Wapella High School - Retro Yearbook (Wapella, IL)

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Ginny Lee Duncan

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Satie QIoaa 3 x phecty Golly, it doesn’t seem possible that twenty five-years have elapsed since we seniors of the class of 1958 graduated. Certainly a lot of things have happened since the glorious day of May 21, 1958. I myself, (Mrs. ? “you’ll never guess’’), alias Toni Spaulding, have become a very dis-tinquished author of short stories. I’m sure you have read my latest, entitled “Osh Gosh-By-Gosh.” Well, anyway, I am on my way to a very elegant dinner and Ball being given by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Luck in Washington D. C. Mrs. Luck, whose maiden name was Judy Mearida, has invited all of her former classmates to her home for a weekend of parties and just reminiscing. Mr. Luck is the nation’s Secretary of Agriculture and I am indeed looking forward to seeing them both again. At last I have arrived, and after a very hearty welcome Mrs. Luck escorts me through her twenty room home out onto the patio where several of our former classmates have gathered around the swimming pooL Everyone is so excited over seeing the other again that I nearly loose my balance and fall into the pooL Things begin to calm down though and I find myself in the midst of a very deep conversation with Jerry Gaherty on the subject of chemistry. Jerry is one of the world’s top scientists today and he has just perfected the fuel to be used in America’s “Niksput X when it is launched sometime this year. Jerry always had a way with gases even though several of his experiments with it in high school chemistry failed. Next I find myself engaged in conversation with Ginny Duncan and Melvin Murphy. It seems Mick and Ginny can’t seem to agree on a wedding date. I wish them luck and proceed to another lawn table where Carol Harrold, Mary Kinder, and Montie Welch are reminiscing. I find Carol is head librarian at our old home town, and that Mary is ex-president Eisenhower’s private therapist. Her pay is just out of this world, as Ike has been making his residence on Mars lately. But he let Mary borrow his super-winged Edsel to come to Judy’s party here on earth. And Montie. Well, he seemed to have a craving for railroad work ever since we former seniors gave that great play “Off the Track” in which Montie played the part of the station agent. He is head engineer of the Illinois Central Rocket Airway now. All of a sudden I hear a cheerful laugh and turn to find my very close friend Doris Short playing volleyball with her husband and six children on the Luck's volleyball court. We had such a wonderful long talk and I was not too surprised to find she was living in Kentucky on a million dollar horse farm and that she can speak Turkish quite fluently. Suddenly there are two great splashes in the pool and who should I see but Jerry Morris and Twila Jones. I learn that Jerry is the champion of the universe in swimming and diving. He makes his home in Florida with his lovely wife and four children and races cars for a living. Twila always loved sports and she has become a champion in nearly every sport there is. She even holds the title for the most outstanding rocket tennis player and high jumper of Pluto. Seems to me there are several missing here at the party. Oh, there is Bill Russell. I always wondered what became of him, and am I astonished to hear he is acting now with V. T. Incorporated. (V. T. is the top movie industry of the day). He just told me he is in the midst of making the life story of Chester, the beloved partner of Matt Diljon of Dodge City. Still I haven’t been able to talk with all our ‘ole’ school mates. Perhaps they have been detained for some reason. Yes, here they come now. Well, if it isn’t Sharon Bray, Donna Moore, and Betty Page. I must hurry over to them so that I will have first chance to speak with them................. 14