Wolcott High School - Trident Yearbook (Wolcott, IN)

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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 . . . -

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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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