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

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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