West Reading High School - Vaquero Yearbook (West Reading, PA)

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CITIE 1929 BEACOII '21 Class Prophecu Atlantic City, N. J. May 28, 1949. Dear Members of the Class of 1929- This evening as I was sitting in my room the thought came to me that just twenty years ago we were handed our diplomas in West Reading High School. I was wonder- ing where the rest of the class were and what they were doing, so I decided to go to a Fortune Teller and see what she could tell nie. I am writing what she told me. I hope that each member will pass this along after reading it. Freddie taught school only three years and then went to California to get married. She is rapidly approaching the three Ps-Fair, Fat, and Forty. Jimmie is still painting women. His pic- tures can be seen on the cover of his old favorite, College Humor. Shirls is President of Clunk College of Op- tometry, which he organized so that he could become important. He is married. Ethel was a hair dresser for a short time, but is now married and lives in Wernersville. Milly is still Physical Director in Birds- boro. Her hair is now its natural color. No, she's not married. Beau Geste was the manager of a shoe store, but has since taken a course in Qrtho- pedic Surgery, which he is now practicing. Ethel Klein has made a success at nursing and is quite pleased with it. Edie has taken acourse in oliice practice and is now in charge of the oliice force of the Eagle Soap Works. Dauber is Cashier in the First National Bank of West Lawn. He is still a bachelor. Esther Wenrich is a nurse in the new Mayo Clinic in Chicago. She has been study- ing medicine and expects her degree in June. Dorcas has been very successful in her beauty specialty shop. Kenny and Shorty have formed the R. 8 M. Aeroplane Manufacturing Co. Kenney is designing and Shorty handles the testing end. Izzy graduated from the Reading Hospital and is now Dean of Nurses in the Berks County Institutions on the Tully. Symie is in the New York State Peniten- tiary at Elmira, N. Y. Not an inmate-he has charge of recreation there. Ruth graduated from Ryder College and was a private secretary to a business man who later married her. Ruth is doing the dictating now. Miriam is staying at home and taking life easy. I Eva once worked in an office, but is since married and is now occupied with family duties. Sarig is President of the People's Trust Co. Puss graduated from the Reading Hospital. She has recently become Supervising Nurse of St. Luke's Hospital, New York, City where she now lives. Kid is Chief Mail Inspector on the best run in the country. He is married and liv- ing in Washington, D. C. Mick is leading a world famous orchestra and is very busy. He 1'ecently returned from a series of engagements in the Capitals of Europe. Grace was married eighteen years ago and is now living on Mineral Spring Road. The clothing business has been so successful that they are planning an European trip this summer. Link has completed his medical course and is prospering in his practice at Lenharts- ville. Rudie has become a big man in radio. He recently invented a process for sending tele- vision programs in color. I have been teaching school and expect to make it my life's work. Love to all, V DOT. P. S.-Since I Hnished this letter last night, he has proposed. No more teaching school. Hurrah!

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CFHE 1929 BEACON.

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i -r 22 CFHE 1929 BEACOH S Class will We, the class of 1929, in twenty-seven dis- tinctive parts, being- about to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, a well trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former Wills or promises by us any time heretofore made. We give and bequeath to the dear faculty, who have been our instructors in all the wisdom of the ages, a sweet and unbroken succession of restful nights and peaceful dreams. No longer need they lie awake through the long watches of the night, wor- rying over the uncertainty of Whether we have each worked out our lessons for the coming -day. It has been a hard strain on them, for Seniors are said to be at all times and under all conditions difficult to manage. But, they have all done their duty and, ver- ily, now they shall have their reward. The following bequests may seem but trifling, but we hope they may be accepted not as worthless things lavishly thrown away, because we can no longer keep them, but as valuable assets, and a continued re- minder of the generosity of heart displayed in our free and full bestowal, to those who may receive them: To Mabel Hoffman, the modesty of Edith Barker. To Cliiord Fox, Miriam Buehler's ability to memorize. To Harold Fry, Shirls Clunk's bashfulness. To Marion Young, the clownishness of Harvey Dauber. To John Hunter, Howard Fishers position as Shutter-Chauffeur. To Fremont Alderman, Bernard Green's style of dress. To Brooke Miller, Robert Guest's woman- liness. To Helen Stoudt, Millie Haederle's blonde hair. To Mary Yeagley, Ethel Klein's love for parties. To Harold Knoll, Warren Link's Sunday night mustache. To Miriam Zechman, Ethyl Lotz's figure. To Leo Schaeffer, Ruth 'Mark's interest in hard study. To Ruth Bcdey, Kenneth Miller's desire to dance like a gentleman. To Emma Hinnershitz, Eva Noeckers long dresses. To Joseph Hale, William Peter's good looks. To George Fessler, Nelson Reigles milk truck. To Marjorie Barker, Dorcas Rhoad's boy friends. To John Harner, Paul Sarig's banking ability. To William Kalback, Winifred Smiths baby face. To Harriet Worley, Rudolph Stefanuccfs ability to butt in. To John Seltzer, John Symon's acrobatic clownishness. To Evelyn Marks, Grace Thomas' Parisian costumes. To Herman Sheidy, Louise Vetter's abil- ity as a public speaker. To Betty Hinkley, James Waldron's artis- tic taste. To Sara Palm, Dorothy Wentworth's big mouth. To Harry Clemens, Esther Wenriclfs ac- curacy as a class treasurer. To Sarah Seidel, Isabel Wanner's petite daintiness. We hereby appoint the Junior Class as ex- ecutors of this will, and stipulate that it shall not be required to furnish bond. In witness thereof, we have signed, sealed, and published this document as our last will and testament this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hun- dred and Twenty-nine, in the Borough of West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Signed: THE SENIOR CLASS