Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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around on Fred Sullivan’s coat tails and hands out cigars to the ladies. He is the political boss of Baldwinsville, Plain- ville, Minoa and points west. The “Four Corners” is now held down by two apposing factions. Dr. Martha Sullivan, Ph. D, N. R. A., D. D. holds down one comer. Amid gesticulations with her horned rim- med glasses, she valiantly defends the Constitution. On the opposite corner stand Warren lvirkler and Howard Crego. These fanatics are on soap boxes (ivory) and loudly harangue the crowd on the benefits of communism. The audience con- sists of Irene Sprague, Frances Dunham and Frances Clark, who are particularly facinated by Howard Crego’s red beard (the true sign of Bolshevism). Meanwhile police-chief Klas- mier mutters vague threats about locking the whole bunch up. Every evening at eight o’clock the villagers tune in their television sets to hear and see Carolyn Doran, the second Grade Allen. Donald Rowley is another favorite; as com- petitor of Walter Winchell lie knows all the choice gossip. Baldwinsville inhabitants were surprised when Stephen Golden; and Peg Harrington became hitched and the world was surprised when they became the proud parents of sex- tuplets. Having a kindly feeling towards B. H. S. Velma Hobbs is now Mr. Elden’s competent secretary. In this fast changing village it is a relief to see a few things that haven’t changed. Among them are Eugene Nostrant’s and Eddie Madden’s cars. Both have received offers from museums for their cars, but they think they ought to be good for another thirty years. To touch upon a sober subject, we regret to report the un- timely demiser of one Ernest Turner on the 16th consecutive attempt he passed the Intermediate Algebra Test and promptly died of heart attack. Carmella Cenci’s life is also very sad. Just before the 1937 Lyre was published, some- thing let go in her upper story. The strain of editing the magazine had been too much and she went completely “balmy”, she is now guarded by strong-man Navin. Grand Duchess Olga Petrovitch a la Mildred Moss, the wealthy divorcee, spends her time being pursued by Adrian 10

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Prophesy I opened my eyes slowly and looked around. Suddenly I realized that someone was shaking me violently by the should- er. I thought to myself, “Maybe they don’t know how ugly I am when I’m awakened suddenly.” Soon I found that the shaking was being done by my old pal, Bowman Crego, whom I understood to be ordering me, in no uncertain terms, to get off his estate. I took a second look at him and wondered if 1 were really awake or if I were having a nightmare. He had gray hair, and a wrinkled face. Indeed, he looked to be about twenty years older. I stood up hastily, tripped, and fell down. When I looked down, I found to my horror, that 1 had tripped over my own heard. Weeks later when they released me from the phycopathic ward, I went around looking up my old friends; and all of them asked me for my version of my mysterious twenty-year disappearance. To them all, my answer was the same: One day in June, 1937, I was taking a leisurely stroll in Whiskey Hallow, accompanied only by my coon dog and squirrel rifle. As I turned a bend in the dusty road, I saw a small brown .jug sitting in the middle of the road. I tasted the bewitched elixer from the flagon and soon wandered to a little cove and with a ho-hum and a Rip Van Winkle, I went to sleep. The next thing I remembered was being rudely awakened by Bowman Crego, twenty years later. As I look over the town what startling changes have taken place during twenty years and not the least of them is the change to be found in Fred Sullivan, lie is now a typical “High Gear Homer”, and a super salesman and is now busy settling Chuck Greene’s invention—a stream-lined potato peeler. Mrs. Neupert (Lucyann Davis) is his best customer. (Anything to lighten the household duties, you know!) The biggest surprise of all, however, was when 1 learned that Bern- adine Bartnikowski, has finally conceived her life-long ambi- tion and is now the first woman President of the U. S. (Bern- adine always did strive for top honors). Kirby West has made use of all his long hours of caddying and is now the efficient golf pro of Seneca Golf Club. Harold Stearns rides 9

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O’Brien, the town’s gayest bachelor. Dancing lias become very popular; Ethel Parry and Edna Dunham conduct a studio teaching adagio dancing. Isabel Aplin, Marjorie Myers and Robert Henderson are enrolled in the classes but they just can’t seem to get into the spirit of the thing. Cather- ine Voorhees and Russell Virginia have spent twenty years at Long Branch, engaged in a dancing marathon. Another happily married couple is Elizabeth Dawlev and Charles Peters, (just to keep up a family tradition). Perhaps I was most surprised when I wandered down to Kiwanis Park and found a one-hourse circus there. Allan Dunham has started in competition with “Barnum Bailey”. His featured stars are Norman Kingsley, the strong man, and Helen Thompson, the snake charmer. Betty Alenn’s livery with the motto, ‘‘back to the horse” is engaged in a struggle to the death with Bond’s Taxi Ser- vice. Robert Morebous is tired, but happy. His whole aim is concentrating (and had been concentrating for twenty years) upon the project of building up the hamlet of Ly- sander until it rivals Baldwinsville. Already the population has double because Dorothy Gettman, Jeanne Gere and Lewis Johnston have moved out there to get away from it all. I was left limp absolutely limp, by the changes that had taken place during my sleep. Sleep, that’s an idea, and I de- cided that the best thing I could do would be to get some. So—1 headed for Whiskey Hallow, accompanied only by my coon dog and squirrell riflle. As I turned a bend in the dusty road, I saw a small brown jug. MICHAEL SAWYER JAMES PARRY. ----0O0---- 11