Persia High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Persia, IA)

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PROI HLCY Im a settln here thls evenmg ln May IZ 1972 on the porch of my 14 anto to the wmdward sldc 4 abln IU the heart of the Ozarks Old dog Tray xs a sc ttm by my slde Ive been a thmkxn about my class bac k nn 47 48 that just Z4 years ago today got thc xr shew pskms and lxt out on thexr own Fxrst there was Norman Thordsen who settled out 1n Wyommg on thc bxggest dude ranch U1 the state one block square fNorm always d1d l1ke lots of room The last t1me I heerd of Ruth Wager she was a hoofm xt to the altar and I xmagme she s st11l on er way Not that she s slow or anythlng but the guy she was walk She always lmked em wlth a bushy 11p Then there was Don Ruckman, now there was a character The last I heerd of hxm, he was marrxed had a famlly of 10 and was stlll goxn strong Next I hear Frances Spracklm 1S stackm cans of peas an beans on thelr respectlve shelves for she now has , xnterest ln the Elxas Economy Store Good work Franny Then comes George Dunlop he was just as shy as Ruckman was bold He always meant to fly but as yet they haven t made a plane that blg Betty Lee Martm now IS pr1ne1pal at Persxa I-hgh School I heer she st1ll wears horn rxmmed glasses And she even has a prxvate Off1Ce Now Thomas Schutt was the athlet1c fella of the class so It was no surpr1se to me ta heer that he was playm pro fessxonal basketball Wlth the Puffm Pumpkms club He al ways was pretty speedy Joan Cavanaugh IS now ch1ef d1et1an at some b1g hospital 1n Omaha I hear she s allerg1c to her own d1ets Around th1s txme of year I thmk of Ronny Hawes better known as the country gentleman I cm pst see h1m dnvmg around the held on hxs h1gh powered tractor, and, as usual he IS wear1ng a clean whlte shxrt Phyllxs Hansen now has a lxttle flve acres of her own just north of Persla. Guess she hasn t made up her mmd yet who her permanent manager wxll be. The last I heerd, Clarence Busch fhxs name used to be Sonnyj was running for Presldent of the Unlted States. He in with was kinda slow. He kept trippin on his mustache. ' ' . 1 fs . . . I .