Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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FWS' Wr'vr.,f i N . We ldfolet Grown ' Gilbert Kuempel and Oliver McBride are traveling salesmen for the A i Blue Jay Washing Machine. They sell everything from coon traps to tractors. Admiral George Sinnison of the Pacific Fleet has just been transferred to Lake Austin. O. j. Clements will be the wireless operator on the Y. VV. houseboat. Engineer Trigg Twitchell, who has left the class early to move the University, will be glad to welcome his old classmates. Ledger Veasy is helping him do the work. Preston Showalter is selling his latest book entitled Ninety Ways to Get Rich. john Craddock, the Cattle King of the West, is spending much of his time abroad, perhaps finishing in commercial law. Walter McAnally was elected justice of thepeace at Dripping Springs. Miss Rossie Lee Lipscombhas just arrived from New York and will open a dancing academy. She will be assisted by Miss Ruth johnson. I Miss Nell Rhodes and Minerva Davis are teaching domestic science at Ridgetop. Elsie Ebeling has completed her latest novel on A Lesson in Love. Albert Becker is the leader of Austin's San Sam Band. Gustavo Herrera is professor of Latin at A. 8z M. College. Waldine Hunter has settled down in her new home in Enfield as a dainty I little housewife. Minnie Richers is also pleasantly domiciled in her new home in East Austin where she is teaching a small class in Trig. Horace Olsen has succeeded Mr. Smith as chemistry teacher in Austin High School. Thomas Hairston is the official photographer for the Violet Crown. Otis Kluge has struck oil on his ranch in Comal County. - Lydia Houston is vice-president of the Austin Banking and Trust Co. Austin's largest department store has just been opened by Bruno Honieyer. while Miss Alvena Doherty, who has just returned from Paris with the latest modes, is in charge of the Ladies' Department. Burleson McDonald is the life-saver at Deep Eddy. An attraction coming to Skinny's soon will be Harold Smith starring with VVm. S. Hart in l-lOSSES. . And as the Fairy touched me, I awoke. REMEMBER, THIS WAS ONLY A DREAM. D ff'-'f1mf59'fW11fD1. ' I hc. ' V- -' - - if- - 1. :..- ans. . ...A .rn , 1...-1-.. ..

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