Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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A Jaaphzcg One ra1ny afternoon flfty years after the Doom' Cgraduatlon of the class of '54J a cadet DAVID GARST who was posted on an inner space station xn the sky walked 1nto the office of Superintendent Morgan Howard Lewls Mr Lewis IS the son of the latew F Lewis who was superintendent of the G1rard Community Schools in the year of nineteen hundred and fifty four Dave told Morgan Lewis that from his space statton he was able to observe many people and their actions He had the opportumty to talk with these people as they stopped at his space station to refuel their space ships It was amazing he said to find how many of his former classmates and friends he came tnto contact with He asked Mr Lewis if he were interested in publtshmg the news 1n the Alumni section of the H1 Lites Mr Lewis was delighted at hearmg th1s 1nformat1on and urged Dave to begin his story while his secretary took notes Well Str said Dave about a month ago while I was pohshmg the propellors of my Jet plane a flashy souped up space ship zoomed over my head circled a couple of times and landed with a bounce on the cloud next to rtune. I was beginning to wonder who the reckless flyer was when the ptlor stuck his head out ofthe cockpit and yelled Where can a guy buy some fuel around was anx1ous to see Don again Iyelled for him to hurry over whlch he did wtthout sparing the gas I was even more surprised to see SHIRLEE ALLEN and MARY LOU UTT the stewardesses of Don s plane climbing out w1th him, I l.l'lV1Ied them into my station where KAY EASTIN served us all a chtcken pill dinner A chicken pill dinner? the amazed Mr Lewls asked Well yes You see Kay has dtscovereda system whereby we subst1tute pills for food Very filling though I must admit somewhat tasteless But to get back to my story Whlle we were eating we talked about the good old days and the kids of our Sen1or class Iwas amazed to hear that DEAN JACKSON who was always the quiet one has become the trafftc director of all space ships traveling between earth and the moon RICHARD LAIR and MARVIN THARIO fwho I remember so well 1n our Social Problems classy own a fiber glass cloth1ng factory on Venus They send out their own original desxgns which have become famously known throughout the solar system. As a model for this firm GRETA BOWYER encourages buyers from many planets But aren t any of your classmates l1v1ng on earth? I wondered about that too s1r But as Don was on his way to Pluto to pick up the famous movte actor RICHARD WHITLER who had recently finished his debut for Stratosphere Universal Corporation and was ready to return to earth for a short vacation he could not be delayed anv longer to talk to me Having my curxostty aroused about the welfare of the rest of my classmates I was d1S8DDO1I'llw at this this place? Much to my surprise I recognized one of my old classmates, DON BARNES. As I