Atlanta High School - Atalanta Yearbook (Atlanta, IL)

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Atlanta, Illinois June 20, 1956 Dear Diary: Arlene, Marie and I started on our trip on the morning of May 20th, 1956. We had been looking forward to this trip for several years. Wo went to Bloomington on the bus, then from there to Chicago on the train. We vero told that this train wouldn't make but one stop between Chicago and San Francisco. Wo were vory glad of this, because we wanted to spend all of our time stopping hero and there on the way back. We got off the train in San Francisco and walked across the street to hail a taxi. We were trying to wave the taxi down when I looked around and who was standing beside me but Marilynn Swearingen, only it wasn't Swearingen now, it was Frazier. She seemed very glad to sec us, but she didn't have much time. She said she would invite us out to hor house, but her husband was a defense worker and he slept all day. She said she had a maid that wo would be interested in, but she wouldn't tell us who it was. She gave us her address and told us to come any time after 8:00 P.M., the maid would be there taking care of her children. She intended to go with somo friends to a club mooting. Wo registered at a hotel, refreshed ourselves and ate dinner. It was a long ride out to Marilynn's but v c got there just a little after 8:00. We walked up to the door and rang the bell. The butler answered and we felt very silly, because wo didn't know who v o wero asking for. Wo finally told him that we wanted to seo the person who was taking care of the children. About that time someone walked out into the hall and guess who it was, Vivian Mitchell. She soemod to be very happy to sec us. She ask us in for awhile. Wo couldn't stay very long because v c had to catch the train at 10:00. She told us she was married too. The lucky man v as a proachor. I think she said his name was Bolen. She said she was pretty worried right then, because she needed money so sho worked for Marilynn. We had to leave her' in a v ry worried stdtc of min'd. We got back to the hotel about 9:45 so v o had to hurry to catch the train. Wo got over to the station about 9:57 and found that v o wore going to have to v ait about an hour, because of engino trouble. Wo wont into the station to wait and sat down beside Maxine Ambcrg Seggelke. We already knew she was married but v o didn't know about the additions to their family. Sho had a little boy 8 years old and a little girl 4, They were both very cute children. I could seo that the little girl was going to be just like her mother. They wero getting ready to go to Illinois to make a visit to her parents. She said Joe v as a 1st Clas3 Petty Officer now. At this time we wore told that wo could board the train again. Arlene had been complaining with a pain in her side over since wo left Chicago and it seemed to be getting worse. By the time v c had reached San Diego Arlene's pain had become so severe that we had to got off and consult a doctor. V o dccidod that it would be better if wo just went straight to tho hospital. V c asked tho taxi cab driver about it and he took us to the Monnonitc Hospital, Mario, on their arrival.

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Iris and Virginia Bristow Arc two of our nicest girls. Remember wc'ro counting on you. To keep the boy's in whirls. As you ring the tcloohono and Number please,1' says the operator. You can tell in a minute its Pat, For tlicros not another like her. Patsy Burns another las , A dentist w...nts to be. But Patsy work on someone elec, Please don't start on ny. Another dark haired girl, Y hokccps the class in ouitc a whirl. V.'c feel is 3urc to have reat fame, For Proicilla Applegate is her nano. A friendly girl is Aary Lou, And she speaks whcr.cv r seen. This is the r son I'm sure. That ’.vs elected her '45 qu.cn. Bill is our do rest led, r.nd a lady, he won't miss it. And you’re nlv.ff.y3 sure, its him, 3y thp.t, wifll bite whr.t is it. Donnie is,generou to his frio ds. Especially on ValentinesDay. He would even walk to Aincoln, To give his heart away. And now my friends this is the end, Of this classes long long story. For v s arc the class of '45, Yfno departed in so much glory.

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Went ud to the desk and told the ;mr»o that v e needed a doctor and a room. She tool: us to a room and told uf she would send r. doctor us soon as possible• Vie got iirlono to bod as s eor a v.c cov.ld becc-uso she was suffer ins terribly. '.Vo never were so surprised when the doc-' tor arrived because it was Dr. Carl 17. Williams one of our classmates, too. Of course it wasn't a very happy reunion because Arlene v;as so sick, but wo got to talk when ho found spore time. Marie and I took turns staying with Arlene until v o were pretty tired. Co the doctor got a special nurse for us. Guc3S who she was? Thats right, Mary Louise Wright. She seemed to be very glad to see some of hc-r old friends and she was a very efficient nurse, too. Soon Arlene got to leave the hospital, '7c tried to get a trained nurse to take with us out tnoi’C just weren't any available. Mario wont to the station to got our tickets to continue on our wa'r and to see when the next train loft, Sho met otic 01 our cl..sonatas that wo didn't get to meet. Whilo she was buying our tickets, Iris Bristow walked up to the ticket window. She was going to Al'or.r-quraue, Mow Mexico where she worked at the State Farm Mutual. Sno 3aid sho and Virginia had been working there ever since school was out Wo were very glad to learn that they worn both v oll. Wc loft Sr.n Diego about 10:00 in the morning and crossed into Arizona late that night. Wc wore going on this trip to sec the scenery and wc weren't seeing much on trains. We intended to get off at least once in every state. Our train stopped in Phoenix, ..rizouc so v o got off end found a nice hotel. Wc thought v o would stay at the hotel for the evening, but I decided I wanted a paper. I went down and started looking for a newsstand. As I was walking along 1 just napponod to 0l-.ncc in x window and wno was sitting in there typing but Phyllis C hr i smart. I just couldn't walk on past without seeing her so I went in. She seemed awfully tickled to see me. She was really doing alright for herself. She was c. private secretary to some multi-millionaire. She said she was married to some jerk by the namo of Gordon. It seems he wcis the vncino.gor of Horn s Transfer in the so.no city Sho Qsk nil about us and asked us out to her house for dinner, but I explained to her we were all pretty tired and wc hed a long ride ahead of U3 yet. Y c just stopped in Phoenix for some business that ..rlonc had to attend to, so the next morning vc docided wc would take the bus to Santc Fo, New Mexico. Just as wo boarded the bus Marie started com- plaining with a toothache, so'it was a good thing that wo weren't going any further than Santo Fc, The next morning about. 7:00 wc arrived in Santc Fc. c found ourselves a room and got something to cat, Marie decided she would go to the dentist, so Arlene and I went on a sight seeing tour. . c came to the conclusion that wo would meet in our room at noon. ..rlenc and I went down to the corner to catch a city ous. Vo got on the bus and guess who wc sat down by? Priscilla i.pplcgatc. '.ic never nrd any idea that she was in that part of the country. Sho told us she was teaching Latin in one of the local schools. '.7c thought perhaps she was teaching, but we never thought it would be Latin, V o on Iked until it came time for her to got off. It soon came time for us .to go back because it was nearly noon. Wc got back around 11:45 and ..arir v.as already there, Y c thought she had a very pleasant look on her free, so wc ask her why she was happy. She said she just walked into tnc