Beaufort High School - Mainsail Yearbook (Beaufort, NC)

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rumored that he will be our next President. Dancing with Dorsey on a ballroom floor seemed indeed a thing of the past. “Broadcasting from KWA, Red Cross Relief Station, one of a series of lectures will be given by the nurse in charge of this station, Miss Oleta Barber.” I heard the beginning, “The children's health must be protected.” Well, I was not so badly surprised as 'Leta had made known her intentions many years before. In the midst of my meditations there broke in “The next thing on the program will be a short talk by Mr. Edward Piver on ‘Agriculture.' ” Piver making talks on Agriculture, well he should know what he was talking about. I stopped for a little while, then my fancy turned to Paris. I finally got it and received a great blow. “Gare WKA, Mrs. Margaret Dudley, Ameri- can Ambassador to France, is speaking on ‘International Politics.' ” An- other shock, another school romance! No Lucy Stone League for Margaret Ramsey. “Miss Elizabeth Rumley, an American who has made her home in Paris and who is fast winning a reputation as one of the greatest woman finan- ciers, will afterward make a lecture on ‘American Banking.' ” Another business woman, I mused. In the midst of this I did not get the station— Professor Luther A. Perry broadcasting one of a series of lectures on “The Beauty of the French Language.” Well miracles occasionally happen! Suddenly I thought of that radio announcer. I turned to the broad- caster. I asked questions rapidly of the WXD announcer. In a few min- utes I received these answers “Yes, I am Claude Guthrie, but I am not a lady's man any longer, I went into aviation service after I had finished school. I was Eleanor Ramsey's pilot on her trip to Mars, while we were on that planet I became displeased at something and frowned, I made a terri- ble face at her, and then came one of those freezes which occur so rapidly on that planet. My face froze! I am no longer a Beau Brummel among the women. So I became a radio broadcaster. Daily I make love to thousands of girls who cannot see my face.” “You say Charlie Clifton is the only member of the class from whom you have not heard? No wonder, you could hardly see him. He was dis- appointed in love and lost all his avoirdupois. He is now fast becoming a millionaire as, Bozo the Thin Man, in Barnum Bailey’s circus. This announcement capped the climax. I stopped listening in on the radio and listened in on my own thoughts for a while. Here I had been sitting in my flat and had attended a class reunion without seeing one of their faces. I had heard from them all. How I would like to talk over old times with some of them! However that wish will be gratified when I have dinner to-morrow night with Mrs. Samuel Way, nee Emma Taylor. —SARA RUMLEY. (TWENTY THREE)

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tering another Kreisler in our schoolroom. The music stopped. Again came the voice of the announcer, “Although all of the listeners-in cannot see this, I wish to announce that while this next selection is being rendered by Miss Skarren on her violin, the premier danseuse of the Metropolitan Ballet, Mile. Mildreta Whitehurst will do the Dance of the Seven Veils.” It took me fully fifteen minutes to recover and when I did it was over, the ball was on again. I was so shocked that I had to change stations once more. But although I had had several shocks that night I was destined to one even greater for, “Station WAY broadcasting, the consulting lawyer of the World Court will make a talk. By a special arrangement of one of the in- ventions of Rice the ‘radio man questions may be asked of her afterward. I wish to present Emma Taylor, the world-famous lawyer.” “Ladies and Gentlemen.” How familiar that voice was! I guess the lecture was inter- esting. I did not listen but as soon as it was over, I turned to my broad- casting station for I occasionally made short health talks myself. I broad- casted the questions to Emma and finally received these answers, “Am mar- ried, but I am a member of the Lucy Stone League, use my name instead of my husband’s. No, he is not fat, decidedly not, on the contrary he is extremely thin. We have been married for five years. Come to dinner to-morrow night.” “Well, everybody is doing the unexpected,” I remarked as I tuned in on WAK wondering what that held in store for me. I soon found out. “Sta- tion WAK, Miss Lydia Parkin, world’s Marathon Runner, winner of the cup in the Paris Olympic games in 1934-35, will give a short lecture on ‘How to Keep Physically Fit’.” “Mr. Charles Smith, world famous boxer, will also lecture. The subject will be ‘Boxing Tactics.’ This announcement is unofficial but I might say to the admirers of these two great athletes, that soon they will have the opportunity of seeing their pictures together more often. He will become her manager, business and otherwise.” “Well,” I thought, “the termination of one courtship that I had expected even if Emma had disappointed me.” But what was this ? I had not been listening. “Alvin Harris, formerly Smith’s trainer and now a baseball player, next to none in fame, will speak to the Baseball Federation of Players. His speech will be broadcasted from this station.” I listened at Alvin speaking. How many times had I sat with him in school! He and Charles had been the Siamese Twins at school, thus it was quite natural that they should work together. “Station COD.” I jumped, again I had forgotten and tuned in on an- other station. “We have with us tonight Dorsey Martin, famous banker and man of affairs. He will make a short talk on ‘Economy.’ ” It is (TWENTY TWO)

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WHITEHURST Most Dignified PIVER Quietest (TWENTY-FOUR) PERRY Most Attractive Boy