North Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Smiths Grove, KY)

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Gfdss 9jI'0p58C As I s1t here m my rockmg charr wtth my cat cuddled contentedly on my lap my mrnd tums to my school days School days when we who are now etther a success or farlure were all promrsrng students One person stands out more vrvrdly than the others because of the k1ndness she showed me through those four tryrng years of our young lrves Yes, lxttle Patty sweet and gentle Pat She rs back home now wrth a lovely famrly She ma.rr1ed a wonderful guy we all knew from Smrths Grove Patrent understandtng, frm lovrng Jlmmy comes next rn our class He returned to Smrths Grove after havrng been drscharged from the Navy wrth a flawless record A dental technrcran as you know he has hrs own offrce IH Smrths Grove It LS a thrrvrng commun1ty now Of course, we shall never forget the tall blond athlete wrth the heart of gold He rs a successful basketball coach rn a western college and an tntngutng bachelor upon whom the coeds cast an rnterested eye That rs Beverly Veneta always had a very keen mrnd and a gay carefree manner She rs a prlvate secretary rn a successful petro leum company It IS rumored that she owns controllrng rnrerest rn rt Margaret as I remember was a tall blond wlth cool blue eyes She made some excrtrng excursrons to Mrchrgan and her eyes danced as she told of her expenences there She marned a lawyer there and now hves rn a breezy lake srde cottage and takes lrfe easy Rrchard was never happy unless he was drrvmg h1s black Mercury Hrs obsessron for Mercurys grew and he even tually became owner of the Lrncoln Mercury agency rn Smrths Grove He drrves a car now that Qaccordrng to the letters from the folks back homey rs a block long and ts lrterally covered wrth gadgets He drrves to a luxurrous vacatron spot ln Cahfornra each summer Beverly Jo rs srngrng her way through lrfe wlth her husband They are excelled by none save maybe Les Paul and Mary Ford Davrd had a good mmd He was always ready wrth an answer, and I notrced even rn our hrgh school days that he had some very deep and touchlng thoughts So the rlse of thts brlllrant novelrst d1d rn no wrse surpnse me I see wrfe qurte often ln my shop She 15 t1ny and delrcate and looks as rf she would break at your touch Edrth always loved garety people, and the most exhaustmg sports She has a dark Florrda tan to go wrth her skatrng rmks, and dance pavrlrons Roland was a handsome boy rn hrgh school, wrth a hrgh scholastrc standmg He went to school for a long nme studyrng agnculture He now has an ultra modern farm Because of her expert nursrng abtlmes Marlon was persuaded to go to a veteran s hospttal to care for the wounded servloe men wlule her husband contrnued rn the Navy John turned up lately rn Smrths Grove wlth a Doctor s degree and years of successful practrce behrnd htm to set up hrs own offtce rn the heart of the crty Trny Geneva accomplrshed great thrngs as many small people do She has a boomrng busrness rn the new depart ment store she recently opened on Marn Street Albert went along wrth hrs frtend, Jrmmy to the Navy and to dental school The expenences they shared made them even closer frrends, so Albert and Jrmmy have theu offrces together rn the new burldrng across town Lance put hrs brg hands to many a tractor wheel and ploughed many a strarght furrow He owns a large portron of level farm land around Smtths Grove wh.1ch yrelds abundantly Johnme as we all expected made hrs career a mrlltary one He rs a General or somethrng now Hrs wrfe never has to cook because he IS an excellent chef Luetta has a large famrly now and IS as motherly as a lrttle hen She has a charn of restaurants and the whole famlly pttches ln to help run them Ray has a farm near the nver It rs nch, but he doesn t farm much just enough to make a lrvrng He never marrted because he couldn t choose Just the rrght one Joyce has lrved happtly rn the same house stnce her marrrage years ago She has her famrly now and three days a week she comes back to N W to teach musrc Kenneth made another farmer He now has what he consrders most rmportant m lrfe a good farm a fme famrly, a hardworkmg wrfe, and a happy contented lrfe Follrs was always Wllllllg to help anyone who needed help Her gmdrng hand rs now slowly accompanyrng her famrly up the steep and dangerous ladder to success Charles was shrpped off to Japan after he was drafted He seemed to lrke rt so he stayed rn He and Johnme get together every now and then and drscuss the Army A freckle faced boy norsrly entered the room swrngmg a baseball bat He brought my mlnd back to the present Jolt Gosh, I'm hungry Mal I hurned rnto the krtchen to get supper on the table As my glow1ngly happy famtly settled at thelr places around the table the thought occurred to me that I would have been surprrsed and pleased had I known the future of my fel low Senrors. Bene Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . his . . . , . . . blond curls. There she owns 100 square acres of green rolling land, covered with golf courses, swimming pools,

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