Raymond High School - Ra Co Hi Yearbook (Raymond, IL)

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CLASS PROPHECY Ml, 43 Dear Diary I am so excited for tomorrow I am startxng on a trxp through the Unxted States and Canada, sometlnng Ive always dreamed about Uncle Percxval really as a dear to pay for all of it And I always thought he was just an old ussy Well anyway every thing 18 packed and ready I went down to the statxon thxs morning to purchase my txck et and xmagxne my surprxse ln seexng Lew1s Durston behmnd the ticket wnndow He zn formed me he had only recently been promoted havxng prevzously been a wastepaper basket emptier May 4 1968 The bxg day has fxnally arrxved I mean the one on whxch I start my tour I was so excxted I could hardly eat a bmte of breakfast Mother called a tax1 whlle I put on my hat About two seconds later wlth a swxrl of dust and a screech of brakes my taxx ar rxved I struggled out of the front door wxth a suitcase mn each hand and a box of lunch whxch mother had mslsted that I take stuffed under one arm May I help you Madam? 1nqu1red a voxce strangely rem1n1scent of h1gh school days I ,glanced up and there I was face to face wxth Roy Murphy He gently shd the box of lunch from under my arm and led the way to the taxl whxle I followed carrymg the suxtcases What a rxde we had After go1ng through four red hghts and dr1v1ng a quarter of a m1le on the raxlroad tracks we were gett1ng ready to try the sldewalk for a whxle to break the monotony when a polxceman on a sh1ny motorcycle slld up belund us You d never guess who he was None other than Charles Herrmann He warned Roy that that sort of thmg better never happen agam, or else After boardmg the tram and fxndzng a seat near the window I was accosted by the conductor As usual Ihad forgotten where I had put my txcket so I began searchmg fran txcally At last I found lt and as I handed lt to the conductor I was astomshed to fxnd ject m h1s arms and upon closer exammatxon dlscovered It was an old battered French Horn Mxlton explaxned that as the tram entered each town he would play a tune on his horn Just at that moment we entered the c1ty lxmxts of Sxoux Clty Iowa Instantly he raxsed h1s horn to h1s hps and the lxltxng strams of S1oux C1ty Sue fell on my ears May 6 l968 Spent the mght m Sloux Cxty Couldn t fmd a suxtable hotel but ran across a won derful room at Mxss Jane Snyder s Select Boardmg House For Lau.es We had a wonder ful chat and she xntroduced me to several of her boarders One :ff the ladies seemed famxhar, but I couldn t remember her name, untxl Jane saxd that xt was Geraldxne Poggenpohl Gerry ns an outstandmg lecturer, and when she xsn t traveling, makes her home wlth Jane Gerry saxd they both lxke to gmggle as much as ever May 7 1968 Arrxved ln Arlzona last mght and I went to see the sunrxse at Grand Canyon this mormng I ve never seen anytlung quxte as lovely On my way back to the hotel I passed a huge sxgn saymg, Are you lookmg for food for scenery, for a horse? Then stop at EugeneDeva1sher s Dude Ranch only two miles ahead Sure enough, xt was the Eugene I had known back mn Raymond I mqunred about h1s frxend, B111 Durston, and Eugene was surprzsed I hadn t heard that B111 was a member of the House of Representahves May l0 1968 Had a facxal and wave at Dott1e s Beauty Shoppe tlus afternoon I never eamed the shop belonged to Dott1e Weffenstette when I decxded to go there She seem Havr- a mce busmess 3 I I . . D ' 0 ' ' . IO . l that he was Milton Gilbert. After exchanging greetings I noticed a strange looking ob- mmmm . 0 ' 1 I . g . . . , 4 I

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Tomght I am havmg dmner at Ye Old Beefsteak and Pork Chop Room for Dottxe just told me that Charles Glfford IS the proprletcr May 11 1968 Charlxe turned out to be qu1te the gemal host And guess whom else I ran 1nto Ronald Zlmmerman, the master of ceremon1es He played several request nuxnbers old favorxtes of R C H S days and that started us both remlmscmg May 12 1968 Wh1le enroute to Houston 'exas I bumped 1nto R1ta Brachear of all people She s presldent of Mxss Semantha Peterkxn s Fxmslung School for Young Lad1es R1ta mformed me that I-Iarrxet Carrlker IS thelr very eff1c1ent physzcal educatxon mstructor May 13 1968 Today may be Frlday the th1rteenth but lt has turned out lucky for me I was havmg dmner at Forallxcare Lounge where the mam attractxon was the song and dance rout1ne by M1m1 La Vance I 1mmed1ately recognzze her as Elomse Hjort After her performance, she came to my table and gave me an mterestmg account of her rapxd pro gress to stardom May 15 1968 Smce I seldom have a chance to v1s1t Hollywood, 1 dec1ded to explore Paramount Studmos As I was gazmg m awe at the wondrous splendors of the pxcture world Velma Mondlunk walked by, trxrn and neat as ever She told me that she IS now secretary to one of the1r large producers Glen Boehler Glen Velma saxd IS the most successful producer ln Hollywood at present May 16 1968 Our plane landed at Wmmpeg Canada about dusk tl'us evemng As I was walkmg were talkmg A famxhar face held my attentlon Yes sure enough, It was Bob Seifert After exchangxng greetxngs Bob told me he was travehng through Canada wxth a large concert orchestra, and they were appearmg tonxght at Harmony Hall Needless to say, I couldn t resist attendxng th1s concert, and I must say the1r rend1t1on of Charlotte Harbour Stomp was Just too sweet for words May 17 1968 Got up at five tlns mornxng to go fmshxng, and after rent1ng all the necessary paraphernalla, I rowed to a spot wh1ch looked qulet and restful I was just settlmg down to some honest to goodness fxslung when I heard a terrxble noxse Headxng rxght toward me was aplxpper plane sk1mm1ng over the water lxke a sea monster Then Just as I thought my end had come, It took off but not before I recogmzed the pxlot the former Lucllle Schurn Yes, there was Bob rxght besxde her I had prev1ously heard that Lucllle was quxte a promment flier, and that she and her husband have flown around the world several txmes On the way back to the hotel, I passed a beautxful lxttle home under constructmon, and by comcxdence the carpenter zn charge happened to look over my way Of all thmgs xt was Norman Jackson He told me he buxlds most of the surnmer cottages for vacatxon zsts around here az 20 1968 Arnved in St Paul tlus evemng As my tax1 was talung me to my hotel I not1ced a tall buzldmg loommg ahead wxth a huge neon sxgn blxnking George Bockew1tz, Inc Yep that s the lnggest elevator mn St Paul, and they really do a lot of busmess, e -Q. I I , . to the hotel desk to register, I glanced idly toward the corner where several people . D . . , M , A. . . , IC . O I ' . ' Ii tg U