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

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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