Yates Center High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Yates Center, KS)

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J. age Prophecy -:- THIS DIARY BELONGS T0 .... Qcuhucie 91152 Miami. April 5. 1951 HIS HAS BEEN ONE BUSY DAY! I don't know what we would do if we were going to be gone two months-there would probably be enough work to do ahead that we'd never get started. Barbara has been trying the past week to get her substitute at the library acquainted with the work. With all the extra work coming up at the hospital I almost didn't get away at all. Our newest novel will have to be postponed till the end of our trip for we plan to keep a diary from now on-to look at when we're old and gray! Washington. D. C.. April 6 Today we started from Miami. It was a beautiful day to fly. On the plane we discovered Eva Lee was one of the hostesses. We certainly had a nice chat. Shottsie is marrying an aviator next month. She didn't say who, but in the Wash- ington Times, we read that Jr. Varnum is one of the new pilots for T.W.A. There might be some connection there. Mary Dell met us at the airport and took us to hcr apartment. Dell has a Civil Service position. She told us that Doris and Wilda Church owned the apartment house where she lives and several others in Wash- ington. This evening we listened to the daily sports broadcast by Dick Buck. We should have known Dell and Dick would still be together. Chicago. April 7 Early this morning we flew in from Washington. We had been invited to visit Mary Joan Fry while we were here. Joan is that sweet voice you've heard so often saying, Now snuggle down beside your teddy bear while Aunt Jane tells you about Peter Rabbit. She rates a nation-wide network now. Virginia, who entered nurse's training the fall of '41, but quit in the spring of '43 to marry a doctor, is visiting Mary Joan. By the way Mary Frances Briles is one of the up and coming interior decorators of Chicago. This afternoon, we heard a lecture by Margaret Eichorn, who had just returned from an exploring trip to Africa. She told us that she had met Betty Simpson in the Belgian Congo. Betty is a missionary. We read in the evening papers that Bill and Benjy Greene had won the auto races at Indianapolis this afternoon. Chicago. April 8 Today we just loafed and talked to the gang. It is really surprising how widely scattered our old schoolmates of '41 have become. Brilesy says that Richard Lancaster is heading an archaeologists' expedition into Egypt. Virginia said that Captain Clark Hollinger of Fort Dix is slaying all of the women with the handsome appearance he makes in a uniform. Elvin Weide has a ranch in Montana. Wayne Wilhite stayed in Y. C. and is now game warden. We had known that Jesse Gillespie was head of an insurance firm in Corpus Christie, Texas, but Mary Joan surprised us by saying that both Lorraine Heffern and Marjorie Lair were on the staff of secretaries working under him. On Train, April 9 We took the Santa Fe streamliner out of Chicago this morning and head- ed for Albuquerque, and were much surprised to find Lenore Reep as hostess on the train. She visited a little while and told us that Laura Mae Simpson and Ella Fae Stroh both had married soon after graduation and were living on farms near Nevada, Missouri. Laura Mae, by the way, has a set of twins nearly four years old. Velma Heinlen is director of the Kansas City Art Institute. She also said that Lauren Ryan is touring the United States as a daredevil driver. Joan Heffern is a newspaper columnist, and in her last issue she said that two old schoolmates of ours had rated the Philadelphia Philharmonic-they were Geraldine Drain and Helen Gunnels. Of course, we know where Evelyn Mulsow is because her face is staring CONTINUED NEXT PAGE 21

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J m,.,,r.w w Last Will and Testament ....... fc............i. Ralph Lake's title of being the best dressed boy in school goes to Raymond Pingrey. Margaret Smith and Helen Massey will their continuous friendship to Marguerite Chaffin and Mildred Philo. Mary Frances Briles wills to Frances Shaefer her sweet and quiet disposition. Clark Hollinger's tall and graceful figure goes to Truman Field. Virginia Fry wills her quiet ways to Jean Neufeld. Ella Fae Stroh wills the right to go with older boys to Margie Underwood. Velma Heinlen wills to Sarah Ann Norris the right to go with boys in uniform. Lenore Reep wills to Emily Armstrong the right to go with senior boys now and then. Richard Vadnais wills his milk route to Bob Oswald. Evelyn Mulsow wills the title of being the best skater on the rink to Elizabeth Otto. Betty Simpson wills her blond braids to Beverly West. Margaret Eichorn wills to Patty Krueger her riding boots. Fred Steffen's title of being the best table tennis player in school goes to Bob Wise. Jerome Sorenson, his Swedish ways to Leo Stockebrand. Alma Jean Rehmer wills her superior ability to be always in the midst of things to Freda Light. Lorraine Heffern wills to Joe Kuestersteffen a theme on How to handle sulfuric acid. Joan Heffern wills her great height to Vivian Eagle. Estil Barnes wills his ability to swing an axe to Morris Mahon. Mary Dell Burnside wills her crown and throne to Betty Schnell. Doris and Wilda Church will to Naomi and Nadine Stockebrand the right to have the car whenever they want it. Bill Greene wills his studious attitude to Jud Leighton. Dick Buck wills his big blue eyes to Waine Jones. Elvin Weide wills to Clarence Nigh his friendly attitude toward all the girls. Mary Jane Dassow and Mardell Randall will to Margaret Randall and Margaret Lancaster their artistic ability. To Eugene McCormick, Lauren Ryan wills his way with out of town women. Wilma Mabie wills her place as the typist for journalism to Matilda Wille. Richard Lancaster wills his yellow car to Arthur Bacon so everyone will know where he spends his leisure time. Mary Beth Haen wills her efficiency to Dorothy Faye Hill. Arthur Bowers wills his quiet easy going attitude to his brother, Charles Bowers. Benjy Greene, his painful blushing when looking at the girls, to Marvin Ratts. Gertrude Altman wills to Leslie Emmons the privilege of traveling from border to border. Barbara June Sisson wills her gift of gab to Marjorie West. 20 P . gtg

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'H 1' ' EIT.. 'YSTW 'T . ' ' - f -Q, . , . .. ...tContinuedl at us from every magazine cover-Ipana's girl of the month. lsn't it surprising how far our classmates have gone. Albuquerque. April 10 We discovered today that Glenn Tolle and Kenny Stockebrand have been coaching superior basketball teams. They knew some more gossip about the class of '41, to-wit: Jr. Stockebrand is a pilot on one of the transcontinental airlines. Alan Stoll is Chemistry and Physics instructor at Nebraska U. Ralph Lake is quite the movie idol now, and Melvin Ruth is starring in a big stage production in New York. Barbara and I agree we would rather go back to Y. C. and see all of the bunch that are around there than to finish our trip-yeah it sounds that way to us too. but that's what we are going to do anyway. Yates Center, April 11 What fun we've had today! We met Mary Jane Dassow and Mardell Randall who are spending the week end at homeg they have a dress shop in Chanute. With all of this tearing around my hair is in an awful condition. I had it fixed today and discovered Helen Massey and Margaret Smith have a beauty shop downtown. Calvin Brodman is a farmer as he hoped to be, and Harry Theobald is the new sheriff of Woodson county. Alma Jean Rehmer is in her father's office as secretary. Chancey Turner is married and lives near Rose on a farm. We heard that Richard Leighton is leader of a dance band currently appearing at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kansas City. Lavonne Daniel, by the way, is the pianist for the band. Yates Center. April 12 Today we met Elaine Starks at church and afterward we visited a while. She is a teacher in Chanute Jr. College. She says that Mary Beth Haen and Mildred Bauersfeld are dietitians working in a laboratory in St. Louis. Starl Driskill has a large drug store in Wichita, and Charles Lewis is in the parachute troops in the army. Gertrude Altman went back to Minnesota after she graduated and is now married and living on a farm near Minneapolis. Fred Steffen is a truck driver, and Arthur Bowers an oil field worker. Wilma Mabie is the Home Service demonstrator for Hotpoint electric ranges. Montgomery, April 14 We decided to move on much as we hated to and here we are in Alabama. We find Wilma Watts running a kindergarten here. Gordon Stockebrand owns a large plantation not far from here and Estil Barnes is Prof. of History in Alabama University. In the paper we saw an ad for Vadnais dairy and a notice that Jerome Sorenson is wrestling in Madison Square Garden tonight. .- 'fc ' tt. .'.. A -lf? E Q, . I ,A 1 l -LJ'-1 f fr? il- 1 ...A- .3 .'- ,m y-i 2 rx? -: . qt.. L