Meadow Grove High School - Trojan Yearbook (Meadow Grove, NE)

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CLASS PROPHECY Sitting relaxed. I was watching the clouds go speeding by. Here it is 1972 and election year again. Thinking about all the candidates who were “slinging mud”. I went to sleep to the gentle lulling roar of the engines. Presently I was driving down the highway. On one signboard I saw the picture of Pearl Weerts--that couldn't be my picture-but it was. Curosity made me stop to see what else it said: “Vote for Pearl Weerts for the first woman president. A man for every woman and a job for every man”. Getting the job ought to be a cinch with a promise like that. Suddenly I remembered that candidates always do personal campaiging so I started on a cross-country tour. Meadow Grove was my first stop. It is now the third largest city in the United States. Believe it or not. Kay Botsford is postmaster there. Stopping in to see him, I also saw Donna Rae Dougherty. She has been his faithful secretary for fifteen years. Kay has been trying to convince Skip that it would be nice to have her a-round the house but Skip is still undecided. Cruising up and down the streets looking for familiar names I came across a Chevrolet garage with a sign that caught my eye: “For wear and tear and whine and grind, you can’t beat a Chevy.” Howard Ellis, still as loyal to the Chevies as ever, was the proprietor. He has a thriving business, his main line being hot rods for school kids. A big black Ford pulled up beside me as I was leaving. I was really happy when I saw Joyce Synovec emerge. She is now Mrs. Warneke with trwo young sons and two beautiful daughters who constantly keep her on the run. She still has her long brown tresses which haven’t even begun to turn grey. My next stop was Denver. Seeing a large neon sign which said “Mona’s Dress Shop”, I went in to see if it coculd be Ramona Werner’s. It was. Talking with her I found that she got her man and she has her beautiful dream home which she planned in Home Ec. Of course I stopped in Hollywood to see how many of our class made it there. Going through one of the studios I ran across Lois McClatchey who is starring in a current movie. Visiting with her I found she had just returned from Paris where she had been modeling clothes in Lotus Weingart’s Dress Shoppe. Walking through the studio I heard a man singing not far away so I had the guide take me to see who it was. I was really shocked to see Bob Collins. He is a famous singing star now. A talent scout heard him when he was substituting for Jimmy Morgan back in 1955. Taking a southern route. I headed for the east coast. Before I realized it I was in South Carolina so I stopped to see if I could find Mob Monson. This seemed a logical place to find him—as close to the tobacco fields as he could get. Sure enough, he is owner of a large Old Gold Plantation but has been losing business lately. People are all taking that mile walk for a Camel because two coughs were found in a carload of Old Gold’s. Going north I stopped in Wachington to do a bit of campaigning. Was I ever shocked to find the White House painted pink! I was told that Karen Volk, now the wife of the president, had gotten tired of white so she had it painted. After reminiscing a while with her, she took me around Washington and introduced me to many important people. When I met Mr. Robert Horrocks as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, I was really surprised. He had just finished a case concerning a high school student and pep-rallies. His decision was that “cat-calls” are legal. Eating in a cafe in New York. I thought the fellow sitting across the room looked familiar. When he came over and asked if I was Pearl Weerts I knew it was Eugene Abrahamson. He is now a multimillionaire with a beautiful wife and several little “pickles” around the house. He made bis first million running Kahler's blacksmith shop. I was awakened by the stewardess to tell me we had reached our destination. I left the airplane with happy thoughts because I had just seen all the members of the Class of ‘52.

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SENIOR CHARACTERISTICS NAME NICKNAME FAVORITE PASTIME AMBITION PET PEEVE WHERE FOUND PET EXPRESSION Eugene Pickle Eating To be a millionaire Girls At Kay’s Oh, I don’t know Kay Bots Driving To be a millionaire Jr. girls In a blue Ford with Pickle Hee hee Bob C Cockrobin Sleeping in school None De Voe’s friends Fischer’s Good, good Howard Hoddy Hunting (for girls) To own a hot rod shop Cops In bis Chevy What did I do? BobH. Hairricks Flirting with girls To graduate Teachers Al’s What time it was, Merk? Lois Louie Raising “Cain” To be a Wave John Deere tractors Joyce’s Holy cow Bob M. Mons Trying to get coffee out of Kay or Weber To find a place to rest Being woke up Sleeping Who fired that shot? Joyce Catfish Flirting To get married Nickname With Arlie Definitely Karen Cookie Having fun To go to college Not getting the car Here and there Kid. I don’t know Pearl Ramona P erts Mona T.isa Looking oat the window Flirting Running Einstein out of business Hooking a man People who ask questions “Steadies” Around On the move all the time More fun Piffle WHY THEY COME TO SCHOOL Eugene To watch the girls. Kay Because I’m requested to. Bob C. To get a diploma. Howard It’s the law. Bob H. To keep out of work. Lois Cause I gotta. Bob M. Joyce Karen Pearl Ramona To catch up on lost sleep. Just to pass the time. I got the habit when I was young. To learn something, naturally. To daydream.