Marengo High School 1951 Yearbook (Marengo, IA) - Full Access

CLASS PROPHECY Dear Mary, To Mar Holstein Farm Marengo, Iowa May 25, 1961 It was such a pleasure to receive your wonderful letter yesterday. Yours must be a very interesting life, traveling as you do the world over for the "Snelson Snappy Service Grocery Concern". Your questions about this one and that one really brings back memories of our high school days. Two of the more brilliant members of our class, Quentin Englebert and Gene Fields , now operate that hot night spot, "The Tiger's Den". They-ne!d their lOth anniversary of the opening of their club the other night and I saw many of our old t51 gang there. When we came 1n the door we were greeted by the receptionist, Pat Randolnh, who di– rected us to the cloak roQm where hat check girls-rrQma and ~ Trimpe took care of our wraps. Their husbands, Ed KaderaV'Ei'F"and ~herman, are waiters in the club. As we passed Ma~a Garrett at t 'l.i'e"S"witch– board she was having one of her frequent arguments with the star of the floor show, Marilyn Simmons, over the number of phone calls she receives from her tnriumerab1e admirers. Esther Cronba~h and Kate Fuller, club entertainers, entertained us With their s ging. ~y were followed on the program by Jack Colson's orchestra, "l'he Hungry Five". Drummer Helen Wandl~ ~ianist \~ona Kleen are members of this group. The-cruD had j~ recently been redecorated by Janet Wandling, famous interior decorator, and Jo~ct Lacher, who just re– cently returned from Paris, has been secure o design the entertain– erst costumes. I noticed that ~ McGivern, now Governor of the State of Iowa, came back for the big celebration and theatre owners Jim Jacobs and his wife, the former ~McGivern, were with her. They can now sit in the back of their the~es and hold hands every night. Norma Mantz (Dusterhoft) and her husgand were here with Dale Scandridge, wno-Is-rast becoming another Roy Rogers in Western movies:--Norman Voss and his wife took the evening off from supervising their roller skating rink and were here. With them were Sam Slaymaker and Howard Tuttle, who are now prosperous farmers. Bud-sQ1brig, who is making quite a name for himself with his unique inventions, was here also. He and Keith Wilson, the famous big league baseball player, are bringing fame-ro-our little city. The faculty had a party here the other evening and you will be surprised to learn bow many of our class have taken over teaching positions here in good old M.H.S. Lana Hinrichs is our Commercial teacher, Ben Turner (you know how-rnrerested he was in our literature class) is~aching English Literature now, and Dick Simmons 6ot his long awaited position as Government teacher. !friy-,;mpkins (Goldammer) divides her time between her home and teac g Home ECono– mics, and Rose McGivern is our girls coach. You wO'ii!'O be greatly surprised at the changes around the square. Denis Sullivan and Daryl Lacher have opened a new men's clothing store, '"fil"'Wtiich Adolph Wichmann models the clothing, and are showing Denny• s fatt.er a lot of competition. In the new hotel, owned by Lester Sch~ertfeger, Barbara Williams and her husband, a famous barber, oper– ate the "Nifty Barber shop and Beauty Salon "• Betty Trimble is bead of the dining room and Janet Stoner and Helen Warren, home economics majors, are in charge o~ kitchen. Carroll Simpson is in charge of the Marengo Bus Lines, which runs between Marengo and Brooklyn. Don Lunceford drives one of the buses and Mary Walter is in charge of~e Travelers Aid. I was glad to bear you had such a nice visit with missionary ESther Beer while you were at Bombay, India. ---- I though you might also like to know the George Hartmann, ~ Slaymaker, and Don Knipfer, who own the H.S.K Llama Farm, are now-r:n Lima, Peru. --- We will be looking forward to seeing you on your next visit home. Sincerely, Pat This page and two additional pages sponsored by Hertel Shell Service, Stockton Grocery and Sherman Body Shop 20