Chestertown High School - Dragon Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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whlch cures wlllows of weepmg Buzz z z Z z zl 'That doorbell agaml I wonder who it is this time? I thought as I auto- mat1cally hollered, Okay, okay, I'm cmning 1 This t1me it wasn't anyone famous Cunless she 13 famous for the way she bakes piesl, for this was just one of nv next door ne1ghbors Oh, h1, Evelyn! filer maiden name 'was Trolley D Come on 1n You'd never guess what I've been dolng come upstalrs and I'll show you We went up into the attic and I showed her all the things I had saved from my h1gh school days lhat's th1s thing? she asked as she pulled a bulky piece of material out of the bottom ver dld? what dld we call them?' I know what vou mean but I can't think of the name of 'em --dutch gutter Oh, yes, trenchcoats' We used to put names on the back of them, didn't we Yeah, I said wonder whose names are on mine? Let's take a loo At tke top, wrltten 1n very ornate letters were The initials C H S Under that was a jumble of names Many were washed out and faded, but some were still legible Audrey Fogwell, Dean Spencer, Marlyn Whaland, Gloria Fisher, Betty Anne Crowding, and Madeleine Quesenberry 'What are Audrey and Dean doing now, Evelyn? They used to l1ve in my home town, but since they graduated I sorta lost contact with them D1dn't you know that Audrey is Superlntendent of Nurses 1n some big hospltal out in Call fornla? And as for Dean, why, she's secretary to the secretary of the secretary 1rho's secretary to the Pres1dent's 39cr9'bg,1'y No klddmng I'll have to write to them scxnetune but I know they' re too busy to write to me You heard about Marlyn, d1dn't you? She's has just graduated from the Academy of Live Wire Auction eerlng wlth an L S M F T degree Of course you knew that Glorla runs a Lonely Hearts' Club She seems to get a lot of engoyment out of pairzmg people off, but it does seem rather odd that she never got marrled herself Remember, said Evelyn, 'how good she was as an old maid ln the Senior Prevlew? Maybe that had something to do w1th lt By the way, wr at ever happened to Betty Ann 7 Oh, she's an a1rl1ne hostess on one of those 'All the Ccmforts of Hcxne' planes I've never been on one oi' them, but they say that they even h we flreplaces nth easy cha1rs by them and planosg in fact, they really are gust like home, I answered. 1 flnally managed to find a copy of that magazine Madeleine edits, 'The Cosmopolitician' 1' exclaimed Evelyn. It really 1S hard to find 'cause everybody just rushes down to Herb Lewis' drug- store as soon as they come 1n so they can get one. This t1me I got him to save me one and it is lnterestlng . 'A couple months ago, I replied, she had an article on the new milk bottle Nlck Schauber 28 O . C I 1111111 . . O ' I 'You remember those things we used to wear that were supposed tu keep out the rain but ne ' ' ' ' --.-..- '- -..-ig --...- , . k n c u ' , ' n o o a ' 2 . . X ' n O . . ' . . . . O I O O O I . O U . . .

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Don't tell me ngy ma1d can afford a car l1ke that! I reahze that I'zn waymg her enough, well, Fry Mc Brown and Call lle Lambchopl 'Rcaeol Wheaton, in the flesh ! I just dropped m to see some of my old fnends, but I rahlly didn't expect such an elo- quent ovation, et ceters., et cetera He told me in h1s cllpped Br1t1sh accent, that he had Just arrived in this country from England where he had been making a personality tour He was in a hurry to get moving so he did n't stay very long I was dlsappointed because it isn't often that I get to see a famous per sonal1ty like B111 Wheat I went back upstairs and dug eagerly 1nto the trunk Up came a piece of faded crepe paper A note pinned to it read Hallowe'en dance, Betty Ivens, fortune teller--- Pat Hurd prize for best dressed Betty Irene must have liked the job, for new she is a physchiatrist She as one of those ultra modern offices, in New York, where everything works by remote control he must be very successful because it takes a a barrel of money' to run a place like that Pat :Ls gettlng almg well too, his newest children's book, 'Tairy Tales for F1ttle Lokes as received pra1se from all the critics Underneath the crepe paper were clippings from all the fairly recent issue of the The article went on to say that due to the ret1rement of his father, Richard had been appointed 1n h1s place He is one person who deserves this post because he has worked hard, first :Ln Washington College, then in Columbia Umverslty My eyes then fell upon a program, yellow with age and tattered around the edges Q1 the front, the wcrds 'Senior Preview' were barely distmguishable Opening it up, I picked out the words, 'The Dr1v1ng Lesson At the slde I had written 'Paul Stokes' and' Nancy Usllton Nancy must be putting to use what Paul tried to tell her that night She is driving a taxi in Baltmore Brother! Can she ever cut corners! Paul is worklng with the F B I in Washington, D C Somebody said that he is seriously thinking about opening a private office in Chestertawn Uie would certainly be a big addition because we have never had any real, hmest to-goodness detectives around here I Down a little farther an the program were two heavily underlined words Trash Deluxe' There were faded pencil marks in the margin whlch had almost been obliterated by t1.me I went over to the window and scrutinued it carefully I managed to pick out three names: J Money, H P Haas, and Bobby Jones Bobby is the ally me of the trio who stayed in Chestertown he and Billy Burris are nechan1cs in Julian Crew's garage, better known as 'Lazy Loafers' Paradiso' Jimmy is a travel ing salesman for the 'N E Scratchem Comb and Brush Company Hyland is a tree surgeon He M speclallzes in thelr lilmnts and has recemved thousands ofdollars from his patented medicine 27 but. . . . L h . S . . . , . ,, I h ' . Kent County News. 'Richard T. Stenger succeeds father as principal .

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invented -I didn't quite understand all the terms, but it's a pint-sized thing that holds a quart of milk Some kind of pressure does it 'You know, I thlnk I read that, too, but I guess it was over our heads We went on talking about how successful some of the members of the class others had been content to settle down on farms, or in Chestertonm Take for and Doris McClary, Dot 18 laybell1ne's favorite model whlle Dorxs is becommg Kenny' for her therapeut1c work in Warm Springs, Georg1a Then, on the other had become, while lnstance, Dot Smlth another 'Sister side, there are Sonny Jones, Donald Carter and Leslie Joiner, who have farms around here There are also Annette Hanson Helen Hawks and Delorls wessell who are marrled and live a stone's throw from Evelyn I I and me We also found an old 'Slam Book ffiemember them?l Mary Chesney's name was on one of the flrst pages She always was one of the wlttlest glrls in the class Now, she is in Hollywood directing a new movle 'Our Fathers nave Tender Corns John Goodman plays the part of Father hard working mort1c1an and Rose Marie Campbell, his w'1fe The movie is hllarlouslv funny as everyx one who has seen lt w1l1 tell you Jenn1e lIerchant's name was the next we saw Evelyn sald, 'Remember how her fingers used to fly over the typewrlter keys? I remember that she typed the Drsgm I guess they st11l do be cause she's secretary to that new doctor in Kennedyv1lle, Dr I M A Quack Oh, yes, that remzmds mel I saw Margaret Stoops on the cover of 'Untrue Romances' this month You knew that she was a. Powers model, didn't you? D1d you see this morn1ng's paper? of what they thlnk may be a clue to the I stooped down to pick up a couple There was an article about W1ll1a.m MCG1l'1l'll8 and Bernard lost country brought up by these brave deep sea dlvers of namecards that had fallen on the fl or It looks as if these are about the last thlngs left, I remarked vfwllham C01-I-lgan, n llard McG1nnis Dorothy Campbell, and Joanne S1lI!!l'1S Each me of them has become famous 111 some way For lnstance Joanne has been chosen the average American housewlfe, while W1llard 1s our lo al minlster Dot has createdl namefor herself an dress designing whlle Bllly has a.n excellent reputatlon in his bank Yes, I guess that's about all Nz-nt a 'Y1ll'lUt9,n exclamed Evelyn There's somethlng down in thls comer She leaned over and put her hand :Lnto the deep, dark corner of the trunk 'Ee-e-e-e e-e-e-e kl A mouse 1' We both fled downstairs After we got our hearts down out of our throats Evelyn sa1d, 'This really h s been fun but I know it's gettlng late Oh, my goodness, it's after f1ve I ve gotta go hcxne and start supper 'Bye, Dot, 'Ill see you 9 . . . . . . , ' . , a Bedwell discovering the lost Land of Oz. It went on to say that experts are studying the remains . ' . . . i . , t ' ' A . . x H D ' D 2