Prairie Du Sac High School - Prairie Pride Yearbook (Prairie Du Sac, WI)

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CLASS PROPHECY As I was sitting at the desk in my room, you see I am an instructor in Com mercial subjects at Glenview High School in Chicago, one warm day in 1960, Linda, senior class president, came to me for advice on the matter of choosing a class motto She had a list of mottoes and handed them to me Reading over the list nPick Your Peak and Climb,' 'Twigs Today, Trees Tomorrow,' 'We will Ring the Bells of the Future, 'In Ourselves our Future Lies,' I knew that the last one sounded very familiar and upon pondering over it, the veil was removed and I saw in my mind our l9H8 Commencement, 'In Ourselves our Future Lies' was our class motto and so long ago, too A wry smile played upon my lips as I recalled those by gone days, and sudden ly I found myself lost in a reverie of memories concerning those dear old friends of the class of '48 That life is cruel which doesn't provide time for remember ing, so I enjoyed myself for many minutes recalling familiar persons and what each is doing now My first stop was a huge metropolis brought about by the uniting of two small villages what an immense improvement since I last saw it eleven years ago' Jus look at the beautiful layout The Harold Kreuger Estate' I remember his telling me when we were Seniors that he was going to retire within ten years do or die mode of transportation a 1955 Tucker Down on main street, a gigantic sign 'Consumers' Haven' caught my eye Approaching the nHaven' I read that the propri etor was Joe Koch Peering into the window, I beheld a conglomeration of little electric cars, shopping bags full of groceries, counters of meats, fruits and veg etables, pastries and confections I watched one lady do her shopping when she went in, she got into a little car, pressed a button, and rode away Then I saw the sign 'Serve yourself while you enjoy a ride After picking up the articles she wanted, she parked her midget auto, paid her bill, picked up her groceries, all neatly wrapped, and left the store As I was musing over Joe's occupation, noticed a man dressed in all white coveralls coming down the sidewalk I knew someone with whom I was quite well acquainted had a similar walk and sure enough, I recognized the man as Clarence Welke While conversing with him, I learned that he was successfully operating a large dairy farm, with Russell Sprecher and Robert Lipke as assistant managers He was telling me about the modern designed house with all the labor saving devices in it I said something to the effect that his wife surely must appreciate it Clarence rather hastily retorted, 'W1fe, nuts, N C 1 O t -- 2 I guess he did--and in royal style. It seems odd that he has such an out-of-date 1 . V , --1 ' .D . I