Hadley Technical High School - Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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Thanksgiving brought a lot of nice things like turkey and all the trimmings. A hayride Thanksgiving evening added to the seniors' fun. Quite a few came, but I'm afraid some thought it might be cold, so they stayed at home by the fire. Cold!! You bet it was, and if you don't believe it, try riding in an open truck when the temperature is below freezing. The hayride itself lasted about an hour and was a great success, what with singing and throwing hay. When we got off everyone was trying to brush and comb hay out of his clothes and hair. After the hayride we had a weiner roast outside, and slowly but surely froze again. We stayed there long enough to eat and then everyone made a mad dash for the warmth of the Ranch House, where we spent the rest of the evening dancing. At the senior meeting held on December 7, Mr. Jeffrey told us of the plans that had been made for graduation. It is to be held at the Scottish-Rite Cathedral on Lindell. You probably know where it is. We are having the privilege of graduating with 250 sailors. We figured out that there would be five and one-third sailors for each girl. What a thrill! Oh yes, we mustn't forget. The Coast Guard band is to play for us. They are really good. We decided to have the prom at a hotel. On this subject there was a lot of discussion. Some wanted it here and others wanted it there, etc. But anyway it is to be on Friday, the 28th-and we are getting out our formals and dusting off the dancing shoes. At the end of the fifteenth week a lot of the seniors went out on full- time jobs. Could you tell that they were Working when they came to gradu- ation rehearsal the other day! New suits, dresses, accessories! That was a mad session. You would think some of the seniors had just become world famous the way everyone Hocked around them. Mouths wenta mile amin- ute-some a little faster. Everyone had so much to tell. A lot of . Did you hear about so-and-so? and that sort of thing went buzzing around. There was a lot of talk about gifts and clothing for graduation. From what was said, our graduation is really going to be a style show. The way this letter reads one would think we never did any work. Well, just as a sample, glance through the book you are reading. A lot of senior energy went into those pages. We worked-that is some of us did -our fingers to the bone. Well, our days are numbered and the time is growing short. Miss MacAndrew has collected our permanent record cards to stamp Graduated January, 1944,' on them. I presume they will be placed in the school vault with the thousands of others to gather dust for a decade or two. If we were now at the banquet and I was called upon to make a toast, this is what it would be: 'Here's to the class of January, 1944. May the memories of their work and the thrills of their pranks be forever with us. Your classmates, June and Shirley Thirty-seven

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Thirty-six Letter to a Classmate in the Service Dear George: Just think, here it is the end of our last term at Hadley. We never knew time could fly by so quickly. And we guess, when you entered Had- ley four years ago, you never thought you'd be where you are now--carry- ing a gun for our Uncle. I want to tell you about the things the seniors have been doing here at school, but don't know quite where to start. Well, everything has a be- ginning, so maybe that's the best place to start. To get things going this term, the school set off a special reserv- ed section of the lunch room for all seventh and eighth term students. At first the other students looked daggers at us, but the objection finally subsided. It made the Seniors sort of stand out, but they didn't seem to mind. I do wish you could have been here for the first Senior Get-to-gether. Almost everybody who was not working after school was there and, of course, the first thing to do was get acquainted. We had several mixers , and then everyone danced. Did I say everyone? Well, almost. Everyone tried anyway. Gosh! The variety of dancing was really something. New steps, old steps, and some steps that were seen for the first time. The 30th of October brought a gala shindig at Jo Siebels' home in Baden. It was a combination Barbecue, Sadie Hawkins, and Hal1owe'en Party. It rained, but before The Rains Came, all the girls had run their pretty legs off in quest of a man. The girls on whom fate smiled got a man. Well, the others tried anyway. After the race you should have seen the Hep Cats Sz Jive-aroos trying to do the Virginia Reel. It was the sad' dest sight the folks up there had seen in quite awhile- so sad in fact that they cried and their tears came down from above in continuous drips. It finally got so wet we had to go in. After We were once inside the only thought in mind was FOOD l ! ! ! ! With hot dogs and potato chips and soda leading the menu everyone was soon satisfied. When all the cavities were filled, we sang songs. Oh, my, what songs they were. There were so many I can't remember the titles. Some of them most of us had never heard before, but we sang them anyway. After we were all hoarse, and the food was gone, everybody was content to pile in someone's jalopy and go home.

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