Denmark Academy High School - Banner Yearbook (Denmark, IA)

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The Clas s Will

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Class Prophecy After becomlng homeslck for our graduation town we declded to take a cru1se down the MISSISSIPPI and Skunk Rxvers to Denmark's sceruc harbor formerly Bmdgeport As we walked 1nto the spacxous and beautxful dxnxng room of the luxury l1ner a fam1l1ar laugh reached our ear Lookxng around we saw the former Judy Hamm and her sa1lor husband seated at a nearby table After chattxng wxth her old memorles came back and we were more anx1ous than ever to reach Denmark At the dock wa1t1ng for us 1n h1s new Roadmaster who should It be but Frank Ruschxll now owner of the R1 st ull Roadmaster Plant As we stopped at the Hotel Denmark we saw Jack Berry commg through the corrxdor He lnformed us that he was now p1tcher for the DENMARK GOLD SOCKS who had just reached the headllnes by h1s showmanshlp of left hand pxtchlng After restlng ln our room we declded to take a walk through the spacxous c1ty of Den mark As we passed one of the fashxonable restaurants we experxencecl a sudden pang of hunger whxch dxrected our path through the door As the entertaxnment started we glanc ed up and to our great surprxse saw D1x1e Odell the Rhumba Queen of the M1ddle West After her dance we made our way to her dresslng room She expressed her surprxse upon seexng old classmates and 1mmed1ately began conversmg on former class members e learned through Dxxme that Donna Pfaff had replaced the ret1r1ng J Edgar Hoover as head of the FBI D1x1e also mformed us that she had seen the Presldent elect sxttmg 1n the audl ence Jxm Rusch11l youngest man to take over the pres1dency of the Un1ted States was back w1th h1s w1fe the former Mary R1ley As we emerged from backstage we located thelr table and went over to chat a wh1le Mary mformed us she was lookxng for some drapery materlal wxth whlch to redecorate the Wh1te House When we kxdded them about who'd run the Wh1te House durxng thexr absence J1m replxed Oh Todd w1ll handle thxngs We asked xf he by any chance meant Cllnton Todd and upon further quest1on1ng we learn ed that Clxnton was the amd of the Wh1te House bemg Secy of Transportatmon Havxng so many thlngs to do and places ln mlnd we proceeded on our way As we gay lng Bruz1t1s' Fashlons and Models Knowxng that John had 11ked gxrls an awful lot back xn the days of Denmark Hxgh we thought surely th1s must be the same Bruzxtls we knew We journeyed 1n and asked to see the owner The store was even larger than Marshall Fxelds and flnally were led mto a large roomful of glrls One of them looked over at us and flashed a b1g smlle She looked very attractxve ln her bathxng su1t and who should lt be but Patsy McCoy She told us that she had marrxed and had two lxttle tots but was go lng on w1th her career of modelmg sw1m suxts and sweaters She was gomg to Par1s the next week where she 'd appear as 'the real McCoy on a fash1on show Seexng that she was very busy we proceeded to look for the owner About f1ve mlnutes later we detected hmm and of course we surprlsed h1m He related to us that Dxck Fr1tz was natlonal um plre 1n the World Serxes and basketball referee durxng the wmter months As we stepped out 1nto the street an ambulance went screechxng by so be1ng 1nqu1s1t1ve as we were and anx1ous to see the new hosp1tal anyway we halled a taxl Hurry1ng up the steps and through the corr1dor we bumped 1nto another famxllar face Helen Holsteen She told us that whxle she was there they had brought Raymond Watk1ns ln to have hxs stom ach pumped out It seemed as though he had tasted one of hxs chemlcal concoctlons that he had been formulatmg for one of h1s chemxstry classes at the Umversxty of Denmark and xt had made hxm deathly slck Helen saxd she had come to v1s1t Sy1v1a so we went to the Supervlsors offxce and found the lettenng on the door read1ng Sylv1a Roscum RN and Head Supervlsor ' We casually walked 1n and wlthout lookmg up she sa1d Your p1lls wxll be ready ln a mm mm Glanclng up and lookmg at us 1n amazement she exclalmed Oh I thought you were Mlss Morton I m sorry' She was very glad to see us and when we quest1oned her 1f she meant Elsxe Morton she saxd that Els1e was a teacher now and had had such a t1me w1th her puplls that she had to take pxlls because she was on the verge of Z4 vs 2 ' . . . . 1 - ' . ' ' ' . W . . . . . H . . ly stepped along, the name on a fashionable department store attracted our attention, read- A --ll ' ' ' ll ' ' A I ll ' ' . . ' . . Y 'I . , . ' , . . . . , H . . . . 1 L ,, . . . . H ' I I I ' I Il . - 1