Keokuk High School - Comment Yearbook (Keokuk, IA)

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it--at THE 1947 COMMENT 1-af---- Ray Williams is vocalist and master of ceremonies at Bob Erholm's new night club, The El Socko in Chicago. Bob has also hired the only two women chefs in the country to prepare his edibles. Delores Cramer and Darlene Matous's cooking has made The El Socko very popular with the gourmets. Charitable Ruth Kator distributes free Indian blankets to needy and deserving East Labradoreans. Julia Jones furnishes the blankets from her factory in Paw- tucket, R. I. Delores Sale's Bottling Co, is making a new Christmas drink, Tom and Gerry's based on a formula by Geraldine Oeh-migan. Al O'Bleness founded a firm th-at designs bathing suits. Al is workin-g on one now made of cellophane. Besides being an inspiration to the other artists, Shirley Theim, af membe-r of the firm, dresses up Al's sketches. Barbara Sandidge is a well-informed advisor in a Boston marriage clinic. The local pickle factory recently awarded a medal to Dorothy Ellison for picking the most pickles in one year. . . over a million! Until the housing shortage lets up, Mary Loeffler has 'leased a circus tent to house her growing family. Mary Jane Radel has made a fortune writing for the pulp magazines. Her formula: I just retell, in writing, of my many love experiences in high school. Word has just been received that an East Somaliland tribe, the Congopongocombos, has designated Phyllis Klapprott as land here we translate! The Girl, Who, More Than Any Other, We Would Like To Have Teach Us To Jitter.bug. Arlene Wirtz has been working in-dustri-ously on her book, Little Known Facts and Things About Little Known Facts and Things . lMon-sieur S'cripto advised us not to reveal what Bill Benson is doing . . . he's a bulb-snatcher! Ward Rein has his hands full milking the many cows on his large farm. It's been several years now since we were thumbing through the Society pages of the Des Moines Registr an-d saw a picture of Nancy Lammering along with some others under the heading Engagements of These Girls Announced . We trust she is married by now. Delores Laehn arranges music for the NBC Sfylmphony Orchestra. It is her job to arrange the music sheets in a neat stack after each performance. Making tall girls look small is Margaret O'Bleness' job. wShe sells them built down shoes with basement heels. Former track star Don Harmon is leading the kiddies' ponies around a miniature race track at the Kenkuk Street Fair, Betty Peterson peddles notebooks for the Utility Notebook Co. She sells them with varied ring spacings to fit paper with varied hole spacings. We hope that includes everyone, for Monsieur Scripto has quietly slipped back into his ink bottle. all tuckered out from guiding our fingers as the fates of our many schoolmates were being put on paper. Before bundling up our manuscript and handing it to the printer for him to decipher, we leave you with this thoughtfu-l thought: We were fully aware, that, without contrary insurance. atomic explosions may rudely annul our prophecies or any personal visions you may have of a peaceful, happy future. It was a horrible thought and we frantically dismissed it from our conscious minds, trusting in yours and the world's efforts and desire to annul atomic explosions! Besides, to prophesy where some KHS students will be and what they will be doing, if the world is blown to bits, could, to say the least, prove embarassing. Yours, Monsieur Scripto Bud N-ordstrom Ji-m Biery TW ENTY-EIGHT fK'f '

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---all THE 1947 COMMENT 1-e-1--- Most of his leisure, however, is spent sipping and supping with affluent jingle composer Jim Biery while a group of Goldwyn Girls and a symphony on the patio provide appropriate dinner atmosphere.. l'0'h, the joy of being your own prophetl. -Colleen Leake recently led a seventy-eight block long parade--composed mostly of admirers--up Broadway. The parade was sponsored by The Retired Air Raid Wardens of Greater New York and Kukomong-o . If you ever have the pleasure of seeing the world famous Rockettes and your eyes get as high as the girls' faces you no dou'bt will recognize Jean Bank, twenty- third from the left. Dorothy Atteriberg is the star attraction off' the Follies in Paree. Charles Atterberg has rigged up television sets at various places in the t-heater allowing -him to enjoy the choice performances in the comfort of his own home. Wild Willie Hoffman has engineered a position as professional wrestler for Mike .Jacobs Bill won his last match from Bull Moose in three falls or throws. Willie was certainly throwing Bull that night. Rex Boehm, advertising model, is especially known for his portrayals of The Man of Distinction . Rex says he needs the Lord Calvert assignment to brace himself for his Stretchfy-seat 'underwear advertisements. David Koch rather unexpectedly took up art after visiting ar life class at Sunshine Art Sch-ool, Ohio. Bob Leu has a spacious ranch out west. His fifty thousand head of anteaters often get lost in the backyard, Phyllis Dose has the jotb of naming the new perfumes. She says this is quite an emotional strain. Mary Margaret Worster owns a chain of sweat sh-ofps in N. Y. Her company manufactures classy clot-hes for casual people. Like the wonderful one -horse shay, Martin Peterson's auto fell apart one day and started him. on the road to success. Martin is now known as the junk king of Annaheim, Mazzazza and Powdertown. Congressman Powell of N. Y. has employed Etta Woods as his personal secretary. The Dupy Fruit and Bakery Co. has replaced A8zP as the world's leading grocery. Carl has Shirley Chance managing his gigantic St. Louis warehouse. Phyllis Van Ausdall has become a photographer of male pinups. Women every- where rush to buy each month's Harpers to view the current Van Ausdall Boy. Keokuk's head librarian, Norma Stark has purchased two hundred copies of Nord Strum's new book Forever Ember Duane Bair has started a coast to coast chain of Kaiser-Engler automobile dealerships and has as his chief shop foreman and draftsman, Danny Bramhall. Jack Engler was just recently selected by Kaiser to take over Frazer's job as head of desi-gn and motors. Bill gchowalter and Clyde Ferris are now wardens at Idle Hour Prison . Ferris is day warden and Bill takes the night watch. Bill says this gives hi-m time to make his telephone calls to Powdertown. The fellows became wardens after serving aipprenticeships as Y.M:C.A. secretaries. H 'Carl Dresser and Guerdon Miller started on a world cruise in an all-plastic rowboat of their own making and design. Last reports indicate that they sunk off the coast of Bermuda. The plastic for the boat was furnished by the W. E. Smellum Chemical Co. and discovered by Eileen -Chamiber-s while concocting a Mead-ow Gold Sundae. Allan Terpening has resigned as the brains of the See Sul Bottieger Company and gone into a monastery to contemplate on the pin-'ball racket. Charles Henry is the winner of this year's Olympic diving contest. Yes, Charles is quite a splash, but so are Ira Jones and Betty Londrie wh-o placed in the breast- stroke and distance swim. Russell Moore and Betty Steeples are now starring in the Tarzan movie series. They have proved quite popular and have just finished a new film, The Son Of The Son O-f Tarzan in which Russell gets to grunt seven times. Agnew Rovane, former U. S. Chamber of Commerce president, has assumed control of the old Hay's office and has announced that in the future banning of movies he will let his conscience be his guide. TWENTY-SEVEN

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l'- Ml THE I947 COMMENT 114'- X SENIOR CLASS WILL We the seniors of Keokuk Senior High School of the year of 1947 being of sound mind declare this to be our last will and testament. We d-o, hereby, forfeit any will or codicils made by us in the past. We leave to the Juniors the Senior High and faculty, and we hereby appoint Tommy Squires as our executor and Beverly Brown as nur executrix. Shirley Thiem leaves to J-oann Robbecke her pla-ce at the head of the line in Pep Squad. Laurel Hagerty leaves to Eugene Gabel his a'bility to play ping-pong every noon in the Wigwam. To Leona Abrahams goes Nancy Lammering's good nature. Claude Nixon bequeaths his freckles to Tommy Azinger, Wilbert Early, and George Gflasgofw. To Shirley Wolf goes Darlene Matous's shorthand difficulties. Etta Woods leaves to Marj-orie Robinson her loose-leaf notebook, provided she keeps it neater than Etta kept it. C. M. Jackson leaves to Roy Krueger his hunting habits for next season. Good hunting, Ray! Ann Elder gets Nan-cy Elgin's good grades. - fEdward Jobe bequeaths to Archie Nelson his way with the women, and his singing qua' ities. Margaret Ege leaves to Elaine Anderson the chapter on Alexander the Great, which she found very interesting. Wonder why! To MarScine Kingsbury goes Delores Sale's ability to go through al-l stop lights. Ann Anderson leaves to Frances Johnson her ability with a paint brush in h-oimemaking class. A Richard Tucker bequeaths his bright red derby to Don Shultz. Banbara 'Howard wills her l-ove of fun and excitement to Jeanne Foster. Shirley Chance wills her ability to have a ride every morning to school to Mae Spearman, who does all ri-ght herself, To Virginia Reed goes Evelyn Bundy's and Dorryce G-albreath's luck with the boys. Albert 0'Bleness leaves to Bill Davidson his singing ability in Miss C00k's class. Careful Bi-ll. Joan Biddenstadrt and MarlScine Roche will to Mildred Ross their golden locks, and they hope she will keep up the fad. To Orvis Mallon goes Jack Fader's gay times in Fort Madison and Tonies in West Point. He also wishes Orvis good luck. Richard Rosa leaves John Ketterer his gay old times with the faculty. John already has a good start. Anna Lou Vice wills her job of keeping house for her dad to Darlene Vice. Anna claims she has other Dlans. V Mike Donahue gets Jack Doss's ability to go with one girl all through his senior year. d I Charles Anschutz leaves John Leu a Chevrolet that can take a lot of hard riving. Thelma Dawson leaves her friendly manner to Ruth Toomes. To Irwin Peterson goes Bill Benson's scooter to putt around on. TWENTY-NINE