Nora Springs High School - Eagle Yearbook (Nora Springs, IA)

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CLrbb PROPHECY It w s the year of 1968 during the Democratic convention in Chicago, that I Jerry March nt, was dressing to go to the convention There w s some ne r rning or mv door when I answered a t ll, dark curly haired man w s standing there Cf cour e, I recognized this neatly dressed man as Clifton Ellerbeck, who was running AS a can didate for the nomination for President He s11d he had heard I was 4 delegate so had come to nick me un on the w y to Convention Hall Then we met Larrv O'Rourke, who was also a delegate, and st rted for the Hall It seems Larry berlme tired of farming so he oec me a big noll tlciin Before we got very far, we were stonoed ny a jolly Dollceman who s id we had to have a special escort to Convention Hall We were very surnrlsed to find t at our nolicem n friend wis an old class mate Gary Flngfl en he said he en1oved his work verv much since it helned keen law and order As we arrived at Convention Hall, the chllrmnn was c lling the meeting to order He was a short, he vy built dlrk m n deing a nolitici n must have agreed with Junior Stickney is he had out on much weight and had that l zy look aoout him lfter Junior had c ll ed the convention to order, the secret rv read the minutes e recognized the secretary as Sherry Swlnson It seems like she had gotten tired of housework so she w s out on a new adventure I thought I had seen enough surorislrg things for one day, out that was only the oepinning bec use when it came time for the welcome, I could hxrdlv believe my eyes Junior introduced the mayor of Chicago who was to give the welcome, Lowell Seiberling had cextainlr ch nged for he had grown a mustiche ind h d let his hair grow ouite long After leaving N S H S Lowell had been a businessman in Chicago bec me so nopular that the people elected him as mayor Then the nomln ting speeches beg n with 1 very determined sneech g1ven by Shirley Miller, for Chmrles Carle, who wa running against Charles had become a orominent citizen of the l rge cltv of Hanford, Iowa Charles became very nonullr in nolitics when he DS1D6d Hanford become such a large important city The next nomination sneech wvs given by sob Jheeler for Clifton Ellerbeck Bob hadn't changed much from the time we kne him nut while talking to him later, we found he had a very sweet wife nd two children Loren Steidl was a Senator and very Dopular He was running for vice uresident along with Clifton after graduating Loren beclme famous baseball Dlayer for a few years Buring this time he became verv interested in nolitlcs nd became senator The governor of Iowa gave the nomln t'on sne ch for Senator bteidl Iowa's governor was a short, light c mnle t d man he hid a must che and dark rimmed glasses I then recognized dim as Carl Lucas Carl had done some work in architecture after l xving N S H S 1rd then de clded to try oolitics Carl had alwavs trought it would be a real easy and nleasant life to have a nice soft chair to sit in nd have ot of secret ries working for him I wonder if he still thinks a governor's work is all Dleasure' Soon Junior adjourned the meetlng and aS Larry and I were le ving we heard someone call to us As we turned, we saw Duane and Huth Sellon Duane said he was on a business trip to Chicago this week so he decided to bring Huth to the bonvention that day It seems that this is the first trip Ruth nd Duane have been able to take together as they have a family of three husky boys at home which rewlly keens them busy Just t en Ester Shanks svoke to us She was a delegate frwm California Ester's sist r had flnallv convinced Ester that California was a wonderful state to live in So several years after graduating she had gone t ere She said that she is really en1oy1ng it there I suggested that we all get together and go to Iaura's Tea Room which was a famo s olace in Chic go after te ching several years in smxll towns, Laura DeGraw decided she would trv life in a larger city for a while As we entered Iaura's Tel Room the head walter cvme over and gre ted us in French KI still haven't figured out what he saidl, wls a tall, slim, rather dark n n of course, he recognized some of us Fight aww But none of us realized tdis h ndsome mm was Dob willshe After renewing old acouaintances Bob s id he had tamen un rrench in I, 5 A ,, J Y 1 , . r ' N ' , r 1 X I . gg A G , : . 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college fhile we were talking, the door opened and there stood Jim Hall He s id the class he graduated with frlm college w s having a reunion so that was why he was in Chicago He also went on to say that he was getting along fine in ministry and was hapolly married Since so many of our old classmates were together, some or us decided to c ll Gordon Foell His orchestra was going to play in the Chicago theatre that night Gordon said he would be very happy to see his classmates again s he would 0DII4I4ght over to the tea room lso added tha he had a surorise for us We hadn't waited long before Gordon came he had changed very little since we last saw him exceot that he had grown side burns and a mustache As he entered he said the surprise he had for us was that he had brought long two of his sin ers for the evening One of them was a t1ll, brunette with a lot of make up on Alter taking a second glance I recognized Charlotte Hartwig Charlotte said she had taught school a few years and then decided she d1dn't want to do that the rest of ner life so she took up singing Of course, we recognized the tall, oow legged man as Tommy Huff stetler Tommy had been singing for ouite a few years, then he saw an oooortunity to be in stage shows bo that is what he is doing now Just then n attractive waitress oxougnt us our orders when she saw us, she called some of us by name Je w re rather embarrassed when we realized that none of us recognized Joan Billings She s ld she had she enjoyed it ve y much s we were eating, two smartl dressed women came to our t bles Some of us recognized them as They exolained that they were Chicago Soon, the door flew ooen didn t notice us since he was Joan Halverson and Kathleen Pierce models for one of the big comoanles in and a tall, handsome man rushed in in such a hurry He ordered a mell hurriedly and then turned toward us Of course, he w allen Fingalsen Allen aooligized for not noticing us sooner but it eems he hid in lmnort nt nrogram to aroear on th t night llen had become a oooular comediln both on stage and radio Now the whole senior class of 1953 from N S H S was together once aywln We had a wonderful time exchlnging experiences Tne time for us to nfrt again came too soon but I xm sure we all were very hapoy to have met UE HAVE A VARIETY OF NAMES IN OUR CLASS FROM THE VARIOUS WAIAS CFLIFE Some ere Appropriate and Some are Not There is no 'comeback , but an Ellerbeek' No melon , but a 'Sellon No 'hail-wig , but e 'Hartuug No 'hehsw', but a 'DeGraw'- Have no dates , but have Billings No armored tanks , but have 'Shanks Not a l'oddler', but e 'Uheeler' No 'Herehant'xg but a 'Harohant' One who can do the Highland Fling, when Tommy strikes G string Seiberltng bell , but a H811 Some 'sons' of Halver, Flngal and Swan N baker , but e 'Hiller locus , but a Lucas No one is idle but Steidl We need e 'Wel1', but have a 'Foell No one is fierce not even 'Pierce when 'Irish Eyes are Smiling' sure tis those of 0'Hourke ye see doll' , but a 'Carle' We have no 'stiff knees , but have 'Stickney' No one is as 'sure' as 'llillsher' lhis has been fun and I trust none will take offense V. a , , 3 , , I F A A 4 O f , f . 1 1 1 ' . He a . 1 r . ' ' . A I I , A. 1' 4 E , . . . been a waitress in the Tea Room since it was opened and concluded that 41 1 W ' V s ' U. v , ' ' - ' . He I I4 F A L , . A . as ' 4 S 1 .1 L . r. , ' fl ' 1. ., . .-w ' ' ' , P 'V I ' c 0 , , , a 1 , -A I I I I I I I I I I I I I No I I O I s s ' No I I I I I I No ' a Il