West Salem High School - Hi Lite Yearbook (West Salem, IL)

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No one has seen him for a year but it is told that John Luther is a hermit and is still trying to devise a way to run a Ford without water. Don Ellis is missing in action from a coon-hunt. Some say he was killed, others say he is still following his nose on a coon trail. Camilla Clodfelter is now the head of a girls school in Boston. Her fame was gained by working out a new system of shorthand. Mrs. Jim Bennett, the former Miss Lois Gaede, is now a concert pianist in New York. Jim secretly says that he thinks her music gets very boring. Jim Bennett, after his seventh divorce, decided to go back to Lois, his most ardent love. They have been married for three months now and Jim hates her music. He says he is about ready for his eighth divorce. Clayton Brandt is a band leader in New York. Clayton is famous everywhere for his blues music. Virginia Maas is Clayton’s blues singer. She is known far and wide as the Bamboo Blonde. Gene Cash is a B.T.O. (big time operator). He has the biggest business in the W. S. oil fields. He is secretly in love with Virginia Maas but never has had enough nerve to tell her so. Hubert Weber is now the sheriff of Edwards County. He is to speak in the schools this week on “Safe Driving Principles.” Iva Jean Shelby, the ninety-nine pound weakling, has become a famous bubble dancer. She got her inspiration from earlier H. S. slumber parties. Gene Gibson is now a disappointed lover and has devoted his life to cutting out fancy paper dolls. Joan Hallbeck charms the men every where she goes. She is now trying to hook Bennett for she thinks he will soon be free. Mrs. Roy Lemke, the former Miss Audrey Fritchley, is a reporter of the New Tork Times which her husband runs. So she is both at home and at work. Margie Putnam is now cheerleading for Champaign. With her enthusiastic help the boys win most every game.