Horace Mann High School - Memories Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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more and more unbeareeble. Just uhen I thought I could stand it no longer, I found myself walking dom astreet inalarge city, A Ilarge neon sign flashed, Graves and Rogers, Incorp- oratedn. It aroused my curiosity. The reception room was a beautiful place wiih large pictures on the wall. From one of three doors in the room walked a tall, rather majestic woman. 'lhen I knew the reason forthe sign, Graves and Rogers, Incorporatedw, because it was my old classmate Merna Graves! She told me later that she and Doris Rogersrhadgone into business in 1955. Doris, however, was out of town on business. g I noticed that the receptionist had been giving me the eye and I wondered whether or not my slip was showing. Finally she jumped up with, V Frankie Babb--why it's been yearsusince I've seen you. After she spoke, I knew it was Wava lhrasher. We all planned to go out to dinner that evening. The girls said that we should go to Wilma Randall's night club, Randal1's Scandals , because that night the floor show fea- tured Annabelle, the great modern dancer. As we entered the lavishly decorated club, we spied a table not reserved. When the waiter carte for our order, I asked to speak to the manager. Wilma told us that there were people on the program 'whom we might recognize. Suddenly the lights dimmed and the announcer stepped forward saying, It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Anna- belle, the World's greatest modern dancer. Wilma leaned over saying to me, That's Annabelle Schneider you know. After the thunderous applause and a few encores later, the lights again dimned, Wilma said, Now you're going to hear our blues singer, Mary White, accompanied by Helen Twaddle and her Musical Keyboard.