Centennial High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Pueblo, CO)

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dolzfuciua ay . On the morning of May 30, 1940, the familiar chimes of the radio system drew the attention of Centennial. Mr. Heaton, in a tone plainly showing that he was puzzled, spoke. This morning we have picked up on the radio system a very unusual program. We have been unable to locate the source, but the program deals with the Class of l940, so we'll let you hear for yourself. The next voice you hear will be that of the announcer of this myterious station. A' .... and he sees all, knows all, and tells all. The mysteries of the future are to him an open book. Today he will predict the future of the Class of 1940. I give you that infallible seer-the world's greatest mystic. Attention. Go right ahead, sir. Confucius say-I see before me the Class of l940 in l950--ten years from this day. I will tell the strange doings that only I can see. Your illustrious class president, Stephen Comiskey, has gone far. Not only has he acquired himself a mustache and a French accent, but he also has a nifty place of business called Ye Olde Beautee Shoppe. In this business he is assisted by Marjorie Kirk and Elsie Camack, who manage the financial dealings. Due to efforts of press-agents, Converse and Snead, Nathan Hoagland is recog- nized everywhere as 'Hoaglinski and his violin.' Beatrice Laramey, Shirley Buchanan, Marjorie Dudley, and Dorothy MacFarlane are familiar names on Park Avenue, although they are better known by the Walter Winchellish eX- pression, 'The sleek, slick, smooth, snappy, smart set.' Lowell Kieffer, tragic comedian, and George Hedges, the comic tragedian, are on the Broadway stage. Who Done It, a delightful comedy by Betty Phelps, termed a tragedy by the critics, enjoyed a record run of one night, despite the best efforts of Ima Kidd CImogene Plumleej, Iwisha Wuz, CWilma Coving- tonj, and Ome Omy CCatherine Ryanj, I. C. Redd CBob McIntoshH, and Hugh Bett CPhilbrook Charitonj. Madelyn Balch is the husky-voiced blues singer with 'Hot Lips' Linn's band. This band features 'Barrelhouse' Ray Gottula and 'Skinbeater' Chuck Tappan, Jimmy Smith and Rae Moery are world-famous for their grace and agility in performing the intricate steps of their toe-dance. Heath Nuckolls is a bushy-haired Paderewski since he became piano soloist with the Philadelphia Symphony. l'Elaine Shadford is a sheet designer for ghosts, and Virginia Gaskill and Vera Miller assist her in this profession. In order to scare up some spooky busi- ness, they present a program over the ghost to ghost hook-up, with the cheerful voice of David Fulton starting the program off with 'Ghostly Styles for Guileless Ghostsl' Then follows the theme song of I Ainjt Got No Body sung by Mary Bell Alber, Josephine Chiaramonte, Helen Whalen, and Maurice Forester, Farris Douglas, the singing troubador, is very popular at Dick Reitemeier's restaurant-'Dick's Roostf i'.Iim Flanigan, by a steady series of promotions, has risen to the exalted Q, position of water-boy for the Fowler Rowdies. Bill Detwiler has invented a radio that has no static, and all you have to do is look at it, and it will select E any program you think of at the time. The only trouble is that it won't work. Ray Ingels is a suave man-about-town, twirling a fancy cane as deftly as he Page Twen ty-four

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anion Paul H. Turner, Jr. Allison Vaile Williams Leon Klamm YW 5 xx QI I I 7 Y Q Haskell S. Young, Jr. Jack Woltlmer We, who are leaving, Say unto your Cherish each moment And live not to rue A wanton Waste of tirneg K'Build and progress Even if only in the mind: Store and cherish Each fact that you find- Any and every Worthwhile bit of knowledge. Build and progress, But of greatest import Use every moment- No matter how short- For the noble and high ideals of man. Ju!! f I A --HASKEI.L YOUNG. 5 ., X! fs J Page Twenty-three

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ever twirled his old baton. Jeanne Zimmerman manufactures AZimmerman's Zippy Zoup.' Rosa Lee Hayes' and D. D. Hayworth's product is advertised by this slogan, 'Hayes' Hay is Hayworth your money.' Dave, Dan, and Marie have a profitable business in 'More, More, and Moore Eggs.' 'Not a rock in a carload' is the slogan of Eifth Avenue's ritziest jewelry store run by Martha Dell Scott, Evelyn Randolph, and Mae Carpenter. Next door a sign proclaims the pawn shop of Betty June and LaT'relle: 'This is the place for Hocking: we Needham.' Alzittle Cleaner Laundry-Does Your Dirty Work' is operated by Madelyn Callahan, Vivian Mayer, and Betty Sanders. You'll recognize 'Brown, White, Brown, White, and Violet, Hat Designers' as Ella, Eileen, Mary Ann, Doris, and Speakman. 'Walker to keep Trimm' is a reducing agency run by Norma and Redell. Walter Carroll has become a poet, and his sonnets are ranked high by Peggy O'Neal and Mary Brasselero, literary critics of The Swink Daily Punch. Christine Laferl's book, How to Chew Gum in Class and Escape Detection, has been acclaimed a literary masterpiece and is selling by the hundreds to Centen students. Ed Stock, Paul Turner, Dick Mabie, Arthur Berardi, and Fred Coy have organized a society for scientific research on the question, Why does cz chicken cross the road? Carson, Carson, and Garson, Inc., the only firm of women lawyers in Chicago, have gained an unenviable repu- tation. Jeanette Epstein and Georgia Cunningham are noted for their lion act with the Super-Collossal Amalgamated Punch and Judy Shows run by Georgia Cudworth and Inez Smith. Herbert Armstrong, Ed Erazzin, and Harold Osgood by their coopera- tive efforts and much research have perfected a sieve guaranteed to hold water. To give housewives a break Nell Marco, Nlyrtle Little, Doris Hoffman, and Mary Archires have set up an insect extermination bureau that will get rid of ants, spiders, flies and other vermin-special rates on pink elephants. Jack Hunt and John Rendon have invented a light bulb that will never burn out or break. It doesn't give any light, of course, but that's a small matter. Bott and Bricker, Baby Buggy Bumpers, Inc., is a well-known firm. The advertising phrase of 'Roll up Hill and down Hill with Square Wheels for Rough Riding' identifies Melvin, Keith, Gordon, and their product. Kay Shippee, Billie Mcllvain, and Gerry Ribar sell hair nets and snoods for pampered pooches. Helen Turner, Ruth Johnson, and Ona Mae Blanchfield have per- fected a toothless comb which simplifies hair combing of 'baldpatesf One of the most revolutionary inventions of the decade is marketed by Betty Jo Genova, Dorothy Deppen, Nellie Hoagland, and Rose Latino-this startling product, square peas, solves one of the most dificult of all eating problems. Another striking innovation is a compass that points south. lt has brought a small for- tune to three scientific gentlemen-Levi Brookshire, Paul Allen, and Thomas Stavely. 'lDan Howell sells air-conditioned hot-dogs at county fairs. Elizabeth Meeth, Margaret Allee, Opal Craig, and lla Sollee have started a novel escort bureau, This service is to give traveling Indians an opportunity to see New York with the aid of a qualified escort guide. Stream Fishing in Rivers by Brooke and Brooks has recently been published to the great delight of Betty and Joy. Bob Hough's course on How to Sleep has more students enrolled than Page r