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

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turn to be surprised! He hardly looked a day older than when I knew him in high school, but he said the strain of life at Horace Mann had forced him to take a short vacation. WSO you're still at Horace Mann!n I exclaimed. WI should have known when I saw the purple capn. We chatted on like a couple of old timers and then I asked him if he could bring me up to date on come of my old classmates NMonica Giesken, for instance,W I said. nOh yes,W Mr. Dieterich replied. WShe and Maureen Krenek are secretaries for Senator Smail in Washington.H WSenator Smailln I exclaimed. Surely you don't mean Bobby Smail who played on our basketball team when I was going to school?!U nYes, the same Bobby. He made quite a name for himf self when he left Horace Mann and is doing very well in Washington.n ' It took a minute for consideration of that before I continued. UMr. Dieterich, whatever happened to Sarah Scott?H ' nSarah? Oh, she and Mary Alice Garrison followed their ambitions to become nurses, and are now working around Marys vilJe.W Grinning, he added that they worked in close coll- aboration with George Atchison, local undertaker, since he usually got most of their patients sooner or later anyway. We were both agreeing that Horace Mann graduates really got around in the world, when a seedy looking fellow came into view and we both remarked that he looked familiar. The man was giving his attention to a herd of goats and it wasn't until he got fairly close that we could see his features. Then Mr. Dieterich cried, Nmy word! It's Gene Carrlu I immediately noticed the resemblence between Gene and his role in the play USparkin'U, of some twenty years ago. The greatest difference was that he had acquired a luxuriant crop of whiskers. We exchanged greetings and Gene sat down to join in our conversation. We told him that we were trying to keep track of '51 seniors and went over the information we had collected so far. Mr. Dieterich asked Gene what had become of his friend Kenny Holmes and Gene became very interested in telling us. WHe's a psy-psychai- what do you call them people?U UPsychaitrist?n I inquired helpfully. NYep,that's ith, said Gene beaming. I remember- ed that Kenny had a low, soothing yoice, and decided that that was an ideal profession for him.

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Eager to contribute my bit to the conversation,I asked, NDQ you remember Jean Hill? I met her in Kansas City re- cently and she's become a successful interior decorator din a department store there. She also told me that Barbara Beaver and her husband lived near to her and said that Barbara had a thriving business of painting portraits for famous people.W Both Mr. Dieterich and Gene were quite surprised by that news. Suddenly Mr. Dieterich chuckled and asked me if I'd heard of Jackson Adams' latest adventure. When I replied that I hadn't, he' said, Wwell, Jackson's become a piano tuner and I understand he has quite a following. He ad- vertises under the slogan, nLet Jack get them back in whack.N A lull developed in our conversation and we were all rather thoughtful. It was overwhelming to hear aboutsa many people all at once. Finally, Gene asked, WSay, what- ever happened to that there Dolores Howard?W Mr. Dieterich looked thoughtful and said, WNow I heard something about her just the other day.n Then he brightened and exclaimed, NI know. Marjorie was telling me about the success she has been having recently on Broadway.n WMarjorien I asked curiously. nOh, didn't I tell you that Marjorie Jackson has been my office secretary for several years now?N WMy goodness, no,n I said. I remembered that she had liked secretarial work and would be very capable.Mr. Didf erich went on by saying, UQf course Donna Crocker and Beverly Fannon are our lunch-room cooks and they put out some very tantalizing meals.n Gene was quite astounded by that one, and remarkeci WBy golly, I'll bet you have a lot of fun back there at Horace Mann. We do, Mr. Dieterich agreed. It's funt: see students come along from the second generation. You know, Ada Mae Wilmes has a couple of youngsters in school now. LaVeta McClurg does, too, for that matter. She and her husband live over by Wilcox and I see them quite often.n I noticed that it was getting quite late, but I still had some questions in the back of my mind. I told them about Jackie's information that Bonnie Carpenter had be- come a librarian in Columbia. I remembered that she had had considerable practice in our Horace Mann library. nJackie also told me that Pat Ruhl was having considerabb