West Division High School - Comet Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Durin' th' 'ration to which I lent on'y one ear, for I allus believe in lookin' out for home in'ustries . . . Then I sez, sez I: There wuz lotsa people ona Comet staff, too . . . I don' know alla names of 'em, but they all deserves credit. I knows, for ev'ry- body sed so . . . Not on'y 'at, but this Honor Siciety wuz sure enlarged. Seems like we wuz beginnin' to learn somethin'. I guess it wuz to spite th' un'erclassmen, mor'n any- thin' else. Then he sez, quick's lightnin': Tony Wollaeger wuz junior d'rector of Merrill fFunny how he though of 'atj. Norris took four of our fellas for office . . . Flo Dysart an' Marge Le Breck shone in Athena, an' Billy Polland in Hesperia. Welles Club's scribe come from our ranks- Jeanne Lillibridgef' Me thinkin' it was kinda funny, or per- haps peculiar, that he should remember sfw many girls, but bein' afaird to say so, I sez what I could recall, mainly 'at Frank Zeid- ler, Eunice Rybold, William Brenckle, Fred Clifford, Charles Burton, an' Flo Dysart wuz officers in Latin Club . . . Seems to me, I sez, We're just ramblin' on here. He takes me up on 'at an begins telling me all 'bout Senior Class officers. There wuz Bill Brenckle, who wuz president, an' Chris E r d m a n n, th' vice-president, an' Freddie Vlfeinhagen, th' seckg an' Bob Mil- ler, th' money collector. An' Marj LeBreck, sez he, was a keen Merrill president. An' Dot Schaefer was the same for Welles. QI-Iow's he know, I wonl der, himlj Then I sez, Oh, yes, I recall that there was a swell fight for the Annual editorship, it bein' separate from the Comet for the Page Sixteen first time in hist'ry. Christ Erdmann won the election an' he sure worked plenty, too, on the Annual. Then he began to cry an' sob aloud an' finally between sobs, he sez, I remember now we only won one football game-that was 'cause a' some letter the fellas got that made 'em mad. An' G.A.C. won the basket- ball championship. Then I tells him to look on the bright side of things-me meaning the smart kids like Florence Dysart, the valedictorian, an' Frank Zeidler, salutatorian and Elsie Born- fleth, the third highest. This being a dif- ferent idea, he stopped cryin' an' began to yell. Me thinking there was somethin' the matter, I asked him if there was- No, sez he like a whip, that bein' the kind of fella he is, I just thought of the Misogynists-Carl Bode, Chuch Iversen, Carl Krieger, Chris Frdmann, Frank Zeid- ler, and Hermie Fritschel who used to be one but was dishonorably discharged for consid'rin' thoughts of resignation. Then I just set, an' he just set, an' we was thinking-after disturbin' the peace an' quiet in this way fer a while he ups an' says- Ain't you glad you're thru? And I sez, Yeah-just think we kin think of all these fellas an' girls now on' our good times like nothin'-But it took four long years to do it all-We sure got the breaks now. He sez then, Did you say we could think- At the end of sich a strain of thinkin' an' recomembrin' this wuz too much an' I fired twice, tho' we wuz pals fur four years in high school. Dying he said, F.t tu Brutus! I agreed, but what'd he mean?

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aj i Looking Back . I 1 , , f , fv,,f1gyvz,,-a Vpfprflxj ' ff 1 EZ I to him, sez I- How kin I re- member who was which and who t'other about our class ? So he sez to me, sez he, I'll give you the dope and we'll work it. So we waz sitting kinda peaceful like and just tryin' to call back old ideas and mem'ries as it was when he up and cracks wise. Say, 'member when we come up to school-how we wanted to sign our names, john johnkowitz, with freshman af'er it, like it wuz a degree or somethin'? And 'member Norris Prospects ? Me not bein' a member of said club, I di'n' say nothin'. But then I seems to have workin's in my head, too. Funny, ain't it? 'Member W e l l e s an' Merrill Club? 'Sox' was 'lected Freshman D'rector. An' those bright uns in th' Honor Society, you know, Elsie Bornfleth, an' Frank Zeidler, an' Tony VVollaeger, an' Clif Collins ? Oh, yeh, an th' Prospect of'icers. Lem- me see, Brenckle wuz president, an' Erd- mann, vice-president, an' Calhoun, secre- tary, an' Old Man Zeidler, treasurer. . . . He sez all 'at to me, an' then we wuz once more silent. Then he sez, sez he, Wz1sn't it great when we got to be second semester freshies an' We joined debatin' clubs? The dues wuz th' on'y part of the clubs I di'n' like. Then we began 'mem'brin' things so quick, we coul'n' write 'em down fas' 'nough. Like Kate Knell bein' soph Merrill D'rector, an' Bill Calhoun an' Chris Erd- mann goin' as Norris represenatives to th' Ol'er Boys' Conf'rence ..., A n' th' fellas out for track an' football . . . Bill Brenckle an' George Vlfalters strugglin' for fame in foot- ball togs . . . An' th' gang out for track- Bill Nicholson, Howie Koeppen, Clarence f ' ' Q CQ if Simon, Bill Brenckle, Carl Kneyse, Augie Stecher, Bob Spindler, Red Strelitzer, an' so on. Seems like 'at Koeppen boy and Langmack, too, wuz pretty hardy, for they wuz out for cross-country, too. An' then I sez to him, sez I, 'At I-Ionor Society business wuzn't so big-Elsie Born- fleth, an' Zeidler, an' Louise Denker, an' Flo Dysart . . . No wonder so meny of us wuz ready to pack up an' leave th' place flat, what with bein' stinted alla time an' bein' 'detentionized' all time. Then we just set an' think for a while. Th' noise's disturbin' th' other occupen' of th' room. Th' game wuz called off on ac- coun' of rain. If you get what I mean-yes, yes . . . Then th' smoke of battle liftin', he sez, sez he- Don' never see why they make sich a fuss 'bout 'lectin' junior officers. We sure had a close fight before they 'cided on' Bill Calhoun for president an' C,1if.Collins for vice-president. Ruth jane Kafrow was a plen'y neat seck, eh, what? Bill Quinn was chief cash collector. He wuz a good un, all right. Football, sez I, seems to have got inta th' blood. Why I kin recall 'at Harv Sverdlin, an' joe Ryan, plus Nellie Kings- bury, an' so on went outa fight for th' Alma Mater. Yes, sir, an' 'at bird Brenckle wuz 'lected chief bouncer for th' 'Lethic 'Sicia- tion. Lemme see, 'at was in '27-'28. Then he up an' laffs an' cracks bright, 'Tain't all. Calhoun wuz out for swimmin' an' track got holda Herbie Brill, Steve Toth, an' Harold Schroeder, besides 'em 'at went out w'en we wuz sophs . . . An' ev'rywhere we went 'er wuz allus yells. Seems like there wuz three guys-Bernie Berry, an' Charley Burton, an' Floyd Richie wuz allus aroun' yippin'. Page Fifteen

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l .... . fQ . I..-le . . MARIE BEIDELSTEIN Stenograpliic Course Senior Picture Committee Chairmang Comet Business Staffg Athenag Merrillg Athletic Association. JOHN ANDERSON Elective Course Entered in Sophomore year from North Division High School. Athletic Association. MATHILDA T. BUCHSTALLER Stenographic Course Honor Societyg Senior Picture Committeeg Merrillg Athletic Association. CARL JULIUS BODE Latin Course Honor Societyg Feature Editor of Annualg Monitorg Athenag Lating Sock and Buskin. GERTRUDE S. BENESCH English Course Assistant Business Manager of The Cometg Senior Vaudevilleg Merrillg Athletic Asso- ciation. HARRY BERLAND Science Course Sock and Busking Athletic Associationg Track. PAUL HOWARD BAKULA Science Course Honor Societyg Associate Editor of Annualg Monitorg Hesperiag Norrisg Golfg Tennis. MILLICIENT M. BERLIAND Elective Course Hesperiag Merrillg Wellesg Athletic Asso- ciation. , 'D 1 . E 1 I l h f , q i 1 5 i l Page Seventeen