Box Elder High School - Bear Paw Yearbook (Box Elder, MT)

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senden 66444 PM IT HAS BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE I GRADUATED FROM Box ELDER HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY, BY PURE LUCK, I HAPPENED TO MEET ALL MY FELLOW CLASSMATES. THIS EVENING I WAS AT LA GUARDIA FIELD ON A PERSONAL ASSIGNMENT FROM J. EDGAR HOOVER TO GO TO BERMUDA. THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AT THE TICKET WINDOW LOOKED FAMILIAR AS SHE TURNED AROUND I RECOGNIZED HER AS MADAM RUTHETT ITHE FORMER RUTH HOBBS.J RUTH IS NOW A PUBLICITY AGENT FOR BONNIE HOBBS, WHOSE STAGE NAME IS BONITA LEE. BONNIE HAD STUDIED IN CALIFORNIA TO BECOME A DENTAL NURSE. HOWEVER, AS SHE CALMLY ASSISTED THE DENTIST IN A DIFFICULT EXTRACTION, A HOLLYWOOD TALENT SCOUT DISCOVERED HER BLOND BEAUTY, AND QUICKLY PUT HER IN PIO TURES. BONNIE AND RUTH WERE IN NEW YORK ON A PERSONAL APPEAR - ANCE TOUR, AND WERE NOW AT THE STORK CLUB. RUTH AND I MET BONNIE AT THE CHECKING DEPARTMENT. BONNIE LOOKED SWELL. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I GO TO THE STORK CLUB WITH THEM BECAUSE SOME- ONE ELSE I KNEW WAS ALSO OUT THERE. I WAS BURSTING WITH CURIOSITY, BUT THEY WOULDN'T TELL ME. WE HAILED A CAB, AND WERE ALL QUICK TO RECOGNIZE THE DRIVER. IT WAS GEORGE ROSETTE! ALL OF US TALKED GAYLY FOR A WHILE, BUT WHEN WE SETTLED DOWN A BIT, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT GEORGE HAD BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. HE WAS PLAYING FOR A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM, BUT IT WAS TRAINING SEASON SO HE GOT A JOB AS A CAB DRIVER TO EARN A LITTLE EASY MONEY IHE THOUGHT I, WE SUGGESTED THAT HE COME A- LONG WITH US TO THE STORK CLUB, AS HE HAD COMPLETED HIS DAY OF WORK. IT WAS EXCITING TO THINK OF GOING TO THE STORK CLUB, BUT WHEN WE WERE USHERED TO THE OWNER'S PRIVATE OFFICE, I WAS COMPLETELY STUNNED. GEORGE AND I ExPECTED TO SEE A VERY STUFFY OLD MAN BEHIND THE DESK, BUT WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED, THERE SAT BERT WILLIAMSON! HE DEFINITELY WASN'T STUFFY, BUT HE CERTAINLY DID LOOK DISTINGUISHED. HE WAS IN WHAT YOU NIGHT CALL A CONFERENCE WITH ONE OF THE ENTERTAINERS. IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES FOR GEORGE AND I TO REALIZE WHO HE WAS. IN THE PASSING YEARS HE HAD DECOI'-IE ON OF THE TOP NIGHTCLUB ENTER- TAINERS. YES, IT WAS THE ONLY OTHER SENIOR OF I95I, BUD HOFF- MAN. RUTH AND BONNIE STOOD THERE LOOKING SMUG KNOWING THAT SO MANY SURPRISES ALL AT ONE TIME WERE HARD TO TAKE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING. ALL OF US WERE INTHE BEST OF SPIRITS AND LAUGHED UNTIL OUR SIDES HURT. IT WAS FUN TO TALK OVER OLD TIMES WITH GOOD FRIENDS. AS OUR PARTY CAME TO A CLOSE, WE ALL VOWED THAT WE WOULD MEET AGAIN SOON. DIANE ALLEN

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