Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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AURORA BOREALIS CLASS DAY Class Day exercises were held May 24, 1934 at eight o’clock In the school auditorium: The program was as follows: Two Selections... Class History.... Duet............. Class Poem....... Piano Solo....... Class Prophecy-Senior Quartette Heading ........ Violin Solo...... Class Will....... Song ............ ...............Senior Class Orchestra ......................Allan Witherel ....Thelma Martin and Janice Kloppel .................Lola Ruth Emmick ..........................Nina Speck ....Kenneth Brown and Carl Lipner ..................... Four Senior Boys ........................Bertha Rouse .................Mary Jeanne Moffitt ......................Lawrence Hafer .............................. Class DRESS I P DAY On January 24th the Seniors had a dress-up day that WAS a dress-up day. Everyone in the Senior class came to school dressed ns little girls and lioys: or old fashioned girls; or perhaps clowns, farm boys, and farm girls. We also had two black children: Liza nnd Rastus, from the South. Everyone took pictures of the class nnd the Seniors think that that was a day that will never be forgotten. WHO’S WHO CONTEST Our annual Who’s Who Contest was held on the 2Sth of March. This year’s contest was made a serious affair, whereas in former years it has ln en conducted only in jest. The following were elected: Head Boy......................... Head Girl........................ Best Athlete..................... Most Courteous Student........... Student With Best Sportsmanship Possessor of Most Winning Smile. Best Actress..................... School Genius.................... “Mae West”....................... “Clark Gable .................... Biggest Talker....„.............. Timid Soul....................... Comedian.......,................. Sleepiest ....................... Best Dancer...................... Most Hapy-Go-Lucky................. Biggest Pessimist................ Most Democratic.................. .........'..Harold Bowman .....Mary Jeanne Moffitt ..........Kenneth Brown ...........William Fowler ........Florence Witherel .............Elijah Keith ...........Thelma Martin ............Alfred Blauw ............Joyce Kloppel ..........Kenneth Jordan ...........Victor MeVey .......Barbara Reynolds ..........Lawrence Hafer .......Philip Kirkegaard .............Velda Watts ...........Earl McCowan .........Harold Bowman ........—Christina Rouse

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AURORA BOREALIS PROPHECy I returned to Aurora after being away on a trip for ten years, hoping to find trace of some of the graduates of ’34. After 1 got off the train, I signaled a taxi-cab, and, whose driver proved t » U Franklin Bessert. I told him to take me to the best hotel, at w’hicli I found Harold Bowman, hotel manager, and Lola Ruth Witherel, hotel clerk. Lola Ituth said she had to make a living while Allan lay around the house taking life easy, Harold said he would show me to my room, since all ten hell-hoys were out at lunch. When we got into the elevator, whom do you suppose I saw as elevator- boy? Nobody else hut Philip Kirkegaurd, half asleep. 1 asked Hurold to tell me about some of the members of the graduating class of ’34. He told me that Ralph Henderson was Superintendent, and Janice Kloppel head nurse of the new hospital in Aurora. Victor McVey had married Gladys Moxley, and they are running a farm east of Aurora. Norman Peterson was president of Aurora's largest hank. Velda Watts was conducting a school for dancing and Geneva Reed was her assistant. Mary Jeanne Moffitt was in Europe studying music. William Fowler was a preacher in a church at Aurora I was informed. I asked Harold when he left if he would have the Aurora DEMOCRAT NEWS, one of the lurgest papers in the United States, sent up to me. Ralph Bond, still a pai»er boy, brought it up to me. He told me that June Elliott wus the editor-in-chief. The head lines that first met my eyes were: “Frank Camilla elected Mayor of Aurora.” I also read: “Pie Eating Marathon Still in Progress; Clarence Stafford is Hugh Favorite With Marathon Fans.” Looking at the sorting page, I found that Kenneth Brown was an All-American basketball star. When I got through looking at the paper I thought it was time to g t something to eat. I went down to the hotel dining-room. Somebody came over to wait on me, and looking tip. I saw Mnbelle Ixtrenson. After talking with Mabelle a few moments. I learned that Lawrence Hafer was manager of the hotel dining-room. On my way hack to the hotel I stopped at a fruit stand, and I recognized Elijah Keith in the man who came to wait on me. After I left Maxine Brown’s beauty shop I thought I would go to a show. 1 found another member of the class of '34, Christina Rouse, selling tickets. She told me that Lewis Pease owned the show and that Nina and he were happily married. Christina also told me that a very famous actress was here in person whom I might remember as the best actress in William Smith High School: Thelma Martin. After the show I went hack to the hotel. I thought I would go and visit William Smith High the next day before 1 left. When I got back to the hotel 1 tuned in on the last of a bed-time story. When it was over, the announcer said: “You have just listened to the famous bed-time story tiller, Carl Lipner.” The next morning 1 got up and went to visit William Smith High School where I hoped to find some of the other four members that I have not seen or heard about. Six other buildings had been added to the original building and they covered two blocks. As I went into one of the buildings, the first person I ran on to was a janitor. I stopped him to ask about the place and it proved to be Jack Bowen who had become head janitor at William Smith. He showed me into the girls’ gym where I found Bertha Rouse instructing the girls In basketball. Bertha said that Earl McCowan was head Coach for the boys and that Alfred Blauw was the Chemistry teaehar. I was so glad 1 was successful in finding or hearing about wRat all the members of the Class of '34 were doing and that they were all prosperous and happy.

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AURORA BOREALIS JUNIORS Lt-ft to Right: Rill Thompson, Lloyd Ferguson, Rill Sweeney, Jay Ware, Margaret Stevenson, Joyce Kloppe! Lois Riles. Frances Arthur, John Frohardt, Nellie Dillon. Freda Haltiner, Mary K. Gordon, Rar-I'iira i: ynoh!s. Uhodn Johnson. Kenne'h Jorden, Evgene Haight. John Wood, Raymond Wilbanks. Melvin Chambers, Clarence Walker, Allan llicks. Rill Watkins