Wolcott High School - Trident Yearbook (Wolcott, IN)

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Across the ocean agarn the nrghtmare travels Thrs trme Helsrnkr Frnland rs the place and the Olymprc games are the scene Rose Lrnback rs representrng thc Unrted states rn the gymnastrc dtvrsron Her calrsthentrcs are rnterrupted momentarrly by a reporter who ts gorng to rntervrew her He says How do you account for the fact that you are such a success rn gymnastrcs'? To thrs query Rose replres I guess I am good because I m so lrmbtr and can Lrnback so far' Away we go to Hollywood andthe R K O movre studro The dream rs focusrng rts and Mrs Lawson s attentron on a movre set of a new Western thrrller Meanwhrle back at the ranch a horse complete wrth rrder rs galloprng at breakneck speed toward the moyre camera In a cloud of dust Mary Klopfenstern rrgged up rn a cowboy outtrt rn hot pursurt of some movre vrllan rs rrdrng atop a beautrful whrte horse Mary has replaced Hopalong Cassrdy as top vrllan chaser of the movre s Wrld West Her stage name rs Mary Klopalong Placrdly' The movre comes to an abrupt halt and back the dream gocs to Wolcott Shrrley Lehman rs rn the mrdst of a gang of grbberrng females Comments are heard floatrng out from the group Oh rsn rt beautrful' You lucky grrl' What drd you do to ratc that'P What an engagement rrng' It must hare cost a small fortune Pardon me whrle I drool' Who rs the lucky fellow? Tell me rs rt real? Shrrley answers the last two questrons by sayrng Well all you rnqursrtrve fe males I got Justrce just rce' Marvrn Lewrs McCollum rs the next person to appear rn Hoffre s dream Marvrn rs lrvrng rn a pent house rn New York Lewre the lover turned rnto a popular song wrrter The dream shows htm drctatrng the notes of the tune of hrs new hrt to hrs secretary Jeanre wrth the Dark Brown Harr The trtle of thrs wonderful song rs I Can t Get the Hangy of Krssrng A Ubangr Thrs contrrbutron to the great musrcal composrtrons of the world wrll be almost as great as Marv s prevrous all trme hrt If You re Not rn Love wrth Anyone at Least Be Krnd to Your Wrfe The dream moves on and Dean Farrell appears wrth a jug of crder slung over hrs shoulder Dean rs standrng by hrs strll on the hrll watchrng beautrful red apples berng crushed rn to that ambrosra more commonly known as crder Dean rs the Crder Krng of the Unrted states for he has rnvented the wormless apple Hrs sales slogan rs Are you trred of that worm Flavor rn your crder'7 Then try a barrel of Farrell s squrrrnless because rt's wormless crder' The dream now travels to Kentland home of Baumer s studro Bob Dolrck has gone rn to partnershrp wrth Baumer hrs cousrn and the studro rs makrng mrllrons Bob has perfected a method of photography whereby all the women s prctures turn out lrke Marrlyn Monroe s and all the men s prctures closely resemble Rock Hudson Thrs rnnovatron has revolutronrzed the prcture takrng rndustry The dream goes north along hrghway 41 from Kentland untrl rt lands rn Chrcago the Wrndy Crty A horrrble catastrophe befell Chrcago rn 1960 The Wrndy Crty ran out of wrnd' The mayor and other hrgh rankrng crty offrcrals were desperate As a last resort they enlrsted the ard of Alvrn Furrer emrnent authorrty on wrnd Alvrn suggested that the crty rnvrte all polrtrcrans to make therr speeches rn Chrcago and hold all polrtrcal conventrons there The plan was a decrded success In fact rt was nearly too successful at the polrtrcal conventron the polrtrcrans were so wrndy that they nearly created a tornado rn the heart of Chrcago The dream blows away from Chrcago and heads back to Wolcott Dorrs Trueblood has establrshed a beauty shop here at Wolcott Dorrs rs unrque rn the beauty shop busrness for she has made use of her marvelous talent for keeprng strll and rs the only beauty operator rn exrstence today who doesn t spread gossrp' Dorrs' phrlosophrcal vrewpornt rs Those who meander wrth slander wrll wrnd up a gone gander' A ' v 1 n 1 , 'X rf I s f - . ' f -I ' s ' I ' ' s ' ' ' ' 1- - , . A . I 1- , - I .t - - - 1 n , I f , I, n - 1. 4 vt f Y I . . . y . . . e . e u 1 u 1 . I . , J I. . . Q I . I . I . I . , o , I I . , , , n . . . I I . I, . ,t a - I 1 - - n---vt - ..---n - A -I---In ' tv--- . . , 1- , rv---vu u---H 1--- , . . 1. ' - 1. ' , . ' ' u ' ' ' ' - I - , r r . . . ,, u 1 - . . . , . , . . . . . - . . I, . I, . . . s u . . . . . I I, . . . ,I , 1 . . . ,, I . . .II . . . a . . . . , . . , I, I I , . . . . I, l 0 s u . . . I, . . ,I . . . . . I. . D . . , - - 1 . I . ,,, . I , , ' o I - . . . f ,, I .... , u 1 s n I . . . I , I . n . . . . . I . - . o n . . . . . I, . . I, g a . . M . ,, , . I, . n . 1 n Q Q u v o 4 I . . . . . a 1 . . . . . g . . .... . ,, . . - u . 1 '

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SENIOR PROPHECY Om Ill fated Iltglal last Ap rl Mrs Lawson our long sufferrng sponsor had a sudden cravrng for a prckle s rndwrch and a strawberry mrlk shake She sent her husband Bob scurryrng to the krtchen of therr apartment to prepare thrs mad ombrnatron Returnrng shortly Bob gave her her concoctron and Mrs Lawson eagerly d toured rt I hus momentarrly satrsfyrng the rnner man she qurckly dropped off to sleep Her sleep was not destrned to be peaceful that nrght Frtfully she dreamed of her class the 1956 senrorg and what thev were dorng ten years hence The long lanky frame of Dale MtCorn sauntered rnto her dreams Dale was rrgged up rn a town marshall s unrform Dale rs Worcott s long arm of the law Under hrs capable arms are tucked two watermelons He rs reprrnnndrng two small boys and rs sayrng All rrght now fellows you know rt rsn t nrce to steal watermelons rnd srnce I caught you stealrng them whrle I was patrollrng the watermelon patches of Wolcott I m gorng to see that you be plaeed on probatron for two years That should teach you that crrme doesn t pay The st ne changes as Dale fades from the prcture and a huge factory looms rnto the dream On one burldrng r brg box of ce real rs pretured The letterrng on thrs box rs KRUNCHIE KRINTZIE S KRACKLY KORN CEREAL Kathryn Owens face complete wtth red harr and freckles rs seen smrrkrng on the cereal box Korny Kate deerd el to nranufaeture corn flakes of all thrngs wrth Drck Krrntz Thetr sales motto rs Eat KRUNCHIE KRINI LIE S KRACKLY KORN CEREAL and see spots before your eyes' Wrth a shower of eorn flakes the dream assumes another shape Thrs trme a quatnt farmhouse on a large poultry farm appears Nancy Dye rs outstdc thrs farmhouse waterrng flowers She rs heard mutterrng to herself l wonder whrch would be more profrtable thrs year for me to rarse lrttle Ducks or young Freyers 'P Strll maybe I shouldn t rnvest rn etther one and save my money to buy that Mansfreld next to my farm I d better Ward off any decrsron untrl tomorrow though I know one thrng whatever I do I want to remarn foot Luse and fancy free Now the dream rs focused on a place rn deepest darkest Afrrca A straw hut wtth a srgn sayrng Joyce s Joy Jornt rs seen, Closer examrnatron reveals smaller letterrng on the srgn. It says Local hosprtals for cannrbals amputatrons done darly Get your flesh whrle rt s fresh' Joyce Margrson rs workrng at thrs hospxtal as a nurse Rrght at thrs moment she rs playrng brrdge wtth a young tntern She rs speakrng to the rntem and exclarms You re not such a card shark Anyone can play cards but rt takes a cannrbal to throw up a hand' Once agarn the scene rs changed and Mrs Lawson s dream has taken her poor tortured mrnd to the rnsane asylum at Logansport There rs seen Don Burrell beatrng hrs hands together moronrcally l-le rs chantrng over and over agarn Patty cake patty cake Baker s man rf I can t get her nobody can' Don evrdently flrpped hrs lrd when hrs grrl decrded her affectrons drdn t Lena hrs way' Now the dream Jumps back to Montrcello to a nrce lrttle rose covered cottage wtth a whrte prcket fence around rt Roxre Jackson and Bob Pool are standrng proudly rn front of rt surrounded by three black headed chrldren Roxre after months of tndecrsron frnally made up Bob s mrnd She marrred Pool and rs gomg to spend the rest of her lrfe rarsrng lrttle puddles Thrs was too much for Mrs Lawson she groans aloud and flops over However she drdn t awaken so the dream or should we say nrghtmare contrnues' Arthur Goodwrn rs the toprc of thrs phase of the dream He rs chomprng gum as rf hrs lrfe depended on rt wtth a satrsfred smrrk on hrs face Two grrls rush up to htm and demand some of Art s gum Grrnnrng broadly he states Here grrls have some of the chewrng gum that I m manufacturrng It s called Goodwrn U Chew It Leavrng Art chewrng hrs cud the dream rs takrng Mrs Lawson to Greenwrch Vrllage the habrtat of all emrnent authors Kay Ford appears srttrng at a typewrrter poundrng out a sequel to hrs great book HOW TO BE A WHEEL The sequel JUST KEEP ROLLING ALONG undoubtedly wrll be a huge success Only one thrng s bad about Kay s lrterary masterpreces a square has no use for them only roundheads wrll frnd the rnfor matron gleaned from them helpful Now Mrs Lawson's dream rs drrftrng out to sea A huge Unrted States Navy vessel looms on the horrzon. Jayne Vrnyard rn a unrform of Unrted States Wave rs seen drsheartedly washrng the deck Jayne rsn t dorng very well rn the Navy for everytrme some creepy offrcer yells All rrght Vrnyard Schwab that deck she flops onto the deck rn a dead farnt and doesn t recover for nearly an hour. Jayne and her shrp are washed out of Lawson's vrsron wtth a spray of salt water, and now the dream rs bark Statesrde at the Mrchrgan State Penrtentrary. Brll Pender rs behrnd bars servrng a stretch for armed robbery. llc rs seen repaytng hrs debt to socrety. The mad sctentrst rs wrrtrng ten thousand trmes the sentence, 'I wrll not attempt to steal the Purdue cyclotron agarn. Poor Brll, that's a strff sentence. ' ' ' ' r i' - ' . , r . 1 s , ' L ' ' ' t A , ' V, , , . . , ' I I - ' 1 C ' ' 0 s ' , , - ' 1 e' ' ' . , . ' ' ' ' o I , - . ' . , V, - . , , A . , . l I 1 s ' - , , , , . 3 x i - . I I I ' ' ' 1 r ' ' ' , . Q - I . ' ' y ' ' n 1 . . , . r , . I r 1 , 4 -' s -t y A ' N. 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T11 nt xt subject of Lawson s nrghtmar rs a New York newspaper The brg bold black headllnes tnnounee ehrrs llelderle Wtns Nobel Prtze The fme prtnt goes on to say that Chrrsre won the Nobel nrrze rn p ry sres for perfeetrne a car that runs on water When questtoned about hrs noble achrevement thrr ty thrrsre proudly sta td Frll up your car wtth H20 and watch the thrng take off and go' Chrts IS now try rng to frgure out a way to corner the market on water so he can charge people for usrng water tn therr t trs engmes Chrrs doesn t subscrrbe to that theory The best thrngs rn lrfe are free Qlurggrrru away rn 1 car runnmg on a gasless engtne the dream goes to Indranapolrs where tt stops rn front ot a large offree burldrng Donna Provo runs from the offtce door slams rt angrtly and walks hurrr dly down the street She ts heard growltng furrously to herself The next trme I take a Job I m gorng to rn rke sllte the boss can stng on key My stuptd Bossung tn an off prtch all the ttme and nearly droxt n e out of mrnd Then he had the nerve to tell me a person who has had years of musrcal edut rnon th n I w rsn t rrght when I trred to explatn to htm that the NUTCRACKER SUITE wasn t the name of 1 fancy room rn an rnsane asylum' Donn r stomps out of srght and a btg transport truck rumbles by Martha Johnson rs drrvmg the monstrous thmg qurte exp rtly Martha trred and trted to frgure out why a truck held such a fasctnatton for her truck drryer frtends She dectded she d drrve one to learn why Now she too has fallen under thetr spell and wouldn t do anythtng else for the world Martha ts the typtcal truck drtver tn every respect except one she refuses to flrrt wrth the wartresses tn at Casey s when she stops at Wolcott' Once agatn the dream ventures back to Wolcott At the northeast edge of town ts seen the motel whrch has changed tts name slrghtly It s called Prnkre s Vtolent Home for Mrsplaced Hearts Janet Ptnkerton and Faye Burton has est rblrshed a lonely gtrls club for grrls whose fellows are rn the army There ts a stgn on the offtce door saymg No one may enter these sacred portals unless he ts a soldter or unless she ts a soldrer s sweetheart Tears heartaches and passtonate love letters rncorporated Sobbmg sesstons ntghtly begmmng at 6 00 and endtng when one has exhausted one s supply of tears Large orders of standard Dear John letters at cut prtce Saddened by thrs stght Mrs Lawson s mmd and dream strtve to frnd some 1956 semor tn a happrer occu patron Janet Goodwtn enters the dream Janet rs prtntrng comrc bools Weak stomached Janet ts publlshmg the gorrest comrc books that the newspaper stands ever had the mrsfortune to sell Her btggest sellers are ILLUS l RATED AIDS TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY SO YOU TOO WANT TO BE A GHOUL7 APPROVED METHODS POR GETTING OUT OF ALCATRAZ AND TALES OF HORROR THAT WILL KEEP YOU WITCHES IN STITCHES Janet feels she rs dorng the youth of Amerrca a favor After readmg her comtc books no sxght wrll be too gruesome for them to behold and they won t farnt at the stght of blood as Janet herself always dtd Inctdentally Janet has accumulated a large fortune from the sales of her comtc books and now she feels she can Lear at her crrttcs who say that her comrcs are a bad rnfluence Mrs Lawson subconscrously wonders Isn t there one just one sentor of 1956 who turned out to a sane happy red blooded Amerrcan adult Surely that rsn t too an unreasonable thmg to ask As rf tn answer to her plea the dream flutters out to an rnconsprcuous whrte farmhouse Just outsrde of Brookston. The name Mr and Mrs Paul Wtlltamson rs posted on the mall box Insrde two well adjusted normal chrldren are playtng together Mrs Wtlltamson the former Learee Baker rs hummmg eontentedly out rn the krtchen as shc prepares drnner Paul comrng rn from the fteld strolls mto the krtchen and smrlrngly says Well honey what s for d1nner'P Learee turns and shouts You crumb you creep you mtserable wretch' You just tracked mud all over my cleanly waxed floor I ll have you know that I slaved an hour over that floor, and you spotl tt tn one horrrble mrnute s ttme. I want to go back to Mother ' sc A -,, . o 1 , C - I 2 V , . . v 1 1 -. , ' ' - . . ' . ' t' ' ' - - - -1 . r ' ' rr ' 1 'I J ' '- , v - s ' V ' - .. - - . 1 , r t . , J , , - v . J l , , , J - - , 9 ,' . ' . ' s ' ' ' vt ' - - ur ' ' 0 n TT ., 4 7 , ' ' ' - ' ' , , , , e . - I I . y V V V s V . V . . ,, . . , L . , , . V V V V V V . . ,, ,, . . . 1 1 L to 1 1 . , , V . V A , . .VV . . , ' '. , 1 r I , , , V . V -- e . r , , 1 ' C ', ' vs ' . ' , ' s ' ' s ' . s 1 n , V . V . . . . --- - V A , . . . , . , I , , f . - 0 , - ' 1 - - ' . . - 1 r ' 1 s v ' ' ' ' ' ' ' L . ,- rr I - - - ' I , u V V , V . . . . . . . 1 n 0 ' V - V y u .. - 1- , Q V . . , . . . . . . - r Q . . . . I 1 - 1 . Q 9 ' ' . v ' - ' I - u 9 n n - - - - Q - H 1 2 - - I I I l - ' u - n - A s - f . V , , . . . r , . s l 0 - , . n p 1 D I I - . . ,, J 1 - I- n r 1 I ' ' ' . - l 1 , . . . . . . . , ,