Carrollton Community High School - White C Yearbook (Carrollton, IL)

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PROPHECY On a beautxful May day ln 1960 I was out r1dmg 1n my new Cad1llac in Carrollton ready to leave for a long extended vacatlon motor1ng 1n the U S and flymg to var1ous ne1ghbormg countrles Wh1le prepar1ng to leave Itook my car in for a check up and gas to the former Pruxtt Shell Statlon now owned by R1chard Standefer Th1s bus1ness covers two square blocks and Dxck IS sellmg cars l1ke hotcakes Wh1le my car was be1ng checked I stepped Lnto the restaurant across the street and was met by the sm1l1ng face of Mxss Norma Schroeder said by many to own the most successful restaurant bus1ness m the world After drmkmg my coffee that burned all the way down whxch zncxdentally 15 manufactured bythe Dorothy Long Coffee and Chem1cal Co I returned to my automoblle and proceeded on my Jaunt On my way through Jacksonville I encountered Betty Brady who 15 now Head Matron of the Illinoxs State Hosp1tal She appeared to be havmg a gay old t1me wh1le pushmg her lawnmower around the yard It was wh1le I was chatting wlth her that I recelved the sad news about our sc1ent1f1c mmded Rlchard Logan being the head Lnmate up there now It seems he had a nervous breakdown whtle tryxng o prevent Lifebuoy from stoppmg B O AFT1V1I1g m Chlcago my new Cad1llac was promptly hx broadsxde by our lntelllgent look1ng Qha'l taxa, drxver my old classmate Dick Mehrhoff We went to the msurance Off1Ce to see about payment for fxxlng the car and who should the xnsurance agents be but Miss Nelhe Shafer and M1ss Maxlne Shanks After greeting my old classmates and gettmg my car f1xed I found a ticket 1n the gutter to the Ch1cago Revue of 1960 the star of course was none other than the exotlc M1ss Dorla Wagner Qwhose Shlmmy once started the Frisco quake' J Her co star the charmmg handsome 1nd1fferent Arnold Bowers was bus1ly engaged m deep conversatlon w1th two of the chorus g1rls M1ss Bobby Ann Wxllxams and V1rg1n1a Hartwxck After v1.ew1ng an enjoyable show I then proceeded out to the ballpark where I saw Paul Bushnell pxtch h1s fortleth stralght no hltter agamst the hopeless St Lou1s Cardxnals Raymond Bland head of the ground crew told me that Buddy Joe Moss and Pug Portwood made two fme assxstants whenever they decxded to work and re fra1n from looking at the bleacherttes A few days later 1n North Dakota I plcked up a h1tch hxker who was none other than my old companlon Jake McCaherty Whtle rem1n1sc1ng he told me Imxght f1.nd S1d Re1f at the local bank 1n Blsmarck I hurrled there to f1nd S1d bus1ly engaged 1n the bankmg busitness scrubbmg the txle floor S1d descr1bed h s work by saymg No Place L1ke Home ' Saymg goodbye to S1d I drove 1nto Montana and whxle looklng for a place to spend the nlght I arrxved at the Last Chance Inn' owned by none other than the former All Amerxcan Bob Graner Whlle dxmng that evenlng I ran across Robert Hamel now the welght l1fta.ng champlon of the woz ld HL tx axns by carrylng h1s many different w1ves across thresholds He asked me xf I destred to place a small wager on one of the lo McDonald who always has been mterested -in horses After spendlng a fxtful evenlng I proceeded to Yellowstone Natlonal Park and there I saw a g1.rl chasmg a pack of bears trymg to capture one to obta1n a fur coat Upon lookmg closer I percexved 1t was the one and only Mary Louis Rxchards After a short talk wlth Mary I wert to look at Old Faithful and who should be standmg above the mouth of Old Falthful but Herbert Graham lookmg for a free shower After the eruptlon and disappearance of Herb I proceeded to Boxse and look1ng for entertamment that nxght I declded to spend my evenmg at one of the local theatres The txcket taker was none other than that fabulous red head Mlss Helen Black Before the movxe started I had the pleasure of meetlng an old acquamtance who was now the manager of the Boxse Stockyards Dwlght Burger After chattxng awhlle w1th h1m Itook my seat and the free acts started That very famous tr1o cons1st1ng of Glenda Woolsey Leola Brooks and Marxe Carlton proceeded to thrxll the audxence w1th thelr verslons of such songs as That s What I L1ke About the South' After the free act the March of T1mes marched on and off The mam feature was a new Tarzan plcture starr1ng Leroy tMusclesj Wheeler the new 1dol of the Amerxcan bobby soxers It was very exc1t1ng and 1n one scene he was makmg v1olent love to Mary Eldred the Amazon Bullf1ghter After en uneventful trlp to Calxfornla I took to the a1r from the San Francxsco airport and who should the pxlot be but the mcomparable J1m Rldmgs a former Jet p1lot who 15 now flylng for commerclal alr lmes Arr1v1ng 1n Hawau I was a bxt nervous and ruffled for James La Verne had buzzed every sh1.p and plane he met on the way After havmg the fragrant lexs thrown around my neck I hurrxed to the beach to have a swlm and there on the beach doxng a typxcal temptmg 'Dance of the Islands to the strams of Ida Long's all g1rl Hawauan band was M1ss Darlene Gllhngham Whlle on the 1sland I met the new queen the former Betty Sxebermann now known as Queen Lxz Wh1le walkmg along the beach a natxve 1slander polnted out two dlstant specks 1n the ocean and told me they were Joan Brannan and Loxs Flatt the two famous pearl dxvers who after all these years have eventually grown txred of men and have turned to oysters Decxdlng to v1s1t Canada I left Hawau the next day and on the ocean llner I met the sklpper and h1s wlfe Ken Wagner and the former Ruth Whxteslde who are now worth a fabulous fortune Arrlvmg 1n Canada I rented a car complete wxth chauffeur to take me on a tour through Montreal My chauffeur was of course another classmate Betty Lemons st1.ll able to handle a car as she did In h1gh school After ten coll1s1ons and the loss of twenty pounds the tour ended and Idectded to head farther north In Quebec I ran across Dale Wxles who was gxvlng paxntmg lessons to such great personal1t1es as Gene Hubbard the vocallst wxth a volce as tender as a mother s sm1le Leavlng these two old acqualntances I employed Bob Underwood In the capacxty of a guxde to take me to northern Klond1ke After escortmg me to the border Bob left me on my own Spendmg one day m the fabulous Klond1ke reglon I stumbled upon the last of my old classmates Clem Smxth now a travellng salesman who was trymg to sell electrlc 1ce boxes to the Esk1mos Clem told me th1s was h1s only means of vlsxble support for h1s wxfe and fxfteen ch1ldren Leavxng th1s sad and gruesome spectacle I returned home never more to roam 1n search of my ex class mates U I 5 . . . . 1 , . . 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