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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BLUE HDD GOLD GIRLS' BLUE TEAM The Blue team, captained by Ardis Bramley, had little trouble in rolling to an impressive win over a weaker Gold team. The Blues got off to a fast start and were never headed. A clear-cut superiority in softball seemed to be the deciding factor, for volley ball was just about even and the Gold probably had a slight edge in bowling. The tremendous hitting power and constant hustling of the Blue decided the issue. Such notable sluggers as Homerun Verploeg, speedy Dee Aiken, Anabel Carey, Ardis Bramley, and Sarah Hickerson, plus the ever effi- cient pitching of Charlie Charlton proved to be more than the Gold could cope with. GI RLS' GOLD TEAM The girls' Gold team, captained by Dovie Smith, was the victim of a slow start. Fall softball set them behind and they never recovered from a Zl-6 beating in the early stages of the season. The Golds more than held their own, however, once we transferred our activities to the bowling alley. Dovie, Mary Morton, and Gloria Nelson were constantly bowling fine games and could be counted on for extra points at every outing. Lack of a first-rate pitcher plus poor fielding spelled downfall for the Golds. A 23-12 defeat in the early spring was the straw that broke the camel's back. Despite the fine all round play and inspiring leadership of Dovie, the cause was lost. BOYS' BLUE TEAM Versatile Charlie Petrasek led his Blue team to victory by the narrowest of margins. Charlie and his host of veterans jumped off to an early and commanding lead during football season, a lead which they never relin- quished. Flynn, Foster, Englehardt, Eubank, and Petrasek sparked the attack with Buck Buckingham and Pete Kirchhof the outstanding undergraduate players. Bowl- ing proved to be almost more than the Blue cause could withstand and had it not been for Petrasek's outstanding efforts, the precious lead might well have changed hands. The advent of the softball season found the Blues leading by a scant 35 points. The steady pitching of Kirchhof plus the sparkling play and hitting of Petrasek, Munoz, Cress, and Chase proved enough to stave off a deter- mined rally of the Golds. BOYS' GOLD TEAM Captain Howard Thompson and his crew managed to hand the Blue team a thorough scare, but their mag- nificent stretch drive fell a few points shorts. The Golds were no match for the more experienced Blues on the gridiron and fell rapidly behind. Clay Johnson, Walt Lestoque, Don Friedman, and Capt. Thompson were al- ways battling for top honors and continually managed to make the games close. Tom Allen and Galen McPherson were the outstanding youngsters. Great bowling by Clay Johnson and Dwayne Phillips seemed to inspire the Golds to close the gap to a mere 35 points. A determined ef- fort in softball fell short despite the outstanding play of Johnson, Friedman, O'Fallon, Henebry, and freshmen Paul Hower and Dave Douglas.