Hancock Place High School - Momento Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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' PROPHECY ulhe World is Doomed! Doomedln These words rudely shatteredthetrana quillity of a peaceful August day in the year 1960. Casting aside The Growlern I had been avidly reading, I tried to shakeeoffthe stark fearthese ruthless words created. Rushing to the door for reassurance, I was confronted by an excited disheveled human being. The tormented creature brushed past me into the room, his feeverish eyes holding a nameless fear. Hlhe eardiisdoomedl Nobody will will believe me! You mustgyoumust before it is too lateln he cried, clutching my arm in his fervor. Could this beaayes, it must be, my former Hancock classmate, RALPH ARNHOLD. Knowing Ralph's mental depth and his high school reputation for being a walking encyclopedia, I alerted to instant attention. This great sciena List, who had won the acclaim of the world was not to be brushed aside as a madman even though the human nature within me strove frantically to regard as foolish what I so desperatley wished to avoid. Tryingtoreassureuskmth with my pretended calmness, I spoke soothe ingly, Of course, Ralph, I believe you. What is to be done?H It was then he affirmed rumblings I had been long hearing, that the promiscuous use of atomic bombs had caused a serious disturbance at the earth's center which was soon to culminate in one terrific, terrifying, shattering explosion. Was there yet time? .Ralph hadhismodel rocketaaa smallship'twas true, but large enough to carry a select few from this wonderful terrible world to begin life anew on the planet, Venus. He had heard of the wealth I had accumulated fromthe sale of my permanent lipstick and begged me to finance the plate ing of the new world. I agreed, and a race with destruction was launched that hour. Who were to be the chosen few? It would be necessary to take people from all walks of life, and above all, they must be a congenial groupaano bitter seeds of intolerence or greed, which could ultimatley blossom into war, were to be planted in this new world of ours. 'Suddenly we realized that the solution to our problem was to take our classmates ofl95l. We had worked so efficiently and happily together, and, were we not, even in high school, recognized as a vastly superior group! Hurriedly gettingoutnny Christmas card list we found the needed ada dresses,and within minutes, radargrams were hastening to various points of the globe, carrying probable arrival dates for the rocket.

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WGERDA BINGOLD'S cute little giggle she tosses with a chuckle to WILLIAM MACHINO. JOHN CANTWELL.is the recipient of BEVERLY BLUM'S dimples. DON HINRICH'S dressed up appearance at all times to those who wear blue Jeans. BEVERLY BECKER, you won't have to walk on your toes now a GLORIA AMELUNG wants you to have her height. VERNA HOHMAN'S quiet and efficient ability as business manager of the Memento she grants to IRIS JOURDEN. GEORGE BUDE receives NORMAN HEIMAN'S manaaboutatown air. SHIRLEYIUORRISON and COTTON SCHAEFER'Sfability to make love twentyefive M hours a day, eight days a week they leave to PHYLLIS SUTTON and ALVIN THOMAS. JEAN HOLAUS wills her interest in Washington University to JOAN THYM. PAT LINDHURST'S musical ability, which got her a man, to PEGGY DUGGE. WARREN FELDWURTH'S no-hit ball game to MARY BELLE GRAY. ANTHONY LIPINA wants CHARLES BACHER to have his wavy.locks. EVELYN BYRNE'S Christmas Card chairmanship she gladly relinquishes to another capable person, SHIRLEY JAHN. NELLA LOU BYRD'S dark beauty'we bequeath to HERMAN PETSCH. LA VERNE DIPPEL'S home making ability will prove useful to MARVIN REIDEL who plans to be a bachelor. , RUTH BRADLEY, you are to receive RUTH COCOS'S singing ability. ROSE WILLIAMS leaves her wholesome good humor to SHIRLEY DALE. HELEN STERN'S diamond, after September the first, she loans for one year to SHIRLEY POLKA. SHIRLEY SENN tenderly hands her expensive flute to ERNIE GAMBILL who likes to be heard. JUNE RETTIG'S chair at Kay's Korner to her pretty sister, JOAN. DON CALVIN'S friendship with LEE BRYAN horfbur years goes to any freshe man strong enough to stand it. JAMES CRAIG'S car to GILBERT BUSSE. Now, Gill, you can pick up all the girls you've been talking about. FLORENCE QUIGLEY donates to the gym class a large economy size bottle of Hadacol.l ' LOIS STIBAL leaves individually her technique in mechanical drawing to 'SANDRA MHSIER who also likes the boys. MARLENE MANLEY'S secret formula for keeping her hair the same color the year round to JEANETTE SELLMAN. EUGENE DLLE wills his muscles to SUPERMAN. RICHARD EICHHORST leaves his six feet one inch of handsome manhood to EDWIN MEINE. Maybe the girls won't be so lonely without our baskets ball player around. RALPH JOURDEN leaves his brains to the freshman class who can always use a spare. HERBERT KAWELASKE'S power of never antagonizing people to JOE STALIN. RICHARD PONTIOUS relinquishes his ability to any one who can make anya thing out of it. ROBERT STANCILTS efficiency in handling soda at dances to GENE WARD. WILLIAM WHITTINGTON'S red hair and freckles are given.to JERRY REITH.