Williams High School - Tanager Yearbook (Williams, IA)

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PROPHECY There IS a br1ght future mn store for the Class of 49 For you see h1story w1ll repeat xtself The 49ers of th1s century w1ll become as prosperous as those f1rst 49ers one hundred years ago My prophecy IS that W1th1n a year after graduat1on a 49er Gene Vulgamott w1ll notxce a queer taste ID the W11l1ams water Gene a former bram ln Physxcs w1ll mvestxgate and fxnd there are gold deposlts deep m the earth under the lxttle c1ty of W1ll1ams Now Gene who was always a good sort of fellow w1ll thmk th1s f1nd 1S too good to keep so he ll notxfy all h1s former classmates of the fortune and 1nv1te them to share 1t wlth h1m They w1ll come runnmg from thelr colleges jobs and homes For several yearslxttle W11l1arns w1ll boom Then one by one the 49ers each havmg made hxmself a fortune w1ll go h1s own way After several more years by the year 1959 these thmgs w1ll be happemng Sh1rley Ann W1111ams w1ll spend her fortune to bu1ld a new super h1ghway between Alden and Wxlllams where she plans to d1v1de her t1me She wxll hzre Norman Iohnson the expert engmeer who bu1lt the new brxdge system 1n Webster C1ty to do her work It of course, w1ll not be necessary for Norman to work but he w1ll feel he must not neglect h1s engmeermg talent He w1ll take jobs only near home however so he can spend most of h1s t1me w1th h1s charmmg young wlfe fNorman always was fond of younger g1rls Joan Baumann who w1ll be Joan Seney and her husband w1ll bu1ld a chaxn of ser v1ce statlons throughout Iowa They wxll be most mode rn each one equ1pped wlth a soda fountam Bob w1ll have charge of the servlce statmons Joan the soda fountaxns The Walte rman twms Joan and Jean w1ll contmue the1r trammg as nurses, and then w1ll do much good by contrlbutmg both money and t1me to worthy causes The1r secretary, assxstant and close fr1end w1ll be Evelyn Howe Evelyn w1ll mvest her money 1n stocks managed by the fxnancxal broker, Dean Bryan Dean w1ll multxply hxs own fortune many t1mes by h1s shrewd dealmgs Sh1rley Lee W11l1ams w1ll wm a beauty contest as Mxss 49er Thxs w1ll lead to a rnovle contract and Sh1rley Wlll l1ve luxurxously 111 Hollywood Dena Meyermg w1ll buy a beaut1ful yacht to sa1l U1 the Gulf of Mex1co Her skmpper and mate w1ll be Bud Vey They w1ll be V1S1fJed often by Beverly Ratzke and her hus band Don Buntenbach who w1ll own the greatest sale barn of all t1me Thms sale barn w1ll cover 320 acres of land Durmg these years, the newspapers w1ll carry the storxes of soc1al1te Marjone Hanson s marr1ages and dworces Marjorxe, w1ll at last however fmd her true love in a H111 Eulalxe Claude and Pat Uthe w1ll be co edxtors of a free magazme enhtled Farmmg versus Navy One of thexr many arguments w1ll be when then- off1ce should be loca ted Pat w1ll msxst on Alden wh1le Eulalme w1ll very dehmtely want Webstm r Cnty The1r reasons of course w1ll be because of heart xnterests UI those re stectxvr places 11 . . . , . . - 1 1 . , . V. . . I . . . . , I, , 1 1 1 . . . ' ,, . ,, . . '. . . . - n o , . , . . . . . , 1 1 I I 9 1 - . . . . , - n n , , . -- -- . . . . U I 3 ' n 1 - g - ' I I . . 9 9 ' . urn ' - n 1 - 1 n . , - . . . . . . . ,, . , ,, . Y. . . . . - 1 1 ' . , . . . . . . . a n a . . -. . . . ,, , ,, . - . . . , , - v n . l A ' ' X' ' ' ,, , A

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JEAN WALTERMAN Jean A quxet conscxence makes one so serene Bxrthday February Z 1932 Future Plans Nursxng JOAN W -XLTLRMAN Joan It xs better to desxre the thxngs we have then to have the thlngs we desxre Birthday February Z 1932 Newspaper l Future Plans Nursxng -7 ul' ai! N GLM. vuaox-.A on Gene Clear statement ms argumtn' H1rthl.l1y F1 bruxry Z0 Ca'-,sOIl1L0r Z4 Baskm tball 3 Newspaper 1 Future I- lans Indefmng 'G' w 10 S SHIRLEY ANN WLLLIAIN Anme Every man xs a volume you know how to read hu' Bxrthday October Z7 19 Glee Club 4 Newspaper Future Plans lndefmxtc SHIRLEY LEE WILLIAMS Sherry We cannot always oblxge but we can always speak oblxgxngly Birthday November 8 1931 Glee Club 3 Mixed Chorus Class Offlcer 3 Junior Class Play One Act Play Newspaper Z Future Plans Business College

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Lawrence Cheyne w1ll be a bachelor a m1ll1ona1re playboy w1th all the g1rls clamormg for h1m They w1ll love that blush1ng face on that great b1g man fThey wlll say however that Lawrence glves all the gals a fl1ng Betty Karekel w1ll be famous for her long beautxful ha1r When she IS marrxed to that certam party her ha1r w1ll serve as her br1daltra1n Mxllard Barz that boy w1th a happy laugh w1ll be known as The Carefree Cowboy to thousands of l1ttle ch1ldren who wxll lxsten to h1s rad1o program every day M1llard s most enthuslastxc l1stenersw1ll be h1s own s1xl1ttle black eyed Barzes at home Carroll Hansel who w1ll lose a great deal of money m a matr1nlon1al su1t w1ll be befrxended by h1s pal M1l1ard Carroll w1ll be Squeeky the Mouse on M1llard s rad1o program They w11l get along nxcely except for that constant argument about wh1ch of thexr cars LS best Margaret Stewart w1ll g1ve most of her money away to charlty She w1ll only re tam a small sum enough for her and her husband Don to l1ve on Margaret w1ll say that wealth brmgs unhappmess V1rg1l Olson and h1s wlfe who w1ll both be great sclentxsts w1ll aston1sh the world w1th the1r expemments and dlscovermes V1rg1l s wlfe w1ll be a former schoolmate wxth whom he became well acquamted durmg h1s Sen1or year She was a Jun1or that year Betty Doyle w1ll become a great theatrxcal actress She w1ll reach the he1ght of success when she plays the part of an msane woman m a stage product1on called The Looney Irxshman M1ldred Bryan w1ll spend her money for travelmg all over the world M1ldred her husband and tw1n sons w1ll not be sat1sf1ed w1th ordmary transportatwn means so they w1ll buy a beaut1ful deluxe hellcopter Jo Ann Buzzett1 w1ll spend her fortune on an estate 1n Parxsh where she w1ll l1ve dabblmg occaslonally m her hobbzes of sketchmg and wr1t1ng A class reun1on, each year w1ll be held at her mans1on Gene Vulgarnott our Senlor Class Pres1dent and fellow who made all th1s possmble w1ll at th1s t1me st1l1 be lookmg mto the future for h1s classmates He wxll know h1s fr1ends w1ll spend the1r money f0011Sh1Y Because of th1s, he w1ll have set up a socxal securlty system for the 49ers Good old Gene Class Motto The Door to Success reads Push Class Colors Blue and Gold Class Flower Pmk Carnatmn 12 . . . . . , 0 - V. V . . 1 I 1 g - . . ,. . . , - - - ' an I ,, . . . . . . 0 - . I I - ' - ' sa nr - 1 I ' I I . . . . - -- I n I I . q . u . . . ,, ' in Q 0 I I I n I I . I Q 0 I I I I 0 Q - I 9 n n , u ll . a . . n . . . . o