Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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ATHENIAN Only a few had arrn ed as yet Among them were Doc Tlffany and Senator R1chard Demmg We were standmg there talkmg about our hxgh school llfe and readmg the program for the day xnhlch had been prlnted by George Rettburg xx hen ue heard a C0mm0tl0D outs1de W all rushed out to see what had happened and we got there Just IH tlme to see gettmg out of thelr plane whlch had landed on the athletlc field none other than the noted alrmall pllots Clyde AnthonJ and George Rumpff Next to come was Tom Dxxon s Jazz orchestra Thls conslsted of Scotty Kunes v1ol1n1st Curt Wllcox cornetlst Lyle Morley drummer Doc Tlffany wlth a clarlnet and John O Brlen wlth a ban1o Tom played the plaro for the orchestra The orchestra had no sooner arru ed than Cecll Whlte and Harold Wood better known as Ike and Mlke arrlved We learned from our pro grams that they were on the afternoon s entertalnment wlth thexr famous mal lonette show They always were qulte clex er and they had made the marlonettes themselves Then 1n qulck processlon came Robert Howard dean of Mansfield Harold Lambert and Grant Brlggs c1v1l englneers for the Amerlcan Brldge Constructlon Co Glbby Welch football coach of Syracuse Unlverslty and Donald MCEHtlT6 well known comedlan and after dlnner speaker He was also on the program for the afternoon Now everyone had come but Eugene Eddy and Delbert Hunsmger They were both employed at the Ingersoll Rand Co helplng to manu facture alarm clocks As It was past noon we declded we couldn t walt any longer for them We went lnto the cafeterla whlch was a recent add1t1on to the school for our lunch We had Just sat down at the table when they came Now every member of the class of 32 was present After lunch we went to the audltorlum for the rest of the program Thls proved to be very lnterestmg Wlth several selectlons by Tom s Jazz orchestra some recltatlons and Jokes bv Donald McEnt1re and Ike and lVI1ke s marlonette show At the end of the program we sang our class song and Alma Mater Plesldent John O Brxen Sald that he wanted to see us all agam ln another ten years James McCorm1ck ,- QWW' mv 4lr f'w' A 'Q Icujc fucnty .sl 0' 1? ,nf-Jnnnnnnnnnnnr1nr1' lqnnnnn,nnnnnrv..rLnnn.ru ! 1 ' ' ' , . e ! 7 Y 7 Y . . , . . . . . 7 ! Y Y 7 7 . . . , . . . .Y . . x - 1 ' ' , . . . 4. . Y - r ' 9 7 7 . '! r ' ! 9 . . , . ' 7 ! ' , , 7 - e ! . , . . . . . , . . ' ' 'J 41 J W' wi -J' 1 V , . u . . A ' dy, J, 1, 0 . 1 - 1 , , 1 'lf 0 C I Ng 4 A . .' A 'ag Y , -- f ,, , I CI f,.! .mfg

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AUUENIAN ,UU The next moxnxng found us headed fox Palm Beach Sexen mxles thxs sxde of Ealtxmoxe xxe stopped at the Shepard Pratt Enoch hospxtal to see Bettx Chatfee Ile fuund hex xn a beautxful sun paxlox talkxng to a fexx p xtxents She looked lox elx xn hex xx hxte unxfo xx We stax ed xxxth hex that nxght The next nornxng as xxe xxexe nexxxng ll ashxngton xxe saxx a bxg faxm xxxth a lot of beautxful torses xxx the pastuxe Dxxxxng up to the door to ee xf xxe could hxxe a hoxse to xxde xxho xnxxted us xn but parbara Fexgx oxx She saxd she enxox ed traxnxng colts and teachxnff people to xxde We dxoxe on thxough to Palm Beach and after puttxnfr on oux bfxth xng suxts xxe xxalked doxxn to the beach Nl hc should be baskxng, xn the un but mx old fxxend Alethx Cullxngton Hex xx ho s th xt lxttle golden lxaxred glxl xust ccmxng out of the xxfxtcx VVell as I lxxe xts Bea txxce Allen Hoxx nxftx Bea looked xn hex blue bxthxng suxt Oh Alethx xxho s the senoxxta' Jessxe Halen Xlhxt a lox ely colt of tan shc has Poy' That looks gxeat xxxth hex black hxxx and ex es 'xl ell Louxse saxd I Cuess xxed bettex be pulling back toxvaxd home and xx ork Ha7el Chambexs I xx as on mx xxax to the xeunxon of the class of 1932 It had been 1 long txme sxnce I had seen anv of my classmates ten veaxs m fact It xxas a xx ondex ful day xust such a day as xxe had xx hen xve graduated I had my mxnd on the comxng celebratxon and dxdnt xealx7e I had entexed Athens and xx 'xs exceedxng the Speed lxmxt untxl I heard 1 shxxll xvhxstle xxhxch brought me to a sudden atop I backed up to a polxceman and as he started to talk to me I re xlxzed that xt xx as Ray mond Hoose I xust quxetlx sat thexe urtxl he had fxnxshel the rexxnxon He xx as quxte suxpxxsed xx hen I called hxm bv name fox hc hadnt recognxzed me at all He got xnto the car and we started on A xxe xode xxe talked about the reunxon R xx saxd that oux presxdent John 0 Bxxen xx ho xvas a lxxxxcx xn Athens h xd txxed to haxe evexy membex ot the class pxesent As manx xxexe xn busxneas xn Athens and he had he'xxd fxom most of the othexs he xx as xn hopes the reunxoxx xxould be fx gxeat uccess We had noxx xeached the busxness sectxon of Athens and mxnx fxmxlxar names met my exes Amonf them xxere Touhev Dxuggxst Watson Taxlox Collxrs and OBxxen Lfxxx Fxxm Wood and Hugo Cro cexs fRay sxxd that xxas Ernest VS ood! Noxx xxe hfxd xefxched the schoolhouse xxhexe the xeunxon xx as to bc neld It hadnt changed much xn the lxst ten yeaxs except fox '1 fexx more trees xxound the fxthletxc field xxhxch xxas dedxcxted xxhen I was fx senxor As xxe xxent xxx xxe xxexe met bv a xeceptxon commxttee con sxstxng of membexs of the hxgh school facultx xxho had been membexs of oux class These xxexe Chfxxles Fexould Chemxstrx and Phx sxcs xnstxuc xox Xlalcolm Cxess Latxn teachex Nloxell Long football coach Thex told me to go ox ex to the de k and xegxstex The gymnasxum looked lxke 1 palace fxom taxxxland xt xx ls so be xutxfullx decoxated xn the class oloxs of cxxmson axxd sxlxcx by Oxxxlle Eddy xxho was xxoxv fx celebxfxted decoxatox fox lxxge depxxtment stoxes aYa5feiQiex 1 IQ K5 T H24- Q P 1 I Q 1 ' l . . . I 1 1 w 1 . I ' ' V 1 v 1 I ' 1 1 1 I v 1 . L V w 1 v 1 I ' 1 1 'Q v v .1 4 .. I L lx . I L . I , . 1 g. l I ' ' 1 ' ' . 1 ' .J lb . I . t 4-1 7 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 . 3 c ' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 . ' . 1 1 . ' r ' . ., . I , . .' , S u. . D , E 1 jx 1 K. 2 , ,- ,.'. -1 .3 ' ,C A.-In , .l. '. , 'vs .- .' , v 1 ' 1 H H ' . ' . ' . . F X EI I . , 1 1 J 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1' - 1 1 2' 1 1 - xc y ' , sr , ' 11 , , v , ' , 1 , . , I , 1 , I I 7 '77 - 4 'I v 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I I y . , c l 1. 1 I 1 I1 ' 1 K1 1 1 1 1, I I- K1 1 1 . ' . T x x 1 c ' I 2 . 1 1 1 1 l l v 1 ' D ' 1 r I I . . I . . I ,1 ' , - In 1 bawlxng me out, then I saxd, Come on, Ray, and Ill take you doxvn to ' ,y 1 . 1 1 'I 1 . 1 I 1 I I I I, 7 l 1 x 7 'V ' 1 . I . s 1 1 , 1 1 ' . 2,1 ' 1 1 L' . 7 1' 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 ' 1 1 1' 7 1 1 ' , I c u I , 1. , 1 1 1 1 r Y 1 I . 1 I 1 I ft . I1 I . I I I LI I C 4 1 ' 1 1 1 ' x1 l 1 I r I I, I I c I V 'I l 1 ' 1 1 ,In g C z I' ' I. I g x : , , - .' 'g 1 1 ' 1- ' 1 7 1' A 1 ' 1 1 I -1 1 1 A- , c , . , I - . . 1 1' 1 1 1 r 1 1 C 1 C . .1 ,K1 1 1 1 ' 1 A , V ' . ' 1 11 I . 1 1 K In I C I' z ' 1 1 ' , ' ' ' I' z '. . . 1 1 1 . 1 1 Q 1 I , ' c . I , 1 , - 'K ' T 1 ' -1 C 1 1 11 ' I '. I' ' ' : ' I' I ' ., t' JI I ' '- 41 1. f ' 11 ' 1. 1 , I I I I,, ' ' , I , ' . ' 7' ' ' ' ' 7 I' '. I - , . 1 '1 . Q 1 . 11 '1 f . 1 Qc l 1 4 3 , c I c t r c II 3 ,. K . .J .y , . . 1, , L C . .4 . . . . 2 . 2 . . . as f . I ' f Q 2 W I Pzryu lx 1-flu' 'I ' , 1, 1,4 K A K Y F lx. J of - -i--- ' ,..w,, -R,-, V ' 'g I A 4 'S

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