Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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On my way back to Jerkwater, Texas, I ran across Pearl (Brid- ges) Romney who is now traveling, v ith her husband, Ianthus on trucking trips. Pearl said that if her old man would quit the in- fernal trucking business, that she would be kind enough to make a living for him, as tap dancer in a Vaudiville act. (Poor Pearl, she always said that she’d be a tap dancer. While I was in Phoenix (attending important business)I accep- ted the kind invitation of Mr. Robert R. Aker and his charming wife, Iona Wilkins Aker. Robert still thanks Miss Hoover for her careful training of Iona in Home Ec. It made my heart turn over when I saw how Bob expressed his love for his little kiddies (Bob always loved kids.) After leaving the Aker’s I want to the Capital to see Gover- nor Alfred Attaway, to attend to business transactions I was dis- apointed by not being able to see him for he was in a special legislation session. (Poor Alfred is a bachelor yet.) I decided to go home through Duncan and see my old friends.On arriving in Duncan I noticed a very beautiful home with several children playing in the , yard.One little child looked very famil- iar to me, so I stopped and went into this home. Marlin Aker and Margaret lived there. Little Marian was just a chip of the old block. On looking in the Duncan Valley Messenger I read: Mr. Roy Trewitt and his wife, Mary Jane, and the little kiddies were visitors in Duncan last week. The Trewitts are now residing on a goat ranch in the Black Hills. Little Mary Jane, (who resembles her mother) is spending two weeks with little Margaret Aker. Miss Velma Burleson is home on a vacation from her dancing institution located in Hollywood. Velma not only teaches the people to dance but teaches them how to be graceful. Mrs. Katherine (Gordon) Mayo,who has been visiting her mother for the past month, has announced to the public her intentions of getting a divorce from Wayne and marrying her old school-boy sweetheart—Bill Boyd. If you ever need gas go to Bill's Station. Bill Dean and his charming wifeK(Curry)Dean are now so prosperous that they have taken charge of the Texaco Oil Products through-out the United When I want to be entertained I never fail to go to the Gale Circus.Alvin Gale is now a famous Lion trainer in his own Circus. Alvin's mighty voice certainly has power over those fierce lions. Do you ever listen to the radio? If you do turn to Station O.K.in Dallas and listen to Buddie Nunn's famous Men's lee Club. Mr.. Nunn is the director of one of the most famous Men's Glee Clubs in the World. We can all remember when Mr. Nunn was the leading barritone of D.U.H.S.

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One day I was strolling: down the beach of a large city on the nr,qt Coast. I saw huge advertisements of a p nchutcjump that was to be held on the Fourth of July. It read Reckless Rosy, the most 6nring woman of today will jump from a plane at the Municipal «.ir Port of this city at 2:30. The first person who reaches her after hits the ground will receive a prize. Not bed I thought so rt 2:30 I was at the airport. I went early in hopes of seeing Reekiess Rosy before she jumped and who whould I run into but my old school mate Edna Harrison. What axe you doing here? I ask- ed. Oh I cm going to jump our of a plane this afternoon , she said nonch- ntly. You are?1' I said and stood there with my mouth wide open.A man from the inner office opened the door and yelled, Hey Rosy, come here a minute , and Edna strolled into the inner office. As I sat in the nark of a city I happened to glance at the headline of a newspaper on the bench. I picked it up and read Ti°er woman acquitted , I read on—The Blond Tigress of Arizona, occused of murdering her husband and disposing of his body in a river, was acquitted by a jury of twelve men today. Things have come to a pretty pass when the citizens of the land of tne brave and the home of the free are menaced by such people. It went on to say that the Tigress had such a winning personality and acting ability that she freed herself. I then turned to the following page and couldn't believe my eyes for who came smiling out of those newspaper pictures but alene (Clouse) Tippets. One evening there cams a loud knock at my dooi . It surp±'ized me very much for I knew no one an the city of Chicago as I w .s just passing thru, hen I opened the door Boyc Cra.btrec walked in whook hands with me and 'ent to the door, opened it and yelled, come on in Irma, he's at home . There came to my ears a noise that sounded like a whole tribe of Comanche Indians on the war- path. Boyd ..nd Irma were tne parents ol tnirteen chilaren. It is not such a large world after all for I recently ran across my old friend and class mates Mr. Duvane Smiley and his wife,better known to us as little (Margaret Johnson)in San Diego. Devane owns one of the biggest truck lines in the world. , After leaving California I went to New Mexico. On entering New Mexico I began to hoar rumors of the great bandit Gosh Fire Lunt , who plundered along the border. It was great shook to me for Garth was such a nice and timid boy when we were m old D.U.H.S. together. V hen I attended the Olympic games I witnessed the most sp jc- taculnr skating in the world. It tended to rouse the old school spirit of '36 in me for one of my old class mates of D.U.H.S. r,ould walk away with the title of orId Champion Girl skater. It- is not surprising to the members of Duncan for they all predicted that Frances would sometime bo a skater.