West Snyder High School - Legend Yearbook (Beaver Springs, PA)

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CLASS PROPHECY It was 1968 when I Fred Thomas re cclved a letter carrled by a Jet propelled plgeon stamped V1a space maxl I was flabbergasted to see the name of a near and dear classmate of mlne It was an In v1tat1onfor the class of 1938 to gather at Lokoma for our annual c la s s reunion Lokoma 15 a fast growing space stat1on owned and operated by the eccentrlc mtlllonalre Jerry Klme B S M S A B P D D D S D D NI D Ilmmedlately hopped aboard my newly purchased Romlg Z3 Z0 -L Iemployed Harold Snook as the navlgator and Donna Romlg and Crystal Spald as the hostesses Of course everyone knew that th1s rocket was de slgned and built by the world re nowned Professor Jam s Romlg BLAST OFF' After 30 I6j87 spllt seconds I arrxved at Lokoma I was greeted by Mayor Jack Wagner and hxs devoted wxfe Glorla Hawk and also Ruth Krlck the Umted Space Natlons Delegate I was to be escorted to the Out of Tlus World Nlght Club owned by the multl m1ll1ona1re playboys Rlchard Saylor and Phllllp C111 As we drove through the crowded streets we almost collxded wlth an Earth Angels' Taxl Cab owned by Dorls Bltner We passed the Shamory Super Space MarketandaBeauty Salon operated by Pat Gos s Pat Narehood Kay Stuck and Pat Kaufman These glrls were all happ1ly marrled To our rlght was a modern all glass school bu1ld1nU I le arne d fr om Carl Dressler the cab drlver that the prlnclpal of thls school was our own Dr Morls Qulnt He also lnformed me that Judy Blee and Rose Boonle were now teachlng muslc and Ke nne th Kratzer was now wearlng a lab Jacket llke Mr Lepley s Kenneth Zleber was teachlng agrxculture and had recently developeda new specles of weed known as space weed The se teachers were all former classmates of rnme The home s of Lokomo have all been deslgned by LaRue Thoman We passed the factory wh1ch bullds r o c ke t s whlch travel to the nelghborlng planet of Pluto Iwas also told that several of my classmates we re now em ployed ln thls factory Among them were Nelson G 1 lbe r t , Wllmer Grove Thomas Haffley Charles S hlrey Arvln Wagner and Kenneth W1ll Suddenly we heard screechlng brakes whlstles blowmg and gears grlndlng the dust cleared away we saw Cam Tate pollce woman dlrectlng tr a f f 1 c unsuc cessfully Ahead we saw the Dmg Dong Space a Phone Company The drlver mformed me that several of my female acquaxntan ces were now emoloyed here Joyce Zleber Joan Snook Frances W1ll Rachel Smlth and Martha Smlth were among the employees To our left was a slgn deslgnatlng the locatlon of a Junk yard operated by Carl Kllne and Terry Buckley Flnally we arrlved at our destlnatxon As I stepped from the cab I notlced several of my classmates dlscusslng the qual1ty of grass on the spaclous golf course George B enfe r Weldon R0 Il1g and V e r non Ro mlg were the accompllshed farmers of Lokomo On my way to the dmlng room I passed the roulette table and I saw the qulck hand of Rlchard Shawver pulllng 1n the chlps I paused a moment to talk to Margle Wagner and Betty Brouse Thelr faces looked stralned but happy after carlng for thelr huge famllles There seemed to be a b1t of confuslon by the glass doors Joe Anselmo a noted playboy had just had a sllght coll1s1on w1th Bob Blckhart who 1S now a mechanlc 1n Dallas w1ng's garage As I went on I notlced Hazel Ballen tlne and Lols Master and I declded to go chat with them Ilearned LOIS fulfllled her dream of ownlng a thrlty s even room manslon overlookmg the c1ty Hazel was spend1ng her v a c a t1on wlth I..o1s after worklng many months as a nurse 1n the local mental hospltal Gary Goss who was as happ1ly marrled now as he was 1n hlgh s chool was now presldent of a large englneerlng corpora t1on Roberta Fisher was employed as the prlvate secretary of th1s company Byron P 1easant and LaMar Troup were members of the Board of D1rectors of th1s firm I arrlved at the dll'111'lg room and was greeted by Richard Herbster who was head of the reunion commlttee We all gathered round the table and were led 1n grace by the Reverend Paul Zleber The meal was delxclous and everyone was looklng forward to the next class re uruon whlch w1ll be held on Earth Wltnessed by 'Qfafel 5 0,4172 49,1-,.,..,., 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , , As - - ' ll 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - 1 1 - 1 A 1 1 1 1 '1 ' -1 1 -1 1 1 1 h ., . . ., . ., . . , 1 X - 1 1 1 1 P . . . . - 1 - 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ll ' ,. . . , 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , ' 1 E . 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 - 1 , - o' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - I . . . . 1 1 - 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 , - 1 1 1 1 1