Jennings High School - Jen Echo Yearbook (Jennings, MO)

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Qtlass 1BrnpIJerp Early one morning in June. 1960, as the sun came streaming in the window. I awoke with a start for I realized that this was my big day! I had to hurry for my appointment at M1lady's Beauty Salon, owned and operated by Doris Day. Loretta Eudaley islher assistant and they don t like to be kept Waiting. As I was waiting for my hair to dry, Ipicked up a magazine titled Fashions by Fansin, put out by Blankenship and Sons. publishers. Fashions certainly have changed since dear old 50. As beauty shop gossip goes, we discussed memories of high school days. Doris told me that Lily Nidiffer was now working as secretary to the president of the Bell Telephone Company and that Ellen Dussold and Jacqueline Haynes are old maid school teachers at my own Alma Mater. As I said goodbye to them and started on my way, I passed a poster announcing i'The One and Only Duet On a Horse, featuring Eleanor Drexler and June Ahrens. As I read it, I remembered their love in school for horses. It seemed strange to hear about so many of my old school chums. Ipassed Welch's Clothing Store for men, and who should come walking out of the door but Dr. Hart and Gerald Weiler. Gerald has an auto repair shop across the street from the Drive-In. It seems he just couldn't bear to be away from the place where he spent so many happy working hours as a boy. Dr. Hart asked me if I knew that Vonnie Goodwin was still sailing the Seven Seas and that Kim Kalz had decided to join him. We discussed Iilussill Lark's promotion to superintendent of the Jennings school district. He really has worked himself up the lad- er o success. I couldn't talk long, for I was on my way to the famous County Fair! Gary Bair was the announcer for the show they put on. and he was just beginning the program as I arrived. Imagine my surprise when I sat down in a seat next to Shirley Reinkensmeyer, a nurse, who was in my class at Jennings. She told me that her friend Dolores Franke is a famous dress designer in Paris. She went to France with Gloria Schmidt. who is studying art there. Just then Gary announced that the owner of a modeling agency, Marilyn Deuser, was the next guest on County Fair. She brought with her one of her most famous models, Miss Betty Kolb. Betty told about her present occupa- tion and her former job with Bill I-ang's orchestra on the west coast. There is quite a lot of competition between his orchestra and Gene I.indo's Be-Bop Band. The next guest was Agnes Happe, who is now working in the Metropolis Bank of Jennings. She was quitting her job because she and Beverly Pierce were going to be assistants to Dr. Reid and Dr. Moeller, who have joint dentist offices. The director of the Metropolis Bank. David Mueller, sure will miss Agnes, but Peggy O'Keefe has consented to work for him in her place. Joe Wendling was on the program. for everyone was interested in his pigs that won first prize in the live stock show. He has a large farm .in the north. As I talked with him afterwards, he said he had seen Bob Warman, owner of a night club, whose bookie was Dick Day. The singer in his club was none other than Norma Rapp. But who do you suppose is his hat check girl? Peggy Brown! It was dinner time, so I strolled down the street to the Silver Spoon Restaurant, where Dale Warman is the owner. Many celebrities are known to eat here, and I was surprised when I saw Betty Wels, Mary Jane Zeilman, and Joyce Parks sitting at a table near the window. They were attending Beverly Maurer's dancing school in a nearby city. As I seated myself at their table and began telling them about all the school pals I had seen, they seemed to have their own stories. They said that Danny Fox was in the sheet metal business and had employed Allen Miller as bookkeeper. Upon hearing this. my thoughts took me back to the days when Al tried to invent a new system of bookkeeping which all but turned Miss Noellsch's hair gray. After enjoying a splendid meal at the Silver Spoon, I said 'igoodbyeu to the girls and took the next bus for home. After a few moments, we came to a sudden stop, and looking out of the wi dow, I noticed a big policeman whose face seemed to be familiar. It seems that there was a big fire in the wood-working shop of Combs and Stein- m0tZ. Inc. While we were stopped, the policeman walked by, and imagine my surprise when I saw that he was Jay Johnston. He recognized me immediately and asked if I remembered Richard Orr, now the acting fire chief. We were soon rerouted and I arrived home with no further incidents. I turned on my television to the News Release Cooking School, which was being operated by the former Julia Avis, now a highly successful connoisseur of fine cooking. Her assistant, Dolores Busken, was whipping up a new eggless angel food cake, using Madam Farmer's new innovation of cake flour. Several days later I met Marjory McConkey for lunch. She is now secretary to Cromer and Wolf, attorneys-at- law, who spend most of their time at Jefferson City. Our conversation drifted to church affairs and she informed me that the well-known evangelist Gerald Jenkins was speaking over JYPR at 2:30 the same afternoon. I naturally hur- ried home to hear this old friend. Imagine my surprise when he introduced a returned missionary from Japan, Dorothy Wilson. It seemed like old times as I remembered the many discussions we had during our school life together. The ser- mon given later by Rev. Jenkins was exceptionally good and I could understand why great crowds attend his meetings. The afternoon paper contained an account of a theft of furs and jewelry from the former Miss Gladys Jacques, whose husband had been killed in a plane accident several years before. Among those seeking to solve the crime were detectives Williams and Rieman, who had received their early training as military police after graduation. It was necessary for me to drive to the airport to meet some friends. As I parked my car, a taxi pulled up at the administration building, and Ron Keller, Bob Luebbert, Richard Beguelin. and Ronald Rosson got out. Of course, I was interested in knowing why they were thereg and I found that they were enroute to Alaska, where they were to take part in an annual seal-hunting expedition. It all sounded very exciting to me. That evening as I thought over the many acquaintances which I had met or heard from during the last few days, I felt that truly the class of 1950 was showing up better than the average. May this continue ever to be so. 26