Minden High School - Log Yearbook (Mindenmines, MO)

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7he Ickf, '3$ twelve years. Dorothy Palmer is now a professor in the State Teachers College at Emporia. She is teaching shorthand, and enjoys it very much. I realized when she accepted her first teaching position in 1939 that some day Dorothy would accomplish much in the field of teaching Lucy B xt:?.3.0t D9 after attending the University of California for two years, accepted' a position in Newman's Department store. Good work was rewarded by promotions until at the present time she is manager of Newman's store in Los Angeles. Cosma Thomas is stenographer for the president of tho Ro'k Island Railroad Company. She attended business college in Kansas City after graduating from ‘high school, and is now stenographer for an old classmate Cecil Gregg. Cecil has done very well for himself, being president of such a large railroad company. Also working for Cecil, is our old stcncilor Blaino Lesley. Ho is chief electrical engineer. Elaine learned his trade at Rolla School of Minos, where he began his college life in September, 1938. Evidently Dora Eastop still likes the moonlight at least she likes to bo nearer it than the surface of the earth. She is an air hostess on one of the large transport balloons owned and operated by Polston, Inc. Chief mechanic on the balloons is LaVelle McCool. He and Mildred are happily married and live in Kansas City whore the offices of the Polston Balloon Lines are locatod. Yes, Francis chose piloting as his life's v ork, not a farmer as so many thought he would. He was not satisfied with learning to drive a plane; so v hen transport balloons first began to be widely used, he learned the art of operating one. Mow he owns the largest transcontinental balloon line of tho world. Since becoming such a noted man, Francis has not had to work much and has allowed himself to acquire that middle age fat as ho calls it. However a great dietician convinced him that he merely needed to watch his diet a bit closer. This great dietician was none other than our coal queen, Sibyl George. Sibyl had quite a time deciding what she wanted to do in the way of something great. After attending business collogo a year in Pittsburg, Kansas, and working a year as stenographer in an offico there she decided to become working at the Mayo Brothers' A frequent visitor to this Queen, RcVay Ruddoll. I know a dietician. Hospital, hospital is the you .. . o hoard N ow she i 3 Songbird her 3ing over radio. She has become quite a noted charity

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7he lof '3? worker too, singing for patients. I or malizo why people who are ill would want hoi to sin , for them; she would be more good to mu than any mrdioino if I wore ill Mary Dogarii,. Fern Lehman, Mae Foas.'.oj, Kathryn Dial, Nadine Dainty, and Elisabeth Hamilton----------all of those girls are married. However, all of the:., had a beginning, at least, before ottering into that groat field of na trim on - -ary p. od o rof c ss i o r.a?. basko t bal i for several years before’her marriage; Fern Lehman taught school in Lamar six years; Mao and Kathryn both were stenographers for several years- Thoy married twin brothers. Nadine was in nurses training two years and Elizabeth attended business college one and a half years. They maniod men who were in the J. S. Army. George Rouse wont to school in Ft. Scott Junior College two years, then to Missouri U. He is now football coach at the University of California. California, too. r; the minister of r noieco. - r hones a year 1 • o ,va r d. at id M y r on the Colorado River. :.i n set iled d wn arriod sisters and is ..lid 111 Another member of our class Linn Crockett became a minister the largest Methodist church in 3 After aiding in the farming at after graduation, Ulydo ..vive, A:. Smith decided to try to : ire gold They were unsuccessful, In waver, to farming. I might acid that th their farms join. Donald Pike is a general in tno big man there in spite f his size, on the army sc iad sevorc. 1 y it seems tii.t members of some way, and the chief Leist, Adolf English, Tom Snoad and Ralph Mchoc quadruplets and bought a ranch in Arizona. Adolf and Tom manage the ranch and Ralph is the cf• They say they got a.l nr fine except for m ■J ■- 6 To class £ ,. a • - • . To ole r. - ■ . ■ J « -.y arriage- i.e’3 a f ootball together : r: . r id •j rriod an . • • a a . c k. :• o occas- ien l mix-up of their wives. It’s never serious thour. for each lady knows her husband. And now for the ”Three Musketeers” the others, have stayed t . .or but riage. Alice Bee, ’.Vanita, and I took chain of newspapers after attending college and having five years of experience in wo, % r% X .. J v over , 1 T Wo all have our doctor's degrees rv A- ice Lr.rli sh O 1 X like some f through . r.ir.r-the Hoarst four y • , the business hov o ;or? d I have ct. world. Wanita has hers in commerce, mine in Home Economics. Wo though, and hope to be greater This tells you what each stur... of 1937-1938 is doing. I know ; : of the success each of the:.: L i . And now, with bust regards tw .. Margaret Ellen, I am. Still a student Frances Beauc i j i

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 Ike J.acf, '3% — New York City May 31, 1950 Dear Mr. Taylor: Just before graduation I promised I would write you after the reunion of the class of '38 and tell you what each student (if I nay still use that term) and teacher was doing First let me congratulate you upon your recent promotion as State Superintendent of schools in New York. I'm sure the state will consider you a great asset. Every student'1 attended the reunion, and we enjoyed very much, visiting our Alnip Water, even though it has changed almost beyond recognition. You were very correct in telling us that some day the section around Mindonmines would have oil wells and deep mines. It is a very prosperous city and has grown immensely. We received a hearty welcome from the mayor, Mr. Joe Murphy. Of course, the first place v c all wanted to go was to the school building. You can imagine our surprise to find that the members of the faculty were practically the same as in '38. Many new additions were made, but those holding the highest rank wore the ones who were teaching when we graduated. The Board of Education had tried a new plan in 1940 and were very pleased with it. They hired Margaret Lawrence as the first lady superintendent of the school and were so pleased with her that she still rdigns supreme. Mr. Goodhall resigned in '43 and is now leading a quiet life on Fifth Avenue, Minden-minos. Mr. Wheat took his place; );}rs Y ingo is the Doan of Women; and Mr. Clements is the school minister. 'Tie always said when he got old he was going to be a preacher, and he has proved to be a very good one. Miss ..Summers is head of journalism end commerce. Miss Mackic is head of the music department and has been very successful in establishing a very good G. R. Organization in Missouri. The supervisors of the grades wore thoso teach ers who were teaching there in '38. That gives you some idea of how successful our faculty has been; now I'll try to give you somo idea of what each student ic doing. I am very proud to say that each member of the '38 has been very successful and happy tnroughoi