Sparland High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Sparland, IL)

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. CLASS PROPHECY fceswl to observe one. Asking a lady what the casefwevli I be, she said JAMES APPEL was sueing his fifteenth. wife for divorce Ha get tired of eating warmed-over soup and she kept complaining about his wearing a mustache. Same old James. At S.H.S. he never could make up his mind about girls. About this time the door opened, the judge entered and stood stiffly at attention until all was silent in the room, whereupon he took his place. Was I flabber- gasted to see he was RICHARD BOGNER, who I soon learned is one of the best known judges in the world, because he never lost a case. I always knew Richard would wake up someday and become a public speaker: After the fiery court session ended abruptly because the defendant lost his voice I left and preceded down the street. Suddenly I heard what I thought to be the most awful screaming and yelling. Could someone be hurt? A nearby sign explained--HGLORIA McCONNELL'S 'Foice Studio. Two lessons for 35. Guaranteed to ceiling.9 Well, I walked into her studio Gloria not looking a day older than when and the most stunningly dressed person in years. She soon dismissed her pupil, fat lady from a side show in a QiyCug'so raise the and found in school Ifve seen a former that we Could talk over old times. Starting back to my hotel, a sign caught my eye. aw-wM-Wim CAROL PABRISH'S TEDDING w,. ,f SHOP.u Could this possibly Ffqjxjaigggf fa be my former friend, Carol 1 0N.f?Xig26 ff!! Pyles? Sure enough it was. A, xdc' w'U,,f'f Weddings were right down X841 , 7f7N carfors line back in high K school days, so it's no NINNQII -V HY- N XY , w I

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CLASS PROPHECY fCON'TD Of course, Irma Said, i'I've married the world's greatest basketball coach and we are very .n 3 . ' heoDY-A Before I could leern what had happened to the root of my classmates, the conductor, called, Hhll off hero et Reno, Novede.H I steeped from the train and hailed e taxi in charge of a 300-Dound men. Taro me to the host hotel in town, oleese,H I said es I entered the taxi. The driver'S HO. K souhded familiar, Oh, t yes, that the voice of Dorf RUSSELL. Tie gladly 1 told me how he was HHHINQ money heed over heels out here with his fleet of taxis. Knowing Doh'e I love for cars when we went to Soarlend High School I could understand why he liked the tdxi business. I never did find out though how he acquired all those extra mounds. Stoooing before e most outstanding hotel, I reed the sign, nSoerlend Strings Hotel, owned hy LLOYD and MARY RUSSELL. Mary? Of course I she was Mary Mattingly. There they were ffk , I sitting et the desk of their prosoeroue 3 hotel gazing at each other and holding T' ' hands. Still the devoted 6,11 couple, it seems. ' nf 771 'U gui - fl I7 0 U .ff'l With my vacation trio getting pn' ffl more ihtcremtihi all the time, nf 11 b 5 I could hardly wdit to get I ng T P UHDVCKCG and clodhod ue to . n r stert out to tour this west- ,rf N 1 ern citv. is Nerf suggested, rf gl V I f'ollo'cs'ed tho Cll0l'3'flOU.S F,-J' VY, 7 crowds going into the courtu Vvfqwajmwwg: 6 X house. Reno heihv known for I kielf N' If its divorce trials, I decided N- f'MXl'7'fi I ccc,toe,c,-

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I a I I , I I I 5 I I I I I I I I 4 i 5 v I wonder sh ncut the of seeing whether s said she married a HSPARIAND yes,n sai and Lewie Jeanne ho traeks.U nNow y Bryden Ho Carol, so GLASS PROPHECY Icom-mv e opened a wedding shop. Did we ever breezen with our reminiscing. I told her our former classmates and inquired he knew where the rest were located. She knew IEWIS BUCK and JEANNE WALLACE were nd lived in a large mansion called the ESTATE,U near the edge of town. nOh, d Carol, Hthey have a family of nine boys is a coach at the local high school. pcs her boys will follow in Lewiefs ou must visit, by all means, the Pringle- spital, the largest in the world,U said tomorrow, I shall. Of course I knew I GRACE PRINGLE was famous for her great ability as a nursen she used fine hosp because o Then being the owner of l,OOO oil wells, some of the surplus money to build this ital. WToo,n said Carol, uit was mainly f Gracie's fame for making money out here, and her nsrrcldus descriptions of the wonders of I the West Aiter to eat un tel' MI ' that drew most of us classmates out here.i such a busy. exciting day, I had forgotten til new I began to be hungry. Se Carol best pla e in town would be the Flashm - rule the s l.es 2 1 ' e Diamond Cafe owned by Gloria Wilkins Tipton. She would che appeal te Since the visit for Well, most exci land High May th owe a name like that. Diamonds had an Gloria oven back in high school days. day is almost over, I shall leave that I EOMOPTOW. dear diary, this has been the busiest andi ting day since graduation night at Spar- , for your writer, EIIEEN BURKHOLDER. I ere be more of interest tomorrow. I