Beardstown High School - Tiger Yearbook (Beardstown, IL)

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fur., VD -ml Tm U .fic tflyef The Senior Class Prophecy One evening as I was wandering through the city, I came to a theater. In front was a big sign which said, Request anything you want on the screen, and it will be shown. I thought I would like to know what my classmates would do in the future, so I went in and asked the operator to show me what everyone of them was doing during anytime of his future life. This is what I saw. The first thing that flashed on the screen was a large newspaper building. The Editor, Willis Munger, was dictating a letter to Helen Martin. In the next room were the assistant editors, Harry Beemer and Robert Strohecker. They were look- ing over newspaper articles and sending them to the big room. In this room were several employees using the hunt and hammer system. Three that I recognized were Brines Strong, Fred Schweer, and Reginald Moyer. Margaret Bell was writing the column of Aunt Sophia, who gave advice on love, marriage, divorces, etc., and Robert Hess was writing an If I'm Wrong Tell Me About It column. Lyndon Krohe was directing the men who ran the machinery, which was being oiled by Dale Rexroat and Charles Puckhaber. The scene then flashed to the out- side where I could see two men washing windows. They were Harvey Zeeck and Raymond Egbert. On the corner was a newstand, which was run by Johhny B., who also did a little bootblacking on the side. The scene now changed to a tea shop run by Helen Garm and Doris Trainor. The waitresses were Harriette Beatty, Mary Caldwell, Helen Bandy, Elloise Buck. Edna Walls, and Dorothy Wedeking. The head cashier was Gwendolyn Sullins. A well-known orchestra was playing. It was led by Vincent Long, and some of the members I recognized were Myron Coy, Bill Corcoran, and Ogle Thomas. Their motto was Let Long make The Time Short. Then I saw the city of Hollywood. There John Adkins was playing in a picture as Greta Garbo's leading man. The Tapping Trio, Pauline Ideus, Anna Hering, and Hazel Tucker, were dancers in the same picture. They were trained by our old friend Henry Dufelmeier. It was being directed by Merrill Goodell. The story had been taken from Robert Hartley's latest book. Josephine Martin, the lady of the soulful eyes, was being starred in her first picture. Lillian Mosier was the owner of the voice that sang behind the scenes. The picture now changed to a school. It was none other than our dear old high. Maxine Harn was patiently teaching a group of pupils how to write short- hand. Mary Huey was a gym teacher and was instructing the girls how to keep that girlish figure. As Junior Broeker entered the study hall, everything became still, for he was the principal. Down in the basement an old man was scrubbing the floor. When I looked at him closely, I could see that he was none other than Kenneth Meyer, the new janitor. The screen now showed a large farm. It Was owned by James and Isaac Avery, who were at that time harvesting wheat. Isaac and James were doing their part to help the non-employment situation. They had hired about fifty men to help. I recognized Lee Savage, Harold Schall, and Benson Hager. Annabelle Reichert, Carolyn Scheer, and Muriel Rohn were cooking for them. Muriel at the present time, was ordering Norvel Buck to set the table. I now saw a large office. Milton McClure, a famous lawyer, was just taking his secretary, Frances Haist, out to dinner. Then the scene flashed to the Old Folk's Home. Jack Schultz was just coach- ing the elder members in the art of football. Marion Simpson was the star mem- ber of the team, the captain of which was John Glenn. Helen Leonard, Ollie Phelps, Pearl Wessel, and Mary Williams were sitting on the front porch watching the practice and knitting. Y-7932 g g gg TWENTY-SEVEN

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En... f-.f-. .me J,ye,fWif A .70n0f 5901! SENIOR CLASS, 1932 LELA HIILETT FRANCES HAIST MAXINE HARN REGINALD MOYER HENRIETTA WRIGHT MARIJORIE TINK HELEN MARTIN BENSON IIAGER LEROY RETHARD ELIZABETH HARRISON HELEN LEONARD This list includes ElDlll'0XIl1lElt0iY tho llfj of the vlzlss who havo the highest grzidcs for their four years of high svhool wo 1'k. TWENTY-SIX 7932

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f...f., l .ffe .flyer wi The screen now showed a series of shops. Lee Edda DeFraties had just opened a reducing shop, and as advertisement was using Thelma Watts as before and Vera Lee as after. Elizabeth Harrison was a collector of old Fords and other junk, among which was Arabella, Clarice Wilson owned a dress shop and employed Louise Wilson, Marjorie Tink, Henrietta Wright, Maxine Edwards, and Verne Shelton as models. A series of late news was now thrown on the screen. John Buck and Genevieve Van Horn were taking part in a marathon dance, and at the present time they were one of the two last couples on the floor. Mike Myers was playing in the world series baseball games, and he gave a few instructions on how to hit a baseball with a bat. Harold Akins and Maurice Hunt were great inventors and had just invented a way to keep from carrying out ashes. That was to put in an oil furnace. Georgia Howey was making a tour of the country giving entertainments in various theaters. She sang a part of Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life. Charles Brubeck had just opened a new picture show. Virginia Robinson was the ticket seller: Leroy Bethard, Harry Bottorff, and Clifford Brent were the ushers that I recognized. William Martin had married a New York actress and was now paying alimony. He was shown asking the advice of Bill Wethington, his lawyer. The last thing that flashed on the screen was a large hospital. Robert Blem- ler was the head doctor. His special nurse was Wilma Nordsiek. At the present time he was attending to a case. Helen Bandy, a well-known leader in politics, had fallen from the platform of a train. She had become so absorbed in the crowd that came to meet her that she forgot to watch her step. Mavis Dierking and Geneva Wessel were the nurses on duty. I was very well pleased with what had been shown to me, so I went to the oper- ator and told him that he owned a great show, and then I thanked him for the entertainment. He smiled and said that he was glad I had enjoyed myself. As he spoke, he handed me a bill for S500.00. As I started to leave, the operator called to me and said, Say, I forgot to show you what you will be doing some time in the future. I answered and said, Oh that's all right. I know what I will be doing: I will be paying this bill for the rest of my life. -. f932-- TWENTY-EIGHT