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

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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

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would be a fine idea, so we gethered our belongingsand started down the patho As we were leaving Gene said, WI've just been wondering about Tommy Davisc I donlt know how we could have forgotten him for so long, I suppose he followed his ambition to become a veterinarian,n NYes he did,H said Mr. Dieterich, WHe nearly killed my old cow last year, but on the other hand, he's pulled thrmmm a lot of my pets.n HBy Jupiter, I believe we've thought of everybody,usaid Geneo NI can only think of two more,n I said, nDeWitt Finney and Franklin Adams,n NAnd I can tell you about both of themn announced Mr. Dieterich, triumphantly, NDeWitt is quite a famed farmer around Maryville and hels won numerous prizes for his prod- uction of alfalfa, Franklin has taken the ministry for his profession and uses his excess energy by pounding the pulpit at Wilcox every Sunday morningon Hearing so many familiar names made me a little home- sick and I said wistfully, WHow I wish I could see our classmates again.n Uwell, you can,H said Mrs Dietericho HMost of them come back for our annual alumni night--why don't you come too, next year?n That sounded wonderful and I decided that I would be thereo It would seem good to see Horace Mann again, and my classmates from the class of 19516