Marathon High School - Reflector Yearbook (Marathon, IA)

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Mary Keyes and Gcxdon jones are rolling in money. They just robbed Chicago's largest bank. Judy Franker, Alene Howe, and Kay Bentley are at the foot of Mount Everest, ready to go up. Phil Erholm has taken up politics and everybody says that he is the slyest in the business. jerry Sassman is a watermelon farmer and he has so much trouble keeping the kids out of his pqch. Laura Meyer and Karen Buse have given up all hopes of getting married and now own an ultra-modern laundry. Errol junkermeier is at Churchill Downs just ready to race his faithful steed, Dogbiscult. Jim Betsworth and Marvin Janssen seem pretty grim about their business . They are morttcians. South Bend, Indiana, is the scene of Don Kerns' business. He is head foot- ball coach at Notre Dame. Sonna and Charlotte are both very surprised about the occupations of some of their former classmates . They find that hardly any of them have carried out their plans of 1956. But before the girls are able to go into the subject any deeper, Sonna is called away on urgent business and Charlotte has to get back to her cu stom ers . Z1

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iii This year the senior class presented a dramatization of their class prophecy at P.T. C. As the curtain opens the scene is the Clay County Fair and the year is 1966. Sonna Anderson, a top secret agent for the F. B. I. , has decided to take a trip back to her old home town, Marathon, Iowa, to see how things look after 10 years . Sonna arrives home just as the Clay County Fair is opening: so she decides to spend a day taking in the fair. As she wanders down Midway she comes to the Crystal Gazer's tent and, with curiosity getting the best of her, she goes in to have her fortune told. just as Sonna sits down she realizes that she has seen the crystal gazer before . Of course , it is none other than her old classmate, Charlotte Wood! Sonna and Charlotte start comparing notes about all the things that have happened to them since the year they graduated from M. H. S. and then they start wondering about what has happened to the other members of their class . Charlotte thinks perhaps her crystal ball can bring some light on the subject and as they both look into the magic ball they see some amazing scenes--- Weston Ritchie and Robert Johnson are top-notch night club entertainers. Nita Wolf has turned into an expert on the subject of driver's training. KarenGox,seems to be following in the Roy Wilson, famous hair stylist, is footsteps of Sherlock Holmes. found working on New York's latest debutante , Dorothy Weishaar. Z0 Byron Olney spends most of his time flying around the dirt tracks in his stock car.

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Class Will We, the class of '56 1-ire set to hunt our destiny. Before we leave this ancient place We have a will for you to face: Below you'll read in big black type What's left to Xml---now please don't gripe! ' I, Errol Iunkermeier, do will and bequeath my Chevy to Larry Kingery, hoping that it will solve his girl problems . I, Karen Cox, do will and bequeath my list of ailments to Rose Belle to add to her collection. I, Weston Ritchie, do will and bequeath my ability to grow tall to Ronnie Bjorklund. I, Sonna Anderson, do will and bequeath my position of front forward on the first team to Mary McLaughlin. I, Ierry Sassman, do will and bequeath my seat in front of Marcia to Ronnie Sassman, just to keep it in the family. I, Iudy Franker, do will and bequeath my last name to a certain boy if he's willing to share his . I, Phil Erholm, do will and bequeath my dad's' car back to my dad. I, Karen Buse , do will and bequeath my baton class to Tommy Thomas . I, Don Kerns , do will and bequeath my perfect attendance record to Richard Watts . I, Dorothy Weishaar, do will and bequeath my bracelet to absolutely no one because I would be lost without it. I, Robert Iohnson, do will and bequeath my book reports to Lonnie Arndt. if I, Mary Keyes, do will and bequeath a large economy size bottle of aspirins to next year's Re- flector editor. I, Byron Olney, do will and bequeath my ability to hear the last bell two blocks away to Donna Lundberg . I, Charlotte Wood, do will and bequeath my pink nose-drops to anyone who wants them because I want to get rid of them. I, Iim Betsworth, do will and bequeath my romantic tendencies to Ierry Anderson so he can be another Marlon Brando. I, Nita Wolf, do will and bequeath my habit of twisting my hair to Gary Garton to keep his flat- top in shape . I, Roy Wilson, do will and bequeath my cat naps in the assembly to Ierry Raper because he needs some relaxation. A I, Laura Meyer, do will and bequeath my ability to give good slumber parties to any of the junior girls who will give them. I, Kay Bentley, do will and bequeath my ability to foul out in a basketball game to no one so that next year's team won't have to worry about it. I, Gordon Iones, do will and bequeath my Ping-Pong Championship to Bill Gee . I, Alene Howe, do will and bequeath my nickname , Toodie , to Erla Bennett just to keep it in high school. I, Marvin Janssen, do will and bequeath my interest in the Reserves to jerry Barber.