Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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‘The TROJAN STRATOSPHERIST’S 1934 STATISTICS —Elizabeth Gould SEPTEMBER 4—Three hundred twenty five stratosphere balloons are sent up into the upper areas by the observation faculty crew. 4—Each balloon takes on supplies for the flight. 11—Pep stratosphere balloon chooses Ingram as pilot. 11— Bassford is chosen pilot of Council. 18—Hi-Y Balloonists have watermelon feed. 18—Monitor crew is chosen for locker observation. 20— Stratosphere balloon, G. A. A., holds ice cream festival. 21— Donald Walsh pilot for the football balloon. 22— Journalistic crew sends out first official records. 22—Football crew makes first ascension, winning the first victory in three years. 26—Classes choose head pilots. OCTOBER 24— Reports of first flight given out by ground crew. 25— Trojan balloonists choose Ruth Davis as queen. 25—Balloon, F. F. A., takes new members into crew. NOVEMBER 4—Balloonists land and are given first vacation when ground crew leaves for further instructions. 10-11-12—G. R. pilots go to Minneapolis. 13—Argumentive balloonists meet. 24-25—Hi-Y pilots go to conference at Junction City. 30—Football crew descends with important data. They reached the stratosphere twice, failed five times, and twice ascended but gained no statistics. DECEMBER 7-8—Musical crew ascends presenting, “Miss Cherryblossom.” 12— Hi-Y balloonists entertain fathers at stratospheric feast. 20—G. R. crew enjoys Puff and Pant party. JANUARY 11-12—Exams taken to see if all balloons can keep afloat. 14-24—Coach of ground crew gives rope of athletic balloon to principal while he has the mumps. 17—Debate balloonists meet Lebanon. 24— Concordia and Belleville are opposing forces in flight for debaters. 30-31—Balloonists of Junior Class present “The Looney Bin.’’ FEBRUARY 7—Journalism crew clean up school grounds. 14—Debate crew gains fifth place in debate stratosphere race. 27—G. R. and Hi-Y crew meet for box supper. MARCH 1— G. R. balloonists and the Hi-Y crew meet in one balloon for a joint flight. 2— Descending basketball crew brings home 8 important reports but lost 8 other important records. 6—Senior balloonists receive Junior crew. 9-10—Regional basketball tournament. 13— Balloon B. P. W. entertains Senior girls. 14— Mothers entertained by balloon G. R. APRIL 1—Easter. 6—Ground crew send out reports. 14—Music balloon races with other stratosphere balloons at Clay Center. 23-24-2o—Best musical balloonists enter race at Emporia. 25— Seniors present “The McMurray Chin.” 27—Crew of juniors entertain senior balloonists at annual banquet. MAY 5—Crew of scholastical balloonists go to race. 5 Track team meets Concordia. 1 -13—Final exams show promotions to better balloonists and harder flights.

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OKe TROJAN NAME FAVORITE SAYING so. Paul Wills Uh. huh. 31. Del Forrest Winn Hah! 32. Ella Annis Sure 33. Gladys Briney 1 like the farm better. 34. Veda Briney (Just a big silent woman) 35. Eloise Broadbent (Same as Marie) 86. Kosella Bunch (She says hers is Mr. Chestnut's history class) 37. Frances Cole 0-o-o-h, stop! 38. Marvel Conn 1 don’t know. 39. Kuth Davis O-o-o-h, I’m not either. 40. Esther Donaldson Lawny, don’t fight. 41. Dorothy Gering (Nothing definite) 42. Elizabeth Could Homer is so individualistic. He just stands out from the rest of the boys. 43. Imogen? Cray (Just another blessed with so much solitude when Gene is ill.) 44. Alice Jordan Where's your pass slip? 45. Lois Leslie Haldon ! ' 46. Emily Logan Oh! Shoot! 47. Kuth McCall O-o-o-h, Smith 48. Dorothy McClanahan Hush! 49. Mary Beryl Miller Let it lay. 50. Maxine Miller All right. 61. Mavis Minch Now, Jenny. 52. Bernice Myers My Goodness! 53. Marjorie Noah What a man. 54. Violet Ratcliffe Oh well, what’s the difference? 55. Marie Scoggan (Same as Eloise) 56. Dorothy Shotwell Now, Buard. 67. Charlotte Smith (She says it with giggles.) 58. Catherine Strawn I used to, but I don’t anymore. 59. Hosier Waiter My. My. 60. Kathryn Wolverton W-c-e-l. 61. Bethcileen Wooster (Not much of everything) 62. Rosalie Wray Hot-cha. 63. Birdie Yocum Now. Addison. CHARACTERISTIC FUTURE Cheerful new. Telephone operator. Gloom. A mystery. Willingness. To be a nurse. Her cheerfulness. A farmerette. Her curly hair. Barmaid. Flitting ways. Butterfly. Her flunk list record — always on it. All I’s. A flock of boys. Sweetheart of Sigma (Six other guys) Chi. Her artistic temperament, also her ability to sock poppa for money. Process server. Her flame (purely gasoline) Probably get married. Lawney. Another one of those Under consideration.” Her stateliness. Conductor of a railroad. Homer. Clean Homer’s false teeth. Her yen for a certain bar- He will have something to itone player. say about that. Wit Do a duet number with Kate Smith. Her Bliss Be the spouse of an erl-man. Typing ability. School Teacher. Three Ruths. Canary trainer. Lucy. Commercial artist. Smile. Getting three square meals a day. Blond tresses. Second Mae West. Her horn. Raise chicks and cane. Her good nuiure. Somebody’s steno. .Chair in hall. Radio announcer or 4each-er. Handkerchief full of hairpins. Beauty operator. Broken ankle. Bob-sled manufacturer. Her boy friends. Wife of a Scottsville man. Georgie and Three Saw player. Her daily appearance at sc hool. Truancy officerette. Her slimness. Wife to Santa Claus. The boys. Milk maid. Her feet. Movie actor and plays Garbo parts. Her flirtaJity. A gigilette. The crowd she runs with, the “out-fit.” A female piccolo Pete.

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The TROJAN SHADES OF STRATOSPHERE The day after graduation I had the thrill of going up in a stratosphere balloon. We ascended —up—up—cloud bound and beyond. I looked down on the toy village and wondered what the class of 1934 would follow. Our gondola jolted; the pilot gasped, and shouted, “We’ve arrived in ‘Tomorrow.’ We’ve gone so far into the stratosphere that by my instruments we are in 1944.” Ah, now I could learn what fate had bestowed upon the class of ’34. As I alighted, I was greeted by a curly headed giant, Dr. Bill Pfautz, specialist in noses. Behind him were his nurses, Logan. Annis, and Rat-cliffe, who have not married because of their devotion to the Doctor. At the Nelson-Bell-Emmot hospital, I found Birdie Yocum, the hospital dietician. In this unique place, instead of ether they keep the Three Ruths to croon the patients into oblivion. Bernice Myers is their professional hand holder. Boyd Christoffel and Charles Whorton do everything there from making mufflers for the nursery, to keeping the nurses entertained. I saw Gerald Broadbent, a taxi driver. He had wanted to be a policeman but wasn’t flat footed enough. Eloise B. is keeping house for him. At Crumrine’s department store I found Vernon. His secretary, Gladys Briney, said that Mary Beryl is seeking divorce because Vernon is infatuated with the girl who put Mae West in the shade, Maxine Miller. Kathryn Wolver-ton, a clerk there, confided that Veda Briney had stolen Wayne Hixenbaugh’s affections from her. I saw a sign “Baker and Mercer, Lawyers. If there’s anyone to be done we’ll do them”. Claude, bald headed and with a red beard, told me their latest case is over a patent. Spain, Pooler, and Howse have invented a balloon for the next depression which is placed in the stomach, blown up and keeps one from feeling hungry. Haldon is anxious to win because of Lois and the children, and Elizabeth G. Spain will have to support Homer unless they win the suit. Catherine Strawn and Delmar Nelson are planning to be married as Delmar now nas a job building extensions on dachshund dog houses. Floyd Grecian, who is a Chevrolet salesman (having grown fond of that make while in high school) took me out to the farm corporation formed by Hicks, Weidenhaftf, Porter, and Rominger. They hired the Scoggin-Noah interior decorators to design fastidious surroundings so their cows will be contented. Marie and Mai-jorie want to stick around to decorate the place but Rosalie Wray, the corporation’s secretary, is jealous. A hitchhiker stopped us and said “Stranger wouldst thou deign to elevate me from my dolorous plight?”, and we knew at once it was Del Forrest Winn. He has become a soldier of fortune, doing nothing and writing books about it. At a farm house we found busy Alice Jordan who told us that Gerald Bassford is Superintendent of Schools, and Rosella Bunch, because she never approved of the way things were run is now principal. Esther Donaldson and Marvel Conn couldn’t stay away so they are teaching. Maurice Briney has a side show of Egyptian dancers, Gering, Walter, and Wooster. Mavis Minch was fired because John Brock and his poetry took her mind from her work. We saw Paul Wills, Emogene, and Eugene Tice, who are partners in the cleaning business —street cleaning. They said their business was picking up. Broadbent and DeShazo are nationally known chain store owners. I always said they knew their groceries. Their bread comes from Armstrong Airlight Bakery. Frankie is finally in the dough. Max and Dorothy McClan-ahan are doing illustrations as a side line. Purely platonic. Tom McCall came from his print shop, emitted a giggle and a sigh and said he had never fully recovered after Dot turned him down. From parts far distant comes the rumor that Frances Cole and family of ten are radiantly happy. One ray of sunshine was missing, Garold Humes. Finally I found him. tired looking and disillusioned. He said, “This gigilo business was all right in high school, but not as a life profession.” Well, all the old class of ’34 is now accounted for, so if you don’t see me around, don’t worry. I’ll see you ten years from now.