California School for the Deaf - Foothills Flame Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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to get a better plcture of them I sadd -als re1l1zed they were in England Evelyn had been traxelxrg 1ll o er the vxarld 1nd was wclnknowa 1s Amer cas Wonder Ccwfrvrl SH had won manx hors races and dd amazingly well in the tr al class '1 uh ch she howed the people the tricks of her horses Her resid nce was in Ai1sk1 Down ln the p1sture near her horre were her husband and a red haired leo! her son herding ITYIHY beautiful ho ses Her husband was an exp rt hors tra ner Now the picture of Evelyn and the people in her rife slowly f1d d awav Into the C6l6XlSI0l'l cre n popped red haired Ernest Robert Brovles I wondered what he was doing In 1 little while I found that he w1s standing on the deck of a b 1u xl sihoon r named Margo He W1 the owner of a larg lum ber c1mp in Soutn America His tra IC mg blo d had got the best of him so he took a vac1to'1 I was not surprised as he never had staved in one pl1ce for 1 lon time I knew he had traveled to varlous parts of the world and enjoyed seeing r1re sights He enjoyed bemg a vagabond Suddenly a baseball game appeared on the televlsion screen I started to turn it off as I hated baseball until I took a second Glance at the game and saw none other than my old classm1t Frankie Luna who was Ditch League against the St LOUIS Cardinals He h1d been one of baseballs shining stars and at an age when most players are forgotten he was stlll leadlng th league In a few minutes the game was over and Frankie had pitched his eleventh straight w1n this time winning 1 to 0 in 17 inning Frankie walked at once to a box seat where h1s beautiful wife was sitting with their three sons They were trlplets All were the perfect images of their father Next the scene changed once ag11n A ranch on which there w1s 1 large orchard of many different kmds of fxuit trees 1ppeared This time I saw Ruthalee Ward wxth her husband working 1s faithfully 1s she alw1ys had in school Her two children were pl1f1ng nearby 1nd I noticed I'l1'1K the little girl was just 1 perfect llttle 1ngel lke her mother had alw1ys betn but the boy was full of I'I1lSCl'llLf Ruthalee looked so happy 1m1d t her vast acres of beautifully colored fruit trees and fruits As the happy family dis1ppeared on the telev1s1on screen the f1mous Ringling Brothers Circus appeared I thought lf was silly for 1 circus to appear on the screen untl I notc d 1 clovn n1med Bobo wandering around in the circus tent Wh n I got a closer view of the clown I found lt to be Tomas Gomez I w1s not verv mucn surprised to see hun in the clothes of a clown as he had 1lways 1cted lxke 1 clown back in CSD He had not changed much in h1s 1tt1tude toward girls for he was flirting with all the women 1n the clrcu as happy 1nd funnv as he could b The picture of the circus faded slowly away and a picture of 1 motor cycle race appeared on the sc een I looked closer and noticed the rider on No 61 OHV I found out who it vias in no time It was Martin obe on h1s Harley Dav dson He had been riding in the famous motorcycle race in Indianapolls and had just won the '50 lap race He was presented a gold trophy for winning n arlv all the m11n events Standlng there g1XlI'1g D , I c ' A 1 . If . 'x g T ' 'A L ., . , .U . ,. A Y V P I L , 5, , I ,. ' l , l 2 . E, ' F A . 5 ' i ' e ' '. f ' . . f . e ,e i . ' ' I' D . . I Q K ' I I x x3 ' er flii, 1 e H .M .5 D 1 - 1 - ' X 1- 0 ' . . Cf ' . r 3 ' Y - . . 9 1 D . u . e, , g - ing in the game. He was pitching for the Chicago Cubs of the National . . . , , 7 7 L , K 1 'L I K A D C . I L . - V lx' K I C i ' i . ' . i . . 1 , ' 41 . . ' 5 I .Ll . . 5 l . . , . . . . . 1 x 1 K ' ' ff 57 ' 1 1 e . . , ' Y ' ' . e . ' . . I q . . . . I U . . r, . ' ' . . S C. H . j V. V.

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He has been workmg as a lmotvpe operator ln the prmtmg shop m school for Hve years H15 favortte hobby 15 makmg model planes S, fs Football fBte1mJ 15 Varsltx team 46 Basketball 41 to 46' Ofhc-e Sports Edmtor F A A 46 to 47 Secretary Semol Class At the age of ten a small shy boy named Frank oseph Schmxdt made his way here from the los Angeles publlc day school m 1938 He was very embarrassed and curlous and st1ll rs He was very good tn his school work as he IS now One bad habnr which hc had was chewmg on hxs pencils all the txme But now he seems to love hxs penc ls because he always has them behind hls ears He ts baseball crazy like Frank Luna He ns well hked and respected by us He has been a lmotype operator ln the prrntmg shop for Hve years qpmts Football 1BteamJ 45 Yarsxtv team 46 Basketball 44 to 46 Offms Secretary Student Bodx 45 to 46 Pxesulcnt Semox Class 46 to 17 The last glrl Betty une Kung enrolled here from a public school nn Oklahoma ln 1944 Dlphtherla at the age of three caused her to be hard of hear1ng but It drd not show up until she was ten years of age Her dis posxtlon IS very nlce and gay We know a lot more about her thns year because she became better acquainted with us as she became more Huent ln the use of slgns and as some of her shyness disappeared She IS the only one of us whose home town IS named tor them She comes from Kung Cxty She loves to hsten to poems and music Offues Sports Ell1t0I' G A A 46 to 47 Class Prophecy In the sprmg of 1967 way up m the mountams where no man had ever set foot before my husband and I lived tn a cabm near the creek We bought thls place because we both always had loved the beauty of nature We planted wllow trees along the creek We also had bullt a swlngmg brldge across the creek One day my husband and I took a walk down th creek We had wnth us a new knd of televls on set wrth a radio and a telephone We carrred tt down to the creek VUhen we got to the creek we just lay on the grass and hstened to the water falls a short wav down and also to the rusthng of the leaves of th wxllow trees The wmd whrstlmg through the leaves and the notse of the waterfall made a beautiful sound My husband soon fell asleep I thought back into my childhood wondering what my classmates had turned out to be after they had graduated from the Cahforma State School for the Deaf ln 1947 I turned on the special televlston set and then thought of Evelyn Thornborrow Into the set came an xmage of Evelyn When I looked on the screen I sau that she was surrounded bv a crowd of people who seemed to be congratulat ng her She had just won a trophy and by her stood a beautxtul coal black horse wtth a wreath of flowers and a pretty blue bow There was someth ng strange about the people and when I looked closer .' for 'Z ' - 2 , '- -, D' , ' Q . ' , ' F ' 1. V' s: S ' , . . ., ' ' g 1, ' ' . a - 9 J ' 1 . . Q 1 s , . ' . . 1 1 ' 7 1' 7 u 4 1 - a y , . 4 . - , ., . l . , . , . A'.,..: . .-V, L' sv, ' ' 3 . A' , Y ' . I X., v, 'I L Secretary, F. A. A., '46 to '47g Assistant Sports Editor, F. A. A., '46 to '47, , J , ' 9 , . ' , .. ' 7 Y , .. t , ,... , . . , . . 3 , . D . Y 2 . Q . . D - 9 . I , . 9 . . . . Q ' f

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hlm congratulatlons was his mlfe the forrner Patsy Halloran Thev both looked, oh so happx I Martn had changed quite a bxt nom he had the bxggest and strongest muscles I h d ever seen 'n mx hte Hrs haxr ts as no longer blond as lf had been lh the davs of PSD but coal black I mon dered lf he had dxed hxs half As the pxcturc of Martln went of? there on the screen ppeared a pxc ture of a large socxal gatherlnv IH a beauutul aloe house Nluch to my surprrse, the host ss o tus affair was none ota r than une Kmg She was marrled to a former CISD student vs ho graduated from Gallaudet Cel lege IH 1948 My ron Lee ua her husband s namt Qhc and her husband had been so busy gxvmg and attendmg soclal alta r that they had not the tlme to ralse a fam-ly Desp1te her bemg ln love with her husband une had cont1nued her fhrtxng Tl11S dud not surprise me, for she had always been a fhrt Slow v off the creen dxsappeared the happy couple Then on the scre n appeared a chemlcal laboratory In the laboratory was a busy young man workxng on some pills made of atoms I knew at farst slght that lf was Frank SCllI1'lldI He was hgurmg out how atom prlls tuberculosis I had read tn the newspapers about hun many trmes and he surely was a noted chemnst Commg through the door was hxs Wlfe wlth a httle son, carrymg a basket of d IICIOUS supper Frank smelled a vxhrff of the food and felt relaxed After greetlng hlm, they started to have dlnner After eatmg, Frank decxded to x1s't hrs old pal George Attletweed There ln George s b autlful home Frank George, and their wives joked and talked about affalrs around them I lust had found out that George had been glven a college professor s degree and therefore became a pro fessor I was not surprxsed as he was an mtelhgent boy for h1s age and perhaps was the most mtelhgent person ln my s nlor class long ago I took a good look at htm and savx that he had stayed the same as when he was a young quiet boy A cute srght was comrng on th screen It was George s twm son and daughter 1n their nlght clothes takmg a peek at thexr parents and the couple Now the pxcture of the tvxo happy couples faded away Then last of all, on the screen appeared lVlr B B Burnes our beloved twelfth grade teacher, snttrng at h s desk at home Mr Burnes was at home retxred from work for the rest of hrs hfe I just remembered that I had read something ln the newspapers about htm It was h s hndmg an unknown gold mme worth mnlhons of dollars dur ng his vacatlon 'n the summer of 1041 Fver snce he had hved th hfe of Riley studvmg all the algebra problems that the greatest m nds never had solved Even Ernstem could not do better Then I turned ofl' the set and soft thoughts made me reahz how hap pxly and glorxously my classmates and teacher had succeeded A few un heeded tears rolled down my theeks as I wxshed so much to see my dear classmates ln person Later on my husband woke up and upon our return to our home we met a famlly that me had muted to help us celebrate our twelfth weddlng annxversary Pardon me what was that you asked me9 Oh' You mean mv maiden name? Ir was Helen Cora Arbuthnot Q I. A A A7 I. x 1 wr 1 Q D K ' K ' ,: ' es f l ' . ' f - l 3' J - ' . C - F - 4 A I G K m n. A N ' ' . of . , r - . , tl could be used to fight dreaded diseases, such as cancer, poliomyelitis, and Q - l - sv, - ' . . , D . . . 1 . c , -. , U . . 3 . L u . A L- I G . . I . . A . S . U . . . I Q '. '. . e . I V , a 4 a Q v ' 5 i . . . . Q , I . . 9 7 , , - . 7 V . I