Jackson County High School - Aiyukpa Yearbook (Walden, CO)

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AIYUKPA 0 9 I947 our perplexity was overcome we realized we had at last met our objective. The Swedes had gained a foothold and NVilbur had changed his name to Mae NVil- burson, vowed never to return to the Swedes in North Park, and hidden his true identity. Leaving the South unexplored as yet, we decided to go to New Orleans and start our explorations from there. Who should we find in Orleans by Nancy Holden, now employed as a six-day bicycle racer. She was unable to stop racing and talk to us, but it was nice to see her again. Arriving in Kentucky, we found Darl Peterson. He fed us a delicious meal of preserved turnip greens and po'k chops. lt seemed he had gone into the dry farming business with Lil Abner Yokum. XVishing him success in winning Daisy Mae Scragg from his partner, Lil Abner, we left for Tennessee. Here we found Doris llakonson as a successful engineer of the new and better T. V. A. She was very prosperous and renowned for her ability in flood control and dam building. 'It seemed there were no more classmates in the ll. S. A., so we headed for New York to take off for Europe. lVe caused quite a commotion, and the mayor of New York and the New York welcoming committee held a reception in our honor. Bette Hoover was asked to come to our reception as one of New York 's more prominent society matrons. lYhen she discovered the Prophet a11d lady politi- cian were none other than Reams and Abbott unincorporated, she innnediately wanted us to come for a series of parties depicting the spirit of our class of '-17. To meet her family, to see her pet hobby purebred Holstein milch cows, and a variety of other things. lVe gracefully withdrew a11d started our trip across the ocean. Our trip across the ocean was without event and we arrived at England quite safe and sound. As we descended we were almost mobbed by a large crowd of people who had never seen a magic carpet, after much delay we finally broke away. VValking down main street, what should we see but a large theatre proclaiming that Herbert A. Laughter was now playing. On the marquee was a huge profile, it proclaimed that at least one member of the class of '47 would get his name in tl1e lights. Proceeding to Paris, we decided to see the sights before looking for fellow ahunni of J. C. H. S. On top of Eiffel Tower, much to our surprise, we found Milet Turplague and her wardrobe mistress, Sherl Hackley. Millie was speak- ing in a very Frenchy tone. lt seemed she was No. 1 French model for the gov- ernment and at the next patriots fashion show she wanted a hat fashioned after the tower. Sherl seemed truly stumped, ln Leningrad, a. tall Russian Uossack uniform was training some young ballet dancers on the public green. 'llhe sign said it was Clifford Cooksky school of modern ballet. NVe would have liked to speak to him, but as he was so busy it proved impossible. llis Hehorus girls were pretty and all seemed to be very infatuated with their instructor. Leaving the Soviet- Republic, we toek o11e of our longest trips. Following the Yangste river through Kuku Nor province we stopped at Ping To Village. A translator told us that the missionary woman had just left for Fu Fhow. If we hurried we perhaps could catch her and find out if she knew any Americans Page Forty seven

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AIYUKPA 0 9 l9l+7 0 ing' the world and finding' out what had happened to our fellow classmates in 20 years. As my business seemed to be Ucatching on, I agreed and we headed East. Cruising along' at 800 miles an hour we spied a cactus juice stand and felt the need of a. slight repast. Finishing our cactus juice, we felt very pricked up and started to leave. Out in the hot desert sun near the stand we spied a lady cow- poke on her trusty stecd. She shouted at us and to our surprise it was none other than Bobbie Follett. YVe discovered her happily married and turned cow- girl to try and keep her husband eorraled. After leaving Nevada. we found our- selves running low on Hi-fly-sky juice and stopped at Rangeley to refucl. At the oil field was a very small, oily character who greet-ed us as if she knew who we were. Vile discovered her to be Babs Roberts, successful derrick man for the Black and Gooey Oil Company. Carmen Hampton, spinster sheriff, mayor, constable, and fire chief. greeted us and told us as members of the class of '47 the town was at our disposal. That evening, feeling in the need of recreation, all members of our class had always felt, we headed right for the local theatre. Bill Hrdlicka, janitor, met us at the door and was very happy to reminisce with his good friend the Prophet Reams. Bill insisted upon taking us to his home for a midnight supper. Ralph Moore, the nationally known coal miner, was there and had a truly sad tale. The floalmont mines had gone out Cn strike and caused a nation-wide crisis. Ralph was in a very despondent mood and feared his 2-l children would die of starvation. Synipathizing with Ralph, we thanked Bill's pretty blond wife and de- parted. Before leaving North Park we learned Harold Anderson was now IILH11- ager of the Purple illlfl Gold General Merchandise. His secretary was Josephine Armstrong. lVhat we could not prophevy was will this secretary mar1'y her boss? Being unable to find this happy couple we left North Park and traveled southeast to Denver. Still feeling the need for entertainment. we decided to look around and see what fun we could derive from one of the nearby amusement parks. Riding the rolly coaster, rocket ships. and tilt-a-whirls. our stomachs felt like doing some- thing less strenuous. Boarding the Lakeside Express we found the conductor, engineer, fireman and brakeman to be one and the same. Also none other than our school day pal, Ceborn Hanson. Talking about school and the old days and friends, Cebe imparted the information that VVilbur McAllister had left for Vifiseonsin. lt seemed he wanted to get away from his Swedish friend 's influence. Stopping on the outskirts of Scotts Bluff. Nebraska, we encountered a circus. Here we found the one! only! Helen Alice, tight rope walker supreme. Missy Hanson was very happy to see us and we were readily entertained. Then she told us the story of her life, since graduation. A sad tale was unfolded. It told of the parting of her lover of high school days. He had left to see if he could get away from Swedish influence and forgot to return. She had taken to the road and circus life in a grievous moment. Her grief was overcome and she truly began to enjoy the life. Reaching NVisconsin, we searched high and low but were unable to find XVilbur McAllister. Just as we were leaving, a Paul Bunyon of the NVisconsin woods accosted us, we asked him directions. He greeted ua warmly and after Page Forty-six

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AIYUKPA O I947 in the vicinity. Arriving in Fu Chow, we not only found the missionary, but she was Betty Miller. Feeling well rewarded for our Vhinese trip by Betty 's kind. pleasing way, we headed for the Pacific Ocean and Pershing Square. Only one member of the graduating class was missing from our tour. Merlin Peterson seemed to be nowhere ill our travels. As we descended upon Abbott for Dogeatcher Park Bench, we noticed an elderly gentleman seated there. He had white hair, a small goatee, and sideburns. To the amazement of both of us it was Pete. His financial worries had made him age rapidly and just as he had taken out his retirement, his brother Darl had written him of our visit. He had been sitting on the bench for three days waiting for our return. Thus making a perfect cycle of the graduating class of l47, we felt very rewarded to see them all in good health and attitude. LXT CLASS WILL The Class of 1947, possessing a state of mind beyond our control, and being of the unstable temperment, do hereby make and publish our last will and testament. To the Faculty we will and bequeath the golden silence which will be theirs after we are gone. Our fighting ability and well known nerve, the qualities which made us what we are today, we will and bequeath to the Junior class. To the Sophomorea we will and bequeath all the used bubble gum and old comic books found in and under our desks. Xve will and bequeath to the Freshmen our ability to stall for time and the great imagination we had when asked a question the answer to which we did not know. RESOLVED 1. Jackie Abbott wills her ability to talk herself out of any predicament to Betty Kiefer. 2. Josephine Armstrong wills her dancing ability to Yvonne Peterson. 3. Harold Anderson bequeaths his shyness to Iiloyd Mc- Allister. 4. Herbert Anderson wills his wavy hair to Bill Eber- hart. r 5. Clifford Cook wills his ability at being late for school to Bobby Turner. 6. To Jackie Hoover, Barbara Follett wills her ability to catch a man Cthat was willed to her by LaVerne Page Forty-eight