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

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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

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taxx drxver xnformed me They have a whole fleet of trucks from the Don Toberman Truck Lme do all of the1r haulmg for them May Z2 1968 Just had to stop at dear old Chxcago or my tr1p wouldn t be complete I had Just settled down to a qulet evenmg of relaxatzon wmth the newspaper when the socxety page struck my eye It was fxlled wnth an account of the elaborate party a certam Mrs Van Spxzzle was glvmg My sense of adventure overcame me, and I decmded to crash that party just for the fun of xt Well, to make a long story short, the butler was just gettmg ready to use force when up walked Mrs Van Spnzzle, who turned out to be the former Mary Lou Held bedecked ln a dxamond studded evemng gown She introduced me to several celebr1t1es among them bemg Thomas Mlzera, the leadmg bar1tone of the Metropohtan Opera May Z5 1968 Detroxt as such a fascmatmg c1ty I looked up an old frlend and he told me about the new automobxle factory that has just recently been constructed by George Barkema We managed to go out to see George but had to wamt a few mxnutes untxl he fznxshed some xmportant dictahon to h1s prxvate secretary Earl Kolkhorst May Z7 1968 Went shopplng thms a m at one of the lead1ng departrnent stores, and seated rzght next to me at the lunch counter was Shmrley Poggenpohl who IS buyer for the Ladxes ready to wear department I stayed for the Fashlon Show tlus afternoon and was delxghted w1th the exotzc clothes bemg modelled by Dorothy Benn1ng for Norma Lee Tester, emxnent authorxty on et1quette whose new book Soc1al Blunders and How Not To Make Them IS sweepxng the country June 1 1968 Had just stepped off the tra1n ln Umon Stat1on at St Lou1s when Imet Donald Ogden face to face He was attendxng a Lzvestock Conventzon Don, xt seems has a large ranch down in Texas .Tune 3 1968 I just had to go out to Sportsman s Park to see the Cardmals play smce I d heard so much about thexr pltcher, Roy Huber Iume had pztched a no lut shut out last year to wm the serxes I was 1n such a hurry upon leavmg the game that I ran rxght out mn front of one of the c1ty busses There was a loud honk1ng of horns and screechmg of brakes, and when I got my breath I looked up at the bus dr1ver I-hs eyes opened quxte w1de but all he managed to say was Gosh Of course, you ve guessed lt was Bob Wedekxnd .Tune 15 1968 Good old Rayrnond I took several deep breaths of good old country an' and looked out at the beautxful landscape We were Just passing B111 Uhrlg s farm B111 15 the most progressxve farmer an tlus vlcmxty At present he s trymg out a new machme that goes after the cow feeds xt, mxlks 1t, and separates the mmlk all zn one process And now home at last The tmp was wonderful Uncle Percy and thanks, just heaps Phyllxs Foster 49 Patr1c1a Tucker 49 . . . U Y . . . . .. . I tl ' II ' D I . . . . - . -- , . 0 ' - I . I ..m.-.- . . . . . , . . . I , . -1.4-... . . . . . , I - - . - - as - n o . -mm..-. . . . , . .mmm- . , . . , I . . ,, . ,. . . . - - . I ' I Al I II I ' ' D ' ' I , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . , . . I ' I I I . l I I . . , I