Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

Page 31 text:

CLASS PROPHESY RIP VAN WINKLE COMES TO LIFE ‘In the chamber process of making sulfuric acid, you make sulfur dioxide by heating sulfur or iron sulfide in contact with air. in the presence of steam the sulfur dioxide is -z-z-z-z-z.” And Mr. Bargen went on explaining the chem- istry lesson, hut all in vain, to Charles Lyksett, the Rip Van Winkle of the sen- ior class. Old Rip Van Lyksett they called him teasingly. True to tradition Rip Lyksett remained in the land of Morpheus for a 20 year stretch. Suddenly he was rudely awakened by a terrific explosion! He opened his eyes and was greeted by a vapor-filled room practically smothering him. Rip staggered to a door and found himself in the midst of a denser atmosphere. He blinked twice and saw a chemist, evidently the teacher, being placated by a young lady assistant. He approached the couple and gaped in astonishment when he recognized John Brackey and Alice Michaelson, his classmates who ap]ieared oddly enough, considerably older than Rip had remembered them. As Rip stooc rooted to the ground attempting to rid his mind of its cobwebs, several of the faculty members rushed into the room to see what had happened. Among the group of teachers, Rip recognized Genevieve Malloy, as the history teacher; Vivian Gilbert, elocution teacher; Marion Gilbertson, librarian; Helen Hickcox, forensics teacher; Carl Honore, commercial teacher; Wilma Ruesink, gym teach- er; Peter Strom, athletic coach; Sophia Bouw, geometry instructor; and Mil- dred W akefield, music teacher. It certainly seemed good to Rip to see all his old friends back at Hudson High, however as faculty now, not students. After greeting again his classmates and gossiping a hit about their school days back in 1935, Rip Van Lyksett proceeded to wander about the school and city a bit to see if twenty years had changed things any. Rip left the chemistry laboratory and proceeded to the stairway when to his surprise he spied an elevator. My, my! What would this younger generation be up to next.' He went to the elevator and rode down to the first floor with a young man who remotely reminded him of........then he remembered! This must be a Boals. He was the dyin’ image of Wayne. Upon further questioning Rip discovered that Wayne was now the director of the Chicago Symphony Or- chestra. (He did finally marry Julie Ann). Rip then went on his way into the office to find Doris Anderson in Miss Lngstrom s place. W hen questioned about her old “side kick,” Verna Anderson, Doris revealed the secret that Verna, now a famed operatic star, was planning to come to Hudson the next week but didn't want any of those pesky reporters getting hold of the news. Although filled with information Rip felt the old urge to “put on the feed- hag,' so he sauntered down to Oscar’s old place. Now, however, LeRoy Ander- son was the grocer who succeeded in convincing Rip that a little jiellet contained just as manv vitamins as three nickel pies. (It was a bitter pi'l to take when he thought of the olden days when you could relish a nice juicy blueberry pie. Now they didn't even give you a blue pill.) LeRoy told Rip that Arnold An- derson was at present on the vaudeville bill at a theater in New York along with “S.im Robinson, the poker-faced comedian. Then Rip noticed a somewhat heat- ed argument between two women clerks and a woman customer. The three turned out to be none other than Isabel Dahl, renowned lawyer, and Ruth Peder- son and Virginia Muckenhirn, employees of LeRoy. As he left the store Rip bumped into a housewife in a terrific hurry for something or other. The rush- ing housewife proved to be Eleanor Brewer (Yes, Adelbert was the lucky man). She was a close neighbor of two other young couples known to Van Lyksett— Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Grass (Henrietta Olson) and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rossing (Jeanne Williamson). Needless to say, they were all enjoying happy married lives. Mr. an Lyksett decided to take a walk downtown to see how the business men were getting along. On the way down, he passed what looked like a canine colony. It really was a kennel house owned by John Clair who specialized in

Page 30 text:

SENIOR CLASS WILL (Continued) 24. Helen Guith leaves her winning smile to Leona Rhodey. 25. Evelyn Halberg is tired of all her low affairs and says Mavis Swanson can have them. 26. James Hanson still has those pink eyebrows but now he gives them to “Blackie” O’Brien. 27. Helen Hickcox bequeaths her monstrous voice to Ruby Engdahl. 28. Joyce Hill’s pepsodent smile is for Mary Susan Hoyer. 29. Carl Honore leaves his girlish figure to Bud Moe. 30. Juanita Lombard will let Helen Sawyer use her soprano voice. 31. George Lombard leaves his nice way with the facu.ty members to “Jiggs” Behm. 32. Alice Michaelson will let David Lvksett have lver dimples. 33. Peter Strom leaves his “pull” with Mr. Rock to Elden El!is. 34. Charles Lvksett dedicates his pamphlet “How to drive an automobile” to Frank Bowers. 35. Genevieve Malloy leaves her surplus lab equipment to Billy Miller. 36. Kenneth Marvold promises to buy more comfortable seats so you won’t have to slouch as he did when he wanted to rest in those hard chairs. 37. Polly Melton names Dorothy Sanders as the proud receiver of her school- girl complexion. 38. Esther Moe leaves her hours after school in the typing room to lone Jennings. 39. Virginia Muckenhirn wills her accordian to Lester Simpson. 40. Henrietta Olson bequeaths her declamatory ability to Dorothy Evenson. 41. Phyllis Olson leaves her Spanish features to Adella Behm. 42. Gordon Pederson leaves his art ability to Bob Cameron. 43. Ruth Pederson wants Laura Jensen to follow her basketball tactics. 44. Norman Robinson leaves his traps” to anybody that won’t get caught in them. 45. Forrest Rossing leaves his powers to charm to Lowell Gifford. 46. Wilma Ruesink gives an inch of her Senior dignity to Lillian Hanson. Start stretching, Lillian. 47. Maxine Schultz will purchase moving vans for those who are always com- ing late; maybe they wi.l go as fast as the laundry truck. Let's hope they go faster! 48. Frances Simonson challenges any of the under classmen girls to get a boy friend with as nice a car as hers has. 49. Alicia Smith presents her flirtatious ways to Irene Vann. 50. Shirley Swann leaves her ability to get into mischief to Thelma Spielman. 51. Ted Swanson leaves the thumb tacks which he liked to pester people with to Willis Cramer. 52. Betty Thompson bequeaths her perfect attendance record to Lucille Beers. 53. Elaine Thompson wills her tinv cheerleader sweater to Billy Zappa, the only one it would fit. 54. Elizabeth Tracy leaves her auburn tresses and sedate stature to Helen Daniels. 55. Dorothy Trudell leaves her special street car line to any other little farmer girl- 56. Mildred Wakefield will allow Norma Dedrick to strike the wrong chords in Glee Club in her place. 57. Gerald W allace wants his sister to keep track of his First Street girl friend. .sN. Billy W illiamson (B. B. Pitcher) leaves his curves” to Lea Claire Suennen. 59. Florence Williamson gladly abandons her freckles to Mildred Birkmose. 60. Jeanne W illiamson grants her 1 rue Blue Times typist jxisition to her cousin Helen, providing Helen learns to plink the' keys as satisfactorily as Jeanne has. 61. Kenneth Ziehl bequeaths one moment of silence to George Ruesink.

Page 32 text:

CLASS PROPHESY (Continued) dachshunds. Rip’s conversation with Mr. ('lair was interrupted by the telephone’s ringing. It was Maxine Schultz asking for a fox terrier to give to a little poor boy whose heart ached for a puppy companion. Miss Schultz was very much interested in social work. The medium of exchange over which Maxine and John had talked had been connected by Anna Anderson, telephone operator. Rip then continued his townward trip hut stopped again soon. This time he was enthralled by the melodious strains of organ music issuing from a beau- tiful new cathedral which had been erected after Rip's time. Rip stole up to the door and peeked in. His gaze fell on Alicia Smith, the church organist. Rip finally tore himself away from the haunting music and was peacefully strolling along when he was abruptly startled bv a queer rocket-like air craft which swooped down at him and landed in a near-by field careening into the old Sons of Norway hall at last tearing the relic down. It certainly had seen better days. Rip rushed to the scene of the disaster to see if anyone was hurt hut the pilot, hostess, and passengers alighted from the ship unharmed. The red-headed pilot turned to Rip and a smile of recognition passed over his ruddy countenance. It was “Red” Burkholder, ace pilot for American Air- ways. The jjetite hostess, also red-headed, was Elaine Thompson. Rip found that he knew (or had known) several of the passengers also. There was George Lombard and his orchestra who were on their way to play an engage- ment at the Hotel Lowry. Juanita Lombard (no relation) accompanied them as guest soloist. Elizabeth Tracy, famed novelist, was also among the passengers. She was at that time hurrying to attend a speech clinic at Chippewa Falls where she was to be an honored speaker. Rip saw someone drawing pictures of Popeye the sailor man on the side of the immaculate ship and went over to see if his hunch was right as to the identity of the cartoonist. He was—it was Gor- don Pederson, unable to resist the temptation to make little black marks on white surfaces. The same old Gordy. Just about this time an air ambulance approached the scene of the accident to see whether anyone had been injured in the mishap. A stocky doctor strutted toward Rip with out-stretched hand—Dr. Chester Birkmose to you. I le was accompanied as usual by his two most attractive and popular nurses, Polly Melton and Frances Simonson. These last two were largely responsible for the increase in the male patients at Dr. Birkmose’s million-dollar sanatorium on the old site overlooking l ake Mallelieu. It was found that the original cause for the accident was the negligence of the mechanic, James Hanson, in checking over the condition of the ship before it took off. It must have been that Mr. Hanson was dreaming of his actress sweetheart again. That thought gave Rip the idea to saunter down to the Rex theater and see a modern movie. However, Rex was no longer Rex, it was now the “Granada” and had been modernized so that it covered the entire block between second and third streets. Rip bought his ticket from a familiar blonde ticket girl who proved to he Gertrude Behm. Ushers at the theater were Rosella Freiermuth, Helen Guith, and Esther Moe. The current attraction at the theater was “The Broken Romance” starring Evelyn Halberg and Kenneth Mar- void, said to have replaced Joan Crawford and Clark Gable of the 1935 era. Miss Mary Anderson, Evelyn's personal secretary, also played a part in the picture and showed promise of becoming a future star. The picture was the movie version of the novel of the same name written by Miss Ernstine Burkhardt now travelling in Europe. After the main feature a short was run on of Rudy Vallee and his orchestra with Dorothy I rudell as blues singer. It is rumored that Dorothy is engaged to Maestro Vallee. Up to her old tricks again. The news reel that followed proved most interesting to Rip because of the flashes about some of his classmates. Gerald Wallace was presented with a medal for rescuing a drowning damsel—“Bah” always had liked to play the hero. Another flash showed Billy “Dizzy’ illiamson at the summer baseball camp at Hot