Ashley High School - Memories Yearbook (Ashley, ND)

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CLASS PROPHECY Ever suspect that I have dreams ? Well, yes I have--in fact I am rather great at them, but the one I had last night beat them all--it was rather amusing fin its wayjg on the other hand--well, you be your own judge. It all began in this way, as every senior, I have had but one ambition in the recent past, which you all know is graduation. Even if my conscious mind forgot to let me think beyond that week, my subconscious mind has taken me to the Who's, What's and Where's of the Class of '46 in about the year 1960. What a world I saw: I wish more of you could have had the pleasure of seeing it. Since you didn't, I will tell you of it. The greatest movie center of the midwest, Ashley, was a busy scene with the activities of our great celebrity I-Ielmuth I-Iuber's 'opening night' for his first successful movie entitled The Wild Calls' . Without my telling you so, you must know that it was a good picture, for the leading man was our dashing Floyd Schock, not only a great actor of his day, but also a notable man of the city of Ashley for he owned half of it. Acting opposite Mr. Schock was Miss Priscella Hogen, We formerly knew her as Sharon Hogenson. The movie deal was a good subject but dreams are dreams and they head from one thing to another. I am sure I shivered in my sleep when I heard a grinding sound zooming from an upper story apartment window on Hall Street. Upon inspection I found that it was only our famous dentist, Donald Fisher. His victim was Pearl Bertsch. I-Ie was trying to fill her false teeth. After conversing with Mrs. Wilbert Sayler, the former Gertrude Martz, who was now Dentist Fisher's part-time assistant. I learned that Jeanette Baumann was now manager of a small and orderly cafe on the next block. Though profits were very small Jeanette enjoyed her work for she could have all she wanted to eat and dating was her one and only hobby. Long Lake is a cute little place not very far from here but last night I saw it as a very important metropolitan area, and in the heart of the city I saw within a spacious church Pastor Milton Schauer aglow with religious ardor. From care- fully polished shoes to his well-groomed curling mustache Pastor Schauer was sway- ing the congregation with his thrilling experiences. The Pastor was particularly aroused by the recent divorce scandal of Irene Krause, and the wedding bells again tolling for her. The Schauers seemed to have succumbed to the art of religion for in my dream I saw LeRoy Schauer performing the baptismal ceremonies in St. Paul's Church at Austin, Minnesota, from where his pretty young wife stemmed. Loretta Schauer was a successful missionary in Hawaii lecturing to a young group of fuzzy haired natives--she loved them all: Olga Dobler, I-Qvelyn Miller, Gladys Nitschke, and Violet Zimmerman call themselves the Cackling Gal Incorporated for they have established themselves in Danzig, North Dakota. They specialize in White Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds. Iver Walker and Walter Breitling have taken up farming. Iver has been fair- ly successful, but Walter believes in taking one day of the week off, rain or shine, to argue with the county agent Fannie Beglau, on better methods of farming, mostly for the sake of his fondness for arguing, so he hasn't been quite so successful as Iver. Even though teachers have made us all rather edgy in the past, and we have all vowed never to teach, I saw last night-plain as daylight-Genevieve Hilscher, her pretty dark hair graying at the temples, sitting before the huge senior class of 1960. The class was noisy, but Genevieve had decided to say no niore for she said to her- self, Seniors are Seniors .

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And then there is our shy and sensible Viola Sayler--Viola don't you dare land where I saw you-Y ou were a health teacher in Chicago, which was all right but when you were lecturing to your class you forgot yourself and began to chew gum unattractively and finally lit up a cigarette and told the class about the latest movie. Talking about schools I might tell you about Bernice Klein who is still at Dakota Hall in Ellendale. No don't draw conclusions too fast, she's not going to school anymore but is the Dean of Women there. In Washington D.C., the Secretary of Agriculture, Melvin Baunfxann gives orders to his attractive stenographer LaVerna Funk, who is prudently sharing her apartment with two rather oversized and decidedly formidable lady friends and in the background there is a tall broadshouldered, handsome figure to guide her-- yes, LaVerna is rather old, but she has always said she would marry someone young. LeRoy Dockter has become photographer for the society page in Melvyn Walz's Daily Ashley Sun , which is the leading newspaper of the city. By the way- LeRoy has only girls over thirty in his 'column because of his keen fondne'ss for women. - Talk about women I received a letter from Pfc. Genevieve Retzer who says she likes her work very much. She is a WAC in the Army Sky Anchor's Aweigh. In the suburbs of Ashley I saw Sylvia George surrounded by at least seven little blonds, but after further inquiries I was informed that she had established a home for homeless little girls because she has always had a soft spot for children. I hear a murmur, and gradually in my dream I see a group of women dis- cussing the problems of Today's Children over their tea and crackers. Undoubt- edly it's a Women's Club, judging from the fine quality of their voices as they sang after their discussion. Their voices have developed some--but whose wouldn't, after singing all the lullabys, all the school songs, and all the latest hits that their teen-age children are singing. Among this group were: Violet Spiedel, Ruth Kessel, Helen Strobel, Amanda I-Iarter, and Inez Schumacker. Aaron Haas is a prize farmer partly because his wife, the forrner Loretta Klipfel, is his able assistant, Besides helping her husband on the farm, Loretta has a fine stock of rabbits which she raises and keeps for old time memories sake. Then there is Arlene Hein, great pianist of the day, who has traveled both inland and abroad and is now coming to Ashley for a few numbers she wishes to do for producer I-Ielmuth Huber. Miss Hein's friend, Ruby Nies, was at the time a sing- er and dancer in a swank New York night club practically engaged to her boss. Then again the re was music in my dream and I came upon Howard Wolf, who was Paupernicked fold time music, director. Poor Howard had no co-opera- tion whatsoever from his band members. A Annetta Maier, the violinist, was only playing for her own ears when she was practicing I Love You Truly . Violet Nitschke was dreamily playing I Can't Be- gin to Tell You assisted by the rattling snare drurns of Clarence Benderwald. What music: and then a bang and in came Lloyd Bertsch with his drum and Boogie Woogieff Enjoying the music I glided around in my bed, and suddenly--THE DREAM WAS ENDEDff