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Class History In September of 1939 the Pied Piper blew his flute and from the Grammar School seventy-eight “Rats” came tumbling. All kinds of “Rats” scuttled across the street to seek new quarters in the High School. We, those “Rats”, were tolled into the rooms of Miss Riley and Mr. Kranke. We have scrambled madly through the halls, have been ordered around by the principal, have been run over by the upper classmen, and caught in many traps set by the faculty. But in spite of all these dangers, there are now forty-six survivors. By our Sophomore year our number had dropped to sixty-four. By then we felt more capable to take part in school activities. As our Junior year rolled around, we found that our greatest problem was the Junior-Senior Entertainment. Early in the spring we started preparation for the gala event. We chose the theme, “A Trip Around The World”. It ended in a dance with the Seniors. In 1942 forty-six Seniors are looking forward to commencement ex- ercises. Thus ends the gay and colorful high school careers of the “Rats” of ’39.
Class Prophecy Just as the class prophets for a hundred years have done, I, too, have had a dream of what my classmates will be doing in the future. “So listen my children and you will hear of many things that will soon appear.” Prize Fighting: Our class sure turned out one first class prize fighter, Dennis Booze. He received several broken bones, a mashed mouth and other minor injuries in a match with a youngster. I turned on the radio yesterday and what did I hear but, “Your sta- tion S. 0. T. Rabbit Run, Harold Carter announcing.” Who would have thought it? And listen: E. J. Craft is now Instructor of Music at Yale University and his assistant is Jack Fitzgerald, and I almost forgot, Eldridge Mar- shall is another assistant. Lester Hodges, I’ve been told, is a successful farmer, and William Lawless is his Foreman. Chan Mabry, who is a typist in New York, is at home on a short visit. He makes a striking appearance in his well cut clothes. We remember J. P. Shorter as a woman hater. He recently gave up his freedom by saying, “I do.” Russel Smith is a budding novelist and is regarded by many critics as the Dickens of modern times. The airplane industry claims Joseph Spangler. He has just made a spectacular flight from Earth to Mars. We thought Junious St. Clair would never pass the course, but now he has a play om Broadway: “My Kingdom For A Horse”. Vandai- Wallace who played basketball at Buchanan, is now with the Celtic team and charms all the ladies. Doris Booth is a dress designer and Mae Wells, the famous model, is working for her. The last we heard of Beatrice Booze, she was declared tennis cham- pion of America. Evelyn Caldwell is the only well known woman architect in America. Dorothy Camper is also outstanding in that field and they both have of- fices in Speck, Virginia and are bitter rivals in the business. Sue DeVilbiss, who is now Eldridge’s spouse, is busy reading their children stories about Mickey Mouse. Pearl Falls is now taking care of refugees from the earthquake in Thati. Juanita Goode, that sweet voiced charmer, was recently married to a prosperous farmer.
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