Montezuma High School - Aztec Yearbook (Montezuma, IN)

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v M X is' as W7 Q in , N me W Xx ,oy LOOKING INTO 1962 One cold day in the late fall of the year of l962, Mrs. Charles Norris, the former Miss Beverly Ryan, had a yearning to visit her home town and her old school mates. She decided to go to P a M's, the high school hangout, and whom should she see but Emma Lou Marshall, still jerking sodas. They im ediately started to gossip and gab as in the old days. They talked of themselves first, Beverly telling of her marriage to Charles Norris and of her two children, Kenny and Bobby Mac, named after two former friends. Emma said she was now President of the Soda Jerkers Union. She said she was planning to make a career of it. The conversation then turned to their former school-mates. WDid you know,n said Emma, Nthat Julia Pearman is entering her horse, Pet, in the 1963 Kentucky Derby? She already owns the largest horse farm intzhe state.n WWhat's Rosanna Ash doing?n asked Bev, Wshe and Julia used to be together alot.H HYou mean you haven't read her columns?n asked Emma Lou. nShe's editor of a Lonely Hearts Column, it's in every leading newspaper. I've written to her several times. Her column has certainly helped me.n NI suppose you saw Doris Jean Watts on your way here.U add- ed Emma. nYes, l.mmpped and chatted with her for a while, she certainly has a large ice-cream stand. She says she's planning to be married to Kenny Tyler. What about the rest of the girls?N asked Beverly. nBetty Johns and Bill Crockett are now Mr. and Mrs. Joan Millikan is head nurse at the Army hospital at Fort Houston, Texas, she is engaged to be married.soon.n Nwhat ever became of Patsy Smith?n asked Beverly. nOh, haven't you heard, she is the superintendent of a comptometer school. Bev, you just must see Walt Disneyfs new film because Helen Payton has her newest character cartoons in it.n supplied Emma. Wmary Louise Smith is at last Mrs. Bonner Allee. She also works part time as a secretary at the Farm Bureau in Indiana- polis.' continued Emma Lou. 'You've told me about the girls, now what about the fellows? Surely some of them are still around here.n said Beverly. nJohn Adams is now a Seaman lst Glass in the U. S. Navy, who knows, he might even be an admiral some day. Ed Keller, Ernest Payton, and Carroll Plank own and operate their own Whot rodsu in Jungle Park. As you recall, Jack DeBaun always said hefd be president. Well, he is, President of the Garbage Collectors Union. But he's definitely the best looking president they ever had. Max McGrannahan owns the largest chick- en hatchery in Coloma, he got tired of milking cows.n finished Emma. nYou remember Don Myers, don't you?n asked Beverly. Wwell what is he doing n0W?n nOh,W supplied Emma, nhe runs a florist shop in West Union, with all kinds of little 'Rosies'.W 'And