Melbourne High School - Mel Hi Yearbook (Melbourne, FL)

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I arrived at the new depot, designed by BRYANT ROBERTS and constructed by CHARLES LITTLE. My old friend, DOT SPENCER, the socialite of Melbourne, arrived in her Caddy and dragged me to one of her afternoon cocktail parties. As I arrived, PAT HINES, the maid, took my coat. From the moment I walked in, it seemed like a class reunion. SHIRLEY NICHOLS was asking SUZANNE JOURDAN what she thought about their jobs since the new dial system was introduced when I met . . . NORMAN: Hello, JO ANN. It's good to see you. Jo ANN: wen, hi, NORMAN. NORMAN: What's this about you being Miss Ma- jorette of America? JO ANN: Why, yes. In fact, right now I'm head- ing for the Interlochen, Michigan, National Music Camp. What are you doing here? NORMAN: Oh, I'm down here on a special case. You remember HENRY SCHROEDER, the multi- millionaire? JO ANN: Why, yes. NORMAN: Well, his dog developed an acute case of indigestion from eating too much caviar and I had to treat it. JO ANN: What's your old friend, DICK HAMP- TON, doing these days? NORMAN: Oh, havenit you heard? He's a famous jet ace now, and that reminds me of DAVID TOLLY who is also a famous pilot. Say, have you seen BETTY ANN JURGENS lately? JO ANN: Why, yes. She and SHAREE LEIK- VOLD are modeling in Chicago and doing very well for themselves. NORMAN, isn't that MAR- CELEEN RODES over there talking to SHERYL REYNOLDS? NORMAN: Yes, SHERYL is swimming in the National Olympics. JO ANN: MARCELEEN is singing with CHOLLY LEECH's Dixieland Band. Speaking of music, EARL HOPKINS is a pianist and is now appearing at the Waldorf. ' NORMAN: Did you follow the championship basketball tournament on television last week? JO ANN: Yes, and wasn't BILL ARCHER good? Boy, he really kept that bench warm. Did you see DICKIE HOWE run out there at breaks with that pail of ice cold, clear, cool, water? Well, I've got to be going now, it's almost time for my train. NORMAN: It's almost time for my train, too. Are you catching the 6:20? JO ANN: Yes, and DOT's chauffeur, BILLY MILLER, is driving me to the station. We can ride down together. NORMAN: Here it is. Save me a seat, JO ANN: I'll be on as soon as I take care of our luggage. There. You know who I expected to see in Melbourne? BILL MORRISON. JO ANN: No, he's an electronic expert in New Orleans. NORMAN: Well, who's taking over Radiation then? JO ANN: Oh, thatis DAVID LINDSAY. NORMAN: Speaking of Radiation, BENNY KOS- KE is the head Eirechief of the plant, and BARBARA ENOCH is DAVID's private secretary. JO ANN: TOM WOFFORD is head of the draft- ing department and among other people under him is JOYCE GOODWIN, his private secretary. NORMAN: Boy! This train is really fast. We're in Washington already. We've got a couple of hours g let's see the sights. JO ANN: This station surely is crowded. Let's get on that sightseeing bus over there. NORMAN: This is one of DON WARD's sight- seeing buses. He has a whole fleet of them around Washington. Hurry and get on, JO ANN, or we won't get a seat. JO ANN: I'l1 bet we see a lot of our old friends working around the Capitol. NORMAN: Let's go and watch Congress in action.

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timpani to Sharla Reynolds. I, Ruth Terry, will my heart to James Michael Pat- rick Carney. I, Alysa Tibbetts, will my Billy to Ellen, for she wants him badly. I, Marie Tillis, will my shorthand pad and typing book to Pat McPherson. I, J. Wm. Tippie, will my ability to keep the clocks and bell messed up to Allen Womack. I, Bill Turner, will my yankee accent to Tom Weber. I, james Underhill, will my car? to Loris and Deloris Snow, so that they will have a ride to school next year. I, Fred Van Lengen, Jr., will my part of the south to any ---- yankee who will keep the money green. I, Bob Walker, will my bloody and torn gym suit to G.W. Fortune. I, Don Ward, will my ability to drive a school bus and have wrecks to Andy Walshaw. I, Fran Wharton, will my yelling ability at football and basketball games to Alice Bottomley. I, Shan Williams, will The Freeze to joan Sparr. I, Mike Willis, will all my fishing tackle and equip- ment to Jean Farnham. I, Elsie Wisniewski, will good luck and lots of dates to Carroll McCool. I, Tom Wofford, will my love for teachers to Mack Spencer. I, Judy Woodling, will my good personality and looks, my ability to get along with all my teachers, never cut, skip, or miss classes, and pass all my classes with flying colors to Millie Braddock, and do hereby hope it is used to the fullest extent. I, Elizabeth Wyatt, will my piled-up books and pa- pers to anyone strong enough to carry all of them. I, Nancy Yockel, will my ability to play basketball Qwhat ability I havej to Sandy Threlkeld and jo- anne Van Brunt. I, Victoria Van Ostran, will my ability to put a zipper in upside down three times to Betty Wagner. I, Evelyn Sweeney, will my ability to think up ex- cuses for being late to my sister, Carol. We three, Sue Brewer, Linda Kirk, and Fran Whar- ton, leave it to the Marines. We, Ann Brittain and Miriam Hamric, will the abil- ity to manage the Green and White without going completely insane to Connie Somerville. We, the seniors of the Science Research class, happily will Don Meginley to Ray Kallgren for the benefit of society. We, jim Abney, Fred Bogle, and Norman Kimmey, being temporarily insane due to present conditions, and with hopes of future recovery, do hereby leave! CLASS PROPHECY Time: 2:55 Phzre: Miami De.ftina1fi0n.' Interlochen, Michigan, National Music Camp JO ANN: As I boarded the East Coast Champion and was about to give the baggage to the porter, I hesitated and looked at him in bewilderment. I know I've seen that face somewhere, I said to my- self, and I started thinking about where I'd seen him. High School! FRED BOGLE, from my dear old Melbourne High School. As I found my seat on the train, my mind was full of memories of my high school days. It seemed like only yesterday that we were all close friends at M. I-I. S., and now I imagine we are scattered all over the world. For instance, MARY ANNE MCCARTHY is a professor at the University of Melbourne Where she and BILL TIP- PIE are enlarging their computer. In the last letter I received from MARY ANNE, I learned that SUE BREWER was getting married for the fifth time, in one of Melbourne's biggest weddings. I understood on her guest list was WALLY BECHT, the beautiful model from California, PAT MILLER, M. G. M.'s foremost understudyg LARRY BURGESS, president of Burgess Batteries, and MIKE GALLANT, Mayor of Palm Bay. I surely wanted to see the wedding but I had only an hour layover in Melbourne. I began to feel hungry so I headed for the diner, and while passing through the lounge I heard a deep voice, and there was CHARLIE NUTTING, behind the bar mixing drinks. I walked over and after talking with CHARLIE for a while, I found out that BILL TURN- ER, after six years, had finally worked his way up to Chief Petty Officer in the Navy. Another of CHARLIE'S friends, FRED VAN LENGEN, is now manager of the Brevard Drive-In. After hearing about CHARLES STRICKLAND'S noted racing abilities at the Brevard Speedway, I proceeded to the diner. As I was finishing my meal, I heard the porter call out, Next stop, Melbourne.

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JO ANN: O.K. Look down there: isn't that ED- DIE LAIBL? NORMAN: Yes, he's a Senator from Florida. Did you know that CECIL PLATT is a State Representa- tive from Florida? Thereis LOIS HARTER over there, carrying a big stack of papers. JO ANN: She must be one of the stenographers. I told JUDY we would meet her in front of the Capitol and it's almost time now, so let's hurry. Well, hi, JUDY. JUDY: Hello, JO ANN. NORMAN! What are you doing here? NORMAN: I have an operation scheduled in Michigan, so I've decided to go on up to Interlochen and see my old friend JIM ABNEY with JO ANN. JO ANN: Do you like being a journalist, JUDY? JUDY: I love it. It's lots of fun getting all the big scoops before the rest of the world does. Just this morning I heard that BARNEY FOX, an ambassador to France, talked the French Premier into changing the national drink from wine, in order to get rid of our surplus, to American moonshine. And did you know that BILLY STROUD is really in demand for his accounting ability? After the way he flur1ked math, you would never believe it. NORMAN: Have you heard about any more of our old classmates recently? JUDY: Why, yes, I covered a National Nurses' Convention here last week and I surely was surprised to see so many girls from Melbourne. ANN BRIT- TAIN is a surgical nurse now, and PAT BRONSON is working with Doctor LEE GARDENOUR, CAR- OLYN GANDEE is a pediatrician and MIRIAM HAMRIC is a dietitian. Some of the other girls were BEVERLY I-IARNISH, now an assistant to Chiro- practor RICHARD FISHER, and SALLY DORSEY, a laboratory technician. JO ANN: NORMAN, we had better catch our train. JUDY: I was assigned to cover the convention but I wasnit planning on leaving until tomorrow. NORMAN: Why don't you go with us today? We can talk over old times on the train. JUDY: All right, that would be fun. Iill get my things and meet you at the station. LATER ON THE TRAIN . . . JUDY: It sture is great being all together again. It's just like old times. NORMAN: It surely is. JUDY: Oh! I almost forgot to tell you. Did you know that GLEN DORSEY is a prominent elec- tronic engineer here in Washington? Also assisting him is SUE SPARKS. NORMAN, is there anyone from our class in New York now? NORMAN: Yes, NANCY ADAMS is a .general math teacher at Public School No. 56. Also, BETTY BONACCI is an accountant at Macy's Bargain Base- ment. I guess you girls have seen some of the pictures in the latest magazines of BARNEY CORBIN, who is a chief model for Esquire. JO ANN: IRENE CRERAR is a critic at Carnegie Hall, and currently appearing there is JOHNNY SIMMONS with his drums and JIM UNDERHILL with his cornet in the Symphonic Orchestra. JUDY: On my recent Visit to California, I covered the annual Magazine Publishers' Convention. NORMAN: Aren't you one of the publishers for Mad magazine, JUDY? W JUDY: Yes, but getting back to the convention, I saw GARRETT OSBORNE, a writer for Playboy, and RICHARD PAVICK, a big newspaper editor. I walked into Cirois and who should serve me but ROSEMARY PATANELLA. I stayed in the Sleep Easy Hotel, where they had all rooms equipped with Sealy mattresses. What a night's sleep I had. NORMAN: Speaking of Sealymattresses, did you know that DON NORMAN demonstrates Sealy at the home office in New York? JUDY: No, but in the morning, before I left the hotel, I rang to have my bags taken downstairs and the bellhop turned out to be BARRY OLSON.