Wilmot Union High School - Panther Yearbook (Wilmot, WI)

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CLASS PROPHECY The following is a copy of a letter from Louise Matthies to Kay Cornell and dated April 30, 1968. Dear Kay: No doubt you are surprised to hear from your old friend Louise Matthies, but I re- cently had occasion to look up the present occupation of each of our classmates of 'ten years ago, and I thought some of these might be of interest to you. Let me tell you what happened. I now live in Milwaukee and am the proprietor of an antique shop. There was to be an exhibit of antiques in Chicago and I decided that on my way down I would stop for a day or two in the old village of Wilmot. I started out for Wilmot as planned and on the way I tuned in my car radio to get a little music and who should be the disk jo ck e y but Charles Prange. When I reached Wilmot, I was simply amazed! It is no longer the little burg I left in '58, but a city so large that I had to stop and ask someone if I was in the right place. I de- cided the only way I could find my way around would be to get a map, so I stopped at the travel bureau and who should be there but Jack LaMeer buying a ticket for Arabia. When I asked him why he was going to Arabia he told me he was going to visit Stanley Epping who has turned Mo- hammedan and has 365 wives-one for each day of the year. Jack's reason for going is, I believe, obvious. He also told me that Dave Ezelle is the head of a camel caravan over there, probably transporting spices or something stronger. When I asked Jack if he knew what some of our other classmates are doing he told me that Wen- dell Schenning is a policeman in charge of the town's drag strip, and Wally Rosentre- ter is a deep sea diver for the Navy. As I left the bureau I decided to go to the high school next. Good old Wilmot isn't so small any more, but five times the size I remembered it to be. I went into the Principal's office and who should be the Principal, But Bob Snarski! Bob told me that the faculty contained some of our old classmates. That mathematical Wiz- ard, Gil Amborn, is teaching algebra and geometry, and Jim Bruenning is now teach- ing his favorite subject, English. Cherene Siifring is the girlis physical education teacher and Coach Jim Baumann's basket- ball team has won the state tournament. Bob also told me that our old basketball rival, Central, is being coached by Dick Mayo who insists on wearing his old Wilmot letter sweater around school. Just before I left, he told me that Roger Dankert and his one-man band had played in Wilmot the week before for the Junior Prom. Leaving the high school, I decided to take a walk downtown. As I walked along I had quite a few surprises. First I saw an ambulance go by with the words Cornell and Kramer's Funeral Servicei' printed on the door. As I passed a beauty shop what should I read but Charlene Thebault and Bonnie Snyder Proprietors and 'their mot- to, If you want to risk it we'll do it. As I was passing the super-market who should come out but Darlene Lesner. Darlene told me some startling facts about some of the members of our class. It seems Marlene Ratchek and Al Smith are famous as breed- ers of off-colored mink, Joyce Probst is perfume manufacturer, Donna Tilton is a nurse in a hospital for feeble minded cats, and Al Scoville trains homing pigeons. While we were talking a Hre truck went by and I recognized the driver as Jim Johnson. Darlene had to get home and fix dinner for her husband, Frank. She invited me for supper the next evening and what do you think she served? Meatballs, of course. After leaving Darlene, I decided to stop in the town library and look up some facts about antiques. I asked the librarian, Lynn Zaccard, what she knew of our old class. She told me that Donna Michaelis is a book binder and that Joy Meloun has just writ- ten a book entitled How to Lose Weight and Still Snack Between Meals. She also told me that Joan Gall is now Senator Charles Kist's new secretary. After I left the library I had some dinner and then checked in for the night at the Wilmot Hotel. The bellboy, John Lovely, Page Eighty-four

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John Venovic wills his brains to John Nordmeyer, just in case. Al Skovial leaves his ability to drag with his tractor to Rich Bentley. Bob Snarski leaves his basketball ability to Greg Bush. This way Greg ought to make A squad next year. Lynn Zaccard wills her timidness to Judy Schwartz. Joy Meloun wills her ability to be on a diet at meal times and eat twice as much in between them to Sharon Karow and Car- ole Thebault. Bonnie Snyder leaves happily, hopefully. Donna Tilton leaves her soggy reed from her clarinet to Violet Larson. To Mr. Knight we leave a bag of fer- tilizer. To Mrs. Miller we leave our memorable train trip from Chicago and also a quiet library. To Mr. Stein we leave what is left of the correction fluid - if any! To Mr. Bilotti we leave a clothesline full of dangling participles. To Mr. Handke we give a book of girls basketball rules. To Mr. Firchow we leave one used jar of sticky and stinky glue that helped put this annual together. To Mr. Van Slochteren we leave a gas mask for all his Chemistry experiments.. To Mr. Frank we leave a toupee so he will have some use for the combs and hair tonic left to him by the previous classes. To Mr. Rockwell we leave all the notes he never saw us pass. To Mr. Olsen we leave S25 for an at- tachment for the Rotary Calculator so he can do square root problems. To Mr. Heigl we leave with Charlene Thebault. Isn't that enough? To Mrs. Van Slochteren we leave all the Chimeses Worn at the banquet. She looks better in them than we do. To Mr. Bucci we leave a book on t'Fif- teen Ways to Type Faster With Two Fingersf' To Mrs. Weinstein we leave all our eX- cuses for not being at play practice. To Mr. Schnurr we leave the question Why canit we take money out of the class treasury to buy presents? To Miss Richards we leave a new cash box for all the money she collects. To the Juniors we leave the hectic busy days that come with being Seniors. To the Sophomores we leave the thought of coming back to school as Juniors and looking for a new class advisor. To the Freshmen we leave the thought of finally being older than someone else in school. Page Eighty-three

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told me that John Zboja is an elevator operator in the Empire State Building. It seems also that Ruth Kaiser was a big hit in her recent Broadway play and that Rose- marie Ziegler just made her debut as a vocalist in the Metropolitan Opera. I arrived at my room and was relaxing with the evening edition of The Wilmot Tribune when I found some more records in that paper. On the front page was a picture of Marvin Vincent and his latest invention, a bee with a jet propelled sting- er. When I reached the entertainment section of the paper, I discovered that Donna Minnis, alias Bubbles, is a can-can dancer and that Naoma Platts is a ballerina. As I read further the paper announced that a circus Was coming to town and that two of the stars are Ed Zima on the tram- poline and Gloria Schneider, bare-back rider. Under movies, the academy award- winning picture, Kiss Them and Leave Them, was showing and starring the Clark Gable of the Sixty's, John Rausch. In the ad section was one pointing out the advantages of a new odorless fertilizer made by Howard Kohlstedt and Co. This was too much for me so I turned to the sports section and what should I read but that Dorothy Zboja is going to pitch on opening day for the World Champion Bloomer Girls of Twin Lakes. I was getting tired of reading so I turned on the T.V. The first program was Su- perman with Pat Rodney as the new Lois Lane. After Superman came Jim Sheen's new western series entitled Sheeny Rides Again. Following this rip-snorting pro- gram came Twenty-one with John Ve- novic returning for his 104th week. After watching John win three million and some odd dollars, I decided I had had it for one day so I went to sleep pondering over all I had learned, and I hope the whole thing doesn't turn out to be a bad dream! Sincerely, LOUISE MATTHIES. Page Eighty-five