Chester High School - Hawk Yearbook (Chester, IA)

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KARL N WILSON I1 casux c I Student Councll Dr 1m.1t1cS Baal atb lll N ocal Mublc Band School Paper Annual Staff Softball Chcel lcadel Lettel Club PATRICI X FHOMPSON Secretary Dramatlcs Basketball Vocal Muslc Band School Papcl Xnnual Co Ldltor Cheerleader Letter Club BETTY SALTOU Secretary Treasurer Student Councll Dramaucs Basketball Vocal Muslc Band Softball Cheerleader Letter Club Annual Staff F. H. A.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY As I the sp1r1t of the class of 1959 was wander1ng through the woods late 1n the after noon th1s day of May 13 1970 I came upon a small bubbl1ng brook S1nce I was completely lost I dec1ded to follow 1t and maybe I would f1nd someone I knew Suddenly I saw a t1ny modern home w1th s1x ch1ldren play1ng 1n the yard When I went to the door much to my surprlse I met thd former Betty Saltou now Mrs Mern Swancutt After she graduated she marr1ed Mern and they bought th1s l1ttle home Wlth a n1ce yard for thelr ch1ldren to play 1n Durmg our conversat1on she ment1oned that Mercedes Eastland was marrled and l1v1ng about a m1le away on a farm called W1ndy Acres I stopped to V1Slt them for a wh1le and soon d1scovered they were ra1s1ng future basketball players for good old CHS After rem1n1sc1ng over our good t1mes 1n school Ithoughtl would keep fO11OW1Hg the wander1ng brook unt1l I came to a town As I walked the brook became w1der and w1der an soon It became a fast flow1ng stream Wh1Ch eventually became a rlver The stream ran along the road solengoyed watchmg the cars go by unt1l I saw a wrecked car Upon closer exam1nat1on I d1scovered that Chr1s 'Nhtcher my old schoolmate who IS now called Chr1s the Vth1z was dr1v1ng h1s hot rod The Blue Streak and ran over a p1g QI-Ie always sa1d he hated hogs l Luck1ly ne1ther he nor the Bleak Streak got damaged Some one d1d c all lor a veter1nar1an for the p1g Ev1dently they called the wrong k1nd of doctor be cause my old fr1end Dr Conme Kelly of CHS came Was she ever surpr1sed when she found that her pat1ent was a p1g Conn1e st1ll 1S not marr1ed though she has threatened a few of her more r1ch and handsome pat1ents Somehow they always seem to sl1p out of her clutches but she hasn't g1ven up yet Her motto IS Never Say D1e I asked Dr Kelly 1f she had seen any of our other classmates or knew where any of them she found that Conn1e was a doctor and s1nce they had been such good pals they dec1ded to open up an off1ce together They comprom1sed Conme goes out on the calls and Karen takes care of the off1ce calls Karen also has been exper1ment1ng a great deal Wlth d1fferent med1 cmes I guess that one year of Chem1stry sort of went to her head S1nce I had been hav1ng such good luck 1n f1nd1ng my old classmates Ithought I would keep follow1ng the stream whxch was now b1g enough to be a rwer I kept follow1ng lt unt1lI came to a c1ty R1ght by the r1ver was a h1gh bu1ld1ng and when I got a l1ttle closer I saw that lt sa1d MC MASTER AND COMPANY The name struck me as be1ng fam1l1ar so I went 1n to see 1f It was the Larry McMaster of the class of 1959 Sure enough lt was and guess who h1s pr1 vate secretary IS you guessed r1ght Karon SkJe1e h1s h1gh school sweetheart He sa1d that w1thout her he would not be where he IS I got to talk1ng to Karon and found that 1n her spare t1me she plays on the MC MASTER AND COMPANY GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM She says It 1S loads of fun and they travel all over the country play1ng other company teams She told me that another of our classmates Dean Chr1st1anson was coaclng the team I thought lt would be nice to V1S1t h1m wh1le I was travel1ng so I dec1ded to go to D1llon where he l1ved After travel1ng most of the n1ght before and all mormng I was really t1red when I f1nally came to th1s small manufactur1ng town After wander1ng around town for hours I f1nally came to what I thought was a huge h1gh school In the school yard I found a bench where I dec1ded to take a nap It seemed l1ke I had Just gotten to sleep when I was awakened and told I was aus1ng qu1te a d1sturbance and a man asked me to leave Somethmg about the man looked rather fam1l1ar After quest1on1ng h1m he told me that he was Dean Chr1st1anson and that after graduatmg from CHS he went to college to prepare for a coach1ng career After graduatmg he went to Decorah to coach a g1rls team On th1s afternoon he was at the Luther College trymg to get a pract1ce game w1th them as he wanted to be sure Karon SkJe1e was ready for the f1na1s n a tournament th1s week Wh1le talk1ng to Dean he ment1oned that two of our classmates L1nda Albert and Joyce Vrxeze were the sole owners of the FISHING TACKLE COMPANY S1nce they were do1ng so well Dean sa1d he would take me to see them J . . , . . - ' J I ' , . .7 I I I ' ' , . . , . . . . . , i J 1 , . . , . f '. . , 1 , , , . . , . ' - , ' ' -- It ' VI were. She told me thatKarenWilson was working as her assistant. After graduating from school, , , I . , ' . . . . ' . ' I 1 Q 1 . 0 . U . . I . . . . ' . . , J ' I , . . C . . . . . , , . . ' i ' ' .