Affton High School - Afhiscan Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Seadoo 66444 of 7757 Mr. Bekemeyer, the noted and most famous spon- sor of the well-known class from Affton High School of 1957, is just about ready to make his Rocket ship tour. As all of you know, Mr. Beke- meyer is going to answer the many cries of his 1957 students to come and visit them. As he ar- rives at the Lambert Airport, the reporters are hounding him to seek information as to what fa- mous student he will visit first, as he makes the trip around the world. As he boards the luxurious D-C 107 space ship, he is greeted by a very pretty girl, who was the Queen of the class of '57, Bar- bara Evans who is the stewardess. She comfort- ably seats him and reassures him that he isn't taking off for the moon. She then goes to the cap- tain, who is none other than Craig Steibel. The captain then nods to Walter Staas, the airplane me- chanic, to tell them that they are on their way. As the rocket ship leaves the ground, Mr. Bekemeyer looks across the aisle to see Roger Stein, who is talking to that noted gossip columnist, Marilyn Mc- Cauley, to seek the latest news about town. When Mr. Bekemeyer awakens, he looks from the win- dow of the rocket and sees that the plane is right above the famous Indianapolis Speedway. As he strains his eyes to see just who is winning the race, he notices that three of the racers are jack Karg, foe Becker, and Matthew Burkhart. Suddenly Mr. Bekemeyer gets somewhat excited, but the steward- ess assures him that it is nothing but a mild elec- trical stormg at least they thought the storm was mild, but when the storm was over, they suddenly realized they were in the sunny land of Florida. Deciding to take a walk along the beach, Mr. Beke- meyer sees none other than Donna Ely still trying to get that suntan. While in St. Augustine, he stumbles upon Diane feollink who is madly search- ing for the Fountain of Youth. At Cypress Gardens Mr. Bekemeyer sees Warren Schuch, the famous water skier. The rocket ship departs for New York City. When they fly by the Empire State Building, he peeks through the window and sees Carol Stuerman, Don Schneidefs secretary, explaining to reporters Carol Horst and Bob Stel- mach, why her boss is late. In the evening he at- tends the recital of Bill Steinmetz, the famous pian- ist, at Carnegie Hall. He then leaves for Brazil to see Barbara Hershey. As most of us already know, she's the one responsible for putting the nuts into the hershey bars. While eating a candy bar he takes a stroll to Wally Rhodes' 500 acre rubber plantation. As the plane crosses the At- lantic Ocean, he sees George Roer and foe Mc- Kean trying to make a voyage around the world the cheap way, on a raft. While the rocket is over Africa, it runs out of fuel which means that poor Mr. Bekemeyer has to bail out. He quickly puts on and fastens his parachute and jumps out the door. Oooopps, the parachute catches on a nail, but all is not lost, for just below is Carol Hoffman ready to catch him with her famous seller, the Twenty-four plastic undershirt, which she is trying to sell to the Pygmies. Becoming very hungry, he stumbles into the kitchen of Marilyn Cole, a typical house- wife. She invites him in for her favorite dish, rattlesnake pizza. Trying to find his way back to civilization, he runs into the fearless safari hunter John Trantina, who helps him to find his way through the jungle, where his ship is ready to leave again. He arrives just in time to see Con- nie Hortig, in Spain, make her debut as a toreador fighting a vicious bull. Mr. Bekemeyer becomes so excited that he just catches his rocket in time to go to France. Upon arrival in France, he decides to have his picture painted by the famous artist John Dyess, so that he can send the picture to his many grandchildren. Entering a cafe, he joins Nina Wolf and .lady Thomas who are also tour- ing France. To his surprise the floor show is fea- turing that famous French singer, Pat Welden, the exciting Can-Can dancer, Sharon McDonald, and the breath-taking adagio dance team, Evonne Leon- ard and David fTinyj Voelke. After enjoying a wonderful show, Mr. Bekemeyer boards the rocket ship and departs for Italy to hear the renown Italian opera singer, Sharon Pinion. Before arriv- ing at the opera house, who should Mr. Bekemeyer see but Nancy Dixon trying to paint the Leaning Tower of Pisa straight. After explaining to her that the tower is supposed to be slanted, we again depart this time for England. While flying over the English Channel, he sees Donna Pickles attempting to swim the Channel. Waiting to greet Mr. Bekemeyer at the London Airport, is the famous Sherlock Holmes, Walter Breville, who warns him of Bill Dieckmann, the ruthless bubble gum thief. While walking through the smog, Mr. Bekemeyer suddenly hears a loud siren and notices the London Fire Engine be- ing driven by Fireman Russell Wippler, with his boss the Fire Chief, Larry Winn. While passing over Ireland, he sees Gary Shannon looking for four-leaf clovers. When the rocket lands in Canada, Mr. Bekemeyer is greeted by .lon Dressel, the own- er of all timber camps for his wood-working shop in Affton. He in turn introduces him to Betty Brushett, the wife of a Mounted Police Captain. Deciding to go for a stroll in the snow, Mr. Beke- meyer stumbles upon .lack Lauclenslager hanging draperies on an igloo. After inquiring where he can catch his rocket ship, he discovers there is a rocket ship at Ronald Rolfes' Steak 'n Shake at the North Pole. After enjoying a northburger, he catches his rocket and lands in Switzerland. He hears about a ski meet and decides to go. Acci- dentally, Mr. Bekemeyer finds that somehow he is going down the ski jump. While yelling for help he notices that Sheila Lucas passes him trying for her record ski jump. After falling in a snow drift, he is rescued by two girl scouts camping in the woods, who are .ludy Rinderer and Sherry Walker. After recovering he is invited to inspect the teach- ing methods of the Switzerland Universities. Here

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he finds .loyce Zinselmeier still fullfilling her six- teen scholarships which she won in high school with high honors. Still enthused with education, Mr. Bekemeyer goes to Heidelburg University in Germany to see his old pupil Wayne Eirich, Pro- fessor of Chemistry. Given a free ticket to the fa- mous circus of Germany, Mr. Bekemeyer decides to attend. He is greeted by Shirley McGovern and Ruth Worth, who are two circus clowns. They take him to see all the good side shows which in- cludes Charlie Mayer, a magician, who cuts glam- orous Nancy Norrenberns in half. Wondering why he is scratching so much, he turns and finds Bob Pickett, the flea trainer. looking madly for his fleas. Looking up, he sees Virginia Deveraux, the lady fire eater. Suddenly he notices that it is time for the big show to start, so Mr. Bekemeyer takes his seat next to John Mclnerny, the owner of the circus. The first act leaves Mr. Bekemeyer breathless as he watches Don Murray on the flying trapeze. The next act consists of Janet Kehr and Bill Woodrome, the only people in the world who can roller skate on the high wire. There's a loud roar, and when Mr. Bekemeyer turns, he sees Rosalie Hiltibidal, the fearless lion tamer. The last act turns out to be a thriller as Roger Schmeider is shot out of a can- non right into Mr. Bekemeyerls lap. While leaving the circus, he notices foe Albrecht, a famous for- eign correspondent who is watching the circus. Then he decides to leave Germany to visit Carol King, Dean of the Military Academy of Austria. While he is in Vienna, he meets Don Bingen- heimer, the only redheaded canal boat driver in the world. He visits for a while and then remem- bers that it is about time for the Olympics to start in Greece. He barely gets there in time to see Bill Borcherding set the record for the high jump. The next morning he has the urge to see Algeria. the headquarters for the French Foreign Legion. While he is there sight-seeing he sees Ronnie Healey, Lee Herberger, and Richard Herbergs, who are French Legionaires. On the way back to Austria his rocket runs into a storm and they get lost. Oh No! Poor Mr. Bekemeyer! He is never going to see all his students this way. The plane finally lands in Ara- bia. Mr. Bekemeyer gets an idea. He remembers that Carol Glass lives in Arabia now. It seems that she started a lingerie shop in Arabia and made quite a fortune. While he is there, he stops in at the palace to see Melvin Glass, the present mahara- ja. He stops in at Jerusalem to say hello to Judy Gilpin who is still searching madly for that certain minister. Mr. Bekemeyer has heard so much about the Russian Ballet in Moscow that he decides to go there. To his surprise, he sees Maureen Foley, the prima donna of the ballet. On his way home from the ballet he is stopped by Bob Grempler and Vir- ginia Schenk. They are on business in Moscow and wanted to talk to him before he left. Mr. Beke- meyer just couldn't figure out what business they are in until he reads the morning newspaper and ea. Zena am sees that they just broke up a spy ring for the FBI. While he is busily reading an article How To Be Polite In Ten Easy Lessonsv by the noted writer Gloria Schoenfeld, he doesnit notice the rocket land- ing in India. All of a sudden he sits up with a start, there is a snake crawling across him. Then he notices Barbara Schroeder, the snake charmer, who reassures him that the little snake won't hurt him. After he gets over the scare he decides to take a little walk. As he gets off the rocket, he sees Rodger Kohler sleeping on a bed of nails. He strolls around the airport and wanders off into the jungle. All of a sudden he is in the air. An elephant picked him up, but luckily George Hutchi- son, the elephant boy from India, was there to rescue him. He decides to get back on the rocket ship before anything else happens to him. As they approach China, he hears people talking about the famous St. Louis Hawks making a world tour and that they are now in China. Since they were stop- ping there anyway, he goes to the game to see the St. Louis Hawks play the Chinese Dragons. It is truly an exciting game. It proves to be especially exciting since Mr. Bekemeyer sees that cute little cheerleader, Nedra Matter cheering the Hawks on. As he looks again he sees Ronnie Schmitt, their star player, making the winning point. All of a sudden there is a loud cheer and then a loud crash, as he sees Lalferne Hill falling out of the grandstand still cheering for Ronnie. While the rocket is land- ing for repairs he goes to the concession stand and buys a Chinese book. When he opens it he is sur- prised to see it is written by foy Kessler, the only American to write poetry in the Chinese language. The rocket starts up again and he is on his way to Japan. He is greeted by General Leroy Fischer, Commander in chief of the Marines in Japan. Be- fore leaving Japan, he comes across David Spreng- ferj who is still looking for summlerl. While crossing the ocean again, he stops for some fresh pineapple in the Hawaiian Islands. Here he is en- tertained by that famous group of Hula dancers. .lune Lenhardt, Dianne Schoenherr, M a r i ly n Schneider, and Donna Klug accompanied by that famous Wayne Kuehrfs Rock the Hulaw Band. After a short swim, Mr. Bekemeyer finds that somehow he has stumbled on some strange look- ing island. It looked quite deserted until he saw Russell Klein in his little grass shack. The cap- tain of an ocean liner, George Waites, comes to Mr. Bekemeyer's rescue in order that he may fin- ish the rest of his journey. Aboard the ship is Betty Harrison the famous Deep Sea Diver. Aft- er exploring the wilds of the underground ocean, he again boards the rocket ship for the next stop which is Australia. He especially wanted to come to Australia so that he could see Billy Budt, a kangaroo trainer. Before leaving he comes across the laboratory of James Frank, John Huber and Milton Berwin who are still trying to build lContinued on Page 26-l Twenty - f ive