Ogden High School - Maroon Yearbook (Ogden, IL)

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us is the Richards-Britt ranch for raising hogs. So great is the extent of their ranch that one can stand in the middle of the ranch and not be able to see any of its boundaries. As we cross the Rocky mountains, we see the mountain beacon for guiding the night planes through the mountains. This particular beacon is tended by Raymond Hodges He is living in the station with his wife and family. His wife is the former Joanna Fiscus, who was his schoolday sweetheart. This beacon takes the place of the railroad signals that Raymond used to tend. As we near the city of Denver, we see a tall tower which is now considered a landmark for pilots It is nothing more than a tower which marks the nightclub owned and operated by Max Harry Even in high school he had experience in handing out drinks over a bar. Now,we near the city of San Francisco. Over to one side we see a blaze of lights. As we swoop lower we see a boxing match in progress. It is Clifford Behrens fighting for the middlcweight crown. He always did like to fight as a record of his high school days will show. We circle back from the west and fly over the salt flats of the Great Salt Lake of Utah. What is that tiny speck moving at such a great speed on the beach? It is Wayne Denhart testing his racer He hopes to go at least 450 miles per hour and maybe faster. If he does so, he will break the world's record. He races as a side line. His real work is testing cars for the General Motors Company. It seems that we have notnaccounted for all the members of the class of 1941. There is Leon Baxter yet to locate. Perhaps we can find him in the eastern part of thc country. In about two hours we shall reach Maine. I have rumors that he was operating one of the largest farms in the New England States. Time flys so

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY LADIES AND GENTLEHRH. This is your UOgden Televised News reporter, Buren Jordan, talking to you from thefgreat Ogden air terminal'on the southledge of Ogden, Illinois. This June day in the year 1961 will be a memorable day in the'lives of fourteen seniors of the class of 1941 and their class advisor, Miss Railsbnck. The world's greatest airway excursion trip will be underway in just a few minutes. This trip is for the purpose of finding out the location of the class members. Some of these will not be hard to find. Paul Hiller, the great physicist, is going on this trip to test his new Photo- Phone, which he invented in 1948, just two years after he was graduated from the U. of I in 1946. Charles Curtis is the pilot of the stratoliner which is to take us on this trip. That lovely stewardess who is qiving so much attention to the comforts of the passengers on board the plane is none other than harianna Harper. all the boys in school thought that she was pretty dssszzyn when she was a senior in school. The ship is now taking off toward the U. of I. where Kiss Railsback is teaching English to those who will he teaching our children in high school. Over in the west section of the town of Champaign is a very modern building which' is the beauty school operated by Jane Boyd. We understand that she is doing a very Q profitable business1at hor life calling. As we travel westward we see a large campus of buildings which looks like a college but is the'County Hospital for un-' fortunate children. Mary Jane Berkley is doing very well at playing head nurse in this great hospital. We are now getting into the western part of the U. S. Here are mrny ranches which supply the cities of our nation. That large ranch just below

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fast on the trip that it seems no time at all, until we have reached Leon's farm. Sure enough there is Leon down there in a control room from which he operates his farm machinerys -He always was one to find some way of making work easier. But our time is about up and we must return to Ogden. It seems that it has been a very successful trip for all who were concerned. But wait! We are about to forget our classmate, Ralph Donhart. You remember that he was the captain of our basketball team both his Junior and Senior years. At present he is managing thc Chicago Bruin's professional basketball team. He seems to be doing well, too, as his team won the National Professional title this year. And now that we have accounted for everyone, it is time for me to get back to the office and get this to the press.