Shelbina High School - Indian Echo Yearbook (Shelbina, MO)

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After locatmg hometown classmates I am off for destmatlons unknown My fxrst stop IS at the Brown Derby 1n Hollywood Callforma Much to my surpnse the feature attractlon IS the Shel Mo Tr1o composed of Peggy Mlles Myra Heald and Ernestme Reardon smgmg thelr verslon of Doggie ln the Wmdow The hatcheck g1rl was Marxlyn Maupm Very weary I checked mto the Statler Hotel The elevator boy was Charles Watson J son of my former classmate Charles Watson Sr The evemng paper told m blarmg headl1nes of the launchmg of the second rocket shlp to the moon Ivo Blackford 1S the perfector of the marvel l3e1ng an adventurous person I dec1ded to take th1s tr1p I drove to the launclung platform The ma1n eng1neer of th1s rocketsh1p was Darrell Totten I boarded the shlp and found m the p1lot s quarters the one and only George Wilt who IS preparmg to fzre the detonator whxch w1ll send us on our way mto space After arrlvmg on the moon I went on the slght seemg tour Our gulde was .Terry Moss of the Space Patrol In preparmg to return to earth a fam111ar volce comes over the loud speaker It 1S the muslcal vo1ce of Mar1lyn Elwood Now down to earth agam to the beautlful enchantmg Hawauan Isles I was greeted by the tantallzmg mus1c of a Hawauan steel gultar played by Ray Weatherford He was accompanymg Jessle Ann Sm1th Anna Madge Buckman and Evelyn Byars who were dancmg the Hawauan Somba Walkmg down the mam street I was attracted by a cocoanut stand The propr1etor was Mary Snlder a flery redhead of my class of 53 A natnve messenger dellvered me a letter from the Lord Charles Foster of England xnvltmg me to come to v1s1t wlth hlm and hls famlly whlle they are on thelr safar1 m South Afrlca John Dodd the famous dlamond m1ner was the gulde of the exped1t1on After maklng th1s trlp I returned to the States and docked ln New York Harbor Halllng a taxz to get through the heavy trafflc I found that my taxl was owned by the Beckett and Metcalf Taxlcab L1nes Bemg a mus1c lover I stopped m a leadmg New York mus1c store and was greeted by Katherme Bastlan a saleslady She told me her s1ster Frances had become a schoolteacher at Draper Hzgh School where Cla1born Byars 1S Supermtendent and a lecturer of the Agrxculture Department The nearmg of the Kentucky Derby was brought to my attent1on agam by the newspaper Not u.nt1l I reached Kentucky d1d I reallze that the proud owner of one of the favorlte horses was Jackson Hammond In F1or1da I f1nd Estxl Howell who IS raxsmg h1s own dates on hls own date farm At the Florlda Keys I met Carolyn Rlchards who 1S hostess on a fleet of pleasure boats that tour the Keys On and on I travel and fmally stop ln Texas On a cattle ranch Ifmd James and Shlrley Mzller and s1x lxttle Mlllers flxttmg about the yard Down the road on another ranch I f1nd Frances and Merr1tt Trantor and I mqulre about the resemblance of the1r chlldren They tell me there IS a set of tr lplets and a pa1r of twzns In the foothllls of Arkansas I fmd Dor1s Dodd and Lenore Tartar Turner just setthng down to marrzed l1fe after the return of their husbands from service By the way, they are enjoymg the Arkansas custom no shoes 9 Q 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 . . . . .5 . . . ,, . . , . . , . , ru 1 a - . 1 , . - . . . . , . . . 1 . 1 ' ' ' I . . 1 1 ' . 9 fl I . , . . . . , , . 2 . , , . , . 1 ' 1 9 ' I I . . . . . . . . . . U H . 1 1 ' 1 1 . ' 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . -- .

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Class Prophecy As I gaze mto my crystal ball many forms appear As the m1st dlsappears I recog mze the fam1l1ar faces of my schoolmates of 53 Frrst I see a gay carmval wrth the mam attractxon of the evenmg starrmg Dean Adams The Strong Man Also tourmg the carnlval grounds I fmd Charles Antle and hls Powell As I go down the mldway a terrlflc roar attracts my attentlon It ls Marjorle Barley and her crew of auto daredev11s drlvmg Chrysler products One of her featured acts IS Vlola K11ne with her motorcycle As I came out the rear entrance of the tent I saw two famlllar feet stlckmg out from underneath an auto It was Ivan Carroll soupmg up one of the hotrods As the carn1val 1s fadmg out another scene enters my crystal ball but the v1s1on IS gettmg dlmmer and dxmmer I then reallzed lt would be better to see my old schoolmates m person I went to a flllmg statlon to have my car servzced and to secure road maps and whom d1d I fmd as the proprletor but Rlchard McSorley He tells me I can fmd James Hall on a ch1cken farm west of Shelbma His wlfe the former Kathleen Greenwell tells me that at long last Gerald Power has found the certaln Loulse who 15 the Key to h1S heart Gomg down the road I stop to v1s1t Betty Turner and Frances Bartoslk who are f1x1ng lunches for the1r husbands the O Laughlln brothers Charles and Leo Glenda Dmwlddle 1s trymg to beat Tom s record at golf Ronald Day the caretaker belleved It would be safer to be on the ball Dr1v1ng on I stop at Tommy Phllllber s Ice Cream Parlor where he IS m1x1ng a malt for hls favorlte glrl Marle Danxels He tells me h1s success 15 due to Wallace s Dalry Products I arrlved home to fmd an announcement of the double weddmg of the Wood twlns Clunette and Claudette to Gzlbert Farrell and Truman Wood Dorothy Magruder the for mer Dorothy Farrell and her husband Jack are to be the couples attendants That nxght I V1S1t6d my nexghbors Mr and Mrs Marvm and Lela Farrell Thomas and famlly of exght all ln assorted smzes Whxle v1s1t1ng we watched thelr new three d1 menslonal televxslon set and whom drd we see but Hank oh no Bob W1ll1ams and hrs Western Variety Tlme Dorthy Bower IS now Mrs Bob W1ll1ams who IS helpmg hlm on the way to success I found that they had purchased thexr te1ev1s1on set through the Gamble Store that 1s now owned by Opaldme Maupin and her husband John Ashcroft Jr Thls led me to ask about her twm Paulme Maupm who IS teachmg at Granvmlle Hlgh School Our conversatlon turned toward the latest Parls M1SSOUT1faSh1OHS where Alma Dene Todd IS modeling clothes and has to watch her Walte very closely Some of these latest fash1ons are bemg deslgned by Donna Eversman Q 1 I Y U . , - as ,, I., . . j . . . . . . , ' . . . .. I. . . 3 . . . , . . . , . 9 D ' On the way home, I see Toni Barkelew, who is getting ready to play a round of Gough, . . . . . .. . , I . 1 . ' 1 I Y 7 ' . . . . , , . . . . . , , . . D I ' 1 U ll ' 'I ,

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As I was driving to Oklahoma a billboard drew my attention. It stated Die better for less at the Robert Kunce Mortuary. ln Kansas Ann Little had her restaurant fully equipped to serve her large business of harvest hands. She tells us Marjorie Foster is the private secretary to the Governor of Kansas. Back to Missouri and the University where I find Thomas Ragsdale is the Professor of Agriculture and Jimmy Rash is more Mary than ever teaching the Tigers new football plays. Also in Columbia at Christian College I met Phyllis Shively who is the Dean of make my trip complete I find Judy Ralls waiting for a certain Day Russell that is Shirley Suits Jimmy Rash Frances Hildmann Bob Kunce Women. On the outskirts of Shelbina, I saw Lena Thrasher polishing a new Pontiac. To