Richland High School - Richlander Yearbook (Richland, MO)

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Class Prophecy On May 18, 1965, the Richland Class of '55 held its' class reunion in the Colonial Hotel in Springfield, Missouri. The members of the class came from Tennessee, California, London, Hawaii, and deep, dark, Africa. We were very disappointed to find that Lois wasn't going to be able to come, but thirty minutes before the train pulled out, Carl sold a car and Lois threw her things together and came. The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Yankees in a World Series game just in time for Dwight Barnes to fly his private plane to Springfield. He has played in ten all-star games and has a batting average of 400. Keith Osborne and Evelyn Pippin arrived a few days before the reunion. Keith now owns a garage that covers a block in St. Louis, and is manufacturing hot rods. Evelyn is his private secretary. Due to the fact that Lavonne Hendrix had to attend the reunion, the Grand Ole Opry, which has been on the air for thirty years, wasn't broadcast last Saturday night because of her absence. She is now one of the top stars of the show. It wasn't a bit hard for Raymond Pruitt to get away from his job as he is now a bellhop in the Colonial Hotel. Much to everyone’s surprise, Louren Wood arrived on time. He is now directing the Convent Gardens Orchestra and has changed his name to Randall Lord Wood. He got the idea from Mrs. Dippert's Literature class, while studying Alfred Lord Tennyson. Velda, Irene, Marvel, and Nina are now nurses in Barnes Hospital. Nettie Pearl is a secretary for General Motors. The girls came driving from St. Louis in Nettie Pearl’s Cadillac, which she is demonstrating for General Motors. They had to add a top deck to the bus for Eddie and multiplications. He now owns the largest milk plant in the United States. Dale Watson arrived with a cute little wife plus two brown eyed twins. Dale is in the Marines and is stationed in San Francisco. Shirley finally got tired of answering the telephone at Hedges, so she and Charles went into business for themselves. Scotty Forman s and Jack Maxey's leave from the Navy came just in time for them to catch a plane. Much to their surprise, the airline hostess was none other than Mary Ethel Scott. From Hollywood came Sue Thomas, who is now a hairdresser for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer. By boat from Hawaii came Virgil Lane and Duane Kays. They said they were having the time of their lives. Mary Louise hopped the train in Kansas City, where she is now working as an accountant in the National Bank. Lyle Weeks and John Vance came all the way from deep, dark, hot Africa. There they have been killing everything from lions and tigers to alligators. Shirley Wilson is now a social worker in Nebraska. The passenger list was completed by Bob Drennan and his wife, Mary. Bob is now preaching in the southern part of Missouri. 6

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course and introduced us to a thing to which we were supposedly immune, discipline. But, like all good scholars, we settled down for a year of hard work. Mrs. Anderson, capable person that she was, nevertheless endured us for less than half a year and the Methodist preacher’s wife, Mrs. Holland, was called upon to plug the gap. Shirley Rogers and Lyle Weeks joined us that year. In our seventh year we achieved the heights of the third floor, and if the tales we had heard about life on the top floor were anywhere near to the truth, paradise had been reached. On hand to quell some of our more formidable ambitions were Miss Pauline Thorsberry and Miss Rosemary Starmer. The former is noteworthy of mention here in respect to the fact that she is the only person who taught us during one of our elementary school years and is still in the Richland School System. Our excursion that year was to Bennet Springs for a picnic and then on to Lebanon for roller skating. In the eighth grade “lo and behold” there stood Miss Thornsberry flashing a loving (?) smile at us. Here in- deed was a person out of the ordinary. One in a million, this woman. But if she was willing to put up with us another year, more power to her. After the initial shock had worn off, we strove to justify her undying faith in us. We were determined to amend our ways. Raymond Pruitt, Marvel Roberson, and John Vance joined. Dwight Barnes left us in favor of a year of country school. Our eighth grade commencement was the climax of an eventful year in our young lives. Two days after our graduation we made an excursion to Starks Caverns and the lake of the Ozarks. And then high school! Miss Anna McFarland and Mr. Dale Hicks tucked us under their wings and tried to steer us clear of the perils confronting each new crop of “green” Freshmen. We adjusted to jumping up at the sound of each period bell and joining the rat race down the hallway to a different class. Dwight Barnes rejoined us. Our new additions consisted of Lavonne Hendrix, Robert Drennan, Jack Maxey and Nina Berry. Our School Picnic was spent with a pleasant day of swimming, fishing, eating, and loafing on the Gasconade River. Charles Moffett was our Sophomore sponsor. Evelyn Pippen joined us that year. We were saddened by the news of the death of our Freshman English instructor, Miss Leta Rae Locke. We visited Meramac and Onandaga Caves for our end of school outing. We then attained the rank of “Love Sick” Juniors. We were the acknowledged superiors of the Freshmen and Sophomores, but somehow we could not penetrate the barrier that existed between us and the Seniors. We embarked upon the stage of dramatics with the production of three one-act plays, given under the capable supervision of Mrs. Maxine Dippert; “The Blue Teapot”, “The Trysting Place”, and “Spreading The News”. The profits obtained from the production of these plays enabled us to spend a day at the Lake of the Ozarks. Three of our lifelong schoolmates, Martha Ann Simpson, Mary Ann Bowling, and Evelyn Ogle, earned sufficient credit to enable them to graduate that year. And finally we had reached the topmost rung of the ladder. The Senior year prom- ised bright happenings for us. Irene Holcomb and Shirley Wilson joined us. Our class rings arrived at the first of the year, commencement invitations were ordered, and our Senior pictures were taken. In part, at least, we owe our success in our achievements throughout this year to our co-operative sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon. We wish to take this oppor- tunity to thank them. 5

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MR. JOHN VERNON Senior Sponsor MRS. MARY VERNON Senior Sponsor Seniors HELEN SUE THOMAS Band..............1. 2. 3 Class Vice-Pres. . . . 2 Class Officer.......3 F.H.A.........1. 2. 3. 4 F.H.A. Pres.........3 Glee Club...........2, 3 Home Ec.........1. 2, 3 Junior Play.........3 Mixed Chorus........2 Operetta............2, 3 Pep Club............1 Pep Squad.............2,3 ROBERT E. DRENNAN Annual Staff..........4 Class Vice-Pres. . . . 1 F.F.A................1 F.F.A. Officer.......1 Glee Club.......2. 3. 4 Junior Play..........3 Mixed Chorus .... 2, 4 Operetta...........2, 3 Paper Staff...........4 Basketball.........1,2 LOIS WILLIAMS Annual Staff..........4 Class Vice-Pres. ... 4 F.H.A...........2. 3, 4 Glee Club.........2. 3 Home Ec..............2 Junior Play..........3 Majorette........1,3,4 Mixed Chorus ... .2, 4 Operetta...........2. 3 Paper Staff..........4 Pep Squad ... 1, 2. 3, 4 7