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

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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 ,

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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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I Darlene Eads do wall and bequeath a tube of lapstack to Joann Beauchamp all my chewang gum md roughness an physacal educataon to Carolyn Stone and my meanness an study hall to Carol Campbell I Joyce Elsberry do wall and bequeath my posataon an cheerleadang to anyone who wants at my messy 'obs an the offace to Maxine Downang and my love for Laonel too -no I thank I ll keep that for myself l Mary Lou Foster do wall and bequeath my edatorshap of the Panther Howls to Fraeda Campbell who wall do a good 'ob my love for typang and bookkeepang to some brallaant student and my claranet crayone who as brave enough to understand at I Wanda Hartman do wall and bequeath my place an the oftace to Nancy Sudsberry my love for commercaal subaects to Betty LaForce my love for gossapang an study hall whenever I can escape the teacher s keen eye to Maxane Downang who really doesnt need at and my love for Herbert to -oh waat a manute, I want to keep thas I Jammy Holohan do wall and bequeath my basketball suat to Johnny Orton my love for makang noase an study hall to anyone who needs at and all of my good old school books to Gary Davas I Kay Kartley do wall and bequeath my drum to anyone who as wallang to practace every day well practacally every day and my place an the offace to Nancy Sudsberry I Nlary Lou LaForce do wall and bequeath my cheerleader posataon to Dorothy Downang my love thanks they can escape the teacher s eye and my love for a certaan saalor to -no on second thought I thank I d better keep that for myself George Ludwag do wall and bequeath my school books and teachers to anyone who can stmd them, and my candy machane to anyone who loves candy Delores McCann do wall and bequeath my love for the soldaer boys to anyone who can make use o at md my love for basketball to anyone who as rough enough to take at James Ragsdale do wall and bequeath my love for practacang basketball to some freshman next year, all my pencals and pcper to my brother George and my lock of unruly haar to Tommy Jones I Bobby Raley do wall and bequeath my basketball suat to Charles Martan my love for basketball to Donnae Davas and my abalaty to get through four years of hagh school wath only I8 lf2c worth of supplaes to anyone who as slack enough to get away wath at I Robert Romaue do wall and bequeath my locker to Gary Davas my classes to anyone who wcnts them and my abalaty to make noase an Mr Graves study hall to anyone who can get by wath at I I.enora Sanner do wall and bequeath my love for commercaal sublects to Walma McMorras my tamadness to Patsy Ransdall my small saze to Jammy Southern and my collectaon of soldaer s addresses to Patty Woods I Dorothy Utterback do wall and bequeath my knack for gettang anto grouble to Patsy Bugg but I doubt af she needs at and my love for goang stea wath an out-of town boy to Allene Campbell And last we the Senaors of l955 do wall and bequeath to the Junaors all the dagnaty of beang a Senaor and our tattered md tom textbooks Isome even have the answers wratten ant to the Sophomores I3 I I . . . , . I I I . . . . . . I . .... . - . . I I I I . . . . I . . I I to I I . . . I . . I . . . , . . , . - I I I I . , . . I . , . I . I . b . . . . -- , . I I . , . . i . I for basketball to my little sister, Betty, my wanting to giggle and talk in study hall to anyone who . , , . . - I I ' I If ' 1 ' II I ' I F. I . . u I, I . . . . I ' . i I . I . . . I I I . I . . I . . . . , . . , . . I I . . . . . , . . . . . . , I I I I . I I - I . . I ,, . dy,, . - . I . I . . . . . , ' ' 1