Shawnee High School - Quilna Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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Senior Class Prophecy This evening in May, 1971, as I sll In my lonely room, I am feeling rather blue and depressed and I dream of those happy, care-free days I enjoyed when I was In my merry youth. I wonder what my high school friends are doing. Those were the best friends I ever had, I mused. What a silly fool I was for not enjoying them more fully! Then suddenly, an icy chill penetrates my body to the very marrow of my bones. My head slowly lifts, my mouth gapes open as before me I see the very people I had wondered about. There before me passes none other than our own NOR- MA MILLER returning in formal garb, from a piano con- cert she has just completed. The great Paderewski had died in 1953 and Norma has far exceeded his fame. Next in the procession are TREVA MOSER and ELOISE MULLENhlOUR, and believe it or not, they have de- signed a hair-do for Greta Garbo. They now operate the hlollywood Beauty Salon, and all the Hollywood cele- brities patronize them. Who is this approaching me? Why, it ' s none other than DON FETTER. My he ' s changed, hie Kas married hiedy Lamarr, but, although the movie gossip writers declare It ' s a happy marriage, hIedy doesn ' t like it on the farm. Especially doesn ' t she like milking which hubby Fetter compels her to do. ROSEANNA GRAY and BETTY FOX enter the spot- light and what gorgeously exquisite costumes they are wearing! From their conversation, I gather that they are costume designers. No wonder the flashy clothes! The next two gentlemen (?) are DON SChlLEGEL and BOB STYER. They have gained world wide fame for in- venting a formula for the prevention of bedbug bites. All you have to do is to take three tablespoons of arsenic to two teaspoons of strychnine, and the bedbugs won ' t bother you after that. Well, blow me down (as Popeye would say), here comes GLADYS MOTE all togged up In a baseball outfit. She has joined the Cleveland Indians and Bob Feller sub- stitutes for her now. What occupation won ' t women get Into! hiere comes Shawnee ' s two glamor girls, BETTIE MANA- HAN and MARY JAMES. Every year since they have been out of school, they have alternated being Miss America — and no wonder, beautiful girls win beautiful titles. The funniest thing about It is that the titles haven ' t gone to their heads. (P. S. They keep the bathing suit industry thriving.) Speaking of bathing suits, stylists WINIFRED RAMGA and GERALDINE CASE have brought back the cover-all type bathing suit, worn In the Gay Nineties. Their idea is to prevent sunburn. Next in our parade are those two ditch diggers, HER- MAN PARENT and LOWELL SCHAEUBLIN. They pos- sess the most ultra, ultra, deluxe development in the equipment line. Their shovels have seats at just the right height and two extra handles to make them self-support- ing. Who is the dignified, black-haired lady with the French accent? After her self-introduction, I learn It is VIR- GINIA HADSELL, who has travelled France extensively to become an authentic French teacher. She dyed her hair black to be more realistic. The yell of Hurry! hurry! hurry! step right up, ladies and gentlemen, step right up! The greatest show on earth! Hurry! hurry! hurry! pierces my ears. Why, It ' s none other than ballyhoo-er DICK LA POINT with the Ringling Brothers Circus. I guess his Future Farmers ' public speaking contest set him on the right track. Also in the Ringling Circus are NORMA NOTTER and MARTHA LOYER. They Impersonate monkeys, and very well, too. The reason they took this job was that they like the peanuts and popcorn their audiences feed to them. Here comes JACK ANDREWS and ZOA BREITIGAM. Imagine seeing them together! They are famous now as authors of a best-seller. Tips for A Happy Romance. The passers-by continue with the SETTLEMIRES— BILL and JIM. They are competitors in the dairy busine ss, and I mean competitors! They put any political candi- dates to shame in the rat of mud-slinging. ARLINE WARNER and PAULINE CATTELL are man- aging an insane asylum. I wonder how they got there. (Perhaps they are extra-special trusties to merit such a high position!) The next person is accompanying his arrival with a tom- tom. It ' s rather hard to recognize him under all that war paint. Oh, It ' s none other than cannibal JACK EARL. He must have been serious in his senior English class when he said the cannibals were justified for committing cannibalism. MILDRED HANES and RUBY KERR are leading happy married lives; and just to prove what time does, both are grandmas! Mildred ' s granddaughter is Martha Downing. Imagine that! The procession hustles on with KENNETH MOSER. EARL HEFNER, and WILLIS HARDESTY who have a human cannon ball act. Judging by the size of their present waistlines, they could easily be mistaken for cannon balls, too. Next come EVELYN KATTERHEINRICH and JANICE PALMER. Both are very, very gay society women, and you can ' t say you never heard of them. Just open any magazine and you ' ll see them listed In an advertisement as America ' s distinguished women. BOB GROTHAUS, the iceman, follows. He declares he ' s In the dog-house, but I think his wife ' s henpecking is justified. His coming home every night with a coat of lipstick on his face certainly looks fishy. JULIA FREYER and RUTH COWAN are still employed by Miss Rumbaugh to check showers and mark credits for the physical education classes. I guess they got so attached to that work that they just simply couldn ' t bear to depart from It. ext comes our snappy, slap-happy swing eroo, that double for Fred Astaire, none other than MILES MIT- CHELL. He has smashed the box office records for all time all over the world. A screaming siren sends more chills through my bones as firemen EUGENE FRUEH, CHARLES HAHN, and DON HARDIN speed a colorful fire engine by on a wild-goose chase — a false alarm. It is rumored that these brave heroes volunteered to the fire department so they could have a good excuse for attending the Fireman ' s Ball. DOROTHY BURGET, MARGERY MAYER, and AGNES HIXENBAUGH are officers of a ladies ' sewing circle. If you want the most recent and sensational facts about the Class of ' 41, ask one of these ladies. JUNE WATTERSON and JUNIOR HOWELL are in the printing business: Each found the other ' s company so enjoyable while running the Chief on the mimeograph that they have kept up their close friendship through all these years. JO ANN COTTERMAN and BETTY EYLER are now two very easy-to-look-at models, whose pictures often ap- pear on magazine covers. These ladies make Ann Sheri- dan look sick when they begin to strut their stuff. GEORGE STEWART is a sports writer and radio com- mentator of great fame. He describes the prize-fights on the radio, especially those in which World Champ JIM LONG takes part. The next paraders are the theme of a very well-known ballad. Remember, She flies through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young girl on the flying trapeze. Well, these aerial performers are our own HELEN KERR and ROSE MARY MILLER. These girls credit their success to the author of this resume because they never realized their abilities in this type of work until she suggested tumbling In their physical education class. ROGER MATHEWS and FRED WEISENMAYER pass before us now. They are this year ' s presidential candi- dates. (Roosevelt didn ' t run after the fifth term.) These two very handsome candidates sound very convincing on the band-wagon. DALE HARSHMAN completes our procession of dreams. He has a one-man medicine show In which he sells some magic remedy. He claims If you put some of his remedy on your gardens, your vegetables will come up so fast that they will get growing pains. For the rest of his remedy ' s qualities you ' ll have to ask Dale. And now that all my musings have been realized, I return to my everyday life of writing prophecies. Hm - - -. — Mary Butturff.

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