Madras High School - Hi Sage Yearbook (Madras, OR)

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He told her about several who were still residing in Madras besides the ones Bob had told her about. AmonT these was Shirley McKenzie Horton, whose job as the mother of two children, both girls, ke-.t he” on the run at all times. Another was Lecna Wallace (Now Mrs. Norris Hart) w o was the leading lady on the societj’ oa e of the Madras caper. She was the mothe” of an only daughter to whom she and Norris were very devoted. Anothe” was Ray Cram, who, Loren explained, had stayed in hjmh school until he was 21 and finally, in sheer exasperation had voted the school rt ard out -f office ard graduated. He was now chairman of school board himself, and had adopted a new law forbidding students to go to hi ah school after they were 18. He also owned a small farm just outside of the city. Nola Drown, another of Ann's former classmates, had become alawver and had recently made a name for herself in Madras by winninr a case for S. J. KcKethen, history teacher at KUHS, who had been accused of usina the junior class mcneyto buy his wife a fur coat. Nola proved that he had obtained the money from awell-known charity department. Several others were living at Warm Springs; among them, Yvonne Parr (now Mrs. Bob Brown. She and her husband had three children, two boys and a girl, who were said to be holy terrors. Loren said thev often came with their parents to the tavern and he soem. a week cleaning up the wreckage after these little visits. Of course he couldn't say anything because they were very good customers. Some other rood customers of his were the Allisons. Mrs. Allison was Hazel! Hall in her years at KUHS. She and her husband had no children, but =°em-ed to be very happy without them. Hazell was usually taking care of the Brown children anyway; as they w re next door neighbors. Wilma Miller was another resident of '.'arm Snrings. She and her brother Sid, ’who v as better known in KUHS as the Warm Springs Casanova had started a large and ranidly growing cattle ranch. It was reported that they had cattle spread over the entire reservation. Then Ann renembsred another of her classmates from Warm Springs, Kathleen Heath. She was very happy to learn that Kathleen was now the songstress with Dan Macy's famous band. At the present time they were making a tour of the West Coast for the third time. The rest of th; class of 49, Loren said, were scattered all over the United States, except for Marvin Dee. He had followed in his mother's footsteps, and had advanced from, the role of janitor in the Madras National Bank to the owner of the Last National Bank in the thriving city of Netolius. He was yet a bachelor, but through no fault of his own. He had proposed to every eligible young clerk or secretary in both banks. Hearing of Marvin made Ann think of one of his inseparable buddies during 1949, dhuck Olson. It seems that Chuck had fulfilled his life ambition, to be on a 'slow boat to China.'

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Swan ofi As Ann steped off the train, she war? stupefied at the chanre in the city she had left ten years before. It had grown into a thriving metropolis. Of course, she was usee to a much larger city, as she now lived in Chicago. She had become one of the most prominent fashion designers of that city. Stil1 she was surprised at the size of her home town. She saw several taxis marked near the railway staticn, so she started for the one nearest her. As the driver mot out of the taxi to help her in, she thought he looked strangely familiar, but could not place him. Then she knew'. He was Bob Drain, one of her former classmates of 1949 That probably accounted for the name Bob's Taxi Service on tb » sides of the taxis around her. She soon learned that it did, for Bob recognized her immediately and exolained that he owned the entire service for +be City of Kadras. He offered to take her on a tour through the city. She accepted immediately and they were off. As they passed near the outskirts of the citv, Ann noticed several lar-e, white buildings with hir‘h fences around ther . Upon inquiry, she learned that it was an exoerimental farm headed by Elgar Stephens and which was backed by the government. Elgar had recently won fame by crossing a kangaroo and a Jersey cow. The remit had been a built-in milk bucket. Another building Bob pointed out was a processing plant owned by Lewis Crocker. Lewis specialized in processing goat hair for convertible car tops and was doing a profitable business. One large beautiful building caught Ann's eye, as they were going down the main street. Bob told her it was a beauty school run by none other than June Hull. $he had become an expert beautician and was working her way toward fame through her school. Bob finally deposited Ann at the Jefferson Hotel and roared off in quest of new victims. After her ride, Ann wondered how he ever kept in business. Later that evening, while looking for a good place to eat, Ann saw a large neon sign Loren's Tavern . Kostly out of curiosity, she crossed the street and went in. Now, except in cases of great emergency, Loren always made it a point to greet his guests personally. This was one reason why his tavern became so widely known and well liked. The saying was If you haven't eaten at Loren's, you haven't eaten. So now as Ann entered the tavern, what was her surprise when the smiling owner, Loren Greenwood, ushered her to one of his special tables. He agreed to join her for the rest of the evening to talk over old timea Loren explained that he wasn't married yet because he hadn't had time to take care of a wife; he was too busy trying to keep his customers happy. Ann was curious to know all about her old classmates, and Loren supplied her with the information she wanted, as he had kept in touch with each one of them in some way or another.

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People had been heard to say that he was the best shoe shine boy they had ever encountered. He had hopes of soon becoming the captain's private valet. Ann was surprised to learn that Calvin Gre•- was doing very well as a 'southern nlanterl (i aanin- a orominent undertaker in Atlanta, .eoreria). what some oeople won't do for a living, (did I say 'Livin'?) Loren asked her if she had heard about Mildred Nance. She had a job in radio and was working towards her own radio show over NBC. After hearing her on a program, Judy Canova had resigned. .Jhy not? Ann was curious to know what had become of Joan Hedgepeth, whom she used to chum with quite often. She was told that Joan had became one of the best woman psychiatrists in the United States. She now lived in New York with her husband, 3ud Galbraith, who gave her much of her business. Life in the big city didn't seem to agree with him. Loren said that Jim Hess also was living in New York City. He owned a palatial home there which was a result of part of his million dollar bank account. Jin also was first baritone in the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. This he did just as a hobby. He still was not married, but didn't seem to be worried about it. He was having too much fun. Hattie Choate, Ann learned, had become, after her college course at Oregon State, a kindergarten teacher. She was now teaching in Portland. She was engaged to the principal of the school whore she taught. They planned to be married as soon as the term ended. Betty DeLude, Loren told her, was now married and living in Los Angeles. Her husband was making a mood living as the Fuller Brush Man in their neighborhood. They had two small boys who were following in their father's footsteps and driving the neighbors wild by trying to sell them all the old toothbrushes they dug out of the near-by trash cans. The last member of the Senior class of 1949, was Darlene Spafford. She had married the son of Ali Kahn and was now living in luxury she hadn't dreamed existed. She w s exceedingly happy in her home in Madras, India. As Ann left the tavern, she marvelled over all that she had learned in her first evening in her home town. It's a small world, she thought