Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

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H1 story concluded The Senior year mcluded f1ve students agam However Mary Belle and Charles Hopson were married durmg the summer and after the first semester she left school for housekeeplng Since Mary Belle IS completmg her work by appomtment we plan to fmlsh w1th the flve as graduates Bernard has gone to Gem School the entire twelve years PROPI-IECY As I Wllma I-Iopson folded the wxngs of my sky flwver to travel the hlghway for a whxle I almost bumped mto a large cattle truck as my wheels touched the ground I was travelmg along at the rate of 60 mxles per hour when all of a sudden the truck stops wlthout sxgnal I press the button to stop my vehlcle but I have al ready hxt the truck but nothmg IS damaged except that the cows ln the truck are stormlng mad and as I examine my flxvver I flnd that the grill IS smashed badly Out of the truck jumps a large bearded fellow spouting eplthets at me Well of all people but thxs 1s B111 Hedgpeth He doesn t recognlze me so I say nothmg untzl he IS through then I say I m sorry Mr Hedgpeth but I thmk xt was your fault He recognlzes me then and W declde to take the case mto court ln the nearby town Salma As I know nothing of the town of Salma I search desperately for a lawyer and fmally I see a sign on a street door Duane Saddler Attorney at Law I knock on the door and Duane htmself lets me m I tell hlm that I would Ilke to me to have dmner at hls home and upon arrwmg there I was not surprxsed to fmd Peggy a damty llttle woman who st11l has her beautlful volce but now she wrxtes music and smgs songs to the chzldren After spendlng the evening at the home of the Saddlers I went to a hotel and found Shorty as Chef ln the hotel He got h1s start as a cook frying hamburgers m Gem Hugh School Shorty told me that Bob and I.. Vena were marrxed and were successful turkey ralsers near Topeka They furmsh turkeys for the Whlte House banquets ' I left the sky flxvver ln Kansas Clty to be repalred and went to Unlon Statton to board a tram for Chlcago When a familxar vo1ce began the tram caller's chant I craned my neck to catch sight of my old schoolmate Wayne Laurltsen who with that charming voxce was mtomng On track 10 tram number 6 leavmg for I-Ian nlbal Dubuque Chlcago and pomts east' I rushed to hmm wlth a beaming face for here was another member of the old school group He xnsxsted that I stay ox er and VlS1t that evening m hls home jean wxll never forgive me rf I let you go with out seelng her he saxd What else could I do? ' I I . . I IO I I I . ' I collect for damages on my flivver and he accepts the case immediately. He asked

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Prophecy concluded After an enjoyable evening spent ln the Laurxtsen s home I got on the next traln for Chlcago Here to my utter astonxshment collectmg tlckets with ma jestlc calmness I found Conductor Shurl Decker Upon arrxvmg ln Chlcago as I made my way through the crowd I ran smack lnto a tall woman carrymg a black busmess case I recognlzed her as Ilene She sald she was going back to Topeka She had been shopping ln Chicago for thxngs for her Dress Shoppe which IS 1n a small town near Topeka I leave Ilene and get a tax1 Passing a theater on Main Street I notice the names are Moon and Stars wxth Beverly Menthck and Mlckey Rooney jr Ive just gotta see the movie so as soon as I get a room I leave for that theater on Maln Street As I enter the lobby who do I see standing ln the door but Carrol Burke She IS an usherette ln the theater She tells me that Estelle and jerry are reporters on the New York World Herald The next morning brlght and early I leave Chicago by tram On reaching Kansas Clty I p1ck up my sky fllvver and fly to Alaska Whlle flylng over the Al Can Highway I dlscover a great whzte freight truck It pulls up to a small servxce station Gee Whlz' My gasollne IS running low so I swoop down and pull up beslde the truck The drwer IS ,hm Knudson I-le tells me that Darlene has jomed a women s professxonal basketball team She has lost only one game out of 200 I leave jlm and fly back to Wyommg There I fmd Kenneth and joyce They are married and own the Square M Ranch They tell me that Wayne W IS a bache lor sheep herder He lwes just f1ve mxles from them and owns a large sheep herd and four thousand acres of grazmg land Now I m gomg to see Charles and Mary Belle Charles took over farmmg for Mr Cox He now owns all of Thomas County except Colby He sald he would leave Colby because he wants Thomas County to have a seat Charles tells me that Ber nard and hls wlfe live near Oberlm on a farm Bernard IS a Natlonally known basketball referee and he coaches h1s fzve boys 1n basketball beszdes keeping up hxs farm Now that I ve seen everyone I ll go back to my ch1cken farm and see what the clnckens are domg . . . . 0 l ' I r , . I 1 - 1 AA It . . . , . I . . 7 ' ! ll , . p . - . . . . , . . . . . . . ---- . . 0 . . I 1 . fu . - - Q . 1 1 I I n 9 0