Amador County High School - Skip Yearbook (Sutter Creek, CA)

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Class Prophecy Thirty years ago, on the eve of my graduation from high school, I began to think of the future that was in store for the class of '37, which was graduating the next night. What I thought then differs greatly from the real future of that class. Thirty years ago, I never dreamed that the class of 1937 would seek its fortune in such scattered places. Think of it! My search for each of my former classmates lasted for five years. My search was very strenuous, and many times my quests would seem hopeless, but my efforts have been greatly repaid. thru the satisfaction of knowing the outcome of the lives of my former friends. Probably all ofyou will 'wonder why I have undertaken such a task of seeking my classmates: Well, one day as I was en route to New York in a transport plane, I happened to hear over the radio that a certain man, by the name of Kenneth Deaver, employed as a bodyguard, had by some brave act checked the assassination of the president of Mexico. I thought to myself, Why, I know that manlvg and my mind sped back many years to 1937. And in thinking of 1937, I began to wonder what the rest of the class of '37 were doing in the world. Therefore my curiosity compelled me to seek out my former class- mates. When I landed in New York, I immediately hired a score of world- wide travelers and investigators to accomplish my task, and after giving them a list of the class of '37, I sent them to every part of the earth. Months passed, and I received no Word from the special investigators. In the mean- time I began a private search of my own. I also made little headway in the first few months, but one night when I was in Chicago, I chanced to see the following inscription in neon lights: The Willis 81 Hinds Steam Laundry . In the fever of excitement I entered the establishment, and there I found Willie and Al talking over the laundry business. What then followed was a long talk of old times that lasted until almost daybreak. When I returned to my hotel, I was given a telegram that had come from England. This was its contents: Af ter much inquiring and searching I discovered that John McGee is a member of the House of Lords in Eng- land . Lord McGee. Boy, what a name! Soon more telegrams were re- ceived, but this time from San Francisco. Mary Golovich was found to be a doctor in a large hospital, and in the same hospital, Robert Jenkins was discovered nursing wounds which were caused as a result of the crash of the mail airplane which he was piloting. Our search was up to this time very slow, but nevertheless we kept on. I kept in close contact with the members of my search party. One year had gone by and no one else' had been located, until one day I heard from Argentina that Donald Estey and Barney Cassella were cowboys on a large cattle ranch. I was greatly surprised to hear that these two had gone so far south to seek their fortune, but soon I found out that Argentina was not very 14

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Aldo Pinotti Football '34-'37 Basketball '34 Class Officer '34-'37 Business Mgr. Skip Christmas Plnv '36 S. C. Society '36-'37 Skip Staff '36 Broadcast Staff '36 Lura Pool Glee Club '34-'35 Operetta '34-'35 Orchestra. '34-'37 Band '34-'37 Charles Quirolo Band '34-'37 Orchestra '34-'37 Basketball '34-'35 Operetta, '36, '37 Lester Stowers Travk Team '34 Lester Willis Band '34-'37 Skip Staff '37 Treasurer of F. F. .lean Darling Operetta '34-'37 Servive Club '35-'36 Glee Club '34-'37 '37 A. '37

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far south, for I later learned that Remo Canale had gone to Little America on a scientific expedition and was not expected to return for good many months. I soon began to receive reports from the Orient to the effect that Jack Nickley and Helen Perovich were in China as missionaries. That was not all concerning the Orient, for I also found out that Aldo Pinotti was in China, too, but as special ambassador to that countryg and that Helen Pinelli was his private secretary. Our class was surely represented in China. What surprised me the most was the information I received that Lester Stowers and Charles Quirolo were in Hollywood making pictures. On learn- ing that bit of news, I soon sought a movie book, and there on the cover I saw that fame-seeking Hollywood team. I was almost stunned. Many months passed again before I received any more information. One day when I had entered the airport in Sacramento, I was astonished to see that an aviatrix was preparing to pilot the plane in which I was to leave for San Francisco. After approaching the plane, I discovered that the avia- trix was Mildred Emerson. But that was not all, for just then the co-pilot of the same plane appeared from the hangar, and to my utter amazement, the co-pilot turned out to be Jean Darling, another of my classmates, long sought for. It was a pleasure to fly with two old friends at the controls. After we had reached our destination, we had a long talk, and it was thru this con- versation that I learned that Adeline Moroni was a U. S. G-woman---what a strange bit of news! QI never thought that women would be U. S. detectives, but evidently Adeline thought they couldj. The two aviatrixes also had more news to tell me concerning my world-wide search. They informed me that Alfred Pinelli owned a ranch in South America, and that from what they heard he was a successful ostrich farmed. QI wonder whether Freddy has any trouble pulling necks out of the sand?j After bidding my two friends a happy farewell, I went into a tavern for refreshments, and at the door stood the proprietress, as if she were wait- ing especially for me. It was Jean LeValley. Boy, what a break for me! Another of the lost was found. The usual old-time talk was started and it wasrft until two hours later that I finally departed. I had been in San Francisco only a week when I received a cablegram from my special investigators at Australia, who were working at that point. The cablegram expressed these few words: '6Charles Cook and Clarence Barone, the two inseparables, are sheep-herders in this country. I always knew that Charlie and Clarence would remain together a few years after graduation, but I didn't realize that they would still be together after all these years. They say that an unbreakable rope binds real friendship. It certainly is true in this case. Six months passed and I was still at work in San Francisco, doing very little except eagerly waiting news from my special investigators. I was in my oihce one day when I received a long distance telephone call from South Dakota. That call informed me that Wilsoli Grillo was a successful poli- 15