Pine River High School - Pine Bough Yearbook (Pine River, MN)

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» CLASS PROPHECY As we look into the future to the year 1959 we find Backus High graduates of 1949 living in various parts of the world. Ona Barchus is operator of the popular Men-All Shapes and Descriptions” Escort Bureau in New York but she still hasn't found a permanent escort for herself. Our tattooed sailor, Bob Kline, has sailed the seven seas and has seen the “far away places” he dreamed about while sleeping in classes at B.H.S. He has a girlfriend in every port but still has not married. Dolores Finney decided to take a “Slow Boat to China” where she is a missionary. Harold S. (stands for Sonny) Beggs, who made his first million dollars as an “honest” criminal lawyer, decided to go into politics and be a Baby-Kissing” politician (babies up to twenty one years) Deep in the African jungles we find missionary Karl Zaffke showing the light to natives. Somewhere on the same continent in a similar occupation is Buelah Shepard. The retired Senator Fogbound has been replaced by J. Calvin McDowell as foreign minister to Lower Slobovia. They send him on friendly missions to Lower Slobovia because when he's in Congress he holds up so much legislation with his longwinded filibusters. Avis Bartlett is owner and operator of “You Can be Beautiful In ten Easy Steps” Beauty Shop in Backus. Mildred Bloom is now conductor of Bloom’s All-Girl Orchestra” in New York. They are going to tour the country and expect to appear in Backus soon. Florence Fowler was secretary to Julius F. Higgenbothem, the oil millionaire in Dallas, Texas, until she married the bosses son. Anyone want to buy a forty acre farm in northern Alaska? A cabin in the Sahara Desert? Call on William May, the successful real estate agent. His motto is For house or farm or cozy nook. Deal with May - he is no crook . Joanne Orton was an English and Physical Education teacher in Bemidji until she married the coach. Shirley Munholand has traveled abroad several times with her 12

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Ona is the jolly one of the class, No one will ever take her place, The teachers think she's quite a lass, And in Father Time's great history, she’ll always leave a trace. Dale likes his girls quite small. And thats a fact we all know, He has not set his ambition as yet, But he might give the Navy a try after all. Dolores like Florence Nightingale wants to be a nurse And all of us wish her a great deal of success, To go down in history as one of the best, With a willing and courageous heart full of zest. Shirley is our grown up lass. She’ll never worry about how to pass, When her admiral comes home, Sis, won’t have to wonder where to roam. AND SO YOU HAVE THE CLASS OF ’49, WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND GOT ALONG FINE, WE ALL THANK THE TEACHERS WHO GOT US WHERE WE ARE, AND HOPE THE OTHER CLASSES GET ALONG AS FAR. 11

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husband, Admiral Eldon (Puz) Munholand. Be careful of your driving around Brainerd, Minnesota, as Dale Skinner is Chief of the State Highway Patrol in that section. He especially enjoys arresting his old teachers for speeding. MUSIC NOTES GLEE CLUB Our well known Girls Glee Club came out again this year in a success of delightful music under the direction of our new maestro, Mrs. Moore. About thirty girls combined their talents in music to bring to us the delightful sounds that float around our halls every Tuesday and Thursday. BAND Our new music leader has also taken over another task in the parade of good music. Under the direction of Mrs. Moore a small but zealous band is slowly and surely shaping into an enjoyable music unit. JUNIOR CHOIR The future choir members of Backus have been diligently practicing their scales to give us a very nice group of Junior Choir members. 13