Monmouth High School - Eagle Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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Well, 1968 has rolled around. Marlene and I are living on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. A tew weeks ago we decided to visit the United States to see some of the sports events and some of our classmates. We hopped into our little jet and in a little while were in the U.S.A. About noon we reached Hollywood. Of course, we ate at tue Brown Derby. Soon we saw a familiar face with a big white baker's cap on his head. It was Larry Bit- tner, the head chef. He came over and talked to us and assured us everything on the menu was delicious for he had sampled all of it. After Larry treated us, we headed for the airport. We bought a newspaper tc. catch up on the latest news events. The headlines were Beineke Discovers the B-Bomb. Lowell had done it again. Of course we stopped to visit him in Neveda. He was very busy answering all the reporters, so we were soon on our way again. We left our jet with Lowell and bought an old car forthe rest of our journey. Driving through Texas we sawfan enormous oil gusher. Old-timers said it was the greatest they had ever seen. We drove to the nearest ranch house to see who was the owner of the gusher. The butler answered the door and told us a Mr. Bieberich owned it. As we were about to leave, we saw a Cadillac convertible coming up the drive. It was Roger Bieberich! He had on a large ten-gallonhat. He invited us to stay a day and tour his 100,000 acre ranch with many oil wells on it. At the end of our tour, we had a refreshing dip in his swimming pool. Our conclusion: Roger is swim- ming in oil, money and a big ten-gallon hat. Our auto clunked out in Missouri. Luckily, we were near an auto repair shop, the While In, We Fix It. Bob Weiland, the owner got out his tow truck and pulled us in. He soon had it fixed, and we headed for the Kentucky Derby. Here we found Gail Ham- mond. Of course, Gail was always a great lover of horses, so we weren't surprised to hear she had one of her thoroughbreds, Hutch, entered. After the race Gail told us that Grace Fuhrman was head nurse at Parkview Hospital. Saying good-by to Gail we crossed the Kentucky-Indiana line. We hadn't been in Indiana long when our car gave out. Seeing a used car dealer, we decided to buy a different one. Dale and Keith Brandt helped us pick out our car and then informed us that Larry DeLong and Charles Elzy had built the Olympic Stadium in Monmouth. es, the Olympics were being held in good old Monmouth. On our way to see the Olympics, we stopped in Indianapolis to see Don Menter. Don was manufactur- ing reclining desks for schools to lessen the strain on students in boring classes. We

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K I, Kathleen Fleming, bequeath my great weakness for Hoagland guys and SLS Fords to Kay Bulte- I meyer and my shortness to Ruth Selking. I I, Dale Fuelling, bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Harold Schieferstein and my per- I fect attendance to Jerry Osborn. I, Grace Fuhrman, bequeath my short hair to someone longhaired and my place in the band to Butch Myers. I, Gery Girod, bequeath my height to Richard Brandt and my orneriness to Ronald Bulmahn. I, Janet Grandstafi, bequeath to Marilyn Reinking the fun of being cheerleader when a Senior and my M J natural curly hair to Margaret Boerger. I I, Joan Halberstadt, bequeath all my love and affection to a certain Marine and my ability to be a 1 cheerleader, while a Freshman, to Linda Hirschy. I I, Gail Hammond, bequeath my pony tail to Jeanett Fuelling and my ability to get along with teachers Q f to Larry Walchle. . Q I, Monty Heller, bequeath my pole vaulting ability to Leonard Schmiege, and my ability to high 5 jump to Jim Fuhrman. J I, Roger Heller, bequeath my last name to Karen Schaefer and my motorcycle, A-l condition, to A J Herman Witte. I I, Robert Hildebrand, bequeath my ability to run cross-cotuitry to Dick Brandt and my ability to soap windows to Jim McDougall. I, Helen Irwin, bequeath my ability to stay out of trouble in studyhall at the most convenient times to Sue Miller and Delores Rodenbeck. I, Richard Lewton, bequeath my crewcut to Raymond Uhrich and my ability to play ping pong to Carl 1 Miller. I D D - I, John Myers, bequeath my pole vaulting ability to Henry Gallmeyer and my strength to Ronald Selk- I, Byron Linker, bequeath my nickname Liberace to Beverly Stevens and my ability to work in the . kitchen to Henry Gallmeyer I, Ramond McDouOall, bequeath my ability to work in the cage to Weldon Schaefer and my ability to behave in class to Dennis Schuller I, Patrica lvlcCafrg, bequeath my Plymouth to Joyce Kirchner and my job at the Dinnerbell to De lores Rodenbeck I, Donald Menter bequeath my Ford to Harold Weidler and my pole vaulting ability to Danny Bie berich ing I Karen Schaefer bequeath all my love and affection to Roger Heller and my ability to be going steady with a Monmouth guy in my Senior year to Carla Snyder I Robert Weiland bequeath my ability to keep a car on the road to Judy Goldner and my slim figure to Jean Kolter

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also leamed that Ron Bittner was a successful lawyer prominent in dog fight cases. We talked to Ron who was a candidate for dog catcher of Indianapolis. He said that George Bleeke had toured the Amazon Jungle to get away from the hectic job of cam- paign manager for him. George had been captured by a tribe of natives and he made such a hir with them he was now their chief. Monty Heller was in Mexico drawing great crowds with his spine-tingling act of bull fighting. W e left Indianapolis and arrived in Decatur. We stopped to visit Kathleen Fleming, who is now the wife of the owner of Earth Incorporated. That evening we reclined in Kathy's comfortable living room and watched television. On the news we heard that Dale Fuelling and Gery Girod had won the salesman's award for this year. Later the wrestling matches started and the great wrestler Ken Eagle , our former classmate Ken ny Bieberich, was wrestling the Mighty Atlas. The president of the network, Leland Bienz, was sitting at ringside, Kathy told us Janet Grandstaff was in Paris getting fash- ions for the magazine Vogue. The next day Kathy, Marlene, and I went to the Olympics. Bob Hildebrand was headlining the events for that day. By winning his main event, he won a gold medal for the USA. While driving down Highway 27, we passed two fields, one having Republican nominee posters and the other one Democratic nominee posters. The fields belonged to Bob Andrews and Dick Lewton, respectively. After taking Kathy home we stopped to see Karen and Roger Heller. Roger was now a pilot of a jet transport. Karen told us Joan Halberstadt was a successful model in New York and that Pat McCagg was still with the SPARS, Helen Irwin, of course, was married to Rex. While passing through Ft. Wayne on our way to Chicago, we stopped to see Ray McDougall, who was the owner of a factory manufacturing mice for cats. He said Ed Bultemeyer was second baseman for the Milwaukee Braves. In Chicago we saw Ed play and he told us he was leaving the next day for Atlantic City to see the Miss America contest in which John Myers was a judge. Byron Linker was also a judge. He had been famous for the Butterfly hair style for women. We went to Nevada to get our jet which we left with Lowell. Soon we were heading over the blue Pacific back to Hawaii. It had been a wonderful trip seeing all our class- mates again.