Dysart High School - Oracle Yearbook (Dysart, IA)

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Elberon Iowa Xprll 19 19:16 MISS C a1olCantttell cfo Metropol tan Opera House New 'York New '1orl-I My Dear Carol Do pardon me for addressmg vou so fam1l1arly ' ' Remember me? I was your fellow classmate 1n good old Dysart H1gh of the class of 1936 I have been try1ng to locate your where abouts for a long t1me and wasnt successful Untll about a week ago when I read 1n the paper that you were starr1ng 1n the famous opera Carmen at the Metropol1tan Opera House always knew you would g1Ve your VOICC the th1ng lt deserved I suppose you haven t V1S1ted Iowa SIHCG your success 1n mus1c and are wondermg about the other classmates who hold the world record of Who s VK ho and Why Marlene you w1ll remember as one of the SIX g1rls of our class now carr1es the last name of Overton She and Lee have now taken over the Overton Funeral Home and after the1r many years of marr1ed l1fe they are st11l deadlv ser1ous about each other Remember the VICE presxdent of our sen1or class M1chael Nelson He was always a great leader 1n the d1fferent act1v1t1es of the school About a week ago I read 1n our local paper that he was elected as a member of our U S Congress Judgmg by the way M1chael worked so well 1n school I m sure he w1ll do a good Job Don M1ller 1S st1l1 l1v1ng 1n th1s comrnun1ty He has taken over h1S dad s farm and 1S do1ng well and IS st1l1 an old bachelor , It seems he never d1d care for g1rls Needless to say Jamce Heckroth made good of herself and 1S now known as Professor Heckroth at the Lake Er1e College 1n Ohto Inc1dental1y, 1n her spare t1rne, she served as Pres1dent of the Old Ma1ds Club It was reported last week that D1Ck Lyons, famous baseball p1tcher for the Yankees 1S a professlonal at throw1ng curves and not only throwlng them but catch1ng them also No doubt you w1ll remember Rhoada Delfs as the valed1ctor1an of our class You know so she gave It up and now IS work1ng w1th Trans World A1rl1nes as head stewardess Paul Gahan, the well known crooner of today has captured the hearts of the Edd1e F1sher fans and from the last report he IS swoon1ng them to death Wonder Why? 'P 'P 9 9 As the old say1ng goes, Dynam1te comes 1n small packages Rlchard Delfs 1S now rnarr1ed and 1S farm1ng a s1x hundred acre farm near Dysart H has developed a method of farm1ng that w1ll enable h1rn to grow a hybr1d named L1me planted 1n the Sprmg Larry Holst 1S now l1v1ng on a huge ranch 1n Texas Although he IS a farmer at heart he hasnt g1ven up h1s love for speedy automob1les He has a race track c1rcl1ng h1s ranch and 1S work1ng on an exper1mental car that runs on l1ghter flu1d It goes 356 112 mph but the b1g problem IS round1ng the curves The self made m1l11ona1re Lee Raub has bu1lt a huge skyscraper on Dysart s ma1n street to handle h1s busmess Wh1le exper1rnent1ng w1th old p1pES he developed a robot and perfected lt so that lt would do all the necessary heavy work around the farm I have not been able to locate some of our other school mates If you know anyth1ng about them would you please wr1te and tell me about the1r whereabouts? Inc1dentally you m1ght l1ke to know what I am do1ng here Hap and I celebrated our e1ghth wedd1ng ann1versary last week and are operat1ng the SW8l1k19St restaurant 1n northeastern Iowa It IS called Hap s Hash House and when you are 1n the Elberon v1c1n1ty pay us a V1S1t and we w1ll g1V6 you a del1c1ous meal free HOp1Ug to hear from you real soon S1ncerely yours Mrs Hap Junge Dear Ard1th I rece1ved your most welcome letter today and was real glad to hear about the class of 1956 Fortunately, I have been able to locate the other classmates The other day I read 1n the New York T1mes that John HIX has accepted the pos1t1on as head of the eng1neer1ng de partment of General Motors to des1gn an 1nter planetary passenger rocket enabl1ng busmessrnen to get from the1r homes on earth to the1r bus1nesses on ne1ghbor1ng planets Remember John Mehlhaus the tall lanky fellow who was co captaln of the Dysart Trojans 1n 1956 About a month ago he was named basketball player of the year He plays for the Syracuse Nat1ona1s and has averaged 60 po1nts a game dur1ng the past year wh1le only comm1tt1ng 10 fouls Elame Hupfeld 1S now the pr1vate nurse of John D Rockefeller here IH New York She IS reportedly earmng a salary of S900 a week However, she 1S d1SS3tlSf16d Wlth the low wages and IS lookmg for a h1gher paymg Job I hope to see you real soon When you come to New York, by all means look me up S1ncerely yours, MISS Carol Cantwell I V' I ' l L' , ' , A' . 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