Gibbon High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Gibbon, MN)

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Glass Drnpheng Many progressive years from now, in 1962, I was checking the files at the internal revenue office for Uncle Sam As I was doing this I decided to check the records of some of the prominent leaders in their fields Running through the files I found, under theB's, one of the leading disc jockeys, Lonesome Lester and his Midnight Serenaden The records sweeping the countryat this timeare piano duets played by Carolyn Bode and Joselturbi Their new arrangement ofGershwin's 'Rhapsodie in Blue is rated highly by the music critics Captain Curtis now a very famous manfor having brokenCurt Carlsen's record for staying on a ship longer than any otheruan He was known as Curtis Boeder in his high schools days The next card I picked upwaslnbelievable It stated Joanne Brunner, R N , had found a cure for the long dreaded disease, leukemia I called myloyal, efficientsecretary, Joan1 iese,to look into this information After a little trouble Miss Briese found that MissErunner'sco partner, Celine Isakson, had contributed a lot to the field of medicine They are both stationed at the Los Angeles Naval Hospital Celine just came back from rescuing Sailors from a wreckage at sea Accordingto the record I noticed that Dean Bruns had found the most unusual hog ralsing system we have heardof By his method you can have equipment Forthis scientific invention Deanhas put Gibbon on the map Keeping up the records of the Bruns' I found Mae Bruns as a John Powers model at Macy's Department Store in New York where she iscne of the leading models Mae always did have a swell figure' As I went out for coffee this morning, I picked up a magazine and founda feature story about the presidentofthe Amateur Ham Association, Leelreier. I remembered that Lee always did like to tinker in his high school days Noreen Drewsis busily sewing her way to fameas the head of Dayton's dress altering department As her pastime she designs dresses for socialites Accordingto the record she uses the penznme, Cheryl Marie There is a rising young star who is being compared to Helen Hayes She is starring on Broadway in a modern version of Romeo and Juliet I was surprised to find that her name was Evelynlhvemeier, formerly of Gibbon The next record from Gibbon was that of Barbarakramer Her ambition of becoming an elementary teacher was successfully carried out Barb will long be remembered for writing the book,Hgg to Punish Children W sely Kenneth Kramer, who is managed by Robert Esser, recently took the heavy weight championship of the world They seem to be a wonderful combination with Kramer's strength and Esser's brain' This pair has proven to have paid their income tax, accordlng to my record, unlike the former heavy weight champion, Joe Louis 0 O . I ll hogs ready for market in one month. It doesn't require extra labor or i . - '-'-

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Madame Pompadour, the famous beauty salon on Times Square, is man aged by Margie Lehman Twoof her most loyal patronsare KennethandMary ann Messner, the ever popular dance team starring on television They recently completed a two month appearance at the famous Stork Club The internationally famous matador,Beverly Olson, has just returned from her command performance before the King of Spain She truly dis played her bullfighting skill when she recently killed hertwenty fifth bu l The next card I ran across really surprised me It said Rommie Pe tersen had taken Groucho Marx's place on the show,'You Bet Your Life I never thought that Rommie's remarks would be put to work Marilyn Pockrandt has really made a name for herself She recently became the first woman jet pilot proving that women are just as cape ble as men The next card I picked up was that of JoAnn Rathmann Itstated that she was the head secretary for the C I 0 Then I remembered reading about her in the newspaper when she recently took top honors in the international secretarial contest for having accomplished the remark able feat of typing 250 words per minute According to the files Muriel Rettman is busily conducting tours through the nHouse of Tomorrown at the World's Fair Some ofthe things she demonstrates are the radar stove, headless sewing machine, andfbot pedal faucets meyer Yvonne married a Woolworth and when he died he left the entire estate to her She always did have a flair with money' Under the S's was a card with a large income notationof a Montana rancher From further observance I found this man to be Ralph Schroe der Then I remembered seeing something in the newspaper about Ra1ph's shorthorn cattle nThe Young Man with the Hornn, reviewed a week ago, has a new star, George Schweiss My secretaryadvised me to see the show because George is really a sensation I do recall that George played solo cornet in the school band I found another millionaire under the S'snamely Le1ghtonSpaude Af ter getting out ofthe navy Leighton went to North Dakota wherehe owned some rich land After three unsuccessful trys of finding oil his engi neer finally struck a rich vein making him the North Dakota oil king James Stadtherr's wishof being abaseball player has been fulfilled His fine playing has enabled the Brooklyn Dodgers to win the World Series pennant He has recently chalked up his 200th homeruns In the field of theology I found Esther Taggatz worki among the Apache Indians. It was recorded that the Rockefellers bui t a school for Miss Taggatz's under privile ed Indian children and that she was conducting extensive research to improve the welfare of the Indians Also in the higher income bracket I found LaVonne Taralseth a very prominent home economist Through testing and experiments, LaVonne had discovered a new vitamin, Z, essential for the b1o0d The last card of members from the class of '52 was that of Ronald Vorwerk He's famous as the originator and writer ot the comic strip, 'Fearless Fosd1ck', the largest comic strip in the world Ronnie al ways was good at art. From my observations I not only checked income tax reports for Un cle Sam, but concluded that the graduating class of '52 did very well a .5 F.W. woolworth, the chain store,1s capably managed by Yvonne Rusch- O