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CLASS PROPHECY My uncle just dned leaxmg me hls poor relation over a mllllon dollars I-Iaxmg been 1 bum all my lxfe I just reallzed that I vxas soon to have loads of money What would I do vslth xt? Walklng almlessly doxxn the street I nottced a class play poster m a store vxlndovt Ah I sand to myself I knovt' I shall vnsmt my classmates and see what they are domg and hovx they are spendlnq thexr money Maybe Ill get some Ideas Havnng once ln ed 1n the reqxon of York Center I declded to go there first Now of course lf you knovx York Center the flrst thmq you see IS the qaraqe Who should vue see here but Vernon Olrxck' Imaqme' Of course I congratulated hum on the many 1mprovements he had made ID It To shovx my apprecnatlon I bought a Bulck from hxm Whlle ln Madlson to get the t1tle to the car I was vtalkmcj dovun the street readlng the Capltal Txmes by the vtay Clayton Pann ms editor nov due to hrs excellent exper1ence on the Waterloo Courxer when vtho should I bump mto but Dlane Cehler vtho tells me that she IS novt the Chlef of Publlc Health Nursmcj ln Madl son I had lunch vuth Duane at Manchesters and she mformed me that Shlrley I-lem vtas 1 f1mous model here On the vxay back I heard a sllen and expectlnq to see a police car pull up I stopped on the slde of the road I was greatly surprised to see a hearse from Frntch s Morucxau Serxlce vxhlz by In my surprlse I recalled the dreams Ray Fntch had of bemg a mortlclan In Waterloo the first thxng I notxced was that Vlfgll Mxller had taken over the McKay Nurse ry Runnlng mto the drug store for a sundae I met up wnth Betty B yer who made me her spe cxalty for half prlce Oh Boy' As I vtent out I glanced at the bakery and notlced that Bob Lough vxas the proprnetor Wlll xxonders never cease? No I guess not for as I contmued my trek up the street someone called my name and lo and behold here vtas Hooker Battxst vxho novt had h1s ovxn m1lk route Whlle we were talkmg vue heard a hndeous lauqh remnndmg me 1nstantly of ack I-Iyer as Mr Hyde m the class play way back m 1949 Followmq the sound I was led rlcjht mto ack s dnstrnct attorney office where I found hxm laughmg over some sxlly m1stake h1s secretary Shlrley Klecker had made ln her transcrlptlon Drnmg merrxly along the next day Icame upon a school xx here I saw a strange slght Here vxas what appeared to be a man on the roof and and someone yellmg up at h1m Stoppnng t 1nvest1gate I found that Bernle Balmer vxas the teacher and she was talkmg to Dlggv Gott schalk vsho was the carpenter repa1r1ng the roof Bernle told me her old frlend Theresa Bartosch was marrled and lnxng 1n Lowell so I Clecxded to XlSlf her next Durlng my chat wlth her she vxas pestered by ohn Cronm a travelmg salesman who was trymg to sell her hxs I-Ioxx To Keep Avtake Potxon for 6Oc a bottle Well once more I set out on my lonely journey To ease my lonellness I turned on the radxo when by chance I heard that unforgettable voxce of Putt Strand tellmg hrs famous jokes I was very surprlsed But of course thls humor was mterrupted by an advertnsement Thls tlme lt was dancxng lessons Come to Arthur Murravs school of dancmg where the mstructor Marjorle Kohl vull dance you out of thls world Thxs program was so absorbmq that xt danced me rlght 18 . , ,. - ' ' ' r r v' , A I ' V A ' V' r ' . . . . . 7 V v I ' ' v 7 1 V , . 1 . . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . , V . , V V . V 1 . . . V , . 1 , , , 1 .1 . V . V . . V - V A v J . - . . 1 ' . . v . . . nv n Y 5 s - Y L1 C c . . , . . . 1. . 1 L , - . .I , . . . . -1 . V . ' 1 ' V - . Q C I . - . -1 .1 1 V . . . , V . . V 1 . . . . , , . ,. -. , V L Y 7 . V . . . V , , , , . , 1 , j . ., . , K I L L A v v - . V. . V V . V V V . . . 0 . . .. . H , .. . H r K - V V . . . . 1 , . , . V . . - . I. y v , t . . H Y v . ' I , .l .. . . . 1 ' r . . H . . . . 1 7 n u V K
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CLASS WILL We the Class of 1949 of the Clfy of Waterloo county of efferson and state of WISCOUSID benng of sound and dlsposnnq memory do hereby make publ1sh and declare th1s our last xxrll and testament hereby revokmq all former xull bequests and dev1ses of xx hates er nature by us made We the Class of 49 vull our bra1ns and beal y to the Freshman Class We the Class of 49 vull our qood t1me on Class Day to the Sophomores We the Class of 49 vull our fun at play pr1ct1ce to the unxor Class We the Semors bequeath the followmg Bernad1ne Balmer vull my ab1l1ty to attract men to Eumce Detert Theresa Bartosch vull my ab1l1ty to qo steady to Ruth Deppe Eugene Battlst mll my laugh to Pedals Cvramqer Betty Beyer yull my yxlde awake look to Darlene B'1lmer Dorothy B1shofberc1er wxll my Hot Rod to anyone fool enouqh to take lt ohn Cron1n yull my ab1l1ty to sleep IH clns to Sy Hamsh1re Mary Ellen Dunn vull my ab1l1ty to have fun at Turner to eanette Klecker Faxe Anne Fre1del vull my ab1l1ty to s1ng to Raul Sxllman Raymond Fmtch wmll my fun to Barbara Brander D3Vld Gehler w1ll my phys1que to Harold Stemer D1ane Gehler yull my personal1ty to everyone IH WHS lane Cvehrke vnll my ab1l1ty to talk rn class to GCKIB Keepers Zane Gehrke w1ll my tvxo front teeth to ohn Mortensen Cerald Goehl w1ll my Prom Klnq t1tle to oe Haberman Kenneth Gottschalk Wlll my nuckname to DuWayne Ward Eugene Hem wull my ha1r cut to Gordon Vxrchovx Shnrley He1n vxxll my clothes to all the c11rls m WHS Gary H1nr1chs Wlll my l1ttle red truck to my s1ster lucy ackson Hyer w1ll the H1 Llt6S to nest year s ed1tor Bernadeen Keqler vull my black ha1r to anet Noltner Shxrley Klecker vull my shortness to Marylm Kohn Mar1or1e Kohl w1ll my cheer leadmq ab1l1ty to Marg1e Wh1te Everette Lemke w1ll my colored sys eaters to Ken H6ltZ Robert Louqh w1ll my base drum to ludy Foley Vlfqll M1ller w1ll my walk to Iohn Z1lke Mary lane Noltner yull my 1ntell1qence to the Freshman boys Vernon Olr1ck yull my Macbeth book let to Beverly Deppe Clayton Pann vull my report card to B1rry Fox Noreen Ratchff yull my popular1ty to everyone Bettylue Rendeman vull my shyness to 1m Wh1te Roger Robertson vull my car to my tvxo s1sters Ida S1llman vtnll my ablllty to dlscuss the n1gl1t before to LOUISE Cole Ronald Stokes will my sense of humor to the teachers Henry Strand vull my 1oke book to Mr Mulcahy Mary Topel vull all the fun I have to Lucy H1nr1chs Delores Wenhert vnll my red ha1r to Betty He1deman Gerald Whxte vull my clarmet to Bob Langer Daud Zastroxx yull my qlasses to Mr Lavurenz Robert Zulesdorf Vxlll my brsuns 1n Chemxstrx to next years unlor IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hand and seal thus first day of une A D n1neteen hundred and forty n1ne 11949 QSEALJ 17 I, 'l ' c . 1,1 ' f H 1 ' S 1 ' . 1, 1 1- -- 1 . I' ly . V. .. . I . ' l, I ' ' . I' . . x. i . . I' 7. .. . L I . . 1, - 1 1 ,- . l, ' ' . I' . Y. . . Y. I, . . 7. K. B . . 1,1 ' -- ' , ' - . l, ' .. ' . I' . . . 1 . t .. . . . l, K ' 1. I' . Q. . . 1 V , I I, '. c .'. l, ' ' . 1, ' f 1- ' . l, f' ' . . l, ' ' . I, . 7. . . . l, ' ' . I, . '. cl . I I. A' .' I ,' I I S.
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Class Prophecy f Con t j mto Chxcago Whlle I was IH the dancmg mood I declded to see an orchestra As I looked through the orchestras b1lled for the evemng I saw that erry Whxte s Vlelody Aces was at the Aragon Ballroom wth Faye Anne Freldel as feature xocallst I knew I couldnt mlss thls because I went to school wxth them Ar the ballroom Faye Anre mformed me that Mary ane Noltner was n the crowd and led me over to her table where X e found her wxth a handsome young mterne from the hospltal where she was a nurse After we fmlshed talking to her we Went back stage to renew acqua1ntances w1th anther classmate Mary Ellen Dunn who was Faye Annes personal mald After the show we decrded to go out and celebrate our reunlon the next dav Among the other th nqs we saw a Hot Rod Rice where the wmner that day was Eugene Hem Next we went to see the Chxcago Cubs play Here more SUIPFISQS awa ted us for errv Goehl was thelr flrst baseman and Davld Gehler the1r catcher As a flnal touch to the dav we attended a concert where Bernaoeen Kegler 'ns fe'1ture pnmst Whlle trax ehng through Cir thaqe Illmoxs I stopped at the Carthaqe College x here I for nd Dorothy B1 hofberqer and Everettc Lemke as teachers As I found the t1me x a runn ng short I knew I would have to pass qu1ckly from state to tate xf I were to XISI all mv classmate 1n is l1ttle tlme 'is pos nble I stopped at Qt Paul Mmnesota for dmn I and saw 1 bulletnn wdvert srnq the openmg of W new 1nd dfferent beauty parlor called Toms For Men under the dxrectlon of Roger Robertson He w1s us nq Delores We1herts beauty shop unt1l he had perfected h s own Travelmg on through many small towns I came upon the Rmgllnq Brothers Cxrcus I was undeclded whether I should stop when my eve cauqht the names of ane and Zane Gehrke bxlled as the greatest trapeve art1sts 1n the world I also found smother clas mate in a sldeshow wlth th s clrcus It was Ronald Stokes ahas Mou e He was dlsplavmq h1s electr call mouse trsps The next state I came to wss Cahfornla and I vent stralqht to Hollywood where I met Noreen Ratcllff w ho was maklnq a movie entltled My Old Flame She nformed me that Gary Hlnrxchs had returned to Callfor n1a and was the Orange Kmg I asked Noreen where Bettylue Rxedeman was and was told that her dreams had come true and she was l1v1ng on a r1nch ln Texas As I neared Flor1da I became very hot and thlrsty so I stopped at a lxttle teashop whlcn Mary Topel was runnlnq As I chatted wxth her Ida Slllman who w 1s marrled and lung here came nn to chat wlth us I had only two classmates left to v1s1t Daud Zastrow 1nd Robert Zuelsdorf I knew I would fmd them ln New York Sure enough here Daxe w1s a mechanlcal engxneer and Bob a sclentxst almost a second EIIISICIII Now that my yourney was at an end I compared my way of ln nq w1th those of mv class mates I found that I was the black sheep of the class of 49 I thought It over 'md decided that from here on 1n the class of 49 would never agam be yustlfled mn lookmq on me 1s the black sheep of thenr class Shirley Klecker Maryorle Kohl Bernadeen Keqler 19 I . , ' ' , Q . .' K . ' I 1. I J . v . V . . A - . -Y rf ' I ' J . , .. 4 . - v 1 xvr ' L K , V Q Y 1 Y . . . V y ' v' 1 A , V V . . K 1 1 ' 1 - L r v L . 7 . v . V I . , . . , . , I . . . , . V . 1 , Y 1 Uv 4 . .1 . 7 . - . 4-1. L c . . K L , ' '- 1 v 1 'I' ' , Q ' . ' I I ' - ' ' , . S I if 3 I , , ' V ' I S ' I 3 - c .S . .I e . V 5' . ' F c 'I K c. I c I 4. .1 1- . . W J . . . c I 1 I . v . L J . . . 4 , . A 7 K .. - . , . I ' I . c .S . -. '. . I .' -, . .4 H . . . . . S . I A c c . . c. ' ' x ' 1 Y ' r v ' ' Q ' 1 . . .I ,. . . . . . ,. , ., . . . , . c . . . . . V . , . . . 7 . J 1. . K . , , c . . K . I . I . , c ' ' c . . , . ' , ,Ep , . . . ' , . 'v: Y' .- ' ' 1 , ' I. ., . , , . I . ' . c 1 . c r It N . , . , .
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