Beaman Conrad High School - Trojan Yearbook (Conrad, IA)

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SENIOR CLASS PRUPHECY The other day while reading through 'Downbeat' magazine, I happened on a picture of the Boston Pops Orchestra. To my amaze- ment it was being conducted by none other than our own Gary Geth- mann. I graduate of 57 . On the platform stood another familiar face. Merle Lynch, the singer from old B.H.S., was the featured guest on this particular occasion. As I continued to look through the various books and maga- zines, I was more surprised than ever. I glanced through a mage- zine on auto mechanics and discovered that the feature article on custom cars had been written by Kent Thomas, another classmate. One picture in the article showed two feet sticking out from un- der one of the custom classics. The feet were identified as be- ing Rodney McTurk's, a top mechanic and body man in.Chicago. Another showed pictures of building projects for the pre- vious year. To my surprise, the engineer for a new br1dge-build- ing project was Jack Hill. A picture of him and his secretary in his office almost floored me. The secretary was Mabel Foreman, busy at her typewriter. On the front page of a Chicago newspaper, was a picture of the presentation of a trophy to the winner of the International Livestock Exposition. The fieldman for the breed association was Roger Hertema, who was presenting the trophy. The issue of Viering, head of classes. A state tr1t1onist's name was Betty walter. She was a college publication newspaper, showed Meta the home economics at the school, in one of her nutritionist was a guest of the class. The nu- proceeding to tell the class the nutritional values of various foods. The farther I looked through my collection of books, news- papers, magazines, etc., the more amazed I became. I happened on a recent issue of a fashion magazine and found another classmate. Joan Miller was a beautician in New York. In the same magazine was a number of pages on the latest fashions. Carol Rhinesmith was one of the top models and was also an instructor in a model- ing school. Continning I found an article on the recent Mrs. America thinking about the contest in Atlantic City. Much to my surprise won. She had been declared Mrs. America of before. As I picked up my last magazine, I was Gilda Goettsch had 1967 just two days good old days in high school. After turning magazine, which was on art, I ran across Carlene Cartee. After reading a little further, I found that she was an instructor in an art school in Cincinnati. She had won many top prizes with her paintings. Seeing all of them brought back many memories and how I wished we could have a class reunion soon. wow! what an idea. I decided right away to contact the members of my good old class of 'SY' and see if we cou1dn't arrange some way of meeting in the next few months. a few pages of the I. H. Wentzein - Gladbrook Iowa Light 0 Power Co. - Gladbrook Farmer's Savings Bank - Grundy Center