Central City High School - Bison Yearbook (Central City, NE)

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Fags 24 CENTRAL CITY HIGI7' SCHOOL First of thosewho wind their way through the fairyland of flowers and crepe paper is a man stooped of shoulders and gray of head. Many wrinkles furrow his scholarly brow, and the bridge of his nose supports a pair of huge shell-rimmed spectacles. Many times have we seen his photograph in The Scientific Monthly. Suddenly he smiles. Ah! those dimples belong to none other than Florian Parker, President of 22. He is now Professor of Chemistry and has a string of letters after his name. Close beside him is Irene Muelle1, who assists him in all his labors in the labormato1y T0 he1 must be given much c1edit for the many valuable f01111ulae compiled by P10fesso1' Parker. , Behind this pail stalks the stalwa1t figure of one who is the admiration of all the baseball fans of America. It is Olville Bessey, Who has taken Babe Ruthls place as the Home Run King. ' Next'in line is a gentleman who bespeaks elegance and style from his carefully dressed black hair to his carefully shined black shoes. He is Monsieur Allen Gould, the most famous designer of women's gowns in New York. His creations have caused bankruptcy of the husbands of many beautiful women. 1 He is accompanied by two delightfully chic ladies, who are his models. They are Eva McMahon and Abbie Ashelford. Who is the immaculately groomed gentleman with a lady on each arm? It,is the noted financier, Mr. Leslie Black, whose word is law in Wall Street; Many a'time has a casually spoken word of his caused a rise 01' slump in the stock market. The beautiful lady at his right is his wife, nee Marie Dinges. Her auburn locks have gained her so much fame that a much used hair tonic has been named after her. The distinguished lady on his left is his siste1',iLola. She was the sweetest and loveliest girl in her class, and is now the First Lady of The Land. - The class is not without its leaders in the religious World. Carl Erick- sonls work as an evangelist has caused many a sinner to hit the sawdust tr ail. He is accompanied in his tr avels by Arthu1'Bonness,whose beau- tiful tenor voice thrills the hea1ts of all congr egations who have the privilege of hearing him warble tiOnwa1d, Christian Soldiers . Glancing along the marching ranks, we see many more who are a credit to their class. . Fred Anderson, our Adonis, is a hero of the screen. Lawrence Campbell is an embalmer. Robert Desch is a well known pugilist. Theodore Ratcliff has attained fame as the only multi-million- aire lawyer in the world. . This is due to the fact that he numbers many of his wealthy clients among the ranks of the bootleggers. Ruth Murphy is a star in the Ziegfield Follies. J ames Heuring has taken J ulian Eltinge's place as a female impersonator. Della Burkman is a movie vampire. Gladys Solt is the champion long-distance swimmer of Merrick County. Grace Swadley is the wife of a Professor at Nebraska Central College. . Amy Condell has taken Miss Scottis place as choir leader of the Meth- odist Church. Halley Lee, Leone Drinkall and Ralph Richards are travel-

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OLD'ROSE AND GREEN Page 2.! enabled us to ente1tai11 the Seniors at the most elaborate banquet ever witnessed in Ce11t1 :11 City High School. So here 5 To the Purple and White: May victory crown our endeavor, And failure come near us-Oh, never! Now we are Seniors, and soon our last year in dear old Central High will have slipped away. Captain Gie1sdo1'f led the football boys th1'0ugh :1 Victo110us season, while Captain Heaton, by his enthusiastic encourage- ment and good example, left a high standard record of clean sportsman- ship in basket ball. A11 branches of activities received our enthusiastic support. Our joys have been many, our attempts successful, our aspira- tions fulfilled; and it is hoped that the memory of this class will not fade from the minds of those we leave behind us, but may it serve to spur them 011 to greater things. So here's to the class of '22, The class ofbrains and might; So herets to the class of victory, The class of purple and white. SENIOR CLASS EDITOR. wx-x' CLASS PR OPHE C Y 1t 1s the spring of 1942. The halls of old C. C. H. S. are filled to over; i Ilowing; f'01 it is the night of the Alumni Banquet, and the good old class 0f 22 is having a 1'eunion.The1'e are many other classes 1 ep1esented, ' but none so well as 22. The sound of laughter and ceaseless chatter echoes through the halls and floats out thr ough the open windows. Class colors sare riotous. The beautiful gowns and lovely faces of the women and the conventional garb and distinguished countenances of the men form a picture to delight the eye. Cent1al City has a newer, 1111' ger high school now; but her sons and daughters of the twenties p1'efe1'to celeb1 ate the ann1ve1sa1'y of their g1aduat10n amid the familiai scenes of their youth. Hark! the sound of music! It 1s the signal for the Gr and Mar ch. The various classes form ranks and mar ch to the scene of the feast that awaits them in the gymnasium. The class of '22 marches in a b0.dy Let us mark the changes which time has w1' ought in its member s, and let us note how many famous men and women are found in the ranks of those who are proud to call 0.. C. H. S their. Alma Mater. '

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OLD 180515 AND GREEN Page 25 ing with Ringling Brothersl Circus. Paul Slegelvis an interesting capital- ist in his new invention, the tin-piano. Meanwhile he conducts classes- for those who are interested in the art of jazzing. v Edna Widman travels from city to city delivering her famous treatise, t'The Culture and Growth of the Beard , for the benefit of adolescent manhood. Edna Zamzow has attained renown as the first successful lady auctioneer. Clara Luebke is a successful kindergarten teacher. Charles Widman is organizing a society to promote more hygienic living conditions among the swine of Nebraska farms. Dick Tooley's wide experience as a soda-jerk has enabled'him to invent a concoction that bids fair to surpass in popularity the justly famed Eskimo Pie. Frank Chrisp is the successful salesman of Everwear, Corduroy Trousers . These articles of male attire are guaranteed to suit everybody. No fit to them-they simply hang on. They are especially appropriate for fancy dress balls. ' , Among the ranks I'behold one who causes me to wonder and blush ' with shame. To think that any member of our illustrious class should have sunk to such a level! His hair hangs into his eyes and grows down over his collar. A two weeks growth of beard is on his face, his clothes are shabby and ill-fitting. He carries an accordion in his hand. A friend whispers to me that it is Arthur Ronin. Ronin, I exclaim. Surely not the world famous piamst? ttThe same! quoth my friend. . HAlas I I moan, who would have thought that our Arthur would have come to this! Have Jean Martin and cigarettes gotten the best of him? But my friend hastens to reassure me, Oh, hels all right. His dress. is merely an outgrowth of his erratic temperament. You see, he always was a bashful and retiring sort of a person, and except when he is giving recitals his modesty compels him to assume this disguise in public in order to avoid the cheers and plaudits of the multitude. It is not at all difhcult to recognize the lady who is next in line. Her name is a household world in every music-loving home of America. Her merry, brown eyes betray her to be Daisy Woodward-King, the world famous mezzo-soprano. She has broken her contract with the Metropoli- tan Opera Company in order to attend this reunion. Arm in arm with her is a lady of an entirely different type. It is Elouise Carraher, Pro- fessor 0f Spielology at the Nebraska University. She is also honorary president of a labor union organization among the Normal Training Stu- dents of Nebraska. ; She advocates a six-hour day for Normal Trainers, with extra credit given for overtime work. ' The class of 22 represents almostevery line of human endeavor. Beth Farnham is happily married and is the proud mother of twins. However, her domestic duties have not prevented her from giving vent to her humor as editor of Judgef', Hazel Cherry's beautiful face has graced many a