Prairie City High School - Plainsman Yearbook (Prairie City, IA)

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The Predicted Future U y It was the year 1974, when P. C.H.S. 's famous mouse, Squeegie , hopped on his motorcycle and was off to visit the members of the 1954 class. While traveling peacefully along the highway, he was suddenly flattened from the rear by Noni Mae with her brand new 1975 Ford. Noni immediately recog- nized Squeegie and frantically called for the ambulance. Here comes a witness. Wait! I believe it's the world-famous crooner, Dean Pulver, with a head of bobbysoxers led by Ruth Grimes, President of the Dean Pulver Fan Club . As he had seen the whole accident, he sticks around and gives the details to the Highway Patrolwoman, Dorothy Daugherty. Here comes the speediest ambulance in town driven by Jim McCauley, and he assists the famous doctor and nurse team--Marilyn Miller and Max Ingram-- load Squeegie into the ambulance. A flat tire gives them troubles, but luckily they are near Beaver's Body Benders Garage , and Sandra quickly fixes it for . them. Due to the expert care given by Max Ingram and Marilyn Miller, Squeegie is fully recovered by the time he reached the hospital. Meanwhile as his motorcycle was slightly bent, it was taken to Beaver's Body Benders , where it was utterly demolished. Luckily, Sandra's expert workmen were covered by insurance, so Squeegie was able to get a new motor- cycle and was on his way. When noon time rolled around he decided to stop at the world-famous restau- rant Eleanore's Wurst und Saurkraut Rathskeller and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was owned by Eleanore Wagenschwantz. While inspecting the premises he discovered Marvin .Brubaker held the undefended title of chief-cook- and-bottle-washer . , V To relieve his violent indigestion, Squeegie was rushing for a drug store when he was waylayed by Doctor Dick Soutter, who was peddling Soutter's Satisfying Sweetened Seltzer-Water . Squeegie would have enjoyed chatting with Dick longer, but after sampling Dick's home remedy he felt the need to lie down awhile. Squeegie hailed a taxi belonging to the taxi tycoon, Studebaker Vande Lune. It just so happened that the driver was no one else but the owner, Lowell Vande Lune, himself. Due to a serious taxi-cab driver strike, Lowell was pinch hitting for some of his drivers. Because of Squeegie's weakened condition, Lowell rushed him to the exclusive Wassenaar's Hotel where the owner which was Gordon, told the bellboy, who just happened to be Ron Telfer, to escort Squeegie to a private suite containing TV, a mental communication telephone, electric bath, and many other necessities. In his room he discovered Truman Wagner, the janitor, cleaning the carpet. Just as Truman was leaving, he hit the new ultra-modern TV set, turning it on channel 97. As Squeegie didn't know how to shut it off, his thoughts were con- stantly interrupted by a women's wrestling match featuring l-Iorrendous Hanna, the Horrible Hulk alias Mary Lou Van Wyngarden-vs-Adorable Doris, the Devilish Demon-alias Doris Trunnel. Having recovered from his dose of Soutter's Satisfying Sweetened Seltzer- Water, Squeegie thought of a brilliant idea. He hurriedly switched on his short- wave thought telepathy machine and simultaneously called all the members of the Class of '54 and invited them to Sunday dinner at Prof. Kutz.li's Southern Mansion on River Drive in Percy. He went home joyously anticipating the reunion of the '54 Class.

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Weren't We Cute?? See Page 65 For Names.

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Eleonore Wagenschwanz Eleonore comes to Prairie City from Irmelshausen Germany on an exchange student program sponsored by the Church of the Brethren. Our associations with her throughout the year have been pleasant and gratifying. We have asked her to put down her views for us on a number of questions we have had in mind. Here they are reproduced for you: Views After I had been on the Atlantic for three weeks with a group of 123 students, I finally arrived at New York on the lst of September 1953, where Mr. Eberly, our sponsor from the Brethren Church met us. He made us understand that we had to go through customs at the harbor. That was fun! It took us six hours, and tired, and exhausted we got into our three buses which brought us from there to New Windsor, Maryland. We all hoped to get some rest there, but that just was a dream. Everybody who saw us, wanted to know how it happened that we came, so we tried to tell them in our broken and unfinished English. Because I know that all of you are interested in that question too, I will tell you about it in a few sentences. I came on the exchange program under the sponsorship of the church of the Brethren. In May, 1953, l read in the paper that boys and girls between 16 and 18 had the chance to go to the United States. I thought that would be fun, and applied as a participant in the program. I had to go to bigger towns, and there American officers gave us tests, and interviewed us, about seven times before they accepted me. They wrote to my school and asked the superintendent whether I would be capable of doing it or not. We do not get any credit for this school year over here. They wrote back and forth and I already had lost hope in my plans. One day in July I got a letter that told me that I was one of the 30 students out of 1200 who got through all the tests and interrogations. I was so happy to hear that good news, but when the time came to leave home, it didn't seem so wonderful to me any more, and I wished I had never heard anything of it. But anyway, that was what I wanted, and what I got so I left for America. Now I am not a bit sorry at all that I have come because Mr. Eberly and his exchange staff picked out such a nice family for me to stay with. I really felt at home. My foster parents for this year are Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Brewer. I am sure it is not only for this year that they were my parents. I will remember them and all the good they did for me all my life. Erma Lea, Marjforie and Donald are the ones who keep me busy out there on the farm. We really have lots of fun together.