Dumont High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Dumont, IA)

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PR OPI-IEC Y It was 1958 The super1ntendent and founder of the Home for Homeless Insects sat pettlng h1s favor1te horse fly and dreamlng of the days when ne was young handsome and the Beau Brummel of Durnont I-hgh Superlntendent Floyd Clemens shuddered as he remembered the wasted years when h1s beloved xnsects roamed the earth without a soul to Care for them The greemsh gl1nt of the horse fly s eyes remlnded Floyd of the g1r1 who sat across from hxm ln the study hall at school Suddenly he was semzed w1th the desxre to see h1s old classmates He wxshed to talk over old tlmes and f1nd out what the years had done to them or for them Now Floyd was always a man of actxon and he never conce1ved an xdea wlth out carrylng 1t out lmmedlately He and h1s wlfe jo Ann Bronsema who because of her love of nurslng had become a lady veterlnarlan but gave It up to help Floyd wxth h1s xnsects sent out 1nv1tat1ons The Class of 1948 was to have a reumon at a Gypsy Tea Room called La Dlschord whlch was operated by Mr Hanawalt the mus1c teacher from Dumont Hlgh As jo Ann and Floyd entered the tea room the Gypsy orchestra was playlng a hauntlng rendltlon of Don t walt up for me Mother I m a senlor now Leadlng the orchestra was Mr Hanawalt who cut a very fetching f1gure ln h1s colorful Ro No sooner were they seated when who should dash up to them but Dorothea Van Rlper I am Madam Zonga, she sald and do I rake 1n the dough telling fortunes! I ll cut the prlce for you because of old tlmes Before they could have thelr fortunes told, the orchestra played a rurnba The groups was astomshed to see Dawn Plper and Le Roy Lupkes doing a mean step on the crowded dance floor' When they could get thelr breath they Joxned the group of Dumonhans Daun explalned that she had just won the t1t1e of the Fastest Woman R1 nner on Earth after years of vxgorous training Le Roy told them that he had just rrplaced F E Boone on the Lucky Strlke program and proceeded to demon strate h1s auctmoneerlng talents He was ln fine voice but he had to stop because no one could hear the music 'Jon Seeger, Pres1dent of the Soc1ety for Prevenuon of Cruelty to Trombone Players stopped in to greet h1s old friends He sald he couldn t stay because of a rad1o engagement He was to speak over statmn O P U Bristow on the Causes and Effects of the Nervous Breakdown of Tommy Dorsey Helen Ruth Zxmmerman, recently of the Belgian Congo where she has been orgamzzng 4H Clubs came ln with one of her proteges He was a blg black cannibal who kept yelling 'Bongol Bongo! Bongo' l don t want to leave the Congo! She had o heck h1m with her coat because he ate everythlng in sight lncludlng Don Seeger s rombone mus1c an rv . . , , . Q u D . . . . . . . . , . I - l , ll s .II 1 . 1 ' v ' . u n o dl l n U - li I , . . I . . . - many costurne with a wide sash and golden earrings! Q ll il a ll n 1 ' I a K I Q ll , . Q . . ' . . 1 , . . . K - J u 0 D ' . . . , n c I , . o n ll O I O O ll l . . , . . . , 0 9 il Q, A o A I a I 1 n I . I, ,

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M h1le Helen Ruth was telllng about her adventures there was a creat com motxon at the door Through the crowd came the former Congress wornan Lxda Lee Harlan argulnv w1th the head walter Approachxng our table and notlng that all were ot there she yelled I demand a recount' Llda had broken her heel 1n one of the oles ln her pol1t1cal platform and was not IH very good humor However the s1ght if her old classmates made her smlle She zmmedxately began campawrnng for her elf and her husband Senator Claghorn Donald Ubben Jolned the group just then He and Daun Plper began argulng ibout who could run the fastest lt seems that Donme IS the owner and tra1ner of the famous Raclng Rabblts To traln them he has to be able to run faster than they d He has an old w1re halred terrler names Boots who keeps hxm 1n shape by b1t1ng h1m every t1me he slows down Don Seeger recelved a telegram saylng that statlon O P U Br1stow had been cut off the a1r by Mr F G McK1nley Presldent of the Federal Commumca t1on Bure u Don declded to settle down to enjoy hlmself when he had to get an extra chalr for h1s trombone due to the arrlval of the great Shakespearean actress Lavonne Winter She was accompanled by Dorls Hearn who 1S the famous lady hon tamer Dorms 1S now 1n Hollywood as techn1cal advxser ln jungle plctures She IS the author of a best seller called Don t put Your Head 1n a Llon sMouth Lynn Uhlenhopp flnally arrlved but was too preoccupled to enjoy hlmself Lynn IS an emlnent sclentxst who has discovered an 1nv1s1ble substance The only trouble IS he keeps loslng lt That accounts for the puzzled expressxon on h1s face all the t1me Wh11e the old classmates were chattlng and recalling old escapades the hghts were dxmmed and 1nto the spotllght steppedj Edward Lee Master of Cere monles Mr Lee greeted lns old puplls wlth a few slde spl1tt1ng remarks and then presented the floor show Flrst was Bonnle Culbertson and her troupe of Corny Cutles who were appearlng at the tea room between engagements at the Chester fleld Supper Club The Class of 1948 applauded and whlstled but were stunned into sllence a few mmutes later when Mr Lee w1th a few well chosen words presented the two mlsslng members of the Class of 48 the dance tearnof R1chard and Kramer' Arlene and Daryl enchanted them all w1th thelr graceful routlnes and conhded blush lngly that they has been marrled because of the houslng shortage Mr Lee was malung with the funny Jokes but had to stop because Mrs Lee came ln wlth hzs mldnlght lunch explalmng that she wouldn t let hxm eat Gypsy food Floyd and jo Ann sat WOTry1ng about thelr 1nsects Dorothea trled to tell everyone s fortune at once Don Seeger played h1s trombone LeRoy was yelllng Sold Amerlcan Lzda was maklng a pohtxcal speech Lavonne was do1ng a scene from Hamlet, Helen was chasmg her protege, Don Ubben and Daun Piper were run mng a race between tables, Lynn was loolung for h1s 1nv1sxble substance Dons was demonstratzng her techmque w1th wzld ammals uslng Mr Hanawalt as the v1ct1m Daryl and Arlene were arguing about whzch one was the bralns of the team when Mr Dodd arrmved and yelled 'QUI ET' From old hab1t they all regretfully parted wxth the falthful promise to keep in touch with one another H . . - U 0 u O s sa as . . , . n r' u O ' S , u n L' a 4 . . . an su . . O. s o Q s o a Q , ' 2. a o a a v . . 0 o s o , o u I . . . . n , ' o a . . AA u . 01 . , - 1 3 . - a o I n , . o a , o . . . . . . . I . u I 1 . . . . U I ll I 1' o o o n s . . I I . ' . ' - . . . . . . . - n . . . . . . . . A ' I . . . . l O c C if I 1 - . , Q . . a