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

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When we arrived there we found that Margaret Weber had a tea room, but we discovered that most of the tea she sells comes in quarts, pints, half-pints, and sometimes shots. While in New York we went to Niagara Falls and while we were there Merrill Lee Myers made headlines by going over the falls and forgetting his barrel. While motoring through Indiana we heard the sad story of how Max Boewe became a midget racer driver. It was said that he missed the Bennington Bridge trying to outrun a 1968 48” cylinder Deluxe Benzine with his ’41 Chevrolet. He decided to take up a career of midget racing. In traveling on to Detroit we heard about what had been happening to the Ford business. Monica Marshall and Wilma Maidlow are now in charge of it. They enjoy the work because of their love for Fords in their high school days. Chicago was the next stop and we were very surprised to find Thelma Hardy. She told us she had won first prize in a hog calling contest and was now entering the national. She hopes to come out with another first. We found when we entered Iowa that the greatest doctor of all times was making his home in Oskaloosa. It was none other than “David, cure-um or kill-um Bratsch.” As we were going across the great plains we saw two horsemen coming toward us. They were well-armed and we found it was a hunting expedition, led by Iva Lorene Myers and Marjorie Andrews, hunting buffalo. After leaving the plains we started through the “Big Horn Moun- tains” of Wyoming. There we found Norma Bennett and Mr. Strine happily married and owning a 1000 acre goat farm. (You should see all the little kids running around.) After leaving Wyoming we chartered a boat going up the Columbia River and we met Loren Pixley. Loren is one of the biggest men in the fishing industry in Washington. In Roseburg, Oregon, we found Frank Barnhart, who is a temper- ance lecturer on “Whiskey,” and as usual, Frank is full of his subject.

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Upon arriving in San Francisco, California, we were invited to have dinner at the “Club 21” by my brother, Harold Wiseman, who is now taking Frank Sinatra’s place, singing there. While we were still in California we visited the M-G-M studios and found that Willard Lemke was Harry James’ right hand man. He carries his horn to and from work for him. Leaving California we journeyed to Reno, Nevada, where we found a new home being built. The owner, Wanda Gillard, after her fifth divorce, decided to move there to keep from making so many trips. While we were still in Nevada we found that Bob Orrel was living in Butternut, Arizona. He has just finished one of his greatest publi- cations on the “Demons of Whiskeys and Evils of Women,” based on his earlier life experiences. Sarsaparilla, Mexico, was having a big Fiesta when we arrived and we had quite a shock. While we were waiting for the greatest bull fighter of all times to step out into the arena, out walked Harold King. When he came out into the ring in his long underwear, the bull was frightened to death, so Harold won another death-daring fight. We came into Nyder, Texas, and found Neoma Johnson learning the Indian language. She is speaking her first word, “Uugh.” We then decided to take a tour through the Ozark Mountains. There we found John Boewe “A-Feudin’, A-Fightin’, an A-Fussin’.” Going back to Illinois we came through St. Louis on our way to Edwards county. There we saw a large factory bearing the sign, “Dumbo, Jumbo, Rolls That Satisfy.” Being curious to see the owner of such a large concern, we went in, and found it to be owned by none other than Jane Chapman. When we reached Edwards county they were having a weight lifting contest. The winner was Gene Marks, or his stage name, “Mr. A. Fly Speck.” As we came into the thriving city of West Salem we could hear a commotion above the tumult of the noisy factories. Then we saw where it was. There was a neon sign which read “Blacksmith Shop.” The noise was the cry of men, whom Barbara Douglas, the prop., was branding instead of horses.