Gem Consolidated School - Gems Yearbook (Colby, KS)

Page 23 text:

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