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M A H4 On Mav 4 1976 we find Mr and Mrs Overson celebratmg thelr 25th weddmg anmversary Smce the graduatmg class of 51 had been mvxted to thenr weddxng they had decxded to get together and help them celebrate thls event too lo stalt the festxvltles the class asked Orvllle Courrxer to bless thxs momentous occasion smce he had gone into the mlmstry Orvllle IS wldely known throughout the Unlted States for hls mspxrlng messages Next on the program was a song by Dolly Babcock who has been wlth the Metropohtan Opera for several years Lucklly Harold Levme had been able to break hns orchestra engagement at the Cocoanut Grove and was also able to attend Together wnth hms orchestra and vocallst Gllma Wlgern, they supplied the party wnth some of thelr dellghtful musxc The program was lnterrupted by a loud volce from the back of the room lt was Jlmmy Parrlott Aft er sellmg newspapers on the corner of Hollywood and Vme for a number of years he found xt hard to speak m moderate tones Purely out of hablt LaVonne Lacher who had been a llbrarlan for 20 years, trned to qulet hmm but to no avall He had burst out m surprise after hearmg that Roger Oldfather had also been m Hollywood for the past ten years After strxkmg lt r1ch Roger had moved to Hollywood and was spendmg most of h1s txme and money on women The program was resumed when Rlchard Kastner acted out a dramatlc scene from one of hls recent huts The members of hls class were always aware of hls actlng abxlxty but never dreamed he would be come the second Rudolph Valentmo Lorraine Kalls really llvened up the party when she gave out wlth one of her hlll bxlly ballads Lor rame has her own radxo broadcast from DelR1o Texas whxch IS sponsored by Herem Scarem cheese Maynard went mto the cheese busmess as soon as he got out of hugh school Erlys Neve performed as a glass eater ln a cxrcus but she felt that thls dzdn t fit the occaslon so she couldnt be coaxed mto performlng Everyone enjoyed Arlene Gerber s ballet danclng It was through this danclng that Arlene had re tamed her youth and was stxll VIVBCIOUS and holdmg down a job on Broadway At the close of the program Barbara Grxes and Loule Heltzeg surprxsed everyone by announcmg thelr engagement however, they stated that no date had been set because they dldnt want to rush mto matrlmony Bobby Kastner proposed a toast to Barbara and Loule You see Bobby owned a hquor store and had brought hls specialty, My Rosa Wme as a glft for Mr and Mrs Oversons anmversary Eleanor surprlsed everyone by askmg that they propose a toast to her too because she had Just be come the first woman mayor of Falrmont Several members of the class had not developed any talent wlth whxch to partlclpate m the program but had been outstandmg m their own professions For mstance Lucllle Bldne who has now retnred from wrestlmg told them of how she attamed the name of Loose Lock Lucy Ronme Hernck also told of hls success as manager of Gary Crosby s Pxttsburg Plrates who are try mg to keep the World Series tltle they won ln 75 Merna Sunde has also made headlmes by rumng non stop from Vmje to Wmmpeg after her run away horse Ahce Passer had made a name for herself ln the field of Journallsm She had recently been gwen the ed1torsh1p of Esquxre the famxly magazme Mlllle Scherb was outstandmg m her own way too After many years of hard work she had finally reached the posltlon of head scrub woman In the Empire state bulldmg Erlys wasn t the only one that was wxth the cxrc us After dxetmg for several years Maureen was final ly able to fulfill her deslre to be a trapeze artlst Dennis has taken the more domestic work of raspberry pxcklng Orxon Iverson mvlted them all to the grand opemng of another of h1s cham restaurants All of hls restaurants are known as Herbs Inn whlch speclahzes lh Herbs Hot Hamburgers Donna hasnt changed too much from her hlgh school days Admnral and Mrs Nelson flew to St Peter from San Dnego they left thelr crew at home 6 lxttle sanlors and one lxttle WAVE SYlVl3 has been hHPPllY m8l'l'10d Smce She graduated from hlgh school Her txme has been spent rans- mg chxekens No one had heard much of Art Hedum smce hxs Jommg of the underworld He s probably makmg a name or a number for hlmself V1rGene xs now known as Sharp Shot Schroader by hls frlends, after wmmng the silver cup, a solxd gold pool cue and the Arizona state pool champxonshnp He always had been qulte good A few of the members of the class were surprised to hear that Bonnle Leegaard had been marrled and was now raxsmg quxte a large famlly She had met her husband at the swlmmmg pool where she had been a hfe guard for ten years She saved hls hfe and to show hxs gratitude for thls he asked her hand ln manage and she accepted Arlxs Elvebak seemed very much wrapped up m her work She had entered nursmg school lmmed lately followmg hlgh school and had remamed a nurse all these years She now has a good posmon nn one of the mental wards at St Peter After hearxng of how Earl Hermundstad mvented the Bummxe Bomb whlch helped wm the Thxrd World War the whole class realxzed what a genius mxnd had been m their class all through hlgh school Some of them couldn t belxeve xt but nevertheless It was really true Due to the doubt xn the mmds of some of them Stanley Challgren who was now a Dr of Psychology, trled to psychoanalyze Earl He found that Earl really d1d posses a genlus mlnd Whxle everyone was ready to depart and exchangmg good bye s there came a knock on the door and who stood there but Ralph Sauke all tattered and torn He d been ln an auto accndent and It detalned hxm for qulte some tlme Thxs goes to show that the class of 51 hadn t changed too much ln 25 years EUNICE NEVE MARLENE CHALLGREN NONA LARSON X . . 1 v ' ' ' , ' , . - , . 4 1 - l Y - ' , . , , - , , , - , . , . - , . 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Pura fa1f.L 7l! f We the lnmates of th1s charltable lnstltutlon havlng been forced to read and wrlte and belng next ln llne for parole do hereby bequeath our few personal propertles to our fellow frlends and followers To the Junior class we lovlngly leave our cell No 47 along wlth our favorite story hour To the sophomore class we leave all our old plCkS and shovels To the freshman class we bequeath our ball and cham whlch we have so falthfully carrled wlth us NVe bestow our concert etlquette upon the faculty members To our slsters Walters and Mansfield we leave our promptness Indlvxdually Dollls Babcock leaves her younger slster M1r1am to the sophomore boys Provls 1on the reclplents must d6VlS6 thelr own ways of catching her Lucxlle Bldne w1lls her short helght of 5 10 to a certaln Jumor namely Allce Wacholz Stanley Challgren w1lls hls argumentatlve abllxty to Donna Rockwell Denms Chrlstlanson leaves SIX bowls of raspberry puddln to the hot lunch cooks Orvllle Courrler w1lls hls prayer book to Donald Gerber Arlls Elvebak w1lls her brown eyes to anyone Marlene Challgren choses for a hus band Arlene Gerber w1lls her blond ha1r to anyone who wants It Barbara Grles leaves her bashfulness meeks manners and her red hair to Emll Malakowsky Donna Grles w1lls her blonde halr to Nona Larson and her hot temper to anyone who can put up wlth lt' Art Hedum w1lls h1s ablllty to get along wlth teachers to Marlm Schroader Loule Heltzeg leaves to anyofne wlth an expenslve shlrt his ablllty to get along wlth teachers and hlS prlvate chalr m the Offlce Maynard Herem leaves all hls old and abandoned soclal test papers to Mr Overson Ronme Herrlck w1lls the hardshlp of collectlng outstandmg dues from senolrs to any sucker who IS dumb enough to get elected treasurer next year Earl Hermundstad w1lls hls Engllsh books to Moonshlne Schroader Eleanor Hochrexter leaves all her trlps to Falrmont to anyone who l1kes to travel Besldes V1nJe IS closer Orlon Iverson w1lls hxs w1nn1ng personallty and way wlth women left to hlm by two former upper classmen to Joe Parrxott m case he runs out Lorralne Kalls and Allce Passer leave thelr seat on the bus whlch they have oc cupled for four years to Shlrley Haukoos and Josephine Mattlck so they will no longer have to stand ln the alsle Rxchard Kastner leaves all h1s curls to Garlm Scherb Robert Kastner leaves all clalms on any Albert Lea women to Frankle Gardlner LaVonne Lacher w1lls her walstlme to Joanne Obermeyer Bonme Leegaard w1lls her blond hazr and blue eyes to Mmam Babcock Harold Levlne leaves all h1S pancakes to Kenny and Ruthie Erlys Neve IS very glad just to be leavlng Roger Oldfather leaves h1s thumb to anyone who can find It Jlmmy Parrxott w1lls h1s unpald poker debts to Marlm Schroader Ralph Sauke w1lls hls grades and ambltlon to Frankle Garner for hls last year of schoo Mlldred Scherb Wllls her helght to Bean Parrlott V1rGene Schroader w1lls hls class naps to John Tveten Merna Sunde IS Just plam leavmg Gllma Wlgern w1lls her extra foot of helght to Jane Buenzow ln case she catches Bean Parnott and also her kmttmg ablllty to Allce Wacholz Sylvxa Tufte w1lls her hope chest to Caroline Hawkms Maureen Wuerllem w1lls her bass horn playmg ablhty to Rodney Olson her dlmples to anyone fortunate enough not to have them and her obeslty to the Meyer twms Qthere IS enough for both! Thus we leave you wxth our most beloved possessions hopmg you wlll cherlsh them untll you too are next ln llne I4 X . 0 I be sd be - 1 B 1 Y ' 9 . ' 9 . , 1 . . I 7 ' ' . 1 I . ' ' I . . . . . , ,,, . . . . I , , . . . . . . . , . . . a . I n 1 7 . , . . . I , 1 . n , , 0 . Q . . ' ' ' u ' as I 0 a q . u f I u 1 e c n I u , ! ! I ' o 1 0 u , a - ! . ! . . . . . . . . . . H ,, . . . u H ' ' - -' ' , . . - . . . . , I . . ' Y . . u Q I , , ! 9 ' 1 .-
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