Mead Public School - Raider Yearbook (Mead, NE)

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Again tha graat ahip comes In for a landing. Crossing over an opan stretch of heach tha aachina rolls to a stop, in front of the life guard's stand. The Ufa guard coaas forward and Joins tha craw of tha rockst. As tha othar craw neabers velcoae Darlene Pi sher, tha rocket is prepared for tha next lag of tha Journey. Tha Class of 48 is now heading west over Texas. Tha aachina coaas in for a land- ing at Del Bio. Tha crew alight and head for the local broadcasting station. Upon en- tering tha station they hear tha local Texas Mary singing. Upon further investigation they discorer that tha singer la Genevieve Barg. After loading their new craw member, tha craw of tha rocket coae aboard for their flight to California. Tha great ship soars into sky and is soon passing over tha Bocky Mountains. Tha machine settles in a valley. Tha whole area seams to be closed in by high fences, but finally Captain Bodsek la able to find enough opan space for a landing. Tha plana has hardly rolled to a stop whan a bearded scientist and his laboratory technician rush forward and demand that they laare immediately. Be explains that this is government property and they are carrying on secret experiments. Tha craw are almost ready to leave when they suddenly realise that it is Tom Cajka and lone Velsen who have been talking to them. The two new crew members coae aboard and as the guards wave for them to get moving the Class of 48 moves off and up into the blue. The roar of the motors becomes a steady drone as the machine crosses the tip of Southern California and heads out to sea. The rocket is now over the vast Pacific Ocean, heading southwest towards the tiny island of Taongi. The minute speck on the distant horlson, begins to enlarge and soon they can make out a stretch of sand-covered beach, large enough for a runway. The rocket glides in for a landing. An instant after the machine has stopped rolling many curious natives coae out of the underbrush. They seem a friendly lot and one of them comes forward and says, The great white Doctor will coae to see them soon. He has no sooner spoken, when a tall man comes forward and is instantly recognized by the crew as Efcrrell Smith. The plane again rises and this time heads back from where it came-America. The ship is again over California and is soon crossing Yevada and Utah. It begins to slacken its pace over Colorado, and comes in for a landing on a wheat field. The ship bumps to a stop over the rough ground and the crew alights to stretch their legs after the flight. They have barely time to alight before the owner of the wheat farm comes up to them. And again the crew are able to welcome aboard a new member, Burnell Bcklund. The roeket rises into the sky, but this time the flight is very short. Over tyoalng the plane lands on a big cattle ranch. The big ship rolls to a stop and the hatch is opened. Across the plain the crew see a horseman galloping towards them and Vayne Johnson is welcomed aboard. Mr. Bodsek calls the roll and finds that all of the Class of 48 are present. The great ship roars into the sky and heads for its old home port, Mead High School.