Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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proprietor. Phyllis and I had a long chat, and then she invited me to have lunch with her. After lunch we decided we would go to see a radio program. I never thought that I would see another classmate, but who should appear on the program but Betty Brandt who had a job singing on the radio. After the program Betty was talking to us and we found that Juanita Menzel and Mary Jackson were living very close J' , n our way home we stopped by to pay these two girls a visit We found that Juanita and Mary were secretaries in a large insurance bettpr h« As WaS Settins late phyllis and I thought that we had jift en l Ff h P y ®n®aiddthat Maranell Mason was tiling SHFJsKS wj - gya sag - XhSSdtSd1iiJ f0USU db the n°we wen t'on6 ou r ay I then told Maranell goodbye and proceeded on my way. 7 After this trip with me, imaginary though it be. vou’ll need to s op at the Frantz Beauty Salon at the corner of Fourth and Vine streets for a complete reconditioning from 1960 back to 1944. AUTOGRAPHS

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PROPHECY Lot us look into the futuro far as human oye can see, then go a little further and find the class of '44, First, come with me to a country in Contral America where a mammoth ditch i3 boing dug from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Nicarogua is the country, and tho citch is civil engineering's greatest achievement, a sea level canal from coast to coast, conceived by and built under tho direction of tho world's most famous civil engineer, Robert James Thompson, formor President of tho class of '44, While I was discussing this canal with Bob on a previous trip ho shov od me somo of tho equipment u3od in tho construction work. At tho first glanco I saw two familiar namos stoncilod on tho machinery V ilmert and Spaits, Contrnctors--No Enterprise too Largo, No Job too Small , Tho boys woro working too far away for mo to got to talk to thorn. Along this canal at intervals of twenty five miles aro great white hospitals with research laboratories connected. It was ray privilege to got to visit ono of thoso. As I ontored this hospital, thoro was a group of nurses just getting off duty. As I camo closer ono of the girls camo toward mo and who should it bo but Marian Thompson. She rocognizod me immediately and invitod me to come into tho offico whoro I might moot tho superintendent whom she said was a friond of mino. Indood sho was an old friend of mino for there sat Mqry Ellon Kindrod, R, N, She told me of hor most famous discovery in medicine. A drug that with a single injection immunizes ono a-gainst all disease of man or boast. Time was moving rapidly, and I found that I had to hurry on if I was going to visit-the world:s largest radio tower. This v as another beautiful building, and as I entered I noticed that the operator was receiving some messages from New York City. I was very interested, and as I went closer I saw Bob Deutcrman at the controls. Bob told me he liked his work very well and as a hobby he was going to tho nearest city that afternoon. Bob suggested that I fly by plane with one of his buddies, Barrett Rogers who. Bob said, was an expert at the controls of an aeroplane. He sent him a message by radio and in about thirty minutes there was a plane to take me to tho c ity. As I stepped from tho plane I noticed Captain Boyd Adkins who was on his way home for g furlough,. He recognized mo and during our little chat. Bus, as he v as called in high school, told mo about boing in tho same camp with James Loy who was another school mate of mine. I called a taxi, and as I had a while to wait I bought a paper to pass away the time. As my eyes skimmed across the front page I saw the name Sharon Cheek who was giving a review on The Birth of a Nation1'c By that time my taxi had arrived and I had to hurry away. As we drove into town I noticed an exclisive tea room, and as I investigated further I found that Miss Phyllis Chamberlin was

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OUR POME FOR '44 We’ll give you the class of '44 This is all there is, Thoro isn't more. Bus and Jim our sailors of the class, Will have in ovory port a lass. Now washing clothos I hear. Makes them shed many a tear. Mar'nell Mason our cheerleader small. Probably never will grow very tall. But at the games she really made noise. And helped to cheer our playing boys, Juanita Menzel is really a whiz, When it comes down to a typing quizi Her interests now are far over seas, And believe me it's not the Seaboes. Bob Deuterman our basketball star. May some day be hooked by a Spar. Although to school you may come late. That in the Navy will prove your fate. Sharon Cheek our History shark. Studies from daylight 'till dark. Now if a date you want to know. Direct to Sharon you must go. Merlin is our youngest lad. And in his work he isn't bad. Outside of school he isn't mean. For he's kept in line by a gal named Jean. Marvin Spaits is quiet that's sure. Another person could not be truer. To the books he studies ev'ry night. Marvin Spaits, you're really all right. If you see a whirlwind at a dance. It's sure to be Miss Ruth Frantz. She's blonde and pert, not very big. But when it's jive, can she dig! Our President and soldier to bo, Goos by the name of Bob you see. His bettor half who is tho Boss, Says that to be a Gob is a loss.