Chatham Central High School - Flight Yearbook (Chatham, NY)

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CLASS PRoPHEcY One night as Miss Potter lay sleeping, she had an uncanny dream, cr dream that was so revealing it was almost as if it were life itself. This dream told all about the members of the class of 1943! Miss Potter saw Virginia Allen as the wardrobe mistress of the Rockettes in which Ruth Goodermote, Betty Anderson, and Bea Martin were dancing - - - having learned their steps from the Senior Play. jean Stickles had given up collecting antique buttons long enough to sew some on her husband's shirt. Mary Diskin had stopped her duties as a nurse to take the part of Dr. Kildare's assistant in the movies. Herma Hesse, much to no one's surpise, was married to the Lone Ranger just to be near Silver, her favorite horse. john Hoffman, who was once so puzzled about the magic box of a magician, had built a box similar, to it, and had never been heard of since. Bill Hoffman, his twin brother, was the proud father of triplets and was going through agony trying to tell them apart. ' Marian Spath had been elected the life-time president of that national correspondence school, teaching The Art of Flirtation and Plattery in Ten Easy Lessons ! Her executive vice president was Lloyd Goodrich, the Romeo of Red Bock. james Boland, who had become a clergyman, was seen in darkest Africa teaching savages how to save their souls so they too would be Happy after death. john Mesick was with him selling insurance so their dependents would be happy too. Betty Gaylord was still BUSSELLing around, having long since been married UP NORTH. Roger Van Deusen was still looking for the Lost Chord: and the moment that jerry Cozzolino and Willard Doyle, who were now the heads of the F.B.l. were in the dream, they were chasing a criminal charged with corking crooked bottles. Inspectors Cozzolino and Doyle were known as the super-sleuths of all time. Bruce Maxwell had been given recognition for the invention of a promising parachute for the air corps. Nellie Myers, who was so successful in school, came back to teach the first grade. Carlo Zito astounded the world with his new chemical theory of how to keep icebergs from melting. Mr. Zito had just returned from a trip to the Arctic regions. His ship had been piloted by that master of the seas, Bill Calhoun. The dream shifted, and Molly Morrison's alluring smile was seen in the toothpaste advertise- ments. jean Becker, HN., was causing rapid palpitation of the pericardia of all patients of Dr. Boy Strever's sanitarium. Bob Radley was still being beseiged with offers from Charles Atlas, but Bob was too busy answering the calls of his ambulance business. jack Navarra and his drums were drawing countless numbers of admirers at the Hollywood Hep- cat Haven. Louise Strever was BLASSting the unfairness of separation caused by war. Donald Mc- lntyre and Bill Colville had gained fame in the educational world with their new best seller, Ways and Means of Combating Student Absenteeismn. Thomas Dunn, the head of the highway department, was his usual cheerful self, but was especially gleeful over the prospects of a new automatic post-hole digger. Lillian Francis' theme song was still Georg A On My Mind . Dorothy Iacobia and Dorothy Coons, two well known young business wo- men, had started the Successful School for Smiling Secretaries . Eleanor Kittle and Dorothy Sheldon had joined the Ink Spots, and could be heard on the newest recordings. jack Seaman was thechief photographer for George Wenk's magazine The Spectator . Madeline Koller, who had liked commuting to school on the train so well, had become the first woman conductor, and cheered cheerless Chatham commuters. Betty Lobdell was the successor to Oveta f28l CAVALCADE

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These traits of lack Seaman, blonde hair, light complexion, rosy cheeks, and excess wit, are given to Louise Teator. Not forgetting Iohnny Mesick, he wishes to pass down his alarm clock to Shirley Bleau. Lillian Francis and Doris Tholke give their double homemaking ability to Rose Navarrap While Carlo Zito leaves Ianice Van Pelt some of his talkative ability. Bequeathed to Leo Calwell by Iimmy Wilber is the right to follow in his brother's footsteps. Cam- illa Moccio leaves her athletic ability to Betsy Moore: and not forgetting Molly Morrison who wishes Walt Passett to know that she will leave him an open night any time he wishes. We hereby bequeath to the faculty! To Miss Potter a long, quiet summer vacation followed by many years of health and happiness. Good Luckl To Miss Dardess we sneak a gas coupon so that she may go see a grade A movie when it comes to town. To Miss Durrant we leave a very sincere Thank You from every Senior tor her so ably helping this class in a time of need. To Mr. Moyer we leave an autographed photo of Miss Moses. Think Uncle Sam will like it? To Mrs. Pulver we give a few excess points so that she won't have to figure so closely when she goes to the store. . To Miss Ashley we leave a completely new homeroom. Sorry to see us go? To Mrs. Radley we bequeath the book, How to Bring Up Baby While Father Serves Country . To Miss Ward we give the privilege of being a Red Cross nurse on the North African front. To Mrs. Magee we leave a messenger to report a day ahead of time the changes in periods. To Miss Newman we give a round trip ticket to visit a certain Army camp. To Miss Winter we leave a trailer so that she can get all her neighbors home safely and not be too crowded. To Mr. Aldrich we leave a better arrangement of all material on the changes in education dur- ing the war so that he has access to the material promptly. To Mr. Benson we leave a candy counter in the lower corridor so that during third period, he can enjoy his mid-morning snack . To Mr. Brundage we bequeath our No. 17 stamp because he walks so far from his home to school that he wears out many pairs of shoes. To Mr. Olmstead we give a new derby and a Ieep . Happy ridin'! To Miss Morris we leave a new air conditioning system so that when she gets very warm she won't have to put the windows up. To Miss Weis We leave a brand new tire. We have priority! Ahem! To Mr. and Mrs. Coon we leave an excess of patience so that their dog, Zip, will someday be a good hunting dog. Don't you think he should go on a diet, Mrs. Coon? To Mr. Vosburgh we leave our very deep sympathy when shoveling coal next year to keep the classes of C. H. S. warm. To Mr. Becker we leave a new shovel to replace the one that was used by the Senior Class on Arbor Day. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seal at the Chatham High School in the village of Chatham this nineteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred forty-three. CLASS OF 1943. Charley Macarthy S Mortimer Snurd , E Witnesses: C.H.S., 1943 T271

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Culp Hobby as leader of the W.A.A.C.S. Her brother, Richard Lobdell, liked the Navy so well he had made it his lifetime career. . Marie Kinne was seen in the dream being chased by leading cosmeticans who wanted to know the magic formula of her beautiful complexion. Camilla Moccio was pictured in her flower garden cul- tivating camillas for correct corsages. Bill Van Pelt was SALLYing along headed for the WOODS. Chief Petty Officer Garvey was running a home for aged sailors, and Cora Wieland was a torch singer for Bob DeVane's blues band. Bob still wore his Purple Heart medal on his tux. Incidentally Cora was winning acclaim with her especially mellow rendition of My Buddy . Della Verenazi was concocting cunning coffieurs for Chatharn's club women. Living up to her name, Doris Tholke was the Doris Blake of the Chatham newspaper, while her classmate, Barbara Nordman, who was also literary minded, took time out from her job at General Electric to send in an occasional contribution to the Women's Day . And then Russ Northrup came into the picture. BET HE is having a GAY time LORDing over the town of Chatham as mayor. Bill Vtfhiteman was seen on his farm singing Ieanie With the Dark Brown Hair . Since Irene Rich had finally gained weight, Violet Welch had taken her place with the grape-juice company: and nurses May Stone and Shirley Westover, swished through Miss Potter's dream waving clinical thermometers. Thus the dream slowly faded away, and Miss Potter slept on - - content that the class of 1943 had found its place in the world. H C.H.S., 1943 E291