Washington High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Washington, IA)

Page 33 text:

Egg an office on the 32nd floor of the Tribune Tower we find Harold Gamon, inventor and manufacturer of Tasty Wax Fruit. He buzzes hls secretary and in comes Ruth Bartow, a sheaf of papers ln her hands Well, Mlss Bartow, have you followed my instructions? Sealed H1 1118 Dlllilh chair behind 8. large l118.h0g8.Ily desk ill Yes, l have compiled a complete list of names and information about prospective customers for our new banana-flavored apple. lt is ready for your ap- proval. Thank you, Miss Bartow, that will be all for now. As she silently tlptoed across the plush carpet, he picked up the list and this is what he P88112 Marguerite Utterback is an author of a new book for husbands. lt is entitled Utter- Back No W0l'dS. Ted Stewart, due to an unfortunate childhood environment, Ls now running SteWart's San- itary Sewage System. Roselyn Mayer is a celebrated playwright. Her latest play is entitled, Who Threw the Light Bulb ln the Snow Bank or Mazda in the Cold, Cold Ground. Naomi Bell has a fortune-telling tent, and you can always tell for whom the Bell told. Kenny Fenn has an important part in Jimmy Lynch's Death Dodgers show. H9 makes sure the tires are filled before each performance. Virglnla Griggs,-after carting so many kids to school in her car back in high school, has decided to drive a school bus as a profession. Ray Carter is a Coffee Salesman. His motto is: I'll be your regular grind if you'll be my drip. Ann Houck helps her dad run the telephone bus- iness. She's the best line man in the country. V Martha Benge is running a. Reducing Salon. Her motto ls: Benge's For Bulging Biceps. Norman Jarvis is now posing for ads for Pepso- dent Tooth Paste. lncldentally, he married Miriam., She used lrium. Now he does too. Lois Garrett ls a manicurist in Just Plain Blll's Barber Shop. Tune in every afternoon and hear Lois flllng away. Georgia Marshall recently ran away, but she has returned for one or two reasons. Tommy-Cotter. Bob Waggoner has created a wave set for men. He says Have curly hair like nature intended. My wave keeps your hair in place, not in her face. Lila Toomey is giving illustrated lectures on her tour through the United States. She is so good that before her last lecture was over, everyone in the auditorium left-presumably to start right away on a trlp across the country. Bob Crandall is employed at a radio station. lle is the sound effects man. He ls especially good on wind effects. Barbara Godwin recently quit her job. She believes in the old proverb, All work and low pay makes Jill look for 'jack' elsewhere. Raquel Perez, having finished reading the com- plete works of Sherlock Holmes, is now employed at Scotland Yards. Carl Yoder has been exiled to the kingdom of Lower Slolibovia. l-le was agitatlng a political revo- lution. Edith Miller is operating a. Country Club and Golf Course. iGoff, of course.J Pat Brown has retired into seclusion with her best friend, Napoleon. They get along fine. He won't talk back-except for saying, MEOW. Andy Hauter is leading the Scottish Highlanders. He likes it fine, but his legs get so cold. Harold Schmidt is now operating a city club. Get lt, Schmidt's City Club. Spike Thornton, after many years of experience is giving home permanents to his little nalls. Evonne Flynn has built a penthouse on Big Rock overlooking Crooked Creek. That lsn't all that creeks. Evonne has nheumatism. Dick Maxwell Ls a big game hunter. He has re- cently added domlnoes, monopoly, and fllnch to his collection. Mary Swift is working for Swift and Company as a home economist. She's been to Noble giving dem- onstratlons and free samples. When a food-poisoning epidemic broke out later, they tried to catch her, but she was too Swift for them. k -29-

Page 32 text:

1, Lila Toomey, leave my quiet ways to Audrey Steele. 1, Ruth Bartow, leave the mice in my locker to Carol Walker. 1, Clalr Buck, leave my short hair cuts to Harry Duenslng. Hope you keep the ends curled better than 1. l, Jlm Dawson, leave my ability to paint toe nails to Rowena Carter. 1, Donna Crone, am going to let Nancy Burham take over my job of flirting with Dick Tweeten in the band. l, Ruth Wagenknecht, leave my nickname Am- ber to Marilou Robertson. Slnce you gave it to me, you can have it back. l, Ted Stewart, leave my shoes that always seem to drag to Don Redllnger. 1, Martha Benge, leave my tardy slips to Wilber Weston. You can add these to your collection. l, Ann Houck, leave my tube of Pond's lipstick to Louise ltedlinger. It stays on and on and on and on. 1 know, l've tried it. 1, Carla Guther, leave my apple-polishing cloth to Pat lJeLa. You already have the technique. l, Andy l-lauter, leave my broad shoulders to Eddie Sueppel. Ot course, you may look a little funny with Just my shoulders, but, then, what can you ex- pect from a Senior. 1, Charlotte Little, leave my love letters to the Janitors. They are so hot, you can start a fire with them next year. 1, Blddy Johnson, leave my knitting needles to Mr. Bowman. l, Bomb Waggoner, leave my curlers to Don Gard- ner, 1, Roselyn Mayer, leave my cute pep skits to the Junior College. -28 1, Ted Woods, leave to Rodney the books I have used for two years. Second-hand splinters, second- hand drawing equipment, second-hand answers, second-hand pants-oops, how did that get in here? I, Norman 1-lavel, leave my overalls to Richard Anderson to wear in art class. Now, you won't have such a huge cleaning bill, Richard. I, Norman Jarvis, leave my red shirt to another blushing buddy, Jane Tanner. 1t'll match your blush- ing face as it dld mine. I, Lois Garrett, leave my job at the button tac- tory to the next person who doesn't understand zlp- pers. 1 Georgia Marshall, leave my crust to the ple factory. I, Betty Prebyl, leave all the mistakes I made to the entire school. Never fear, there ls enough for all. 1, Anna Weeks, leave my poker face to Mr. Mc- Connell. lt ought to come in handy in Social Studies next year. I, Charlotte Wnitlow, leave my imagination to Patsy Tellin. A double dose doesn't hurt anyone. The bigger it is, the better 'lt sounds. 1, Jean McKinney, leave my drawl to some poor innocent person. I, Carl Yoder, leave my academic mind and quiet ways to Gale Walker. Gale, you don't know how lucky YOU are. 1, John Gault, almost complete in one volume, before crossing the threshold of this great edifice, to accept the challenges which my lite ahead may offer, bequeath my brilliant mind to anyone who is planning to die young, as I am. Now, that we h8.Ve Deqlleathed YOU all H1856 f.hiIlgB, we can 198376 in 136808. Anna Marie Weeks Roselyn Mayer Leonard Holcomb

Page 34 text:

Betty Nelson, who was a slick chick in '49 has grown fat and is now an old hen. Her voice has chang- ed from a chirp to a cackle. Honest John Gault is running a gambling casino in Ainsworth. Jo Trojovsky has issued another Houseal. She call- ed this one, John. Storky Jarrard has lived up to his nickname. He is an olbstetri-cian. Ruth Wagenknecht, after ten years, is still in college. She doesn't know whether she graduated or not because she hasn't received a report card. QSome- body should tell her the professors couldn't spell her name.J Eldon Wltthoft is a printer. He publishes COS- MO'S POLITON MAGAZlNE. Everyone agrees Alberta Smith makes a pretty good housewife but she was worried the other day. Merle went out to shoot craps and she didn't know how to cook them. Harry Hines is lecturing on how to live danger- ously. He has fifty-seven different varieties. Bill Lloyd is running a reformatory in which he manufactures rubber bands. His slogan, Snap back and go stralght. Pat decides what She is going to do herself. Brower ls a vocational counselor--until she Leo kids go by the same name-LEU'S LAZY LOAFERS. Mangold runs a shoe factory. His shoes and Blddy Johnson has retired to write a joke book. After reading parts of it to some of her friends, she has decided to call itg HOW T0 LAUGH ALONE AND LIKE IT. LuElla Sojka ts a lion tamer. She breaks more kitchen chairs that way. John Kennedy is in the movies. He's a double fo Butch Jenkins. The Du Pont Company has just crowned Anna Weeks nylon queen, even though she had a runner up ln the contest. She ruins more hose that way. Ted Woods has bought the Evening Journal and renamed it, WOOD'S WHlltLWlNlJ. It picks up everything. Barbara Dare is a kindergarten teacher. The school is teaching them now to take a Dare. Leonard Holcomb manufactures a very strong comb. He calls it his Whole-Co'm.b. Charlotte Little told her boss off the other day but she still has her Job. You see, the batteries ln his hearing aid were dead. Bob Bowman is building prefabricated Doll Houses. So far he hasn't found a doll he approves of. Marilyn Caldwell is dolng a self-portrait. She calls it The Bell. Ronnie Baker who was president of our class for two years was recently elected president of one of Washlngton's outstanding organizations, The Coffee Club. Mary Stevens is high school gym teacher. She's glad to report that her classes have absolutely no Athlete's Foot. Ruth Jugenheimer has bought the State Cafe. Her slogan is: Everything comes to he who orders hash. Charlotte Whitlow is a woman wrestler. She just finished slaughtering Diamond Lil ln Madison Square Garden. Jim Putnam has a soft job. He's testing over- stuffed chairs for a furniture manufacturing company. Nadyne Sojka has perfected a gum that won't lose its flavor on the bed post over night. She knows. She's tried it. Bob Kleese, after gaining experience ln leaping during his four years of playing basketball ln high school has become a ballet dancer. He has recently been cast as a butterfly in Madam Butterfly. Bob Havel ins now making nuts and bolts but they aren't very good. They're all kind of screwy. Jean McKinney is an ambitious politician ibut she'll never run for president. She'd have to admit she was over 35.3 Donald Bartholomew is now a four star general -in the Salvation Army.