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' uite a class ' By BILL BUZBEE lt was a little after 7 p.m. on June 7, 1929, that the 169-member Burlington' K high school graduating class left the commencement excercises at the sta- dium. There were several parties that night, young people celebrating their entry into the real world. There is another party going on this weekend in the Holday Inn. Some 66 members of the class have'returned to Burlington to celebrate and remember the times they had in high school, 50 years ago. - Yes, we had quite a class in '29, said Cort Klein. The athletes - we had some good athletes. Over there, sit- ting at that table - that's Al Schach. He played basketball. And Louis Brooks, over there, he was a pole vaul- -serwfnguasd-are-size-football teanra-nd he played some basketballl' 5 Klein, Tuscon, Ariz., a retired news- paper editor, returned to Burlington for the reunion. A It's really amazing how many people came back for this one, he said. Sometimes you have to do a double-take, but you can recognize them. I u The class of '29 has lived through a lot of change: The stock market crash just four months after they left high' i school, several wars, social and tech- nological upheavals. , And time has also changed them. The bulging muscles of the athletes felt the pull, softened and slid to decidedly more comfortable positionsa Wrinkles spread and children multiplied to' grandchildren. ' I ' Well, what do you expect after so' years, said Mrs. Arthur Holstein, Lake Blubb, Ill. We all changed. . Lois fScullJ Worthington, McGregor,T Minn., disagreed. Oh, I look so old, she said with a smile. But everyone else looks just the same. I V . . 1 . l 'Thomas Evans., -laffjfremlrilsces. with 'if?6rT'YoUhk75'aF3'i7-'I573ii5 'lWaE,i 9 I r right, over muslc to The Stars and Stripes at thd 50th reunion of the BHS class of 1929. Of course, she didn't fool anyone. Time has hid little of the enthusiasm that she displayed 50 years ago as a member of the pep club. I had some wonderful times in school, she said. But then I've had a -good' time most of my life. I live on lake Minnewawa and I fish all the time. And my first grandchild is due next spring. As a whole, the class of '29 has done well in life, but not always as they ex- pected. In the yearbook, Robert Wil- son's classmates predicted he would be- come a cattle rustler. Well, it didn't turn out quite that way, Wilson said. Pm sorry if I dis- appointed them. Wilson, Santa Barbara, Calif., joined the foreign service after college. His last assignment was as the American Consul General in Rotterdam. After he retired in 1961, he began teaching in the de- . v . . W partment of Spanish and Portugese for the University of California. Now Pm retired from that,!' he said. But they can't keep me down. Pm teaching half-time. - The reunion is not just a time for re- membering, but also catching up. Al Schach, Rockford, Ill., plans to do a little of eachl I wouldn't miss it for the world, he said. This is rt kind of get-together you can't create on your own. I've had college reunions, but it's not the same. Your high school years stay with you more than the others. Amos McKeown, Mesa, Ariz., agreed. I've been to every one, he said. I get a big kick out of it - and I'm just getting started. This is the third reunion for the class. They held a 40th in 1969 and a 45th in 1974. And as for Cort Klein - he's al- ready looking forward to the 55th. f V, -1 ,Ai
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