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1941-1944 Senior's last chapel! Once again that slow moving line of grey caps and gowns moves up the aisle. Tfhis time it is we. As we watch the Freshmen march in, we re- member our Freshman year. Anne Bither and David Bubar won first honors in the class reading. Betty Hanning and Robert Maxell received second. That year Joan re- ceived her R in tennis. Many of the girls joined the Glee Club and received their R's . The next fall we returned as Sophomores -older, and a true part of Ricker life. Gene Woodworth won his R in basketball. Many of the girls received their R's in basketball. Because of the war, we had to cut ouit the class reading and tennis. Now we see ourselves -as Juniors, more self-assured and taking a more prominent part in school activities., That year saw the beginning of the girl's trio. Anne and Mim received their R's for their participation in the trio. 'Phat year also the cheer leaders were formed with Mim as one of them. Again that year Gene Woodworth received his R in basketball. Anne Bither and Ruth Hagan were chosen to be members of the National Honor Society. ' This year Anne and Mim still are in the trio. Mim leads in the cheers. Gene Wood- worth and Gene Dow are on the basketball team. Warren is manager. The Senior play was a great success with Anne and Robert in the leading roles, Now we come back to the present as the class ode is sung and we march solemnly ou-t. Ruth Hagan 1 -of li 4 CLASS PROPHECY - By Joan Green Well folks, here we are in Chicago, the city of conventions. Imean the city that is Host to conventions-and this one is really a big one. It is a reunion of Ricker alumni and alumnae from all part of the U. S. A. This is your good friend Prof. I. M. Dum, who urges you to use Super Duper hi-test gas for your new rocket plane. Speaking of rocket planes-if you want a good buy in a plane buy a Rocketo ipronounced Rock-etol The plane that will sometime lake you to Mars. Yes, since we've taken care of each class as far back as 1945. ' 12 That's ten years of service to the graduates of Ricker who know good products when they see them. You'd be surprised how many people have graduated from Ricker. It has certainly turned out some fine men and women. But now, it is time to make the rounds of the 1945 table-My! what a fine looking group of men and women. All right folks! let' start interviewing the graduates. Here at the head' of the table is Gene Dow. Gene was npresident of his class in 1945 and so has the seat of honor. As I re- member, Gene was a popular fellow at school, always ready to lend a hand. He was in the Marines in World War II and re- ceived the purple heart and bronze' star for bravery. Now he's married to Serita Lane and they have two lovely children. occupation is farming, which ac- Gene's counts for his ruddy cheeks. Next Evelyn at the table is dark, vivaclous Allen Gates. She and Bob finally settled down. Bob -is coaching at Stearns and Evelyn is the ? ministe-r's assistant there. They have a child, Robert, Jr. Beside Evelyn, talking as usual, is the famed psychiatrist, Dr. Anne Court Bither. She took the five-year nursing course at Colby and then majored in psychiatry at Columibia University. Dr. Bither has finally made usp her mind to be a career woman. It has taken her quite a while to decide this as s.he is attracted easily by the op- posite sex. She is extremely busy taking care of distabled veterans. Next comes your ex-cheerleader, Mim Baxter who is now a popular model and is called Toni lSix. She's married to a fellow named Gregory Powers who was a Lt. in' the a.ir corp. in World War II. Mim has made herself very famous and has had a few minor parts in moving pictures. She and her husband are very happy, and have a daughter named Doreen. Then comes Ruth Fleming. Ruth has been a registered nurse for seven years, and is number one assistant to Dr. Paul Glascow, the famous brain surgeon. Ruth is as conscientious as ever and takes great pride in the fame her work has given her. Gene Woodworth is married to Barbara Sargent-she couldn't escape Gene's wily wit and charm, I guess. He and Herb Gentle are partners in the potato business. They grow and ship potatoes by rocket.
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Presenting Sc-:niet CLASS PRGPHECY CLASS I-HSTGRY
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Business is good the men say. Herb evidently hasn't found the right girl yet: or if he was, she refused. Well, here's Joan Green Stevens. She married a fellow named Bruce Stevens who entered the Air Corps, as a pvt. and came out a Captain. I remember Joan and Anne were co-editors of the school year book, The Aqu'llo . When their palper, The Ricker Reporter ,iwas published, I saw scripts from My Advice to the Lovelorn handbook-t1hat's why I remember them. Joan has been married since 1950 and has two children, a boy David, and a girl Nicky. Her husband manufactures rocket planes ln California. Mrs. Stevens tells me that Clarice Mc- Brine, Margaret Willette, Melva Day, Betty Hutchinson, and Evelyn Williams are secretaries in her husband's rocket plant. Melva and Clarice are married, and their hu-sbands are foremen at the plant. Anna Rugan wasn't able to co-me because she has to be at the restaurant. You prob- ably remember it. It used to be the Tally Ho, but Anna has changed its name to, The Red Rocket. Anna manages the restaurant very well, and has Louise Clark helping her. They have two chefs-Roy Ingraham and Kenneth Mclver. The food is really delicious. Well, Hi! Mooseepardon me, Frances how are you? That's good. You look as healthy as ever. You say you're teaching at Rlcker? I heard some such rumor. You're Mr. Bither's History Assistant, aren't you? Yes, I thought so. You were in the Waves during the war weren't you, Frances? Yes, I heard you were the only woman ever to be decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor. You sank a Jap submarine single handed from San Francisco shore, didn't you? I thought so-you're a very brave woman. Thelma Drake was there in San Francisco too was she--in the Waves? I didn't know that. She's home now with her husband. Mattie Horsman is right beside Frances folks. How's it feel to be a heros wife, Mattie? As you know, Mattie married Bob Thompson who was the man that lived a- lone on a life raft for 23 days and came home alive. These Navy Men, My, My! 1Sylvia Brooker is now married to Tom McLaughlin and is working as Secretary in place of Lib Putnam. lletty McBride is in Miss 'I'aplcy's posi- tion at Ricker and is head of the commer- cial department. Shirley Morris Chalou is sitting right be- tween Betty and Sylvia and was telling me about her job. She and Adne are married and Shirley has a job in Hartford in a ribbon factory. She makes hair ribbons. Finally-here is Rod Carmichael! How are you Rod? You look fine. Rod tells me he has been farming, but since Anita is working in New York, he took a job as a salesman at Macy's for awhile. I guess this winds up tfhe class of '45 and so we leave you, Ricker graduates of '45 to go to visit the class of 1944's table. More power to all of you and may you all as- semble like this again and have all your classmates present. Oh! I meant to tell you people before, but l'll tell you now while I think of it-I was in New York last week and I saw Life with Father which stars that won- derful actress, and your old classmate Dorothy Sweet. Her name is Mrs. Robert Maxell now. Robert is a very successful playwright and producer. They seem ex- ceedingly happy. I also saw Jack Hillman and Jr. Tingley, those two playboys. They still haven't settled down. Jr. has abeauti- ful new car now. They both made money in mining jade. in Wyoming. They're in New York most of the time. Well, well, hello Mervin. There's Mervin Klein, who is considered the 9 th wonder of the world and the second Tommy Man- ville. In the past 10 years Mervin has been married five times. He always was rather a wolf, if I remember correctly. Betty Hanning and Ruth Hagan are run- ning a private school for girls of high school age. Betty is a nurse now and puts her knowledge to good use among the stu- dents. Ruth has always wanted to teach. Now she does more than teach: she has a school of her own. Barbara Simms Tib- betts is head of the Commercial Dept. Yes, Barbara finally married Sterling and he is in New York too-as head of the flying school. They live at Riverside Drive. Anita Plourde Carmichael is head of the English Dept. and Dean of girls. Anita has been married twice, but her first husband was killed in a rocket crash about 3 years ago. Her second husband is Rod Carmichael, a member of the class of '45. Anita has the
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