New Bloomfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (New Bloomfield, MO)

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Class Prophecies We the Senior Class of 1967 do imagine in the year 2,000 the following: Jerry Allen is presently a basketball coach of the famous girls' team, the Parakeets, with their star player, Polly. Mike Backer has recently promoted himself as president of his new potatochip plant in Hawaii. Gary Barnard is now presently owner of a truckline in South Dakota hauling white feath- ers for a pillow factory. Larry Bedsworth is now Executive Manager of Fort Knox. Joint Bilyeu is now a stunt driver starring in My Mother, the Car. Verna Birch has just signed a contract with the Supremes. Her first record is entitled, I Never Did Name That Song, Did I? Robert Brown is playing centerfield with the Dixie Nationals with his wife Nancy, as umpire. Ruby Branch was promoted to manager of a Dairy Castle after inventing her new sand- wich, the Rubyburger. ” Evelyn Criswell is married and teaching her three children to be hot-rod drivers at the Thomas Speedway West of New Bloomfield. Lyman Frank is presently flying his B-52 scouting for a little old lady. (Remember English Class, Lyman ?) Nancy Gardner is now head of the Women’s Armed Forces wearing MINI skirts and GO-GO” boots. Helen Hewitt is now an undercover agent for the Bloomfield Bloomers Club. Gary Holland is now Commander of the U. S. S. Rowboat and will be docking in Moose Jaw, Alaska, next week. Kathy Jenkins is now a pharmacist selling her New Man-Catching Formula in her newly opened drugstore. Mike Kelly is now starring with Andy Griffith, taking Bamy Fife's place. JoAnn Laurie has just made her second mil- lion from her 10 oil wells in Texas. She is also raising dinosaurs for Sinclair stations in her spare time. Pat Maupin is now touring the United States replacing light bulbs in TV towers while her husband, Stan, holds the ladder. (Hold the ladder steady, Stanley!) Sam Priest is a cook in the Army and serv- ing his famous dish, Chopped Gooey. Janice Siegel is presently a bubble dancer at the Guthrie Soap Opera. Louise Sundermeyer is presently a nurse co-starring with Dr. Steve Hardy in the General Hospital series. Sam Tim brook has received his teaching degree from Bolivar ami is instructing the latest singing group, the Brooks, which are his children. (There’s Current, Whirlpool, Swift, Muddy, and Ripple.) Rita Whitney was recently named the first woman to win the Green Beret. (Back at home her Imbby waits.) Richard Wylde is now living on a 1,000 acre farm in Australia and taming his Wylde chickens. 23

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MOST LIKELY to SUCCEED Mike Kelly Evelyn Criswell BEST ATHLETES Jerry Alien Kathy Jenkins Senior Poll MOST STUDIOUS Louise Sundermeyer Sam Timbrook CLASS CLOWNS Lyman Frank Verna Birch BEST PERSONALITIES Ruby Branch Gary Barnard BEST DRESSED Helen Hewitt Mike Backer BEST DRIVERS Rita Whitney Gary Holland MOST LOVESICK Richard Wylde Jo Ann Laurie

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Senior Play THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR The Cast Helen O'Neill................Helen Hewitt Will Crosby ............................ Bob Brown Mrs. Crosby ................ Evelyn Criswell Roscoe Crosby ............... Mike Backer Edward Wales ................ Sam Timbrook Mary Eastwood ........ Louise Sundermeyer Elizabeth Erskine ...........Kathy Jenkins Madame LaGrange .............Rita Whitney Sergeant Dunn....... Helen Trent............................ pat Maupin Braddish Trent................Gary Holland Howard Standish.......... Larry Bedsworth Philip Mason.................Lyman Frank Pollock............................... John Bilyeu Tim Donolme......................... Jerry’ Allen Grace Statulish ..............Janice Siegel Doolan....................... Gary Barnard ... Riclmrd Wylde