Jackson Liberty High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Amsden, OH)

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0155 Mojo ec? Our first stop was in Paris, France, where we were greeted by a large crowd. Although this ship could travel around the world five times non-stop, we were going to make stops on this trip because it was a public-minded project. While in Paris we were taken, amid cheers of Vive le Fred Cessna and Vive le General Hatfield, to hear the famous singer and movie actress Lora Lee McNally. We also stopped and saw the exhibits of the illustrious artist, Cathy Frisch. While in Paris, we also met the Commander-in-chief of NATO, General of the Army Howard Stahl and his chief aid and successor General Richard Woessner. We made several stops after leaving Paris. ln Geneva, Switzerland, we met the famous diplomat and first woman Secretary of State, the former Connie Matthews and her husband. Also in Geneva was Betty Ritter and her husband. Betty runs the hotel where all the diplomats sleep when they visit Switzerland. This is supposedly the largest hotel in the world. After visiting several more of the large cities in Europe and Asia we started back toward the U. S. via the huge Pacific. We came in over Mexico and were traveling over the Lone Star State when all of a sudden the carrier gave a lurch and the jet engines stopped. Not all the bugs had been taken out of this new ship and unless someone did something quick we would crash land. We were told to fasten our safety belts and be prepared for a bumpy landing. Luckily below us was the largest single tract of land I have ever seen. Why it must have been 5,000 acres and only one group of buildings in the whole area! We landed safely about 100 yards from these buildings, when who should come out but Harry Hawk. We had landed on Harry's ranch, the largest ranch in the world. That night we ate dinner at Harry's house. We were served by his 50 servants supervised by his beautiful blonde wife. Later that evening we went to various homes in Houston, Texas, about 20 miles from Harry's Ranch, to spend the night. We stayed in the home of Sandra Wood- ruff, the wife of a large businessman in Houston, at the home of Ieanette Nichol- son, also the wife of a prominent figure in Houston's business world, in the home of the woman mayor of Houston, Kaye Kissling, and in the home of Sandra Slick, the Wife of an eminent doctor. The next morning we completed our journey by returning to Amsden in one of Mr. Hawk's private airplanes. Don had taken some good pictures and all in all it was a very interesting and rewarding trip. We were glad to see that so many of the 1956 graduating class from Iackson-Liberty had done so well. Peter LePage

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670155 M010 ec? In my role as a world traveler and news reporter it was not a surprise to me that my boss, Evelyn Miller, the editor-in-chief ot the Amsden Daily Tribune, told me thatl was to take a world tour on the new Air Force's guided missile jet carrier. I was to interview the pilot, the famous Fred Cessna, the ace jet fighter pilot. Also along on this flight would be the Commander-in-chief of the Air Force, five-star General Raymond Hatfield. Our paper's ace photo- grapher Don Rouser would go along to take some important pictures. Before we could make our trip, however, we had to get a check-up for physical fitness. We were assigned to the City Hospital in Amsden, the Hos- pital where the famous physical therapist, Paula Beckhusen, made her many important and revealing discoveries about cerebral palsy. On arriving at the hospital we discovered from the head nurse, Bessie Shaull, that our M. D. was to be Doctor Iim Stearns. We were very flattered to have such a famous doctor for it was less than six years ago, in 1970, that Dr. Stearns discovered the cure for that once dreaded disease, cancer. Assured that we were in excellent health, we hopped into one of the Tribune's helicopters and made our trip to the skyport where our carrier was located. Upon arrival we discovered our hostesses on the trip were to be Nancy Sherick and Connie Saum. Also on board was Carolyn I-linsman, world famous author. Carolyn was to write a log of the flight and perhaps edit a book describing the many details of the trip. To help Miss I-Iinsman edit her articles and to contribute some ideas of her own was another eminent author, Diane Kellar. Miss Kellar had written the l975 best selling book, Who's That A'coming. For the trip these two ladies had borrowed the commercial teacher at Iackson-Liberty High School, Sonia Kissling, the world's fastest typist. Because of the publicity that this flight warranted we were greeted at the Amsden Skyport by Duane Edinger's big-name band and a large crowd. In this crowd were some of the famous names around Amsden and its suburb Fostoria. There was Troy Pullins, President and founder of the Pullins ac- counting firm, the largest accounting firm in the nation: Lloyd Ingram, President and chairman of the board of the Gray Printing Company. Also there to send the ship off was Fred Smith, chief executive of Rupp and Smith and Riggs. After several speeches, one from Bill Peeler, president of the Amsden Chamber of Commerce and successful used car dealer, the carrier was ready to take off.

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