We the Seniors of 1961 of the Alta Vista High School, proudly hold our heads high as we graduate into the world, because we know that we have crossed a great bridge on the road of life. We regret that we are leaving our high school days behind us but we are glad that we shall always have the memory of those happy times with us. Th e road has been rough, but we know it has only begun. We thank our parents, teachers, and friends for giving us the knowledge, wisdom and courage to face the world before us.
Th e Senior Class of 1961
Senior Class Officers
Karen Wilson President
Charolette Glessner Vice President
Linda Lund Secretary Gail Zieber Treasurer JoAnn Hodge
Class Representative
Valedictorian
Karen Wilson
Salutatorian
JoAnn Hodge
Class Sponsors
Mrs. Miriam Roberts English,
Home Economics
Mr. Louis Butler
Superintendent,
American History
Cost of Living
Food
Average Income: $5,315.00 per year New Car: $2,275.00 to $2,850.00
Home: $12,500.00 Gas: 25 cents per gallon Bread: 21 cents per loaf Bacon: 67 cents per lb.
Eggs: 30 cents per doz.
Th e minimum wage was $1.25/hr.
In 1961, we started paying tax on what we bought. A 3% sales tax went into eff ect in
September.
In 1961, you could buy a box of 60 Red Rose Teabags for 75 cents, a dozen oranges for 75 cents, and two boxes of Kraft Dinner for 31 cents—all carried out in big brown paper bags.
Music Favorites
Economy
Billboard Magazine’s #1 Hits
Date Performer/Song Weeks at #1
May 22 – June 25, 1960 Everly Brothers - Cathy’s Clown 5
June 26 – July 9, 1960 Connie Francis - Everybody Somebody’s Fool 2
July 10 – 16, 1960 Hollywood Argyles - Alley-Oop 1
July 17 – Aug. 6, 1960 Brenda Lee - I’m Sorry 3
Aug. 7 – 13, 1960 Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini 1 Aug. 14 – Sept. 17, 1960 Elvis Presley - It’s Now or Never 5
Sept. 18 – 24, 1960 Chubby Checker - Th e Twist 1
Sept. 25 – Oct. 8, 1960 Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own 2
Oct. 9 – 15, 1960 Larry Verne - Mister Custer 1
Oct. 16 – 22, 1960 Drift ers - Save Th e Last Dance For Me 3 (1)
Oct. 23 – 29, 1960 Brenda Lee - I Want to Be Wanted 1
Oct. 30 – Nov. 12, 1960 Drift ers - Save Th e Last Dance For Me 3 (2)
Nov. 13 – 19, 1960 Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind 1
Nov. 20 – 26, 1960 Maurice Williams And Th e Zodiacs - Stay 1 Nov. 27, 1960 – Jan. 7, 1961 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight 6
Jan. 8 – 28, 1961 Bert Kaempfert - Wonderland by Night 3
Jan. 29 – Feb. 11, 1961 Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow 2
Feb. 12 – 25, 1961 Lawrence Welk - Calcutta 2
Feb. 26 – Mar. 18, 1961 Chubby Checker - Pony Time 3
Mar. 19 – Apr. 1, 1961 Elvis Presley - Surrender 2
Apr. 2 – 22, 1961 Marcels - Blue Moon 3
Apr. 23 – May 20, 1961 Del Shannon - Runaway 4
May 21 – 27, 1961 Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law 1
May 28 – June 3, 1961 Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man 2 (1)
Th e Beatles made their fi rst ap- pearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.
Movie Soundtracks made up many of the Top Albums of 1961 including Blue Hawaii, G.I. Blues, Exodus, Camelot, and Wonderland by Night.
Music artists who had their fi rst notable hit in 1961 included:
Th e Crystals, Th e Dovells, Gene Pitney, Del Shannon, Th e Tokens, and Th e Marvellettes.
1961 music had us listening to Moon River performed by Andy Williams, Ben E. King singing Stand By Me, and we fi rst heard of Bob Dylan. Th e radio was full of Patsy Cline, Gary U.S. Bonds, Ray Charles, Th e Temptations, and Th e Beach Boys.
Frank Sinatra began Reprise Records, and Camelot reigned on Broadway with Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet.
1961 Grammy Awards
Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Arrangement:
Moon River by Henry Mancini.
Best Country & Western Recording:
Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean.
Best Rhythm & Blues Recording:
Hit Th e Road Jack by Ray Charles.
Best Rock and Roll Solo Vocal Performance:
“Let’s Twist Again” by Chubby Checker.
Th e third Grammy Awards, held on April 13, 1961, recognized musical accomplishments by the performers for the year 1960.
Best New Artist: Bob Newhart Album of the Year:
Th e Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word:
Th e Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!
Popular Films
Popular Television
Some of the most popular shows of the day included:
American Bandstand Dr. Kildare
Th e Dick Van Dyke Show Car 54, Where Are You?
Combat Ben Casey Mr. Ed Hazel Top Cat Wagon Train Bonanza Gunsmoke Perry Mason
Th e Red Skelton Show Andy Griffi th
Candid Camera My Th ree Sons
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Th e Twilight Zone
It cost just a buck to buy a ticket to see our favorite movie, and it was oft en a double bill with a cartoon or two at the beginning.. And remember those free outdoor movies in Alta Vista on Saturday nights during the sum- mer? And how about “buck night” at the drive-in at Council Grove? A whole car load for a buck!
1961 television introduced us to Rob and Laura Petre on the Dick Van Dyke Show with Mary Tyler Moore, Mr. Ed the talking horse, Shirley Booth winning an Emmy for Hazel, Vince Edwards as Ben Casey, and E.G. Marshall in Th e Defenders.
West Side Story was the movie of the year with George Chakiris and Rita Moreno.
Elvis Presley gave us Blue Hawaii Maximilian Schell won awards for Judgement at Nurenburg
Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift gave their last performances in Th e Misfi ts Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason starred in Th e Hustler.
Th e most popular movies of 1961 included:
West Side Story (Oscar Award) Breakfast at Tiff any’s
Th e Hustler Blue Hawaii
Th e Guns of Navarone Th e Music Man Splendor in the Grass Th e Parent Trap
Th e Absent-Minded Professor 101 Dalmations
El Cid Th e Misfi ts
Sports
Football
NFL Champions:
Green Bay Packers won 37-0 over the New York Giants.
AFL Champions:
Houston Oilers won 10-3 over the San Diego Chargers.
NCAA Football Champions:
Alabama and Ohio State Pro MVP:
Paul Horning, Green Bay HB Heisman Trophy winner:
Ernie Davis, Syracuse HB Rose Bowl: Minnesota Orange Bowl: LSU Cotton Bowl: Texas Sugar Bowl: Alabama
Baseball
World Series Champions:
New York Yankees won 4 games to 1 over the Cincinnati Reds. Th e series MVP was Whitey Ford of the Yankees.
National League MVP:
Frank Robinson, Cincinnati American League MVP:
Roger Maris, N.Y.
Mickey Mantle became the highest paid player in Major League Baseball by signing a contract that paid him $75,000 per season.
Th e former Washington Senators played their fi rst home game in Metropolitan Stadium as the Min- nesota Twins.
Roger Maris hit 61 home runs during the regular season, break- ing Babe Ruth’s mark of 60 that had stood since 1927.
Basketball
NCAA Basketball Champions:
Cincinnati won 70-65 over Ohio State.
NBA Champions:
Th e 1960–61 NBA season was the 15th season of the National Basket- ball Association. Th e season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 3rd straight NBA Champion- ship, beating the St. Louis Hawks 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
Th e Lakers relocated from Min- neapolis, MN to Los Angeles, CA.
Th e NBA schedule expanded from 75 games per team to 79 per team.
Th e 1961 NBA All-Star Game was played in Syracuse, NY, with the West beating the East 153-131.
Rookie Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Royals won the game’s MVP award.
Most Valuable Player:
Bill Russell, Boston Celtics Rookie of the Year:
Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals
Hockey
Th e Chicago Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 2 to take the Stanley Cup.
Auto Racing Stock car racing:
Marvin Panch won the Daytona 500 in the Smokey Yunick-owned and -prepared Pontiac.
NASCAR Championship:
Ned Jarrett (Chevrolet) USAC Racing:
A.J. Foyt won his fi rst championship in the 45th running of the Indianapolis 500.
Formula One:
Phil Hill (United States) won World Drivers’ Champion, driv- ing for Ferrari.
Drag racing:
Pete Robinson won Top Elimina- tor at the NHRA Nationals.
Jack Chrisman won Top Elimi- nator at the fi rst Winternats with NHRA’s fi rst sub-9 second pass.
Boxing
Emile Griffi th knocked out Gaspar Ortega in the 12th round to retain the Welterweight Championship.
Figure Skating
Th e World Figure Skating Cham- pionships in Prague are cancelled aft er the entire USA team of skat- ers, offi cials, leaders and chaper- ones are killed in a plane crash on February 15 en route to the com- petition.
Man Enters Space!
On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gaga- rin became the fi rst human to or- bit Earth. His spacecraft , Vostok 1, circled the earth at a speed of more than 17,000 kilometers per hour (10,563 m.p.h.) at a high- est altitude of about 203 miles
above sea level. Th e fl ight lasted 108 minutes, aft er which Vostok’s reentry was controlled by a com- puter. Unknown to the public at the time, Yuri Gagarin did not land inside of Vostok 1, but rather ejected from the spacecraft at an altitude of about 20,000 feet and landed by parachute.
A stunned America asked, How did the Russians beat us?
And more importantly: Will we ever catch up? Th ree weeks later, on May 5, the second question was emphatically answered when 37-year-old Alan Shepard blasted off from Cape Canaveral and piloted the Freedom 7 spacecraft on his own historic fl ight -- a feat that made the New Hampshire native the fi rst American in space, and marked the moment the U.S.
caught up to Russia in the Space Race.
He was launched by a Redstone rocket, which was based on German rocket designs from World War II. Unlike Gagarin’s orbital fl ight, Shepard stayed on a ballistic trajectory—a 15-minute suborbital fl ight which carried
him to an altitude of 116 miles and to a splashdown point 302 miles down the Atlantic Missile Range.
Also unlike Gagarin, whose fl ight was strictly automatic, Shepard had some control of Freedom 7, particularly the spacecraft attitude (its orientation in relation to the Earth’s surface). Th e launch was seen live on television by an estimated 45 million people.
A few minutes aft er splash- down, a recovery helicopter ar- rived and the capsule was lift ed partly out of the water in order to allow Shepard to leave by the main hatch. He squeezed out of the door and into a sling hoist, and was pulled into the helicop- ter, which fl ew both the astro- naut and his spacecraft to a wait- ing aircraft carrier, the USS Lake Champlain. Th e whole recovery process had taken only eleven minutes, from splashdown to ar- riving aboard.
According to NASA Flight
Director Gene Kranz in his book, Failure Is Not an Option, “When reporters asked Shepard what he thought about as he sat atop the Redstone rocket waiting for lift off , he had replied, ‘Th e fact that every part of this ship was built by the low bidder.’”
By all accounts Shepard’s mis- sion was a success, and he became an overnight national hero. Other
Mercury projects soon followed.
Two months later Gus Grissom completed another sub-orbital fl ight, and in February, 1962, John Glenn became the fi rst American to orbit the planet. A total of twen- ty unmanned and six manned fl ights took place under the ban- ner of the Mercury project. In 1964 NASA replaced Mercury with Project Gemini, which used far more advanced spacecraft and achieved far greater feats.
Th e Freedom 7 is now on dis- play at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
Left : Shepard in the Freedom 7 capsule before launch. Right: Launch of the Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft with Alan Shepard on board.
Other toys popular that year were Stratego, Ken
Carson (Barbie’s boyfriend), Slip
’n Slide water slide, Trolls, and the plastic Yo- Yo craze began.
Quote of the Year
“Yabba Dabba Do” – Fred Flint- stone
Time Magazine’s Man of the Year John F. Kennedy Miss America Nancy Fleming (Montague, MI) Miss USA
Sharon Brown (Louisiana) Commedian of the Year Bob Newhart
Th e fi rst infl ight movie was shown on TWA.
Th e fi rst electric toothbrush was produced by Squibb Co.
Niagra Falls started producing hy- droelectric power.
Entertainers we lost in 1961 Gary Cooper
Ty Cobb Chico Marx Jeff Chandler Earnest Hemingway
“Firsts” of the year
Pampers disposable diapers were available for the fi rst time.
Ibuprofi n was introduced to the public
Th e fi rst black light was sold.
Th e fi rst Six Flags amusement park opened near Dallas,Texas.
Popular Toys
LEGO began producing and sell- ing LEGO products in North America, and their building blocks were the most popular Christmas gift that year.
Other Trivia
Books from 1961
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, Black Like Me by John Griffi n, Th e Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, and Th e Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck.
Th is was the fi rst “upside-up” year—one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down—since 1881, and the last until 6009.
Technology
Sony introduced the world’s fi rst transistorized videotape recorder.
IBM introduced the Selectric typewriter.
FM Stereo became available for the fi rst time.
Black and Decker introduced the fi rst cordless power drill.
Th e fi rst quasar was discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt Palomar, California.
Famous Births in 1961 Michael J. Fox
George Clooney Princess Diana Billy Ray Cyrus Meg Ryan Wayne Gretzky Eddie Murphy Heather Locklear Toby Keith Dan Marino Sean Hannity Randy Jackson Jim Brickman
“Boy” George Barack Obama
Automobiles
1961 cars included the great looking Continental, the Chevy Apache Truck, and the Pontiac Tempest was the car of the year.
Th e Canadian Medical Associa- tion went on record saying that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer.
Th e fi rst quasar was discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt. Palomar, California.
President Eisenhower’s farewell address.
President John F. Kennedy was in- augurated as 35th President:
* Delivered fi rst live news confer- ence.
* Announced goal to put a man on the moon before 1970 with the Apollo program.
* Sent 18,000 military advisors to S. Vietnam.
* Advised American families to build bomb shelters.
* Established the Peace Corp.
Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba.
Canada and the U.S. conducted a 12-hour mock nuclear air raid and bomb shelters were in great demand.
First direct U.S. Military involve- ment in Vietnam.
Th e Berlin Wall was built.
Adolph Eichman pronounced guilty of crimes against humanity.
Th e Space Needle in Seattle was built. It was the tallest struc- ture west of the Mississippi.
Events
Ray Krock bought out the Mc- Donald brother’s hamburger res- taurant and made it into a national chain. He also opened Hamburg- er University in the basement of the Elk Grove Village, IL McDon- ald’s Restaurant.
USSR detonated the “Tsar Bomb.” Th is 50-megaton hydro- gen bomb is the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, and currently the most powerful man-made explosive device ever created.
Astronaut Alan Shepard became the fi rst American to be launched into space. Shepard’s suborbital fl ight lasted only 15 minutes.
On December 11, 1961 the United States aircraft carrier USNS Card docked in downtown Saigon with 82 U. S. Army H-21 helicopters and 400 men. Th e 57th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) from Fort Lewis, Wash., and the 8th Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) from Fort Bragg, N. C., had arrived in Southeast Asia.
Just twelve days later these heli- copters were committed into the fi rst airmobile combat action in Vietnam, Operation CHOPPER.
Approximately 1,000 Vietnamese paratroopers were airlift ed into a suspected Viet Cong headquar- ters complex about ten miles west of the Vietnamese capitol, meet- ing only slight resistance from a surprised enemy.
of 1957 and 1958 had given it negative connotations. Straight- cut dresses were now called shift s;
more voluminous variants were the muumuu and tent dress.
In the early 60’s mini skirts started getting into the world of fashion and baggy dresses and a bit of geo- metrical dress silhouettes. Big spec- tacles, Twiggy, and Audrey Heb- purn styles were the main fashion icons. Jackie Kennedy began to in- fl uence fashions for women. Gloves
and hats were also in fashion.
Straight skirts, bobby socks, and sweaters seemed to be most popular during our high school years. We had to wear skirts or dresses to school, but for out-of-
Hotties of 1961
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfi eld, Audrey Hep- burn, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Doris Day, Annette Funicello, Kim Novak.
Fashions
school hours we wore our Capri pants and middy tops. And for the guys it was jeans or casual slacks and button shirts.
Eyeglasses were what we common- ly called cat-eye glasses. Th ey were somewhat big- ger in our earlier years of high school.
Waistless styles, both straight and A-line, continued to be contro- versial over the next several years, but they were gradually incorpo- rated into most wardrobes, and became a staple of 1960’s fash- ion. Th e term “chemise,” however, faded from use early in the 1960s, possibly because the press uproar
Heart-throbs of 1961
Elvis Presley, Tab Hunter, Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, Richard Chamberlain, Frankie Avalon.
Junior-Senior Prom
Th eme: Evening in Paris
Th e gym was decorated as a sidewalk cafe, with red and white checkered awnings and tablecloths. Th e doorway was decorated to look like the Eiff el Tower.
Th e high school dance band provided the music for the prom.
Hats off to the Juniors. Th ey did a great job!
Senior Trip
Rockaway Beach, Missouri May 1961
We raised money for our Senior Trip by selling magazines, a food sale, a chili day, a car wash, and selling yearbook ads.
We left for Rockaway Beach, Mo. at 4:00 a.m. on Monday, May 15th. We returned home
about 1:30 p.m. the following Th ursday. We enjoyed Lake Taneycomo, Marvel Cave, and
Branson while staying at Rockaway Beach.
Mrs. Roberts and Jon Woelk at the arcade.
Th e girls’ cabin.
Th e bus ride to Branson and Rockaway Beach.
Jon and Scoot up to mischief, no doubt!
John and Larry enjoying the lake.
Enjoying the boat dock at Lake Taneycomo.
Senior Trip was a Senior Trip was a
BL A S T!
BL A S T!
Basketball Lettermen
Larry Choate Dwight Schrader Jon Woelk
Track Stars Jon Woelk and Harold
“Scoot” Richards
Honorary Captain Jon Woelk and
Coach Grisham
Athletics
Football Lettermen
Larry Choate John Florence Dwight Schrader Jon Woelk
Th is page is from the front of our Senior Yearbook.
Th e Kansas Seal above was hand-drawn by Alan Clark in 1961.
A year of celebration began in January of 1961. Th e state of Kansas was 100 years old, and it’s interesting to look at “how” and “what” Kansans chose to celebrate. Of course there were the usual activities that one would expect: speeches, ceremonies banquets and offi cial proclamations. Th ere was a Santa Fe Trail wagon train that crossed the state, passing through various communities along the way. Th e stars of Gunsmoke paid a visit to Dodge City. A time capsule containing all sorts of memorabilia was placed in the statehouse rotunda.
Tom Averill, Professor of History at Washburn University, said, “Kansas was feeling pretty good about itself by 1961. Th ere had been a few bumps in the economy and in the weather in the 1950’s. But Kansas was high on itself in 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower was just out of the presidency in 1961. William Inge had been the king on Broadway for a long time. We’d been depicted in Hollywood westerns as the place where the west all happened. So yeah, people were pretty high on Kansas in 1961.”
It was a time when men were men and women were women, when everything seemed so clear, when everyone knew their place in life.
But enough about 1961. 1861 was a time far more contested. Kansas men and Missouri men fought over the slavery issue. Ideals about liberty and propriety weren’t set in stone, but were up for grabs.
At least men of 1861 could agree on one thing: beards. Th is thing Kansas did well to celebrate in their centennial, encouraging men around the state to grow out their beards. (Kansas had numerous beard growing contests.) Aft er April 30, it would be
“illegal” for any man over 21 to shave. Men who wanted to go without whiskers had to purchase a
$2 shaving permit button, which was to be worn in public at all times.
On the national level, Kansas had a centennial fl oat in the Orange Bowl Parade, and in Philadelphia, there was a reenactment of Lincoln raising the newest American fl ag with 34 stars.
But without a doubt, the biggest centennial event in 1961 was the production of, “Th e Kansas Story.”
A historical pageant, this huge extravaganza depicted the history of Kansas, beginning with the Spanish and Coronado, and continuing on through the fi rst one hundred years of statehood.
Th e medal issued by the Kansas Centennial Commission is a “combination of designs of Topeka artist and experts in the Treasury Department.” It was authorized by the 86th Congress and struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Th is brochure was one of the many pieces of literature that was published around Kansas’
centennial celebration in 1961.
Th e Kansas Centennial commemorative post- age stamp from 1961.
Th e Kansas Centennial insignia.
Th is wooden nickel was one of the many souvenirs created during the Kansas Centennial.
Kansas license tag, Lane County, 1961 centennial plate.
The Kansas Centennial Cook Book, published by the American Association of University Women - Manhattan Branch.
Walking can add minutes to your life. Th is enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $5000 per month.
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My grandpa started walking fi ve miles a day when he was 60. Now he’s 97 years old and we have no idea where he is.
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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I have to walk early in the morning before my brain fi gures out what I’m doing.
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I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years…just getting over the hill.
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Th e only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
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I joined a health club last year, spent about $100.
Haven’t lost a pound. Apparently you have to go there!
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Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
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I do have fl abby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
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Th e advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they’ll say, “Well, he looks good doesn’t he.”
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We all get heavier as we get older, because there’s a lot more information in our heads. Th at’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
OLD is when you’re napping, but everyone’s worried you’re dead.
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I don’t do drugs. I get the same eff ect standing up too fast.
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If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
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Th e economy is so bad Motel 6 won’t leave the light on anymore.
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It’s so dry in Texas that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet- wipes, the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks, and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water.
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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor’s offi ce.
“Is it true,” she wanted to know, “that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?”
“Yes, I’m afraid so,” the doctor told her.
Th ere was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, “I’m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked
‘NO REFILLS’.”
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Some people try to turn back their odometers.
Not me! I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.
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When you are dissatisfi ed and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
L a u g g h o t e r ...
o d fo r wha t a i ls ya‛
1961: Long hair
2011: Longing for hair 1961: KEG
2011: EKG 1961: Acid rock 2011: Acid refl ux
1961: Moving to California because it’s cool
2011: Moving to Arizona because it’s warm
1961: Trying to look like
MarlonBrando or Liz Taylor 2011: Trying NOT to look like Marlon
Brando or Liz Taylor 1961: Hoping for a BMW 2011: Hoping for a BM
1961: Going to a new, hip joint 2011: Receiving a new hip joint 1961: Rolling Stones
2011: Kidney Stones
1961: Passing the drivers’ test 2011: Passing the vision test
An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation.
As he was about to get the anaesthesia, he asked to speak to his son.
“Yes, Dad, what is it?”
“Don’t be nervous, son; Do your best and just remember, if it doesn’t go well, if something happens to me, your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife....”
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Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Th is is so true. I love to hear them say “you don’t look that old.”
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Th e older we get, Th e fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
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You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
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One of the many things no one tells you about ageing is that it is such a nice change from being young.
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Two guys, one old and one young, are pushing their carts around Wal-Mart when they collide..
Th e old guy says to the young guy, “Sorry about that. I’m looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going.”
Th e young guy says, “Th at’s OK, it’s a coincidence.
I’m looking for my wife, too. I can’t fi nd her and I’m getting a little desperate.”
Th e old guy says, “Well, maybe I can help you fi nd her. What does she look like?”
Th e young guy says, “Well, she is 27 yrs. old, tall, with red hair, blue eyes, is buxom, long legs, and is wearing short shorts. What does your wife look like?”
To which the old guy says, “Doesn’t matter—let’s look for yours.”
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
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Growing older... First you forget names, then you forget faces. Th en you forget to pull up your zipper.
It’s worse when you forget to pull it down.
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Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft ...
Today, it’s called golf.
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Lord, Keep Your arm around my shoulder, and Your hand over my mouth!
Who’s Who?
Pictured below is our Fourth Grade class (along with the Th ird Grade class). In the picture are nine of us who attended high school together, and seven of those are graduates. How many can you identify?
An sw ers:
Row 1(f rom left ): P ict ure 2-N orma n Fries e, P ict ure 7-J oAnn (Ho
dge) M eye r, P ict ure 8-Ala n Clark.
Row 3 (f rom left ): P ict ure 2-L eRoy H ague , Pic tur e 4-Gail (Z ieber) D ye, Pic tur e 5-Cleta (D eitr ich) H ult gren, P ict ure 6-N yla (B olinder) L eo nar d, P ict ure 7 -E lla Mae
(McDiff ett) Kra us.
Row 4 (f rom left ): P ict ure 2-L inda (Lund) K
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