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

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We then took a ride in Char1a's new car, and Rebecca turned on the TV to catch the late news. Before the picture came into focus, a famike iar voice announced the number one song in outer space, HDon't Rock The Sputnik.H We knew it could be no one but nJolly Roger Blackwell.H Rebecca told us that Roger was the owner and operator of the spaceredio and television station. Roger then announced on the TV that Professor Spitfire, Tim Johnson, was still hard at work on his latest scientific project, a shopping center which will be placed just a few light-years from Venus. Food supplies have been low recently, but there is no real cause for alarm because Professor Johnson is well qualified for the yin On our way to Moon City, we met Mrs. Francis Tompkins, the former Miss Jolene Morrow. Jo is now part owner of a beauty shop in Moon City. She said she kept pretty busy because her two-year old daughterisalways into some sort of mischief. By the time Jolene's lunch hour was over, we had heard about many more Seniors of '58, Jolene said that Mrs. Richard Heitman, Barbara Wooten, who is one of her steady customers, tells her aboutherhusband's latest adventures every time she comes. Rick, a great game hunter in outer space, has recently captured two blue- blobs and one red blob. Rick is the first ever to capture a red blob, for if you don't sneak up on the blobs, they will turn blue before you catch them. Barbara quotes Rick, HI got my practice swiping cake from the lunch room back in high school.V ' After leaving Jolene, we happened to meet Scott Brown on the west side of Moon City. He informed us that he is now workinggin-the Forest Rangersfs Organization on Pluto where he has even developed his own forest. Since Scott moved to Pluto, it has actually become warmer there, believe it or not. After leaving Scott, we visited Richard Pope's large cattle ranch. It was a tremendous sight to see, because of the vast acres of land with a new type of cattle grazing there. Richard made a shy statement about planning to marry soon, but wouldnft tell us who the future.Mrs. was to be. He did tell us, however, that Jerry Card was a cattle buyer for a top firm of Mars. He bought most of Richardis cattle which were especially bred for life in outer space. On our way back to Moon City, we passed a new hospital, where we later learned that Alice Green was head nurse. We drove on to a hotel to spend the night. To my surprise we found ourselves at the White Hotel. Of course, the owner was Hollis White, the All American Flower Pot Thrower from H. M. H. S, We had some good laughs about 'several incidents that happened in 1958. The next morning when we went shopping in some of the outer space stores, we met Karen Mclntyre, a fashion designer. Karen told us that we had just missed Janice Waugh who had purchased one of the McIntyre originals. Janice and Larry were going to celebrate their thirteenth wedding anniversary that night.