Laingsburg High School - Looking Glass Yearbook (Laingsburg, MI)

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Our World Wide Trip by Joan Powell and Edul Brewster It was during our last year in high school that we began to give deep thought about the future. One day, a brain storm struck us. We decided that the easiest ambition we could find was to explore the world. On a bright summer day in July of I960 we started our world travel from Lansing. We made a non-stop flight from Lansing to Washington D. C. During our stay in Washington D. C., we attended a banquet at which the President of the United States, our former classmate, Nolan Lee, was to give a speech. The subject of his speech was ”JIow to Influence Women and Lose Friends”. We traveled from Washington D. C. to New York City. We decided to make a tour of the city. Our first stop was to a large art studio. As we entered the door, we saw a familiar face. It was none other than Carleton Huff surrounded by all of his beautiful models. As we left the art studio and went on down the street, we heard a voice calling “pencils, pencils and as we studied the face, we recalled one of our old classmates, Joel Gregory. We had a friendly talk and Joel told us that his job was pretty steady. A few days of flying time took us to Australia and while taking the country scenes, we saw a large sign that read THE LILE RANCH. A lot of little ones were running around there, of course, we mean colts. While in our hotel room in Paris, we turned on our radio just in time to hear the latest news broadcast. It seems the great American actress, Barbara Croy, had announced her engagement to Mickey Rooney. Barbara’s latest picture is “At Last”. After a week’s vacation in Paris, we decided to go to Africa. Frank Buck, the big game hunter, was running into great competition with Sherwood Hunt. It seems that Sherwood had finally got over his buck fever and was having all the luck. Our next stop after leaving Africa was at the Hawaiian Islands. You never can tell who you will run into these days. It was a big surprise to us when we saw Joyce Morris in one of those grass skirts learning the latest Hawaiian dances. Oh yes, Joyce now belongs to the Kellogg tribe. We were very much flattered when the King of Arabia asked us to be his guests for a week. When we arrived, we were welcomed by none other than our old friend and classmate, lArnold Brown, and all of his beautiful wives. Some people have all the luck.' During our flight from Arabia to South America we thought it would be intere sting to watch the pilot in the cabin. Who of all people did we find at the controls but Lynn Guenther. Lynn always did have trouble keeping his head from above the clouds. Our nightclub experience in South America proved very interesting. Special entertain- ment for the evening was lovely songstress. Wee Connie Baker, better known as Connie Holder, Connie was making a tour of the South American countries. The surprise we received in Brazil was far above the ordinary. We found that Harold Hurst was the owner of a large coffee plantation. No wonder the coffee shortage had ended. A trip wouldn’t be complete without taking a midnight cruise. As we stood on the deck of the ship, we saw a figure on the dock. As we neared the shore, we recognized the figure to be that of Helen Rowley. Helen was waiting for her sailors to come in. 18

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JOAN POWELL alor President (ashman Treasurer IraalUm........................1 iketball.......................1 tbsU.......................... 1 gentle, so modest, retiring and od; she always acts as a real lady hold' -Ambition - Teacher -Favorite Pastime - Movies -Honor Position - Co-Valedictorian HELEN ROWLEY Senior Secretary Senior Play Basketball.....................4 Softball.......................4 Journalism.....................1 Glee Club......................2 Happy am I from care I'm free? Why can't they all be contended like me? -Ambition- Housewife -Favorite Pastime- Playing Guitar DONNA PUTNAM Junior Play Basketball............ Softball.............. Glee Club............. Cheerleader........... Dribble dribble down the hall, Donna's good at basketball-- -Ambition - Coach -Favorite Pastime - Sports BARBARA WATERMAN Junior Play Band ........................ | Journalism................. Glee Club.................. Basketball............... There’s never a dull moment when Barb’s around-- - A mb it ion- Nurse -Favorite Pastime- Going Out DIANA SHUE •homore Secretary, lior Secretary lior Play Vnslism........................1 fa.............................3 smiles and the world smiles h her-- -Ambition- Teacher -Favorite Pastime- Playing Piano -Honor Positlon- Salutatorian

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Our World Wide Trip Page 2 Due to financial circumstances, we ventured back to the states. Our first stop when we arrived back in the states, was at Pasadena, California. While in Pasadena, we attended the Rose Bowl. The Rose Bowl Queen was none other than Barbara Waterman. Most of her admirers were men but R. G. was on hand keeping a watchful eye on her. From California, we traveled on to Nevada. We visited the various factories in Nevada. There was one new factory just being built. We learned that the owners of this ‘‘Diaper Factory” were Dick and Mary Lou (Boulton) Doyle. From later reports we learned that their seven little boys kept the factory in business. We arrived in New York in time to take in the fights at Madison Square Garden. The big event of the evening was the fight for the heavy weight championship of the world. John Krebiehl vs. Ezra Charles. The odds were 5:1 against Charles. Hating to end our wonderful trip, we took in one last event at Detroit, the girls' big league baseball game. It seems that Donna Putnam’s dream had finally come true. She was now the manager of the only girls' baseball team to ever win the pennant for thiee consecu- tive years. Returning to Laingsburg, we visited L. H. S. for old times sake. There we found Diana Shue, teacher for the first grade. Diana seemed very contented with her profession, but we noticed her brown hair was slowly turning grey. At the end of our journey, we found ourselves very tired, but it was worth all the time and money we spent seeing all our classmates again. Senior Prattle NAME AMBITION CAUSE OF DEATH Edul Brewster Arnold Brown Barbara Croy Joel Gregory Lynn Guenther Sherwood Hunt Carleton Huff Harold Hurst Connie Holder John Krebiehl Nolan Lee Joyce Morris Donna Putnam Joan Powell Helen Rowley Diana Shue Mary Lou Bolton Barbara Waterman Phyllis Lile To become an A-l stenographer Larger feet To get an “A” in Biology To become an actress To grow that mustache To become ‘‘Model Husband To be a sharp-shooter To grow a Roman nose To take a rattle out of his car To become an opera star Work in gum factory The Presidency, at last First woman President To overcome a giggle To take a good picture To go on the stage To become a nurse Type 70 words a minute Date every night Writer's cramp Corns Received his “A” Sent to Hollywood Tickled to death Looked in mirror Buck fever Some girls waved at him Over work Hiccoughs Lockjaw Lost the election Sleeping sickness Strangled Shot by camera Stage -fright Spontaneous combustion Electric typewriter invented Lack of sleep 19