Bloomdale High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (Bloomdale, OH)

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Dear Mrs Stoudmger Ijust came home from a party held ln honor of Joyce and Lou1s Stearns tenth weddmg annwersary The whole Class of 49 was present so I thought maybe you d hke to hear what has happened to them smce that nxght we all met you m the hall and you congratulated us The party was very r1tzy as the Stearns are now hmgh xn class and defmltely rn the money Seems that Louxs dzscovered a way to plant corn so that It produces ten tzmes the amount of corn on the same land he had a few years agof So Louxs makes ln one year what other men make rn ten Sxrnple xsn t xt? They have three of the cutest chrldren, all of whom look l1ke Joyce but who act lxke therr father m the manner of bemg devrhsh Joyce has qurte a txme wxth her nezghbors B111 and Opal They moved just a short dlstance from Louls and Joyce Opal has fmally learned how to make a ple wluch has a crust tender enough for B111 to eat He had qu1te a tune at f1rst buymg Bromo Seltzer for the stomach ache her ples gave hlm Bxll now owns a restaurant m Wayne where he sells Opal s p1es at a dollar a dozen He used the slogan Better than your baby daughter could make Speakmg of farmers, we mustn t forget Bob Metz He s one of the bachelors of the Class of 49 He s been waltmg years now, for Mary Ba1er to say yes but everytune he asks her she s always ready wxth an excuse to say button and mechamcal robots do the work. The robots were accldentally xnvented by Tom Brandeberry whzle he was flxmg hrs w1fe s Exleen vacuum cleaner I guess he got the electrlc mlxer, the washer and a few other thmgs mlxed up wlth the vacuurn cleaner parts Emleen says she doe sn t know what to do wxth hun, he s always tmkermg around wxth somethmg new so that all he ll have to do 15 push a button and the robot wdl do hrs work, so that he ll have more tune to eat Bob dec1ded It would be best to have everythmg ready m case Mary sand yes to him She s gomg to Bowlmg Green College for a th1rd tu-ne Sze meets a lot of guys there who do her debates for her, quite the opposxte rn her hxgh school days For entertamrnent at the party Joyce had Jun Dunn play his electric guxtar He s now glvmg Edd1e Arnold and Bing Crosby close competztzon One hundred tlurty mne gzrls swoorned the other day m Fostoria, when he put on a benefxt show for the Red Cross Hollywood talent scouts descrxbe hun as the Man wxth tonsils and quivenng vocal cords He, indeed, is our success of the class On the entertainment committee was Dick Nye He spent most of the evenxng teachmg us how to play Cat It s a new game that s too complicated to mentzon. I xmagme that hxs girl, Anna, taught xt to hun 10 llnofl Bob built a modern house for Mary. All you have to do is push a . - - . . . . g Q . , ' ll Oi I ' ' ' . 0 . . . ' ' ll Ol O . O O .

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l.OUlS STEARNS Moose Band l Z 3 4 Boys Chorus l Z 4 Football l Z 3 Basketball l 2 3 Class Olhcer Z Class Play 3 CLASS MOTTO Success w11l walt At Labors Gate JOYCE BROWN Brown Class Officer Z 3 Annual Staff 4 Student Council Class Play Z 3 Busy B Staff 3 4 Gxrls Chorus 4 Glrls Intramural Basketball 3 SHIRLEY SHANKLIN 'Buckets Class Officer Annual Staff 4 Student Counc ll Class Play 3 MILDRED REDDIN Cupcakes Annual Staff 3 4 Busy B Staff 3 4 Band l Z Dramatxcs 4 Class Play 3 Girls Chorus l Z Girls lntfamural Basketball 3 ROBERT METZ Rabbi Football Z 3 4 Basketball Z 3 4 Boys Chorus 1 Class Offlcer Z Annual Staff 4 Athletxc Club 4 OPAL WEIKER Welker Class Offxcer l Annual Staff 3 4 Student Counc 11 3 Class Play 3 Busy B Staff 3 4 Gxrls Chorus 4 Gxrls Intramural Basketball 3 4 THOMAS BRANDEBERRY Loverboy Basketball Manager Z 3 4 Boys Chorus l Z 3 Band l Z 3 4 Student Council 3 Z

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He s dec1ded to become a lawyer He says that he xs txred of farmmg sxnce Louxe had been so successful He st1ll 15 quxte a lady s man scarcely havmg t1me to breathe between dates He has a date book about twelve mches thlck Ln wh1ch he keeps the1r names and references Dale says that he IS t1red of eatmg h1s own food sxnce one of the b1scu1ts that he rnade the other day popped out of the pan and blackened h1s eye It seems that he accxdentally spxlled some of the Mex1can Jumpmg beans mto the batter Dale now lwes zn a cute l1ttle house out,s1de of Eaglevllle A11 the g1r1s are d1sappo1nted that he s decxded to get marrxed but they ve found that they can t do anythmg about 11: Sh1rley Shanklm helped Joyce prepare the elaborate dmner for us She s been expermmentmg wzth d1fferent recxpes and has turned mto qu1te a cook. She looked real cute tonxght dressed xn a Longneck sweater and a ballerma skxrt She stzll goes to Carey once a week to ee her cousm 'Pj She fuushed college a year ago and declded she d1dn t want to be a teacher but a housewxfe mstead Trouble 15 she can t fmd anyone to su1t her Mmldred Reddm was there wzth a good lookmg guy from F1ndlay Was I ever surpnsed, xt turned out to be her husband She always sa1d she was gomg to be an old ma1d to the Pres1dent She now types 1 000 words a mmute That s faster than anyone m the world She has won several medals for her typmg ab1l1t1es In her home Ln Washmgton she l1kes to have shepherds around Whxle Mxldred was tellmg me th1s Charles Sterlmg arrlved a httle late, for the party was almost over I asked h1m what he d been domg and he sa1d Haven t you heard ? I m the greatest engmeer Ln the nat1on I m the only man who has been able to bu1ld a floatmg bndge It seems the brxdge just l1es across the water not touchmg any land, and the cars are able to go across wlthout danger of the budge ever cavmg m The reason the br1dge doesn t cave xn as because It IS made out of tm He s bu1lt a number of dams also As for me I recently celebrated my tenth anmversary Mervm just completed our house here on N Maple Street I ve been takmg care of the qumtuplets and the twms It s qu1te a Job The party broke up around ll 30 after we had decxded to meet agam ln fwe years to talk over old tunes You ll have to come over some tune and v1s1t us Sh1rley s commg over tornorrow to learn how to make apple dumplmgs She thought maybe she could turn .Tun s attentlon to matrunony Yours Smcerely I I l ' ' Cl --ieryli S . . K I . . . They live in Washington, D. C., where she works as private secretary : . . . . I 0