Lenox High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Lenox, IA)

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HE YEAR IS 1951 I have completed my study and hard dlllgent work at the Rocket Research Labora torles 1n the eastern part of the Unlted States Now I am ln a pos1t1on to contmue my llfes work Together wlth everal other lmmlnent sclentlsts I am to have the prlvllege of attemptlng to conquer space ln a speclal rocl et shlp Plans have been carefully worked out to the pomt that I know I w1ll leave th1s earth 1n a couple of weeks Therefore I wlsh to journey through th1s land that IS called Amerlca and especially to VlSlt the town w h1ch shall always be the home town to me the town of Lenox My trlp was to brlng me together I hoped wlth some of my old frlends and classmates W1th the thought ln my mlnd that two weeks would dlsappear very qulckly I made ready to journey the fol lowmg day My travelmg started the followmg mornlng brlght and early It occurl ed to me that perhaps I should vlslt the Rocket Plant where final preparations were be mg made on the sleek shlp that was to carry my compan 1ons and me through space I arrlved at the plant 1n m1d afternoon and after showlng my 1dent1ficat1on papers I was escorted to the mner hub of the plant There to my amazement was an old classmate of mme It was Gene Hanson one of the ace w elders and Chl6f lnspectors of the Rocket After a hearty handshake we had a fine chat Gene lt appeared to me had done all rlght for h1mself He had a fine w1fe and was the proud father of a fine lad of a year and a half As he would not take no for an an swer I dmed that evenlng at the modest Hanson house hold and after one of the finest dlnners I have ever eaten we spent the evening dlscussmg old tlmes Wlth a partlng handshake and a final farewell I con tlnued on my journey for the tlme would qulckly fly I drove south along the Atlantlc coast and the followlng day I was greeted by a huge WhlfP Slgn along the hlghway WhlCh read very boldly Amerlcan Saddle Ranch F1nest to see lf th1s was the samt Paul Ross that had been my school pal Sure enough lt was We enjoyed a fine talk and Paul lnformed me that he was very happlly marrxed to a fine southern belle I had the wonderful opportunlty of vlewlng Pauls beautlful ranch of lmmaculate bl1lldll'lgS on rollmg grass lands Thls w as a VICW I would long re member and as we patted I reallled that there was one fellow classmate who as a lover of fine horses had aChl9V9d hxs goal The mxles sped by untll the clty of Charleston loomed up While crulsmg through the tree lmed streets I no tlced a clrcus ln full swlng Stopplng my car I notlced Rlnglmg Bros ptlnted on the SICIQS of the tents and shows Well th1s I wanted to see I walked by one of the shows and chanced to see SIQHS advertlslng lf One slgn read Ed Hlll worlds strongest man for h1s S128 VS as th1s the same man I had known as Ed H111 of dear old Lenox Sure enough It was Ed and we enjoyed a fine chat before hlS performance w hlch I had the prlvllege of watchlng Then contmumg onward I journeyed untll at length I arrlved at a very large w h1te manslon Here I stopped for th1s w as the home of Mr John A Cabw alldar III one of the Souths greatest plantatlon owners I proceeded from my llmousme up to the house At the door I was greeted by Mr Cabw alxdal s VK1f9 the former Phyllis Sex ton my classmate from the class of 47 We enjoyed a very pleasant YISII and Phyllls related that she w as a can dldate for the state leglslature VV1shmg Phyllls the best of luck I proceeded on my w ay SENIOR CLASS PHOPHECY Q Pomtmg my roadster toward Florlda I headed for the coast and the home of Mr Elllot Rlchards the world re nowned fisherman who fished solely wlth a harpoon I arrlved at the beautiful home and was met by the one per son I had drlven down to see the wlfe of Mr Rlchards the former Bonme McFee It seems that she accompamed h1m on all h1s fishmg excurslons for whlle he was trylng to harpoon the blg ones Bonme could keep the boat on lts correct course Old txmes were dlscussed and I spent sev eral fine hours v1s1t1ng wlth Bonme and her husband but the followmg mornmg found me on my way west and after a few days of hard drlvmg I drove mto the cxty of New Orleans My destlnatlon was the world famous Inn ln New Or lean town as Paullnes Place owned and operated by Paullne Knox It was not hard to locate the Inn or Paul me elther We had a happy greetmg and we dmed and spent the evemng VlSlf.ll lg over past events ln hugh school days Paulme mformed me that she was st1ll on the look out for that certam one so w1th best wlshes for contlnuing success I proceeded to head north the followmg day toward that certam spot 1n southwest Iowa on good old hlghw ay 49 Journeymg north I chanced to run 1nto my very old frlend Marym Nelson He mformed me that he had served a hltch ln the army and was now a travelmg salesman for lad1es lmgerle Mary too was marrled and appeared very happy w1th l1fe Slnce Mary and I had grown up as nelghbors we had much to talk about Fmal ly as always I had to say goodby For how long who would know So onward north I crossed the grand old Father of Waters Well here I was m Iowa my maln destmatlon Soon I would be ln Lenox and sure enough I drove lnto the evel thr1v1ng town The famillar brlck school house wlth 1ts generous wmdows stood erect and as fine as ever Drlvlng on through the suburbs I drove to the mam part of town the old famlllar mam street As I drove down th1s well known pavement my eyes rested on a huge neon sxgn whlch flashed Floy and Dales Groc er Immediately I stopped to lI'lV9Stlgat9 for perhaps th1s mlght be two of my old schoolmates As I stepped through the door my eyes rested upon the famllxar face of Dale Smlth After the usual greetlngs Dale lntro duced his charmmg wlfe the former Floy Beck who was by no means a stranger to me as we had been classmates m school Then to my surprlse what should I see peer mg around the door but two young rosy faces' Dale ln formed me that they were lxttle Smlths and proud he was for thev were twms As I gazed around the store I could see that Dale knew how to run a grocery and lt was easy to see why Dale was one of the town s leadmg business men I spent perhaps one of the happxest afternoons I have ever spent vlsltmg over old tlmes wlth Dale and Floy Durlng the evening I drifted across the street to the local recreatlon parlor There behmd the taps was none other than Gene Trost He mformed me that he had the prevlous season played and taken first honors ln the Na tlonal B1ll1ards Tournament at Mllwaukee Well we had a fine talk Gene sand that he had mtended to take up law but th1s bar sounded better to h1m He stated that I should by all means v1s1t the Purdum Clothlng Store went xmmedlately down the street to where a b1g slgn read Purdum Clothxers I went 1ns1de and was met by the boss h1mself as he was closmg up for the day Dale and I exchanged hearty handshakes He mformed me that he was happlly marrled to Pat Sherldan We dxs cussed old tlmes that we had enjoved whlle 1n hlgh school The followmg mormng I drove out to Jack 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Q SENIOR CLASS WILL E THB, Stnlol Class of Ltnox Hlgh School county of Taylor state of Iowa hereby make publlsh and declare thls to be our last w1ll and testament hereby recokmg any w1ll or wllls heretofore made by us To the Junlors we leaye all money left 1n the treasury after debts and funeral expenses have been pald To the Sophomores we wlll our ab1l1ty to get along wlth the teachers 1n school as well as after school To the Freshmen we leave all lnk bottles left 1n desks The Senlor football boys wlll the Freshmen football boys thelr ab1l1ty to swlpe waterrnelons The Senlor basketball glrls w 1ll thelr gold sults to the new Freshmen players Norma Howard w1lls her Jltterbug skxll to Donald G1ll Peggv Fold wllls her Jane Russell figure to any Junlor Gene Hanson w1lls h1s mghtly trlps to the Chlcken Inn to Jake Walter Paulme Knox wllls her neat halr dos to N01 ma W1l l1ams Edw1n H111 w1lls h1s strong muscular form to Russell Gordon Bonn1e Roe wlll her splend1d personallty to W1lma Becherer Janet Walter WIIIS her majorette unlform to Beverly R1ley Dale Purdum w1lls h1s love for Pat to Don Shepherd Ramona Ewart WIIIS her form to Juanlta Reason Cora Lou Reynolds w11ls her place as cashler at the State Theatre to Mary Jo Walter provldlng she w1ll stay aw ay from the operators booth To Veryla Henderson goes Katherlne Buxtons long ha1r on the condltlon that Veryla doesnt put lt 1n long curls Vauncell Beck w1lls her large feet to Cather1ne Bro kaw Juamta Ferguson wllls her poetry good and bad to Dorothy Smlth Dale Smlth wllls h1s long legs to Dennls Thompson so Dennls can run faster wlth the water between quarters Mlldred Bxvens w1lls her 11ng on the certa1n left hand finger to Donna Plants xldlllll 'Nelson wllls h1s drawlng skxll ta Phll Ranck so F1111 can get 1n the funny papers Iloy Beck wlll her clever w1t to Betty Nelson Cene Trost wxlls hls ablllty to get around to Ifred Hayne Bey ez ly Balkfr yyllls her Ford coupe to Gary Smlth so he can take Beverly McLaury home at mght Glenn Norton wllls hlS romantlc ways to Eugene Smlth V1rg1n1a Hewltt w1lls her staylng home at mght to Kathleen Maharry Harold La11mer wxlls hlS love for watermelon patches to B111 Ecklel Dolothy Symonds WIIIS her shortness to Charlene Hughes Dean Knodle wllls h1s ablllty to crack a Joke wlthout lu ghlng to Raymond Black Jack Trost wxlls h1s model A to Charlle Gray on con d1t1on that he gets a glrl that cant break the wlndows out Paul Ross wllls h1S cowboy boots to Harold Brokaw Vlrglna Reynolds wxlls that certam cow boy rad1o s1ng er to Barbara Moneymaker Donald Immel w1lls one week s growth of whlskers to Elvls Mendenhall Phyllls Sexton w1lls her early mornlng hours from the nlght before to Mary Ann Sluss Bonn1e Bell McFee WIIIS her slllv laugh heard 11 class every tive mlnutes to Elene Barker In w xtness whereof we the Sen1or Class of 1947 set our band and seal hereto thls twenty thlrd day of May the year of our Lord one thousand n1ne hundred and forty sey en The Senlor Class Slgned sealed publlshed and declared as and for our last w 111 and testament of the Senlor class the above named testator ln the presence of us who at IhlS request and 1n the presence of them and of each other have sub scrlbed our names hereto as yv1tnesses on the day and year last aforesald Skunk Pool Tram Tm Pan Alley Iowa Plstol Packln Papa Gunn Apple Blossom Arkansas Ezra W1gg1n Fox Delvln Creek Oregon LENOX HIGH SCHOOL 16- Q D I . . - 3 , V , ' , ' ' . . V Y V . ' 1 ., 'D 1' I. . l ' Q ., , V Q . , ' - A- . - I a . . - Y. V. y. . . i Y. . . x ' H- girl who wishes to get along with the Woltz photographer. ' Y, , . . , , L V. x . . . . L V . 4 D 7 - Y. 1 ' ,. . Y. y . . . , , , , . . Y. Y , h y in 7 ' I . , V, I ' I , , f v v ' ' . . , . . V. 1. . A - , . f . , I

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Q SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Contd for I found out that he was settled on the farm Soon I parked m front of the spaclous farm house and was met by Jack s lovely wlfe Flossle I had a fine talk wlth Flos s1e and then droxe out to the field where Jack was bulld mg fence After a hearty handshake we dlscussed events of the old days Jack lnformed me that he owned the farm and was gettmg along fine Jack stated that h1s young son had celebrated h1s blrthday the day before at the rlpe old age of one year A qulck trlp to town for breakfast was my next asslgnment Dr1v1ng ln I notlced a slgn whlch read Bon mes Beanery Here I stopped and ate my breakfast Bonme had a well run beanery and lt was Wlfh pleasure I dmed and engoyed a flne talk w1th the owner and oper ator herself She stated her husband w as an 1nterpreter over ln Morocco and was due home 1n a short whlle As tlme was fleemg I had to leave After the fine v1s1t w1th Bonme I proceeded on down the road to VISII Dorothy Symonds now happlly marrled and contented to be a housew1fe Dorothy presented me wlth a fine varlety of vegetables out of her pr1ze garden Then I went on across country a few mlles to see Beverly Barker Beverly too was just a housew1fe and after a happy hello she mformed me that her husband was a ralser of Polled Shorthorns I spent the late afternoon v1s1t1ng w1th Beverly and her husband Then as the sun started to slnk ln the west I proceeded back to Lenox to stay overnlght After a tasty meal at the local cafe I declded to see a show At the t1cket wxndow whom should I see but Cora Lou Reynolds After greetmgs Cora Lou stated that she was a model at the local style shop and took tlckets at the movle on the Slde She had not found the certaln one yet but had several prospects 1n mmd After the show was over and whlle walkmg out I chanced to see Ramona Ewart She saxd that she had lntended to marry a man ln a daredevll act but had marrled the local pollceman and she felt much safer over her ChO1C6 Then by chance I happened to look down the street and my eyes rested on Mr Harold Larlmer He recogmzed me too and soon we were dlscusslng old tlmes Harold stated he was marrled to Juanlta Ferguson and after recelvmg h1S B A at the State Unlverslty was now professor at L H S I then proceeded the following mornlng to v1s1t Vaun ce1l Beck She too was a successful housew1fe and her prlde and Joy was her flock of Plymouth Rock hens Wh1Ch had been judged the best 1n thelr breed at the State Falr We enjoyed a fine talk after whxch I proceeded out to the Lenox alrport As I arrxved there I watched a local hell copter settle to the ground 1n a perfect landlng Who should step out but Norma Howard We exchanged greet mgs and Norma Sald that her husband was a salesman for a well known soap company After watchmg Norma take off ln her trlm llttle craft I proceeded on up the road to the pleasant farm w here V1rg1n1a Hewltt and her husband llved I enjoyed a fine talk w1th V1rg1n1a and sampled some apples from thelr huge apple orchard After vlsltmg wlth V1rg1n1a I turned my l1ttle car toward the west In Omaha I stopped to watch the feat ured ball game of the day It was a great game between the Cardlnals and the Athletlcs playlng an exhlbltlon game at the ball park On the mound pxtchmg for the Cards was my old classmate Don Immel After the game I went down to the field to congratulate Don as he had pltched hlS team to a fine vlctory The followlng mornmg found me proceeding on my wav west and whlle dr1v1ng through Colorado I stopped at a fine ranch and who should be runnlng the ranch but hrglnla Reynolds and Mxldred Blvens It seems V and M had pooled thelr resources and had secured th1s level DIHIFIQ 1n the heart of the west The ranch was well stocked and would soon pay for ltself Both V and M mformed me they were well satlsfied wlth thelr ranch and wouldnt trade lt for any buslness I spent the mght 1n Denver wlth my very good classmate Glenn Norton Clcnn and Peggy Ford h1s lovely wlfe ran prosperous cabln camps ln some of the lovellest country I have ever set eyes on Glenn stated that he was an ardent sports man ou the s1de My stay here wtth Mr and Mrs Norton was one I shall always treasure 1n my mmd Glenn 1n vxted me on one of hxs frequent flshmg expedmons but The followmg mormng I was aga1n headmg west Two days later found me ln Callforma I headed my car toward Hollywood My destlnatlon was the Warner Bros Studlos There I wanted to see the truly great actresses and especlally to see the top star wmner of the Academy Award the prevlous year Miss Katherxne Buxton My W1Sh to see Katey was granted Soon we were greetmg each other and she mformed me that 1n add1t1on to belng a great star on the screen she was clxmbmg the ladder of success m ICIQVISIOH We spent a wonderful hour V1Slt mg after whlch I had the pleasure of watchmg Katey perform 1n front of the cameras After a noon day meal at a Hollywood restaurant I sped north to VISII w1th Janet Walter now marrled to Mr Andrew J Rockefeller I pulled up xn front of the beautl ful home and soon I was dlSCllSSlIlg past days w1th Janet Janet whose husband owned several rlch 011 wells out ln the PHCIHC Ocean stated that thls was a great day for her new custom bu1lt Cadlllac pet car would arrxve from the factory 1n Detrolt At Janet s W1Sh I stayed to consume a very tasty dlnner and spent the evemng v1s1t1ng over old tmmes My Jaunt across thls land had been a complete suc cess I had seen all my old classmates of the class of 47 Now I was satlsfied to leave on my space Jump wxth the knowledge that my fellow mates had achleved the finest of success ln thelr chosen fields My earnest hope was that I mlght achleve success ln my chosen work also 'ENOX HIGH SCHOOL 18- 9 , 1 . , ' 1 r ' 1' ' ' . 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