Dear Diary

 

Here I sit thinking. What will become of my classmates? Where will they be in the coming years? Diary, let’s use you mystic power and gaze into that obscure future. Let us see what fame and fortune our class of ’51 has acquired.

 

If it isn’t Senator Alan Burhop still campaigning for presidency of the United States!

 

Oh!... and there’s Admiral Irene Strohkirch of the U.S. Navy.  Why she’s having one of those bad cases again. Is it really seasickness or is it LOVE? 

 

Yes, and here’s our famous orator Ely Klessig.  Who knows but what someday his name will be in history for uttering words as: “Give me a woman and I won’t need death.”

 

Lou Etts, better known to us as Louise Sapetta, is on of the top singers of modern sandpaper jazz. 

 

The only lawyer in the U.S. to win every attempted case is Janice Alexander.  I knew her fast talking would come in handy some day.

 

Look who has found fame in the circus world!!  Paul Bladl is now featured as the big, little, weak man.  His picture is found on advertisements, “If you don’t eat Cheriwheats this may happen to you.”

 

Bernetta Bragstad has won the office of secretary for the “National Tall Girl’s Club.”

 

Well, Isabel Driscoll is really popular. She is manager of the famous “Brooklyn Dodgers,” and president of her own fan club. 

 

Rev. Lester Wagner of the “Pious Pests” is now conducting a mission in Hawaii.

 

Our well known investor Dick Laube is writing a book on his latest invention.  Title – “Men With Big Noses Can Be Happy: Use Laubes’s Safety Nose Guards.”

 

Janice King is now a famous entertainer. She is especially popular at the French Riviera.

 

Shirley Raasch is head operator at the Owen Bell Telephone Co.  She is active in afternoon bridge clubs and especially popular for the news which she passes on to the ladies of the club.

 

“The Thin Man,” better known to us as Edward Pabich, has won fame as a private investigator.  He is now working on a case he calls, “Who put the shells in Mrs. Gunfire’s powder?”

 

DeEtta Clark has been elected the “All American Woman Hunter.” In her spare time she trains Pekinese and Dachshunds for hunting dogs.

 

An immense goose ranch on the outskirts of Owen is owned and operated by Dorothy Anderson. 

 

Why there’s that new beauty salon operated by the famous hair stylist William Kovatch.

 

“Gingie,” better known as Virginia Smith, is a star ballerina.  She has just completed touring the U.S. and will now tour Europe.  She is featured in the ballet “The Dance of the Ginger Snap.”

 

Mary E. Crye is now an airline stewardess for the “Fly ‘Em There Airline.”

 

Our dear old “Firebug” is now known as Chief Charles Ridpath of the Owen City Fire Department.

 

Carol Erickson has just purchased a billion dollar gambling casino in Reno, Nevada.  The alimony she receives from five previous marriages enables her to live a life of luxury.

 

Happily married and now residing in with is Elaine Ohemus. The newest arrivals are a pair of twins, Frank and Fran.  Someday she will have the best football team in the vicinity. 

 

Gary Konik is now the Public Speaking instructor at Owen High.  He is noted for emphasizing gestures and adding humor to speeches. 

 

Barbara Haas has been especially successful in organizing the “Jolly Knitter’s Club” throughout the United States. 

 

Marion Long is in charge of corresponding with the members of: “The Bachelor’s Lonely Life Club.”

 

Marvin German is now a big wheel. He owns a large factory which manufactures “hotrods.”

 

Joan Welker is owner and head mechanic of “Joan’s Super Duper Garage” in Owen.  It is the largest garage known featuring “Ford.”

 

Stenographer Harriett Plummer has married her boss and is now Vice President of an immense firm manufacturing skis. 

 

The “Under The Stars” night spot located on the lakefront in Owen is owned by Thelma Murphy.  Due to the close supervision of Police Office John Crowley, “War” and “Old Maid” are the only games of chance played. 

 

Much to our regret, a former classmate Barbara Hilts is serving a term in Sing Sing for embezzling the Annual funds and lifting a huge amount of money from the Curtiss Publishing Company’s magazine drive. 

 

Quiet and sublime Audrey Jensen has just been named the notorious bootlegger who has been operating in the cities of Owen and Thorp.

 

Maurice O’Konski is now a girl’s swimming instructor. It must have taken hard work to overcome his bashfulness.

 

Annette Warych has become a famous designer.  She is in Paris showing her latest creation: the modest cover all gym suits.