King City Joint Union High School - Mustang Yearbook (King City, CA)

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Class Prophecy Los Angeles, Calif., June 12, 1945. Dear Mrs. Patterson: As -it is exactly fifteen years since the Class of 1930 graduated from K. C. Hi, I thought it would interest you, who entered the high school as a faculty member the same -year the Class of '30 did, to know what the members of that class are doing. Although I have heard a great deal of the old crowd, it is six years 'since I have seen any of them except Opal and Vesta who live in Salinas. Vesta is manager of the new ten thousand dollar Espindola store there and is very much attached to her work. Opal is a leading society matron in that city and entertains lavishly at her home. Her hus- band is president of the Monterey County Bank of Salinas. Many of the bunch have gone on the stage rand into the movies. The other day when I was in San Francisco I went to the Fox Theatre to see Lover's Delight :and who do you suppose was in the cast? Jack, Phyllis, Jennie, and Mayme. Much to my surprise and joy, they all appeared in person in the prologue and are just the same as ever. Jack was a hero, of course, who was always in the depths of despair because of the fickleness of the flint, Phyllis. Mayme was the patient young girl who waited hopelessly for her fiancee, Lack, to return to her, and was very much discouraged at the attempts of her meddlesome mother, Jennie, to bring them together. It was very good, Mrs. Patterson, and if you get a chance, be sure and see it. After the show, we all went to offee Dan's, and Phyllis told me that Pauline Martinus and Gordon Plaskett are with Florenz Ziegfeld in New York. They are world famous for their comedy act due to the invention of George Anderson who perfected a machine which transfers the follies in sound and color scenes ,all over the world. It is something like the old fashioned radio. Leonor is the director of the Broadway orchestra which has taken fame from Paul Whiteman. Jennie said they -are simply wonderful. Remember Ethel Vlfilmot and Virginia Brownlee. They have been in Paris taking treatments from the famous reducing doctor, Francis McConnell. It is ia wonderful method invented by the doctor, with no physical exertion attached to it. Isn't it just like him? Ethel returned cd to King City last month, but Virginia says Pine Canyon is too slow for her after seeing Paris. Stubbie Mansfield and Bob Vasquez graduated eventually from Nevada Uni- versity and are working on a plan for a school which offers only athletics and study periods, and from all appearances, it looks as if it will be ia success. Harold Record, the famous runner, is financing the idea with the suggestion that they put couches in all the rooms, for sleepy students. Who would ever have dreamed that those three would someday be furthering education?

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Our representation in music has been large, ten of our Sophomore roll being members of the K. Q. W. trophy winning orchestra. They were: Vesta Newman, Peter Weaver, Ben Pierce, Vera Jessen, and Walter Gillettg in the orchestra, Ben Pierce, Vesta Newman, Vera Jessen, and Anita Weferlingg and in glee, Vesta New- man, Pauline Martinus, ,and Jennie Heinsen. Senior student body officers for the fall semester of 1929-1930 were: Frank Mor- ton, presidentg Jewel Lynn, vice-president, Vesta Newman, secretary-treasurer, Leonor Hickey, yell leader. For the spring semester the officers were: Howard Mansfield, president, Vesta Newman, vice-president, Jewel Lynn, secretary-treasurer. With thoughts of farewell in our minds the Seniors leave this building and our classmates with a sense both of gladness and regret. Our teachers, who have been our friends and who have placed their ideals before us, we leave with sorrow. Miss Bertha Knapp, class teacher, who has worked so untiringly and who has sacrificed so much of her time for us, we wish to thank with a most sincere feeling of gratitude With these words the class of '30 bids you all farewell. TO OUR SENIOR ADVISER For her advice and help during the past two years, the graduating class of 1930 wishes to express thanks and appreciation to Miss Bertha Knapp, senibr class adviser. She has worked untiringly in her effort to bring out the best that is in'us, and to make our activities successful. THE GIFT or 19,0 The gift of the class of thiry Consisting of five great floodlights Illuminates campus and buildings On darkest of all black nights. You see the tall arched entrance, The pond with lillies so bright, And the fountain with clear splashing water, All revealed in the bright glowing light. And those who do travel by moonlight, Exclaim o'er the wonderful sight Of the school in all its beauty, As it's bathed in the rich warm light. -Pauline Martinus '30 To beautify and illuminate our school to the greatest advantage, the class of '30 has presented the student body with five large floodlights. These lights bring out the charm of our buildings and attract the attention of passing motorists as well as towns- people to our school. ' The past six graduating classes have presented gifts that beautify our surround- ings. The gift of this year's class has been an unusually costly one and Weare justly proud of it. The lights bring out the beauty :of the grounds and buildings, the lily pond with its decorative lights, the fountain and the different beds of flowers are all seen quite plainly with the illumination brought forth from these flo-od lights.

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Class Prophecy Frank Morton, Peter Weaver, and Joe Nunez, the three musketeers who have con- tr-ol of an ice cream cone monoply in Alaska, spoke- the other night over the new broadcasting station at Bitterwater, owned and operated by Gerald De Alvarez, of their boyhood training. Clarence Schmidt, who has overcome his habit of swallowing his pen while talking, is the chief announcer of Mr. De Alvarez's station. Both have made Bitterwater famous with an automobile factory which makes Spirits of Bitterwaterf' Many of the girls are teachers now. Elda Nicola and Angelina Biaggi are teaching at the Arroyo Seco Grammar School and are, as ever, inseparable. Jewel Lynn is teaching how to be late to class and get by with it in our old Alma Mater. It is the most popular subject given at K. C. Hi. Genevieve Garner has taken up domestic science. Howard Pelucca was recently elected mayor of Soledad, thereby fulfilling his longing for that position. He was almost defeated by Hazel Wiley, the Amazon leader, but he won by one vote due to the electioneering of Pauline Pisonii, who made so many stump speeches that the people voted fgor Hloward to keep her quiet. He has apf pointed Elbert Hutchens chief of police in that cityg Elbert also wished to settle down in Soledad, the quiet city. ll Edward O'Connor and Walter Gillett are famous financiers in London. They used to be self-conscious and quiet, but now they say that silence is golden, as they are both multi-millionaires. The London Tattler has been recently printing their names with those of Edna Sands and Anita Weferling, heads of an affiliated nurses school in Liverpool. I haven't heard just how it all turned out. Clara and Jessie, who returned from Mars last week in their Chevrolet airplane, are living in Parkfield to be near Paso Robles. Ben Pierce, chief printer off the Los Angeles Examiner, and I, the star reporter, are going tio interview them in a few days to get the details of the trip, which they are saving exclusively for us. Do you ever see any of the faculty members that were in K. C. Hi when we were there? Have you heard from Miss Knapp? I received a letter from her last week from Berne, Switzerland, where she is resting from her duties teaching typing at the German Commercial School in Berlin. On her return she is to be promoted to head, of the department. Isn't that fine? I hope I haven't bored you with this long letter, but the Class of 1930 certainly exemplified the phrase All is not gold that glitters. Sincerely, Vera J essen.