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

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the hotel, Dennler's Moonstruck Hotel' was printed in neon letters beneath s large moon which was at the top We later discovered that the owners of this hotel were two Elg1n people Bill Dennler and the former Barbara Ra1ney, now Hrs Bill Dennler We left Clara at her room and entered ours We had just taken our jackets off when our trunks arrived and as I tipped the bell boy I noticed that he was Leonard West He had to rush away as there was other work to be done After we had our trunks put away we decided to take a walk We wandered down the street until we came to a very up-to-date market where we watched the trucks unload We heard that the regular driver, who was sick now, was Grace Gehring We went into the market to look around and found Bob Nickels in there del1vering milk from his goat arm On our way back we stopped to look at a newly built home While we stood there we notlced a lady with a young child in her arms IU that Marvin owned a laundry in that c1ty By that tlme it was getting rather late so we returned to our hotel room where we were greeted by two huge white rabblts We heard someone running through the halls asking if amrone had seen his rab- bits so we opened the door and announced that they were in our room He apologi2'ed greatly for letting then get away, and introduced him- self as Jack, the Mighty Magician Yes, it was Jack Hanson Later in the dq the president came in to introduce us to s young lady, who was the founder and faculty advisor of the Becker Institute of Technology We soon realized that thls young lady was Mary Lou Becker When President Smith left, he gave us the name of a tourist guide, Bill Peters, who would show us the rest of the city the follow ing da We are looking forward to seeing Bill agun We had heard of large tourist cities on the Hoon, but we did not realize that so mam of the 1951 class members would be living there An old friend Qwf-I 65444 91444 Chartreuse and Black 65444 764444: Whlte Carnation -2- f . companion then recognized her as the former Ruth Boleyn. She 'said