Buchanan High School - Pines Yearbook (Buchanan, MI)

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24 clyziifotgzj of fge Ufam of 255 George Riley Last night I went to a local theatre. The show that I saw struck me as rather unusual. I liked it though because I understood it. At least I think that I understood it. I'll tell you about it- This show was the story of a group of children. It pictured how they grew up and how each followed his or her way through the foundation of his life. This made it interesting-and different. But, I'm getting ahead of my story. The first part of the movie showed the little group wandering into school for the first time. This was in September, 1926. They were really a bewildered group as they viewed this complex thing called school for the very first time. After this, and for the following twelve years, each arose, washed fmore or lessj, ate breakfast, and started for were drivenl off to school. This seemed quite amusing. Then, a little further along, our group was found to be in the higher grades. Their talents were much improved. Quite so. For by now they could throw blackboard erasers quite far-and quite straight. But, they were headed for bigger things. Next, our group was shown entering junior high, and then came an- other big change. Out of the single classroom and into the great expan- sive halls they went. CAnd they usually went in the wrong direction.J It was no uncommon sight to see a small group peering into the window of a classroom door where they were supposed to be, but weren't. But despite the perplexing situations, our group wandered still more amazed into high school. The last part of this movie showed the little group all grown up. Now they were dignified f?l seniors. Only at times were they the noisy, rowdy group that entered school these few long years ago. They were go- ing to graduate, but they weren't as anxious to leave school as they thought they were. This is the part of school that each member of the group would hold forever dear in his heart. And what treasured memories the good times of that last year would be a few years from now. And even though there was hard work, they would always look upon these school years as a good time, forgetting the hardships which they encountered. Lastly, as the picture faded, I saw them leaving school. They were leaving behind the part of their lives which they loved so well. But that school will be with them always. It was a good show.--You should have seen it-

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George fFearlessJ Burgoyne is an outdoor man, preferring hunting and fishing to school work. He'll be an explorer and hunter in Africa. With his rabbit-huntin' back- ground he oughta' make a second Frank Buck. Mildred fTalkativeJ Hartline has got a voice and imagination suitable fo-r a social welfare worker. In this work she will be touring the country and makin' big speeches. Olen fToadJ Smith in his writings has stated that, as a boy, he was fond of mak- ing mud pies, But time has changed him, and today his cookin' ability is rather doubtful. He's the Tizzy Lish of the home ec, class, but as his knowledge as a chef is limited to cake and candy, he'll be a weight-lifter. Richard QPeteJ Donley is to football the same as Tizzy Lish is to the cookin' world. Pete claims he's gonna' be a football coach, and if his team plays anything like Pete, it ought to win a game more than once every four years. Phyllis QSocialiteJ Lamb has always wanted to be a talented entertainer. For this very good reason, she will become a snake-charmer in Ringling Brothers Circus. Robert CDocJ Russell has always been a cut-upg therefore hes gonna' be a sur- geon. He'll invent medicines that'll kill or cure instantly so as to save unnecessary pain and sufferini This sympathetic man has always been soft-hearted, and he'l1 be a boon to suffering mankind. Beverly CEmotionalJ Koons is a 20th century writer of English class drama, and makes Shakespeare appear about as talented as Tarzan of the apes. Beverly won't con- fine her work to the English class, though, and we'll soon be reading her Shake- spearian drama out of a true story magazine. Carol fRemorsefulJ Kobe can draw like mustard plaster. She's a candid artist, drawin' almost everything. Of course, artists have to have models, and it looks like Earl Stevens and Hairless Joe Bainton have already landed the job. Before long these famous profiles will be seen in all the leading magazines advertising Cocomalt and Killum's Canned Beans. Richard CPlayboyJ Walkden has always had a winnin' way with wimmin'. He's gonna' be a traveling ag. teacher as he likes a change in the scenery and likes to take in new territory, Dale fLoverJ Lyon is going to be a government laborer, operatin' in the Ken- tucky Mountains as a revenuer. He'll be surprised and delighted when he runs onto his old friend Ivan CStill-waterl Price who will be in the brewery business in some isolated spot in them there mountains. George fPeter Arnoj Riley is gifted with the ability to draw cartoons. He has cultivated this unusual talent by drawing these humorous cartoons in classrooms and study-halls. He passes these pictures down the -aisle, in the raw. Of course every- body adds a few more lines and wise-cracks: and by the time they get back to George, those cartoons are the finished product. George will be cartoonin' for all the high quality magazines and a few funny papers. Mabel Bennitt is going to work in a pattern factory. CI could use that old joke C?J about bein' a cut-up but reckon's hadn't better.J Virginia Lolmaugh is going to be a model and, of course, will pose several times for that famous cartoonist, George Riley, who will use these pictures for magazine covers. Virginia Frame has always had a wish to be entertaining. She'l1 be a bearded lady in a circus. Rieta Brewer has chosen a profession that's a little under-estimated by most school children. She's going to be a school-marm, Margarete Haas is going to make a dictionary that'l1 beat Sam Johnson's or Webster's. It'll include all the words in the dictionary today and a lot more throwed in. Iris Dalrymple likes the work of an interior decorator. She'll be a paper hanger. Virginia Sanford likes music. She'll be a trumpeter in Bessie Harroff's orchestra. After her marriage to Dick f,PythagorasJ Austin, Caroline Webb will be a secre- tary and housekeeper for this great mathematician, Evelyn Wallquist has been taking shop and likes the subject. She'll be a brick- layer. Clifford fC0ld Chisell Keller will be a big league baseball player. Bein' Heaven's gift to women he oughta' draw quite a crowd on ladies' day. Daisy Reamer will be a lot faster than Gypsy Rose Lee. Shell only have her beat by about three words per minute but that's enough, because Gypsy will be a fast typist by that time. Marne t'Pep Trapp's gonna' be a chef. Anyhow he's got a goodrstart. He can cook more with a can-opener than anybody else can with complete kitchen equipment. Pep baked a birthday cake once that just about ruined his reputation as a cook. At first glance one might take Dick Austin for a musician or a bookworm, but he has more under his hat than hair, He'll invent a method that will revolutionize the solution of algebra problems. Singin ' Sam McCormick sure is a quiet, scholarly character, always going out of his way to bruise up some unsuspecting victim. This peace lovin' gent is gonna' get married. fpardon me, hitchedb. settle down and raise kids, which will probably go out of their way to bang 'iDaddy on the snoot. Elizabeth Penwell is going to be a telephone operator. This is interesting work, especially during big floods. Dorothy Gross will be a newspaper reporter. She'll do a lot of travelin' in order to get news about the movie stars and other big shots. George CMontanal Snider doesn't know whether to be an elevator boy in New York or a western bad-man. It's a cinch he couldn't go to New York-he's too likely to get run over while staring at the high buildings. James fCowboyJ Snider is gon-na' have to spend the next three months in a stockade for protection against prophecy-enraged seniors. As soon as things quiet down, he'll jump the first side-door pullman headin' west. E231

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