Gorham High School - Gorannum Yearbook (Gorham, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Time--Thirty years later Place--Ocean Liner Characters--Ralph Hollman az Benny Easterly Ralph Hollman, of all people, where in the World have you been? HWhy, Benny, I haven't seen you in years, which makes meeting you a very pleasant surprise. I have been in China Working as a doctor for the past twenty-five years and have lost all connections with the past, Please join me and bring me up to date on things, uSuch as ? , Oh-Tell me all about our old school chums, where they are, and what they are doing.n uBrother, that is a big order but I will try. Shall we begin with Donald Schilling and his wife, Ruth Kenon? Don is an engineer of some kind and hails from all over., He and Ruth are in Washington D. C. at the present. Let's see--There is Wilbur Clendenin who is now the president of the Lockheed Plane Corp. in St. Louis. Two of our old classmates, Laura Jarrett and Paul David Baggett, made a striking success in the theatrical world. P. D. is known for his ability to Woo the fairer sex while Laura is noted for her great dramatic acting. HWhat ever became of the two Charles's ? Asbury and Pickering ? Pickering is roadmaster on the Missouri Pacific and lives there in Gorham while Asbury made good in baseball. He pitched for the Browns until he became too aged and is now managing the Browns. He and Helen Needham married soon after we all bid the old school adieu. Harold Choate bought a farm and is busily rearing, not babies, but colts, at an enormous profit while his old pal, Alfred Moureau, crashed Wall Street and is piling up the moola. V Laverna Arbieter is personal secretary to the First Lady at Washington D, C Where are the Korando Twins ?g' They are both in Gorham occupying the positions of old maid school teachers Chifford Korando and Arthur Frazer shot to the top financially by discovering oil in the near vicinity of Gorham. Clifford Korando married Mary Kunce but Arthur is an old bachelor. Maxine Guetersloh was formerly in the medical field as a nurse but is a house wife now.

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uRemember how popular Mary Cluster was with the opposite sex? Well, she still isg her hobby is that of collecting men. She has had five husbands and is prospecting for the sixth. Quite a siren, eh? Hjohn Fisher owns and operates a service station and tavern combined just south of St. Louis. Pete Hand owns a large and Very profitable farm not far from Gorham. , . UBobbie Schimpf went to a trade school at St. Louis and became a draftsman. He is doing free-lance work at the present. Arlene Dietrich has become a commercial artist. She has her offices in St. Louis. Gladys Amschler is also in St. Louis Where she is singing with a troupe at the Municipal Opera. Ted Boucher took a sudden flyer on wall street which landed him on the ' gravy wagon for good--lucky guy!!! E SC What ever happened to our six foot Senior gal? MI presume that you mean Colleen Cox? ssYeS.vi Well she started out on a shoe string and ended up the owner of a large string of exclusive cafes. If anybody can turn beans and bacon into dough that gal can. '5Ethel Killian has become a designer of smart fashionable womenis apparel. Her shops are scattered all over the U, S. A. i'Ruth Evelyn McLaughlin owns a beauty parlor in St. Louis where women pay to receive a session of torture. What a racket! Profitable too. '6Mary Ann Clendenin is doing secretarial work for Wilbur Clendenin, Evelyn Gale also Works there. 'sDo you remember the two late corners to our class ? MNO who were they? AAlma Butler and Melvin Brush. Alma has taken up the most difficult of all professions, that of being a model housewife. Poor girl. Melvin Brush has become a Mathematician. 9 9 '6What about yourself, Benny ? HOh, I am a doctor also. Ihave my offices in New York.H 'Well, that is that. Thanks ever so much for bringing my knowledge up to date on all of our old classmates. UI enjoyed it as rnuch as you did. Why not come along to the Salon and drink a toast to memory? MLet's go pal! ------- Benny Easterly