Calamus and Wheatland High School - Echo Yearbook (Wheatland, IA)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY This 15 an article that might appear in the Calamus Times in the year 1960 As you purchase your newspaper from the newsboy, you are nearly knocked off the sidewalk by a bevy of Jabbering fighting, little ruffians who are pushing up the sidewalk in the tow of their Momrrue Picking yourself up you look at the mother You have a feeling somehow that you should rec ogruze this tired fat woman about 30 Why, hello there she called, coming over to you with hands outstretched, Quiet, Joey No Mary, you cannot ride piggy back on Roger Now be quiet, all of you Now you know who she Mardelle Mueller and Joel Olson had been married the very evening of com mencement exercises Joel was now owner of twenty farms surrounding Cal amus He and Mardelle live in a big white stucco house in Cala.mus You fi nally untangle yourself from the herd of little ones, and proceed on your way As you are passing a certain house, the door opens and again you are nearly flattened by a tremendous gust At once you know who lives in that house Your old friend, a victim of hay fever, Lorraine Hoag Lorraine is going out so you walk along with her, and as you walk you talk Lorraine says that she has just received a letter from Neola Kavanaugh this morning You ll remem ber Neola She and Art have a fine little farnily and are now living 1n DeWitt As you walk up the street you are attracted by angry shouts You round a corner and see a thin old lady standmg out in the yard of a house shaking Robbie Jacobi you get away from there she cried The little boy continued running the stick along the fence and then he stuck out his tongue and cr1ed out, Okay, Miss Easton Still screa.m1ng Naa naa ran o Those Jacobi kids fumed the old lady If Gerry and Bob Jacobi don t keep those away from here, I I ll have the law on em As if in answer to her words a blue umiormed figure of a policeman comes strolling by But this 15 a woman policeman Under the blue brim of the officer s hat you see the face of another old friend, Theodora Jacobsen Along the sidewalk behind her, Theodora is dragging the limp form of Roy Husen whom she had just caught robbing the grocery store run by Darlene Lee Officer Jacobsen offers to escort you on your way, across the street, since, at this time there is a parade honoring Calamus returning movie starlet, Joan Emmert Joan has returned to her home town to set up her own theatrical company Lucille Green, another former Calamusxte is Joan s press agent You lmow, forever the diplomat But now it s about time for you and me with my little black satchel, filled with atomic chemicals, to be leaving for my laboratory Leave your card t the newspaper office Dr Joyce Grau, Ph D I 0 , . ll ,ll ' lt ' U ' ' I I ' 22 ' is. . . . . , her fist at a small boy who was running a stick along her picket fence. ll ' I ', Z II . ' - u - - K I no - - --U. --- he ff. ll ' ' 3 ii ' ll ' S I Q D ll . , . . . , . D , . . . ' . a

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REVIEW OF SENIORS OF 1948 Ba1l1ff, br1ng 1n the f1rst defendant The f1rst trembl1ng person to appear before the Judge 15 a short blonde boy who goes by the na.rne of Roy Husen Roy s age 15 determmed to be seventeen, and the judge goes on w1th h1s quest 1on1ng The defendant has blue eyes spec1alizes 1n eat1ng sweets wears s1ze e1ght shoe, and l1kes to sing the Too Fat Polka Roy confesses that his favor1te h1gh school subject IS Agr1culture and that he plans to farm after he graduates The Judge g1ves w1th a soleznn express1on shakes 1115 head and pronounces a verd1ct of Guilty too much sleepmess The court s next V1Ct1II1 is a f1ve foot tall g1rl, Wlth l1ght brown ha1r and hazel colored eyes The second defendant g1VeS her name as Carmlla Easton Cam1lla s confessed favor1te food 15 lemon p1e, her favor1te song 1S Now Is The Hour and her pet peeve 15 goss1pmg people She plans to be a cosmo tol1g1st after school The Judge g1VeS her the chance to make a last remark 111 her defense to Wh1Ch Ca.rn11la qu1ps, It must be n1ce Yah yah yells a fem1ne VOICE, and 1nto the Judge S prev1ous1y qu1et courtroom rushes the tall brunette g1r1 whom we are accustomed to as Lor ra1ne Hoag Lorrame beg1ns a verbal barrage on the judge through Wh1Ch he learns that Lorrame s pet peeve IS gush1ng g1rls that she prefers Ch1Cken to 1ally swoons over the song, Always, After becomlng slightly breathless, Lorra1ne assures the Judge that, however, tak1ng everything into cons1dera tion, these four years spent 111 h1gh school have been wonderful Paymg her fme of contempt of court, MISS Hoag runs along, to her post graduat1on Nur ses Tra1n1ng Br1ng me an asp1r1n, moans the Judge to wh1ch request the door opens and a f1gure 1n a wh1te cap and gown enters carrymg a glass of water and the Judge s asp1r1n Th1s 15 J'oa.n Emmert Th1s brown ha1red, hazel eyes young lady 1S humm1ng her favor1te popular song The Very Thought of You The next one who comes 1I'lt0 the judge s chambers 15 a tall blonde, blue eyed farmer, Joel Olson He 15 followed, as usual by brown eyed, v1vac1ous Mardelle Mueller Mardelle s favor1te food 15 ice creann, her favor1te mus1c, the popular song How Soon Mardelle plans to go to college after h1gh school graduat1on Her favor1te saymg 1S the br11liant remark Oh Phew Where you have Mardelle you most often find our next specunen, tall s1x feet I and blonde Gera1d1ne Stueland In case you don t know her by that name, she IS qu1te often known by her al1as Gerry Gerry s favor1te food 15 ham burgers and french fr1es After graduatmn, she plans to go 1nto Nurses Trauung Joyce Grau IS the next V1Ct1I1'1 to be judged by our worthy pen Joyce has green eyes, and redd1sh blonde ha1r Her favor1te food 1S 1Ce cream, on Wh1Ch . . . , . . . , a . 5 . u v Q 0 . ,t . ,, . . . - n D n ' ' ' ' v - - 1 ' Q . - 5 e 0 . , 0 any other kind of food, that she is simply ga-ga about swing music, and espec- . . , . : -D .. . . . ,, . . I Q . . 1 . Q - . . Q , 1 U ' lu if , . . g . - , . 0 ll 'Y ' . I . . . . , ,, , ,, l Q o D ' . D