Palestine High School - Eagle Yearbook (Palestine, OH)

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CLASS PROPHE CY Nationwide Boxing Bout of Heavyweight State Champions To End Tomorrow was the headline of the May 19, 1956 issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer. And to think that I, Don Laux, was sitting there in my Fifth St. apartment, ready to compete in that bout as state champion of Ohio with the champion of Missouri. It just seemed like yesterday that I was a Senior of P. H. S. How I longed to see my fellow classmates! The bout was to begin at 6 o'clock P. M. and I made an extra effort to be there in due time. As I entered the ring, my manager, Richard Burden, jabbed me in the ribs and told me to look at the first two rows of reserved seats. I lmew then I would have to win so as not to disappoint my dear friends. Believe it or not, I proved to be the champ- ion of the nation in the beginning of the fourth round. I always did say that four was my lucky number. I sure remember my basketball suit of the Eagle Squad! After my victory, I felt like celebrating and so must my old classmates as they were in the ring with me, cheering and yelling as they did for the Eagles. I knew this called for a party so I invited them over to my apartment for a grand old celebration. All of my friends seemed to have changed so, except my brother-in-law, junior Marshall. He used to tell us that he had no other name but junior and believe it or not he still goes by the name of junior. Even his tree little daughters call him Daddy junior. As Richard had eaten everything in the house that was eatable, I decided I would have to go get some refreshments, so my old buddy, Fred Clark oiered his assistance. While driving down Fifth St., I thought there was no timelike the present to ask the question that kept popping in my mind. Fred, I said, Did you ever marry Ioan Cole? Nat- urally, said Fred, she finally caught me about three years ago. He informed me that he and Ioan had spent the last three years farming Cole's place. He had spent several years playing collegiate basketball and still helped the alumni of P. H. S. i.n their independ- ent games. And to my amazement, Bill Holland happens to be Fred's helper. Of course, whether they get much work done or not is beyond me, as I recall how Fred and Bill were so chummy and should I say lazy at school, especially in Bookkeeping Class. But neverthe- less they should manage somehow! After finally arriving back home once more, where my friends were really carrying on and having a wonderful time, Fred and I carried the things into the house and had the women get things ready while we men stepped into another part of the house to carry on like we used to in the good old days at P. H. S. Being alone made us feel like we wanted to have a good game of Euchre, and to my surprise, guess what, for my first partner I had Clarence Fowble. After playing and chat- ting a little while I asked Clarence what he was doing now. And I wasn't the least aston- ished when he told me he married that girl from over by Arcanum and was now deeply in the farming business. He said he was getting along fine and that he had his own eighty acre farm. But to my amazement Clarence had five children--but that wasn't so bad--only there were four boys and one girl--the poor kidl The card game was now coming to an end and of course, I and Clarence had to get up fthe losers always dol. Looking around I saw that they were one short over in the corner and I had the pleasure of having Daniel Hambone Jett for a partner. I asked Dan if he was married yet. He replied, No, suhl I ain't made up my mind yit. He told me he had been working at Richmond.

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