Jennings High School - Jen Echo Yearbook (Jennings, MO)

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C155 l 0l0 QC? Jima 6 . 1959 Dear Diary: Well, what a day this has been. Yes, indeed, today has been the most exciting one since the last decade. It seems that it all started like this: I awoke this morning and started out with the usual process of eating breakfast, and then bang , it took me by storm! his was J day. How could I have forgotten? It was exactly ten years to the day that our great png from Jennings had its farewell parting. How sad that was--the depar- ture of the ls9'ers . As I sat eating those delicious 'Hangs Corn Flakesu fmadeby the DONALD DINNER Corn Oompanyi. I just wondered what nost of the old buddies were do- ing. Gee. I thought. wouldn't it bs grand if we could all hold a class re- union? W. how I would like to see some of the old faces. While sitting there, toying with the idea, the telephone rang. Guess who it happened to be. Fate was really with us today. It was none other than the wealthy MEREDITH MAC GLURG calling from his penthouse apartment atop the Plaza. The whole thirty-first floorwas his, and today was our day of celebration. Mac was throwing a reunion party in the afternoon, and he demanded that I be there. Naturally. I was as excited as a small child and agreed. It had been years since I had seen times for quite a while. I found out quite pals, especially the ones who had moved out Robert Powers sold out to GENE BLANKENSHIP. business. and he is certainly making headway there have been a few additions to the Powers Mac, and we talked over old a bit as to some of the old of town. For instance. John Gene always had a head for with his models. By the way. or should I say Blankenship models. His latest sensations are none other than BETTY BUIBKS. DORIS ELLIOTT. ETHEL FLYNN. ABLYNE STERBA. and LOIS GOWLES. Boy! What a lineup. Incidentally. Dr. RAY HOWELL and Dr. WILLIAM ROBERTSON, famous New York surgeons. have their main offices in the Blankenship Building. Mac also informed me that they all were flying down from New York and would 'be here in time for the party. Speaking of flying. guess what two 49'ers are in charge of TVA and Western now. Believe it or not, they are DENNIS LANNIGAB and ALDON STEVENS. The trouble is that the two airlines are com- peting quite heavily, and their personal Business Warn doesn't make them the best of friends. Oh, well. at least they will be friends this after- noon. Well. I was getting about ready to give Mac a temporary good-bye when he mentioned the new spearhead in politics. It seems that there is a new third party out campaigning--it is called the Female Party. Their aim is to win the election in 1960. But that's not all. Look who the leaders are: LORETTA NAGEL, PEGGY MC GOURTY, and GERALDINE NIEL. Their candidate for president is none other than JOYCE MEYER. Incidentally. HORMA BLANKENSHIP is her campaign manager. That was about all Mac knew, so we bid each other farewell until later. My, what a group this Jennings class has turned out to be. I didn't have 24

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Glenn Kammerer . . Elaine Kaeten. . . Terry Keller .... Lorraine Kersting. . Jim Kunstel ..... Dennis Lanignn . . Louie Launhardt. . . Eddie Lawrence . . . Meredith MacClurg. . Peggy McGourty . . Joyce Meyer .... Joy Moeller. . Ira Moses. . . Rudy Mueller . . Loretta Nagel. . Geraldine Niel . . Wlnifred Nolen . . . Lowell Ruessle . . . Genevieve Osterhagen Evelyn Pohlman . . . Danny Porter .... Bill Robertson . . Norman Rosekrans . . Eugene Bowton .... Anthony Salamone . . Glenn Scanlon. . . Harry Scatizzi . . Joan Slade . . Bob Simmons. . . Lester Spaete. . Arlyne Sterba. . Fred Steinmetz . . Aldon Stevens .... Glenda Stockton. . . Bob Vosbrink . . . Dale Warmann . . Bob Weber .... Al Wehmeyer .... Richard Willeke. . . Margaret Wuenschel . Mary Ellen Wunderle. Delores York .... . . . . . . . . . .crew cut to Allen Miller . . . . . . . . . . cart wheels to Norma Rapp . use of hands while talking, to Jackie Kalna . . . . . . . . . .dimples to Loretta Dussold . . . . . . . . . . . Jovlality to Bob Reid . . pugnatious nature to Vonnie Goodwin . . . . . . . sun tan to Joe Wendllng . .grades to any ambitious Junior . . . . . . . . curls to Dickie Day , . silent ways to Daniel Rummerfield . . artistic ability to Eleanor Drezler . . , nattitudeu to Shirley Reinkensmeyer . . .pleasant disposition to Lyle Steinmetz . . . . . . vociferous ways to Gerald Jenkins . .peaches and cream complexion to Dot Wilson . . . . . . . .slimness to Mary Jane Zeilmann . . . . . . . . love of horses to June Ahrens . . . . . . . . .freckles to Marjory McConkey secretarial practice ability to Jackie Haynes . . . . . . . . flirtatious eyes to Doris Day . . . . .way with women to George Alter . . . nickname to anyone who wants it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just leaves . . .chemistry experiments to Mike Guerra . .turtle-neck WTW shirt to Bill Williams . . . . . . .quiet ways to Jay Johnston . . . . .flivver to anyone who wants it . .solos to Billy Jean Meredith . . . . . .bass solos to Mel Wolf . . . . . . . trumpet to Billy Lang . . stylish clothes to Marilyn Deuser . . . . .business course to Richard Orr . . . . . . . .shyness to Venice Bardwell . . seat on the school bus to Dorothy Rocco . . . . . . squire look to Gerald Moeller . . . . . . . . litheness to Dale Welch . . irresistable charms to Bob Luebbert . . . . . . . good looks to Danny Fox . . . . . . . height to Rob Warnann . . . .model's height to Dorothy Farmer . . . . . . . . giggles to Gladys Jacques . . collection of sweaters to Peggy O'Keefe 23

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much to do for the remainder of the morning, so I decided to take it easy and listen to the radio. Anyway, it was almost 10:00 a.m. when the 'Wheel Deal Variety Shown came on the air. I'm particularly interested in this program because mamr old Jennings graduates who have become stars are pres- ent. Yes, it's a musical variety show sponsored by Wunderle School Supplies Company. Who's the owner? Yes, that's right, MARY ELLEN WUNDERLE herself. As for the show, BOB GOUGH is Master of Ceremonies, with announcer BOB SIMMONS lmy, is he good on those singing commercialsl. The high-lights are the 'Rio Trio and BOB DILL, comedian. Besides the humorous Jokes of Bob, the trio is really good. well, why shouldn't it be? It is composed of MARGARET HAPPE. GINEVIEVE OSTEBHAGEN, and GILIJHIJA STOCKTON. Just about the time the show was really getting good, swak, wham bang, squeek?', the radio went on the blink. Immediately I rushed to the phone and called the radio repair man. Well, the repair man was pretty busy, but promised to be there as soon as possible. By this time, I really had the ole' Jennings spirit and decided to thumb through my old yearbooks. My, how odd we looked back then. Yes, I thought to myself, this is going to be a grand afternoon. Finally, after a long wait. the radio repairman arrived and commenced to pry into nw defective set. I really didn't take a good look at him 'til the radio was again playing properly. Was I surprised to find the vacuum tube genius to be 'none other than NORMAN ROSEKRANS. We talked a while and I found that he was going to the reunion also. Norman had to hustle on to another Job so that he would be able to get the afternoon off. It seemed that I had nothing to do 'til late afternoon, so I decided to eat dinner early and go to the ball park. It had been quite a while since I had seen a ball game. A little later, I found nwself driving along the avenue, when all of e. sudden a motorcycle policeman pulled me over to the curb. It seems that there was a drive on for drivers' licenses and I ,just happened to be one of those people who appear suspicious. At any rate, I did have nv driver's license. I was really surprised to find the cop to be none other than JIM JOHNSON, of all people. Yith a brief rag-chew. he scooted off, and I con- tinued my Journey. Everything went well until it came time to park. Wow! There were cars everywhere. Finally, I came upon a spacious parking lot, which ended my worries. Along with that, the lot belonged to GLEN SCANLOH and ANTHOIT SALAHONI, who were doing s. great business. Yell, with a little effort, I finally became seated in the park. Today the Cards were playing Chicago. Upon receiving a score card, I just about fell out of the grand- stand. Just look at the lineup: BARR! SGATIZZI. second base: RICHARD GOTSCH, left field: DON ELLEBBROCIC, first base: BOB VOSBHINK, 3rd base: BUD! HUELLER, short stop: DALE WARMAHN, right field: IRA MOSES, catcher. and last but not least. EDDIE GIIIEKH, pitching. The manager, by the way. is BOB BUIIK. AL WEHZHIYER and BOB WEBER are co-owners of the club at the present time. As usual, the 'Carden are in first place by about ten pmes, and also as usual. today's game was s. pushover. Following the game the fellows and I rode over to the Plaza together. You would think they would be discussing baseball. but instead. the prime point of conversation seemed to be GLEN KAMMERER. Glenn had been playing pro football for the Rams. What a year Glenn has had, a really enviable record. Well, about this time, we pulled up in front of the Plaza. 25