Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Prophecy of Iune 1952 Seniors' lt is the year 1962 and the place is a landing field lo- cated on the outskirts of Des Moines. A mammoth hydro- gen-fueled space ship is preparing to catapult through the atmosphere into outer space, and at the controls is Berle Givant. He is flying two noted passengers in one of the Space Ships Incorporated rockets, now owned by lim Perry. Floyd Carley. Bill Page, and Ierry Blotcky. They have built up quite a business-in fact, their joint in- comes would more than purchase the storage vaults at Fort Knox. The two renowned passengers, Carol Bly and Pat Spowart are reporters for the Evening Star, the leading newspaper of the Planets. They are on their way to ob- tain a report on each graduate of that famous class for use at a future reunion. The ship, powered by four huge engines, is taxiing now. A red light flashes on the control panelg the acceleration levers are pulledp the cables are releasedg and with a burst of speed, they're off and away! Oh, look, there's Bob Mercer and Bob Rost's manufact- uring establishment which they have set up forthemselves on Iupiter's eighth moon. Roger Field tbeforej and Bob Breheny latter? are their models for their new Baldamcttic Hair Restorer. Of course, Dick Fogarty and Frank Iohnson are keeping the books for this firm, and are counting the profits, lin millionsj. l wonder how much they are keep- ing for themselves? As we near Iupiter's seventh moon, we see signs hang- ing from the stars. Of course they were designed by the two great artists, Iack Fredregill and lim Christensen. They tell of the opening of the Monte Carlo Casino owned and operated by lim Gabrielson and Covel Billings. Their feature attraction is going to be Barbara Munyon. singing songs that are out of this world . All of Barbara's songs were written by that great composing team, Vyrlee Perin and Bruce Worley. Swerving to the left, we see the palatial home of Cap- tain and Mrs. Video tFrank Murray and Cleo Mosesj. Under his supreme command are Terry Van Gilder, Howard Zuck. George Duffy and Keith Neil, who are Video Rangers. Nearing Venus, we see the building of the Space Scoop News, owned by Garry Hagar. His star reporter, George Conn, made the head lines with his preview story of the Miss and Mr. Universe Contest, which will take place at the Stratospheric Amphitheatre, owned by Leon Botts. The contestants for Miss Universe will be: lean Byrum. Daphne Cox, Beverly Lovell, and Florence Hunter. For Mr. Universe they will be Iohn Van Houten, LeRoy Huss. Rodney Brown, and Salvador Chia. The judges for the Miss Universe contest will be Alden Norem, Ray Piper, Bob Ritchhart. Leonard Lewis, and Wayne Nelson. For Mr. Universe, they will be: Mary Lou Roeder, Lenore Ball, Marjorie Christopher, Diana Sprinkle, and Dorothy Haws. Preceding the contest there will be a parade. lt is going to be led by Evelyn Lowe and IoAnn Taylor. Their major- ette costumes were fashioned by Mademoiselle Marjorie Stump and Monsieur Louis Dickey. As we leave Venus and head toward Saturn we pick up on our radar scope, Chuck Wisler. Ted Storm, Don Fuller, Loyd Rote. Richard Cozad, and Bill Cowles running on the rings around Saturn to get in condition for the big wrestling bout to be held in the near future. Flying low over the residential district of Planet City on Saturn, we see Ierry Owens still welding fenders on Bob Roman's little Ford, at jerry's Body and Fender Shop. Down the street a little way, we see Glen Clingman having an argument with his next door neighbor, Mrs. Mayme Brown, who insists that her kids did not get the mud for their mud pies from his garden. Across the street from this little scene, lohnn Still is hanging up clothes for her flock, while lerry Swanson is telling his little Cherubs bed time stories. ln the next block, Iohn and Mrs. Grinstead are enter- taining again. lim McKee, after finishing his pickles, has just gathered his thoughts for his after dinner speech. Oh look! Irene Addis and Daryl Crees have caught Pat Swinehart sneaking more cocktails tshrimp cocktails of coursel. Won't he ever learn? The last person who in- dulged in shrimp cocktails at one of these parties was carefully laid away with the help of Bert Stilwell, the Friendly Undertaker. What's that' explosion up the street? Gosh!! That's Bob Davis's house. l'll bet he crossed the wires in his new electric dish washer. Seems to have caused a major N catastrophe. Here comes the Saturn Fire Department, piloted by Byron George, Ray Moore. and Dbn Harrigan. There comes Marjorie Hukill and Norma Hazen in their squad car to see what the commotion is. Berle, can't you slow this rocket down a little bit? Not without reversing the rockets, and that way we would losea lot of fuel. Let's stop at Charles Ganzley's Refueling Station on Pluto, for our gauge is already regis- tering low. Shall we go into the Pluto House and get us a Dog- gett Special , while we are waiting for the refueling process? They say that Ted Doggett makes the best sandwiches in this part of the stratospheref' Familiar refrains are coming out of the jive box as we enter the Pluto l-louse. Sounds like Gene Barnes. Ronald Douglas, Russell Ghaston. and Harold Noland, that iam- ous quartet singing Wheel of Fortune. They surely are a hit in their revival of that song which was so popular ten years ago. There's Norma King, and look who's with her, Ieanene Collett. Shall we find out What's new with them? Maybe they know more about what happened in Iudge Frank Beard's court, when ferry Rummage was tried for speed- ing ln his space ship. l guess Gretchen Iackson had quite a time pushing her pen fast enough to keep up with his hypothetical explanations. As we leave the restaurant and once again enter our space ship, we head toward Mars. That's where Bill Weathers makes his famous Mars Candy Bars. Bob Ellis is a competitor, and I guess he is giving Bill quite a bit of trouble with his Milky Ways. There's the big inter-planet communication center own- ed by Karol Freed and Richard Tesser. Their technical directors are Rodney Reeves and Carol Oneth. Ion Gro- ther, their program director, has quite a time keeping Larry King and IoAnn Wykoff away from the microphone. All they want to do is sing hill billy songs. One of the station's greatest programs is Mr. and Mrs. South, with the main character roles played by Louise Sillman and Pete Snyder. When they can't get Ray Milland for a personal appearance, they use his understudy Phil Mc- Claskey. Tuning in, we hear a spot announcement about the Paris of the New World. Margaret Ann Heskett and Patty Reeves have finally topped Paris with their designs of modern clothes. LaVonna Harrison, head buyer for Far- shall-Meilds on Earth, is one of their best customers. LeRoy Iarmon. her new boss, has recently bought Far- shall-Mields from Iohn Rummer. who had to sell it be- cause of financial reasons. He was making too much money. LeRoy was backed by those two millionaires, Dick Ritchhart and Delbert Miller. As we pass Mars and reach Neptune, we stop at the observatory to see how the up-and-coming scientists, lim Daly and Don Strayer are getting along with their re- cent discovery. They have found a new planet beyond Plutog but much to their surprise, lim Scott. Ed Polxin and Don Forschler were already there setting up a hot dog stand to greet the new arrivals, before anyone else could beat them to it. There's Eugene Brown. Now he is repairing old tele- scopes for the observatory. I heard that Doris Campbell has become a well-known novelist. She writes so many books and articles that Kenneth Brower had to hire Larry Stone to help out in his print shop. The business is so booming that Doris had to start going to another print shop, the one owned by Carroll Beitzell. As we near Mercury, the sun's blinding rays give us a glimpse of Beverly Terrell and Betty Toncar having a beach party. There are Bill Shane, lim Linnenkamp, and Dan Reynolds serving potato salad and star kissed tuna sandwiches, which they bought at lack Rose and Ed O'Neil's delicatessen. lon Graff is strumming on his uku- lele to the tune of Mercury Chant, written by Dean Rose, as Tonya Clouse and lack Carpenter start a tango. By the way, Dean is still wearing his loud shirts. Here comes Ioe Rynearson and Don Hilliard in their new jet propelleld yacht. lsn't that Ieanine Rothermel. Martha Iohnson, and Ed Ranney lying on the deck getting suntans? As our tiring day comes to a close, and we near earth once more, we are met at the rocket station by Iohn McClailin. Bob Pritchard. Glen Luettke, and Bob Cook. who will over-haul the rocket ship for future trips. Now, that our report is complete, let's take it to our editors, Bob Thomsen and Stanley McGrew. I hope they will appreciate all of the time we spent in getting this story.

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6 A .. 1' Terry Walter Van Gilder- Terry Sure, l'll do it. Electricity Usher 3, 4, 5, 6, Student Council nician Staff 7, 8. 5, Tech- Bill Weathers, Ir.- Mabel Hey Don! Got a problem. Drafting Usher 7, 8, Football 3, 7, Track 4, 6, Class Day Committee 8. Robert Bruce Worley- Waxy Wish I had green livis with red plaid cuffs! Auto Diesel Football 3, Basketball 3, 4, Baseball 4, 6, Table Tennis Tournament, Technician Staff 8, Student Council 8, Senior Baccalaureate Chairman 8. Howard Franklin luck- Zuck Yawn! Z-Z-Z-Z-KHSJ Radio Q Iohn Van Houten-' 'Dimples Man about town, that's Nails Van Houten. Drafting Football 3, 5, 7, Baseball 4, Class Day Committee Co-Chairman 8, Senior Ex- ecutive Board 8. Charles Edward Wisler- Chuck Theyi mangled me! Printing Football 3, 5, 7, Tennis 5, Football 5: Wrestling 5, 6, 7, 8, Table Tennis Tourna- ment 5, Pep Club 6, 7, Student Court 6, Student Council 3, 6, Senior Social Com- mittee 8. Margaret 1oAnn Wykoii- Io Casey would waltz with the strawberry blonde. Clerical Synchronized Swimming 3, G.A.A. 3, 4, 5, 6, G.A.A. Monogram, Student Council 4, Serving 3, Banquet Committee 8. Not pictured: William D. Shane- Bill Wish I had a yellow Chrysler Convertible. Aviation Commencement Committee 8. Ierry Harris Blotcky- Blotter Elusive one. Aviation Aufgu I Graduates Row one: Edna Smith Crowder. Veronica Iohnson Row two: Ruby McConkey. Patricia Williams. Irene Wright

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