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Betty Iv.anes answered the roll by stating that she is now MARRIED TO BILL BOWMAN AND LIVING IN ST. LOUIS. By HER STOOD HER LITTLE 3LACK-HA.RSD DAUGHTER NAMED DOR I S DEAN. WHO SHOULD WALK UP NEXT TO ANSWER ''HE ROLL BUT A PRET ■ Y BLONDE-HA l PCD BATHING BEAUTY RO: f II AM l, 3LT HCSAMJtlD DAVIS. Our NEXT VISITOR to come FORWARD WAS ANCTtR DP OURO.aSS- mates, Pauline Hoover who iniohmed us that -he is the manager of THE DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT AT Gr.Er! APT GUSHARE 3l ORL j DfcCATUR, !LL Floyd Walker answered the roll n the typical eastern manner since he is from Nev. York, where he 's manager n one of the plants of the Curtis Wright airplane factory. After the program different groups assembled to renew old ACQUAINTANCES. ThF. ALUMNi OF THF. C. ASS OT 194? PLANNED A BANQUET FOR THAT EVENING. Wc HAD APPOINTED DoRIS pAPI3H TO ASSIST Hostess Betty Berry with the arrangements cf tsf banqle-. Oh, yes, Doris is now Home Economics teacher at Warrensburg High and Betty is hostess at the Hardy Hotel of which Hershel Hardy is PROPRIETOR. It WAS A VERY enjoyable evening, especially when we discovered Elmyra Johnson was the vocalist with Gene Schroeder's orchestra at the hotel. After a busy and enjoyable day of visiting with all of our former CLASSMATES mND friends we all went in OUR VARIOUS directions TO CONTINUE OUR WORK. -16- .. JO 4=s-C M
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PROPHECY On May 1, 1952, VYarrensburg, Illinois received state-wide PUBLICITY WHEN GOVERNOR ROBERT BECK RETURNED TO HIS HOME TOWN TO OFFICIATE AT THE BREAKING OF THE GROUND FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL. The INCREASED POPULATION DURING THE past ten years had necessitated A LARGER STRUCTURE TO ACCOMODATE THE INCREASED ENROLLMENT. Ts-'IC O'' Ci iCT'iY WAS ESPECIALLY significant TO T“OSE INDIVIDUALS '.YHO ATTENDED VYARRENSBURG HI Gu IN THE YEARS 1941-2. IT WAS THEN THAT THE FIRST FLAG POLE WAS PLACED ON THE SCHOOL GROUNDS. AT THAT TIME THE NAMES Or ALL THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL WERE SEALED IN A CONTAINER IN THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE POLE. The program for the day was as follows: Music by the High School Band----------William Major Band Leader Invocation-----------------The Reverend Robert Culp Presentation of Speaker---------The Honorable Junior Binkley, Mayor of VYarrensburg Making Way for the New -------The Honorable Robert Beck, Governor of Illinois Roll Call of Alumni----------Principal John Eberhart Breaking of the ground-----------------Willard Park President of the Board of Education This entire ceremony was broadcast by radio announcer, George Cochran, of station W.C.H.S. As THE NAMES WERE CALLED, EACH FORMER STUDENT.- ANSWERED THE ROLL BY GIVING HIS YEAR OF GRADUATION AND HIS PRESENT ADDRESS. The first name to be called was Mable Alsup. She told us THAT SHE IS NOW LIVING IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. Oh, I ALMOST forgot to tell you, her name is now Mrs- Roeert McCane. The next person to answer the roll call was Anna Ashford. Anna is a traveling saleswoman representing the Royal Typewriter Company. She is planning to enter the World's Championship Contest this fall. Delbert Brown answered the roll by giving hos address as Warrensburg, R. R. 2, where he has a large farm and raises hybrid SEED CORN. When Joan McCay's name was read, she informed us that she is Superintendent of Nurses at the Decatur-Macon County Hospital. -15-
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