Antioch Community High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Antioch, IL)

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22. fContinued from page 21.1 'I said goodbye to Rex and wandered into a glass building where the petite manager, Bev Lasco, and her assistants, Sara Davis and George Miller, were crossing different flowers to produce new specimens. George was also studying to be an agriculture teacher. 'While I was admiring the beautiful flowers, Joan Smoc, the cashier from the local restaurant, and Ed Kranc, the cook who specialized in French dishes, came in to buy flowers for a class reunion that night. They mentioned that all their classmates would be present except George Gossell and Lois Riegler, who would be unable to attend because of their teaching duties at Knox College. They were especially awaiting the arrival of Frank Benes, who had recently been elected the tallest hum n in the world after having grown to the phenomenal height of seven feet eleven inches. He was to be accompanied by Dorothy Py and Anita woolner, his private secretaries who handled his fan mail. NAt that point I was suddenly awakened from my dream by a burning ember which rolled from the campfire and singed my bare foot.n Hr V' J a Y M ,Ans-- -xNvfRvHf ' r --' , g ,Q , A WVV

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?'-r-op'fLe,oH 21. As the covered wagons roll slowly toward the newly-opened territory of California in 181-P9, we find an old prospector talking to his young son. 'Well, son, this has been a long journey: but as I see it, things should be easier soon. In fact, the other night while we were all sitting around the fire, I dozed off and had a strange dream in which I found myself in the year 1959 wandering through the streets of a town in Illinois called Antioch. The first thing I saw was a little house owned by a cou le of newly-weds. The former Elsie Farnsworth had a gift for keeping house. I guess that was why they were so happy. 'This town called Antioch used to be a small place, but energetic Floyd McKinney showed his ability for big business by incorporating the stores of Barnstable and Brogan, William's Department Store, and MariAnne's into a second Marshall Field's called Floyd Field's. 'Upon entering Floyd's store, the first thing I saw was Johanna Cobb and Ella Mae Edwards, the Bookkeeper and the secretary, working very hard. Then m attention was attracted to an argument going on between Bob Scott, the floor walker, and the Reidels. It aeemed as if Edith insisted on bringing her pet duck into the store: and even though Bud told her to leave it with the rest of the ducks on the farm, she had to bring it along. 'After that little incident I decided to wander around the store and went to the men's department. There was Wayne Polsgrove, the head of the department, selling a new suit to Bill Vos. After B111 took over the lumber and coal company, he became very dapper and had been buying a new suit every month. He must have kept the store going! 'Grac1ous, what could all that racket be? It was coming from the basement where the janitor, Bob Simon, was relaxing by playing jazz music on his sax. That music certainly did not sound like a minuet. 'I got into a strange box-like contraption that took me to the second floor where I saw Art Ducom un, the store decorator, talking to Sally Flint and Jackie Schroeder, the two most exclusive Floyd Field models. Jackie seemed to be telling Art how his wife, the former Nancy Reeves, should fix her hair for the society ball. uNext was the farm section: Noel Elfering was in charge of that. He gave free demon- strations on some phase of farming every Tuesday morning. 'The store got crowded, so I walked down the street to the horseless carriage barn called the Chevrolet garage managed by Ronald Gaa. Ronald told me there must have been a big teachers' meeting that day because Rex Stearns, the principal of the kindergarten, and Jane Hunter, one of the teachers, had been in to have their carriages checked. Jane told Ronald that June Hunter, her twin: Marlene Nader: and Lynette Keating were all nurses in the new hospital for which Jim Zimmerman. the famous surgeon, and his assistant. Norma Jarnigo, had donated money. 'While Rex and I were sitting there talking, Annabell Barthel and Joan Hughes walked by in their smart-looking uniforms. Rex explained that they were hostesses on a carriage that flew through the sky piloted by another native of Antioch, Bay Heath. Al Appanaitis and Tom Poulos, both All-American basketball players, walked by with Verna Kufalk, Marilyn Ries. and Yvonne Lux. Verna was playing piano at Orchestra Hall, Marilyn was singing in the opera, Carmen, and Yvonne was a professional dancer in Chicago. Just then Elaine Geng, a photographer for Vic Conrad's Police Gazettg stopped them for a picture. fdontinued on page 221

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