Lordstown High School - Highlights Yearbook (Lordstown, OH)

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. W. M if 4 fn ff ' fil, .,5' I X L L 1 f-...J 2--s CPr0phecy -cont.D that she lived in Texas, but Benny had made a fortune in oil travel around the world. wells and that they were going to She told me that they have a five room bungalow in the out- skirts of the town. I asked her where Benny was, and she said he was in the hospital undergoing -an appendicitis operation. It seems he had gotten a pain in his side, so he went to a doctor for a checkup and he had sent him to the hospital. I guess he would be ready to travel in a week though, and then they would be on their way again. I stayed in Warren that night at Baker Hotel which Mr. Baker had just finished building, and since I knew him I decided to go there. Believe me, it was the nicest night I ever spent in a hotel. The next day, feeling completely rested, I plann- ed to travel along way. I started early and stopped late that night in Chicago. Boy,what a time I had trying to find a room there. I finally found a room in the fifth hotel I looked in. Although I was tired, I was not sleepy so I de- cided to see a show. After the show, I turned in. The next day I crossed the Muddy Mississippi and I mean it was muddy. It rained all day so I didn't drive very far. I reached St. Louis, where Lipton was supposed to be, found a room, and set out to find a trace of Lipton. I couldn't find whers he lived, but I did locate the place where he worked. T decided to wait till the next day to see him. In the morning,I found him looking over the blueprints for the new road he waw building. After he had Graduated, he had taken up engineering and now had a very good business which would last for the rest of his life. I left Lipton and continued westward. It was a very nice day, so I drove slow, letting the warm air blow across my face. I crossed into Kansas and stopped in Topeka. I slept like a log that night, in fact a good part of the morning too. I got up at 10:30. I was still sleepy, but I couldn't sleep all day and get to see Mary Ellen, so I set out to find her. I had obtained her address from Pauline. I found her house in a nice part of town with large shade trees on both sides of the street. Her house is a beautiful, modern, nine room 'brick house. I arrived just in time,too. She and her hus- band were just sitting down for dinner, and she invited me to have a bite to eat with them. I had not eaten any break- fast, so I accepted. Man, Oh man, what a cook she turned out to be! I ate and ate, then I ate s me more. After I .- S? is 'IX N W I i Q If . yi ight Iv E 5,5 -Q - , ata T11 65 if in I Bias. M u. ascii X f el HIGHLIGHTS lf

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