Thomson High School - Sandburr Yearbook (Thomson, IL)

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Class Prophecy, cont. Thomson's population is now 45, 000, and we can scarecely find any buildings dating back to 1960. As we explore the city, we find a magnificent suspension bridge spans the Mississippi from Thomson to the Iowa side. It was designed by Lester Baker, who is now a construction engineer living in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he and his wife enjoy deep sea fishing and boating. Our guide, Wherezhe, announces that our next stop will be in Peru, South America. Which of our former classmates will we find there? we wonder. Only a few hours elapse before we know. Betty Feldt and her husband are living in Peru in an old gray castle on a mountainside. She loves the mountain life and her eight children keep her busy. While we are sitting in the garden overlooking the green valleys, a gyro-jet comes in for a landing, and we are amazed to find the pilot to be Terry Elliott. Terry is U.S. Inspector of U.S. Property Abroad. He tells us he visited with his friend Robert Schneider, and that Robert has changed his name to Roberto Shinedear and is the famous actor known from continent to continent. As Robert is on location in Nevada for an episode in a Wagon Train production, we jet up to see him. We are treated to a campfire program with Robert reciting old Western ballads of the lone prairie and lost loves. He tells us that Lawrence Williams will sing in a TV spectacular from Los Angeles tomorrow. Lawrence's softly-crooned love songs have been rocketing his fans to the moon, and he is gaining notice for the custom-made sports car he drives. We jet over to Lawrence's studio. He welcomes us and tells us that Cecil Young designs all of his sports cars and also operates a successful motel in the San Fernando Valley. He also tells us that Jerry Hubble is his business manager and is responsible for his success. As Jerry is in Honolulu for a vacation with his wife and daughter, we make a quick trip over to Cecil's motel, and then jet over to Honolulu. Jerry is glad to see us and honors us with a pineapple feast. Among distinguished guests attending, are former classmates, Lilly Dannels and Jeaninne Senneff. Lilly married a doctor back in Illinois, who now conducts U.S. Government experiments in Honolulu. Jeaninne married a West Point graduate, who is now a General stationed in Hawaii. Jeaninne tells us that we will soon hear a great deal more about Sherrie Lewis, for she married a law student while attending the University of Colorado, and he is entering the 1976 U.S. Presidential race. We jet over to Colorado Springs to see Sherrie. She is delighted to see us. We learn that Mary Ann Tousley's love for secretarial work took her to Sweden, where she married a Swedish surgeon and is living happily in Stockholm. Sherrie also tells us

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 Let Me Out of Here, ” in November and had a party afterward in the American Legion Hall. Our candidates for the Christmas Ball were Lawrence Williams and Mary Ann Daehler. Lawrence was chosen King. Our outstanding activity of the year has been the preparation of the 1960 SAND BURR, our school yearbook. Of the original group of 28 who began their Y.C.H.S. career in 1956, 20 are members of our class of 21 who are completing high school training at Y.C. H. S. with Baccalaureate services and Commencement exercises in May of this year. We are grateful for the good times we have had and the knowledge we have gained. We look to the future with enthusiasm and high hopes. @1 46 'Profi It is the year 1975. I, Rose McCormick, and Pat Letcher are happily looking around at the contented diners in our newly opened Star-Lite Restaurant in Miami, Florida, when we notice a man who reminds us so much of a former classmate at our old York Community High that we go over and talk with him. It is John Creighton! As in the past, John doesn't give out with a lot of useless talk, but he tosses his card on the table, and our hearts skip some beats as we read: Have eye; will spy. We ask him to help us locate other classmates of the year 1960, and he consents. A case on which he is working will prevent his going with us, but he gives us a pass card for unlimited service from his New York office. Pat and I are delighted, so we turn the restaurant management over to our husbands and start out on our search. We begin with a visit at the Creighton, Creighton, and Creighton Agency in New York City. There we are welcomed by a stunningly sophisticated and efficient receptionist who is none other than our former classmate Mary Ann Daehler. She tells us about her husband, who is a handsome Navy Commander. They now live in New York City with their triplet sons. She works in John’s office because she has always enjoyed office work. We are provided with a graduate radar-eye people-finder named O. Wherezhe, who will pilot a private jet machine for us and convey messages. Our search begins widi a flight to Thomson, Illinois. Our landing field happens to be operated by Joe Waltrip and his wife. Their hospitality is boundless, and we are treated to fried chicken. We learn that the chickens have come from the Smith Poultry Farm which is owned by Jean Brown Smith (another of our former classmates) and her husband. We make a quick tour of the large farm with its unusual landscaping.

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Class Prophecy, cont. that Larry Grim owns a large fur-trading post in Anchorage, Alaska. We jet up to see Larry, and as we are getting ready to leave, Larry gives each of us a beautiful ermine coat. We thank him profusely and then we must be on our way back to Thomson. Upon arriving in Thomson we see a bulletin posted for a Farm Bureau meeting with a talk to be given by a U.S. Congressman from Illinois, who proves to be none other than Mick Brearton. We attend the meeting and have a very nice talk with Mick, his wife, and his six children. From Mick we learn that Marnes Hill is an Olympic ski champion and teaches skiing in the Adirondacks at an exclusive school for training future Olympic performers. Donna Feddersen is conducting an all-girl dance band in Minneapolis and is participating in a national jazz-musician festival in St. Louis. We jet down to see Donna. We meet her husband and her little son who performs on the Bongo drums. Later we jet over to see Marnes and are given a real treat, for the skiers present a night-time ski show for us with light provided by the flaming torches which each skier bears. Marnes' husband performs an outstanding jump from Daredevil Point. Her two sons and daughter take us for a ride over the mountain passes on their dog sled. Our mission accomplished, we board our jet and journey back to Florida. We are grateful to John for the help he gave us and pass on to him the recently gained knowledge of our classmates. His reply is received promptly: Eye spied; knows all. Initiation Day in 1956