Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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Our glances moved on to two rather familiar- looking creatures lying in the shade of a tree at the far end of the park, Robert Engels and Bill Van DeVelde, owners of the Dinglev Real Estate Association. Near them we noticed two men engaged in a yo-yo contest—none other than La Verne Labahn and Dean Jensen, owners of the world’s largest yo-yo factory. As we turned to go into the pavilion we noticed some fellow telling a story to a charming young lady. We immediately recognized the fellow as “Girky” Lathrop, but who is the lady? She was giggling—sure enough—“Isy.” Those two still had their unusual sense of humor. Corky had become a very successful surgeon and Isy was the owner of the most exclusive women’s apparel shop in the Tri-Cities. Upon entering the pavilion, what should we see and hear but “Bud I lanson and his Wacky Wacketeers.” This band leader had earned the distinction of playing any piano number forward and backward. We were happy to see, however, that Bud hadn’t forgotten his fellow-classmates when he organized this nation-wide famous band, tor we noticed Bud Kirkpatrick at the saxophone and Jackie Steers playing the only accordion in the world with a built-in air compressor. After a fine musical interlude we were summoned to dinner. At the head table sat the honored guests—Stanley %Yliller, the winner of the 500-mile speedway race at Indianapolis, in a 1940 Buick! Joe Johnson and Warren Taylor, co-managers of the Tri-City Red Devils', the greatest pro-basketball team in the nation; Gene Haftz and Keith Olson, the largest stock-holders in the John Deere Implement Company; and such music celebrities as Rose-Mary Gomion, Metropolitan Opera star; and Bernice Thompson and Rita Jensen, the only two women, to say nothing of the fact that they were the only drummers, ever to reach the position equivalent to what they had attained—co-conductors of the 250-piccc New Bedford Philharmonic Orchestra. Yes, the Homecoming Banquet, with its speeches from all these fine celebrities, ended all too quickly, for soon we found our Jet Special ready to take us back to our work. But it was with a light heart that we left for we realized that only the renowned Class of ’48 could find such success! 23

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CLASS PROPHECY o After being away from Manlius High for some thirty years, we were indeed happy to take a vacation from our airship designing to attend the 30th Anniversary Homecoming Banquet honoring the Class of ’48. Upon our arrival to the old stamping grounds, what should we see, much to our amazement, but the biggest “boom-town” in the world—the “Tri-Cities of the Midwest”—Manlius, New Bedford, and Thomas. Their combined population numbered something over ten million. My, how the old school district had changed! We arrived at the Municipal Terminal at 7:00 a.m., in our own plane, the “Jet Special.” I lardly had we stepped from our plane when we noticed two men getting off the local freight. They looked familiar from a distance and why not? For as we approached these bewhiskered individuals, we discovered these two bums to be none other than Cliff Vandermoon and Judd Doty, co-editors of the new society magazine, “The Bum’s Rush.” T hey seemed happy to find someone they knew so we took them with us to the picnic grounds which was the former campus of our Alma Mater. As we opened the gate to our old Alma Mater, we were glad to see that the Federal Government had recognized its importance to a degree where they had made the spot into a National Park. We were greeted by its caretakers, Lowell Drayton and Gail Etheridge. They hadn’t changed much in these thirty years as neither of them were married. In fact, they informed us that they were receiving great returns from a book of which they were coauthors entitled “Fun and Single Blessedness.” While strolling up to the pavilion, we were charmed to meet a striking woman whom we recognized immediately as Marilyn Hadley. She informed us that her husband, Gail Anderson, was in the trucking business with Richard Oloffson, their company being the first to use steam engines in their trucks. With Marilyn was Donna Lee Jacobsen, who by this time had won her way to Broadway as a dramatic star. What a start “Junior Miss had afforded her! Next to greet us was Richard Vetter, M.A., now professor of English at the Thomas University. His latest addition to the curriculum wsa a class called the “Art of Blowing Bubble Gum.”

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LLHLOZ CL tin Class Officers Seared: Robert Rudiger, Student Council representative; Dorothy Engels, vice president; Eugene Wirth, secretary; Lois Sanden, president. Standing: Miss Coleman, Senior Class adviser; Donna Mae Coggins, Student Council representive. This promising class of 1949 is rather small in comparison to the other three classes. However, what it lacks in number it makes up in quality for about 30 per cent of its students are usually on the Honor Roll. Their play, “Bolts and Nuts,” was one of the largest activities of the year and we know that their prom will be equally as successful.