Montrose High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Montrose, MO)

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Senior Class Prophecy June 15, 1965 Dear Diary: Tonight I attended a reunion of the Montrose Seniors of 1955. Their occupations fas- cinate me. Here is a brief sketch of each one: Janice Rotert is still quite an athlete, She has dyed her hair red and is now playing basketball with the Redheads. My biggest surprise was seeing Charles Nold with a beard that is over a foot long, He is going to be Santa Claus in Walt Disney's new movie, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeerf' Jane Schnoebelen is also in Hollywood. She isn't an actress, but you can read her column in Photoplay magazine. That society column she wrote in our school paper was probably her inspiration for a career. Maureen Rotert is a traveling saleswoman for an insurance company. She is doing quite well, too. She drives a Cadillac and has traveled in all the states in the Union. Tom Stout has followed his father's footsteps and is the owner of a large grocery store, His wife and his mother-in-law help him in the store. And Tom gets along nicely with his moths: -in-law, too. . Russell Romdall is the proprietor of a 5,000-acre ranch in Texas. He specializes in raising cows with longer tails. This is very economical as it saves on fly spray. Roger Jurgensmeyer is the editor of a newspaper in Washington D.C. He wrote some good editorials for the Blue Jay, but he now writes top-notch political editorials in his paper,. The Washington Who's- Who, - As expected, John Bellinghausen is a famous college basketball star. He has been in college all of these ten years because he just can't give up playing basketball. Jerry Volmer is a very successful farmer. He has produced a strain of corn with no husks. It saves a lot of work. Raymond Hillerman's TV show is becoming quite well known. He was voted the most popular comedian in show business. Bob Hope and Red Skelton were runner-ups. Elsie Tilling married a rich Texas oil man. They had to cut their vacation in Havana short in order to be present at the reunion. Martha Jane Bellinghausen is the valued secretary to a building contractor in Alaska. lt is so cold there that she has to use antifreeze in her fountain pen and a radiator for a typing desk Two of my classmates chose the same profession. Leonard Goth and Jim Gengler are boxers and they will fight each other in the championship fight this fall. Howard Greufe is the basketball ,coach at M.H.S. now. He is very proud of his team and expects them to win the state tournament next year. He says after he makes enough money, he will build a new gym for the school. 19

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The Seniqf Class History Maureen Rotert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rotert, was born May 10, 1937, at Montrose. Her favorite food is ice cream. Maureen's ambition is to work, Jane Schnoebelen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Schnoebelen, was born August 13, 1937. Her favorite food is pecan pie. Jane's ambition is to join theWACS. Tom Stout, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodville Stout, was born February 27, 1937. He attended school at St. Mary's and M. H. S. He is undecided as to what he will do in the future. Elsie Tilling, daughter of Mr. Joe Tilling, was born April 27, 1937. She attended Maple Grove and went to high school at Montrose. She plans to be a book- keeper. Donna Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Thomas, was born May 12, 1937, Her hobby is playing the piano. She attended Montrose High School all four years. ln the future, Donna plans to be a secretary. Kenneth Vogel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Vogel, was born August 31, 1937. He has a hobby of hunting. Kenneth plans to join the army after graduation. ' - Jerry Volmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Volmerfwas born August 21, 1937. Jerry attended school at Johnstown, Maple Grove, and Montrose High School. He plans to farm in the future. , On September 3, 1951, thirty green Freshmen roamed the halls of Montrose High School to seek further education. Unfortunately, during the first quarter two members of the class quit. We were given a party by the Seniors and later in the year we took them on a skating party. Our class colors were red and white. Our flower was the red rose. Our faculty consisted of Mrs. Johnson, Miss Schmedding, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Daugherty, and Mrs. Griffin. Miss Schmedding and Mrs. Griffin were co-sponsors of our class. We had a part in the school carnival. Carita Bettels and Jim Gengler were ourcandidates for king and queen. We had a wonderful time. Having passed our year as Freshmen, we stumbled back again, being recognized as Sloppy Sophomores. When the roll was called, we were present to answerg but during the year we had the misfortune of losing Gerald Kroll who had enrolled in another school. We had part in several of the school activities. Those serving as our in- structors were Mr. Johnson, Miss Schmedding, and Mr. Callendar. We had a happy and successful year together. We again came to this beloved institution as Jolly Juniors. We considered our- selves lucky having gained a new member, Roger Jurgensmeyerg but unfortunately, we lost Bill Hoover and Boyd Snider during the first semester. Our class colors were dark green and lime green. We gave the play ei1tit1edg One wild Night, with everyone having a job to fulfill. We were thrilled in being privileged to go to St. Louis on our Junior-Senior Trip. Mr. Higgins was ouribus driver and we were sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Miss Schmedding, and Miss Lawson. In the fall of 1954, we again found our way back to M. H. S. We were proud to be called Dignified Seniors. Mrs. Johnson was our sponsor. We sponsored several of the school activities, including Freshman-Senior Party, Halloween Party, Christmas program, and our play. We have yet to choose our robes, and announcements. We are also working hard on our yearbook. We are looking forward to going to Chicago, Illinois on our Junior-Senior Trip. We will be sponsored by Mr. and Mrs, Johnsgnl Now as our parting message, i'lVlay,God Bless You Allf'

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Senior Class Prophecy Mary Katheryn Firsick is a model in New York city. She models girls' baseball suits. Helen Dietz is a WAC stationed somewhere in Texas. She is engaged to a very handsome lieutenant and they are planning a military wedding. Iwas a little surprised to learn that Bob Hueser is a commercial artist. Miss Lawson must have been a good art teacher in high school. David King has been in the Air Force until just recently. Now he is making plans to start his own commercial air line. ' Kenneth Vogel owns a large dairy farm in Missouri, and he also does some experimenting in his own laboratory. He has invented a non-fattening milk shake for overweight people, He thinks it might be a million-dollar project. Ronnie Hake has followed his musical talents and is now playing with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. Carita Bettels is an up-coming young movie actress. With some support in Jane's column, I expect to see her co-starring with Tony Curtis before very long. John Brownsberger is an agent for the FBI. He is very enthusiastic about his newest assignment, but it is secret so he couldn't tell about it. Leave it to Donna Thomas to do something differenti She is an architect--designs lovely mansions for wealthy people. She will leave next week for South America where she will design a home for a coffee manufacturer. Well, Diary, this reunion has been a big help to me in my own career. I think I will write a book about each of my classrnates and then publish thern all together in one big volume entitled 'UTHOSE OUTSTANDING SENIORS OF '55' Goodnight Diary, Mary Jane Browns berger We, the class of 1955, in the town of Montrose, the county of Henry, and the state of Missouri, being in as good mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of no avail any former will or wills that' may have been previously made by us during a period of temporary optimism. And in this manner do wevdispose of our possessions: We give to the J'11I1i01' Class our slightly used typing erasers, that we had so much difficulty keeping. To the Sophomore Class we will our good behavior in study hall, We give to the unsophisticated Freshmen our sense of humor and all our abilities that helped us to complete our high school education. We will to the faculty their natural color of hair in place of .the many gray ones we have caused them. To our superintendent we bequeath our gratitude for her patience given' us these four years. 20