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7Pw,ma,.I,g54 555 The prosperous crty of Franeesrrlle lay garlanded and expectant beneath the une sunshrne of the year of 2000 Crowds of garly dressed people were gathered rn the stadrum of the spaerous high sehool ground A frne class asserted gray harred old Mr I'ort As frne a class as the school ever sent out I was a member of the board of edueatran when they rrd uated and we were eertarnly proud of them Are most of the members here? asked hrs eom panron Im told they are expeetrng la ge representatron A number are here rephed Mr Irort Lets stand by as the class reunron starts Exerythrng went smoothly as the program got rnto full swing The frrst thrng on the program was a song by a trro of elderly men They started out brayely but eyen the yorces of DUANL SWING DICK BOEHNING and BOB GUTWEIN who had been noted singers rn the class rn the old days grew trembly and DUANF who had been notorrous as a cut up was seen to blow hrs nose with great As the song closed DICK B who had gained much porse from presrdrng at class meetings stepped forward and sard Ladres and gentlemen I haye the great honor to introduce as the speaker of the day LARRY BOEHNING who left hrs work rn Boehnrng 84 Sons Drug Store to be present at thrs gathering We are proud of Larry he has garned wealth and drstrnctron he has also gained a frxe foot warst lrne and an aceumulatron of avorrdupors rn keeping wrth hrs drgnrty He flew ower here rn hrs prrvate plane accompanied by hrs stewardess SHIR LEY BEISWANGER who became known world wide for being on the frrst rocket shrp successfully reaching the moon Next STANLEY JORDAN came forward with hrs old trme assurance multrplred by several degrees and began Ladres and gentlemen schoolmates of the good old days and frrends of bygone years I see before me many faces that are new but I also behold many that were present at the graduation of thrs class forty frye years ago To you who saw us go forth upon the ausprcrous occasron bearrng the trophies of commencement I would say that we have returned not upon our shrelds but bearrng them laden with honors for the best school a class ever left Francesvrlle Hrgh Before Mr Boehnrng proceeds with the address of the occasron I wrsh to present the members of the class of 1955 who are before you and to grve you a few facts concernrng them I wrll start with DELLA KRUGER In hrgh school she used to advocate better order in the assem bly roms she wanted the halls kept clean and the school grounds beautrful She rs a noted rnterror decorator Then here s HERBIE WELTZIN He has pros perrty wrrtten all over hrm rt says he not only has money rn hrs pockets but rn the bank Yes, HERBIE rs a plumber and he can retrre any trme he wants to JACK GOBLE, as you know rs prrncrpal of your school at thrs trme and LENA SMITH who has refused many offers of marrrrge beerusg 5115 5 In lots with teaehrng has eharge of the En rsh department They both 'wanted to teach rn thrs sehool rn order that they mrght be rerenged on future classes for the roastrngs the faculty gaxe them durrng therr hrgh school years Horace T LEONARD GARLING and GEORGE MALCHOW are part of the baekbone of the country for rf good farmers are not the eountry s backbone tell me what rs Horace marrred our capable MARY LOWE who always had a fondness for chrckens ealves and baby bon bons Here also rs ANDRE NEIHOUSER who has won much fame rn the freld of sports Last week after playrng a basketball game rn a Hollywood gymnasrum he received a congratulatory krss from Marrlyn Monroe Our BARBARA RADCLIIIE was the fortreth presrdent of the Unrted States elected by the Inde pendent Party She has been actrwe rn polrtrcs srnce brrth and has sponsored the brll for drsfranchrsrng men Her hobby erochetrng brthmats Club League of Drseonlented Voters BOB GUTWEIN rs to beeome xery rrch through the rnyentron of a srlencer for backseat drrxers whrch he wrll manufacture for drstrrbutron by Sears Roebuck and Company That dence should go over well We belreve we wrll put rn our order We recersed a telegram from MAX DAVIS who rs not able to be present because of a slrght rnyury from dropping two thousand feet when hrs para chute farled to open but we thrnk he wrll pull through vrrth the expert skrll of PHYLLIS AL BRECHT who became a nurse to be besrde her doctor husband Then theres RICHARD T MYERS owner of Elmyers Night Club rn Florida We understand he has a full lrne of chorus girls and also has as hrs prrvate secretary an old school mate GLORIA MALCHOW who has taken over the trtle of The World s Fastest Tvprst DUANE SWING a noted srnger has recently appeared rn the night club after receryrng hrs discharge from the U S Arr Force KEITH NELSON a noted rnventor has put out a good car that rs cheaper than a Ford and he rs dorng frne After KEITH graduated he took a short course at Purdue and then marrred one of hrs old flames Kay Lowry DICK BOEHNING rs rn the Calrfornra State In sane Asylum he with hrs twelve sons has charge of rt I-Irs wrfe a former Monon resrdent along with hrs srx daughters prepares meals for the rn mates Now dear frrends havrng rntroduced the old class of 1955 Mr Boehnrng wrll proceed with the address to whrch I rnvrte your attentron Here the recrtal of the class reunron ends for rf we endeavor to recount what the flowery orator of the day sard, the farmers rn the audrence wrll not get home rn trme to mrlk the cows tomorrow mornrng 1 1 - h V . 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