Kensington High School - Compass Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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Page 20 The time is persons are speak First Senior: Second Senior: ZHLO? gif! MGP QC' June 27, 1939, the night aiter commencement. Two ing. Let us maice an agreement to iqeep tracic oi ali the hoys and giris who graduated with us iast night. Weill maice a record of ali the things that happen to our classmates and then after a numher of years when we again meet, weiii compare notes and see how our friends have ad- vanced or retrogressed. Goodi Thats a wonderiui suggestion. I hope I shaii have vaiuaioie materiai. This wiii give me a chance to use my candid camera. Then it's agreed. Until we meet again on the tenth anniversary of our graduation, good luck. The time is ten years iater. Second Senior: First Senior: Second Senior: First Senior: Second Senior: Weil, it,s heen a long time, hasn't it? Let's see what we have. Here in this aihum I have clippings from the newspapers which I've saved ali these years. i've some pictures, too. Some oi them make me laugh, and some ---weii, I can hardly ineiieve them. rve a mass ofmateriai too. But before I go on I must show you this . Just listen: Miss Ruth Coe, that original miss who started the nation doing that famous dance, the Barhie-Q, is at the present time doing ali she can to persuade her husband, Thomas Hughes, to he her partner in an ex- hihition at the Keniieid VVorid,s Fair. What has hap- pened to Tommy? He used to he so dance-crazy. And this appeared in the paper iast week: Mr. Coleman Feiser was fined S550 for chiseiing money from the wei- fare. He toid the court he used the money to huy candy for his wife Jean Giunz, hy the way. Rememioer her? Looic at this picture oi Kenneth Gaesser and his orches- tra, taken whiie they were playing' at the Ritz-Carlton iast week. Arlene Ganter is their singer. The papers declare her tops, And iooic at this memher of Ken's handi Vvhy, it's none other than Phyiiis Koih. Yes. with her saxophone. Oh, do you want to laugh? Listen - The Messrs. Jerome Ryan and Harold Mc- Hugh were forced to give up their 'goldfish shop he- cause they ate more goidiish than they soid. They're still, at ir. , . Look at these picturesi Ruth Houser, Jean Hutton and Marjorie Hopkins. aii so tired iooicing. I guess that is hecause they are iosing sieep over Butiaio's most eiig- iioie hacheiorg Franiciin Huss. But Frank is having diiii- culties himseii in -trying to choose hetween Geraldine and Liiiian Hayward. I do hope they keep him in the family. Have you read this articie about Daniel Gable Fitzsimmons and Francis Tyrone Grosstephan who were forced to hreaic their contracts with M. G. M. hecause the studio argued that their marriages have detracted from their fascination to their feminine puh- iic, their wives heing Rita Goiiwitzer and Dolores Gross, respectively, of course?

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At East, We were confronted hy a ditticutty. Having landed, we were met hy two young girls, one htonde and one torunette. The tarunettc said, My name is Ruth M. Smithf' and nodding toward the htonde, she said, And this is my friend Ruth M. Smithf' White thus engaged we recognized Edith Stark and Francis Otconnor emerging from the front door with schoottoags under their arms, and we were just in time to picic up Ruth Burgstahter, who said she would never tearn to wattc down this tong, winding stairway. Time was ttying rapidty, and we spent the rest ot the year touring the other high schoots. Exhausted hy such exertion, we decided to rest for the summer. We met again in September, 1936. There was a change in Boh, for the hand on his teeth was missing, and he was wearing tong trousers. Ot course, Marion didn,t wear antde soctcs any more, and her pigtaits had disappeared. Having stocked our tittie ptane with provisions and warm clothing for the foottoatt season, we started on our second journey. Busy in the process of dividing att Gaul into three parts, and pursuing the Argonauts, We found that Doris Seifert, Anna Doyle, Francis Bauder. Ruth Barnes, and Lyte Hemintc had not a moment for usg so we tett them. But we were also ignored hy James Mumm, Marjorie Hoptcins, Carol Bictcet, Lydia Diesenhructc, and Frantz Zagara, Who were ahsorhed with parattetograms, circles, and other geometric figures. No one seemed to have any time for us in his sophomore year. In tennis Don Radet, who had Won All-High during our Freshman year, continued to demonstrate an outstanding performance with his trusty racquet. Even at the gym. Florence Breton, Rita Kirchmeyer, and Edith Johnson totd us to stop bothering them hecause they were Working For their gotd pins. Every- where these husy sophomores were tahoring ditigentty and the results ot their perseverance were to show in a very short time. Boto and I got oft to an early start the next year, and as We were circling around ahove the city on the tirst day of school, we noticed that many hoys and girts seemed to he heading in one direction. As We followed, we saw them enter a large, new huiiding, strangely familiar to hoth of us. Upon ctoser inspection. We recognized it as Kensington High School. We joined our ctass of Juniors who were heing wetcomed bv Mr. tVicDonnett and ushered to homerooms. At first the heauty and newness of the school dazzled some of us. hut we were soon revived hy teachers, suhjects, and homewortc. Especiatty amhitious were Maryatice Seagraye, Francis G'Connor, Mary Anetzherger, Richard Wheaton. Fran- cis Bauder, and Lydia Bianchi, who toot: to studies as a ductc tatces to water. Among those in the ontv third year German ctass were Jeanne Rugg. Etten Notter. and Betty Sherry, who saw history in the matting the day Kenny Gaesser hrought his homework to ctass. The most important event of the winter was the Christmas Pageant. Jane Dothas, Leora Brunner, Eart Merritt, Georgiana Frey, and Cari Panzaretta ahty represented the Junior Class. The tirst athtetes to carry Kensington,s cotors into the tietd ot competitive sports were the swimming team including Howard Neu, Athert Atherton, and Francis Grosstephan. Another aquatic event was the Girts' Vvater Carnival. in pintc and tcontinued on page 124, Page 19

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First Senior: Second Senior: First Senior: First Senior: Second Senior First Senior: Second Senior: First Senior: The grand opening of the Black Orchid Night Ctuht Included in the targe tioor show cast are: that wise- cractcing, tnahy-faced comedienne, Betty Jane Kuneyg those Four Sensational Girls in their famous Jungle Dance, Mary Anetzherger, Co rinne Behher, Hilda Adams and Mary Louise Bauer: and that Personality Gai, Alice Astcin, as Master of Ceremonies. This clipping came from the sports page yesterday: In the field of women's sports: Geraldine Ronald was awarded a cup for tennis: Betty Sherry won the 220- yard hactcstrotie finals in New York City: Madonna Scheuy was offered a screen test after her splendid per- formance in fancy diving. Welt, welt, here's an announcement of Lenore Thomp- son's marriage to that fettow Who used to sett papers at the corner of Kensington and Bailey. tt's about time. It seems that the romantic interests of June Vvatsh never vary from the field of track men. When I knew her at high school she favored a tractc man, and this articte reports that Eugene Sommerfett, Gtympic tractc star, has heen her escort at various social functions. And speaking of social functions, did you tmow that Ruth Hangen and Helen Hayes were presented to the King and Queen of Russia after their remartcahte performance in Gone with the Breezeu? Look at this picture of Lydia Bianchi and Detphine Cimini, tooth with the Dangling Circus, their speciatty heing a sister act on the trapeze. Did you hear about Doug Mager's getting another car? It's a 12-cylinder Dusentmerg. Could it he that Marion Le Vine is the reason? Could he. My goodnesst Barhara Brovet has forsaken her popu- tarity with men to lead a retigious life of perpetual youth in that famous Shangri La. With her are Marion Devitt and Mary Dasher. Isn't this strange? It seems that five million dottars matce a difference in the opinions of some people. ,Betty Huyctc was firm in the idea that she would not he a mitkman's wife. Recently, however, Donatd Hoeffer hecame the heir to a five-mittion-dottar fortune left to him hy a hitherto unknown uncle, and Betty has gra- ciousty consented to marriage, mittcman or no mitkman. Speaking of marriages, tisten to this: Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig announce the marriage of their daughter, Ros- etta, to Mr. Franklin McLane. The ceremony was per- formed hy the Rev. Arthur Startc. Joseph Curran was hest man, white Ruth Btadenspiet was maid of honor. Look, do these names mean anything to you? Miss Dorothy Sturm has tween elected president of the S. L. T. U. fthat's the Spinster Ladies' Temperance Uniont. The Misses Bette Bates, Marie Cugini, and Dorothy Gerhardt, also memhers, wilt tecture on The Evits of Swing and Jitteringf' Oh, listen to this headline, Revolution in New York City. Miss Doris Livingston has been named instiga- tor of a movement to have att htonde heroines replaced by redheads. Did you hear ahout Ernest Auensen taking att the hon- ors at the 1948 Buffalo VVortd's Fair for heing the Wortd's dumbest caddy? Page 2 I