Chestertown Central School - Panther Yearbook (Chestertown, NY)

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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 •

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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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Finders Creepers : During the twelfth year of our Journey, we encountered Finders Creepers , which we chose as our Senior Play. It was produced by Mrs. Wentworth, our class ad- visor and directed by Mrs. John Magee, our Eng- lish teacher. We all adxrit that rehearsals were the most fun and one night some of the class brought refreshments which received quite a welcome after 3 hours of steady rehearsal. We were especially grateful to members of the faculty who helped make our play possible. I guess we'll never forget the telephone that didn't ring; the time Uncle Bob slept through his cue; the door that wouldn't stay closed and the dust storm that Granny created when she smoothed her powdered wig into place. All these things will certainly always be part of the happy memories of our Journey. 23