Meredosia Chambersburg High School - Chief Yearbook (Meredosia, IL)

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We left the Tea Shoppe and stopped at the bank so 1 could cash a check. Mr. Crum said he was delighted to meet me, and to tell you the truth I was duly impressed by his 8-button cutaway. He said it vaguely reminded him of the new look that women talked about while he was a Senior. At that time he was outspoken against it, but time changes everything, and besides Jackie secretly tells his tailor what he should wear. We used the television phone to call Charlie Arnold in Springfield, where he and Patty are a happily married couple--l6 years is something of a record, now or anytime. The firm of Arnold tc Co. is the biggest furrier in the state— Bunnies were always his hobby anyway, Mr. Crum informed me. Mr. Arnold's daughters have the most beautiful fur coats that bunnies can produce. Patty showed us a beautiful specimen over the television set. Charlene Hammond-Fricke, famous woman-photographer, was at the farm that very moment photographing the little darlings (bunnies) for a magazine owned by hubby Tom. Charlene who has traveled extensively, spoke to us from one of the hutches. She hasn't aged one bit, Rowland and Pinky said. Our next call was to D. A. Garrison, the noted criminal lawyer, in New York. The butler said that neither the master nor Mrs. Garrison (the former Marlene Miller) were in. Mr. Garrison was busy with a famous case pertaining to the non compos mentis of a former school teacher of his. Little Donnie interrupted the conversation to say that Dad always was smarter than some of his teachers, and would get this one off with 15 years-to-life. Mrs. Anna Workman Plunkett, English teacher at University of Georgia, was due in New York at that very moment to testify for her colleague. She is flying her 10-passenger heliocopter. That makes a nice family size copter for—Annie, Walter and the 8 little Plunketts, namely. Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, (2 sets of twins). Preposition, Adjective, Conjunction, and Interjection. We relunctantly hung up on that bit of news and visa-phoned Hollywood where we called the set of “Hard-Hearted Hallie’’ which will star that famous singing and dancing team of Pat Mayes and Alleane Berghaus. Both of these beloved stars of stage and screen are happily married, (Alleane having acquired her fifth husband just recently, and Pat, to be different has stuck to the same one). Across the street at M-G-M studios, opera-singer Rose Steinberg was practicing her scales for her forthcoming picture. Bernita Hoffmeier had agreed to accompany Miss Steinberg (merely her stage name, married name a secret). Theatre audiences would get a treat with these two accomplished artists appearing together.

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Norma June Floyd was flitting back and forth between the sets, fran- tically trying to make sure that the tiniest curl was in place. Her assistants followed her faithfully to do the actual work, of course. The stars who can afford the Floyd coiffures are indeed lucky. A young man interrupted us at the bank to say that Miss Ruyle would like to see about the $20,000 loan on the addition to her animal hospital. Mr. Crum hurriedly excused himself to take care of his important client, stating that everyone in this section of the state knows Miss Ruyle’s reputation as a Veterinarian. By this time “Pinky was sound asleep, and while I was wondering what to do about him, I turned on the radio to hear my favorite sports announcer, Gail Staake. Gail gained international fame as a professional sports exhibitionist during World War III, and now everyone listens to “Staake’s Forecast of Sports. My problem of what to do was solved by Shirley's calling to ask Pinky to come to the store immediately. A letter had just arrived asking for a donation to Dr. Leland McAllister’s clinic. Yes, Avalee had had such a great influence on him that now he was a famous tibia surgeon, and his clinic at Pisgah was profitable enough to more than care for their cosy vine-covered cottage. I had seen the clinic but didn’t connect the famous Dr. McAllister with it. It was getting late by now, and tomorrow would be another school day for me, so I bought a few groceries, thanked my host, and said goodbye.