Elgin High School - Panther Tracks Yearbook (Elgin, IA)

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79w1f4wf Elgln, Moon June 15, 1971 Dear Prof, I thought I'd drop you a l1ne to tell you about my vacatlon trlp to the moon When we started from home we were 1n a hurry because we were late and afrald we would m1ss the Rocket The cab drlver was hurrylng as fast as he could when we heard a patrolman's slren As we pulled to the curb, I looked up and to my surprlse recognlzed Fr ncls Butlkofer as the patrolman After we hastlly explalned everythlng to hlm he sald he wouldn't glve us a tlcket we would have l1ked to talk to h1m longer but we didn't have tlme we arrlved at the a1rport just ln tlmel The nRocket to the Moonn was ready to l ave As the Stewardess was checklng us off her 11st we notlced that she was Bonnle Lou Lantz we talked to her several d1f ferent tlmes on our trlp and she sald that she enjoyed her work very much She asked us to step lnto the p1lot's chamber and say 'hello' to the p11ot, Ivan Craln We also met another member of the '51 class on the Rocket the well known Amerlcan dancer, Clara Hendrlckson Unfortunately, Clara sllpped and hurt her ankle as she entered the Rocket When we landed on the moon, Clara's ankle was hurtlng her more, so we inqulred and found that there was a doctor's offlce on the other side of the landlng fleld We went to the offlce w1th her and were greeted 1nS1de the door by a very courteous nurse, whom we recognized lmmedlately as Shirley Kay Reusser She ushered us 1nto the doctor's main off1ce Who do you suppose the doctor waso Leo SCh0T11 we had a n1ce chat after we found out that Clara's ankle had only a sllght spraln, but, it was soon time for us to be on our way to see lf we could find a hotel room Durlng our search for a hotel, a car pulled up beside us and the man in the back seat introduced hlmself as Paul Sm1th, nPres1dent of the Moonn He told us that h1s chauffeur was Merle Kllngman H drove us to a hotel where he had reserved rooms for us The name of QNX Xen Xu . . . o . . . . v 0 U . . A . . Q 9 . . . . . s . 0 . . . . 9 . ' O - U . . a ..- ' 0 . u . . . . . . 0 . . . . . o I ' . o . - . v . 0 . . . . . v I o 6 o fi