Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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CLASS PROPHECY THORA MAGELSSEN, lady legislator, is the author of a bill in the state legislature which will make illegal any passes that men make at girls She has been fighting this problem since she got to be a representative and says that something ought to be done about it. The bill is expected to be defeated. OIAN and Boyun, makers of Bunions and Trunions, who were married last year, just had a new product. ANN BREVIG, woman explorer, made her third trip to the north pole this past winter. She was asked how she got the dogs to travel so far and also what she ate during her trip. She said she could answer that with one word, Mush. Vaudeville comedian, LORNA BREMSETH, lectured on how to stop that Romeo when he gets in the romantic mood. She says that when he starts talking about your nice teeth, you should tell him that his are like stars—they come out at night. If he is still persistent, tell him his ears look like flowers—cauliflowers I She guarantees this to stop him I Two of the world s most famous painter, Norman Rockwell and RICKARD Rembrant SIM, displayed their paintings in the snazzy La Ritz in Chicago. Sim’s paintings are reported to sell for ?100,000 a square inch. CONRAD LARSON, world famous economist, was recently asked to what he attributed his success. Said he, No women. MAVIS ANDERSON, world renowned polka dancer, is getting in shape for another tour this winter. She leads the Green Bay Packers in their calisthenics. The coach is amazed at the interest shown in practice by the boys. ROGER HAMMER, famous engineer, is making plans to build a skyscraper 209 stories high in New York. Says Roger, We (you know who) like privacy so we are going to live on floor 208. London Times—A bright, new opera star, MILLARD VTTSE, made a smashing hit in his new opera, De Fiddle’s Bow. Cast as the leading singer, this man with his rich baritone voice, also set a new record by folding a note for four minutes and 49 seconds. Asked how he ever did it, he replied, It has always been my life’s ambition. NANCY DUB3S, head of the Huff and Puff Bubble Gum Company, has invented a new gum called Nothing. Her idea is that when the teachers ask the pupils what they are chewing, they can reply, Nothing. RAMONA JERVISS, world famous skier and skater who is competing in the winter Olympics, was reported to be doing fine until a certain Scandahoovian skier came along. She has dropped way behind because, it is rumored, she is falling for him. VERNA KLUNGTVEDT, with her bass fiddle and her all girl orchestra-the Plunkavets- have just returned from a very successful tour of Europe. Verna said they had a plunkin good time. Flash I MARY SANDSNESS and Earl Windstorm are blowing up a sandstorm together in society circles. USAF General, honorable STANLEY MANN, flew nonstop around the world 6 times in his own designed XY-269 ram jet. He told this reporter when he landed that it got pretty lonely up there so next time he went up to try for a new record of 7 times around the globe, he’d bring a girl along. JIM STEPHANS won the Einstein award for the most advanced mathematician by figuring out how many grains of sand were in the Sahara Desert. He figured this problem out after spending only five years on it. He was asked in an interview what sensation he felt after he finally completed itj he said, VlT-t-Tr3 A young new star is rising fast on the ice skating scene and is threatening to overtake the current star. Miss Hortence Goof. Executing her famous jump, turn, twist, loop, with a double gainer has gained for YVONNE HASLERUD, world renowned fame. PETER MILLER and DICK SMABY just were released from a prison mental hospital. Besides going nuts writing the prophecy for their annual, they were sued by most of the members of their class and are now on county relief. 13

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I, CARL JAHR, do will and bequeath my bass to Gordy Torgerud, my ability to get the car to Gordy Quale, and my natural dislike for English to Donald Runger. I, MAUREEN JENSEN, do will and bequeath my trip to Girls State to the lucky girls who will go in the coming years, my editorship of the Ripples and all the headaches connected with it to Diane Larson, and my musical ability to my sister I, RAMONA JERVISS, do will and bequeath my cheerleading position to Arlysse Peterson, my majorette post to anyone who likes the extremes of the weather (freezing or oooking), and the thrill of being Homeooming Queen to a lucky girl in the junior class I, DARLENE JOHNSON, do will and bequeath my interest in bookkeeping to my sister, Nina, my dislike for sooial soienoe to the junior class, and my interest in a certain farm lad near Hart I will keep all to myself I, RAYMOND KJOS, do will and bequeath my ability to get the oar to Gordy Quale, my interest in FFA to Donnie Runger, and my drum to anyone who can play it better than I I, VERNA KLUNGTVEDT, do will and bequeath my string bass to Myrna Boese Bind my transcription tests to anyone who can keep his temper I, CONRAD LARSON, do will and bequeath my bookkeeping to anyone who has the spare time to do it in, and my love for old-time music to Diane Larson I, THORA MAGELSSEN, do will and bequeath my long hair to Ann Rislove, my marks to Joanne Bjorge, and my long, noisy bus ride to anyone who can stand it I, STANLEY MANN, do will and bequeath my interest in girls to Richard Anderson, except for a certain Peterson lass, my marks in English to Quentin Walker, and my levis to Donna Ferden I, DONALD McELMURY, do will and bequeath my car to the junk dealer, and my ability to make girls mad I keep for use throughout my life. I, PETER MILLER, do will and bequeath my ability to sneak into the assembly to Don Runger, my black hair and tallness 1 11 leave to Merlin Helgemoe, the problems of a longer lunch period and more comfortable chairs to Ur. Sonsteng, and the job of cleaning out my desk when the year is over to the janitors. I, LILA NELSON, do will and bequeath my short stature to Carl Huseboe, my good marks (?) in shorthand to Louise Markegard, and my long bus ride to my sister and brother. I, DELORES OIAN, do will and bequeath my piano ability to Jeanette Otis. I, JOHN PRINZING, do will and bequeath my numerous A s in algebra to George Berg (he needs them) and my various talents that I have not found yet I will keep for future use. I, MARY SANDSNESS, do will and bequeath my speech work to Joanne Bjorge, my play work to Marilyn Olstad, and my long and tough bus rides to my sister. I, RICHARD SIM, do will and bequeath all my troubles and worries to Nina Johnson, my class arguments to John Jertson, and my favorite sport, playing hookey, to Robert Rislove. I, DICK SMABY, do will and bequeath anything that I have to anyone that wants it and can make use of it, except my ability for putting a bag of wind through a small hoop, which I will keep for future use in college. I, JAMES STEPHANS, do will and bequeath all my abilities and lack of abilities to anyone who is not suitably endowed, and my state superior rating in extemporaneous speaking to anyone with a large enough net to catch all the butterflies that develop in the process of such competition I, MILLARD VITSE, do will and bequeath my engineering boots to Douglas Boyum, and my trips to Rochester to anyone who oan stand them 12

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LILA KELSON is planning on building a bookkeeping school on top of the hill near the Rushford sign. She feels that is where her class could study best, concentrating 2M hours a day on dear old bookkeeping. Her idea originated from high school where she sat in bookkeeping class and so often gazed out and up to that spot on the hill MAUREEN JENSEN, one of the most famous musicians of the day, was declared the best ten-thumbed organ grinder Of course, people do get her mixed up with the monkey who travels with her. DARLENE JOHNSON, who recently won first prize in the national bread baking contest held in Kryzerville, was seen in a dime store buying toy tractors—nine of them! During the Mars ts Earth revolution SHIRLEY EVEN SON founded a rest home for space cadets in . Now that the war is over, she has made a home for one of the lucky ones! Mademoiselle EVELEEN HOVLAN(d) has just received a fat check for her latest Parisian design— spectacles for the modem miss They are unbreakable, unbendable, and contain some secret charm so the boys now all look for gals wearing glasses JOHN PRINZING, criminal lawyer, got Scarface McDoddle off with a 99 year sentence. The Jury was thinking about giving him lifel SHIRLEY ERICKSON, lady detective from the Lumber Yard Just finished her most baffling case the Case of the Threaded Needle . She admitted it was one of her toughest cases because.. The needle and I Just didn!t see eye to eye. The Hula-Hula Weekly reported that Chicky CORCORAN was a smashing hit in her dance routine. The paper summed up her success by saying She's a Corker . Plash: Count Archibald Shagnasty HENRY van C0LB2NS0N, rich Hungarian farmer, threw Vail Street into a panic when he flooded the wheat market by selling 100,000 bushels of wheat. Since he has a corner in the market, it was estimated that he received $10 a bushel. Congrats1 Hank! Secretary of Agriculture, RAYMOND KJOS, who owns approximately l 5 9?8 of the United States didn't like van Colbenson's move to plant corn again on his one acre of land because he was contemplating buying it, but now he souldn't get his money's worth and all his plans were loused up. CARL JAHR, who just won the Indianapolis 500 mile race, was asked how he became such a good driver, he replied, ■ Driving around Rushford in my Chevrolet. Countss8 La Reine de MARILYN DEAN, after receiving the award Magna Cum Richa attributes her success to ...quote ■ I use my bean! LOIS HOPP, first grade teacher in South Africa was asked why she chose to teach little children. She said I Just want to get some practical experience for the future. The long wought after answer of why the donkey tail is more popular than the pony tail was given in on exclusive report by EGGERT, originator of the donkey tail. Vhe ways, Girls who wear the pony tail have inferiority complexes because ponys are so dumb, while those wearing my donkey tail creation know that donkey's are smarter than ponys so they can feel superior to those wearing pony tails. The Evils of Society was the topic of DONALD McELMURY, experienced lecturer on this subject to a group of society dubutants in flew York City. Asked where he learned to speak so well, he said, Vihere else but in my favorite class, English 1953! Mac also enthralled the group with his rendition of rfhen the Stars Get in Your Eyes which he sang and played on the guitar. 14