Grain Valley High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Grain Valley, MO)

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UN UA frsfwife-fv-,J.:5xx'1f- . ,L ' ' ,Iv 413, JUNIGR CLASS PROPHECY I finished Grain Valley High School with the cless of '39. Being interested in the development of television, I took e special course on that subject and vent to work for a company manufacturing and installing tele- vision equipment. My Work took me to Celi- fornia, where I lived for several years. When the year of'l96O rolled around, I was still working along this some line, having invented a special apparatus which within a certain range enables the user to see anything or a person anywhere at any time. I might add that this is one reason I have never married, for with this machine a wife surely can check up on her husband. As it was presidential elec- tion year, the newspapers were full of cam- paign news and statements about candidates. One morning one of my friends spoke e- bout two of the candidatesg he asked if I knew them. Since they were from Missouri, I reed the newspaper article and looked at the pictures of the persons in question. Their names were Pauline Cooper and Robert Jenkins. Their pictures were not familiar as I remem- ber theng but, unquestionably, they were two of my old school friends. I had not heard from them for e long time,but it seemed as if they had been going places in n political way Thinking of school days made ne homesick for old Missouri again, therefore, I decided to take a vacation and visit scenes of my boy- hood days. I took passage on en airplane for Kansas City. When I crrived there, I found I could go to Grain Valley by airplane as they had Q lending field there. When I landed at Grain Valley,I was much surprised at the way it had increased in size. It was new Q large city with large commercial buildings and nany fine homes. I rcs confused for awhile as to how I could locate someone I knew for everyone I sen was C stranger to me. Y, U lx V i,eenf 1 R 1 S A I . Q I I 'N 1 I I I e Q , 1 J

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GNC It ia ilf llkisfi A ml I looked in e telephone directory for the name Hutchings. I knew if I could locate Bob he could tell me about some of the folks I used to know. Several by the name Hutchings were listed, but none of the names were familiar, so I decided to give up and go to Q hotel. I inquired about e good hetel and was directed to the Hutchings Hotel, which was the largest in the town 'having over a hundred rooms with the most modern equipnent including redio and television. It was owned and operated, by my old friend, Bob Hutchings. Bob was in his office. After exchanging heerty greetings, we sat down for Q talk about old times. Of course, our telk drifted beck to Grain Valley High School and to members of our class. We talked about fauline Cooper and Bob Jenkins and their chances to win the nomina- tion for President. They were running on the People's ticket, and Pauline was the first Henan ever to try for the presidency. I found that our two presidential candi- dates were not the only members of our class who hed done well. The mayor of the thriving city of Grain Valley was also e member of our class, Clifford Hoehn. Dale Terry was e famous radio singer-- now living in New York. He was said to have a special seeretery to answer his fan neil. Junior Chiddix was owner of the Skyride Airplane Company end was Hflying right elong.H Elbert Chiddix, or HCrickerW as no used to know him, had been e successful baseball pitcher for many years having figured in more than one Vorld Series. He nas not e manager for one of the big eastern teams. Se popular hid he been that a Breekfest Food Co. was put- ting out souvenir baseballs with Cricket's picture and neue en them. John Hutchings mes Q Chief ef Police in Grain Valley vith e large force of police and detectives, conpesinp his Morkinf force. So