Loogootee High School - Black Gold Yearbook (Loogootee, IN)

Page 31 text:

SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Since I will soon be leaving for my embassy in Argentina, I have taken advantage of my last few weeks here in the States to look up my classmates from L. H. S. First, I returned to the Hoosier State and the city of Zinnias. Surprisingly, many of the class of '66 are still af- filiated with Loogootee High. The senior government teacher, Ronnie Mehne, has stamped out the cribbing prob- lem. He prints notes for all his students. Fern Wood is teaching the third grade at the Elementary School. She's the only one I know who took her student teaching during high school. Clarence Gilliam has organized the L. H.S. band into a precision marching unit. Ed Hamilton's son is the only one out of time. Gregg Fish, the principal, is well-known throughout the state for his unique methods. A popular pair is Dianna Summers and Bryan Gregory. Dianna teaches her special brand of math to L.H.S. quiz-kids while Bryan warps their minds in his psychology classes. The immaculate halls of the new school are the pride and joy of Don Stoll and Charlie Conover. We all know they've had lots of practice. The cooking in the cafeteria by Cheryl Strange and Lorene Swartzentruber is just as tantalizing as it was back in 1966. Bobbie McCord taught physical ed. for a while but is now recovering from shock in a rest home. She just couldn't believe that they had finally built a new gym. Elsewhere in Loogootee, other members of our class have achieved various degrees of success. Mike Peek, Coun- ty Highway Commissioner, may frequently be seen measuring the black patches left by hot-rodders. The beautiful mansion on John F. Kennedy Avenue belongs to Gerald Strange. He made his fortune with the invention of a revo- lutionary new mousetrap. Andy's I. G.A. Store suddenly went bankrupt last year after Gary Thompson purchased it. Jonnie Cochran, Bonnie Truelove, and Dianne McKibben are lovely models at Nancy Arvin's fashion maison. They've finally proved that blonds do have more fun. Ronnie Edwards runs a prosperous insurance agency, insur- ing only safe drivers. I wonder why he's so rich with so few clients. Donna Littrell is a renowned authoress. She writes after the style of D. H. Lawrence. Joe Livers now owns the textile factory. I guess moonlighting does pay. Steve Elms is in jail now. He decided to stop moonlighting and turned to moonshining. Charlie Parish has done quite well in the political field. He is the Mayor of Farlin, Indiana. Sandra Pendley Simmons is a much sought after celebrity as an after-dinner speaker. Everyone likes her self-in- troduction as Sandy Andy. 27

Page 30 text:

, Dianne McKibben, bequeath my Sunshine vitamins to Slick Hamilton. , Ron Mehne, bequeath my ability to argue with Henry to Bob Chattin. , John Milligan, bequeath my outstanding ability to get along with Mr. Page to anybody who'll take it. , Lynda Moore, bequeath my ability to pester Mr. Jones to the underclassmen. , Joann Neideffer, bequeath my ability to stay single to Darlene Padgett. , Charles Parish, bequeath my curly hair to Mr. Williams. , Vonda Parsons, bequeath my mild temper to anyone who is hot-headed. , Mike Peek, bequeath my ability to come to physics class 20 minutes late and be early to anyone whose IQ is 40 , Jill Perkins, bequeath my government crib notes to Jim Medina. , Wilma Rinsch, bequeath my fifteen minutes trig, class to anyone who wants to take it at noon. , David Sanders, bequeath my height to Charlie Cox. , Ronnie Steele, bequeath my position in band, first Bass Drum, to anyone with an abundance of talent. , Don Stoll, bequeath my deal to anyone who can say it. , Cheryl Strange, bequeath my natural curly hair to Mrs. K. Jones. , Gerald Strange, bequeath my nickname, Mousie to Linda. , Susan Street, bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Jones to Norma Craig and Theresa Vollmer. , Pixie Strickland, bequeath my ability to get Bloomington money-guys to my beloved sister, Rita. , Dianna Summers, bequeath my ability to write my own passes to Karla Reinhart. , Lonnie Survance, bequeath my bennys to Charlie Parish. , Lorene Swartzentruber, bequeath my dimple to anyone who likes to be teased. , Linda Taylor, bequeath , Larry Tedrow, bequeath my typing ability to Cadillac's sister. , Gary Thompson, bequeath my ability to win two batting trophies (in one season) to Larry Walton. , Bonnie Truelove, bequeath my long blond hair to Nancy Elms. , Cheryl Truelove, bequeath my ability to clean out ditches in Rutherford Township to my beloved brother, Terry. , Delores Waggoner, bequeath my attitude toward L. H.S. to Faye Hembree. , Eileen Weitkamp, bequeath my ability to get along with Mr. Jones to anyone who wants it. , Larry Wildman, bequeath my pink shoe strings to Stanley D. , Fern Wood, bequeath my position as Yearbook Co-editor to Martha Wood. , Bryan Gregory, bequeath my ability to get out of study halls to anyone with enough excuses.

Page 32 text:

The incumbent Governor of Indiana, Ronnie Goller, is fighting an election duel with the opposing party leader, Ronnie Bledsoe. Whoever wins, we are confident, will make a superb leader for the Hoosier State. I found other of my classmates in various parts of the country: Quite a few members of the class of '66 are well- known leaders in the automotive field. Rose McGuire won the Daytona 500 last year. She said her pit crew, Kenny Hedrick, Martin Drew, and Lonnie Survance, was a collection of mechanical geniuses, a point debated by many. She drove a Kaiser-Frazier automobile manufactured by Randy Kaiser. John Milligan is a big dealer in motorcycles. His sales slogan is When in doubt about cycles, see your nearest neighborhood hood. Denny Allen owns the Lucky Strike Tobacco Company in Richmond, Virginia. He's a key figure in the legislative battle to abolish smoking prohibitions in schools. Pixie Strickland has taken up a writing career. Her most recent best seller is, Why I Forget to Remove My Gum in Psychology Class. Vonda Parsons is out in Montana with her sheep rancher husband. She says she's always been very fond of lambs. Wilma Rinsch has done extensive work in biological research. She has recently developed a new variety of mon- key, the Rinsch Monkey; or is it the Monkey Rinsch? Ronnie Steele is president of the Gillette Safety Razor Company. I was surprised to find he had overcome his fear of shaving. Mickie Coget bought the Beech-Nut Chewing Gum Company. Her new television commercial shows a classroom full of girls saying, Got Any Gom? ✓ Several members of our class make their homes on the West Coast now. Lynda Moore and Rose Hembree are Los Angeles hair stylists. They've worked for Phyllis Diller, Dr. Zorba, and Cousin It. Linda Taylor owns an illustrious Hollywood dance troupe, Tat's Tappers. Margaret Cox recently won an Oscar for her performance in Think Small by her playwrite husband Larry Dent. John Inman has just released his latest movie, Ladies Prefer Redheads. Delores Waggoner has her own television serial, Batwoman. Jill Perkins, who returned to California after her year at L. H.S., went into motion pictures too, but, like so many theatrical people, turned to politics. She's a 28