Waukee High School - Warrior Yearbook (Waukee, IA)

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After having lived in Denver, Colorado, for the past twenty years, I decided to take a flying trip back to that big town where I grew up and went to school—Waukee, Iowa. As I packed my suitcase, I kept thinking How interesting this is going to be to see all my schoolmates again. When I boarded my plane, I noticed there was a very attractive stewardess to greet me as I entered the plane. This stewardess was none other than Kandy Klingaman. She had been a stewardess for the past ten years, but she thought she would have to give up her career, for Richard Kramer, who is now a veterinarian, had been waiting for quite some time to marry her. The plane landed in Grand Island, Nebraska, where I was to change to another one. I had a few minutes' time, so I walked over to Walgreen's Drug Store. In great surprise, I found the head pharmacist to be Jeannette Baumeister. She had been a dietician for five years previously. Soon I got back on my plane and was off on my journey once again. Looking on the chart, I read Pilot—Royce Gilham. This was a surprise! The pilot of my plane was one of my classmates. After the plane landed at the municipal airport in Des Moines, Iowa, I jumped into a taxi and to my surprise I found that this was a new type of singing taxi service. The driver was singing My Darling Clementine. I thought I recognized that voice and sure enough, it was Francis Woodward. He let me out at the famous Babe's restaurant. I looked up at the bright, flashing neon lights and there the letters spelled out the name of one of my old classmates, Yolanda Ori, who is now the proprietor. I paid Francis the fare, and he rushed off saying he had to meet his wife, Wanda Leach, at Younkers Tea Room, where they were planning on celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. After wishing him a happy anniversary I rushed on into Babe's before the regular evening rush. After a delicious meal, Yolanda and I had a visit. She informed me that her sister, Mafalda, was married and living in Los Angeles. She and her husband are the proud parents of eight children. She also told me that Frances Clark was living on Waterbury Circle in Des Moines. The next day I took a streetcar out to see Frances, who was surprised to see me. I could see she was very happy with her lovely family and such a beautiful home. I decided that I needed a car before I went to Waukee, so I went to Anderson's Ford Garage. Eugene sold me a beautiful red convertible. I drove to Waukee, and the motor started to miss, so I stopped at the McKinney Garage at Waukee. Durwin, by this time being an excellent mechanic, had it fixed in a short time; then he invited me into his home. This, I'm sure, was my greatest surprise to find his wife was Catherine Hanlan. They had been married for the past twelve years and had four lively boys. Catherine suggested that we visit the Waukee Consolidated School. First, we visited the home economics department where we found that Kathryn Jamison had been teaching home economics for the past fifteen years, and that Hattie Wright was teaching English and speech. Old times were renewed during our conversation. (Continued on Page 32)