DeLand Weldon High School - Eagle Spotlight Yearbook (Weldon, IL)

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Prophet ij Paris, 1964 While I was at the fashion show last week, whom should I meet but Eugene Yates , the fam- ous designer who was showing some of his latest creations at the show. His top model was none other than Joan Taylor. I was overjoyed to see these old schoolmates of mine and when they suggested that we dine together, I gladly accepted. We went to the famous Paris night club, the Fouqueto Inn, where the famous singer and dancer, Dorothy Reeser , was being featured. The hostess of the club was Mary Ellen Sprague. She now manages one of the three restaurants she and her husband own there. While we ate we began to talk of some of our old classmates of ' 49 at Deland-Weldon Senior High School. While Eugene and Joan had been traveling on the con- tinent, they had run across Essie Vaughn, the famous newspaper columnist. She now has a syndicated column in sixty two newspapers. They also told me of Anne Carr who is a missionary in Siam. Anne is still unmarried as g he found she couldn’t choose from her many admirers. Marguerite Crisman is now dancing in the Broadway production of the popular musical, Sunshine. John Lowrcy is the senator at large from Illinois. His beautiful home in Washington is the scene of many gay parties. June Brennan is secretary to the President of the United States. Leon Souders is a photographer, with studios in Chicago. His portraits of Chicago elite are very famous. Joyce Francisco, the famous movie star, has just been starred in a movie opposite Roy Rogers . Her old chum, Buddy Kallembach, is her manager and paints in his spare time. A small, little, old man stopped at our table. For a moment we didn’t know him. It was Ronnie Danison, who had been prospecting for gold in California and struck it rich. He was now touring the world on his new fortune. He sat down at our table and supplied us with the following knowledge of our classmates: Shirley Trigg, the famous scientist, has just perfected new gasoline for motor bikes which sells for five cents a gallon. She is also married now and has three red-headed children. Charles Thompson is managing the ladies ready-to-wear department at Macy’s Department Store in New York. He didn’t have much luck or get rich very fast as a cartoonist. Opal Wise is an old maid school teacher. She is filling Miss Van Metre ' s shoes at D-W Senior High School. Marilyn Cozad is a nurse in Decatur, while waiting for Wendell F oster , who is playing with the Chicago Cubs to get enough money to buy the ring. Patsy Maden is playing on a famous basketball team from St. Louis. She plays forward and is the team ' s high point man. Eileen Massey has married and settled down on a farm near Weldon. She goes to every dance held within a radius of fifty miles. We had been so engrossed in our talk that the trim, dark haired woman who stood at our table had to speak twice before we knew she was there. Yes, it was the former Charlotte Shearer, who had won a trip around the world on one of those quiz programs. She told us that she was happily married and living in Tennessee with her husband and si x children. She added to our now growing information by telling us of the following people. Lynn Cozad has forsaken the National Guard for the Navy and has worked himself up to the rank of Admiral. Bill Golden owns a garage in DeLand. He plays and sings every evening for recreation. Alice Richardson is happily married and has seventeen children plus a happy home, Doris Mix White is now the dean of MacMurray College for women in Jacksonville, Illinois. Hobart “Fiddle” Sailor, the famous surgeon, has his own hospital and has gained fame through his progress in medicine. James Jiles is an engineer who builds wonderful bridges. He is working on one now, which is to span the Atlantic. By this time we had finished our meal and the hour had grown late. As I had an early appointment the next day, I took leave of my friends, expressing again my happiness at seeing them. — THE END. 17

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unions G. ALLAN S. DAWSON B. MENELEY J. SCHREODER M. SEAL J. THOMAS E. WEST S. CARR D. LONEY D. SOUDERS P. CORDER P. MADEN A. PEARL D. STITES M. WEBB 19