Mead High School - Pine Burr Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Suddenly music fills the air. It is the Tag a Tune Band of JOYCE FREITAG, and the band's vocalist is none other than JOSEPHINE AUSTIN, BILL LINK is now the sole owner of the Link and Link Chain Corporation, GENE BROWN has taken up permanent residence at Deaconess Hospital, Oh well, accidents happen to the best of men. JONITA ELSOM 'S comic drawings of farm animals have won her world-wide fame with the tiny tots. ROSE COLEGROVE has organized a Twir1ing School for Young Hopefuls in Holly- wood, FRED SCHILLINGER is advocating boxing as a sure reducer for overweight women, and is now managing a class with such an aim, Now a quartet is singing, The bass in the Tinky, Inky, Winky, and Stinky quar- tet is none other than smiling blonde DUANE QINKYQ INGLIS, DEE and ALLENE BAKER CONGLETON could not come because Mead High's bas- ketball team, composed of five young Congletons, is playing in the State Tournament, Word has just been received that JACKIE ATKINSON has flown in fro m Boeing in Seattle, where she is a test pilot for jets, BILLY YANCEY has moved to California for good. There he operates a citrus ranch under the guidance of his unofficial secretary -treasurer, MARGIE BECKER. IDA BETH CLICK fooled us all by becoming a career woman, She is the efficien- cy expert at Mead Altunintun, Professor LEONARD DENNY is teaching history at the U. of W. Oh! Latest news is that WILLIE and IDA GRANGER FORSGREEN have taken over as instructors at Mt, Spokane Ski Lodge. Prim and quiet MARGUERITE ILLER is now teaching the first grade at Mead. MARIORIE LAYT ON has taken over since Dorothy Dix finally retired. The newest rage on T V is MARILYN MOORE with her characterizations of the well-known Beulah, formerly a daily radio show. The new flames are still flaring up and old ones smoldering, b ut RACHEL OLSON is just looking. Money seems to be no problem for BOB RAWLINS. He is president of the Spokane and Eastern, How about a loan? S pe ak in g of royalty, CHICK SCHILLINGER is now M C on Queen for a Day, but DOROTI-IEA KAY seems to be his queen for every day, The latest word has it that RITA TAYLOR and her husband Louie Baker have just opened a cider factory on Green bluff, The state of Colorado is representated by the presence of CATHY WEBER and GEORGE BLOOD, who are now operating Star Ranch. Our toastmaster for the evening has been none other than Mayor VERNON MCGEE of Spokane, and his lovely wife Lloy Jordan has bee n our hostess for this 1971 reunion of the class of '51 of Mead High School, f x as xx f 'X - f . ,

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY New York, 1971. --The reunion of the gra d uating class of 1951 of Mead High School is being held in the Blue Room of the Waldorf Astoria. The first person we see is LeROY LIMBURG, who is teaching the art of love in his new office, Romeo's Romantic Rendezvous, PEARL HUTCHINSON is here with her five year old son, Allman, Ir, Her daugh- ter is in school and could not come, One of our old graduates did not get here today. He is down in Cheney visiting Bernice. Wonder if he will ever catch her--JIM GADY, no less, J. C. HILDESHIEM is in business for himself, too. He is a S outhern accent speech teacher at W. S. C, Jokes-Good and Bad --this is one of the signs we see there in New York. BER- NICE MILLHORN is publishing a joke book of the good jokes she has been telling all these years. BOB OCHELTREE owns a car rental shop in Hillyard, He always was pretty handy with cars. His top man is BOB SWIGER, who really brings in the used cars for them to rent, A most distinguished officer in the U.S. Navy is Admiral MELVIN PREEDY. He really has all the gobs saluting him, One of these is Lt. DONALD FLATTER, who has made a career of the Navy, and done pretty well in it, too. DON TIPKE is another unmarried member of the class of '5l. He just can't seem to get up enough ner ve to propose to Dorothy, And just in reverse of Don is GEORGE ST, GERMAIN. He married Lois Riddle, and they have three very sweet girls. Have you seen that sens ation al new television star's picture? Looks familiar, Well, for he a ve n ' s sake, it is none other than LEVI IACOBSEN. He has certainly come up in the world, along with JIMMY and JE A N NINE Cl-IICHESTER. T he y are making crowns for kings and queens now, There is DON COURTRIGHT. Hear he is looking for a job. Poor Don, he always was so shy. Maybe he could work for RONNIE WICKLUND. Ronnie owns a beautiful f arm now, and is making good, His chief cook is DONA BAKER. Her restaurant ex- perience did help her. Another farmer who is here today is AL LOGAN, Al owns a wheat ranch in the Palouse, and he and Vivian have five sturdy ranch hands in their five sons, Guess the class of '47 was right--there sit the Links fBob and DIANE SHAEFFERj with their five little girls. RONALD SEAMAN tells us he is still a bachelor, but he stops daily at LORETTA GESEK 'S diner--he enjoys her cooking, MARION NICHOLS finally married LAWRENCE PARKER, but not until he bought Norman's Grocery Store. BEVERLY MITCI-IEM and her husband are running her Dad co mpetition in bam dancing, Another Mead boxer has made good. W IL B UR TEMPLETON has just challenged anyone to take away his World Heavyweight Crown. Handsome GENE NOKES has already married for money, fame, and prestige, and now is finally marrying for love. DIXIE RIDDLE has done well, He is now national president of the F. F, A. FRANK WILKINSON has become a millionaire through successful betting, but watch out--money and blondes mix too well,

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