Billings High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Billings, MO)

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Class Poem We, the Seniors of '53 In spite of all our dignity Leave you a few fond memories to ponder As we leave dear old 'Alma Mater' Barbara Ebert, has a lot of geometry trouble, But in shorthand is really on the double Beulah Lane, who really stirs up the dust To be wlth Betty is a must Betty Gardner, our basketball fan, Could make a basket with one hand Darrel Johnston likes to snore during class, But can tell you that Mert is qu1te a lass Harold Bengsch likes to play basketball His greatest advantage is being tall Marv1n Donaldson likes to kid And on his scooter can really 'skid ' Rose Harter, a blonde secretary to be Would be a swell sight for any boss to see Richard Garbee a great political man Just try to convince him if you can Jim Schatz, a dentist to be Will pull teeth with the greatest of glee Virginia Verfurth, who is quite a dream At the ballgames can really scream Joann Kitten 'giggles' to you, Is a brunette and wears a size 5 shoe We shall now pause to say 'adieu' And to express our thanks and appreciatlon to you, Who have encouraged and seen us through MOTTO Learn by Doing FLOWER Yellow Rose COLOR Blue and Gold s!.lli? .I D 3 D I D I l I Our teachers, schoolmates, and friends,

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Class Prophecy IA7 'Q' 1- un. I4 'W QOL It was a cold winter day, December 31 1987 when our car stalled in front of a blg stone pile that called 1tself a house which was located Just off ma1n street in Billings After going to the door to see if we could use thelr telephone to call a garage, we found the house be longed to Mr and Mrs Marvln Donaldson, the former Barbara Ebert They now have seven chlldren Marv1n will be runn1ng for Presldent of the United States in the next electlon They told us that Darrel Johnston owned the town garage, and he was doing good business His wlfe fthe former Martha Ann Brown! takes care of their three children As we talked w1th Mr and Mrs Donaldson they declded to show us the town, and we ate dinner at the Sunset Cafe wh1ch is owned and operated by Rlchard Garbee Yes, T'was the same old Richard, ha1r parted ln the center, and h1s Jeans gust as t1ght as ever H1s hair is sprinkled w1th gray now That merry twinkle in his eyes is st1ll there though Wh1le we were talklng over old tlmes, a new good looklng car rolled up A sophistlcated young woman got out Her hair was p1led hlgh on her head and she was expensively dressed On second look we d1scovered it was Virg1n1a Verfurth She 1S a dress buyer for the large firm tween them showed lt m1ght lead to a great romance While on our tour through B1ll1ngs we went for a dr1ve 1n the country and VlS1ted the turkey farm wh1ch was owned and operated by the old maids of our class of '53 Betty Gardner and Beulah Lane They have about 250,00 turkeys They are dr1v1ng a new up to date L1ncoln automobile On our way back to town we stopped at the Green Meadow Farm, owned and operated by Harold Bengsch He now has 30 head of Grade A Guernsey cows He has qulte a large income from them I was terribly surprlsed to learn that he, too, was a bachelor and out on the farm by hlmself Marvln and Barbara told us that the former Rose Harter was a verygoodstenographer for Mercury Auto Supply in St Louis Her employer 15 also ner husband They now have s1x pa1r of patterlng feet around the house J1m Schatz has a good income from his DOSlt1OD as the town phYSiC1am If anybody has an ache or pain they are sure to v1sit his office I was not sur prlsed that he became a doctor but I always expected h1m to be pulllng peoples teeth I, the former Joan Kitten and my husband Robert being On our vacatlon were en route from Denver to St Louls We are the owners of the Jo and Bob Furnlture Store in Denver After we had con tacted all our former classmates we were notifled that Mr Johnston had our car ready for travel again So we started on our way to St Lou1s where we were to V1S1t the former Rose Harter and her family X f :QW xl' W . , . f of lu! rfl. LLL . I ' S X 7 'wf'f I ,,, A -7 w Mgr: Cfsb A ws. J ' . l D , 1 u - . . Marshall Field in Chicago, Illinois. The dreamy look that passed be- , u Q , u . . u ' 9 ' s 1- , ' . . SXWIIZ Q eg li get , S V N . 47 - K lv .