Sumner High School - Sumarian Yearbook (Sumner, IL)

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was getting late, so we hurried back. When Betty learned of the disconnected radio, she became angry and refused to make the rest of the trip with us. The next morning we stopped at another field and had the Nsaucern checked again. We were suppose to have it checked at least once a day. Being hungry, we decid- ed to look for a store. Soon we were standing in front of a Kroger Store. It was very large, covering a whole block. We went inside and looked around. To our amaze- ment we found that Gilbert Deimel was the manager, He gave us all the food we wanted free, so we took advantage of his kindness and took enough food to last us on our flight. Gib was so overjoyed at seeing us that he didn't mind though. He told us where we could find Philip Clark, another classmate. In school, Gib and Philip had been close friends and still were. .'. Gib livci vith Philip at Philip's large ranch. At ones we vert no :ee Thi ip. He invited us to stay verniaht, ani U: accepiod, Early the next morninp we var, back on our wav. As ve were trav ling along, we notieed a heautiful xeke below us, We landed and decided to av rvimnifs, vfv. ln a short time three boys and four rirls came running touariw The lake. The boys looked exactly like Harold Horner and the girls like Helen Roberts. We asked them what their maria were and they told us it was Horner. We went home with the

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children and saw Helen and Harold. They invited us to stay for dinner, so we accepted, even though we had the usau- ceru filled with food. We werenft a kit sorry we stayed for Helen was a worderful cook, and she soon had us fill- ed with Southern fried chicken and other delicious food. After dinner we heloed do the dishes and then passed some time away talking over old tives. Before we realized it, evening was setting in, so we and to leave our delight- ful host and hostess. That niiht, Doris and I decided to sleep in a hotel. The FTSHET AND POOLE hotel attract- ed us at once. He vent in wondering if it were Jim and Terry. Sure enouch, it vas. They took us dancing that night ani ty the time wt not Hack to the hotel, it was time to start again on our journey. Since we didn't sleep any that right, the boys didnft eharne us For the room. As soon as we were on the nsnuceru we Fell asleep and didnlt wake up until evening. We decided to stay on the saucer that nivht, and the next vorning we stopped to have the Usauceru checked again. The mechanic who was to attend to it was none other than Tom Perrott. He told us his wife, the fonmer Myra Jones, would be delighted to see us. As soon as he had made the necessary adjustments on the usauceru, he took us home with him. We soon lparned that they were the proud parents of twin girls, ard t' '