Brentwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Brentwood, MO)

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At eight o'clock sharp the first guest arrived. It was a tall, broad shouldered gentleman with black hair, brown eyes and a brilliant smile. As he walked over to smile up at him, Donald recognized the fame iliar Uwaddlen of his namesake, Donald Bryant, who was now known as the most promising orchestra leader in the country. Mr. Duck was so stunned at M . Bryant's early arrival that he had time for only a slight greet- ing when other guests were announced. The next arrival was Miss Mildred Underwood, who had come all the way from Hollywood to attend the convention. She was tall and thin and was escorted by Mr. Errol Flynn, with whom she had been working on their new picture. Miss Underwood, known to movie patrons as Darlene Godfrey, had been the most sensational star ever to arrive to Hollywood, because of her great dramatic ability and her sweet disposition. Despite having acquired fame and fortune, she was the same Mildred that Donald Duck had known in high school. The next to be announced were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pickrel, known to their classmates as Pickles and Betts. Bette had grown somewhat tal- ler and was as charming at thirty-two, as she had been at seventeen. She still cocked her head on one side and smiled at everyone she met.Pickles still wore his innocent smile and cheerfully took orders from Bette. Miss Norma Hodges, who entered next, was escorted by two gentlemen from Hollywood, who seemed anxious to have her sign a contract for the starring role of UBlown with the Breezen. Norma was pretty and young looking as she had been when she attended school,and her right eye still had the habit of slyly opening and closing as she rolled those sky blue eyes. Mr. Warren Weyrauch was very handsome in his evening clothes and top hat. He had the same boyish shock of Ndishewater blondu hair and twink- ling blue eyes. He brought his movie camera along and took pictures of the activities as the guests continued to arrive. f Then there appeared on the scene, Kenneth and Tennyson Luttrell, now partners in Luttrell, Woolworth and Luttrell Five and Dime Store. They were pompous gentlemen escorting two beautiful blondes. Virginia Brinkmann and Maxine Gray were now teachers of music at Brentwood and Webster High Schools respectively. Miss Doris Faye Mbur- eau was the secretary of Brentwood High School and still jitterbugged with as much enthusiasm and grace C?J as she had in her Senior year at Brentwood. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Kitson were also there. Burt was now a famous psychologist. Mrs. Kitson, the former Eloise Beckley, was this and tall and wore rouge, powder, eyebrow pencil and even lipstick. She was very attractive in her brilliant red dress and fur coat. Miss Katherine Beletz and Miss Helen Fieser arrived, escorted by two very handsome strangers. Katherine had dark hair and brown eyes, and Helen was blond and had blue eyes, though she still wore her glasses. M . Paul Ford, who arrived at that moment was short and fat, with bald head and glasses. Bob Conner and Harold Michener created quite a sensation as they came in, turning scmersaults and handsprings. They were now clowns and

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- '41 SENIORS IN '56 K r 54+ it was seven ohzloolt, first, nineteen nunared-navy The gymnasium of 'srencmodunglz sehddi, 'seemed waiting with q-:net mmm tion. Contrary to its usual ,Saturday night garb, -the was blue and white streamere'andf Beid bnd. eng tables cdvered with snowy cloths and white vases of American Beauty roses, lined the wlllssilmidli end of the room, on an elevitddq jiitfonn stood Donald Duck, han somely arrayed in his blue and white Ssawiscoirt wit. as Donald: Vidwed the Q scene, he noticed at ' his Botti' newspaper, several days meld. f0n the front page was a picture of lids to whom he had been mascot fifteen years before. ' Reading from fleft to right, the picture identifiedsftiid as Edward Tegetoff, Harry Anweiler,' Edward Micke and Raymond Prethena ,The caption reads, Inventors for i'Autof1y '. Donald stroked his gray gdatee, is he read one ' 1' g ' ' i - ' The invention '-and sudvess of the new Autofly by ' Edward Tegetoff, 'Anweiler-, ' seem-at Micke and :Raymond Prather has dlused ra. .fervor throughout the country. It is said that this :i1'W8hti6Y1 will reve- ' lutionize present traneportatwn modes. The inspir- ation for the Autaf'ly originated from the ancient Autoglide Scooter or Putt-putti' in which the 'men have been interestedssinoe their youth. This amnes- ing new-machine has detachable wings making possible ' flight,through the air with little exertion' the owner. The Autofly dan also be equipped with skis for use in snow and a hull-alike' portion for use in ' water. It is indispensible for the average former automobile owner. a - . s It has been rumored that the goverment is con- ducting -secret tests oi' the military model whidh is equipped with two machine guns, firing through the propeller. This small invention has been dubbed the Motor Skeeter, due to its resemblance to a large mosquito. The inventors were honored at a banquet last week by the Society- of' Inventors and awarded the medal of outstanding achievement. They will also Hattend ' a convention of the graduating class of 1941 of Brent- ' 'wood High School , which they attended in their youth. f Well, well , said Donald.. Now he understood! There was to be a reunion of the 1941 Senior Glass. Ah,what good times he had shared with them so long ago. He wondered if they would remember him and if he would remember them. Only the quiet -hum of the clock above the stage broke the stillness and Donald was lost in thought dreaming of times gone by and the coming reunion. . The hands of the clock showed half-past seven,when Donald was roused from his day-dreams by the entrants of the waitresses and then the arriv- al oi' the orchestra. '

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A acrobats with Gyp and Gyp road show. , Dick Kruse, who talked fastball to everyone was a-,foetballgqoagh at Washington Universitye nl-Iwwas,,1the same vdrey,,e.curly-4181366523519 that V had gone to Brentwood Higfdnrhis 'senior year. as s w The next entrant 'ratherfsurprised Dusk as well aegsomeffof the otherguests who had not hS8Fd'.fP6II1-'ehillh for .some tzizneetlt waBfBQ1'1Q'-a9Tfh9I'+ than our Class President, Ralph Lee, ewhowasrnoweaewpreachervinthe geese., byterian Church. But preaching had ,nodxrtaken the mischievous. twinklea from his eye or mde hishair-any more ruly. The former Miss 'Dorothy Brieg was 1-very thin, married and- had four children. She taught Sunday School at the Brentwood Congregational Church in her spare times ef 1 Miss Dorothy Haynes, who was accompanied by New York's most fameus playboy was still her shy, sweet self, but her voice had gained volume and, she coulda be easily heard. .She was very witty and gay all evening. Miss Jeanette Kick and Miss Frances Heifner came together. fJeane-L ette's soft voice and quiet manner ,impressed all her old friends, .as did the increased volume of Frances? voice. v M Messrs. Kramer and Kinlough were there, now a famous .comedy team at Paramount studios, Hollywood. They had not changed a single bits They looked exactly as they did the day they graduated from .dear Brentwood - A A A ' as V Donald .Meier ,who was still looking for the girl of Goach's descrip- tion of the idealiwife ,was new running for the office of governoreon the. Democratic ticket, having beenean outstanding leader of that party for sometime. ' V 1 -.3 a w A M - Paul Bick arrived in a short time.He was somewhat stouter, had hair and was occupied as chef at de' Louvre Cafe downtovm St. Louis.. Josephine Facchin, now a famous' singer, similar to the Wee Bonnie Baker, who was popular when she was a .school girl, was theretwithfeells on. She were a white dress of' satin and net with tiny bells ,ren the 'skirt that tinkled as she walked. With her was Alice Kearley, who was employed as chief stenographer at Famous--Barr. M Marjorie Young was a very prominent model, who had come all the way from New York to attend the convention. She had flown around the world in-her airplane two years before and had many exciting adventuresto re- late' to her companions and acquaintances whom she had not seen for some- time. w B , I . 1 B Mariann Warne was playing a clarinet in an all--girl orchestra and had come from Los Angeles to attend. She was the wife of' the orehestra leader ,but had left him in Los Angeles .Everyone was rather disappointed for he was quite famous and very handsome. - -M l Ronald Vassalli ,was a one man dance team. He had been on tourfwith a troupe of dancers who gave fshows at famous theatres. p The former Virginia Spurgeon was announced as the wife of a tall, dark haired gentleman who had graduated from Brentwood some years before she had. She was very sweet and kind to everyone. Before she' married, she had been employed as a writer of a column somewhat like 'that of Walter Winchell. M ' l ' H ' Beverly Swofford, who was very pretty in her sportffroelgwas pa prog-