Metropolis High School - Illohmet Yearbook (Metropolis, IL)

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LINDA Wl 1 I S (.ARY DON WILKINS Within lilts a generous mi l understanding soul. IllKMCI WILLIAMS After nil W'illimiis is not an unusual name—wh i not change it? More oi er Edison; here roines Wilkins. RICI IA R D Will IA MS A basket ball man?—an athlete yes. Does be like women? Well, yon ran guess.’’ DARLA WOODWARD She is lefini ely a favorite-—’cause she’s our high school drum majorette.’’ DIANNE YATES If a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her.” JOHN WORTHEN Mischief, thou are afoot.” CINDERELLA YOUNG Sing out the praises of the world.”

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KAROL STOKES A smile all thr white. ROW II STOKES Why worry? It's too late iiirtiiuy; or, is it early? PATRICIA TANNER A lire wire that crackles with mischief ANN TROVII LION Ann Trorillion—one in a trillion!” LINDA TURNER Where oh where has little lohnny, I ini my, or hobby y,one?” GARY VICKERS I could, 1 presume be called, Isaac, but I much prefer Cary.” ARCHIE VAN METER There are explosives. 1 should know.” JANICE WELLS Of still and serious thoughts.”

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Qrnon Cfiflss Prtopliecy Kenneth Bear, president of MBC asked that we cover the national election in this tear of 19s2. it was a particular honor because the Governor of Illinois, Robert I.. Anderson, an old classmate, is running tor President of the United States, lo show our loyalty and affection for Governor Anderson, the entire class of ’61 decided to come back to Metropolis, to hold a giant rally ansi vote for their favorite candidate. To get the rcaI flavor of the affair we came a day early to reminisce wit h old friends, and find out what they had been doing during the twenty-one years since we parted. We were met at the airport by Senator Frank Shelton, who is campaigning for re-election on the Do-Nothing ticket. Senator Shelton informed us that if elected. Governor Anderson would choose Mr. Hartzel Black as Secretary of Agriculture and that Fred Schmidt and Judy Loyd would be his assistants. Court was in session in Metropolis, and we wandered in to find the law firm of Lange, Lange Larrison handling the cases of Judy Moore versus hair-dye expert, Linda Turner. It seems that Miss Moore wanted her natural blonde hair back. Strolling down the street, we found Vicky Ashby, Charles Cagle, Carolyn Hille, Melvin Williams, Linda Sherman and Jack Smith practicing the Twist” at the Darla Woodward Dance Studio. Miss Woodward is just recovering from a nearly fatal wreck in her new white Corvette, but when we asked about our dear friend, Gary Wilkins, she told me that the last time she had seen the business tycoon he was chasing his private secretary, Germaine Metzger, around his desk. On the street we met New York playboy, Don Elkins, and Las Vegas gambling casino owner, Jim Loser” Kilbreth, arguing politics. Jim as usual was surrounded by his beautiful show girls—Janice Kilgore, Carol Richardson, Bernice Williams, Bonnie Davis, Janet Faughn and Judy Anglin. We went back to the airport to greet a plane load of well known personalities. Galloping down the gangplank on a herd of birds—we think they were ostriches—were Brigadier General Archie Van Meter of the aid Infantry of the Bengal Lancers and his officers, Gary Vickers, Jim Wallace and William Douglas. Michael (Tarzan) Hard, Vera Mac (Jane) Pauli and Dennis (Boy) Reiggcr, arrived in triumph after their latest movie, Back In I he Jungle. Making the trip with them was Mike Jennings, who camel raced out of Egypt. At the first sound of bongo drums we knew an old friend, Barbara Bryant, had been able to make the trip. Barby is still singing in a small cafe in Greenwich Village, a hobby left over from college days. A rare art collector, multimillionaire Jack Dennis, had just purchased one of her paintings called Flyspeck In A Snotvstorni.” We learned at the airport that a few' classmates would not be here for the election. Bob Brewxr, whose name will live forever in the world of science, had been the first man into space fifteen years ago Unfortunately at that time they had not yet devised a way to get him down. Donna Carman had entered a convent right after graduation from college and vowed never to leave it. Due to a Mau Mau uprising. Missionary Doctor, Danny Starks, and his dedicated nurse, Patti Tanner, decided not to leave their village hospital in Africa. It seems the last time anyone saw John Worthcn, he was leading North to Alaska. Strangest of all, we discovered that Preston and Raymond Giltner are still investigating voting activities in Cook County for the election of 1960. It has been said that Raymond w'as overheard muttering something about a recount. Jean Clark, who runs the town’s hired escort service, employs some familiar faces, Darrell Roberts, Phillip Hirtzer, Allen Blankenship and Gerald Searles. They told us more about some of our classmates. Sharon Parker, Frances Patterson, Carol Flannigan and Janice Wells are happily married as we thought they w'ould be. Dianne Yates, construe-