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 .

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'Another one of the boys who took up specilized farming is Paul Blanchfield He is specializing in silver fox and has come a long way with his farm By perfecting a new breed whe e the hair is longer and has deeper silver color and more beautiful streaks in it, he made quite e success of his life ' 'Beverly Davis certainly moved far away from the old gang She makes musical arrangements for Julius LaRosa and plays the piano in his orchestra It keeps her very busy, because on his concert tours he never rests, but darts from one city to another, as if he were only twenty I hear she is engaged to the cello player I think he's an Italian one of Julius' friends ' 'Allen Berglsnd is really enjoying his prolession Us 1 teaching automotive mechanics in Chicago He always was a wniz at making things NDSU he lived on the farm When e was ln the Army, he received special training and liked it so well he decld ed to make e career of it ' 'I haven't seen Ronnie Hiller for a long time He was stat ioned in San Francisco quite a while when he was in the Navy, and he married a girl he met in one of the service clubs He's still in the Navy, but she lives in San Francisco They have a lovely in a photo studio ' 'Donna Peterson has seen a lot of the world She started by working as a salesglrl at Marv1n's in Austin She was there only two years when she went to Kansas City to work in a dress shop there Now she owns the shop and goes on a buying Jaunts to Paris every year Donna writes that she buys Beverly Dav1s's gowns for her in Paris They are great friends ' 'Helen Vogelsang married shortly after she graduated Her husband specializes in raising chickens They have 5,000 laying hens Helen writes a column in the Poultry Journal regularly She is considered one of the countries authorities on egg market ing It all began as a hobby, but now her business is too big to be classified as one ' 'Dolores DeYoung was in the Waves for a while She liked it too, but decided that she wanted to live nearer home, so she took up elementary teaching I believe she is teaching in St Paul now I remember the first year she taught in Grand Meadow ' 'David Root just left for Oregon They had such a had storm out there that most of the telephone lines are down so they want ed his crew to come out and help with the work of restoring comm unicatione Ae you probably know, he works for the Bell Telephone Company He is going to stay out there if he likes the country He took special tralningin communications when he was in the ser- vice and seems to like the work for he is followingin his fathers footsteps ' 'Isn't it strange? When they graduated it seemed like all the boys had to look forward to was war, but the war never came and their training in the service was beneficial to them in many ways 'Well dear, that is enough reminiscing for tonight, we'd better put the Elk away and get you ready for bed ' . 0 . . n s home on the coast up on a hill overlooking the ocean. She works