Elkton High School - Elk Yearbook (Elkton, MN)

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Senior Prophecy HLook Mommy, here is your El mates in 1954 W HYes, so it is' I remembe Gilderhus got her diamond in her dered whrt we would be doing in walt no longer to know The ten they have been good years for all yea s as well I'm so glad Mavis is a thriving little citv and she Vernon Kraft and the pictures of your cla how excited Senior year the days to years have of us They we were when Mavis and hos we all won come Now we need passed swlftlv and have been very busy made her home near us Austin and her family are enjoying the hone they heve just finished building Her home was planned bv NHow surprised we were to hear that Vernon started his own architectural firm in Minneapolis He specializes in modern homes and has already become famous Before he had finished college, some of his Plans had alreadv been used by some of the better firms Much of his success he attributes to the capeoility ofkis office manager and personal secretary, Ruth Hoppin Here is her picture You know she looked business like and efficient even when she was in high school I visited her apartment once It was very striking W HHere is Stan Morrow You know he always said he was going to get a Job at Hormel but instead, he owns a business of his own in Arizona Curtis Anderson stopped bv to see him on his way home from Judging the Miss America beauty contest and he said that Stan's department store is one of the finest in Phoenix He has a nlce family, too I wish Curtis could have stayed longer, but being an announcer on C B S Television keeps him right on sch edule all the time N HI never thought Nylva would become what she is She was a walkirg dictionary in school and I was sure she'd be a college teacher, but there she is every day at two o'clock singing those catchy western songs and playing her accordian The members o' h r band say she 1 verv easy to get along with in spite of her growing fame Every time I watch her program, I feel proud to Nharren Mead certainly has changed He has gained a lot of weight and his hair is elready turning grav I saw him Just last montr when I was collecting for the Red Cross He has such a big farm All those beautiful Hereford cattle and Yorkshire pigs are cered for perfectly Still he finds time to enjov his family Vou're too little to remember, but he brought home a French bride when he returned from overseas duty in the service She thinks farming in America is oulte a dmenge from France N U'arreds brother Yendell is sc'ent1 evervone 1s watching these days He always had a lot of energl I believe he plans to take his first trip to the moon next the last problem in the navigation for needs to oe tested He lives in Maine N vear He is working out the trio now It still from Warren Mead's, but was in the Navv when he met bis wife She is from South Carolina and has a southern accent that we like to hear so much Harold does much experlment ing sith pasture rotation ' Niarold Hoffman owns a farm not far he is specializing in dairy cattle He ' c ss . r V -n . a r . , . . . A , s . ll . . , ., . . . - , . . . , - , . , . . . ' I . I O 0 1 . e A ., A . . 1 . ' . A e s have known her back when we were in High 3chool.W 1 ,, J . . . , . uf x P 4. S 7: , t - I ' n ' 'V . ' Y rv . : . Q .. , . . Y A . .. A . A . D Q 4 1 .