Brimfield High School - Spectator Yearbook (Brimfield, IL)

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Class Prophecy My, My, I do wonder where he could be. Here it is the year 2010, and he still hasn’t arrived. If you remember Dick Reinhart, you will probably realize that while on earth he was constantly late. The class of '5L with the exception of Dick, has assembled here for nany years. Some day, I believe that Dick is just going to be a little late. It's really been a long time ago, but here in heaven a long time seems like only yesterday, and I certainly remembered what hapDened to Dick while on earth, I guess he wasn’t ton late one time, because he became the most famous basket-ball star ever to reach Madison Square Garden. He scored the points for Kerwin University, located in the great metropolis of Kickapoo, While at Kerwin, he made a great name for himself, as well as for the school. One day when Dick visited the sports director of Radio Station WKIC, Kickapoo, who do you suppose he saw? None other than Greenfield, It seems Don was always interested in basketball, and to get away from the toil of his busi- ness, he snent much of his time at the broadcasting station, Don's real occupation was acting as boss of a growing firm, the Greenfield Formal Dress Company. This business was known throughout the United States because one of his models became Miss America cf 1955 As you probably guessed this lovely girl was none other than Rosemary Maher, Rosie attained great fame as a model and won her title as Miss America only fbur years after leaving Brimfield High School. Dale Rogers could be seen once in awhile at Greenfield’s Manufacturing Co,, because Dale became a buyer of merchandise for a concern in New York City. He lost his bachelor’s degree soon after leaving the Navy and sought this job as his occupation in order to support his family. Remember Don Turner? Well, he stayed loyal to Brimfield and made it his home town. To show his appreciation toward the younger kids in Brimfield and to bis own children, he bought Ewalt's Recreation Hall. He remodeled it, built on an addition, and made it into a lovely dance hall, skating rink, and bowling alley.

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Lastly: V e herebv nominate and appoint Bing Crosb and Rosemary Clooney, to be the executors without bond, of this our last will and testamentary instruments. THL CLASS OF 1951 In witness whereof, we have hereto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this twenty-ninth day of May, in the ' e r of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One

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Darrell Ebbing established fame when he became the head of an Atomic Bomb Research Laboratory in California. He started as a young scientist inventing such things as plastic typing paper. After this came his big chance. He discovered more about the Atomic Bomb and because of this knowledge, he became president of the new Atomic Research Lab in Calif. As I recall, it was about two years after I entered these golden gates that I met Jack Powers. During our deep conversation, I learned that Jack became a fabulous night club owner in Palm Beach, Florida. Before this he tried running a few hamburger stands, but he was not successful. He called this new club The Black Shadow Inn. It was modern, complete with delicious dinners, and had floor shows for entertainment. Jack mentioned something about a Gerry Lee. This reminded me of Gerry Tosh so I asked Jack if he knew what became of Gerry. This is when I got my surprise, Why don t you know said Jack, Gerry Lee is Gerry Tosh. She changed her name a bit and bleached her hair blonde and she soon became the leading lady in the show. She said that since her husband made the army his career, she decided to get a job. She began in the chorus line as a review girl and later became the leading lady. Further on in my conversation with Jack, he told me that he offered Wayne Coon a job as manager of the club. Since they were school pals, Jack thought Wayne would like this. However, Wayne refused the offer and instead of being a manager, he became the proprietor of a medium size movie theater. This made Wayne very theatrical minded. His wife, Barbara, already owned a theatre and after building one of his own. Wayne got the idea of having at least one in every state. I was sorry to hear that this plan was never completed, I I was just overwhelmed with joy when I happened to pass by the entrance and saw Verna Bayslngar I had seen Verna only once while on earth. She became a school teacher. She went to college and received her masters degree in Bookkeeping. She was very successful as a teacher, and taught prize winning bookkeeping students. Being a teacher might be the basis for her happy life. Verna met a young Math teacher while teaching at Elmwood High, and like most teachers, they fell deeply in love and lived a very happy life together.