Madison High School - Panther Recall Yearbook (Madison, MO)

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glass prophecy fl 'Q' 3- 2-f M u f ffl 99' MXN 'ibm I was runnung my usual route transportung people from Juprter to Mars when somethung went wrong wuth my space shup and I went hurlung out unto unknown space The next thung I knew I was clumbung out of my space-shup onto what looked luke the planet called Earth The furst thung I notuced when I was furmly settled on solud ground wm a bug sugn whuch read Burd Daury Farm led to a huge house and a rather large farm I was curuous to fund out whether or not thus had any connectuon wuth the Weldon Burd I used to know un school so I went to the house and knocked on the luttle gurls wuth real black haur After a lengthy duscussuon about humself, Weldon began tellung me about a few of our old class mates He told me that Darlene Eads was also marrred and had fave chuldren She had marrued one the most promunent busunessmen of Madrson He also told me that Joyce Elsberry had become Dean of Nurses ot one of the larger clunucs un the country Fundung myself so near, I thought I had better wander on unto Madrson Wufh that thoudut un mund I left the Burd Daury Farm and started toward town As I was lust enterung Madrson I heard someone yell at me and when I looked across the street I saw a face that looked famuluar yes now lknew It was Mary Lou Foster and she told me she had put her brauns to work and was employed by the U S Government un Washungton D C , and was home to vusut her parents for a short whule I frnally got away from Mary Lou and had gust gone a block when I saw two people a man and woman go unto a grocery store I decuded to follow them and see uf ut was who I thought ut was I had gust stepped msude the store when Wanda Hartman and her husband Herbert Hyatt rushed up to greet me They told me they were hcppuly marrued and luved on a small farm lust outsrde of town Wanda saud she was bookkeeper for one of the small busuness furms rn Madrson to supplement the famuly uncome Vlrhule I was standung there talkung to them md gettung all the news, I happened to thunk about Jrmmy Holohan and so I asked them about hum They told me that Jrmmy had marrued hus hugh school sweetheart, Beverly Young, and they were luvung on a farm east of Madrson lt seemed that Jrmmy was un the process of developung a new type of turnup -one that grew un assorted colors Jummy sard they would be more qupetrzung that way thus tume I was gettung thursty so I excused myself and went unto the famuluar drug store A pert luttle wautress cane up to me and took my order I knew thrs gurl at once ut was Lenora Scnner I found out that Lenora was lust workung two days a week un the drug store The rest of the week she mcnaged her beauty salon l gathered she was doung quute well My coke was now maxed to perfectron so I took ut and sat down by a pretty young womcru whom I soon recognuzed as Kay Krrtley I chatted wrth her awhule md found out that she was goung ll 4 . Q uL Q. E I Q ,, - X ff ' D I' ls ...Ya I ,.,33 ' g T ,Q AT x. 4 X.:-g X . gi YI 'EXEC f i ' , s .i K ' -I I ' K L5 ' , f I I I L XI L . . - . . . I U. . . nl door. Yes, Weldon, himself, came to the door and I found out that he was now married and had two . ' ' ' . ' of

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STANDING Delores McCann Jum Holohan Robert Romuue Bob Ruley Weldon Burd James Ragsdale George Ludwug Mr Smuth fSponsorJ SITTING Joyce Elsberry Mary lou Foster Wanda Hartman Mary Lou LaForce Lann 11 'ianner Darlene Eads Kay Kurtley Dorothy Utterback emot 61144 lfutoty On August 27 l95l twenty-sux Freshmen turnudly opened the doors of Nladuson Hugh to start to prepare themselxes for the future Our class offucers were Presudent Robert Romuue, Vuce Presudent Bobby Ruley Secretary Treasurer Norma Snell and Sponsor Mrs Treuthart On September 2 l952 nuneteen eager Sophomores clumbed the steps ofthe hugh school We chose our class offucers as follows Presudent Bobby Ruley Vu e Presudent Jummy Holohan Sec retary Treasurer Joyce Elsberry and Sponsor Mrs Harmon On August 31 I953 twenty Jolly Junuors assembled un the halls of old M H S Our class offucers were presudent Ronald Puerce Vuce Presudent, Bobby Ruley Secretary Norma Snell Treasurer Jo,ce Elsberry and Sponsor Mrs Swartz 'Jo enuoyeo workung durung our uunuor year on our class play Funders Creepers and the Junuor Senuor Banquet whuch had as uts theme the Mardu Gras On August '70 I954 fufteen dugnufued Senuors uourneyed back to Maduson Hugh for theur last year of hugh sc Sol work We were sorry to say that we found fuve famuluar faces mussung These were Joe Beaccuamp who enlusted un the navy Ronald Puerce and Donald Duvall who enlusted un the Mulutary tvluce Norma Snell who had moved to Keokuk, Iowa and Arnold Starr who had moved to Hunt vulle Our class offucers were Presudent George Ludwug Vuce Presudent Joyce Elsberry Secretary Treasurer 'Jando Hartman and Sponsor Mr Smuth We are laokung forward to the moun features of the year Senuor play Senuor trup Junuor Senuor Banquet Baccalaureate and last Commencement whuch wull probably brung sad and happy thoughts both unto our munds I0 : I I I I I I . . u , . . I , , , 1 - r - I I I ' O I . . . . . I I ' I . . . . - . - . . . - , . s n I I I I ' 0 A . . . . . , , . I I I S- ' I I ' ' I I I ' ' n - ll ' , , . . . . . . . . . - ' I I I I I I I I I ' - . , . . . . ,, . U u , , , ' 0 ' I I . u . . . . . -N ,u . , I I . . . . . I I 'Y I I S . . . . . . - I I I I '- I I' ' I I ' - . . . . . . . - I I ' . . . . I I I . . .

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-fa wuth Jerry Ruley and that tl ey planned to be marrued soon Durung the conversatuon she also told me that Mary Lou LaForce and Marvun Brammer had been marrued f I I nune years and now had three chuldren I was gettung ready to leave the drug store when a tured lookung farmer walked un came over and flopped down bes de me and ummeduately started tellung me hus troubles Yes ut was none other than the comeduan of Maduson Hugh un l955 George Ludwug He told me he was Iuvung on a farm and he had had hus share of troubles of farm Iufe He told me he wasnt mar rued and that the gurls were stull chasing hum I furually got away rom the drug store but only to fund myself engaged un another conversatuon thus tume wuth Delores McCann now Mrs Jum Southern She saud she was luvung un Maduson and was very happuly marrued She unformed me that James Ragsdale was a world famous boxer on TV I heard he wcus gettung quute a sum of money from thus occupatuon He and hus brother used to practnce on ut a lot un the gymnasuum Delores also told me that Bobby Ruley had bought the Charles Elsberry Servuce Statuon and had a gooa busuness there She unformed me that Bobby was stull beung seen wuth Maxune Downung and that the town s gossups were preductung a weddung un the near future for these two Delores saud she had to go so as I turned to go I ran unto Robert Romuue and he told me he was now marrued to Nlarue Stone and that they had two fune gurls He also unformed me that he was uanutor of M H S and had taken Mr Kung s place By now ut was gettung late so I left town and was about to clumb unto my space shup when a famuluar gurl came runnung up to me lt was Dorothy Utterback She told me that she was marrued to the town s only doctor and that she had taken her afternoon walk fon her doctor s orders or course She saud as she came over the hull she saw me and thought she d say hello She told me that she had become a photographer s model when she had graduated from hugh school but when she marrued she gave ut up She saud she would much rather keep house anyway By thus tume I was rather tured of the lufe on earth so I clumbed unto my space shup and bud the earth a fond farewell If my shup ever gets out of control and goes hurlung unto unknown space agaun I hope I land un dear ol Madeson so I can hear all the news luke I dud un the year 1965 M' ' 2 glam W1 l nd 7e.4tament We the Senuor Class of l955 beung of sound mund and body do make publush and declare thus to be our lost wull and testament I Weldon Burd do wull and bequeath my basketball suut to Walter Turpun my lu ghtnung speed to Larry Van Skulce my abuluty to pester all the teachers to Jummy Southern lwho really doesn t need utl and my sudden passuon for Englush to -oh I belueve I ll keep that I2 I Q: 'V vs 4 P I . I ' 1 50 . . ' a - , . Q 'B ' . ' ' , Q i . f . . . I . . ' I . . - . I ' , J- ' , . . .I . . - . I ll , xrlql -'- .5 fu 'fe ru X- 7 0.1 XII 2' , Q I' Wd 'Mr' ...rs .- , as 4 J - I ,