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Senior (lass Will — 1953 I, Marian Lilja, will my poetic ability to Linda Wilkinson. Make good use of it, Linda. I, Rita Nojonen, will my ability to talk all day and not say anything to Loretta Sowry. I. Bernice Fisher, will my fiery red hair to Charlotte Rushton. I hope it gets you as many boy friends as it got me. I, Jerry Goode, will my cute smile to the girls to Ed Hunt. Make good use of it. Ed. look where it got me I. Bill Fandrich, will my tardy excuses to anyone who wants to .work all night, the same as I did. I, Ronnie Branch, will my sharp wits and quiet ways to Frank dayman. I, Richard Simon, will my wise cracks and novelties from Pat and Mike's to anyone who thinks they can make them work. I, Lee Robishaw, will my way with the women to Ronnie Hanson. You sure can use it, huh? I, Terry Bowdler, will my weight lifting ability to Coach Batanian. I, Richard Davis, will my Charles Atlas build to Eddie Weaver. I. Robert Hays, will my long, blond curly hair to Helen Wolfgang. I, Richard Bruckman, will my athletic ability to Fred Roerdanz. May it bring you as many honors as it did me. I, James Simmons, will my mechancial ability to Bud Sowry. You’ll have to learn to repair those cars that you tear up. Bud. I, Russell Louden, will my good looks, wavy hair, and all my high school girl friends to Jon Man- waring. I, Jim Theiss, will my junk cars that I’ve owned in my school days to anyone who is dumb enough to want them. I, Paul Westcott, will my run- ning ability in track to any junior who thinks his feet can fit my track shoes.
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Russell Louden married a little Italian girl and he runs through their Spa- ghetteria saying, “Mama Mia,” under his breath. She cooks and he serves. I thought he liked blondes. He has twins, Armaghetti, and Armaghoul. I think Armaghoul is the little boy. He’s a year younger than the girl. Russ wants triplets this time so he can turn” over his restaurant to his children and sit back and enjoy life with Carmen, his wife. Russ still has that wave in his hair, which is Carmen’s pride and joy. She’s afraid he’ll love it as the years go by. You can’t have a wave without hair. You should see their little cottage. It has a southern colonial front with the inscription, Viva il Italia, inscribed in Louden fashion across its portico. As a hobby, Russ plays a mean game of checkers. Carmen tells him when to move just like any woman would. Richard Bruckman has a beat along Broadway and walks it each night. He and the boys pulled quite a raid on some Million Bubble All-Nite Club. Dick got his name in the New York headlines. Richard, noted for his long speeches, told the press modestly, “Aw, shucks, it wasn’t anything.” Last week he caught the Diamond Thief and was presented with a diamond ring for his nose by the force. He was bull- headed way back in high school. He married a pretty red headed Irish colleen and her father got him into the Police Force. He and his wife have fought ever since. Now why wouldn’t anyone be happy with Dick? He’s a perfect husband. He buys her a shamrock every Mother’s Day. Some wives don’t know when they’re well off. Did you know that the Bruckmans adopted a son and that by some coincidence he turned out to be a basketball star for Mississippi? Maybe Dick should have been a coach instead of a flatfoot. Terry Bowdler became famous overnight, didn’t he? He went to Hollywood soon after graduation. I can’t figure out why he didn’t replace Van Johnson or Clark Gable. He was the ardent lover type with missable lips but for some reason they put him on the sound effects for Walt Disney productions. Bernice, next time you go to see Sno-Black and the seven pixies and you see Mopy, the little pixie who is always silent, remember that Terry is making the sound effects and he could make the most noise being silent of any man I ever saw. Terry had a huge Hollywood marriage, didn’t he. Not every guy could get Margaret O’Brien. He even wrote a book called, “How I Got Margaret O’Brien.” Maggie retaliated with a book, “How I Got Terry Bowdler,” and so Ad Infinitum. Pity poor Alexander when he said, “Alas, there are no more worlds to con- quer,” as Richard Davis just conquered the Saturnites and now is ruler thereof. He and his spouse, being two of a kind, are living up there without air. Richard was the leading man in discovering the way to penetrate the stratosphere. When they sold real estate on Saturn, he bought some and was not daunted by those who scoffed as he replied, “They laughed at Edison.” Well, Saturn stock skyrocketed, taking Richard from his career of begging in New York to his castle on Saturn. His kids love it and space programs on TV thrill them to pieces. Just think of the fun we’re missing, Bernice. James Simmons. M. D., is now head of a hospital for turtles without shells. Isn’t that touching? Jim loves animals. James was always so quiet back in ’53 that I’ve come to the conclusion that silence is golden. Look how much dough he’s made by keeping his mouth shut. Jim performs some pretty delicate operations which require precision and timing and he hasn’t lost a turtle yet! James met his wife at the Freshman initiation in college. She was crying be- cause she had to eat worms for her stunt and so our noble Jim put ketchup on them for her. Now he can’t get her to fix him anything else! She raises them in the basement. They’ll work something out as Jim was very cheerful and easy to get along with in our high school days. What’s Bill Fandrich doing now? I’m sure it was he who I saw lying shall we say majestically upon a featherdown mattress in Hoiman’s Department Store window. He was getting paid $5 per hour and had a ring on his finger signifying that he belonged to the Upper 900 Club. You know, that’s the one the plumbers belong to. Well, Bill didn’t use his brains nor his brawn but oh, Brudder, imagine his bank account! I heard he married. He’s the last person on earth besides Jerry Goode that I ever thought would marry. He got shipwrecked on an island where there lived a sweet young thing and a boat found them. Up until then he had told her she was the only girl in the world for him. At least she was the only girl on the island. Now shes’ back in her little grass shack and he ran off and married Hoiman’s daughter. He’s got that bed leased for life. You must visit me soon as I do get lonesome. I miss the old class a lot but then we must face facts. All of our classmates are enjoying various stages of matri- monial bliss and I doubt if they seldom think of us. Your husband is cruel to make you work in the fields all day and then mind those young ruffians while he raises Ned at the pool room. Why don’t you put your foot down? I can’t attend the Alumni Banquet as the regulations here are too strict. Only my mail is allowed through and that is usually censored so that I only can read the date and the person’s signature. When the Cheshirians took over here in Samoleon, I was one of those taken hostage. I am hoping to be freed before the war strikes as otherwise escape may not be possible ever. My husband is anxious for my release. He‘s so eager that he’s suing me for a divorce. If my book, “My Number’s Up!”, is published, it may save my marriage. Then my husband can quit living off relief. Well that’s all the reminiscing I have time for as I’ve got a whole rock pile to disintegrate before dawn so write soon. Your chum, Rita Nojonen Birquick
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