Rock Port High School - Bluejay Yearbook (Rock Port, MO)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Time is a strange thing. If mortal man is ever able to conquer this intangible thing, our world will., no doubt, be greatly changed. There are, upon the face of our earth, a few gifted individuals who have the ability to bridge this gap in time. They possess the skill of projecting themselves into the past, or into the future. I know onesuch individual! I have given my solemn pledge not to disclose this person's identity, yet at this timel wish to present to you a revelation of what this talented genius revealed to me. A short while ago, whether it was last week, or last month doesn't matter, I had the pleasure of sharing an hour with this philosopher. I put to him the question that has been on the minds of the members of the senior class for quite some time. Where will the members of the senior class of Rock Port Route 2 High School be, fifteen years hence? l-legazed into my eyes, and related the following information to me. One of the young ladies in the class of '59 will be a top chorus girl in the fatnous Copa Cabana Night Club. She will be known as bubbles, the toast of the coast. Prior to her fame and fortune, this individual was known as DARLENE SCHMIDT. J ANICE TUDOR, known for her prowess on the basketball court,will forsake an athletic career for the field of art. Janice will be successful in this endeavor. She will achieve her fame with the brush by painting 7 up on pop bottles. Although JERRY BENNINGTON was no brain in school, his eye for women will land hitn the big job of President, of Playboy Magazine. Even as a high school student, his interests werealongthis line. DAN BOATMAN will attend P.C.I.T. 1Phelps City Institute of Technologyb. He will be atrack man of great fame, gaining his greatest fame as being the fastest man in the high jump. ANNETTE BENNINGTON aspiredto becomea mathematician. However, she will toss aside this technical career to some extent. She will settle for the job of cashier in the Downtowner Cafe in Rock Port. KENTON KRUSOR had dreams of being a star quarter-back on some football team. He will be a star quarter-back for The San Quenten Spoofhounds.TOMM1E STANTON will star for Barnum and Bailey as Two Ton Tommie, the fat woman. CARL HERRON, who had planned to be a farmer, will become a lawyer, and in his most famous case, he will defend PORTIA OSWALD, charged with the murder of her third husband, MARK LUI-IRS. Carl will win the case and promptly become Portia's fourth husband. It will be rumored that Mark actually was murdered by Portia, who was furious because he was keeping company with BETTY JO THOMAS, who married into the Rockefeller family. CThat is, the Rockefeller family of Nish.nabotna.D HOWARD BUNTON will found the Bunton Summer Camp for girls. This will be a non-profit organizationg as far as money is concerned. BETTY TURNER will run the largest guppy ranch in existence, TheCircleT. BEVERLY SCHROEDER has planned to operate a string of super markets. She will almost achieve her goal. She will own almost all the fishing shacks in Brownville, Nebraska. JAY GORE has planned to go into an occupation which will place him near water. J ay will work for the New York Department of Sanitation, comtnonly called the sewer. KAY GREER will be side tracked from her nursing career and become the owner and head dealer of the Golden Nugget Gambling Hall in Las Vegas. J ANICE SCHNEGELBERGER will not realize her ambition to become a secretary. She will be the 1968 weight lifting champion--for the Russians. ROBERT HOWELL, the top student in our class, recently applied for a chauffeur's license. He will be successful in his ambition to become a truck driver. Robert will drive a truck for the famous OttmanTrucking Line. The owner of the line is not KEITH OTTMANN, from our class, but his little brother James. Keith will be elected Street Commissioner of Langdon. CONNIE LAUMANN, one of the more timid souls in our class, will become the greatest saleswoman in history. She will attain her greatest triumph by selling refrigerators to the Alaskan Eskirnos. HELEN DAVIS' hidden athletic ability will finally shine as she becomes the world's champion tiddly-winks player, winning the final round of the play-off withabroken tiddle. JANE COOP ER will become a world famous fan-dancer at CAROLE LlNlNGER'S fan shop at thecorner ofCalhoun and Main in Rock Port. VIRGINIA ROOP always wanted to be a world famous designer. Leave out the word famous and you have her future occupation, world designer. She will design globes at the Fairfax Globe Factory. NORMA JEAN ESSER will not become an everyday housewife as she had hoped. Instead she will be an espionage agent. She will sell Espionage egg-beaters. LENNIS MIl..LION will become a top performer in the circus. He will be able to spin his tops faster than anybody else. A budding young artist, MARVIN ROSENBOHM, will express his talent by painti.ng the yellow line down the middle of the new super highway. Although J ERRIANNE STITES grades weren't too good in school, she will win her fame and fortune as a snake charmer at Don's Club in Las Vagus. Don's club will be owned and operated by none other than DON lNGRAM,gentleman farmer from Rock Port, who, while sinking a water well on the south forty, struck oil. MARJORIE COOK will enter the diplomatic corp. She will be assigned as Rock Port's ambassador of good will to Tarkio. A very tough assignment. DICK SALFRANK, l predict, will become county sheriff and will be instrumental in breaking up Gun Moll GARST'S famous Spider Gang. GARY KING will become a big rock and roll singer preforming under thename of Gary, King ofthe Boppers.Fearless NANCY KING will attain great acclamation as a bullfighter. ALBERTA HERRON andSHIRLEY PERRY will collaborate to become the most famous bur- glar twosome in the country. Their dommfall will finally come, however, when they get caught trying to break into the Y.M.C.A. at Omaha. MELVIN GRUBB will become the heavy weight champion of the world. He will weigh a fantastic 550 pounds. I predicethatJERRY WELCH will become a test pilot. He will test pilot lights in gas heaters. At ourinterview, lhad mixed emotions of empathy and nostalgia. Possibly you do not believe that an individual has the ability to predicethe future. If, however, you are one of the imaginative individuals that makeup our world,you may followthe activities of this group and share with me the future that is theirs.