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— so I winked at the gang and walked up to this habe and says, What- cha doin' Friday night toots?” Well, the next thing I knew I was in a hospital with a big knot on my head. I asked the nurse where I was She told me that I was in the Mayo Brothers Clinic and had been there for ten years. I said something to the effect that I had just asked a girl for a date. The nurse said that she was the girl and that after I hadn’t come to for two months she had taken up nurses' training and de- dicated her life to waking me up. Well, I forgot about the date (it being ten years past) and ask- ed to see my doc. The nurse pushed a button and in walked Wilma Borck. I thought to myself that it was a wonder I ever came to if she had been my doctor. After exchanging hypocrisies I inquired about my bill. Wilma said I had no bill as it was being paid by James WHlson. I said that Jim must be bankrupt by this time but Wilma explained that he had become rich by developing a feed that, when fed to cows, caused them to produce milk that could be made into rubber. It was due to this miraculous feed that America was able to have rubber for civilian use during the last war. At the word war” I sat upright. I realized that I was exactly ten years behind times and had never heard how the war came out. I was very anxious to find out what had been happening so I had Wilma make arrangements for Jim and me to have dinner. That night we went to Harry1s”. It was the most famous restaurant in the city and was run by Harry Hadzimoski and his thirteen little Radzimoski's. On the walls were beautiful murals which I learned had been painted by Florence Perkins. I remembered that Verna Lou Gries- inger had also been something of an artist in high school, and I asked Jim what she was doing now. She's doing quite well , Jim said. She makes a product called Lou's Louse Liquid , which is absolute death to all plant lice. Her motto is 'Lou's Louse Liquid leaves lettuce leaves lice-less' » As I said before I was anxious to catch up with the times, so Jim very graciously consented to fly me to Ohio where I could visit all my old school mates. When we got to the air port, the next morning. I was astounded to see what locked like a large bullet flying around. A mechanic explained that this was a rocket ship which had beer invented by Anna “ou Habln After graduation she had been disappointed in lov3 so ahe and Ruth fill-5on {rhc was despondent because ebe Lui b ran re- jected. by he ifavy) had taken up cere.nautical engineering. Tasked Jin if Ruth had had anything to do with the invention of the new rocket.
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Jim explained (with tears in hie voice) that hie dear cousin had never finished her coyarse. It seems that, as a sideline, she started to take lessons in parachute Jumping. She was supposed to count ten and then pull the rip cord. On her very first Jump Ruth got mixed up while counting Jim said she had a very beautiful funeral. Well, we got into the rocket ship and in Just about twenty minutes we were in Ai. (Quick trip, eh, kidt) The air port was about three miles from down town so we had to call a taxi. I noticed that the name on the cab was the Bower's Buggy . Jim said V ilma Dell v as the pres- ident of the company. Her only competitor was Margaret Winter who ovxe the Vinter Wagons . I was amazed at the size of Ai. Jim said it owed its growth to its mayor, Gladys Warner. By means of absurd promises, she had induced several large companies to move to Ai. Among these was the Bernath and Babcock Bottling Co., run by Charles and Janet. Uieir motto v as Better Bottled Beverages Bring Bigger Belches . I understand they are very successful. In fact, their Burp Juice had practically put the Coca Cola Bottling Co. out of business. ®ie promises of iiiss Warner had also attracted the Jewell Paper Co. Ibis company, which was headed by Miss Margaret Jewell, produced millions of Mag’s Bags . (I think it was the catchy name of these bags that made them so popular, and not their superiority, because after all a bag is only a bag — at least that's all they vrere when I went to school.) Margaret had also developed sheets of writing paper with only one side. ®ais, according to Margaret, was a very good idea, because this way it took only half as much wood pulp to produce paper. Right across from the court house a large statue stood. It was in honor of Meredith George, Ai's great humanitarian. After graduating, Meredith dedicated her life to improving the world and spreading happi- ness and good will. She became a Juvenile Judge and many were the boys who felt Judge George's juvenile justice. Although she made a few enemies, (the boys didn't like it very well when she made them go to Sunday School instead of sending them to reform school), she was be- loved by most of the people. She was constantly in the public eye. Headlines like Judge George Jeopardized Gin told the world of her kind deeds. She also did thousands of deed that never got into the papers. In fact, she died of exposure while taking ice cream to some people in the slums who were freezing Seeing Meredith's monument reminded me of Rita Gillen. I asked Jim about her and he said we were on our vay to see her. Ve pulled up in front of a building v hich, judging from the large sign in front, was a newspaper office. Vfe walked in and there behind a deak v as Rita, busily pounding a typewriter. She was surprised to see me and said she would mention my recovery in her daily column, Gillen s Gossip and possibly in her weekly Column, Rita's Rambling ”, I thanked her for her kindness(?). As we ’-rere leaving the newspaper office I stole — I mean I pur- chased a paper and while thumbing through it I noticed an article about my old classmate, Alvin Gross. It said Alvin (now a chemical engi-
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