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The time is now 1985, the place, Newport, Michigan. Newport is now one of the chief space stations in Michigan. Today is the day in which the Martians make their yearly visit. People from near and far have gathered here to welcome our friends. Getting off the Jet Propelled Bus driven by Lester Dubke we meet Bill Kahlbaum, Commander-in-Chief of the space station, who will personally guide our tour of New- port. Feeling rather hungry, we headed for the Beckman-Talley Cafe for a bite to eat. Working in the cafe as waitresses were Lorraine Neely, Sharon Clutter, Bev. Wilson, and Sharon Tilley. We later found that Norma Hensley was working as chief cook and Betty Au as her assistant. After lunch we headed down Miller Street, the main street of the City. The street was named after Mark Miller because he was the first spaceman to return to earth, and he landed right in the middle of this street. Captain Bob Karalewitz and Sgt. Doug Ar- quette passed us in the street escorted by two M.P. 's who were Craig Reeves and John Freimark. Passing the Post Office we waved to Lloyd Manor as he was bringing in the daily delivery of the space mail to Postmaster Charlie Harpst. Looking across the street, we saw Glenn Hobgood's armored space car heading to the bank with his daily deposit from Isabel Wyman's Uranium Mine. We stopped at Gerald Buckingham's supermarket and bought some of Elizabeth Gal's candy bars to munch on. Working as checkers in the store were Geraldine Brewster, Andrea Baker, Ovetta Adkins, Elaine Kemyo, and Sandra Carney. Very popular among the customers was Louie Durant's newly invented. Jet Propelled, push-easy food cart. Some customers were having a bit of trouble controlling them. In fact, Judy Green’s push cart was running wild and before it stopped, it knocked down all the displays; ran over Bob Serrotos and Don Heiss who were working as stock boys; and headed down the street for Larry Clark's Rocket Fuel Gas Station. This little episode left us in stitches! Not from laughing, but from being run over by the machine. We were taken to the hospital in Tom Stasa's ambulance. At the hospital Dr. 's Carol Otter, Carol Gibbons, and Guy La Prad applied some of Bob Beck's new formula Super Sonic Cure-all Ointment. Feeling as good as new, we said good-bye to the nurses Juanita Belanger, Carol Woolford, and John Rogers and resumed our tour. We stopped at the zoo which was our last stop before going to the space station to meet the Martians. At the zoo we met a lot of old friends who were either there for a visit, or else they worked there. Some of the visitors were Doug McComas, Ralph Snavely, and Jim Schingeck, who are now successful businessmen in the large metrop- olis of Carleton. Others visiting the zoo were Ron Beaton, President of the Auto Space Factory in South Rockwood; Nina Goss and her 10 children; Jerry Kuderik, Principal of the Jetport High school; and last but not least, was Liz Embree and her dance band composed of Larry Hoffman, Fred Robinson, Mary Mell, Edna Trainor, Ron Masserant, and Betty Johnson. Those working at the zoo were Jim Vasicek, head lion-feeder,
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Carol Spaulding, Commander-in-Chief of the monkey cages. Bill Dobberstein, chief caretaker of the elephants, and Larry Belanger, who takes care of all odd jobs. Leav- ing the zoo we met Jim Fish and Joyce Laura, head chemists for the Atomic Plant. We chatted for a while and then the Commander said we must leave as it was nearing the zero hour. So we said good-bye and headed for the space station. To top off our visit to Newport, the Commander took us all through the space sta- tion. During this tour we also met a huge number of old friends. In the control tower we met Ginny LaVoy, Jackie McCray, Pat Prucka, and Frieda Penny, who directed the incoming and outgoing of ships. They told us many of our classmates were working there. They were Donna Aselstyne, Judy Bodenmiller, Eva Jane Bordine, Shirley Branch, Ted Price, Grant Stewart, Bev Reaume, David Dumont, Frank Dudek, and Barbara Harvell. The Martians were scheduled to arrive at 5:30 P. M. It was then 5:00 and everyone was busy preparing for their arrival. Down on the runway were Janice Otter, Shirley Parkhurst, Lou Ann Otter, and Shirley Ochs, NBC cameramen who were setting up cameras for the TV broadcast. The Master of Ceremonies, Charles Sanders, was busy talking over last minute details with Loyal Boulton, President of the U. S. At the other end of the runway Judy Burris, the fire chief, was telling her firegirls Mary Ann Roberts, Karen Reynolds, Marlene Stein, Rosemary Meyers, Jean Johnston, Pat Pete, and Emile Caldwell what to do in case of a crash landing. Not far from them were four ambu- lances driven by Gloria Pinson, Susan Zlatos, Evelyn Wallace, and Judy Freimark, pre- paring for any emergencies. Just pulling up to the station were Bob Haut, the Mayor of Newport and Velma No- witzke, Jo Ann Chinavare, Margaret Johnson, and Don Sherman, four members of the city council, driven by the mayor's chauffeur, George Campbell. They headed direct- ly to the field where the ceremony was taking place. We received word from Nancy Chinavare, a radio operator at our space station, that the Martian ship was in sight and would soon be ready to land. A few minutes later, the ship was visible to all. While it was preparing to land, the city band, led by Judy Kokai, started playing a march. The space ship landed safely and three field workers, Roger Corne, Dianne Schultz, and Jerry Tilley, quickly hooked the stairs to the ship. The Martians stepped out of their space ship and after a welcoming speech, the big celebration started. Feeling very weary after our strenuous activities of the day, we decided to turn in. We headed for Mary Walpatich’s hotel, where we had previously made reservations. The desk clerk, Sally Trotter, told us our bags had been taken to our rooms. Wearily we got into the elevator which was operated by Donna Masson and went to our rooms. That evening as we talked over old times, we realized all the changes that had taken place in the past few years and were very happy that we had had this chance to visit our old friends. THE END
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