Chestertown Central School - Panther Yearbook (Chestertown, NY)

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Prophecy It is the year 1970, the day of the class reunion, and the Seniors of 1955 are slowly gathering in the huge living room of the Wentworth mansion It seems that at their June graduation in 1955» they decided that in fifteen years they would have a class reunion at their advisor s home Perhaps I should explain Just how the Wentworths attained their mansion. It was during a Chemistry Lab period that it all started. Mr Wentworth was mixing up some strange looking chemicals when he came across a brilliant discovery, then, suddenly the whole thing exploded. When the smoke cleared, nothing remained of the school, but instead there was a huge bed of uranium, which is now used in the making of baby rattles. Anyway, he put in a claim and he s still collecting on it. Two of the students have already arrived. They are Ernie DeMatties with his wife, Helen, and Marie Tennyson who has managed to remain an old maid all these years. Ernie, the creator of that famous comic strip character, Mickey Mousetrap, now owns his own studio which is the largest in the world. He has since taken over Walt Disney's studio and, at the present time, is doing quite well for himself. His wife is kept quite busy sharpening his sketching pencils and rinsing out his brushes; they seem to be very happy. Marie has become the private secretary of the President of Uhited Lollypop, Incorpor- ated and has traveled abroad extensively. Next week she intends to accompany the President to France where plans will be negotiated for a union between lollypop Incorporated and Le All Day Sucker. Oh Look] Here comes Doctor Gene Rankin. You remember, Gene played the part of a doctor in our Senior Play. Well, he became so fond of that little black bag that he decided it would be nice to have it around the house. He's a throat specialist now and has a huge office in New York City. Eddie Fisher and Mario Lanza are two of his special patients. Those two nurses following Doctor Rankin are Deannie Place and Jane O'Connor who have been doing quite well in their profession. Jane is now married to a recent appendectomy case, and Deannie. who vowed to remain single, has also married. The story goes that one of her patients fell in love with her and her hypodermic needle and now they are happily married. Say, I wonder if she was using Love Serum instead of penicillin in that needle? Say, there's Jane Smith] I hear she's quite a well known authoress, and that her latest book has won an award . What's the name of it? Oh yes, it's called I Like Ike, But So Does Mamie. By the way, there's Elsie Koenig and her husband, Tom, who incidentally is 9 feet 8 Inches tall. Good for her, she landed a tall one] They are doing well now. They own a small summer resort in California called Beverly Hills. It seems to be a favorite vacation spot of all the RADAR SCREEN stars. ’Who ever is that? Oh no, not Madelynn Hutter! Say doesn't she run a school of Etiquette now? Sure. Her latest book is called YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD or GIVE EM ANOTHER KICK MA, I THINK HE'S COMM IN' TO. There's Walt Tennyson and Jim Wallace. Walt's getting ready to fly to the moon next montji on a business trip. Seems he heard a rumor that a couple of Russians dyed the moon red and it's going to clash something terrible with his Passionate Pink Ranch House up there. Jimmy, in the meantime, intends to stay on the earth for awhile. He's in the Undertaking Business and isn't concerned with getting 'em off the ground, but only in getting 'em under the ground. ---- Say, there's Wayne Kingsley. He's in the chicken business now, and he owns every chicken in the U. S. A. It's such a big project that the government had to give him the whole state of Texas. The Texans revolted, but upon realizing the importance of the project they decided to go along with the idea and are now known as THE LONE CHICKEN STATE. Golly, there's Prof. Art Berg. He became quite famous when he perfected the WORLD CALENDAR. It has since gained tremendous popularity especially with all those between the ages of six and eighteen Seems the Prof, got so involved in planning it that he wound up with 3 5 WORLD HOLIDAYS with no time alloted for school. What's that? It couldn't be, but it is. Bea Harpp Just pulled up in her SUPERSONIC JET JALOPY, but wait a minute, Bea, it hasn't any wheels] What? Oh, you Just fake it. Oh Bea, you're too gone for us] There's someone missing. Oh, Bill Bartlett Here he comes now; he had to wait for his wife. Poor Bill, it's a shame that his wife owns the family Jet, but they made it in good time; 3 minutes from Chicago where Bill owns the CHICAGO STOCKYARDS. Yep, he did all right. Here comes Mrs. Wentworth. Everyone is here now. Now they're talking about the good old days at C. H. S. Say, Mt3. Wentworth doesn't look too well. I forgot to say, she hasn't been too well since she suffered a complete collapse in June 19551111 a

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Hast IDtU ani (Ifstamritt. WE THE SENIORS OF '55, BEING OF SOUND MIND AND MEMORY, DO HERE BY PUBLISH THIS TO BE OUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: Bill Bartlett leaves his Monitor position to any member of the Junior Class who wishes to get out early for LUNCH. Art Berg leaves his Tenor Voice te anyone who would like to sing a solo at next year's Spring Concert, Marie Tennyson leaves her daily trips upstreet, which she inherited frem Beverly Giersberg last year, to Helen Hill, May she make good use of them. Gene Rankin leaves his truck (for noonhour use only) to Pete Sanders, who does a little driv- ing himself Walt Tennyson leaves his Algebra Book to the lucky Eighth Grader who will be using it next year. Jimmy Wallace leaves his position on the Basketball Team to Carl Perry. Elsie Koenig leaves her height te Joyce Ellsworth, but wants to keep her BLONDE HAIR for awhile Wayne Kingsley leaves his laugh to Roy Holmes in hopes that he will use it non-sparingly, like Wayne did. Ernie DeMatties leaves his drawing ability te Renee in hopes that she will find use for it. Sorry Renee, but the RED HAIR isn't included. Claudlne Place leaves her place as Bditor-in-Chief of our yearbook, to anyone who wants his hair to turn gray earlyil! Jane O'Connor leaves her OBOE to Denise Hidley, who is looking around fer someone else to give it to. Beatrice Harpp leaves her shyness to Dave Goodrich. He could use a little of it! Jane Smith leaves her neat handwriting to Bobby Wallace. He will have a great deal to live up te Madelynn Hutter leaves her wit to Richard Hedler who seems t have made a good start already. Te Mrs. Wentworth we leave our overwhelming gratitude for the patience and help that both she and Mr Wentworth have given us. To the Commercial Room, at long last, we leave peacefulness and an empty room for the new Seventh Grade. Use it with care Kids! Te Mr. Brinkman we leave only the good and bad memories of our twelve years at C.H.S. Better luck in the future! Te the Juniors the Class of '55 leaves its place as Seniors. 20

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Spring Garden It was in the eleventh year of our Journey that we came upon a sign bearing the name, Junior Prom . After following that marker, we soon became busily engaged in preparing for our first formal dance and on May 21st, SPRING GARDEN burst into bloom. After the coronation, King James and Queen Elsie led the entire Court in a grand march while Ernie LaRouche and his Orchestra accompanied them with the Prom theme, Sweetheart Waltz , from Maytime •