Imbler High School - Golden Reveries Yearbook (Imbler, OR)

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SENIOR GLASS WILL I, NORA LOU STEPHENS, will my little feet, size 4, to Gene Bolin. Don’t let anyone step on them, Gene. I, SHANNON McDANIEL, will my ambition to my brother Gale in the hopes that he’ll put it to good use. I, VIRGINIA BARTON, will my freckles to Shirley Frizzell. 1 don’t think I’ll need them anymore. 1, DARLEEN McLAUGHLIN, will my nickname “Crisco” and the remains of my peroxide to Louise Robinson. I hope it does as much for you as it has for me. (The peroxide, that is.) I. PHILIP MARION STREET, will my “gift of gab” to Shirley Frizzell. I hope that she will use it more than I have. I, RALPH BOLIN, will my ability of getting little blondes to Raymond Omohundro. Just leave the brunettes alone, Ray. I, MARGARET ANN HUNT, will my quiet ways and my ability to get along with the faculty, and everyone else to Jackie McLaughlin.

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SKNIOR GLASS FHOI’HEGY TIME—1970. PLACE—Washington, D. C., at unveiling of Atomic Time Machine. Among those present are the President of the United States, Olin Hopkins, and his attractive wife, the former Margaret Hunt of Imbler, Oregon. The inventor of the time machine and other scientists who have assisted in the invention of the machine are also present. As they discuss what the time machine will do and how many years back it will go, the president’s wife, the former Miss Hunt, begins to rememl)er her school days and classmates. She wonders what has become of them and what lias happened to them in the years since their graduation way back in ’49. She asks as a favor to herself and as a tryout for the machine that they go back a few years to find out where they all are and what they are doing. Her favor is granted anti the machine is made ready for the test. Through the time machine we first follow the life of Virginia Barton who is now a prominent rancher’s wife. Her husband is, of course, none other than her sweetheart of high school days, George Stillman. We see Virginia and George and their five lovely children engaged in the duties of their ranch. They appear to be extremely happy and “Ginny” is as pert and cute as ever. Next we take a “looksee” at what has happened to another classmate of Margie’s. We hear music and laughter and then to our view comes the arena of the rodeo grounds, where a clown is performing with a little black mule. As Margaret sees the clown, memories rush back, for there is Ralph blushing and smiling just like in high school days. His partner, both in his act and in real life, is the former Sue Kinnel of Imbler. Margie remembers Sue as the cute little blonde Freshman that Ralph used to take out when he was a senior. As the screen clears again we see a hospital come into view. Here we see, in the office of the superintendent of nurses, a blonde who is none other than Darleen McLaughlin. She has finished her hard-working, drudging years of training and has finally made the grade of superintendent. We find her tilted back in her office chair reading Why Late Hours Make Learning Harder.” She still is a blonde (peroxide) and she gets along very well with all the young internes at the hospital. The time machine now changes and into the screen we see a sign which reads Phil’s Fun House.” We see the inside of the large building and find that it is packed with people, and there in the crowd Margie sees none other than Phil Street. He has the same curly hair and cute grin. Phil is very popular in his “Fun House , for we see him surrounded by lovely girls—blondes, brunettes, and redheads. Margie smiles as she sees thifc for she rememlx rs that Phil always was rather popular with all the girls back in Imbler high. As the scene changes again. Margaret thinks of Nora Stephens and wonders if she remembers what she always said about adopting all of her children. She isn’t long in finding out, for the screen is filled with children of all sizes and colors. There in the background sits Nora, her hair in a knot and streaked with gray. She is reading fairy tales to a group of small children. A sign over the door reads, “Nora Stephens’ Home For Orphans.” As this scene fades, a familiar picture takes its place. There before her eyes is Imbler just as it was in ’49. Instead of the quiet street that it used to be, there is a big crowd and a platform and who is being introduced as the new mayor? Yes, it is none other than a former classmate. Shannon McDaniel. We see him leaving the platform and he appears to lx? in a great hurry. The crowd parts to let him through, and now we see that his heifer is out again. Dixie, his wife, and John, Jake, and Joe,, his three bouncing boys, rush to help mayor McDaniel get his heifer back into their yard. The time machine has proved to be a great success, although it brings tears to Margaret Hopkins’ eyes as she remembers her school days and classmates. She thanks the scientists while she and Olin leave the laboratory to return to the White House where their five children are waiting anxiously for their return.