Eater Junior High School - Mirror Yearbook (Rantoul, IL)

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CLASS PROPHECY fffontinuedj a short skit, The Midnight Ride of Hop- Along Partridge starring I-lop himself. Other members were the villain, Dean Mc- Conkey: the hero's lady love, Lois Lewis: and the sheriff, Bobby Mettauer. The roof almost fell in with applause when Anne Wright, dressed in full cowgirl regalia, tripped lightly to the center of the stage. while Emerson Grider, her cowboy assistant. twirled the lasso while she gaily danced the light fantastic. While we were still convulsed with laugh- ter, John Sherman and his wife, the former Lynne Veling, joined us at our table. The re- mainder of the evening was spent dancing to the music of Russell Overholt's Melody Boys and enjoying the crooning of his singing star. Duane McConkey. The next morning, the Dunns thought we would enjoy a horseback ride to the Cowlick Ranch owned by Bob Molck and his charm- ing wife, the former Pat Sparks. They were indeed surprised and happy to see us. On our way home an automobile zoomed by, scaring our horses. Although we had difficulty in reining our horses, we caught a glimpse of the occupants of the car, who were Marion Tur- rell. his wife, Barbara Passmore. and their twin sons. When evening came we all enjoyed a steak fry in the Dunns' backyard. ln the course 16 of the conversation, we learned the where- abouts of others of the class. Pat Lancaster was now an instructor at a riding academy in Kansas City, Missouri. Alberta informed us that while she and Leonard were visiting in the East they encountered Margaret Mor- ris, who was the only woman professor at Harvard. She in turn told them that George Carlton was now located at Oak Ridge, Ten- nessee, where he was experimenting with cracking atoms. Wanda said she had received a letter from Rosaline Luttrell, who was re- siding in a trailer camp near Camp Howe, Texas, with her husband Sgt. Aloysius Sin- ning. Word had also been received by Al- berta that Betty Cheek was now a missionary in Jun Ming, China, and Kathleen Sheehan was residing there also as the Wife of Laddie Krackman, who was now stationed with the American Army in Nanking. After a few more days of relaxation in the Texas sunshine, we realized our vacation was rapidly drawing to a close. We decided to return to our jobs as secretaries at Chanute Air Base. Boarding the plane we were greeted by an attractive hostess, Diane James, who made our return trip very pleasant. We were then ready to resume our duties after our two weeks in Texas, the only coun- try within the United States. The 1948 Mirror

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CLASS PROPHECY In the early summer of l958, we, Donna Shaw and Patsy Volger. decided to accept an invitation to visit a former classmate, Wanda Stevens, who is now married to James Dunn. a rancher, near Skidmore, Texas. We boarded the train in Rantoul, and had no sooner seated ourselves comfortably when we heard a familiar voice say, Tickets, please. Yes, the porter was Charles John- son, Soon after that we heard someone shout- ing, Sandwiches, ice cream, cokes, and candy! In the same breath, the voice said. Imagine that, my old friends. Donna and Pat. This was none other than Margaret Turrell. Then we decided to spend part of our time in the observation car. and on our way to it we walked through the diner, where someone said, Hi, ya, girls! We turned our heads just in time to see Albert Grimsey as a waiter disappear into the kitchen. Who do you think we saw seated there with his head buried in a comic book and smoking a cigar? None other than Roger Hulett. In the course of our conversation we learned that he was on his way to visit his bachelor friend, Reeves Adamson, who was now a wealthy oil man in Texas and living not far from the Dunns. When our train finally chugged into Skid- more, we girls were cordially greeted by the Dunns. Just as we climbed into their new Plymouth, an auto horn blared furiously. The 1948 Mirror Looking, we couldn't help but see Reeves all dressed up in his ten gallon hat driving that long-dreamed-about limousine. At the same time we also noticed that the engineer was waving frantically, and on closer ob- servation we realized that it was Ralph Da- vis. Driving away, we saw a group of rail- road workers: among them was Raymond Protzman displaying his Charles Atlas phy- sique by lifting rails into place. At last we arrived at the Dunns' Horny Toad Ranch. Just as we turned into the driveway, up galloped Leonard Trump and his wife, the former Alberta Mills, astride a pair of pinto ponies. They were also visitors. We then dismounted: one of the cowhands, James Smith, lumbered up and took the horses to the stables. That evening James and Wanda decided to take their guests into town to one of their favorite night spots, the Diamond Horseshoe, owned by the Honorable Chuck Leonard. When we entered the place we checked our coats with a frivolous little hat check girl, Sylvia Westenhaver, who was flirting with all the men present. We were just in time for the floor show presented by Eldon Versteeg and his Mud Creek Specialists. The introduc- tory number was Deep in the Heart of Texas sung by Betty Gilbert with her own guitar accompaniment. This was followed by 15

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