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

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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

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success as a weather forecaster for a St. Joseph radio station.W Gene slapped his knee and commented that Wwomen make good weather reporters because they're so durn change- able.W Mr. Dieterich said, nYou know, Beverly Hurst and Betty Hainey have been doing some interesting things lately They've invented a device called a Wfootstep detectorn and have a patent on it. I've been considering its usezkm tracing students who sneak out of study halls.n I agreed that such an item could be put to good use. Just then Gene interrupted by pointing a finger toward a child who was trudging along the road. WThat's Bonny Thorpe's youngest child,W he announced. nShe and her hus- band live down the road a piece and they've got ten young- sterSN' Mr. Dieterich and I agreed that we would have to visit Bonny before we left and see all of her family. All this time I had been wondering about Phyllis Hansen and now I had an opportunity to inquire about her. Mr. Dieterich looked at me sharpdqy and said, WSurely you've heard about Phyllis! Why she's the first woman to become mayor of Maryville! Solving the city's parking problem has been a large factor toward her popularity.n Al O'Connell has recently become a local coo, and since he's always loved good law and order, he's very conscientious in his job. He even arrested Rex Goodvin for speeding the other day, but that was understandable since Rex is a local hot rod racer and quite a hero with the younger set.n Mr. Dieterich suddenly asked me nYou don't know any- thing about Gerald Shell do you?n I shook my head and Gene came to the rescue. 'WWhy sure! I seen him jest last Sat- urday night. He's a prominent St. louis lawyer, and since his hobby is calling square dances, we have him come down every so often. We have some pretty hot dances on Saturdayf nights,n Gene added. WI got talking to Gerald about Virgil Wood and Larry Morehouse. He had had a card from Virgil from Siam, where he'd been on a recent trip. Virgil's a successful pilot and flies all over the world in his plane NThe Maryville Maniac.N He also told me that Larry More- house owned several oil wells in Oklahoma and had done very well for himself, financially. A sharp gust of wind reminded me of how late it was and I noticed that it would soon be getting dark. WWhat would you think of us going over tonThe Holaday Resortn and hav- ing a grand reunion?W I suggested. They agreed that it