Stephenson High School - Classmate Yearbook (Stephenson, MI)

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classmate out oi-ders. .those boys sure have chaufjed 1 they used to be so ((uiet in ji ' ood old s.h.s. so nice and wai-ui liere i really hate to leave-»-uess i ' ll just float around awhile. . . here i am in luiami-s ' uess i ' ll g-et my two feet on earth and prowl around the town . . .well welMook over there at that lai-ii- modern buildinji ' -it says rose i-uleau-pub- lislici- of lietter homes and j;-ai ' dens -do: ' s liei- own illustrating- too-slie really lias a head on her slioulders. .. remember lia. ' k in s.h.s. how she did a lot of art work... whew this heat is li-ettinw me down- j; ' uess i ' 11 head baek to the windy eity of ehieaii ' o. . . i heard rumors that a l)unrli of my bosom pals from the (da s of 50 are there. . . is that a hu -e lios])ital over there-i il have to li ' et eloser to read the namedets see- ameriean norwegian . . .wonder what it ' s like inside... if i can get my eloud throutih the dooi- i ' ll find out... here we go... there is the hi ' ad nurse... why its liarbara eslii-ook ! 1 gee - i didn ' t know she nuule out this good. . .nimiing a big hospi- tal like this. . .she also s|)ecializes in surgi- cal nui-sing. . .she suffered through (duunis- try-physies and sueh (so she says) in .school hut it has really paid off.. . let ' s go up to the baby floor... two eute classmates are in charge here-remember gloria sorenson and hazel larsoii . . .they were always to- gether in school. . .they went to the same school and now are working together-taking care of babies...! hear they plan on I ' ais- ing a few of their own sometlay... in room 103 they say there is an old crab-always wanting something and ncvei ' satisfied. . .gloria machalk has been assign- ed to the old crab . . . reason ■ because of gloria ' s ability to get along with people. . . she was always g-ood natured back in ' 50. . . if anyone can get along with the old bag it ' s gloria . . . well the least we can do is wish her good luck . . . there is betty hultman in that spic and span uniform. . .the ])atieids-no nuitter how lazy-or crippled-always co-operate. . .under lietty ' s supervision they are kept busy... i can ' t remember of ever seeing betty witli- int something to do-even back in school. . . thei ' e goes another cla.ssmate-mary koch...shc sure is zooming around .. .she is cari-ying a tray to some lucky ])atienT rii lit now . . . i ' vc had an enjoyable visit here liar- baradnit ilon ' t want to catch any disease ...if you ever need any t ransporlat ion (mainly clouds) just let me know... they have a beautiful lawn out here- thei-e is another ett ' icient nurse exercising with the patients. . .blonde hair too... it ' s betty wayberg ! she makes a super lookin-i nurse. . .the patients all rate her pretty high-i hear. . . do i feid funny-it nuist lie from the hospital... i think i ' m getting seasick... buddy-(iuick-have yon any ideas wdiat to do. ' okay-instead of traveling so much let ' s just i erch in uud air for awhile... high enough so we can see the whole coun- try... i ' m beginning to fe l better... in hollywood i see liob bakotic iiroad- casting a radio show. . .that ' s the sanv show bob hope used to have... must be bob has taken t)ver hope ' s show .. .remem- ber bob ' s long underwear in inner willy ! from hen ' it looks like he stiU has them on . . . in the same stuilio we see earl mottard ...i can hear him crooning songs like hi ' used to do ba-k in school... he is taking over bing ' s old place. . . now my eyes wander to marquette- micbigan .. .looks like the class of ' 50 has taken over the northern state teachers college . . .there ' s ruth joslin as dean of women . . .she j-ules with an iron hand ( ]) ior kids ) . . . there ' s gordon herson shouting n-u-t-s ami i acing baek and forth... just like nn-. short his typing teacher used to do. . . professor herson is head of the commer- cial department .. .as an assistant to ])ro- fessoi- liersini i see theresa lusnia. . . idglit now she is in the shiu ' thaud room tryiuLL to teach theme analogical word endings. . . i can remember the tough time she had learning thcm-but has finally mastered the art ... in room ab i see dorothy Johnson ti ' y- ing to train adults to teach grade school kids...(oi- vice-vci ' sa) just thiidc of all the lucky kids in grade s.-hool at Stephen.- son when dorothy took apprentice teach- ing. . . in the history room i see jean engei . . . she is the brain of this compartment now. . .she was i)ia ' tically the only one in amciican government class tluit ever gol (in a . . . (good luck-kid ). i can see a bird ' s eye view of washing- ton fi ' om my nest uj) hci-e. . . i see nuirilyn ci.ri ' y as the fir-t lady ])re-ident of the united states-sitting behind a huge (.lesk covei ' ed with ])aj)ers. . . the pi ' esiilent wants to send a letter-so calls in her ' apabL ' •H

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classmate out here . . . just look at all the luillloii- aires flcatiui; ' ai ' imiid . . . Ii :ik on rloiul 294 - if it i ii ' t my old rlassniate betty watz . . . lior cloud is beautiful - but that ' s wliat money docs . . . they say hei- husbaud has oodles of money . . . and you should see her new mink ... a birthday tiift from her hubl)y . . . i miulit as well fdi ' tiof d):iut a man - one millionaiie in the elass is (MKiujih . . . ealifornia is sure warm . . . puess i ' !l breeze down to this snda fountain and .U ' et something to cool oft . . . wow see that little blonde buzzinc- ariund . . . wi-ll-blow me down - its dor:ithy lundi|uist . . . sir. ' owns thij shop now I rcmi-mbcr when she used to work in strohl ' s after school hours . . . by the looks of this place she is d.)ing okay . . . while i ' m in li:;llywood think i ' II breeze (lUt and see the rose bowl i; ' ame . . . i; ' olly all the-e men . . . the uiuversity of mieh- ig ' an is favored tn win this year . . . look at that jiuard over there . . . he ' s one of my classmates too . . . plays i uard - and is rated the best in the country . . . why of cr)urse - its harold broheri;- ... he al- ways idaycd his licart ou.t way back in ' . ' lO . . . his pcro. ide hair hasn ' t chanoed a, bit cither. jdaying ' foi ' miniu ' -ota a end is mauriee larseii . . . wonder how it feid to play a.u ' ahi t his classmate blondie . . mauriee sure cuts a fine fi ' ure in lii uniferm . . . there i his wife ( lieeriuii ' him . . . never thiuulit nuuirice would ,i;el mauied — he was always so bashful . . but that ' s lifel i ' d like to stay and see the S ' ame but i still have a lot of territory to cover . . . my next stop will be in tlie el morocco . . guess i ' ll go in and have a short-hey ! who ' s that up on the sta -e ... its the hubba hiiblia gii ' l known to the class of ' 50 as ruth SL ' hauer ... it seem- that ruthie has taken up . ' ■inging as her life career and doiim- mighty fine . . . wonder if she sings the. same songs she lisimI to sinu in s.li.s. . . . enough of night (di ' .bs for me — hie... must get l: ack to m ' cloud and .start floating . . . guess i ' ll tak( thi-- i-oad here . . . say look at that |)icatlilly house down there . . . gue-s i ' ll brei ' ce d:iwn and look it over . . . i see tlie carpenter is imtting the last minute touches to it ... i know him — he ' s lawienee duffrin . . . used to be an a-1 pupil in shop . . . my cda-smate, .sure got ahead . . . lawrence tells me In ' has more conti ' acts than time . . . shi ' er-shiverd)oy is it cold! wonder where i ' m at now . . . for a slow moviim ' cloud i sure do travel fast - here i am in alaska . . . lets lu-eeze down and see if that guy fishing over there is catching any- thing . . . well if it isn ' t lawrence williams say lawnMice what you doing in alaska? guide! well show me the way home cause - baljy its cold outside . . . lawMMice makes an ideal guide . . . tie ' practice he got at Stephenson hunting and fifhing suie comes in handy . . . while i ' ni hered might as well breeze; around antl see the rest of the i)lace . . . who ' s that down there on that frozen road . better go take a look . . . well if it isn ' t, lo ' s wachter . . say lois what are you doing up here. ' you ' rt: ' a missionary huhl? i exi)ected ii - , ' ou always said you were go- ing to hcdp mald ind - back in s. h. s. i ' d like t ; stay and chat lois but its too darn colli . . . be sure and look me up when you come to steiihenson . . . iMime on luuldy lets get out of here be fore our (doud fi ' cezes. . .after such a cold climate i ' m going to florida and warm up ...look there - on the outskirts of alaska ...see that big hill... is that a bird on .skiis ? i ' m going to investigate...! know- now - its j(]seph do mbrowski ! my old. classmate. . .caji that guy ski!! just look! bet he ' ll break the rec:ird at pine mountani this year... even back in ' o(l jne was an excellent skier. . . the elass of ' oU sure gets around. . . . i ' m still cold. . .buddy get out and push. . . that ' s lietti ' r - we ' re I ' eally sailing ]iow ! ah-feel that heat... this is more like it... looking down into the heart of florida i ■see a large sign- costume designer and under the sign i see erna jnhnson-propri ' - tor she used to be a elassmate of mine. . . really looks like she is well oft ' (in money- that is)... the-e clas ' mates of mine really sur]irise me I they ' re really getting ahead and here i am till floating-floating-where am i now? can ' t be too far from florida cause this clo ud doesn ' t go fast and my buddy won ' t push... i see a sign below and lots of-men-and more men. . . lets glide down and see what the sign says. . .tampa- floiida-well what do ya taiow-its an army cami)...i didn ' t think there could be .w many men in one plaee except in the army . . .ali-i see some familiar faces-i ' ll glid • down closer and maybe i ' ll be able to remember what their names are... well if it isn ' t sergeants francis peterson and gil- bei-t vanderhouten. . .hear them shouting

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c spci-ctHry uUulys krantz. . .Imlli wiTc liDiio; ' studi ' iits t ' l-diii tlip class of ■. )() and have used tlicii- brains to ' ft sonii ' whci-c in t!i world .. .Ilic I ' ii ' st huly president lias ap l)ointed bill vvaranius as the seeretary oL ' state. . .mv. warainns is miss enrey ' s rigiit hand man in all of the important mattei ' s and by the looks of thing ' s mr waranins is U ' oin ' to a(kl something- to miss eoi ' ey ' s left hand. . . ( it tilitteis) ! in T)!) wheiu ' ver ou saw niarilyn yon saw bill and yiiess that ' s how it will be fm- sonictiine to come .... like father like son so the saying- t;oes and it looks like enyene joues has kept up the tradition. . .see over on the east side of washing-ton d.e. in that huge office sits eugene. . .he ha control of all the powei plants in the country ...( big wheel) lie jnst called in his se-retaiy niai ' ion hering ...niy-she even sits on his lap to take dictation ... they both seem to be doing oka - ! (in bnsiness-of course). well what do ' on know-another one of my (da-smates in Washington (l.c....non ' other than wayne krneger! wayne i: ' head of the democi-atic pai ' ty now! wayne was never at a lo s for words at school... now he has put his gift of gab to work. . . guess i ' U take a little peak at grec! bay now. . .ah-what ' s this i see? the l ;ni- ger green bay business eolleu-e. . .it ' s under new management now. . .do you remember marjorie peterson and betty ball-those two girls who were as in-eparal le as siames twins. . .well thcy ' vi ' taken over the collet now and ari ' really putting out some effi eient se. ' retaries. . .i can remember back in sidlool how thi ' y were both whi . ' s at typing- ill id slioi-thand . . .there ' s another old biidd of mine-glen ba-knuin. . .i see he owns ami operates the green bay Inmlier company. . he got his experience by working in the woods on Saturdays during- his seliool days . . . m.y eyes are -wandering toward the east-to the huge g-littering i-ity of iic »- york...i see a distinguished looking man carrying a large brief ease... by the looks of him he is somebody important. . .what ' s that name on Ids brief case? jirofession.al lawyei--|iaiil bast ieii .. .even in school he eouhl talk pco|ile int i d ling tliiiig -c -cii if the - diiln ' t want to. . . i sei a lieantifnl pcntlious, and in this pciitliou 1 ' i see a young laiiy thi-owing papers around .. .fi-oni tlie looks of the I ' oom she must lie a writer. . .just as i :lassmate tliought- -iolette b.ickman ! i knew she ' d be a great writer someday .. .she always did do a lot of eomposing back in .school- espci-ially for the sehool paper. . . my roving gaze is back in Stephenson again .. .what ' s this i see? an old ela.s?,- mate of mine in a poliee eai ' -why eddie godlewski-what dul you do? heek-he didn ' t do anything. . .he ' s a .state trooper! jast cruising around i sn|)i)ose-didn ' t tliink an arrested man wonld ilrive the police car. . . ah lia-here is another farmer from the class of ' oO. . .none other than bob fox. . . he owns and operates a farm at eedar river- miehigan . . . stephen.soii sure has grown-i see they have a professional baseball team now! better known as the wolf paek ...re- mcnibei- m-ton melchoir-he just signed a ten-year contract with the wolves as eatoh- er... another contract just a.s important has been sig-ned. . .there ' s oidy one hiteli dug is now married to none other than aliee le perance. . .aliee claims this is one. eontraet that ean ' t be broken. . . there is another one of our classmates mrs. richard bnelteman-the former delia hayward . . . tliro igli the window we can see her bathing her little eherub ! do yon want to be beautiful ? do 3 ' on want hands that men adore . do you want to get eng-aged . ' the new beauty shop in .Stephenson does this and more for you... if you are a eomplete drip-it will nmke you more eomplete. . . projjrietor-adelaide Iteau- doin...even baek in TiU adelaide ' s hair was neat as a g ' lamorified wig . . . ah i see that another giid from the class of ' 50 is married ... remember anne sjoholm : ' she ' s mrs. manny sundberg now . . .they live in a sky-blue pink house with a grass green-red lawn about 8 miles fi-om step ' henson . . . isn ' t mai ' ried life wonderful anne? ever been in a raft on the pacific oiean? that ' s just the way i ' m beginnini;- to feel on this cloud... it ' s swaying and turning around so much i can hardly keep my glance focused ... not even the darned emergency brake will stop it... i see fig ' ures but i can ' t make them stand still... the (d(md below has passeil and i can sim ' through miw ..a huge red semi truck is traveling- down tlii ' road... wow he is going to hit that oncoming car . . .oops-he missed . . . (the car that is. . . ) no wonder he missed it wa.s wari ' en newdin driving. . .the way he handles the truck •II