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Returmng from Memphxs, I stopped at Muncxe Indxana to see a bxg convent A famxllar face welcomed me Who was xt but Esther l-Iausfeld who xs now Sxster Superior The next mormng, roammg through one of the largest department stores m Indxanapohs I notrced a very famxlxar face sxttmg at the desk m one of the offxces As I was a lxttle curxous 1 walked closer to her and 1mmed1ately recogmzed her as Marlene Vondrell She 15 now employed as one of the bookkeepers for the depart ment stores there When I was leavnng there I heard a famxhar voxce I turned to see who xt was and was greeted by a very frxendly person I recognxzed her as Delores Plexman now Mrs Vxrgnl Gaerke She mformed me later that she was a dress desxgner of the latest fasluons for the department stores m Portland Indnana She saxd she enjoys her posmtzon and ns certaxnly enjoyxng hfe From there I went to the theatre and took 1n a movle I was almost stunned to see Julxa Bruggeman walk mto thxs theatre wnth dxamonds and furs decoratmg her beaut1fully She was marrned by now, and had no chxldren She had marrxed a doctor and the young, handsome man happened to be a nexghbor of Mr Barr As I was drwmg through Zeke Peaks, a maroon convertxble whxzzed past me I dxdn t get a good look at the drxver but as he passed I thought he locked fam111ar At the nex' gas statxon he stopped, so I pulled up beslde hxm I-le got out of hns car and to my surpnse I recogmzed hun as Alex Bruggeman After chattmg wxth hmm for quxte awhxle he told me he was a famous fullback at the Umversxty of Marxa As I was nearmg home Saturday evenxng I stopped at Beer Vxew Lodge What a shock It was to flnd the former Susxe Borgert and her husband Dxck Pharrxs are the proprxetors of zt After travelmg all mght I reached home about 4 00 m the morning Upon report mg the events of my trxp to the editor of the Nashvmlle Tunes I happened to see Ella Mae Ranly mn h1s offxce She told me she was the edxtor of the Women s Socxety column for thxs paper She saxd she had just recexved a letter from Ethel Kremer and that she was now domg nursmg m the Mercy I-lospxtal nn Coldwater As I was vxsxtxng on further I came to a church and decxded to stop m for a v1s1t, and whom do you think I saw? None other than Mark I-lem worklng on the church as a steeplejack paxntxng the cross Whale talkmg to Mark I told hmm I hadn t as yet found Teresa Bergman He told me that a month ago he had met her out West She s a real Cowgnrl and xntroduces herself as Terry the Kzd She looks very sharp 1n her rmdxng breeches She owns the Bar X Ranch and IS famous an many Western movxes After seemg nearly all of the Class of 51 I happened to see Vzrguua Tumbusch an my nexghbormg town She told me she was engaged to a promment busxnessman I asked her what she was domg smce she graduated and she sand she was her france secretary I very much enjoyed meetxng these former schoolmates of mme and w1sh them still greater success ln the years to come 32 - . . , . , . ' ' ' ' nu ' . ' OO . - . ' . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . , , . . . D . . . . I . ' . . . . . . . . . . I I . . . . 0 - . . . . L . . . . . . Stein. ' ' ll ' UC . . . , O . . : . . . - . . . . . , . . . . , . , . . ' . . . , O . . . . . . . . 9 . . ll ' Ol ' li ' If , . . . I . , . . . l . . . . . - I a a n ' U I . .
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Class Prophecy for Class of 51 TIME IS 1961 I had often wondered what happened to the Class of Sl Well fxnally I got so curxous that I decided to start on a trxp I planned to start from St John and travel to Nashvxlle Tennessee to v1s1t wxth my former teacher Mr Barr Whxle passmg through St Rosa I notxced a sngn It read Clune s Paxnless I-Iospmtal Onentermg the operatmg room I saw a doctor whom I recogmzed to be Delbert Clune He was operating on a lovely handsome adorable pig He was the owner and operator of a beautxful hospxtal for ammals Delbert saxd he owed xt all to hxs wlfe whose father was a doctor and to h1s two chxldren who kept h1m gomg Contlnumng my tnp South I stopped at a store xn Greenvllle and whom drd I see? Well none other than Mary Ann Schurman She was buymg baby food for the Dreston Quadruples and trylng to chxsel the grocer because of her budget Teatthel' S salarxes aren t very hxgh Before leavmg Greenvllle I saw a Nxght Club called Maurxce and Celesta s I stopped for a mmute and to my surprise we saw Celesta Hextkamp workxng behmd the bar When I talked to her I found o ut she was marned to Maurxce Grxeshop and was now co owner of the place On the way to Dayton I p1cked up a couple of hxtchhxkers As I neared thexr house I thought I had recognxzed a famxhar face I stopped and talked to the chxld s mother Much to my surprxse xt was V1ola Selhorst Vxsxtxng the Good Samantan Hospxtal I saw Ruth Nxekamp stxckmg a needle 1n some cute guy s arm She told me she had been nursmg for years and was marrxed and had a famxly of four As I was loolung over the dresses 1n one of the large department stores I saw Jovxta Bertke who was one of John Power s most promxnent models Whxle passxng a wmdow xn C1!'lCll'L!13tl I saw Dorothy Pohlmann with a bunch of youngsters crowded around her I entered and found that she was a teacher of kxndergarten She told me that after she graduated from college she marrxed a young man from Nashvxlle and now has two l1ttle daughters On my way past Ft Knox I saw a soldzer whom I thought I recogmzed as Norb Tangeman I asked hxm what hrs rank was and to my surprise he sand he was rated hxgh as commander xn chlef of the cooks I congratulated hmm on h1s high rank and bxd hxm good bye The next day whxle admxnng the beautnful scenes an the hxlls of Tennessee my car gave a great sputter and stalled 1n the mxddle of the road I found out I was out of gas I saw a farm house a short dlstance down the road and headed for lt There on the front lawn smx plump ch1ldren were playxng I looked around and saw thexr father I was then xnvxted mto the house to fmd seated at the lutchen table a short, jolly plump woman Mrs Charles Wendeln, the former Mary Ann Homan Whale puttxng the gas mn the car I had an xnterestxng chat wxth Charlxe He told me about the brg goat farm he was now operatnng and the lot of kxds he was ransmg He had me puzzled whether the chnldren nnherxted thexr mother s plumpness or rf rf came from drxnlung goat s mllk That nxght I was approachxng the rectory nn Nashvzlle, and saw a young lady sxttxng by the w1ndow I came nearer and deczded xt was none other than Esther Dnksen workxng as cook for the Reverend Orvxlle Winner The next day contnnumg on my Journey I saw a smgn that saxd Bemta s Beauty Parlor and soon found that Bemta Broerman was runn1ng thxs place She marned Paul Staugler m 1952 and has sax small chrldren That afternoon I stopped xn at an I G A store ln Memphzs to buy a few grocerxes when a young lady stopped to talk with me I dzd not recogmze her at fnrst but soon found out that lt was Norma Bertke. now Mrs Hoot Evers She IS now runmng a board mg house 31 gg 9 99 , . U D . . . D 0 . ' . . . , ' . . . . . ,, , . . . . ,, . . . ' I 0 . 1 Q 0 O . . . . . . . . ' , . . . . . I 0 l A . . I , . . , . . . - . H . u n , Q . i . . . ' n . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . , , . . . 0 Q . . -. - . . . . . ' o ' . . . O I ' I . . . . . . . . . , . . 0 I I 0 ' l . . . . . . ' . . . . , . . . . , . 0 u . . . . . . . . . .. - . H . . . . , . . . . . . 0 0 0 ' . . 0 . . . . . . . . - . . . O
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