Manistee High School - Manichigan Yearbook (Manistee, MI)

Page 27 text:

,6q MANlCHIGAN Dfb, Handling of Gas. A new scene appears. What a novelty! Ed- ward Rutowski, grown two feet taller, is skipper of Toonerville Trolley, which bears the sign, Exclusively for Elopersf' Inside, on a com- fortable wooden bench are the familiar figures of Lenore Belgard and Hugh Bowman, bashful young runaways. A medicine show named Thimble Theater is the next scene. One of the main features is Dawn Maker, popular vocalist, accompanied by Tom Redmann and his harmonica, rendering that pathetic little song entitled Can't Change lt! Max Sullivan as ticket collector, causes more than one flapper's heart to thump pain- fully as he shows himself offf, The Second Act is a scream! .Alfred Fortin, appearing in native Scotch costume, announces the famous Swiss Yodelers. Ernest Khinke, Florence Raatz, and Sophia Zaiger. The screen presentation is The Cute Detectiveff featuring Clifford Sirnsky. famous lover of the screen,',and Mar- garet Welch as leading lady. A dazzling light disclosed a Chinatown res- taurant. Alluring strains of music drift across the spacious room. Gazing intently, we see the sign, World's Famous Orchestraf' The three most distinguished players are seated on an elevated platform. They are Warren Ketcham, Marian Hansen, and Carl Juergens. But we always expected them to become stars. A stu- pendous crash attracts everyone's attention, and we see amidst a heap of broken china, Ray Grill, as chef, dressed in immaculate white apron and cap. His outstanding features are a stiff toothpick mustache and a corresponding jazz-bow tie. One can scarcely discern which is tie and which is mustache! We learn that his chief work is preparing 'fhors d'oeuvre and translating French menus for simple-minded people. We now see a prettily decorated shop at the top of which we read, Try our delicious 'Kis- meqwicks'-the gladsome gumdrops. Try ours once and youill never try another! Exclusively manufactured by Gale Evans, Lewis Miehlke and Ruth Ba'tzer. ' A crowded stadium appears. We See a huge sign advertising the sensational football game of the season. The f'Argentina Gauchos vs. the Bucking Bronchosf' The preliminary is a spectacular bullfiight, featuring the modest Ver- non. Peterson as a dapper young toreador Among the flaming stars of the Bucking Bronchos are Harry Brocki, Glen Haidt and Gerald'Thompson. What a stride these modest kids have taken! The spectacle vanishes and an enormous fac- tory appears. A great sign proclaims, Hand .Nl Painted Rubber lce Pick Co.,l' Louis Arkin and Rolert Danforth having gone into partnership and Ruth Oehlke and Helen Augst are the com- petent private secretaries. This scene fades into a hot tropical country. Seated on a low stool amidst a devout group of ferocious looking Australian bushmen We see Evangeline Engwall, whose gentle disposition has brought her great success. As this amazing picture disappears, we see an antique flivver bumping painfully along Lincoln Highway. It bears a vividly painted sign on which is printed, Touring the country on boa'- rnwed gas. Honor yourself by being ,the next victim. Signed, Golden Eckholrn and John Zamrowski. . Another flash shows us a demure young lady holding an audience spellbound. On close in- spection we find it is Marjorie Ode. a woman philanthropist. whose topic is, It's O. K. to preserve wild life in the forest, but what to do with it in the city is a problem. . ln a dull green light we see a majestic stage. f'The Hicksville Scandals Kutting-up Kollege Kapers is on. The light brightens and we recognize Harriet Pawlicki. Wave Evens. Carrie Grady, Mamie McGaw, Elsie Eckoff. and Rose Maker. Alice Lidtke stars in Tokio Tango. The second act also presents familiar faces. Einer Henderson makes a hit with his version of Let By-gones be Never-Wases, and Harold Knudstrup renders Excess Baggage beauti- fully. This troupe is skillfully directed by Elmer Thorpe, noted director of the day. Another scene! It appears to be Vassar College. A beautiful office appears and we see a stately business-like young lady sitting alert and capable at the Dean's desk. Ruth Knud- strup's steady reliability has brought her to this ideal position. What in the world-?? Great guns! Lauren Davis, dressed in a red uniform with shining black boots, and looking as spiffy as a bug's ear is holding a commanding position-over a lion. He is evidently training lions to be the pets of New York debutantes! We hardly get time to fully realize it is Lauren. before a huge stone building springs up. bearing the sign, Chuck's Brewery. Charles Daniels is certainly working his way up in the world! From the contiguous garage a shin- ing truck backs out, also bearing the sign, Chuck's Brewery. When it gets out into the country, it steps along so fast that the tele- graph poles must look like teeth in a fine comb to the driver, who we now see is Lief Backie. Another Hash, another scene! A charming

Page 26 text:

?Q MANlCHlGAN DQ Prophecy of the Class of 1928 We've actually entered that so-called haunted house. There is a dismal uncanni- ness surrounding us. We tiptoe across the creaking floor and gaze at some old relies on the mantel. Let me see thatf' my companion whispers as I pick up a small earthenware dwarf. I place it in her outstretched hand on the finger of which she is wearing her M. H. S. ring. The instant it touches the gold, it bursts with a magnificent Hame of bluish hue. and out steps a hideous yellow dwarf. He squirms out of her hand and croaks, I am at your service and will bring you anything you desire. Simultaneously we cry, Let us see our schoolmates once more! There is a strained minute of silence, a stupendous crash, and in the midst of a sheet of light we see Mary Louise Mackin being awarded the swimming crown for 1934. She makes a speech, an- nouncing her plans to swim the Red Sea as soon as the price of grease goes down. The picture fades into a beautiful Hawaiian scene, and against a lemon-colored sky we see the swaying figure of a charming Hula-Hula dancer. The spectacle becomes larger and we recognize Gladys Callesen swaying to the strumming of a Hawaiian Uukelele-sheik. The Hawaiian White House appears and-is it p.os- sible?-we see Evelyn Radtke in the president's chair. So Evelyn is president of the Hawaiian Islands! A pale apparition appears. It must be a New York art studio, for we see two graceful models standing on a platform in an exceedingly diffi- cult pose. We are astonished when we recog- nize Irma Leitch and Olga Christenson! We glance at the toiling artist. Impossible! But yes! It is Marie Sagala, who we suddenly remember used to '4paint, and she certainly could draw men! Another flash shows us a spellbound crowd of people listening eagerly to a powerful evangelist who is no other than Daniel Pehrson. His creed is, Millions are now dying that never died be- fore. The crowd suddenly disperses and a fire-engine shrieks through the street. It is a most modern and fully equipped engine, and so skillfully managed! Why, no wonder-the fire- man is Robert Kruse. Another flash, another scene. We are spec- tators in a huge New York theater. The feature presentation is Helen Musselwhite, Susanna Anderson, Donna Wextaff, and Mary Louise Bailey in a very witty drama entitled just An Orange. Up to this time, these charming society misses have been creating a sensational stir in New York by their clever presentation Ni of La Lettre Charge'e,,, which was so success- fully given at M. H. S. This picture fades, and we sec by the glaring headlines of a newspaper that Mandy Sheras, as a result of having given Switzerland a sea- port, through a series of ditch excavations, is a retired millionaire, the benefactor of Switzer- land, and president of the Ditch-Digging Asso- ciation of the United States, This flash blends into another, and we sec the noted explorer. Edgar Henderson, steadily gaining fame by his thrilling capture of a blonde monkey in thc wilds of Africa. Ilis present popularity is due to his amazing dis- covery of a new type of laughing hyena. This animal has lost its memory and has forgotten what the joke is all about, so it now falls into fits of blue despondency and heart-rcnding sob- sol.os. I A new scene. Faintly but surely, we see a huge sign proclaiming, Roy Grill, famous flag- pole sitter. His thirtietli day on the flagpole of Toothpick Tower. Well, he certainly has the world at his feet! This novel vision disappears, and we see a prize pugilist, performing gloriously in the ring. We make strenuous efforts to see who it is- but no! Doris Rhodes a pugilist! Well, she always was a strapping young lady at school! As this knocking spectacle vanishes, we read in great burning headlines of a newspaper that Emma Jensen has started out to explore the deserts of Egypt. Her caravan consists of an army of huge caterpillar motors, conducted by William Madison, Alice Lett, and John Hensel, wlqg responded promptly to the call of the wi . Again the scene changes, and we are in the Metropolitan Opera House owned by Arthur Sell and John Nelson. As the curtains are slowly drawn apart, a burst of marvelous music fills the air. We look and behold none other than Marie Schimke, famous opera singer. But now we see a huge billboard advertising Rudolph Valentinois Second. The Immortal Robert Anderson! Now the world's favorite screen idol! The sheikiest and brightest star in stardom! Another blinding Hash! Johanna Rupp, for- merly a big business woman from the West, is now entered in the cross-country roller skating contest, from San Diego, Calif.. to Augusta, Maine. This apparition quickly fades and we see Congressman Douglas Linder introducing into the House Bill H. R. 4, providing for Pan- Dis

Page 28 text:

N MANICHlGAN m fairy-like Perfume Shop appears in La Rue de la Paix in Paris. Standing amidst a group of delighted fragrance hunters are the Messieurs Turnbull and Hallock, sole heirs to the Wool- worth Perfume Counters. The shop fades into a modern skyscraper bank. Sitting behind a massive desk is Alvin Moss who, the years have proved, is as brainy as he is lengthy. We now discern three trafiic cops lt must be Broadway. A shrill whistle applied to the lips of the cops brings the cars to a stop with a screech. A young sheik is listening with boredom to his daily calling down. The scene enlarges and we recognize the three women-cops, who are none other than Mary Ball, Alma Ullin, and Margaret Zeller. Now, the picture melts into a mob of men carrying massive signs proclaiming. Perscver- Last Will and Testa We, the Senior Class of '28, being of a sane and 'healthy mind, do ordain and establish this. our last will and testament in this. one of our saner and healthier moments. unprejudiced by any act of intolerance on the part of the faculty: 1. To the Junior Class we bequeath our :cats in the Auditorium. together with the draft that is felt there. 2. To the Sophomore Class we leave our stately mien. which will be found to be very useful when its members become Upper Class- men. 3. To the Freshmen we give our superlative intelligence, of which they seem badly in need. 4. To the faculty, especially to Miss Jorgen- sen and Mr. Bendle, we leave all unsettled dis- putes which have arisen during the past four years. 5. From the pennies found on the Study Hall floor, we wish to donate the sum of quarante sous ffigger it out for yourselfj to be placed at the disposal of Madame Scott to enable her to buy a clock for the back of her room by which she will be able to tell when the periods are ended. 6. To Elin Knudstrup we leave all unused cuds of gum to be added to her own vast store for the betterment of the Wrigley Company. 7, Emanuel Sheras, Douglas Linder, Richard Hallock, and Harold Knudstrup bequeath their seemingly unlimited supply of the English ance wins-so will we.', If better women can be found, we'll find them, etc., etc. We wait impatiently, wondering what it's all about when the leader turns and we recognize Wilfred Tremblay. He makes a lengthy speech an- nouncing his intentions and those of his bachelor followers to search the world for 'isweeties who are immune from souringf' A ghastly zigzag of grotesque lightning draws up the entire lighted area and slowly floats up and through the ceiling, leaving us in complete darkness. We feel our Way out to the dim twilight, in a semi-stupor, but nevertheless with smiling countenance and the earnest hope in our hearts to again experience those precious treasures of living memories. FRANCES E. ADAMCZAK. Evi-:LYN ULLIN, ment of the Class of '28 language as demonstrated in Civics Class to those juniors who will use it advantageously. 8. Mary Louise Mackin leaves her love of pop to Miss Ada Studley in the hope that the heir will not abuse the love as the donor has, 9. Irma Leitch bequeathes Schlitz to the tender mercies of some deserving Freshman, while Elsie leaves Doo, to Miss Lundbom, who will see that he does not play with mud-pies on Sundays. 10. Ray Grill. Warren Ketcham, Carl Juer- gens, Bob Danforth and Marian Hansen leave their seats in the orchestra to those lower classmen who promise not to dishonor them. 11. Alvin Moss bequeathes the atm.osphere in the upper regions of the classrooms to Eugene Emunson if said heir can derive any benefit from same. 12. Lastly, we affirm that if all contents of this will are 11Ot carried out to the letter, all money left by ns is to be used to buy another medal for Lindbergh. - O K M N X. Written under the supervision of the class at large by two members, on this. the sixteenth day of May in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, we hereunto sign our names to insure the validity of this docu- ment. SUSANNA ANDERSON, MARY Louise BAILEY. 94' DQ