Titonka High School - Indian Yearbook (Titonka, IA)

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same places as Lloyd when we were Semors A pol1Ceman came ox er to break up the crowd I recogmzed h1m at once Harlan Hanna hadn't changed much I asked h1m how he came to be pol1ceman He sa1d that he had had a lot of contact w1th off1cers of the law when he was 1n h1gh school and they had made such a faxorable 1mpress1on that he dec1ded that th1s k1nd of work was for h1m F1nally we got the cars unstacked I won't expla1n th1s man1pulat1on because you wouldn't behexe me anyway The cars weren't damaged at all I dec1ded to walk to my hotel s1nce It was only about sex en blocks Suddenly someone ran 1nto me I1mmed1ately saw that he had a huge kn1fe 1n h1s hand I screamed but then I real1zed that the person was James Meyer You can understand why I would be cur1ous as to why James was runmng down the street w1th a kn1fe 1n h1s hands He explamed that he 1S a famous phys1c1st 1-Ie Sald that he has found a new and less expensne way to spl1t the atom Then he started runnmg down the street aga1n we1ld 1ng h1s kn1fe rap1dly I sure th1nk 1t's funny that no one thought of spl1t1ng the atom Wlth a kn1fe before No sooner d1d James leaxe then I saw Mary Lou Dlmond She told me that she runs an adx1se bureau that 1S exclusn ely for g1rls She also told me that her bureau s slogan 15 A d1amond 15 a g1rl s best fr1end As I was cross1ng the street to get to the hotel a car turned from a s1de street and raced toward me It stopped Just 1n front of me and lt s dr1x er Lalon1e H1ll got out and came ox er to me She told me that she was so happy because she had Just o her fly1ng l1cense lt seems that she became xery 1nterested 1n Pllotlng Immed1ately she Jumped 1nto her car and left I really don t know why she thought she needed a l1cense she flew around Tyke for 2 years w1thout ex er hax 1ng a l1cense Before I got to my hotel I saw a Slgn ahead Wh1Ch read Lowell B1lsborough s Beauty Salon I went 1n to talk to Lowell He sa1d that he had become 1nterested 1n beauty and ha1r styl1ng when he was 1n old T H S He showed me a new H1 F1 set he had Just receu ed as a down payment on a permanent waxe that he had gn en He put a record on Suddenly the a1r was f1lled w1th a beaut1ful XOICS Such 1ntonat1on Such mus1cal 1nterpretat1on As soon as the song was f1n1shed I looked at the name on the record Ph1ll1p Asal' I remembered that Phll had been pres1dent of our xocal group Lowell Sald that Ph1ll1p had stud1ed for years and years to ach1exe h1s present xocal ab1l1ty I walked another block and arr1x ed at my hotel I turned on the T V and saw Jo Ann Baade stand1ng on a stage tell1ng Jokes I soon learned that she wr1tes all her mater1al It's a shame that she doesn't haxe a tape record1ng of some of these th1ngs she sa1d when she was ID h1gh school She'd make a fortune The next show on TV was a dramat1c show Suddenly I saw the name of the d1rector on the screen Patr1ck McGu1re Immed1ately I called Pat As soon as 1nterest had become aroused when we were sen1ors and when he got to see the play pract1ces d1rected Just as soon as we had f1n1shed speakrng someone knocked on my hotel door Judy Buffmgton came 1n and expla1ned that she had heard that I was 1n town She told me that she has marrled a xery r1ch Alaska o1lman Suddenly she ran out the door say1ng she Just remem bered that she had left her dog sled double parked I dec1ded to go to the hotel lunch room and get somethlng to eat When I came 1nto the lunch room I 1mmed1ately not1ced Sharon R1ppen trop who was eat1ng alone I sat dowxm and we started to chat about old t1mes She told me that she 15 runmng a candy shop but then she added that th1S was Just a front for her counterfe1t1ng operat1ons Sounds l1ke a sweet l1ttle way to make money doesn't 1t'7 '7 On my way to my hotel I saw Frances Bahl1ng Her occupatlon 15 very exc1t1ng She was the f1rst person to go to the moon Before they would let her go she had to gne some eudence that she could rema1n calm 1n a cr1s1s She told them that she was about the only one who stayed calm 1n your gox ernment class That was enough proof for them W1thout real1z1ng lt I've f1lled 1n on what all the class of '59 are do1ng except myself Well I we become a celebr1ty They call me the Elsa Maxwell of the M1dW9St I m always g1v1ng part1es because all of my part1es that I gaxe 1n h1gh school were such hot or should I say bo1l1ng successes In clos1ng I want to w1sh you good luck 1n your new post of Kossuth County Manager Respectfully yours Ellen Nelson S It's sure a small world 1sn t 1t'9 '7 'P '7 'J ,Q REMEMBER Q All those Sen1or part1es 'P J I: Sklp Day? 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CLASS PROPHECY Julyl 1969 Dear Mr Truesdell The strangest thmg happened to me a few days ago I saw all of my old classmates 1D Des Moxnes It all happened so oddly that I decxded to wr1te and tell you about lt I was on a xacat1on 1n Des Mo1nes I left for a bus at about 7 35 I knew I had a lot of shop p1ng ahead of me for that day As I walked along th1nk1ng about a new dress I fa1led to not1ce that a man hole 1n the street was not cox ered The next th1ng I knew I was falhng One of the workers drug me to the s1dewalk and apolog1zed for h1s neghgence I f1nally opened my eyes and saw R1chard Hench He explamed h1s Job by saymg that he always had been neat and clean and he wanted h1s c1ty to be the same way I was so enraged by h1s mcompetence that I hur r1ed toward the C1ty Hall to compla1n to the mayor I d1dn't know who the mayor was or how to f1nd h1m but that d1dn't hmder me at all When I reached the C1ty Hall I began to look around I dec1ded to ask someone how to f1nd the mayor The f1rst door to my r1ght was the Marr1age L1cense Bureau I walked 1n The man at the desk was busy so I sat down Suddenly I saw the couple who was gettlng a l1cense was Cora Stecker and Jack Trunkh1ll I rushed ox er to con gratulate them Then they told me that they had been marr1ed and d1vorced three txmes before They nex er could make up thexr mmds I was ta1k1ng w1th them when the man beh1nd the desk sa1d that he had to close So I had to cont1nue down the hall to f1nd the mayor I next came to the Court Room A woman was stand1ng before the Judge She Sald I couldn't help go1ng through the red l1ght Your Honor because I had these funny colored sun glasses on and the hght looked green The Judge smxled and wlnked at her and d1sm1ssed the case When the woman turned around I reallzed lt was none other than Barbara R1ngsdorf She told me that she had become famous on telex1s1on she adxert1ses clothes for women who wear s1zes 54 and aboxe The next case was the State versus Rodney Alexander It seems that Rodney has be come a xery notor1ous gang leader All of h1s Jobs are worked out to prec1s1on w1th the a1d of h1s sl1de rule and some traw elxng hbrary books After th1s trlal was completed the court shorthand reporter rushed toward me It was Ronme Hanna He sa1d that he had become 1n terested 1n th1s work when our Sen1or class went to Algona for Law Day and the court reporter sa1d that there were more men reporters than women Flnally I found the mayor s off1ce The letter1ng on the door read Mayor Mar1lyn Welhousen I went 1n to see her she was x ery glad to see me She told me that all of her success should be attrxbuted to your gox ernment class In gox 't you told her how to be a good c1t1zen but she had dec1ded a bad Cltlzeh makes more money so she d1d ex eryth1ng oppos1te that she had learned and became the Boss of a pol1t1cal mach1ne that 15 1n the Clty Mar1lyn and I dec1ded that we had a lot to talk ox er so w went to a small cafe for lunch We found out that the establ1shment was run by our old class mate Marlanne R1ppentrop We ordered p1zza but she sa1d that she nex er serx es any because she got so t1red of seemg lt mn her Sen1or year Marllyn and I next went to see the state leg1s lature I was xery 1mpressed wlth the lawmakmg bod1es As I sat 1n the balcony a group of teen agers came ID beh1nd me I heard the1r leader say Qu1et' I don t want to mlss a s1ngle so11tary word ReCOgh1Z1ng the XOICB I turned around and saw R1chard Trunkh1ll I started ask1ng h1m questlons to f1nd out what he had been do1ng s1nce graduat1on He was xery per turbed because my quest1ons had prev ented h1m from hearmg the roll call xote on the amend ment to the amendment to the amendment to the b1ll on approprxatmg funds for the Mun1c1pal Park 1n German Valley the thrrd largest c1ty 1n Iowa I f1nally got R1chard to tell me how he became a hxgh school gox 't teacher It seems that when our Sen1or class went to Y1S1Ithe state leg1s1ature 1n 1959 he found h1mself Before that t1me he was Just a wandermg nobody and then he suddenly had a goal H1s story was very 1nterest1ng and when I turned around to thank h1m for h1s t1me I saw h1m moung toward another sect1on where no one else was s1tt1ng As Mar 1lyn and I were leaung the Senate I knocked ox er a scrub pall and began to apolog1ze to the two Jamtors I suddenly reahzed that they were old classmates LaVaughn Akkerman and Sandy Watson Naturally I was curxous as to why they had chosen th1s profess1on They sa1d that they had become mterested 1n th1s career when they were 1n gox 't class It seems that you once ment1oned that many c1ty gox 'ts needed to be cleaned up The mayor had to get back to her off1ce then but before leaung she told me how to get to a good hotel After she left I ha1led a cab The druer was small I couldn't see h1s face And once he got started I had to shut my eyes I xe nes er r1dden with such a crazy dr1ver When the cab f1nally stopped the drn er turned around and who do you th1nk It was 'P Patty W1ll1s' She told me she enJoys dru 1ng a cab because she can let off her frustrat1ons when she's beh1nd the wheel I had to get 1n aga1n though because she had taken me to the wrong hotel After testmg the w1nd and the ce1l 1ng we were off aga1n As I sat there tensely wa1t1ng for us to arrne at my hotel I saw a car come reehng toward us Wham' When I opened my eyes I not1ced I was lex. el w1th the sec ond story w1ndow I looked out of the cab w1ndow I saw two cars beneath us We were exenly Dlled UD We soon found out no one was hurt except for the druer who had caused the acc1dent That person was Roger Re1bsamen I-Ie had a small scratch on h1s arm He explamed that he was 1n an awful hurry to get to M1nnesota The ambulance arru ed and a doctor who turned out to be Lloyd Pommer came to see 1f any one was hurt When he found out that there were no maJor 1nJur1es he came ox er and we began to talk He had become a famous surgeon Th1s d1dn't Surpr1se me because Lloyd always d1d enJoy cuttmg up ln h1s h1gh school days H1s nurse came ox er to ask 1f they shouldn't be gomg back H15 nurse was none other than Juha Wubben Th1s d1dn't surpnse me e1ther because Juha always d1d happen to turn up 1n the I - , Y ' I ' . . . ,, . . . , I I , . - ' . 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The dance 15 on HARVEST BALL The Harxest Ball was held on Nloxember S 1958 A lung and queen were chosen from the Semor Class by the ent1re student body Cand1dates for lung and queen were phllllp Asa and JO Baade Lloyd Pornmer and Barbara Rrngs dorf Jack Trunkh1ll and Cora Stecker Lloyd Pommer and Barbara Rlngsdorf relgned ox er the dance A free bottle of pop was gn en anyone who could produce thelr tlcket The pop and the f1ne dance mus1c was enjoyed by all attendmf., Y 2 No seconds boys' How IS that step aga1n'P 1. . Q . ' ' to The Line Up f- f f ' f--X Z9