Rosalie High School - Bulldog Growl Yearbook (Rosalie, NE)

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CLASS PROPHECY As Mr. Beck is about to watch a rocket being launched at Cape Can- averal, Florida, he runs into Carol Ahlers. Carol explains to him that she is worried sick because of this rocket launching. She ex- plains that the chief pilot is her everlovin' husband, Elvis Presley. As you may, or may not, know he was a famed recording star of a few years ago. The public finally got tired of hearing him and now he is to be the first man in space. While they talk over old times who should come along but Mr. Ostdiek all dressed in white coveralls. He explains that he is in charge of firing the huge missile which is about to send the first man into’space. He also notifies us that if the test proves successful he will be permitted to be the second man in space. Strangely enough he was being followed by Carol Sailors who tells Mr. Beck’she is a secret police woman, and that she is working for the United States Government. They have sent her to follow Mr. Ostdiek as a precaution so he can't give away any vital information as he some- times did when he was giving tests way back when he was a teacher at R. H. S. As Carol goes on about her spying job, Judy Nelson bumps into Mr. Beck. He asks her why she is here and she replies that she is trying to get some new ideas for her department store which she has been run- ning now for three or four years. She explains that something like this rocket launching gives a person a very good influence toward out- lining something entirely new in the decoration of a huge department store. She exDlains that she already has a wonderful idea for turning the large pillars, which hold up the roof, into rocket ships, and then painting the floor to simulate the fire and smoke of a rocket when it takes off. Mr. Beck states that it is a wonderful idea and that it should really sell the customers on these new stores which are all glass with no windows, like hers. All of a sudden a shrill whistle is heard and a voice blares over the loud speaker. Rocket Number 123 560 is being fired. 'Whoomp Sput—Sput Whoomp'. It's fired,” says Judy N. As Judy hurries off to put her new ideas to work, she runs in to Deanna, who explains that she is in a terrible hurry because her husband didn't want her to even come to the test for he was afraid that she might get blown up. Her husband is very touchy about things like that she explains, because last three wives were lost that way. When asked by Mr. Beck what he does for a living, Deanna explains that he is a sharp shooter in Don Kinning's Super Circus. Mr. Beck asks where he is living and Deanna gives him directions to get to his home. Mr. Beck promises to look him up as soon as he takes Carol A. to her Cadillac which is parked a couple of blocks away.

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CUSS PROPHECY Page 2 After a few hours of searching Mr. Beck comes upon Don's house which is smack dab in the middle of the most expensive district in the town. Mr. Beck rings the door bell and sure enough the same old Don K. steps to the door dressed in the usual coveralls he always wore when he was a plumber back in Rosalie. He explains that they just kind of grew on him and that he can't seem to get them off. As they talk over old times, Mr. Beck finds out that Don has made millions with his cir- cus. He says that the people just love his wild west show and that he doesn't even charge admission. He says the way he makes all his money is by selling peanuts to feed to the.animals. And with all of these people buying feed for the animals, he doesn't have to feed them. After talking a while, Mr. Beck leaves Don's house. On the way to the car he runs into Mrs. Anderson. She explains to him that she is to see Don and find out what he is doing now-a-days. She says that she is now enployed at the rocket center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here she has the sometimes impossible job of teaching young airforce enlistees the task of rocket up-keep and maintenance. She explains that it is pretty hard work at times, but that she enjoys it. She says that she must hurry and see Don for a while and then get back on the job. As she leaves, Mr. Beck goes down town to have something to eat after a strenuous day of excitement. In the restaurant who should wait on him but Dorothy Canarskji Dorothy tells Mr. Beck that she is working here part time to earn money to put her through school. Mr. Beck asks her what kind of school and she replies that it is a school where you learn to model the new cloth ing that just came out this year. She explains that it is fashioned after the idea of Space Travel, and that it takes a girl with a very slim figure like hers to model the new style. After talking a while longer, Mr. Beck decides he should go home for a well-deserved rest. As he steps in the door of his eight-million-dollar house, he notices a person sitting on the couch, and it is Mrs. Marr. She tells him that since she was in the neighborhood she thought she would stop in and say hello. She explains that she travels a lot for a company which makes cars, and that she is an approved test driv- er for the large company. Her day is pretty hectic with all these women drivers and such. Right now she is testing the latest and newest model, which the company says is top secret. As the clock chimes, Mrs. Marr remembers that she ish't supposed to stop and visit with old friends. As she leaves, Mr. Beck retires to his basement where he has a multi-million dollar shop. Here he makes complex parts for extra secret rockets and the like. As Mr. Beck is working down in his shop, he hears this terrific noise outside. He hurries out to see what is going on. As he steps out to see what's going on he sees a rocket car coming down the street. Who should be leaving the black marks on the sidewalks—Mrs. Whitcomb. Mr. Beck flags her down, and she comes to a screeching standstill. She explains that she practices like this on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the drag races which are on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. On Sundays and special holidays she helps the street cleaner scrub the black marks off the sidewalks. And so we close this year's Class Pro- phecy with Mrs.Httitcomb scrubbing Mr. Beck's sidewalks. ■Charlene Perrin -Warren Franson Class of 1959