Neponset High School - Zephyr Yearbook (Neponset, IL)

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SENIOR CLASS It has been ten years since Carol and I left N.H.S. for the great wide world! Since then we have become successful Fuller Brush girls. We were on our way back to Neponset to try to make a few sales to some of our old classmates. We were greeted at the station by Wilbur Bennett, who is now Depot Agent at Ne- ponset. While we were talking to Wil- bur, who should rush in but Elizabeth Golby and Pat Kaine. They were taking a. train for Niagara Falls. Later, we read in the paper about Caryl Verbout, the celebrated organist, playing for the wed- ding. Caryl flew in from her Dude Ranch north of Neponset for the event. We understand that Leslie Girven is her foreman. We decided we had better be getting on with our sales work, and as we had no car, we rented one from Wilbur Dean. Neither one of us knew how to drive, so Wilbur said his wife, the former Patty Norton, would be glad to drive us around provided she could get a baby sitter. She couldn't, so the two little Bennetts went with us. The first place we stopped was Faye Stabler's home. She is now a well-to-do retired mathematics professor. We had a nice visit with Faye and she told us about some of our old classmates. Of course, we knew that Tom Pratt is now President of the United States. La Verne Wood was in Washington painting his portrait. Joyce Stabler is his private sec- retary. We finally left Faye and got on our way again. Our next stop was at Sylvia Swear- ingen's. We were sure we could sell her some brushes because she is a beautician --------THE ZEPHYR PROPHECY now. Her shop is located in the old bank building on Commercial Ave., which she has made into a beautiful home. We knocked on the door and Sylvia an- swered. She invited us in, but we didn't know if we could get in, because of the clutter around the door. Sylvia isn't as neat as she used to be! Glenn Ouart was getting a permanent. We found that Glenn was giving dancing lessons now. and was getting fixed up for a revue that night. Donna Swearingen was starring in it. Harriet Krahn, who was now play- ing in Sammy Kaye's orchestra, had vol- unteered to accompany Glenn's revue While she was home on vacation. We couldn't make any sales at Sy1via's, so we went over to the Texaco Station to get some gas. Imagine our surprise when we found Bonnie Kemerling working there. Just as we were leaving, a big Cadillac pulled up. It was Beverly Gould, who is now married to a young doctor. Her home is in California. Beverly said our friend Ruthie Jury was an English Instructor in a big Beverly Hills High School. Before we could get away a char- tered bus stopped for gas. It was the football team from the University of Illi- nois on their way to Minnesota where they were to play the following day. James Bennett, their head coach, jumped out and talked to us quite a while. When we got on the train the next day on our way to New York Ito the main officel we saw a sailor getting off. It was Chief Petty Officer, Don Crockett, home on a thirty day leave. Well to make a long story short, we didn't get too much accomplished while in Neponset, but we had a wonderful time seeing all our old friends again. This page sponsored by - - Kewanee Bookkeeping and Tax Service, Kewanee, Illinois