Wolcott High School - Trident Yearbook (Wolcott, IN)

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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 , . . . . . . . , ,

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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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Leaving the normal American husband and wife to thrash out their difficulties the dream drifts out to Edwards Air Force Base in California At Edwards are tested all new types of planes and Arr Force equip ment Captain Jerry Ketser holds down two extremely important Jobs there Jerry as always is quite n odest about these jobs His comment on his first Job xnspecting propellers on Jet planes ts Somehow I feel as though I weren t accomplishing too much' Jerry s other Job ts even more vital Everyone has heard of the new Pogo plane well Jerry is now test piloting a Pogo stiek' Y s Jerry s life in the Air Force is nothing but a series of ups and downs The dream flies back to Ky oleott and looks In on activity at the paper factory Loretta justiee is still working there bending over her glue pots Loretta is punching in hours on the night shift I looks as if Bob Altman got disgusted waiting for her to knock off from work and left never to be seen again Loretta strll has her hope chest but little hope The other day her brother Kenny was talking to one of his friends The friend was saying My brother has a wooden leg That s nothing said Kenny my sister Loretta has a cedar chest' Ah poor Loretta but maybe something will Bob up in the near future. a new radio station Bill Moore finally giving up on the idea that he was gotng to grow taller decided to be a Jockey The only trouble with this dectston though was the fact that Willy had neglected to learn how to ride' Temporarily discouraged Bill then decided to be the next best thing to a Jockey a disc Jockey' Shy retiring Margie Dawson appears in the picture Margie is seen closely examining the ground with a magnify ing glass complete with a Sherlock Holmes hat on top of her head Margie has Joined the F B I and now is the United States public sleuth number one Margie is devoted to her Job and has succeeded in tracking down many desparadoes Gus the giggling gunman Dave the knave of the cave and Buck the bookie who didnt lookie like a crookiel The only thing that bothers Margie in her dangerous occupation is when the crooks try to lie to her about their criminal background and arent Frank with her' The last 1956 semor that the dream focuses its attention on is the questionable future of Kathryn Drbell Katie rs standing tn the middle ofthe Yucca Flats desert rn Nevada beside a monstrous object She is an expert on all types of explosives and fire crackers At this moment she is experimenting with a type of large economy sxze frrecracker designed to explode at a particular time when the coast is clear and no one is watching Zero hour draws near and Katie chortles in glee mumbling to herself, If this fire cracker is successful I ll no longer be making Just 'Peanuts I ll be a rich woman Ten seconds to go 9 8 '7 6 the coast is tlear Katie lights the overgrown fuse and runs for her life B O O M ' Hoffie Jumped out of bed screaming frantically Bob tried to sooth her troubled nerves and after what seemed an eternrty she calmed down enough to say Oh Bob I had the most horrible nightmare about the senior class You'd never believe what those happy lrttle morons will be doing in 1966' 1 . t . 1 . 2 , . . I D . 1 . ' 1 ' 5 - . ' ' . ' 1 ' ' ' I 4 h x I 0 - I A V I 1 l A 4 5 I 1 f 1 H 3 1 , , 1 , - - -. 3 .1 - - - , V V i ,j i I . . . .G g 6 ' , . . X , . , i D V . . A y I . .X . . . I . y ' . . I ' ' . 1 . 1 ' 1 1' . , 1 D 11 , I ' 11 A 11 - , , -1 I 3 I B I E ' I I Still in Wolcott the nightmare trots over to the N. B. C. Nuts' Broadcasting Company, network, . . Y- V . . . . ' , . 1' ' I iv' . 1 o 1 I V I ' A 3 1 i I V I ' ' 2 . ' A : . D I ' I 11 11 ' . . . . . . , . . . 1 . . , ,, . , - . , . . , . . .. g u 1 1 1 1 51 l X 1 . - 1 I 41 31 21 1 . V1 1 H 1 1 I . . . A . V . . . -