Bagley High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Bagley, IA)

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Am instructor in plain and fancy golf, making lots of money. Five dollars a lesson. Also give bridge and oil painting lessons to spectators between golfing efforts. Am start- ing a series of evening dancing classes tonight, so am unable to attend reunion. Signed - Phyllis Washam. Phyllis always was the most industrious person in the class, and she evidently hasn't changed any. She didn't tell us what she was doing mornings. Surely she doesn't waste them. Perhaps she takes in washings or gives boxing lessons then. Am a steam riveter. Like the quiet atmosphere. Am putting nuts in new sanitarium, so can't leave. Signed - Wayne Deal. Wayne always a quiet chap. I am positive he is the most refined steam riveter in the business. Am private secretary to the head of a huge corporation. He was born crazy and had a relapse. Won't give me time off to come to reunion. I shall write all his letters back- ward for a week. Signed - Lurene Noland. That poor man! What she'll do to his correspondence! You remember, she never did let anyone impose on her. I wonder if she spells any better than she used to--or worse. No, she cou.ldn't spell worse. The Indianapolis Speedways beginning tonight, will be unable to attend. Signed - Rayfield Moses. Always knew he was plenty speedy, but never thought he would become reckless. I-Im-m maybe he'll be able to come after the races. Sorry, will be unable to come, am proprietor of Ye Beautifier Shoppy ------- -- alterations while you wait--an up-to-date shop, combining arts of bearty culture and plastic surgery. Signed - Janet Duncan. Always knew she would become the most famous skin renovator and face lifter in the world and always be an excellent advertisement for her business. Am wire dancer in circus. Have a performance tonight. Sorry I can't come. Signed - Ramona Smith. Can you imagine her appearing on a darkened stage in the spotlight, kissing her hand to the audience. What a salary she must get! My column, Advice to the Lovelorn , is the most famous syndicated newspaper article series in the world. It keeps me very busy, won't have time to come. Signed - Erva Lu Cox. Most famous she says---is it from experience? I wonder if she gives sensible answers, or if they are a trifle over sentimental. Tomorrow night is the opening of my motion picture, 1'Cinderella's Scandals, the all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing, all-colored epic of the age. Signed - Inez McCain. I knew she was the composite type, with no inhibitions and a few ideas, and she always loved publicity. I heard she had played three musical instruments, including a vacuum cleaner. Am introducing the popular ballroom steps, the grapevine glide, and the thistledown float, although I'm more interested in interpretative and classical dancing. Signed - Jean Myers. Her hobby was the prevention of corns. She has married and divorced three times. Am a lecturer on Beauties of Nature , and The Value of a Smile . So sorry can't come' the Smile due tonight. Signed - Sandra Swarm. I always knew Sandra would do something like that. But where she learned about the beauties of nature I'm sure I don't know. She must have been doing a lot of reading lately. Those are the telegrams I imagined you would send, and I, Lois Cornelius, am hoping we'll all be successful in the future. Ever see a bunch so nifty? We're the Class of Nineteen Fifty! 17

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Class Prophecy Last night, as I sat thinking of the class reunions we hope to enjoy together in the future, I found myself imagining the result if, at some given date, say ten years from now, every member of the class should be too busy to attend the reunion. That would, of course, be rather discouraging to the chairman of the committee, unless she, also, were too busy to attend. But, I thought, how interesting if on the morning of the reunion each absentee sent a telegram in which was stated the sender's occupation and reason for absence. And how very interesting if these telegrams were collected in a little book and passed about so that all the class members might get first hand information about the others. I became so en- grossed in the idea that I even pictured to myself the wording on the telegrams of the var- ious people, and will share them with you now. Civil engineer, tunneling Rockies to shorten trip for Hollywood commuters. Signed- Jack Erps. You notice Jack used just 10 words and no more. Careful as ever, but I'll bet it's a good tunnel. Leading dramatic soprano Metropolitan and Chicago Opera Companies. Substantial, but not fat. Sing Marguerite tonight. Signed - Marianne Gardner. You wouldn't expect her to count her words, and she doesn't, but she is evidently still careful with her calories. As an astronomer, am studying the heavens at seashore with beautiful girl assistant. Star gazing date tonight. Signed - Eldon Huston. At his old tricks, you see. Conductor on the Broadway Limited and doing it solely to meet famous passengers. Lana Turner, Ann Miller, Joe Lewis, and Harry Truman are on the train this trip. Signed - Harold Sellers. Harold always did like good society, but I never thought of being a Pullman conductor to get it. Am a reporter. It is a very nervous, inquisitive type of work, which has to be done day and night. Signed - Phyllis Laughery. Always knew she had an intense interest in everybody's business and her cast iron nerve which enabled her to penetrate where she was not wanted, without embarrassment. She should be an excellent one. Am a farmer. Raise winter wheat and surnmer squashes. Can't come because am busy with harvest. Signed - Jackie Anderson. There's something queer about that, but I'm not just sure what it is. I suppose Jackie is a very scientific farmer and knows all about rotation of crops and everything. I wonder if he raises shorthorns? I never can remember whether they are cows or turnips, but he probably raisesthem, anyway. Am a lady miser. Take in house cleaning and furnaces to tend. Want money to buy a pearl necklace. Can't corneg my busy night. Signed - Mary Ann Rice. Ambitious, but far too fond of jewelry. She probably has a waiting list of furnaces to attend. I'm sorry to say, I will be unable to attend the reunion, since I am superintendent of nurses, I have a special case to attend to. Signed - Delores Sheehy. Well, I always knew she was very ambitious, wanted to be a nurse, and that she was attractive. But---I wonder what that special case is?2 16

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