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:4?fz .- I SAT AT THE BAR sipping a ginger ale, watching TV. Next came the Sports Cavalcade. Tonight the Heap was billed to wrestle Cargantua. The Heap entered the ring with a mask over his face. Gargantua entered the ring. They got the preliminaries over with and began wrestling. The Heap threw Gargantua against the ropes. In the end The Heap won, but before he got Gargantua down, his mask was pulled off. The Heap was none other than Bob Langendorf. He was about to make a speech when someone changed the channel so I went up to my room. As I stood waiting for the elevator a sly looking young man came up to me. Hsst! Want a hot tip on a fast horse?,' I turned around and ignored him. He stood for a long time telling me about the odds on this horse. He was a fast talker. I ended up giving him S5 to put on Duck Soup. He took theeiive dollars and as he walked away I suddenly remembered where I had seen him before. It was Fred Russell. After dinner as I sat listening to the radio a knock came at my door. I opened. it and there stood Fred. He handed me 3200. Duck Soup had won by six lengths. The jockey, Reba Powell, fainted at the finish line. So Reba was a jockey. Well, well. Fred left at nine-thirty. As I closed the door behind him I heard a shout and some laughter. Then someone knocked at the door again. I opened it and there stood Fred with a rich looking woman. Rufina Bernal! I nearly passed out. She came in and sat down. She was in Texas to check on her oil wells. Her husband, aged 100, had died a year ago and she had been on a tour of the World since then. She told me she was taking art lessons from Beverly Bloomfield, who was now drawing a comic strip for the New York Times and was illustrating magazine covers and stories. s I had always wondered how Ernie Campas would make out. Rufina said the last she had heard, he was working for the British government in Hong Kong. We stayed up till nearly dawn talking over old times and then we Went down and ate breakfast. As we sat waiting to place our orders a tired looking woman with four children came in and sat down. I recognized her immediately as Arlene Holmes. We told her to leave the kids at her table and come eat with us. She came over and sat down. She told us she was in Texas to check on her husband. He was drilling for oil. After breakfast everybody went to the airport with me to see me off on my return journey to Washington. As the plane took off, I looked out the window and a tear came to my eye. Would I ever see my schoolmates again? -24-
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..afDag4Z'ai SINCE I HAD TO FLY TO PHOENIX I decided I should stop in at Parker and see who was left there. I landed at the new modern airport and took a cab to town. I went first to the Desert W'inds but Gerald was on vacation in Africa. At the funeral parlor I was told that Frances was in Detroit looking at a new line of hearses. I inquired around and was told that Bernardo Bernal owned a cattle lrlanch in Texas, half the land in the valley, and at the time,a choice line of Arabian orses. I wentover to NYCUHS to see my old teachers and I was shocked ,when I discovered that james Hamilton was principal. Morris Sevada was giving lectures to the Ag boys. It seems that he was inspired by his Ag teacher. I took a cab to the valley and I found that Benny McCabe had taken over Poston and Parker Farms. He had the higgest bunch of wetbacks I ever saw. As Benny was showing me around a woman and two children rode by on horses. Why, that is Carol Bowman ,I shouted. Benny said it was ,but she had married, had two kids, and a huge stable of horses. Benny hold me that Hubbard Allen had bought Parker Dam and was charging people to see it. He was making money hand over fist. Mike Allen had bought Earp again and it was growing rapidly. The population was 1,000 and there was even a night club. When Benny spoke of Mike, I naturally thought of Ed Moritz. He was president of the Santa Fe railroad and didn't get to Parker very often. When I got back to town and stepped out of my cab, I spotted a huge build- ing that was the Parker Pioneer. Eva Burgoz was the Editor. I took the elevator to the top floor and asked to see her. Her secretary told me she was not there. She had Hown to South America to check on a revolution that was going on. I didn't recognize the secretary until I got back to Washington. It was Glenda Holt. I left the Pioneer Building and was going into the drugstore when I heard someone call my name. It was Berta Benefield. She told me she was teaching commercial courses at the Parker Business School. We had a coke and as we were getting up Berta said, Well, here is Anna Wilkinson. Annie looked radiant as she told us she was married and had five children. Iust then I saw it was plane time so I sped to the airport and took off. VVe had been traveling about a half hour when the stewardess came down the aisle with a tray of salads. She slipped on something and the salads landed in my hair. She brushed me off and apologized. Her voice struck a familiar note in my mind. Here was Betty Orosco, stewardess. We talked until the plane landed in Clint, Texas. In the taxi on the way to the hotel there was a radio playing western and hillbilly tunes. The announcer said that next would be In the Iailhouse Now sung by Lydiann Shields. So Babe was a western singer now. Outside the hotel a crowd had gathered. In the center of it was a man paint- ing. I asked who this man was and an old woman told me it was Gus Torres, the famous artist. In the lounge of the hotel the television was on. There was a basket- ball game on at the time. The Iron Masks vs. The Unholy Five. The Unholy Fivev were ahead 78-0. As the camera gave Closeups of the players I recognized Verna Massingill, Gloria Martinez, Dehlia Martinez, Leila VVhite, and Norma Hall. The whole team was made up of my former classmates. On the bench sat coach Marilyn Robinson. Coach Robinson was grinning from ear to ear when the game was over. The score was 97-0. -23- Al QM' f -g-p,.,.....-sm. ..i..----.............. .. . - F N I M I
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