Bowling Green High School - Speaker Yearbook (Bowling Green, MO)

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In Wyoming I discovered by some fortunate chance, the large farm of 1,000 acres, which was owned by three influ- ential farmers and stock raisers. The farm was the most widely known, and the best in buildings, production, type of crops, and profits than any farm in the whole United States. I decided that Mr. T. C. Wells must indeed have been an exceptionally good Vocational Agriculture teacher, for this farm was in the joint ownership of Clark Gillum, Russell Hobbs, and Homer Givens. This seemed to me to be a wonderful achievement and these men were a real credit to the Bowling Green Highschool. In Tulsa, Oklahoma Joe Sanderson boarded our plane. He was returning from one of his advertising tours, and from his recitals, I judged that he was very enthused over his position as advertising salesman for the Lucky Strike Cigarette Company. . Briefly, let me set down the whereabouts of my other classmates of 1955-56, as this chronicle is growing tire- some to both the writer and the reader. Willeyne Ro ert- son was the secretary of the Calvary Truck Line with head- quarters at Jacksonville, Illinois. May Virginia Slater was still situated at Louisiana, Missouri and was pro- prietress of a huge dairy farm. She did all of her own advertising and secretarial work--evidently her talent as a stenograwher had not been wasted. Claudine had for- wotten to tell me that Lucile Sandifer was the devoted and lovin' wife of Mr. Nolan Hurd, and her fame as a charming hostess, and tactful wife was well know in Bowling Green and the surrounding towns. There remains only one more member of the Senior Class of 1955-56. This is Ethyl May. I had some difficulty in finding her, but after several attempts, I found that she was head nurse of St. John's Hospital in St. Louis--another girl who had achieved her ambition. Thus you can see that the boasting and bragging of a Highschool Senior does not go amiss--for indeed the heights of fame are even greater than our spirit of am- bition may dictate. . rf r -I

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The next day we left for Europe. In England I found one old schoolmate. I was so amazed when I discovered that John Price Wilson was a Professor of History at Oxford, that I shall not even attempt to express my extreme wonder. He was the typical professor--grumpy, and cross, with the us- ual beard, but also very learned. In Germany, the Olympic games were in progress. At the special request of our passengers, we spent a day observ- ing them. That afternoon the basketball games were played. Of course we were especiall interested in the United States team. One of the players, a forward, was astonishingly agile and skillful, and distinguished himself from his fellow. players. Before we left, I found out that the forward was J. C. Humphrey. There was one boy, who had made his favorite highschool sport, his life work. We stopped in Italy, where Alnert Manzke left the ship, and wont to a secluded village where he was to spend four years working on his music. We were there for only one hour. During that time I discovered two girl artists who were receiving instructions in modernistic painting. They were progressing nicely. It was with regret that we left these two girls, Bessie Grand and Patty Lee in that ancient city of Romance, Peace and Quiet. There one seemed to get away from the world. To me that hour spent in the city with the streets of water, was a dreamy interlude of complete relaxation and peace, an hour that I shall always recall with pleasure. A One day, when we were without any duties, I picked up the Chicago News, and for lack of better occupation, and al- so because I was hungry for news of the United States, read practically every column, except the stock market. In.the picture section, beside the picture page was a column en- titled WV1ews on News' by Lee Roy Feather, and in the corner of the article was a small photograph of my old classmate. It was evident from several comments made in other articles, that Lee Roy was a second Vwalter Winchelln. We flew across Asia and were finally on our way back to our native country. In California, we stopped for half a day in the city of stars, Hollywood. There I found one B. G. student. Helen Moore was playing minor parts in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, but it was said that she was a very promising star, and a bright future lay ahead of her. G r

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We, the Senior CLASS WILL Class of 1936, realizing the uncertainty of life, do make, publish, and declare this as and for our last will and testament, hereby revoking and nullifying any and all former wills and teetaments, or writings in the nat- ure thereof, by us at any time heretofore made. To the Juniors we leave our desks on the south side of Stud Hall on the condition that no cutting or chewing gum Y is found on them at To the faculty for our leaving, we ior Class than they lems for Mr. Wilson the end of the school year 1937. which we realize is mostly responsible leave our best wishes for a better Sen- had this year, especially American Prob- and Typing for Miss Schrock. Bessie Crane wishes to leave her natural artistic abil- ity to Paul Sanderson and the Pierceall Brothers hoping to improve their sketch drawings on the blackboards. Henry Eames leaves his habit of sitting with, in front of, or near a certain Junior girl to Randall Keith. Leroy Feather leaves his hitch-hiking and playing hockey ability to Jack Hufty. Claudine Flood to Carman Lindsay. Jack NBalln to Edna Watson. leaves her position on the All-Star Team Freeman leaves his accurate ability of catching a anyone who thinks they have a chance, ' Gamm wishes to leave her leadership to Virginia Clark Gillum w1Shes to leave his gray spate to his lit- tle brother, Luthur Homer Givens leaves the care of his Lewis Sisters to E, J. Straube and Robert Patrick. J, D. Haley wills his interest in nRulesn to Wayne Freeman. Russell Hobbs says, HI will leave nMy-rlckn to Johnson R1ddle.' J. C. Humphrey wishes to leave the care of a good look- ing neighbor girl to Terrace Boudinier. ii'