Saratoga Springs High School - Recorder Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER The lirst name on the file was Jean Allerdice who, together with Josephine Aipplegate and Lenita Armb had organized a huge Jazz Band which was world famed. . . .Fred Asfoury and Edward Pilking- ton were the leaders of a great movement to do away with all kinds of languages and sciences and mathematics in the high schools of America. Truly a worthy cause. . . .George Fedush, the famous marathon runner, was conceded to be Americais best hope in the coming Olympics. Percy Weinstein, a former miler, was the only man to be feared by Fedush. . . .Alice Gibbs and Dorothy Frick were touring the country in an effort to elect Helen Swan and Elizabeth Temple to Congress. . . .Elsa Brown, Edith Nachman, and Helen Flanagan were running a lunch cart in the city of Corinth. . . .The bridge across the Atlantic was built by the famous engineers, Robert Hodges and Walter Pratt. The contract for the bridge across the Pacific went to their rivals, Karl Eddy and Robert Darrow. It seems that the firm which built the bridge across the Atlantic started from each side and built toward the middle. When they reached the middle the two ends were a mile apart and they were forced to build a span sideways to make ends meet. The sharp turn in the middle made everybody mad so the Pacific contract went to the other firm. . .. Alekander Elder, the tree surgeon, was in the Sahara Desert planting watermelon trees for the weary travelers. In this task of quenching thirsts he was assisted by Faust Farone, Frederic Begnal, and Peter Chiperno, a soldier of fortune. The more I saw of that file the more I marveled at the patience and ability of the old man. He should have his picture in the Hall of Fame. But I must continue with my account. Clement Duval was doing good for the New York Yankees until Umpire Jack Britten entered the American League. Morris Schwartz said that he was prejudiced. Morris was the famous pilot of the New York Club. . . . In the Olympic Skating Contest, Walter Guy and Stuart Rowley copped all the honors for the United States. The fancy skating went to their wives, nee Eula Gregory and Irene Viele. . . .Jack Harrington, in his dash for the presidency was frantically supported by Senator Leo Zuckerman of New York and Senator Charles Swick of the same state. . . .Donald Sturdevan, the famous coach of the American Olympic Boxing Team, felt quite certain that his men would easily win something or other. He based his hopes on Kenneth Darrah, heavyweight, and Joseph Noonan, lightweight. . . .The two Stoddard Brothers had become famous for their Cough Drops. . . .Edward Maddock, Walter Lawrence and Frank Maynard were the managers of a big string of hotels in this country and that. It is said that they had more in that than this. . . .Marjorie Begnal, lAlnne'Leggett, Mary Lynch and Josephine McCarty had formed a quartet and, managed

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER 5 This Is London? one of the most successful plays produced by the High School. Later the class joined with the Juniors in giving a very enjoyable dance in the gymnasium. This affair took the place of the usual Senior Hop and J unior Prom. I could scarcely believe my eyes when I saw the class so diligently bending over their studies after the dance. Was it preparation for the Regents? No ....... then it must be the Senior essays which caused such a display of diligence. An assembly soon after was devoted to the delivering of the prize winning essays. This year the Womenis Relief Corps and American Legion awarded the first and second prizes respectively, to Katherine Powers and lAnna Laffan; Charles Swick and George Pierce. I had come to the middle of the page numbered 1928 when I saw Father Time pick up his pen and carefully trace the words Senior Ball, Class Day, and Commencement With much space between each two, on Which he can finish writing of the successful career of the Class of 28. CLASS PROPH'ECYe1928 BY GEORGE PIERCE Twenty years ago today, the Class 0f 28 graduated from the. Staratoga Springs High School. Among the parents and friends of the graduates was a wealthy, middle aged gentleman of leisure. None knew from whence he came nor why he was there. As later events showed, this man was quite eccentric and had many strange ideas to occupy his spare time. He had taken a deep interest in one member of this graduating class and because of this interest he determined to devote his time to tracing the activities of the members of the graduating class. You Will all agree that this man was quite eccen- tric. After this little introduction I will now endeavor to explain to you the extent of the 01d manis investigations. In the year 1948 the old man died and I was made executor of his will. It was through this office that I was able to discover the queer hobby of the old man. As I was going over his papers I came upon a huge file, in which I discovered the complete history of every member of the Class' of 28. Knowing that many of these people were still living, I determined to write a history of the class using this strange file. Although many of the people had been engaged in various occupations, to simplify the task, I took simply the last entry in the file to compile the account which follows:

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER by Frederick Camp, they were the hit of the country. . . .William Bird was the chief illustrator for the iiSaturday Instant Post . . .. Emily Bird and Gladys Ingersoll were running a prosperous beauty parlor in Wilton. I hope I am not boring you with this account but there may be some of the Class of 28 still living and I am sure any information concerning their old school mates will be appreciated by them. Well, I must continue because the file is still very thick. The man who runs Ziegfeldls Follies got quite a few girls for his show from the Class of 28. Some of the more famous ones are, Beatrice Feulner, The Ferguson Sisters, Alice and Madeline, Gussie Goldsmith and Bernice Carhart. . . .Madison Wilbur, the famous race driver, with his mechanic, John Perkins, was slightly injured when they crashed into Ray Hoffman and his mechanic, Howard Traver. Hoffman was delayed in starting because Traver was late as usual. . . .Arthur Leonard, the former owner of the Pay-As-U-Enter Airship Lines, announced that he would retire to his country estate with his financial adviser, Michael Mulqueen. It is thought that they plan to write a history book, although Arthur Riordan recently published a successful l treatise on the same subject. . . .Eva Globerson recently concluded l a successful season with the Santa Fe Opera Corps. . . .Ralph Ells- worth, a successful farmer and member of the legislature, recently i purchased the farm of Paul Robinson. Paul moved to Denver, 001- I orado. Anna Laffan, Americais greatest poet is now living in Denver, 1 Colorado. Date of wedding to be announced later. . . .Gordon Dunn has become famous for being chairman of committees. His services are in demand everywhere. . . .During the war of 1938 the Americans under the command of Robert Blanchard beat the Esquimos some- thing terrible. Edward 'Sladler and Eugene Yeackel of Co. L fought very well in this war and deserve honorable mention although they didnlt get to the front. . . .Clarence Vogel and Norman McAllister, the famous fliers, were awarded the Extinguished Servants Cross for their marvelous trip around the globe without a hat tire. The medals were loaned by President Robert Whitford and were presented by Vice-President Dominick Delvecchio. It is simply marvelous to think that one class could have so many famous people in it. I recently read a story written by George Toomey. He is as famous as Irvin Cobb ever was. . . .James Wright, the famous detec- tive from Iowa, finally tracked Benedict Kirkpatrick to his hiding place. You will no doubt recall that Ben stole home in a ball game and Brewster was assigned to the case. When he took up the case six bottles were broken but this did not dismay Brewster. With the aid of William Novak and Lester Ramsdill, the noted sleuths, the remaining bottles were disposed of. . . .Robert Betts, the new air cop