Bradenton High School - Macohi Yearbook (Bradenton, FL)

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CLASS PROPHECY After a lapse of twenty five years the class of 38 has planned to have one more class meeting on a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific All details of the re union have been left to the genius of W H Palmer who has left his seat on Wall Street long enough to gather up a few of his classmates to set sail for the island where some of the class have already gathered Our boat the Joanna Curry owned by Alvah Chapman is guided skill fully through the blue waters by Admiral Clemens man of the mountains because of his famous song hit Take Me Back To The Hills with J C Garrison and Jack Cheshire who are now making millions autographing photographs for the famous movie comedlenne Ruth Pirman From the diner drifts the swing music of Meyers and his all girl band composed of Betty Griggs Zoa Thompson Cleo Mixon Grace Weichman Ruth Baker Elna Smith Blanche Coe Louise Alderman lVlint1e Ruth Swann and the Grimes Twins The ships gigolo Wallace Perkins is seen dancing the next tango with Doris Snow of Snow and Guthrie dancmg team The lights are turned low and the next number is the song hit of the week Jack Armstrong sings the vocal and all the feminine hearts on deck beat a little faster The tempo changes and the chorus dance is on composed of Edith Floyd Sara Nell Duffey Violet Peckover Carolyn Harrell Hildreth Minor and the lVlcCally twins all dressed in grass skirts. The lights flash on and at a nearby table Selma Jenkins the great opera singer is chatting with the great criminal lawyer Gordon Knowles of the firm of Knowles and Earnshaw. Knowles s two secretaries Carolyn Gar- rison and Georgia Gates and his body guard Buck Mayo are seated at a table near the main entrance. During the still of the night the small yacht makes good time and with the rising sun is within vievx of the irregular coast of the islands. Whats that com- ing along the deck so early in the morning? It looks like a Sunday School picnic and sounds like the thundering herd but as they come closer we see it s only Marian and Paul and all the little Councils. -. ff .x 1 BM MukgJ . .W uj EJ E, w1M'.v lu ,,r' 5-f 'l'-ifwlwgtcm As we wander around the boat we see Jimmy Livingston, now called the old

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NJJVEACMQHJI as 3 1. CLASS WILL Contmued I Robert McDonald do wxll to Wtrt Shelton my never fatlmg mtellectual mlnd wlshmg hxm the best of luck I Dormda Dav1s do bequeath to Helen Saxman my wlnmng smxle I Zoa Thompson do w1ll and bequeath to Jean Doud my posxtlon as an unpald chauffeur to my hosts of classmates I Hobson Greene do hereby present my mexhaustxble fund of humor and wit to Westwood Fletcher CI doubt lf he needs It l I Theodore Collms do w1ll and bequeath my wtnnmg ways wlth lVl1ss Sponen barger to Charles Hampton prov1d1ng he contmues Spanlsh next year I Leuna Perry do bequeath my boundless energy and athlettc lnterest to Muriel Albrltton Luck to you 'VIur1el I Jane McCally do w1ll my 1I1f'IIllI2 knowledge of Commerctal Law to Betsy Staples prov1d1ng she wxll accept lt I W1ll1s Pledger do w1ll my manly physlque to Bxlly .Iennmgs wxth best w1shes I Bob Blackmon do w1ll and bequeath my 8bllltY to play baseball and my po s1t1on as catcher to Dlck Lee on the condltlons he w1ll go out for baseball W I Jessle Tucker do bequeath my bashfulness and mconvenlent blush to Eunlce orn I Loulse Alderman do w1ll my charactertstlc as bemg a pos1t1ve manhater to V1v1enne Whltselle I Condlt Graves do wxll and bequeath to Buddy H111 the prxvllege of wearlng as many servlce strlpes as can be obtatned upon hlS football sweater I Joe Ganey do bequeath my curly ha1r to Elllot Clark on the condltlon that he will take good care of It I Wmxfred Games do w11l my sweet and demure manners to Dlmpy Hand I Curry Wllson do w1ll and bequeath my good looks to Elwood Rlch lf he wxll use them to the best of thelr advantage I Jack Toale do w1ll and bequeath my pr1v1lege of sleeplng durmg my classes to Dlck Parvm I John Schaut do w1ll and bequeath my good nature to Joe King We the Semor class do hereby express our sympathy to our Junlor classmates when the tlme approaches for them to face Chaucer and conquer Shakespeare We the Senlor class do slncerely hope that the Junlor class vull provide Mrs Elemmg wlth more sensatlonal love poetry than we were able to supply her w1th The tlme IS drawmg nlgh when w1th heavy hearts and heads held hxgh we do unwlllmgly yteld our places ln the hearts ofour dearly beloved faculty who w1ll gutde and so carefully protect you m the future as they have us 1n the past We truly hope that the Senior class of 1939 w1ll heed to the1r advlce and profit from our mistakes In thxs our last will and testtmony we do hereby appoint Mrs Sarah Elemxng our sole executor In wltness thereof on thts day of May 9 1938 we the class of 1938 have to thxs wlll set our hands and seal SENIOR CLASS HILL GATES BREEZE Attorneys at Lau In xVlfU2SS thereof we the underszgned do hereby affix our szgnature MRS SARAH FLEMING MRS EDITH HARRISON I X Y A L, I I 5? I It 1 fl' I . O 1 v v V 1 1 - 1 1 1 f 1 v T , . 1 1 . , I . 1 1 , . , . V n - , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . N . ,, 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . - - . - v 1 1 1 .

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CLASS PROPHECY Contlnued Walter Webb James Battle and Dale Dougherty the world s No l eligrble bachelors seem to be amusing themselves tossing pennres to the dixers Nettie Belle Siver Eleanor Hull and Dorrnda Davis The gang plank is Hnally down and there is a mad rush for land When we all get ashore we are greeted by Bill Howard and the king of the island who turns out to be none other than Crisco Parker They lead us to the business section vu here Hobson Greene has erected a port able A 'E5 P store where he sells the food that has never been eaten before Helen Hobbs is running a novelty shop where we see Priscilla Reasoner modeling Robert Anson s newest creation an asbestos hula skirt Condit Graves owns the South Sea Soda Shoppe in partnership with Joe Ganey Robert Woolbright the world s greatest aviator has just brought word from Margaret Glazier and Elizabeth Dye that since outsiders aren t invited they couldn t possibly come and leave John and George Theodore Colllns the would be writer has finally decided that the only piece of his writing that the magazines will accept is a check for a year s subscription Bob Blackman the big league baseball player is throw ing cocoanuts at the eternal candid cameraman Edmund Harvey Candler Brooks is still trying to explain to Irma Hood that the clipper ship isn t a sailors barber shop John Schaut seems to be xery popular with the native girls because of his pretty face but Greison Prince is running him a close second by teaching them to play post office Irene Breeze IS chasing Robert McDonald and James Norskov down the beach because they cut down the trees where she and Gene Pratt were playing Tarzan Our visit is almost over and we board the ship to return home Here comes a small boat with someone rowing furiously. ls it an intruder? No it s only William Kellar always a little late. As our voyage draws to an end and old age creeps upon us. by special request we ask you to remember one in our own midst Jack Toale. an embalmer. MARY ARMSTRONG HELEN CATES L BHS I - F ff T fr 8 'lf ff as Lwauzmf, ,, .-L .f l H v 1, , 4-Jw '. .A -ew'-I-V 1- . . L , , ,