ROWVA High School - Rovan Yearbook (Oneida, IL)

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CLASS PROPHBCY One afternoon in 1955, as I was watching a rodeo in Phoenix, Arizona, I noticed in front of me an artist who was sketching the rodeo. At first I thought she was a cowgirl, but as she turned I saw it was June Quanstrom, now a noted artist. I had heard that she was just back from Europe. I recognized the man sitting beside her as one she had known back in high school days. He was eating a piece of cheese. As I cried out her name she turned and recognized me. We sat there and talked of old times. She told me that the man was her manager, but it looked like ,to me that he would rather manage her. She also told me The calf roping contest was on that Gus Lynd, a famous orchestra leader, was playing for the dance that night. With him was Bud Main, now known as Larry Lamar. he is an engineer and gives all the is sponsored by Suddsy Soap,1 e soap soft in only 4 days ---- Gee! What am commercial! Then the rodeo clown came into the crowd. Were my eyes deceiving me? Simpson, up to his old tricks, making found out that Stuart was working married to one of his ten girl friends. his talented singer, In Bud's spare time girls free rides. He that makes your hands I doing giving them a the ring to cheer up No, it was Stuart people laugh. I get money to get Well----maybe the to rodeo was going to be more interesting than I had thought it would be. and one of the field judges was inspecting the ties. It was Bill Bergll Bill in personal life is a lawyer and is forever getting pretty girls out of trouble. Later in the afternoon they had stunt flying and as the planes landed I went over to see the pilots. Much to my surprise one of them was Carl Hammerlund, noted stunt flyer. Talking with him a while I watched newspapermen and photographers running around us. One of them came dashing up shouting nHello!n at me. You might know! Bob Riesebieter, world famous reporter. Say what is this a class re-union? Who was that over there? Ahal Sitting on an old fence I found Lois Hopkins, just as pretty as ever, trying to show her youngest how to write shorthand for she is a world champion typist and shorthand writer. Her husband is owner of the rodeo. I didn't get to meet him but I think I've met him before in high school days. We talked while watching a man calling to his children, there were about ten of them. Suddenly I recognized him, Donald Bjorlingl He and his wife, a former Altona girl, were taking a

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