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CLASS PROPHECY multrmrllronarre T Goofus Moneybags He has invented over one thousand labor saving devrces all of whrch are blessrngs to humanity Among the best known products of hrs agile brarn are Restwell mattresses for oyster beds Boomerang collar butttons guaranteed to return to the hand that lost them Indestructrble leads for srlver pencils and exercises for reducrng ones income tax And now I gaze along to find Bob Doschadrs lnk spatters holes rabbed rn the paper and rough heavy wrrtrng rndrcate an aggressive nature great strength and an abrlrty to bear up under hard knocks Twenty years from now I see hrm amrd a yellrng throng under powerful lights and hrs hand rs berng held high by a worried lookmg gentleman He rs being hailed as the worlds heavywerght champron rn the Collrseum rn Rome now the International Stock Exchange Margie Whrte rs busy making sketches She has turned out to be very well known as an illustrator of magazrne storres and newspaper articles .As a srdelrne she wrrtes short storres and naturally illustrates themlll Well I bet the money rs really rolling rn by the thousands Remember all her drawings rn school? Again the mist rrses Martha Gassen rs a nervous rnqursrtrve type She will be a reporter because of her intense interest rn everybodys business and her cast rron nerve whrch enables her to penetrate where she rs not wanted In ten years time she wrll be a natronal celebrity known as Polly Pry of the Graphic News She will be so alert that she wrll rntervrew a crrmrnal whrle he rs commrttrng the crrme and get tomorrows news last week Eunrce Detert rs a composite type She has a good strong vorce can srng two entrre songs without losing the tune and doesnt mrnd doing anythmg no matter how srlly so long as she rs well paid for rt Her future rs clear Ten years from now your favorite motron prcture cathedral will be drsplayrng huge signs announc mg Eunice Detert Amerrcas Grrl Frrend rn Crnderellas Sandals the all talking all srngrng all dancing all colored eprc of the age Mrss Detert talks srngs dances and plays three musical instruments including vacuum cleaner Dont mrss rtll And now we sweep over to une Wmkler a charmmg type domestic and capable but with a slrght inferiority complex due to the unfortunate fact that once she recerved only second prrze rn an rnternatronal bread baking contest Ten years from now she wrll be a lecturer on homemakrng the krnd who tell people over the radro how to build a front porch out of packing boxes And also how to feed ten people seven days on twenty three cents apiece Ronnie Sellnows reactrons range from blackest desparr to srttrng on top of the world He starts a thing rn one mood and frnrshes rn another The result rs always confusmg and sometimes deplorable Hrs vocation must be one not bound to rule or reason sort of combrnatron steeplelack and deep sea drver He must be rn become erther a baseball umprre of a referee of prize fights And now we float over to Ruth Behlrng premrere danseuse of the Russran Dancers the Chrnese Ballet and the Topeka Tap Dancers She was married and divorced three trmes She rs well noted for her grace beauty and orrgrnalrty of dances she introduced the popular ballroom steps the Grapevine Glide and the new est the Thrstledown Float At the end of twenty years Glen Kohn rs the head chemist of a laboratory that rs known all over the crvrlrzed world Hrs experiments have been so successful that he has isolated the germs of hay fever laziness love and hate He has extermrnated mosquitoes flres and chewmg gum tMr Buenger will now be happyl So drastic are hrs methods rn dealmg wrth drsease that every germ strll rn existence wears a lrfe preserver day and nrght rn constant dread of being captured by hrm I look far across the sea twenty years later I see a sight seemg bus turning a corner on one wheel My where drd all the speed come from7 The gas pedal I bet A person to be reckoned with rs Gladys Knuppel conductor of the Non Stop Look and Lrsten Tours And now we frnd Delores Wrlke rn an astomshmg husrness In not too many years she will be telling the plarn truth and banrshrng the unreal from long accepted beliefs She has wrrtten a lrfe of Washington contarnmg a lrst of all the places he drd NOT make hrs headquarters Nightly over the radro she gives the correct version of Golden Locks and the Peroxide Bottle ack the Grants Catcher and Aladdin the Wonderful Scamp She rs a reformer doing a truly good work The bells are rrngrng It rs Sunday morning The people are comrng to the service I see the mrnrster a frne looking man and by hrs srde walks hrs wrfe The congregation greets them cordrally They are much loved It rs Mary Alrce Gehler She looks very happy and appears to be an rdeal mrnrsters wrfe The scene shifts to the drsplay room of a large gown establrshment A fashion show rs rn progress One of the models rs exceptronally graceful and wears her evening gown well It rs Ianet Noltner the top model of the establrshment A collectron of srlxer and gold lovrng cups and medals of all descrrptrons meets my eyes next Therr rn scrrptrons vary from Hrgh Runnrng lump at State Track Meet to Winner of Olympic G'rme Greece The card srmply states These Trophres Won by Gary Grarnger Worlds Greatest Athlete The next case rs rnterestrng It contarn a drvers surt of steel and an oxygen tank There rs r huge dent rn the helmet The card explains Thrs surt worn by Lavon Bertz the well known deep sea drver when she something in which stability, good judgment, open-mindedness, and lack of prejudice are essential. He will
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CLASS PROPHECY Thxs llttle crystal sphere holds all of the past and all of the future It can reveal the htdden and make known the secret I have been asked to search m 1ts depths untxl I dnscover the future and perhaps never to be reumted Now m yust a moment I w1ll qxve you all the 1nformat1on you deslre and just where you w1ll fmd your self IU the future Now the clouds l1ft ' We are now IH the busmess dxstrlct of a large factory It has a huge electrxc slgn readmg Duck Best Tollet Soaps He has grown portly and gray about the temples but he IS as tmmaculate as Iensen s a tollet soap manufacturer should be HIS motto carved above h1s offnce door IS I keep the world clean Now I hear school bells rmgmg It IS n1ne oclock on a mce May mormng Tmy kxndergarten are hurrymg up the walk to great thelr teacher As she leans forward to take the flowers a lnttle brought her I see her sm1l1ng face It lS Donna Kohn chlldren g1rl has The scene becomes no1sy Buzzmgs and rmgmgs f1ll the ear I see a long room around the stdes of wh1ch are seated many glrls It IS a telephone offxce and the head operator IS Betty Lough I knew her as soon as she sand Lmes Busy She always dld spend most of her t1me telephonmg and seems to have concluded she m1ght as well make some money at lt How strange' I see a room 1n great d1sorder and a man down on all fours lookmg at the rug through a magnlfymg glass In h1s pocket IS a palr of handcuffs He acts very pecullarly He turns toward me and I recogn1ze hlm It IS Fred Gehler Thls IS the result of the mystery stones he was always readmg He IS now a detectxve I hear t1nkl1ng gultars and the surf breakmg on a coral Strand HHPPY brown Skmned People are 5109199 pla1nt1ve melodles It1s Hawan a paradlse on earth' A g1rl seats herself under a palm tree and closes her eyes Watch her closely Suddenly as a parrot call comes loudly from a tree top she looks up and I see her face It IS Barbara Brander In her hand IS a tournsts guxde book see1ng the world as she always sa1d she would More clouds and m1sts Gazmg through them I ee lnbrary Seated at her desk IS the reference l1brar1an but lS readmg the latest novel and lettmg those who search acobs Trust her to f1nd a way of readmg all the new and 1n her bag IS a t1cket for a world cru1se She IS that we are IH the 1nter1or of a large publ1c she ns not domg research work for anyone now She for 1nformat1on wa1t She IS our old frxend Mar1on books as soon as they come out And now I see a lovely college town There IS a vast crowd ln the chapel A new pres1dent of the college IS be1ng 1naugurated Here he comes lookmg most lmpf9SSlV2 1n h1s cap and gown It IS our studlous school mate Roger Homan Wouldnt you expect h1m to be a college pres1dent or somethmq l1ke that and a very good one too7 Aga1n we have a large room empty except for two people and a grand plano A small boy wnth stncky f1ngers IS trymg to plav exercise thlrteen and h1s teacher grnttmg her teeth IS determmedly countmg one tvno three one two three Suddenly she sweeps the chlld off the stool and plays the exerc1se for h1m mak1ng even IIS mechan1cal precrsxon sound lnterestmg She 1S Donna Skalltzy wlth f1ngers as mmble and energy abundant as ever Next I see Donald Iohnson He ts perseverxng not easlly dxscourages and never grves up He w1ll f1nd nt hard to flt 1nto the l1fe of today but one great openmg awants h1m he w1ll become the champxon of champ1ons by snmply makmg up h1s By l960 he w1ll have become Amerlcas champlon pole sltter non dancer bncycle rlder pretzel eater and mammy s1nger He w1ll be the cause once dropped 1n he w1ll sw1m back and forth until hlS manager The m1st IS clearmg and we are commg to a vxllage where we f1nd Carol understandmg of the human race A dozen years from now she w1ll be a wealthy Ye Beautlfyxng Shoppe Alteratxons Whnle You Walt People men as well as l1ke s1xty and emerge lookmg l1ke sxxteen And now we have the strange case of Nancy Etscheld She IS troubled by a In thxs great age of endurance contests mmd what he wants to do and domg 1t stop avxator radxo lnstener marathon worlds und1sputed channel sw1mmer be remembers to come and fnsh h1m out Krause wnth a so called cosmetlcxan proprletor of women w1ll enter look1ng recurrent dream 1n wh1ch she 15 a canary blrd belng chased by a cat She told me she thought the dream meant that she would be the keeper of a pet shop Qu1te wrong She w1ll be a great s1nger In l957 she w1ll be able to sang the t1tle role rn any opera you can name She w1ll even be m the Cosmopolltan Opera House Dale Wmkler IS the owner and manager of the huge cham of restaurants known all over the world as tht Eat and Run Restaurant Self made he prxdes h1mself on h1s rlse from proprxetor of a hot dog stand on South Street to owner of one hundred plate glass wh1te front restaurants He IS marrled to LIZZIC the champxon pancake flopper of the state The scene now sh1fts to one of the most 1mportant men 1n these Umted States Sylvester Hamshxre slxtxeth pres1dent of the Unnted States was elected by the Independent Party Actrve rn pol1t1cs s1nce mfancy mayor of h1s town three terms U S senator two terms and speaker of the Natlonal House of Representatnves one term He sponsored the b1lls d1sfranch1s1ng saxophone players radlo crooners and talkatnve f1shermen He IS noted for h1s umque forexgn polncy wh1ch has not yet been made publlc and probably never w1ll be Next Isee our most famous nnventor Iames Whxte Marrxed to Mary Moneybags daughter of the - 1 . . , . 1 , . . , , . 1 1 . . . 1. . 1 11 . . . 1 . - 1 . . . 1 . , , . - 1 1 1 - 1 . . , S 1 1 1 1 . 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rescued the men trapped tl qlllillllflllt 1313 llflllq t sorm of 0 'I e dent III the helmet vs s caused by a bloxy from 1 yxhale We novs fund Rachel Mosher vylth a new and all nndlfferent ll'lVtIlll0ll The Do Ilverythlng Inyentlon ns mielunt washes Irons scrubs q s m as vt shes he dlshts 1nd does he m xrke mg at 1 yery x Cost' It has an ztaehment by means of xxhueh the maelune e.-nn be used to moyx the lmn md hoe the garden Another attachment automatteally reaehes out an arm and sp inks lxttle Wxllxe when he dr lqs the eat a ound by the tall I can qunte clearly see a helmet and a badge yxlth a number and letters PD I see the badge and helmet are yyorn by Myrtle Rlege the f1rst POIICCXNOYTIID of the tovsn She dld more to secure lays and order m her dlstrlet than any ten men and IS a credlt to her toyyn and state Ruth Deppe xs the fxrst veoman to commute from Amer1ca to Europe by the Great Northern Alryyay S e operates two candy stores one ln London and one IU New York where she sel s her famous fudge and spend the alternate days ln each I see a poem before me My Youth and the author IS Donna I-Iolzhueter I read the flrst feyy stanzas and found It was beautlful but rather sad She 1s the vyorld famous poet who 1n l970 vyon the Nobel prxze for her lnsplrmg poetry The sun xs setting and the llqht fades gridually A purple haze eovers eyerythmg The crystal clouds and I can see no more Myrtle Rlege CLASS WILL We the Class o 1951 o the City o Waterloo eounty o e erson and state o W1 consin some 0 us being o sound mind and able bodied do hereby make publish and cle may all 0177161 wills bequest and dense o wlzatezei nature bij ii made e the Class of 51 vxlll the success vye had throughout our hugh school career to the Freshman Class e the Class of 51 vnll our prosper1ty to the Sophomores e the Class of Sl vtxll all the fun yye had to the umors e the Semors bequeath the follcvung Ruth Behllng vylll my dxamond rmg to anyone lucky encuqh to get xt Lavon Beltz yylll my mus1cal ab1l1ty to my slster Noreen Barbara Brander w1ll my lonq dark ha1r to Carol Fmke Ruth Deppe yxlll my ab1l1ty to go vylth one man for so lcng a tlme to oan Waqner Eumce Detert mll my ablllty to play trumpet to ohn Sples Robert Doschad1s wxll my Prom Klng t1tle to Donald Flnkler Nancy Etscheld wlll my nxckname Etschlmo to Carol Etscheld Martha Gassen vtlll my lob at the theater to Karen Bossa Fred Gehler vylll my d1sl1ke for school and anythmg that goes vtlth xt to Mlke Stanke Mary Alxce Gehler vull my pleas1ng personahty to oy Ann enm Gary Gralnger vxlll the fun I had 111 play practlce to B111 Gruchoyx Sylvester I'Iamsh1re vull my ab1l1ty to play sports to Pat Cooley Roger I-Ioman vyxll my mathematlcal bram to Euqene Blank Marlan acobs wlll my posltlon m the offlce to Marlorle Pearson Rlchard ensen wlll my vacatxons 1n Florida to Carl Bartz Donald ohnson w1ll my Iob at the Boyylmg Alley to Dan Mllltzer Gladys Knuppel wxll my smooth complemon to Glcrxa Schmldt Donna Kohn vtlll mv dark beauty to Colleen Abendroth Glenn Kohn yylll my quiet ways to Dxck I'Ie1n Carol ein Krause vxlll my love for forensics to Lots Robertson Fllzabeth Lough wlll my housekeeping abllxtxes to Mary Thomaschaske Rachel Mosher Vs1II my cats to oanne Soldner anet Noltner ytlll all my dates 1nd good tunes to Elolse FBIIIHQCI' Myrtle Rleqe vylll my ablllty to keep my friends to Betty Heldeman Ronald Sellnovx vylll my judge of vtomen tc Charles Tschan Donna Skalltzky yylll my POIIUBC to Gladys Wurst ames White yull my Hudson and my r1ders to FFIYZ Keqler Margery Whlte wlll my ablllty to manage IIIIIIQS to anet Broetzman Delores Wllke wnll my cheerleadlng ab1l1ty to Elleen V1fChOXX Dale Winkler, w1ll my love for Industrlal Arts to ohn Archxe , une Wlnkler wlll my artlstlc ab1l1ty to Marjorie Krukenberg IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hand and seal, th1s th1rtyf1rst day of May A D, nmeteen hundred and fxfty one f195lI ' ' ' a ' on me e Q ' ' . d ' k th' xt 196 Ih- - ' - - 'ar Th: 2' ' f ' let: ezlx. 'ax .' t ' 2 Q t ' 2 't' K ' 2 ' lox' , y-ff, .yr I 4 ,riff-. 1 Clare this, our last will and testament fbefore passing into the new worldj hereby revok- W , A - f' : IV . I V. k. . . .K l I, , f' ' ' f' : - ' I K . I, ' , f' A ' I ' '. I, ' , f' ' ' ' '. I, ' . ' , V ' ' . I, , f' ' ' 1 . I, I , ' A f ' ' ' . I, , I . I, I c , 'I .I .I I . I, 5 , if I f . I, I , 5 C ' I ' ' . I, ', f' ' ' - - . .
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