Cave In Rock High School - Eagle Yearbook (Cave In Rock, IL)

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Prophecy While touring the Army camps with a U S O troop during the recent war, I was somewhat surprised at Ft Sill, Okla to find Bill Logan as coach of the basketball team there I was talking to Bill, he told me where some more of our old classmates were When I told him I was going to Great Lakes Naval Base to entertain next, he told me, I would be surc to see Mar ie Conn who is a Navy nurse at the base hospital t one of the stops, our troop, before launching our show, decided to take in a movie To my complete surprise there stood Gerald Burklow, who ushered us to our seats after a short conver ation He told me to be sure and watch the newsreel as two old classmates of ours were to be in it Of course, I had heard of the new sport, women boxing, but I never dreamed I'd see any of my classmates at this pro fession As the faces of Jeanne Page and Mary otariwat flashed over the screen, the commentator told of their boxing for the feather weight championship When the troop arrived at Great Lakes, they were met by the wife of Admiral Douglas, who was formerly Miss Imogene Cox She asked us to her home and showed us the pictures of two adorable children The son of Dorothy and Elbert Rendleman, and the dauehter of Berneice and im Prather Our troop decided to go overseas and I, keeping in touch 3 days to visit her and the Rev Scott and their lovely set of twins, Jim and Judy Mrs Scott decided to Jo on to Korea and play the piano for one of our acts There, we met the chaplain, none other than James Wootton While we were putting on the show Jenny Lou happened to look across the crowded and spied Imogene Drumm in an attractive v A A C uniform After the show a sudden air raid sent us scrampering for a fox hole I noticed I was in a foxhole with a female but not until after the air raid did I notice it was Donna Tanner, the impish member of our Senior play, The Eager Miss Beaver To us U S O entertainers Korea was a pretty terrible place so we decided to FO to Paris before we started back to the U S The women of the troop, after a good n1ght's rest in a Paris Hotel, decided to take in a Paris Hotel, decided to take in a fashion show As we arrived at the place before the showing of the gowns, we noticed a very nice looking young man seated very close to the front We soon learned that his name was Charles Cox and he was the buyer of a famous New York firm 0 I . A S ' L 1 - s ' . 1 I Q 5 n - - ...... ..L,.... . . D egg- Q-. with Mrs. Virginia Lou Scott, decided to stop in Africa for 0 -3 . 0 0 is . D . '.' ' Q a a u . g - . . . J . I . . f- ' n ' A -' vo v D . D . t . . O O . X111-ii i . '

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The models began to gllde out on the platform, p1vot and walk gracefully back At flrst, we d1d not not1ce much about the models, but alas, a very fam1l1ar Amerlcan g1rl came forth in a very ch1c gown It was Delcle Newman At last we were back on the boat headed for homo Whlle we were rehearsing one day, we recelved word from the Capta1n Bob Denton, to JOIN hlm, the Chief, Bob Ledbetter, and the shlps barber, Gary FFAIIBX, at d1nner the fO1lOW1hg eve When our sh1p landed we were greeted by Laura Barnard the Author of the famous book, WMy Llfe As A School Teacher It felt good to be back 1n the U S A but the NShow Must Go 0n,U so we were 1nv1ted to attend a blg m1l1tary ball ln Washlngton The Presldent, Llnda Douglas, the f1PSt woman Presldent of the Unlted states was to meet us at the air port Durlng our week back home we had hlred a new act to our troop The Daymon Slsters, Anna and Alene, were the best comedlennes of the tlme Now our troop consisted of Myrna Rash and her clrcus of fleas, wh1ch d1d many h1lar1ous thlngs Norma Jenn1ngs was our star Queen The manager of our show was Shlrley Sherldan and dlrector Bonnle Walker Also on our blll was Ludene Drumm who could play s1x muslcal 1nstruments at once The last act 13 Barbara Shewmaker playlng the p1ano for Flora Hamp to slng good old EI billy songs Loy Ralph was our prop man kept the show ZO1ng At last the night of the ball had arr1ved We enter 1nto an elaborate ball room The f1FSt dance a quadrllle, was led by Magor and Nrs Edward McDowell Mrs McDowell was Wanda Hooten ln C H S Whlle we were dancln I ha ened to glance ga PP over ln a corner and notlced a group of serv1ce men around two attract1ve g1rls, who were the sea on, Delorls Ralph and Dor1s Don1than the drlnks was V1rg1n1a Jackson Our troop decided to break up and we merry way Arr1v1ng 1n Hard1n County for surprlsed to f1nd Lovlrn Splvey, the last class, as mayor of ROSICIBTG Now that each member of the class of crowded of the servlng debutants The maid on h1S each went a V1S1t, I was member 1U our '52 was accounted for, I could return home feel1ng that my m1ss1on was success fully accompl1shed . . . - . c .. . . . . u Q ..1..---......1...- . O . . .. . ...-.......--- .-.-............-l-Q . - . . o . .........-..........-.--9 I Q n O . una . . . -. . . . . . o -.,..- . . -1 , . . ' 1 4 . . il 1 . . u . . . . . O C 'W o o O 0 5 I u , . . . . . . . . . . ....i.- ll . . o . . ' 0 . . 0 . -' 1 Q o o . - . i e o o l... . . . . . . . . . .c' .Q 9 . . .. i - . . .. . . .. c . . . . . , . o v . . . 1 . o