Bedford High School - Torch Yearbook (Bedford, IA)

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. Las heir marcel. The Pari people declare that they have never seen anything like it before. , Here also 'is Harold Crane, whio is an agent for the Stick-It-Back Hair Oil Company. He refers to his own sleek head as ,a result of constant use of this product. Ruth Dougherty has married a rich broker andiihe and ther husband spend their time traav-eling in the far east, The scene changes again and I see Helen Dorr, who :has gone into the cream and egg 'business with Allvin Klopp. Their business is growing due to Helen's sensible advice which she supplies free of charge. Arhl Vera Dougherty has gone into the Mule business. She has never 5et experienced a run-arway. But who is this I see? Merrilll Geaglley, now an Insurance Agent which pro- fession he follows with great pleasure. Alileen Gillette is searching through- the European monasleries for Old Latin manuscripts, Ah! I see a little brown church which is decoriated for a wedding. Marjorie and Claude would have it no other way but they be ma.rried at the same time. Wait. I do not recognize this person readily. It is Elinor Thompson, who is employed by the Social Service Department of Chicago to lecture on The Terrible Conditfions in the Slums. Daniel Williams. is a famous dancing instructor universally known by the name of Ligihtfo-oit. He is organizer of the famous Dainty4T0e Folllies and the leading lady in his oh-orus is Florence Long. I see that Martha, Thompson has become very popular in Paris. They are still very much excited about her swimming the Mediterranean Sea. The Martha biathing suit is the fashion among 'all her amateur admircrs. Mildred Kemery is a faithful memlber of the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union 'and its lecturing this year upon the evils of modern youth. She de- clares thfat before a reformation in the morals of the young people can be brought about the dance hall must :be abolished, She insists that painted faces show tainted souls. I see in my globe Thelma Mianil-ey, a pious. old maid, who has just been ma-de the new president of The Ladies' Aid Society. Helen Masters won second place in a contest held recently to see who could sit the longest time upon a flagpole. Her friends are 'certain that she would have won first if the flagpole had not broken. I see that Gail Reynolds ha.s ia position as model at Marshall Fields. 5

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Las THE CLASS PROPHECY EEE I, the Rajaih Akbar, dro agree this twentyethird day of May to disclose to the Seniors of '28 their various fortunes, lboth happy and sad, care-free and burdened. It is with great awe and reverence that I ,hereby proceed to ur veil the Crystal G'lo4be, in wihich llies 'the mystery of the .futures of my young friend.s. My globe is misty, but ah, it is clearing aiway and I see a t'iny bungalow with neatly trimmed lawn. In the spoLless kitchen is Ella Alle-n who has the reputation of being a. model housekeeper, I now see the Visage of Madame Bladow, whose fame as an opera singer has encircled the gilobe. Marguerite aft the present time is eating onions as she has been told that 'they will maake her voi-ce muclh stronger. But wihat is this large brick building? A Catholic hospital and between the rows of white beds walks a sad lfla-ceid nun, who is nion-e other than the one time gay and happy Eu'la Blake. She now spends her lhours tenderly sooth- ing the br-ows of the suffering. Before me comes the face of Beulah Brand, rflormer high school violinist, whio has spent her life searching for the lost dhord. Several times in her prac- tices she has 'thought that she had found' it, but after one brief moment 'it has allways been quickly whisked away. The scene changes and I hear beautiful music playing at a distance, and see soft colored lights and a great audience sitting ihushed and tense as the fairy-hike Beth appears on the stage. It is the opening n'ight of Pe-ter Pan and Beth I am glad to say has been hiailefd by Broadway as the 'biggest find of the year. A mist ha.s come before my globe. Ah, no, it is not mist but sand, With the pyramids for a' lbafckground I see the silken tenlts of the Arabs, and Marian Cobb, who has just become the third wife of Shiek Mascara is standing nearby, with her flaming tresses floating in the breeze. Ma.rian occupies the leading place in his harem, and is his favorite because the is 'tired of squeezing black- heads. Ah! I see tl:-e immense form of the Sphinx. No it is not the Sphinx, but onily M'nrgaret Doane, wlro is in Egypt searching for Bitble history. My crystal now shows a campus, none other than 'Lhat of the great Oxford University, Where I see Charles. Culbertslon who has 'become a Professor noted for his mental capacity. He is studying the 'life and habits o-f the silkwo-rm, which causes him to make frequent trips to France. In gay Paris I see Zellla Cunningham, who is creating a sensation with 'Jn'-

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.Las John Meikle is now touring through Scotland, p-aying visits to a.ll his rela- tives. He insists wpon showing his love for them fby giving the-m ice cream cones on their birthdays. The face of Orville Jefferies fappears. He .has invented a new lounging chair, which are being installed in all schools ,for the :benefit of bored students. Dale Rankin 'is an announcer ffrofm WHO. He is popular among the little folks because of his amusing bedtime stories. I see a spacious hom-e, covered with clinging vines, and on one -of the porches, reclining in la -comfortable chair is a middle aged man, none other than the one time active,Charles Huff. Although the is wealthy he is not hiappy, he is .a confizrrned w-oman hater, and suffers from the gout. Lena Reith has been hired by the Woodbury Soiap Company to pos-e for the picture entitled The Skin You Love To Touch. Geraldine Roberts is teaching Physics for a living. Her pupils are doing fine since she kindly .supplies ans-Weir sheets with all tests believing this to be the true re-medy for copying. Ars I look into my globe I see an office down in the .business section of New York City. Mfary Salter is now the successlful editor of Whiz Bang, The sub- scriptions have increased one hundir-ed fold since she has been in charge. Darlene Smalley is also .a successful writer. She has just published hcr lat-est book called The Meditations of Ima Cookoo . Dorothy Patch is the most famous cartoonist of the time. She is now busy drawing pictuires for Aesop's Fables using caricatures of her former teachers, My gl-obe tells me that LaVelle Kuhn is te-aching music to the deaf and dumb. Although they are greatly handicapped they have much to be thank- ful for. ' Jack Taalkington h-as g.rown rich by inventing students' invisible cliliw- ing gum. Ah! Who is this I see? The Prince of W-ales. The P1'ince has gone from country to country searching among the fairest of all nations to find one who is worthy to be 'his bride. But he knew that his search was ended when his eyes fell upon your former classmate Eilva Stephen-s, Vesta Stewart, whose mind used to take long flights during classes is now planning a reall non-stop flight to Mars, Ah! I see that Merna Smalley has become a famous juggler. She obtained her early training at home by eating and reading balanced on one leg of the chair. Charles G-reenley, he with the calm, unmovable disposition, has become a