Union City Area High School - Anvil Yearbook (Union City, PA)

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ste F wa CLASS PROPHEC Y '31 One wintry evening in December, 1950, our teacher, formerly Miss Rachel Rouse, was sitting in front of the fireplacefthinking of the class of '31. On the wall beside her chair was a button. lf one wished to know about anyone or see anyone, all he must do to acquire such was to press the button, and lo, there before him would come a vision of this person in his line of work. I wonder where the President of the Class of '31 is, mused the teacher, as she pushed the button. A giggle was heard and then. Martha was seen slowly to appear. She was sitting in a chair in a small hotel in Washington, D. C., the name of the hotel being Swish Inn. Soon the picture faded. T- What could that cut-up Donald France be doing, she thought as again she pushed the button. Then on the air floated these words: Right this way ladies and gentlemen, and there was Don standing on a soap box, with a crowd about him, openly denouncing our government. He was wearing a derby, and over his arm hung a cane. That picture faded likewise. Others came and went at the pushing of the button, but we shall not enumerate them here for we feel that we should stick tothe original members of the class of '31. A window cleverly decorated loomed into sight. There stood Arthur Forbes gazing at his accomplishment. A vision of far-away China appeared. l Victoria Baldwin was standing in front of a small group of Chinese girls trying to teach them. She had been a missionary for ten years we were informed. The next view portrayed a hospital in which two nurses, Alberta Bellinger and Neva Brown, were caring for a patient. Upon closer investigation, the face of Willard Campbell was recognized as the sufferer. He had been working in a mine when it had exploded. The doctor came in and who should it be but our old friend Cecil Carbaugh. Bright lights glared through the room! The Metropolitan Theatre in New York appeared with Mary Baumbach as official ticket taker. A sign above the window read something to the following effect: ChiefiHelen Wandell, Assistant Operator, Stella Lesnickf' The inside of the theatre showed astounding things. Marguerite Smith and Mary Gregor were usherettes. On the screen appeared our old friend Harriet Brakeman playing in her first picture, The Wolf. Then the vaudeville act, The Lions, g Charles was singing while Arthur acted. Some dogs were heard barking. There stood Harold Siverling, the dog catcher, with three white poodles in his arms. He was taking them home to his wife, formerly Miss Elaine Chapman. The old High School sedately loomed up in the distance. In one classroom stood Olga Gorka, who was teaching shorthand. In the office sat the principal, Clifford Kerr, with his assistant, lirvie Pennell. In another classroom stood Neil Dewey, who was teaching his young students how he worked the Yo-yo when he was a boy in this same old ll. C. H.S. A business office claimed our thoughts. Ross Shreve was the manager with Lula Watson and Beatrice Phelps as his most industrious and faithful stenographers. A door opened, another prominent office appeared. On the door was written Edith Anderson, Lawyer. Inside sat Edith pondering over a hard case. She had at last attained her ambition of being a criminal lawyer. +A- If - sa w-1- - is

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aiilili , Q Sth. 9th. 10th. llth. 12th. 13th. 14th. 15th. 16th. 17th. 18th. 19th. 20th. 21st, 22nd, 23rd. 24th. 25th. 26th. 27th. 28th. 29th. 30th. 3lst. 32nd. 33rd. 34th. 35th. 36th. 37th. 38th. 39th. 40th. 4lst. ITEM: Neva Brown wills and bequeaths her bookkeeping knowledge to Charlotte See! Esther King wills and bequeaths Clare Conover to Jeanette Fuller. Donald Lord wills and bequeaths his shadow to Robert Wellmon. Alberta Bellinger wills and bequeaths her fair complexion to Helen Griffith. Vtibur Baldwin wills and bequeaths his dancing ability to Tommy Bennett. Elaine Chapman wills and bequeaths her promptness to Douglas Smiley. Harriet Brakeman wills and bequeaths her ability to drop in baskets to Ruth Hadlock. Virginia Filegar wills and bequeaths her curly hair to Marjorie Gale. Marguerite Smith wills and bequeaths her willingness to do things to help other people Montague. Olga Gorka wills and bequeaths her smile to Virginia Cross. Clifford Kerr wills and bequeaths his way with women to Lowell Hinkson. Victoria Baldwin wills and bequeaths her bashfulness to Betty Kunkel. Mary Baumbach wills and bequeaths her hair to Hazel Lillibridge. Cecil Carbaugh wills and bequeaths his Senior hat to Billie Mulkie. Stella Lesnick wills and bequeaths her artistic sense to Philip Perkins. Charles Lyons wills and bequeaths his dramatic talent to some worthy junior. Margaret Reynolds wills and bequeaths her interest in the grocery store to Ann King. Harold Siverling wills and bequeaths his cuteness to Gen. Montague. Martha Lockwood wills and bequeaths her line of wit to Justine Parker. Paul Peard wills and bequeaths his dimples to Roy Bishop. Edna Sexton wills and bequeaths her efhciency to john Gates. Donald France wills and bequeaths his actions to Albert Bauer. Maurice Wasson wills and bequeaths his gift of gab to Mr. Mowery. Mary Gregor wills and bequeaths her ability to play Minuet in G Minor to Miss Smiley. Ervie Pennell wills and bequeaths his taste for poetry to Alfred Chesley. Marshall Shields wills and bequeaths his attentiveness to Thalia Flemming. Lula VVatson wills and bequeaths her handwriting to Roger Seymour. Arthur Lyons wills and bequeaths his interest in the girls' Varsity basketball squad to Kenneth Filegar. Norman Pier wills and bequeaths his scientific knowledge to Marjorie Chapin. Ross Shreve wills and bequeaths his slowness to Kingdon Drake. Beatrice Phelps wills and bequeaths her friendliness to Gerald Shreve. Worthe Smith wills and bequeaths his spelling ability to Mavis Baker. Helen Wandel wills and bequeaths her thinness to Alma Post. Arthur Forbes wills and bequeaths his ability to court Freshmen to Pete Connell. to Rose The subjoined list will be recognized as entailed estates, to which we do declare the Class of 1932 the real and rightful successors: lst. Our seats in class-room. May they endeavor to fill them as advantageously, as promptly and as faithfully as we have done. Our seats in Assembly may be taken by whosoever is able to grab them first. 2nd. Our Senior Dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all seriousness and gravity, endeavoring to realize its vast importance, in spite of their natural light-mindedness and irresponsibility. 3rd. Any stubs of pencils, erasers or scraps of paper that we may inadvertently leave behind us in the excitement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasures for the last time. May they feel free to make use of, and feel, perhaps, that they may, in some mystic way, inpart some of our great knowledge to them. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our Principal and Teachers. They will love them, unworthy as we feel they are, even as they have loved us: they will show them all the same tender kindness and attention that they have bestowed upon us: they will feel the same interest in their attempts and successes: the same sorrow when they fail. We trust that the Class of 1932 will appreciate all this as deeply as we have done. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave-not of necessity, but of our own free will-our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant associations together, and our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly appreciated in the demonstrations of the past, and a pledge of friendship from hence-forth and forever. We do hereby constitute and appoint the said Principal sole executor of this our last will and testament. ln Witness Whereof, We, the Class of 1931, the testators, have to this our will, written on one sheet of parchment, set our hands and seal this twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty one. atv. E-gf va ne a--- is

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HS? A -I--f--'lb-' i 95' t -a Pure fresh air began to drift through the room. There stood John Lesik. He had become a scientific argiculturist and was one of the best in his section of the state. A large steamship was heard. On board the steamer was a young couple who were traveling around the world. It was no other than Mr. and Mrs. Clare Conover. Mrs. Conover was formerly Miss Esther King as you will doubtless recall. The captain appeared. Why, it was Marshall Shields! just then a familiar looking man stopped and talked with the captain. It was Donald Lord. Upon inquiring as to his present position, they were sur- prised to hear that he was on his way to France where he had just been appointed as the United States Ambassador. VVhile mentioning the Sports that were flashed upon the screen, we must not forget the play-off for the finals in tennis to see whether our champion Miss Lucile Bradley or Helen Wills should be the victor. The next important view was of a secluded study with Miss Edna Sexton as the sole occupant, revising Gregg Shorthand. Why, there is an insane asylum in which Doris Henry is trying to teach the inmates French. A large red store came into view. Wilbur Baldwin stood behind the counter, not as a clerk, but as a proprietor of one of the great Atlantic and Pacihc stores. A large gymnasium came into sight. Coach Paul Peard was seen with the Basketball team. He was getting them in trim for the big game of the season. The next interesting scene showed Margaret Reynolds and Frances jones as beauty parlor owners. A man who had responded to fix the priceless radio was none other than our old scientific friend, Norman Pier. An aeroplane was heard above. As it landed the face of the pilot could be distin- guishedg it was Maurice Wasson. Who would have thought he would have taken up avia- tion? The next scene was the one in which Worthe Smith, the dancing teacher, was giving a lesson. A large country home was coming into view. On the veranda sat Dean Weed: he had made his fortune collecting Indian pennies with Virginia Filegar as his very efficient co-worker. The last picture came very dimly. Elizabeth Anderson was standing over a dying woman in a hospital. Elizabeth at last had become a nurse. Rachel sighed, The button is broken, but it was worth it to know where the' class of '31 is. One thing, they all seemed very, very happy in the success they had obtained. W-- a a ..