Central High School - Spokesman Yearbook (Erie, PA)

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June 21, 1939 PHALAN FOLLY Page Three B TTLE OF CENTURY CARDED Strong Vincent Defeats Zions In Great Game Riding roughshod over a team that was supposedly their superiors, Strong Vincent High School's Bit- ing Kernels defeated Coach William Shay's Academy Zions on Strong Vincent High School field yester- day afternoon by a score of 100 to 0. Piling up a huge score and hit- ting the Academy line with every- thing but the bleacher seats, the Red and Black paid uP 501119 Old scores that have existed for more than 15 years. A great crowd saw the game with Cheerleaders Shanor and Wallace performing brilliantly on the sidelines for Strong Vincent. The only casualty of the cruel fray came in the fourth quarter when Linesman Illig attempted to run between the goal posts. Both his shoulders were fractured. Because of a deficit in track funds, Professor Shanor arranged this football match for midsummer and was most fortunate in secur- ing the Zions as they were booked to attend a tea-party at Miss Adam's Tea Room, MARRIAGE LECENSES Marriage licenses, issued today at the courthouse by Register Agnes Chacona, find former Centralll-Iigh School students figuring prominent- ly. fThis story was placed on the sport page as a prediction that John Carney can arrange for several fights in his arena within the near futurei. The following licenses were is- sued: Adelle M. Illig, home: Donald Johnson, laborer. Beatrice Butler, soda-store own- erg Durker Braggins, ship's car- penter. Mary Louise Gray, geometry in- structor: Billy Shea, reporter. Virginia Renz, owner o f a horse: Bud Hanley, mortician funder- takerj. Muriel Root. America's foul- shooting champion, Rudolph Nebb, humorist. Dean and Wallace Ready For Opening Gong ln Audi Ring By Sport Despondent In one of the greatest fistic en- counters ever arranged for a local ring, Killer Howie Dean and, Guillotine Wallace will trot their! prowess before a packed house in Carney's Auditorium tomorrow night. The Battle of the Gentry is carded for 8:15 o'clock. Both the contestants were hope- ful on the eve of the contest. I am in perfect condition, said Wallace, after pounding desks at Central High School for eleven years. Dean, the pride of the East End District, assured himself a victory. Nobody else does. You know, he said, after studying Caesar, one learns how to lick an entire army. That's just what he'll have to do to- morrow night as Wallace packs a mean wallop in either lunch hook. As there is intense feeling in both camps, Hamot and St. Vincent's hospitals will remain open all night to care for the injured. Dan Han- ley also has a contract. ull- I i '1.Q' . I 5.5: rf . . xg, ii .Ri:5 iif3:-:- V e . , J ' l 1 ----. Qriffj ' f ::::::5a55:s:2:5:e .sa ' I -4g.,15:555fsff' l '5:-:-:-:-:- i:l:f.:.-ff: . i s . ' ','-, '.., 'a1.' l r 1. R ,IVSIQIEQ1 -- ,- A.-, -1555555-5,3 .-.I .,g rl . 5 ,Q , .Il e -.--: :-:-.- ' - ,gr kr H- ,-,., .5.:,.,.-1-1-1... , K - James J. Hyde, coach at Strong Vincent High School, who received a long prison term for ordering the pupils at the school to appear in gym suits in the gymnasium. He l l Pasadena Awaits Great Sectional Clash in Stadium By Sport Despondent Dissolute Press fSpecialJ Pasadena, Cal., June 21.-All Pasadena is anxiously awaiting the opening whistle that will send a strong Erie, Pa., team against the Pasadena Passengers on Regal Noble field here Thursday. It marks the annual Tournament of Moses festivity in this Western Hemis- phei'e. The Erie players, home from col- lege, will present a sti'ong lineup when they represent the East here. The Passengers claim they will an- nihilate the Erie aggregation. In that event the railroad company will refund one-half of the ticket- purchase money. All in all, it looks like a killing event. Because his players have been re- ceiving so many love letters from home, and also to guard against the Passadena threat, Coach James fRawl Hyde, Erie mentor, will have his team outfitted with the let- ters to form a coat of mail. Passadena refused to divulge their starting lineup. Following is the Erie array, the names having been released to newspaper obituary editors for publication immediately after the game: Left end, Collins, Doter Name: left tackle, Canni, Polk Institute: Left guard, Speer, Mulberry Bush Seminaryg Center, Ludwig, Broken Jaw U. of the College of Hard Knocks, right guard, Abe Silin. Yew Nork University: right tackle, Intrieri. Columbus Kindergarten: Quarterback, Tom Hitch, Georgia Tech fAtlanta Institutejg half- back, Jay Lyons, State Penn, half- back, Gerald Weible, Duke Cane Universityg full-back, Dwyer, Baker's Dozen Seminary. was prosecuted by Humane Society counsel who accused him of being cruel to dumb animals. Section 3. Article 2, of the Humane Penal Code states: All animals must be properly dressed before appearing in public places.

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Page Two PHALAN FOLLY June 21, 1939 PHALAN FOLLY Combined with the Central Spokesman Suspected and gassed by the Board of Subjugation. STAFF Owner J. T. Phalan Written by W. Bill Getty INITIATIVE This marks the first effort on the part of a Spokesman editor to include a regular newspaper in the school annual. Unless you take what is contained in its pages as a huge joke, a great effort of the editor shall be in vain. Because we wrote it in the spirit of jest and we want you to take it in the same spirit. We tried to pan everything and everybody around old Central and you'll be forced to admit we did it well-from princi- paul to janitor. If we missed you this time, do something prominent around school and break into next year's edition. So if you see your name in the present presentation and find that you've done something dumb, TEN YEARS FROM NOW, laugh! Laugh, you big bum! EXPOSTULATION and REPLY You FRAIL boy, said the teacher, You are PHALAN in your classworkf' - It will HIRT me, said the boy, if the SHEEN and SHADE of my classwork is attacked by you. I BENNETT your home and I find that your parents do not think you are doing WRIGHT, replied the teacher. UMERCERV' said the youth. Do they think their BOYKIN do everything? 'EVANS! shrieked the teacher, your recitations are TALLING on your class work! I'll have to see the DEAN. t'From now on I'll be a leaf- TURNER, spoke up the boy, if it SIMS my soul. HUGHES wonderful boy, you, replied the teacher. 'tAfter hearing that I am in a HAYES. I can hardly BRYCE up. INTERVIEWS WITH THE GREAT I once had a boy who always selected a back seat in the class- room to fall asleep in, while I was trying to impart knowledge to the class. When finally he irked me to such a point that I asked him where he received his training, he replied, I guess it sort of runs in the family. Becoming tired of the daily oc- currence, I 0rde1'ed the boy from the room. Picking up his belong- ings, he sauntered toward the door. Reaching there after a laborious process of putting one foot in front of the other, he slowly turned his Morpherian features in my direc- tion and asked in a most drawling voice: 'tWhere shall I go? I don't know where you should go, I replied, but Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years in the Cats- kill Mountains- but maybe you haven't train fare enough to get there. HEROIC DEED The heroic act of a high school student yesterday saved the dirig- ible Los Angeles from being un- seen as the huge balloon passed in lazy flight over the heart of Erie. Principal Frail, notified of the ldirigible's appearance at Harbor- creek, attempted to sound the fire siren but got the shock of his life 12200 voltsl. The youth, passing by Mr. Frail, saw the occurrance and instantly Cyelled his brains out. The squeak was heard in every iclassroom and when teachers be- came terrified with the thought 'that mice were playing about, stu- dents mutinied and rushed pell- 'mell from the building. Charlie Shreve, playing with a pea-blower, shot at the balloon and ldamaged the gas bag. He is being Xheld for Detention Room. The yelling of the boy was a brave act. His brains will be res- cued and sent to the Smithsonian Institute as a relic of one fellow .who wasn't afraid to blow out his brains for old Central. LAWYERS F AINT Fire late yesterday, ravaging the Erie County Court House, destroy- ed the 1929 Class Will. Billy Newton, Bobbie Fitting and Roger Williams, lawyers who drew up the Will, were prostrated over the occurence as it required min- utes of effort to complete. l l l Y YW, Y W BLOW OUTS i l by l 1 O. O. Autotire . H, Y. .,,,, ,W .l Presented by Mr. Elmer G. Frail and opposed by Fritz McCabe, a prominent district attorney, a bill in the legislature provides for two school vacations yearly, each of six months' duration. Passage is doubtful. Because his pupils won an im- portant victory over Academy in Ping Pong, Principal Elmer G. Frail declared two holidays for the students-Saturday and Sunday. Instead of the usual procedure, that of tying a string around the finger to have somebody remember something, the State yesterday tied a rope around the neck of Bert Woodburn to remind him that such a thing as the killing of Inez Mercer isn't allowed nowadays. TRAGIC DEATH The terrifying practice of riding tricycles through school halls came to a tragic ending yesterday when Bobbie Fitting rode down two flights of stairs at Strong Vincent High and broke his neck. There is a ray of light in the death, however, for it will have the effect of awakening council members to the danger. The class of 1929 started the practice. The class of 1939 must end it. If not, then broken necks wil come often and soon. Erie parents are up in arms. Tricycle riding in halls must stop or else it will be stopped with+ broken necks. ACCIDENT Running down stairs at his home yesterday afternoon, Joe O'Keefe missed the first step and as a result mised them all, breaking his collar button. The youth is resting comfortably today under doctor's care. Kindly omit flowers. TOO BAD! Unable to attend the annual Folly banquet, Bob Bryan, re- porter, sent the following telegram: Unable to attend. Children are going out tonight and I must stay home with the nurse.

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CbS fue, ,K f, -N , dai- cbs 'E' ! I L i Z Our eventful march down the time-honored trail I of old Central, glittering in its splendor of many - happy moments, is more than priceless to each of Z us. Memory, in the years to come, will be the dis- I tant echo of these footfalls. i Our joys have been real and although Time I passes his mantle of forgetfulness over many - things they will hold before our gaze in years to Z come their conscious pleasures, so prized in all l entirety. It is the sincere wish of the stai that this book n will assist in small measure to retain the memories 1 of your past here at Central and that those mem- ! ories will ever be too dear to be forgotten. 1 THE EDITOR T I