McCray Dewey High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY IT Took Them only a shorT Time and They were in SalT Lake CiTy. IT was Terribly hoT so The firsT Thing They did was To go down To The lake To swim. KenneTh, who di'dn'T know much abouf swimming, wenT ouT in The deeper parT of The lake and a broad-shouldered red-haired lifeguard said GeT over in The shallow water wiTh The babies where you belong. Kennefh gave one look aT The liTeguard and said, Why BOB TAAKE. don'T you even know me? Bob was surprised and answered. Sorry, old man, abouT The way I Talkedl To such a swell guy. lnsTead of going in The shallow wafer, KenneTh goT ouT of The waTer and spenT The nexT few hours Talking wiTh Bob abouT all The oTher classmafes he had meT on ThaT Trip. There was only one Time in The whole conversaTion ThaT They sfopped Talking. ThaT was when Two gorgeous looking baThing beauTies came ouT To swim. IAII KenneTh could say was Oh My. They were so slim and good-looking in Their suiTs. Bob said, I wish I knew Them. As if in answer To his wish. The girls sTroIIed around in fronT of Kennefh and Bob. When Their eyes meT, The four of Them almosT fell in The lake They were so surprised. The glamorous girls were PEGGY MODENE and EMMA BENAK. They were models aT a high-class dress shop in SalT Lake Cify. Bob Taake direcfed KenneTh and DoroThy To a small cafe where They planned To eaT. They were welcomed by The owners, a charming couple, Mr. and Mrs. BILL LEWIS, The former GlNNY POLI. Mrs. Lewis was iusT as Tiny and cuTe as ever. Bill Told KenneTh ThaT his cook aT The cafe was also an old school friend. He called To him. and a sTouT man wearing a whiTe cook's haT came ouT. IT was MARVIN STOCK. s+iIl as masculine as ever. IT was geTTing quiTe Ia+e so Kennefh and DoroThy hurried and Took a plane To Hollywood. IT was here They meT The biggesT surprises of all. As They were walking across The loT of The ParamounT STudios, Producer VIRGIL GEBHART, now an even greaTer producer Than The laTe Cecil B. DeMille, meT Them. KenneTh was speechless because he couldn'T imagine why PeTe should Turn down such a wonderful job aT The bowling alleys aT Troy iusT To be- 8 producer. PeTe seemed To be quiT5e saTisfied Though because he could consTanTly be wiTh his c,uTe secreTary and also his swieeThearT CATHERINE KUNKEL. PeTe said. You remember PAUL RIEBOLD don'T you? KenneTh said. Why. yes. PeTe replied, Well, he's here in Hollywood Too. l'd suiggesf ThaT you go To see him buT righT nofw he's' preTTy busy and confused. Tomorrow affernoon he's going To marry Shirley Temple. Kennefh decided ThaT since he couldn'T visiT Mr. Riebold, he would call him on The phone iusT To leT him know ThaT he was in Hollywood. As he enTered The Hollywood R-exall Drug STore where he inTen-ded To make The call, a shorl' genfleman, The owner, who had black, wavy hair and a liTTle musTache like Clark Gable. sTepped forward quickly and said. WhaT can I do for you? Before KenneTh could answer, The owner, MEARLE WOHLGEMUTH spoke again, Why. KenneTh, how are you? He was The same old Mearl. JusT as lively and pleasanT as he was when he worked in The drug sTore in Troy. There were many Things ThaT Paul and Shirley had To do before The wedding. The ceremony and recepfion plans had To be compleTed and The ouTfiTs had To be bought Miss Temple wenT To geT her gown from The famous dress designer, GENEVA WOOTEN. When sh-e came back. Paul was Talking To The conTracTor. RUSSELL TAAKE. Mr. Taake was showing him The blueprinTs of The home he was To build Tor Them.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY KENNETH HIANFELDER, The presidenT oT The Coca-Cola BoTTIing Company aT Milwaukee, decided ThaT he'd like To Take his annual six-monTh vacaTion. He and his aTTracTive secreTary, DOROTHY HEINLEIN, immediaTely made plans Tor The Trip. The buTler, VERNON SCHULTZE, who was a Tall, bald-headed man, called a Taxi To Take KenneTh and DoroThy To The sTaTion. To Their asTonishmenT They Tound ThaT The Taxi driver 'was ROY WITTMAN, a serious-minded man who was Their class- maTe in l942. As Roy drove Them along in his Super Duper Taxi, he menTioned To Them ThaT he had iusT received a IeTTer Trom his girl Triend, VIRGINIA WEISEMEYER, who was now a haT check girl aT The swanky MayTair Casino aT Cleveland, Ohio. When They arrived aT The sTaTion, They goT on The Train and abouT Two minuTes laTer The Train sTarTed oTT. Thiey were headed wesT so Their TirsT sTop was Omaha, Nebraska. AT Omaha They were given ThirTy minuTes in which They could geT ouT and 'walk around. KenneTh iusT Tinished saying, l wish There were someone in This Town ThaT I knew, so I could visiT Them and pass The Time, when he spied The mos+ gorgeous looking couple. ATTer h-e looked a second Time he Tound ouT ThaT he knew Them. Why iT was LORINE NIEHAUS and ALFONS PRANIAITIS. They were now man and wiTe. They were all glad To see each oTher and Lorine inviTed Them over To see Their beauTiTul home, buT KenneTh explained ThaT The Train was leaving in a Tew minuTes. BeTore The Train leTT, KenneTh boughT a newspaper. The Omaha Daily Tribune. As he glanced over The paper, a cerTain heading aTTracTed his aTTenTion. IT read: MADiA,ME DORIS BINNEY, noTed conTraITo oT The MeTropoliTan Opera Company oT New York -will make a personal appearance aT The Palace TheaTer nexT week. This headline broughT back memories oT olden days since Doris was also one oT KenneTh's classmaTes. Soon Th-e Train 'was headed wesT again. This Time The sTop was To be aT Denver, Colorado. ATTer a conTinuous ride Tor abouT a half a day, They Tinally reached Denver. This sTop was To be an hour long so KenneTh and DoroThy sTarTed walking To see some inTeresTing places. As They passed The Denver UniversiTy, They noTiced a Track Team pracTicing. They sTopped To waTch Them Tor a while and became so inTeresTed They -didn'T even noTice ThaT The coach had come up To greeT Them. AT TirsT KenneTh couIdn'T Think of who he was buT he knew ThaT he had seen him before. Why, oT course. IT was Coach JACK WEIR. Jack, as well as KenneTh, and DoroThy was pleasanTly surprised. Jack menTioned ThaT The MaTh Teacher aT The UniversiTy was BETTY JANE THOMAS, a quieT, shy lady, so They wenT in To see her while They had a liTTIe Time. As usual, all BeTTy Talked abouT was BuTch who was sTill waiTing Tor her. BeTTy's liTTle chaT abouT BuTch was so inTeresTing ThaT Kenn-eTh and DoroThy missed The Train To SaIT Lake CiTy. KenneTh wenT To a phone booTh To call The airporT To make reservaTions on a plane. When The operaTor said, Number Please, her voice sounded Tamiliar and so Kennern said, l'm KenneTh Hanfelder. Your voice sounded so Tamiliar ThaT I ThoughT sure I knew you. The operaTor said, Why KenneTh, you should recognize my voice insTanTly. l'm EERN KUEKER. Fern Talked a shorT while abouT old school days and Then she made The reservaTions Tor KenneTh. ATTer They were seaTed comTorTabIy in The plane, The piloT sTepped in. He was Tall and handsomely dressed in a piloT uniTorm. He glanced aT KenneTh and said, Why Mr. Hanfelcler and Miss H-einlein. Or is iT Mrs. HanTelder? KenneTh was quick To recognize ThaT The piloT was none oTher Than GENE LYONS.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY BETTE JEANNE ROOD, an heiress from New York. arrived This same evening. She was To be The maid oT honor aT The wedding The nexT day. The wedding c-eremony was a grand aTTair. Paul, who looked so handsome beTore The aITar, puT all The women in a daze wiTh his charm. Mr. Hanfelder said he'lI always remember The way sTouT, iolly-looking Reverend RICHARD HOWE said, I now pronounce you man and wiTe. ATTer The ceremony, The TirsT To congraTuIaTe The newlyweds was VIRGINIA SCHRAMECK, privaTe secreTary To The old-Time screen sTar, Hedy Lamaar. The nexT person To come up as noT one who congraTulaTed Them, buT iT was a reporTer seeking a sTory abouT The greaT romance and abouT TuTure plans. The reporTer was The loud. TalkaTive MARIE LOYET. Along wiTh her, Trying To keep up The swiTT pace, was DOROTHY STEINMEYER, now The proud Mrs. James 6ersTenecker. The recepTion, which 'was The biggesT evenT in The hisTory oT Hollywood, exhibiTecl a gaThering QT ceIebriTies Trom all over The counTry. Two famous people were in The orchesTra. They aTTracTed The dancers' aTTenTion wiTh Their I962 version of Why Don'T We Do This More OTTen. The Two people were OLIVER ARTH, The TrumpeT player who made Harry James' playing sound Terrible, and MILDRED MARTIN, The pianisT who now had The playing Technique oT Frankie Carle. Seeing These Two iusT abouT made KenneTh HanTeIder TainT because They compIeTed The whole class wiTh which he had graduaTed Trom high school way back in 1942. ATTer he goT over The shock, he was so deIighTed aT The success of his Trip ThaT he wenT on The dance Tloor and he biTTer iuggedu la brand new I962 dancel unTil all' The people sTepped aside and as usual, KenneTh was The main aTTracTion. KenneTh was sick all The nexT clay, buT he iusT ThoughT abouT his old Triends and drank abouT six cokes and Then he was aIrighT.