Williams High School - Tusayan Yearbook (Williams, AZ)

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FOWLER Class Prophecy By LAURA McMAHAN and LARRY FOWLER On May 1, 1956, the Senior Class of Williams High School was visited by the world famous scientist. Professor Peuter P. Potter. The Professor spoke to the class and explained that he was traveling around the country talking to graduating high school students to point out to them that this nation of ours is sadly lacking in the production of scientists and inventors. The professor went on to explain that the government had passed a law requiring that all graduating high school students enroll in colleges, in universities, or in special schools for the production of scientists and engineers. It is now May 1, 1986, and a survey has been made by the government to check on the results of the law that was put into effect thirty years ago. Each high school class has been studied as a unit and the following is the result of the survey made of the Class of 1956 from Williams High School. The first members of the class covered by the survey are Virgil Curry and Robert Brinias. These two men finished their scientific training course and immediately began work on a time machine that would project scientists into the future. As the government men entered the laboratory, they found an attendant watching a screen. He informed the government people that Curry and Brinias had completed the machine a year before and that they had taken off for the year 2086. The screen had revealed that Curry and Brinias had landed in the year 2086 with no difficulty, but had landed in a strange land in which all the men had been killed so that only women remained. The way the attendant explained it, Curry and Brinias soon broke contact with the time machine and had made no attempt to return. The next members of the class reported on were Gail Taylor, Sally Southworth, Laura McMahan and Alice Burrage. For the entire time since they had left school they had been conducting the same experiment and had enjoyed no success, although their idea was fundamentally sound. They had spent all their time teaching the Navajo language to carrier pigeons to be used during war time so that the pigeons could carry the messages and speak them when they arrived at their destination. Thus wear and tear on their legs made by the metal message carriers used in previous wars, could be eliminated. (All four of the girls knew one word of Navajo, and they couldn’t get the pigeon to speak it. The word was, Yatahay”). Larry Meier and Wayne Hodgin were next on the survey, and when the survey people found them they were shooting snipes in the city park. It was soon revealed that these two worthies had invented the bow and arrow. Of course theirs was different from the ancient weapon we know because their bow was built on wheels. They explained that they were now trying to get financial backing to develope their invention. Pat King and Jerry Lee were the next two members of the class to come under the survey, and it was found that they had spent the years teaching ducks how to write with a ball point pen under water. Their idea had two fundamental ideas. First, to produce educated ducks and secondly, to sell more ball point pens. By this time the government men conducting the survey were rather discouraged and planned to take a day off. So, on a bright and beautiful Sunday morning the survey people sneaked off to the amusement park. There they found something they had never seen before. Side saddles for old ladies who liked to ride the horses on the merry-go-round. One of the survey party shook his head sadly and said, This must be the work of the people we are surveying, so we might as well face it and find out who they are. It didn’t take long because Clara Hardy, Bonnie Grantham, Arlyn Cureton, and Joan McCallister were riding around and around on the merry-go-round testing their invention. The day was ruined for the survey people. They discarded their holiday plans sadly and decided to check the next people on the list. It was not long before they found the laboratory of Jean Kelso and Robin La Rue in the back of an abandoned brewery. These two half pints had spent their entire time trying to invent a potion that would make them grow, similar to the one in Alice in Wonderland.’’ Something was wrong with their calculations and experiments because they had both shrunk to a height of 3’ 6”. Bruce Gum and Larry Fowler were next on the list, and when the government people proceeded to the address where they were supposed to find these former members of the Class of 56, they found only a large hole in the ground. Inquiries in the neighborhood revealed that one day there was a terrific explosion and Gum and Fowler dis- McMAHAN

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 i -A i C. MAYES 77 ? IF 7 Compiled By CATHERINE MAYES I, Tony Alvarez, will the school to all the freshmen. I, Tom Augenstein, will my height to Jon Smith. He'll need it to make the basketball team next year. I, Mary Frances Benham, will my nicknames to anyone who wants them. I, Robert Brinias, will my ability to stay out of love to any smart guy around. I, Alice Burrage, will my ability to keep everyone guessing about my marital status to Betty Hancock. I, Luis Corona, will my great ability in Spanish to Arthur Santana. I, David Cox, will my glasses to Jim Walker. If he isn't tall enough to see the girls well enough, maybe my glasses will help him find them. I, Arlyn Cureton, will my ability to be true to my one and only love to Bonnie Willsey. I, Virgil Curry, will my shoes to Floyd Willet so that he can ski to school in the winter. I, Robert Dean, will my ability to go to sleep during a basketball game to Mr. Hengl. I, Larry Fowler, will my interest in the out of town ranch (east of Williams) to Lee Strange. I, Amparo Garcia, will my ability to be quiet in class to Glenna Blevins because she is so noisy. I, Cheri Gardner, will my ability to get along well with the boys to Nancy Peckumn. I, Bonnie Grantham, will my ability to catch a man to Patty DeVaney. I, Bruce Gum, will my Rod” to Royce Smith so that he and Dennis will both have tanks to ride around in. I, Clara Hardy, will my quiet nature to Sue Ann Peckumn. I am sure with her own qujet nature she will hardly need it. I, Wayne Hodgin, will my love for chemistry to any poor sophomore who will dare take it. I, Pat King, will my job as the official baby sitter of the freshman girls to Dale Payne. I, Robin LaRue, will my ability to giggle to Lucy Smith. I, Jerry Lee, will my ability to make a splash at Pep rallies to Joan Pearson. I, Irene Lucero, will my scatterbrains” to Bruce Thompson because Bruce has already got a head start. I, Catherine Mayes, will my ability to think, to reason and not to get excited to Auntie Carol Sutton and her nephew, Pork Chops Sutton. I, Laura McMahan, will my big mouth and carrying voice to Patty Nelson. I, Jimmy Mahan, will my flashlight that I use to go home from Lavonne’s to Irene Juarez so that she can at least find her locker even if she doesn't find anything in it. I, Harvey Major, will my driver's license to Ned Vigil on the condition that he can get it out of hock. I, Larry Meir, will my Willys to Henry Miller because that is the only thing that will slow him down. I, Raymond Montoya, will my passing grades to Eddie Sandavol. I, Hershel Mosier, will my freshman harem to Peter Gardner. Take care of them for me, Pete. I, Victoria Padilla, will my ability to argue to my good friend, Robert Jackson. I, Deanna Plummer, will my California interest to Glenda Gum. I, Bertha Sanchez, will my interest in history and civics to David Uban” Russell because he is already starting to take subjects over for me. I, Ben Sandavol, will my beautiful sounding pipes to Alvin Reed. His car needs something. I, Dolores Sandavol, will my interest in the Army to Emma Sanchez. I, Sally Southworth, due to the fact I have nothing to will, give nothing to Mr. King because he needs nothing. I, Gail Taylor, will my shapely figure to Cynthia Oppliger. I, Gertie Torrez, will my fancy hairdo to Carolina Saiz. I must warn Carolina that this hairdo has a peculiar fascination for boys. I surely have fun fighting them off though! I, Mary Ann Way, will my ability to see and talk in the dark room to Penny Perkins. I, Jim Whitaker, will my ability to get kicked out of study hall to Eddie Bochat. I, Jean Kelso, will my quiet voice to Jim Miller. Something someday may quiet him down. I, Joan Karger, just leave. I, Joan McCallister, will my ability to chase sailors to Betty Cochran.

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appeared without leaving a forwarding address. The next two members on the list were Cheri Gardner and Catherine Mayes. The surprising thing about these two members of the class is the fact that they had given up their scientific work and had become housewives. Their scientific training had manifested itself, however, because they kept experimenting with new baby formulas for their children. Each had 12. A candy factory was the next destination of the people making the survey, and in checking their list, they found Mary Ann Way, Mary Frances Benham, Deanna Plummer, and Jo Ann Karger busily making candy suckers and discarding them. The survey people asked what was being accomplished, and Mary Ann told them that the group had spent years working on a candy sucker that would never wear out. Success had eluded the group up to that time, but they figured their efforts would soon succeed because their candy suckers made awfully good canoe paddles. Of course, right at the moment, the market was over-stocked with canoe paddles. The government people left the candy factory to cover their next assignment in the survey. As they reached the street, newsboys were selling an Extra” proclaiming the disappearance of two scientists. It was soon learned that Hershel Mosier and Jim Whitaker had been successful in building a flying submarine, but on a test flight they had tried to submerge in Mount Fujiyama and Fuji erupted at that instant and up went submarine and inventors. This had happened the day before and the submarine had not come down. The next laboratory visited found Amparo Garcia, Bertha Sanchez, and Dolores Sandoval completing years of work on a new medicine that would cure all stomach ailments. Of course the three dogs they had tried it on had all died, but the ladies were not discouraged. They had named their potion, Kickapoo Joy Juice. In the rear of this same laboratory the survey people found three more members of the Class of 56 working on a new type of perfume. It was a strange odor that led to the location of Vickie Padilla, Irene Lucero, and Gertie Torrez. When finally it was found, it was revealed that these three had perfected a new perfume for catching men. The perfume had been named The Osculation.” When asked what strange powers it had, the girls explained that it caused , . . an anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicular muscles in the state of contraction.” Put into plain language this meant, a kiss.” Noticing smoke drifting in from the street, the government people went out to investigate and learned that a hot rod driver had invented a car that threw up a smoke screen that paralyzed the police. The survey people had a feeling that they should find these inventors because they probably were on their list. Sure enough, when the police revealed their names, they were Harvey Major, Jim Mahan, and Bob Dean. Skid row was the next destination on the survey, for that was the address of Tony Alvarez, Luis Corona, Raymond Montoya and Benny Sandoval. When last heard of some years previously, it was learned that these four had formed a partnership to perfect a substance that would change the spots on playing cards. When they were found, the four of them were in a terrific argument. While playing poker, all four had come up with four aces. You know,” said one of the survey men, I think these four guys have been successful in their experiment. But what are they going to do with it?” The survey was nearly over with only two names remaining on the list. However, no matter how hard the government people searched, they could not find the last two members of the class. Finally, in desperation, they returned to Williams High School to see if they could learn where these two characters could be found. Lo and behold! They found the two lost members, Tom Augenstein and David Cox. Mr. Zeiger was old and gray, but he still had Tom and David in Civics and was just about ready to pass them on despite their 25 average in the course. Mr. Zeiger told the investigators that he was ready to let them take over the course because he was old and tired. They should know it, he said; they've had the course 31 times.” I d write some more about this class, but my typewriter is about worn out, and because where I am they won't let us have sharp objects. Laura McMahan Larry Fowler