Hanover High School - Revonah Yearbook (Hanover, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Wherefore Art Thou? Open house at the Pat Murphy Curtis cattle ranch in Derinda Center, invites the gala gathering of the Class of '54 for a reunion. Twenty-five years have elapsed and some former students of good old H. H. S. have lapsed into a staid wedded bliss or middle-aged domesticity. Great publicity attends this event as reporters and photographers gather around the Curtis sundeck where Lucille Kirchner (Miss Bunar McFadden of '79) is to parachute from her blimp, the first to break the sound barrier, into a tank of buttermilk. Other photographers hasten to snap Grandma Moes Larson, the cheese-cake grandmother who paints pictures of her legs on plates. After the novelty of this latest event has worn off, things return to normal, and the guests drift through the house. One of the female guests drifting by catches our attention. Her backless, strapless, waistless, cocktail gown is made of her latest innovation to the fashion world-human hair—her own which she let grow since her graduation from high school. Miss Mary Jane Harker has made quite a name for herself and for Hanover by converting the little town into the fabulous fashion center of the world. Max Harksen has just arrived and several people are watching in awe as Max, wife and ten boy scouts alight from his English Ford. Yes, Max has become Scout Master of Hanover and even has a troop of his own. Pat Van Dyke, better known as Madame Cure-all, comes in wheeling her bandaged partner and husband, Leroy Hacker. It seems though Pat spilled some more boiling water, an act she perfected while still in high school. Jack White is reclining rather inconspicuosly in the hammock on the lawn. He's saving his strength for he has a tough part in the Army—tuba player. The swimming pool now seems to be the center of attraction. Here Marjorie Clarkson and Keith Croffoot are giving a brief demonstration of underwater ballet. Keith is exhibiting much of the grace and form of his old basketball days, while Marjorie is wearing her foam rubber bathing suit for softer landing when she dives. Jim Stutzman, on the patio, is dramatizing a scene from the The Importance of Being Ernest to a group of interested men. He is sampling the refreshments on the side. Jim is now a Professor of Latin at Stevens College for girls. While there he discovered the need for a very long lasting lipstick and has just patented a two-month stay-on lipstick. The girl with all the dedals is our own Gail Irwin, now known as Stormy Gail, national champion auto racer. She attributes her success to practice gained on Main Street.