Blair High School - Tattler Yearbook (Blair, NE)

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Le Voyage du Bel Aire On May 22, 1951, the good submarine Bel Aire No. I set out on a journey to the Antarctic regions. It was the first journey of this kind attempted since the Arctic expedition of the Nautilus in 1931. The Commandant of the craft was called Capp'l Cisj. Capp was considered the outstanding adventurous explorer of the country at that time, having sailed the -seven seas in air craft and sea craft. In planning this expedition, he arranged to take only sixty-five passengers. Thousands and thousands of letters were received by his private secretary, Elsie Stevens, from applicants desirous of taking the trip. Capp rejected all but those from the most famous of applicants. VVhen the submarine set out on that bright spring day it carried a crew of notorious, famous, ingenious and remarkable people selected by the brave Capp. Friends and relatives sniffed and waved handkerchiefs from the dock, and the Bel Aire No. I was off. Days passed, weeks, months and several years passed but nothing was heard from the Bel Aire. One stormy day in March. three years later, the good ship O Fice commanded by Lieutenant Floyd Everett Flack spied the periscope of a submarine on high seas. At the same moment a radio mes- sage was received from the submarine Bel Aire No. I, asking if the pas- sengers might come on board the ship. Lieutenant Flack, recognizing it as the craft that had set out three years ago, and realizing how anxious the people would be to see persons of a civilized race, consented. The chief steward, a little middle-aged black Irishman by the name of O'Kelly was summoned and as he appeared everyone on board laughed at his queerness. It seems that Lieutenant Flack and O'Kelly started a close friendship back in 1931 in Blair High School. O'Kelly was asked to announce each of the remarkable personages as they came on board from the Bel Aire No. I. The passengers stepped forth one by one and O'Kelly announced: Coach M. W. Stricklette of Notre Dame. O'Kelly SIHYCS a moment, slaps him on the back and yells, Sticky . He was captain of the Blair High School 1950 football team and is considered the modern Knute Rockne. Sticky informs the Lieutenant and steward that they will recognize many more of the pas- sengers. Coach I. P. Gillispie and Assistant Coach Abraham L. Warrick of the University of Nebraska. Abe and Iohn are heartily greeted. Ruth E. Tilden, M. D., and Florence Wolff. Ruthie is famed for her service to the world in medicine. Florence is her head assistant and has given her life to the advancement of the science of nursels training. O'Kelly beams as he announces his old pal, Karl Adolf Peterson, President of the United States. T C 0

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The next in line are Verner and Viggo Carlsen, modern chemists, the only men who have equalled Albert Einstein who lived in the early part of the century. They have succeeded in finding the fourth dimension and also have discovered a metal more valuable than gold. Mrs, Glenn Voss, nee Dorothy Stewart, and Rev. Glenn Voss are mis- sionaries in the newly discovered island of Beeache Es. Madame Freedricca Matteauzn is a famed opera star. A. Brooks Bealz appears as her manager and also furnishes hokem obligatos. The editor of the New York Times, Marvin Gollehon, next comes on deck with his crew of reporters including Raymond Paulsen, Raymond Ruwe, Raymond Matz, and Raymond Fackler. ' Countess Maxine Enkins appears elegantly dressed. She married the Count de Edej Enkins shortly after he received his title. Ruby Badgerow is known as the founder of the largest Orphans' Home in existence. The home is situated in Mexico City and Mary Bolln is financial manager. O'Kelly and Lieut. Flack are consumed with admiration of these old friends of theirs. But O'Kelly's job is not over. Honorable Alice Beekmann, L.L.D., the greatest prosecuting attorney in the world since the days of Portia. Her private secretary, Elva Hansen, appears next. Madame Olga Schulz is a noted German artist. She has produced the mural hangings for the new German Kaiser's state house. Rozella Phillips takes care of her business transactions. The Master Farmers of the world are next in line, Allen McDonald, G. B. Linden, Walter Koenig and Fred Kegler. The Master Home-Makers are: Dorothy Mencke, Clara Krogh, and Lois Tofte. Harriett Allen and Frances Siert are managing the largest system of hotels and tea-rooms in the world. Bert McMillan is their business manager. Next appear the famed movie stars. Vera Nelson has taken Helen Kane's place. Doris Beck has replaced Marie Dresshler, and Mac Allen is a second Rudolph Valentino. A group of adventurous school teachers from Columbia University include Dorothy Voss, Selma Rosenbaum, Grace McCormick, Norma Lund, and Marjorie Iansen. These women have given themselves up to the creation of the 'perfect American youth'. The American Ambassador to Iapan, Norman Wulf, appears with his secretary, Helen Andreason. With him is the Consul to Budapest, Harry Husk, and his secretary, Harriet Christensen. Rowena Alsyne Smith, a notorious photographer has been paid 375,000 to film the trip for the manager of the Paramount Pictures, Leslie Hansen. Frieda Grothusen and Hazel Christensen have given up their lives for the sake of being with each other. They have been sought in marriage by nobility from every corner of the earth, but they care more for each other. Twenty-Two