Shanksville Stonycreek High School - Chicahonian Yearbook (Shanksville, PA)

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IDENTIFICATION SEE PAGE 64 Z6

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY It is 1966 now, and a lot of things have happened since the class of 1956 graduated from Shanksville-Stonyereek. Do you wonder what happened to the members of that class? Let's tind out. First, let's find a means of travel. We'll take one of the new rockets. As we enter the rocket, whom do we see in the doorway but Peggy Berkebile. She is the hostess on our rocket. She tells us her husband wants her to quit working soon, and she thinks she will. Her husband is the pilot on our ship. Our first landing is in Chicago. We hurry straight from the rocket to the Baseball Stadium, where the Chicago Cubs are playing. As we find our seat, Bill Bowers strides up to the plate. He lets two strikes go by, then slams one out of the ball park. Bill is already a candidate for Baseball's Hall of Fame. Cheering wildly next to us is a familiar voice. Looking over, we find Kay Hillegas and her two children. Naturally, she is cheering for her husband, Donald Blough, star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. As we leave the Stadium we run into the former Alice Glessuer and her four child- ren. Alice tells us she is on her way to join her husband in San Francisco. We return to the airport and wander around a bit. Coming out of a building, we run into Patty Pile. Shel says she is the head Medical Secretary in a Chicago hospital. Julia Evans is head nurse in the same hospital. Julia's husband, Bll Horne, is vice- president of the First National Bank in Chicago, and Nina Huston holds a high position in the same bank. Boarding our rocket, we find ourselves seated next to Charlotte Spangler. She says she is taking a vacation from Chet and the kids. From our next stop, in Colorado, we go straight to Ruth VValker's ranch. Ruth married soon after she came west, and she and her husband are partners in a large beef and horse-raising business. Ruth always has room for a former classmate, and on their vacation we find Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilt and their three children. lla Gay said Joe is dealing in rare antiques, and painting in his spare times , ,, ,, Leaving Ruth's we went straight to Hollywood. Passing a studio, we noticed a crowd of Bobby-soxers hanging around a stage door. As we drew near the door opened and Harry Stull stepped out. After he finished signing autographs, we went over to talk to him. He said he'd been working in pictures for three years. He just finished the remake of Gone VVith The VVind in cinemascope. He asked us if we'd S6611 Neil VValker, who was in Hollywood with his orchestra, doing the Life of Harry James in cinerama. David Landis, millionaire Hollywood di- rector, was producing and directing the picture. We fly from Hollywood straight to New York, and register at the new Heinemeyer Hotel, one of a chain of hotels owned by Terry Heinemeyer, multi-millionaire. Terry is known to his fond employees as f'H1n'kle. The room clerk is Elda Burke, whose husband manages the hotel. Glancing at the register, we see the names of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sorber. Going to their apartment we find that Sam is a Diesel Mechanic, working near New York, and he and his wife always in on weekends. During our talks, he mentioned that Jim Knepper is working as an en- gineer in South America. Going through the lobby, we meet Beverly Veil and find that she is teaching music at a high school in New York. On the way home we stop in VVasliington, D. C., and find Verdean Hunter, Edna Miller, and Dorothy Glessner rooming together, while their husbands are overseas. Kathryn Browning and her husband also live in VVashington, but they were not home when we called. As we drive toward home, we pick up speed, and soon we hear a siren behind us. We pull over, and a Sargeant of the state police comes to the window and pushes back his cap. It is Ronald Trent! He is very friendly, but as we drive home We have a ticket in the glove compartment. We return to Somerset, stopping at VVeigles' Garage, owned by Tom and Yvonne since 1960. Bill Miller, their chief mechanic, hopes to open his own garage next week. Walking up a street, we pass a Barber Shop, which turns out to be owned by Eddie Hillegas. He gets a lot of trade, and the President of the United States often stops there. We meet Bob Hillegas, who tells us his wife, Shirley Pebley, and the kids are fine. He has a 250 acre farm, on which he raises potatoes, and dairy cattle. He tells us also that Donald Walker and Larry Brant owni large farms near him, and Patty Foster and her husband, Manford Martin, own a farm near Friedens. Nancy Lambert and her hus- band, Harold Shaulis, also operate a large farm. YValking on, we meet Dorothy Mostoller coming down the street. She is manager of Newberry's and her husband works in Johnstown. This is the future of the class of 56, Shanksville-Stonycreck High. Z5

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