Wheatfield High School - Arcus Yearbook (Wheatfield, IN)

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Class Prophecy The time is the year of our Lord, 1964, in the month of February. The Diace? You ' ll find out later. What a beautiful room: exclaimed the young matron. ' How did you ever swing this deal, Karen . .. . . It was simple, you know how much influence my fiancee has with the government. He told Roy to come up here and he’d give him a lot of publicity as well as a few campaign friends. Of course Sally helped him to arrange the deal. , . Gee I think it’s wonderful. A class reunion and a Lincoln Day dinner all wrapped up into one I And all those celebrities! Wow! Terry Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, President Roy Bennett, Vice-President Margaret Chase Smith, and of course our Secretary of Agriculture Jerry Grube as well as our home state first lady Senator, Sally Pucka. Don’t forget Shirley Seegers, she’s head of all 4-H work in Indiana now . Of course, how could I . ,f Look, here come Wayne and Jane Reeder.” Oh yes, they were going to come on the same plane with me, but they had to cancel their flight at the last minute. Their mother took sick and they had to find another baby sitter. Imagine it would take a while with six children. I ' m sure Jane didn ' t have any trouble. She knows more people. How are Wayne and the Chicago Bears coming along? Why he ' s their star half-back now. I knew he had it in him. I remember he won all our games for us back 2 l t W heatf ield As I live and breathe! Angenette Gorter . ' I haven t seen her since we graduated. Her mother told me she ran a hair dressing salon in Lafayette. Leave it to Angenette. I knew she ' d make good. But she can ' t compare to you and June. Not only do you have a fashion shop catering to the elite of Park and Fifth Avenue, but a millionaire boy friend besides. Yes, isn ’ t it wonderful. Soon I’ll be Mrs. Karen Vanderbuilt the III. How about June? Didn ' t you know? June ' s going steady with one of the Rockefellers. My, what a promising prospect! By the way, I read in the Chicago Tribune the other night that You, Aurelia Plaga, were voted one of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ' s most valuable players. Isn’t it grand! I received a cash bonus of $5,000 for the honor. What a handsome couple over by the window! Did you see them on television the other night? I think they ' re as good as Lucy and Desi used to be. Who ' d ever think that Ray Ballard and Beverly Allen would have their own program called, Bev and Ray. Don ' t you envy them? Owning a 35 room mansion in Beverly Hills, California; with a golf course in the back yard, a private swimming pool for each member of the family and a polo field in the front? Oh, I don ' t know, I like my penthouse very much. The only trouble is that it is so high up that it frosts too soon and kills my vegetables before I know what’s happening.

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A small and quavery voice I hear Coming from someone we all love dear. Petite and pretty, chick and neat, Sally Pucka’s quite a treat. The girls all go for his muscular build; Many a position in their hearts he has filled. If there are those who like to be teased, Wayne Reeder should make them very much pleased. June Sculley in her friendly ways, Will make people happy to the end of her days. She plans to be a receptionist when she gets through school; Sincerity and simplicity will be her life long rule. Shirley Seegers so neat and keen, And all her talents are easily seen; Shte seems so jolly the whole day long, And does her Home Ec . with a song. Allen Stembel, known as Sheeny to us, Causes much commotion and fuss; But when at a ball game, and he ' s on the floor, For baskets we need worry no more. Larry Thomas seems to be Quite interested in making history, He plans one day to own a ranch We ' re all hoping he gets his chance. John Tillema is our working man; He putters about whenever he can. He makes those old cars rarin ' to go; There ' s nothing about cars he doesn ' t know. Aladena Whitaker deserves a hand, For she finally hooked her man. She wears her diamond with joyous pride, She ' ll make him such a charming bride. Richard Wright is usually studious and quiet, But get him started and he ' s quite a riot. What he likes best is to hunt and fish, Success in life we know is his wish. 18

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Oh, Karen, you always did like to complain. Ha, ha, here come the two tycoons, John Tillema and Allan Stembel. The last time Allen wrote to me, he was head designer for the Ford Motor Co. I guess they ' re both partial to Fords. John’s quite a salesman now. He ' s owner of the Ford Sales in Wheatfield. Some driver too! Did you see yesterday ' s sport page in the New York Times? He ' s been acclaimed as the first person to win the Mexican Road race for the fourth consecutive year! Well if he drove as hard as he played basketball, I can easily under- stand how he won. Listen to this, whispered Aurelia, Phyllis Miller, Betty Owens, and Louise McCarty told me a lot of things on the way here. They take the Wheatfield News , and read that Phyllis Hetrick ' s bakery was so success- f ul it undersold the other two. That’s really something, laughed Karen, It ' s nice you girls get to stay together though , she reflected. Yes, I like it very much. Poor Phyllis has to work such long hours as a nurse at the Cook County Hospital though. She ' s so tired when she gets home at night. I ' m sure she likes it though, added Karen. Oh, she’s crazy about it. I imagine Marshall Fields would be lost without Betty Owens as its head accountant. Yes, said Aurelia, she was such a whiz at bookkeeping. And Louise, I knew she would do something with her phenomenal culinary prowess . Yes, professor, laughed Aurelia, her job ' s no snap though, being head of the Home Economics Department of Betty Crocker. I can see her making her workers snap to attention every morning when she briefs them for the day. Well, Louise is a splendid worker, surmised Aurelia. She sure is, agreed Karen. Here ' s the great businesswoman, Ethel DeMoss. Where? said Karen. Over by the east door, coming in with Sonny Green and his wife Doris Misch. It is something to be proud of. It took a lot of business acumen to develop her department store into the largest in Indiana. I ' ll have to hand it to her the way she finagled the New York Central Railroad into running an extra line into Rensselaer. I guess she needed it to handle all her business, joked Karen. I bet Sonny gives the New York Central in Kersey all the business it can handle with his world ' s largest Oldsmobile dealership. Yes the Kersey Motor Sales is certainly boom ing. Did you see who was at the other end of the banquet table? No, it can ' t be! Richard Wright and his two cohorts, Juhn Neely and Robert Lykins. Let’s speak to them. I want to find out what they ' re doing urged Karen. Why, hello girls, I see you spoke Richard. turned out for the big shindig too.