1ng on the bank corner How ever he st1ll says that doesn t affect the growth of h1S p1gS Now I see a dress factory 1n New York A glrl appears carrymg a load of dresses It IS Jovce McCaw pres1dent of the f1rm She IS also state 4 H leader Bob Larson and ROSIQ Pegg Larson are worklng on the1r new house They are famous throughout Mercer county because they bulld houses and then sell them at a fabulous prof1t I see Barb Wakeland and Emma Fordham bendlng over a broken down pr1nt1ng press They are the sole ed1tors and publ1shers of the M1llersburg Weekly Gazette a paper ded1cated to the development and betterment of the1r thr1v1ng communlty I see that Sammy Barr star pltcher for the Chlcago Cubs has brought them the1r f1rst pennant SINCE 1945 3CCOITlpI1Sh1I1g th1s Wlth h1s famous curve ball He IS belng cheered by Dlane Johnston who has taken an 8Ct1V8 lnterest 1n the club ever smce Sammy started play1ng for them An angel 1n Whlte appears now It IS Mlflam Whlte who IS a nurse at Mollne PUDIIC Her patlents qu1te frequently propose to her but so far she hasnt accepted any of them Two sets of tw1n g1rls appeared followed closely by Joan Nelson Swenson and Janet Murphy Blackman It seems both of the g1rls are havmg the1r hands full taklng care of the1r moppets I see a court room now Two lawyers are argumg br1ll1antly for a man who SW1p8d the ne1ghbors cow It IS the magn1f1cent f1rm of Ives and Moody They are fa mous throughout the state for the1r argumff ab1l1t1es I hear the clatter of falhng p1ns Bev Bostrom L1kely and her husband Paul operate the only bowlmg alley 1n VIOIS Bev IS famous for her 300 game whlch she bowled when her flght arm was 1n a sllng The roar of a crowd IS heard now They are all cheer1ng B111 Volentme flashlng center for the Blackhawks He IS hlgh scorer for the conference havlng made 320 pomts 1n the last flve games IC ntmued to page 1031 ONE HUNDRED TWO , . I 7 66 . . . a - . 'T , . . v . . . . , - ' U , - 1 ' v s 1 - ' 7 ' t -U . y . . I J -T Q - . .4 . ,, . . . . , . . . T ., ' - ' ' - LC 7 I7 . . . g . , . , ' . ' . . , I see that Marilyn Calderone Stone and her husband, Lee, operate Cal-Stone's L . . . . . . 1 . . - Q I - . , . . , . .Y , Q - 1 - 1 . I , . '. . - .. , . 1 . , . 7 u 1 . I , , ' 5 . - , . l 1 I - . . O . . . l . . , , . . . . , , . . . , . ' 9 . 0 A

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xv, Jn Jem, am appmmum . .. Aledo Merchants Association Murdock Trucking Co. Vick's Cate Taylor Service Harold Dunn National Cheese Co. Dr. Ralph Moore 'l' Dr. Dru Tighe Barr 8. Spence Hardware Store Drs Mil er 8 Robinson D J W Hastings Dr MarrnE Conway Drville McKay Drs Ma ours 8. Marquis Hod Og e Barley 8 Harris Agency Carlson s Studio Hebel Ives 8. Davis Attorneys Glenn Appleton Attorney Allen 8. Allen Attorneys Graham 81 Prentrss Attorneys A lee Peterson A D Moody Attorney ll' ll' ll' ll' l s I V 1 P rl I I l ll I I I u u I if ' I I 1 n u i I r I 1+ i ' I I I l 1 1 ' d by The Times Record Cu., Aledo, Illinois. ' ' g by Pfistern-r's Bindery, Galesburg, Illinois.