Randell School - Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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PROPHECY By I. WILL TELLUM Time: June 4th, l948 Place: 'Jima gloomy antechamber of the famous fortune teller, Madame U. Learn oore. Action: Mr. Tellum enters the establishment and calls, hopefully, Is anybody here? Madame Moore enters amid the jangle of ten pounds of fake costume jewelry and says, Seet down. I vill tell you ze future of anyone you vant to know about. Well, I have just been to the graduation of the Randell Class of 1948, and seeing those bright, hopeful young faces, I would like to know what all of them will be doing twenty years from now, if you please, he says. Madame sits down and looks at a clear crystal ball on the table. As I look into the clouded crystal ball, she says, losing her accent, I first see that it is the year l968. Ah! I see Don Friedman, former head boy. Tsk, tsk. He has just been fired from his job as Bob Hope's gag writer because he told one joke just a little bit too corny. Mary Hibbert is also in the radio business, I see. She uses her hysterical giggle to introduce the Inner Sanctum program. And Barbara Cook is the new star singer on the Telephone Hour, al- though she regrets having run Lily Pons out of business. I see that Dee Aiken is on sev- eral. informal discussion programs, such as Town Meeting of the Air. She keeps Dr. Howard Sawbones Thompson busy because she talks the arms off so many people. Speaking of Dr. Thompson, I also see Florence Best, still an old mail, sitting in her parlor and knitting. It seems Howard fluffed off once too often, and Flo is still working. Dunc Hardesty finally had to go to psychiatrist-philosopher Frank Wetherill because one day he went berserk and broke all the pots of the plants in his flower shop, which he de- tests. Frankie, by the way, has a cane just like his grandmother's and delights in knocking his patients senseless and then taking their money. But the crystal becomes clouded. For anudder two bucks I'd tell ya da rest, says the Madame, lapsing into a Brooklyn accent. O.K., isays Tellum. Ah, Now I see that Ardis Bramley and Helen Kinstead, the two most successful Powers Models in the U. S. in I968. This is wonderful because Helen had to over- come many difficulties until she bought a wig. She's bald, you see. Ardis had a rather unfortunate experience when Carolyn Slack, New York's top dress designer, forgot to put straps on one of her evening dresses. Ardis thought it was strapless, and when she val-'orehitione night -- welll Carolyn is now broke, since Ardis sued her for every penny s e a . I see that Clay Johnson is Denver's most eligible bachelor for '68, and he'll still try- ing to keep away from women and ties. Well, well. Mem-Jay Maines got her wish. She is l968's ace jockey in the Ken- tucky Derby, and has never been known to throw a race, even though she's been thrown by her horse, which is owned by the successful equine enthusiast, Elaine lacoponelli. Dovie Smith looks as though she might give Babe Zaharias a little competition on the baseball diamond. Learning to use her shorthand, which she learned at Randell, helped her greatly in pitching ability. Gloria Nelson is having her ups and downs as a hostess for United Air Lines, while Louise Mann, the celebrated atomic physicist, will just have her ups. Yes, she will soon blow herself up. Walt Lestoque is 'cleaning up with his amazingly successful user car business. He specializes in selling 'hot' hot rods for a cold profit. And last, I see that Dr. Dwayne Phillips delights in making people suffer as he yanks out their teeth, while Mary Morton, his pretty assistant, yells, 'WeIl, quitl' for the patients in order to help ease their agony. Ah, but I see the crystal ball clouding over again, and 1968 fades from view. So such is the fate of the Senior Class of I948, concludes the Madame. Well, thank you so much, says Mr. Tellum. And, by gum, I. Will TeIlum.

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LHST IUILL ond TESTHHIGDT of THC SENIOR CLHSS CDF 1948 We, the Senior Class of '48, being of unsound mind and memory of past report cards, do hereby publish and declare this as our Last Will and Tes- tament. Mary Ellen Hibbert bequeaths her boys lall of themll to Spotty. Ardis Bramley wills her long legs to Don Ferguson. Dunc Hardesty bestows his trigonometry to the Randell ash pit. Miss Douds will take over Pepper Best's quietude, and Dovie Smith is handing over her school spirit to the Class of I949. Barbara Cook wills her New Look to Vogue Magazine, and Howard Thompson leaves his elbows firmly implanted in the ribs of the basketball team. Mem-Jay bestows upon Miss Conboy her flirtatious attitude, and Gil Perry wills his physique to Ross Grenard. Frankie bequeaths his collapsible pup-tent to serve as Randell Annex No. 3, and Gloria sends her athletic ability to the '49 basketball team. Carolyn Slack's slow, conscientious driving goes to Grouch, Clay Johnson leaves the lower school broom leaning against the wall, and Louise Mann gives her sarcasm to Lulu. Mike Chase falls heir to Helen Kinstad's hair, Walt Lestoque wills his mechanical knowledge to Peggy Lou, and Mary Morton's giggle goes to posterity. Elaine lacoponelli's soft, quiet voice is bequeathed to Dave Douglas, and Don Friedman bestows upon Jimmy Blynn his wild jokes. Dwayne Phillips wills Gus' baby motorcycles to Jimmy Freeman, and Dee Aiken sends her chemistry grades to Believe It or Not. ln witness whereof, we have herewith wet our hands and seals this lst day of May, l948. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1948 Attestation CCRANDY1, lH IS MARKl

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