Windsor High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Windsor, IL)

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Senior Class Prophecy - - Ten Years Hence When I, Gloria Anderson, arrived at one of the airports at Pittsburg just in licm to catch my plane to New York, where I had decided to spend a vacation from my job in the testing laboratory of General Mills. I saw a familiar, smiling face in a hostess uniform. She was none other than Norma Jean Banks, who told me when I stopped for a moment’s chat that she was engaged to Alfred Mayer, the owner of the famous Golden Point Club in New York. Alfred had done well for himself since his release from navy duty. I nearly missed my plane when I stopped to talk with Floyd Hardwick and Kenneth Roellig, commerical air line pilots. They said they had seen another classmate in California, Richard Linkhart, who was chief engineer at the Kaiser Ship Yards. When I took my seat on the plane, I found it was next to that of the famous basketball coach of the University of Illinois, Jim Carter. Jimmy was going to New York to see the Great Lakes Naval Station Team play in Madison Square Garden. This naval team was coached by another member of our class of ’43, Donald Noffke. lb said that Donald was made athletic director and coach of the Training Station when the war was over and his enlistment period had expired. During the trip Jim told me about the young basketball player that he and his wife, the former Ila Rincker, were coaching. After landing I called a taxi to take me up town. The driver was Dwight Arganbright. He told me that he liked the taxi business and hoped to own a fleet of taxis some day. Dwight said his brother, Thomas, was running a properous farm back in Illinois and their sisier, Mary, was in New York working as a waitress in a Manhattan Cafe. As I paid Dwight for the ride and picked up my traveling bags, I saw coming down the street a distinguished looking Navy Nurse, Elaine Bullerman whom I hadn’t seen for several years. She said she had gone to the Philippines after the war and helped nurse people injured in the war and reconstruct the hospital system. She had been in New York for about three weeks so I asked her to show me a nice hotel. She said she would take me to the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where she was staying. When we reached the hotel wo were warmly welcomed by the proprietors, Bessie Hughes and Zelma Shadow. As they were showing us through the hotel, we found the hotel’s barber and beauty shop was operated by Tom Curry and f aura Jean Hampton, respectively. Elaine was rather tired so she went to her room and Laura Jean told me about the newest finds of John Powers—they were our classmates, Dorothy Noffke and Gloria Faye Walker who made very excellent models. Laura Jean was ready to go out to lunch so she asked me to accompany her. As we were walking down Fifth Avenue, one of the most outstanding signs on Broadway was that of R. L. Clapper, Dentist. It had red, white and blue neon lights flashing off and on at regular intervals. As we stood admiring the sign, two young ladies came down the steps of a large office building; they were none othe: than Jenne Wageman and Betty Osterday. They told us that their employer, Leland Davis, was one of New York’s most distinguished lawyers. Betty and Jeane were on their way to catch a plane for the west coast where they were to spend a much deserved vacation. When we arrived at Fifth Avenue’s most exclusive restaurant we were seated at a table with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thompson, Mrs. Thompson being the former W C H S 19 4 3 Seventeen

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Norma Joan Garrett. They had just arrived in New York from their horse ranch in Montana. They had stopped in Windsor on their way to the east coast and visited with some of their old classmates. Jim said his pal, Don Horn was running a prosperous grocery with the help of his wife, the former Betty Jean Rankin. Jim and Norma Jean said they saw Gene Wallace only for a few minutes as he was trying to persuade a farmer to buy some Case implements. They also visited the High School and found that Junior Robinson was teaching Agriculture and they met Bob Storm as he was delivering milk from his Grade A Dairy to the high school cafeteria. As we were, talking in walked Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Fugate. Mrs. Fugate is the former Nadene Steele. Nadene is the head of the Bell Telephone Exchange in New York City. After we had eaten lunch we said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson; Laura Jean returned to her Beauty Shop and I continued on my vacation, feeling pleased that I had made so many contacts with my former classmates. Autographs W C H S 19 4 3 Eighteen