Columbia High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia, IL)

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STATON HERN v-Sarnn He never has a worry or sorrow, If it's not done today, He'll do it tomorrow HARRY KUEHNER KutLner GLORIA SCHMIDT .. Dutsn The gayest girl that one could find, Doesn't let studies trouble her mini. CAROL RICHIRT Rick Away with books, Let's have some fun, I don't care if my lessons Ever get done. If exertion means an early death, how long will he live?

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unlwrn lt seemed as though the night of June 5 1962 would never come It was to be the night of Class Reunron for the Columbra Hrgh School Class of 1952 The brg shrndrg was to take place at the Chase Club rn St Lours The reason for going to St Lours was be cause of an rnvrtatron extended by the owner of the club for free eats drrnks and dancrng Now ordrnarrly thrs would seem very odd but rt Just so happened that the owner wasa former classmate ofours To speak more clearly rt s James Iuenglrng who followed the steps of his father by establrshrng a successful busrness place By hrs srde was standing hrs wrfe Iona lookrng prettier than ever By the way the couple has twrn boys' As I glanced over the table so beautifully decorated rt made me feel as rf I were on top of the world Istart d over to sav Hello to all the krds But off to a srde table sat the fellows who were always together They were talkurg about old times before the banquet began Iwentover to say Hr to Sam Hem Olrver Rey Bobby Klern and Floyd Buettner Everyone trred to talk at once but the frrst thmgl heard was thatSam was teaching agriculture at Waterloo Hrgh School Floyd and Olrver were farmers Ollie operated the largest dairy farm rn the vrcrnrty ol Colr mbra while Floyd sard he had just hired one hundred addrtronal workers to harvest the wheat Bob was now uccessfl l Superintendent of the Columbra Quarry Company rs I walked on further I noticed Betty Boedeker who looked heater than ever contrrbutrng to the fact that she r Ht come a dress designer for MGM of Hollywood Srttrng next to Betty was Nrra Probstmeyer who had gotten SIIL wa operating a boarding house and during the dav was workrng as secretary rn the offrce of Dr Carol Flarres ' wa o startled br the fact that Carol was a doctor that I rushed rrght over to her to frnd out more about rt he s rd she had gone to school for erght years to become a veterrnarran and had been practrcrng for the past two years I rough unmarried Carol wears a sparkler on her left hand The next person I saw was Dolores Rrppelmeyer who as s e had said had become a nurse She rs nursrng at Deaconness Hospital rn St Lours and rs also head nurse of floor drrce Next to Dee were srttrng the famrlrar faces of Brll Swartz Leon Landgraf and Roland Kerm who had allgone to college Brll was now the chref electrical engineer for a leading construction company rn the West while Leon rs at present flying for Trans World Airlines Roland who eloped wrth the professor s daughter during hrs tl rrd year ofcollcge rs now rn hrs own busrness where he srts wrth hrs feet propped up on the desk As I walked on a little IUl'IllLl' I saw the face of Catherrne Kremmel Cathy had gone to college and then rnto the busrness world Tht brg happy smile she wore drdn t surprrse me for next to her was srttrng Ralph Mathews ortcher for tit Chicago Cubs Mac for whom we cheered at high school baseball games had actually hrt the top wrth a season s average of 19 wrnd and 5 loses Last February Cathy and Mac celebrat d therr sixth annrversary From ther I went on to June Schroeder who had gone to school for some trme to studv ro be a harr stylrst At present G V , I I I n ' . . . 1 1 X ' 1 . ' ' ' . ' ' . e UBL' s ' . 1 5 ,z Q 1' ' - 2 ' , A. - L . s ' ' s ' ' nrrgcrr taller. During our conversation she told me she was making millions, The money was pouring in becausf xl A WS I A . R 1 . 1 . U A ' I 5 s J ' ' ' ' , S 1 , 's , ' ' 1 - 1 1 H , . . . , A 4 L 1 1 1 f . '. , ' ' . ' . ' . 1 , , ' fs ' ' ' ' . , 1. . . J s . , ' ' ' ' ' y Compliments of JIMMY CROWE