Neoga High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Neoga, IL)

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fun. Besides she had the little Hanflands, Charles Jr., Ann, Mary, Jane, Bill, Joe, and Jone to take care of, which gave her and nursemaid Alina Hardwick plenty to do. Next I decided I needed a little entertainment so I thought maybe the woman s boxing contest aboard might be my best bet. 1 he two opponents were JoAnn Manion and Rose Koester. After much prolonged discussion the outcome of this according to the professional judges John Harvey and Bill Moran, was a tie, so nothing gained, noth- ing lost here except maybe the loss of JoAnn s front teeth and the addition of a man-sized bump over Rose’s eye. After that 1 needed to get something to rinse my heart back down out of my throat. I here at my service in the bar was Bartender St hwerdt, offering “one on the house.” This was enough to bowl anyone over as he is still writing “you owe me’s” for the nickel Carolyn Ferris borrowed from him in 1955. While nursing my refresher along, 1 saw chorus girls Johanna Chancellor, Madonna Heilman, Betty Cline among others, perform. They are advertised as the best chorus girls to be seen anywhere nowadays. Then next came a two- man comedy act by Jack Hardesty and Jerry Warner. It might have been funny but it seemed that the only ones that laughed were Jack and Jerry themselves. As I was about to leave I saw Jack Martin walk over to Jim Davee and Kenny Gilmore and point at a fellow that had had a little bit “too much” (shall I say Coke?). The next time I looked up he wasn’t there. I learned that Jack was the manager who has just told the bouncers when to bounce. I looked up and saw Mike Walk coming toward me. Oh, no, not an- other broken foot? Yes, it was. His horse had fallen on it and broke it just as one had done in 1957. He explained that if you only get caught up with every ten years by a female, that isn’t a bad average. Besides he would rather get stepped on by a horse any day than to have to get tied down to one certain woman, even if he had been trying to get Bev Shuemaker to marry him for years. Couldn’t be sour grapes, could it? We then went on to another conversation in which I learned that Carolyn Ferris and Joyce Gilbert are on practically eve 17 magazine cover nowadays. Gouldn t have anything to do with the fact that their husbands, Bill Wilson and Bill Sheehan own the magazine companies, could it? Well, no more old acquaintances were met un- til we arrived at Hawaii. There to meet 1 he Bountiful were Charles Pattin and his harem of women, three of which turned out to be Floella May, Carol Mehl, and Shirley Patrick. Off in the distance I noticed a man staring at Charles Pattin with none too friendly eyes. I saw that it was Dean Miller, and learned that Charles had won his harem away from him in a dishonest pokei game. Well, as 1 proceeded on my way, it struck me that I had met or learned the where-abouts of every member of the class of ’57 and not one of them was doing what I had imagined he’d do at the time he graduated ten years ago. —JUDY HASKETT.