Bonita High School - Echoes Yearbook (La Verne, CA)

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T. Bonita Bearcat Gossip olumn September 15. 1960 U We'd like to call your attention to what a few ot Bonita's l935 graduates are doing: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Belknap have moved to Los Angeles where he will establish a new company to replace his building which burned down in San Difnas last week. Mr. Belknap has become quite tamous in the peanut business. Mrs. Belknap will be remem- bered as Pauline Helter. Mr. Walter Pop Baranger has iust returned from a six months' tour through the middle west. His purpose was to lecture on The Advantages of Being a Bachelor. He got his practice while talking to friends at Bonita during his Ser-ior Year. You will be astonished to learn that the most feared man in the United States since John Dillinger was Public Enemy Number I lin l934l. Red Raymond Morgan, is really our own Raymond Crow under an alias. Lawrence Nevada Bolling has become nationally famous for his astounding performance in The World's Rodeo Contest. You will remember his passion tor horses while he was a High School student. Leonard Crow, tamous physician and surgeon, has retired from his practice as a result ot the nervous breakdown he had last week. Miss Patricia Josephine Chapman, noted writer of bedtime stories tor children, has recently published a new book. Kittens in the Bathtub. ' Mr. Bert Torrey, the most famous aviator of the United States, is planning to start a contest in which will result, he hopes, a new world's record tor staying in the air. We find that Mrs. Van de lncloras, well-known in San Francisco as the rr-ost suc- cessful society dowager living. but better known by her stage name Madame Astrin- gent. is none other than Sue Carruthers. who graduated from Bonita in '35. Since the recent death of his third wife, Mr. Lee Settles life ambition has at last been realized. He has established a home for orphans, after having inherited a million dollars from a wealthy aunt. Mr. Earl Taylor established another of his notorious night clubs in Los Angeles recently. Margaret Morris, who has been Bonita's gym 'eacher for a number of years, has resigned her position. Miss Florence Bobbie Dale will fill her vacancy. Mr. Hugo Pettis, well-known tight-rope walker, fell from a tensstory building Wednesday. and remained uniniured. Donald DeSchaine, most famous screen lover since Clark Gables time. is making a new picture entitled She Got Her Man, with Patsy Tillman, Hollywood screen siren. Mr. William Kern, Sr., famous football coach, was seen with his son, William Kern, Jr., at the Hollywood Bowl last Saturday evening. Jack Warren, student body president of the class uf '35, has found two new mem- bers for his radio club, The Woman Scornersf' which has caused more discussion than the Sinclair-Merriam election in '34, On the other hand. Sara Marshalls radio club. The Man Shunnersf' is running strong competition. Ruby DeShazer has been elected secretary of this club. Lucy. Consuelo, and Candida Navarrette, and Isabelle Sanchez, tour famous fan dancers, have iust returned from a iourney to France. Donald Wheeler and Edwin Basinger, two inventors, have perfected a special oil! to aid quiet people in talking. The Meredith twins, Metropolitan Opera duo, have retired after twenty years oi strong publicity. Margaret Dare, famous toe dancer, has recently sued her insurance COmD5ny for Sl00.000 for her toe. which she sprained while dancing for the Prime Minister of France. Mr. Willis Bixby, her manager, has declared his intentions of backing her up 15 lQ.,'T i i--. .-.iii

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Imagine! I saw R. D. Baugh and Elmer Sapp look al me in a silly way, as if lo say fhal 'heir wives made 'em do il. Jusl 'rwo poor, henpeclced husbands. land he lossed aside six leafs inlo a nearby loofhpick holderl. The resl of lhem didn r slarlle me so. There were Winlhers, Michael, Pellis Il always Iold him he'd end up badlyl Basinger, Cachero. and The one and only iil+ed lover Ihe look up This kind of work aller he gol lhe millenl Donald Dewey De Schaine. Yeah, I saw loo. our ol' pal Bixby al Monle Carlo. There 'rhey call him The- Gambling-Barkeepf' I-le ac+ed slighfly . . . lwe saw a signilicanl lap on 'rhe headl . . . you know. Kepl mu++ering lo himself and everybody around him Sevenl You owe me a nickel. Bul he's slill as happy as he ever was in 'fhe good ol' days. Yes, a righl jolly old sport agreed Renfro, who was now coming our of lhe daze. Bur enough of such reminiscing broke in our old friend I-laslcellovilch, Iwho has by lhis lime donned his whiskers and Russian accenhl Lei us belake ourselves lo The nearby cinema, +o view 'rhe mos? slupendously mediocre ol lhis year's piclures. ll lealures my one-lime friend Palsy IOI' Moe lcnowsll Tillman, and lvIa'rinee-Idol Taylor. They are cerlainly a grand pair. The Piclure is called . . . oh, bolher, whal is il called? I think +ha+ if is a Romance ol Roumania. Al any rare some of our old friends are in fha newsreel foo. Keswick, The famous scienlisl, and lo say nolhing Ibul maybe we had beller say somelhingl of lhe famous alhleles. They are Bill Kern, 'rhe baskel- ball player: Gribbin and Morris The greal Tennis slars, who are bolh coached by lhe ever-grinning Frec Hopkins. Ambassador Yoshida also will give a lalk, bul as I slrongly suspecl him of anarchislic lendencies. l'll gel up and Leave +hen. l-lurrahl came a cheer from The byslanders. Al fhis minule. in came Sue lneel Carrulhers. wheeling +he Twins, Berl and Harvey. Wail a minulef' she cried. l've iusl gollen a Telegram from The All-Nalions loolball hero. Tom McCullough. l'le's making a personal appearance Tour of all lhe lhealers in 'rhe cify. Lel's all go see him! Tha+'s exaclly whal we were going lo do everyone exclaimed. Good ol' Tommy. And lhey all rushed oul. Pell-mell. And so musl l. P.J.C. Senior ll-iairewe ll 'The 'rime has come,' 'rhe Walrus said, lor lhe class of nineleen lhirly-live lo leave Bonila's halls. So, lhough we may relurn in years lo come, we will nor 'rhen be able lo recap- +ure 'rhe glamour of our firsl high school days. We've had many good limes. and for each of us 'rhere are lhe memories ol lhese days 'ro keep. l+'s all been fun. The bewiloermenl of our lirsl year-'rhose memorable Sopho- more and Junior parries-lhrill of lhe prom-all of lhe plays we've 'raken parl in, and lhe clubs we've belonged lo. Nof 'ro menlion our escapades, and consequences, bu+ +hey have nor been loo many. And now, wilh gradualion close a+ hand, and before we slep our of our high school lile enlirely, weld like +o +hank lhose omnipa+ien+ Teachers and say lhal il, perchance. you may miss us a bi+-well-we'll miss you loo. -Parry Chapman I 1-I

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oniirta Bearcat Gossip Column September 15, 1960 in her suil. Miss Dare and Mr. Bixby, alias Cuddles, have recenlly announced lheir engagemenl. Among the dislinguished dinner guesls of Russell Hullgren, prominenl congress- man, lasl week, were Yoshimi Yoshida, governor of California, and Jim Donibble, cele- braled crooner lwho acquired lhe arl ol crooning lhrough hard and persislenl imila- lion ol Bing Crosby during his senior year al Bonilal. Colin Binks McLean, noled Ascol Speedway driver, was slighlly injured al lhe lasl race while allempling lo sel a new speed record. He slill wears 'rhe famous grin ol lhe good old days. The La Verne Church ol lhe Brelhren wornen's allendance has been failing lalely. due fo lhe lacr fha? a discovery has been made lhal lhe new minisler, Mr. Lloyd Stevens, is married. His wife has been on a lemperance lour back easl. Mr. Sleveris mel her in high school: she was a sophomore when he was a senior. lda Huslon, comic slrip arlisl, recenlly seriously sprained her hand, and will be unable To do her work this week. Raymond Gribbin has al lasl achieved lhe honor of being lhe world's grealesl' malhemalician. You will remember whal a poor sludenl of algebra he was in I932. Helen Goodwin, world famous pianisl, has recenlly declared her inlenlion of spending her vacalion al her privale sludio in Paris. You will remember lhe excilemenl' caused when il was rumored lhere was an affair of 'rhe sorl in The making, when Miss Goodwin was seen frequenlly wilh lhe Presidenl of lhe Uniled Slales, Mr. Lambrelh Hancock. F. Sanchez and A. Navarrerle, lwo Alaskan explorers, were found nearly frozen 'ro dealh in a small Alaskan lown lasl week. They are recovering speedily and will very soon be aclive again. Farmer Everell Shorl won a medal al lhe Los Angeles Counly Fair lasl Seplember for his lwo prize hogs. His poullry also received a very high prize. Roberl Renlro, big business man, has hired a new slenographer, Miss Mary Ellen Lapp. Miss Lapp has formerly proved herself a cornpelenl worker as a privale secre- lary 'ro Leslie Roland, edilor ol 'rhe Los Angeles Examiner. Marcia Vaniman has been very aclive. She won 'lirsl prize in lhe Miss California Balhing Beauly conlesl, which proves she hasn'l losl her charm in all lhese years. Virginia Bixby has been conducling a polilical campaign in New York. ll seems she is having a difficull lime, for we find her opponenl 'ro be none olher lhan lhe famous oralor, Mr. Gordon Haskell, who has iusl relurned from Bulgaria wilh his wife. Marvin Hopkins, famous dancing leacher, who broke his neck lasr year in ax novelry number al rhe Mounlain Meadows Counlry Club, has announced his inlenlion of reviving The carioca. A greal discovery was made recenlly when Miss Alla Goelz, molion piclure producer, discovered rhal Srella Hall, well-known blues singer, has everylhing neces- sary lo make a l96O Mae Wesl. Elmer Sapp, noled wriler, has iusl published a book enlilled The Arl of Living Up lo Ones Name. Edward Michael, mulfi-millionaire, recenrly mel wilh an aeroplane accidenl. He was slighlly injured, and his pilol, Mr. Fred R. D. Baugh, was confined 'ro his bed for a brief time wilh a fracfured rib. Miss Ruth Bell, afler her recenl divorce from lhe rnyslerious Mr. R., has reopened her column, Advice lo Young Ladies, in lhe Los Angeles Examiner. The well-known life guard, Bill Collins, recenlly declared publicly lhal since his 16