Chestnut Hill Academy - Caerulean Yearbook (Chestnut Hill, PA)

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CLASS WILL Wfhen rn the course of human ey ents rt becomes necessary for the Class of Nrneteen Hundred and Frfty nrne to drs solxe the polrtrcal bands whrch haye connected rt mth the school and rn a yxord graduate the Class should declare the causes whrch haye rmpelled rt to the separatron Not only do we declare them but we lease them behrnd to contamrnate others We hold these Truths to be self eyrdent and therefore make thrs our last Wrll and Testament wrth apologres to ohn Hancock and Mr Anderson rn that order Ballard leay es hrs bovs tre to Paul Werbos Benz leay es hrs slap shot to Srd Lea Bracken leay es hrs school sprrrt to Paul Karser Campbell leay es Mr Rhoda alone Clattenberg leay es the Ivzurez to Ed Sargent Drckson leay es hrs Bermuda shorts to Mr Anderson Ferdt not to be outdone also leay es the N :urea to Fd Sargent l'ernley leay es the azz Band for good ones leaxes hrs bull storres to Loy elle Malmed lean es hrs set to Tom XY'hrte Orman wants to leaye Patton len es hrs car rn the garage Peake leax es hrs grrls to ay Toney Pearson leay es hrs athletrc proyx ess to Bruce Xvhelrhan Raach leay es hrs study habrts to Tom Ralston Rode leax es hrs cow boy hat to Adnan Srmon Svs arn leay es hrs slouch to Frank larey Tuton leay es hrs chrn to ack Beecham Valentrne leax es hrs wardrobe to Mr Brock Wamrck leay es hrs tact to Pete Stanley of o 5f q 'T Yarm- 7A,4fs7traU4j wif 'Two X F Znu-ld NJAJL-4fm73l gzpmp ,M 721-4171? Lzfmwfaif '757' HLMAAWE. 'VS'-Q'- WJGAW Wr.Uffkz?r4-X ,c FQ fr 'MQ- J ' P,:z2f,:,r ' lmmmsn J 5 ' ee 7244! ,ae--.. ffefe It fffafwwf I ' . , ' . 4 V V J . 4 Forer leaves his drags for joe Groff. r V V . I . J V V. . . Y ' . A J T l may f u . ' 6 , : FD 42 '

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CLASS HI TORY 1947 A YEAR Ol' DESTINY The future senlor class of 59 at that tlme made up of Rlck Ballard Terry Clatten burg Thorpe Feldt Tom Pernley Stexe Peake C P Pearson Cl1ff SWRID ohn Tuton and Dud WafWlCk entered the f1rst grade How much of a year of dest1ny 1t was IS shown by the fact that we just had to look 1t up We 'would haxc sa1d It was 1948 At any rate we do remember that the f1rst grade class tr1ps to the zoo were so 1nterest1ng that many of us refused to return Several st1ll seem to be there Second thlrd and fourth grade years found us stampedmg across the play ground whlch we later learned was a baseball f1eld Bur dened Wlth such d1ff1cult subjects as wr1t1ng IH scrrpt addxtxon and subtract1on and the fact that the Ph1ll1es won the Pennant we became qu1te confused and rema1ned so unt1l the f1fth grade when Mr Blakelock and Mr Pass started to mold us 1nto shape w1th a g1gant1c 011 project The f1fth grade year also saw the arrlval of B111 Bracken and the return of esse D1ckson who had de Clded to have another go at 1t He IS st1ll gorng Concern 1ng B1ll exen then we not1ced someth1ng strange about h1m Later we dxscovered that d'11S was leadershlp and IH tenth grade he became class Pres1dent The r1gorous d1sc1pl1ne of the Senlor School proved to be a truly fr1ghten1ng exper1ence for our l1ttle m1nds The slxth and seven grade years may be remembered as The Sp1t ball and Ghder Era By the erghth grade Games Campbell Stlles Patton and D1ck Malmed had jo1ned the class just 1n t1me for the Sneak Aer1al Attack on our French teacher On enter1ng French class the day before Chr1stmas Vacat1on he was bombarded by 117 well dxrected paper a1rplanes Undaunted he srnglehandedly downed 47 and emerged v1ctor1ous from the prle of paper assur1ng us that he was 7101 mad not mad at all In the Th1rd Form joe Orman and Bud Raach jo1ned the class and we started the f1nal phase of our educa t1on The most 1mportant subjects were now math and Enghsh In the Engl1sh Department Mr Markr1ter began a marathon lecture on cullege wh1ch cont1nued as long as he stayed at school He also had a mama for spellmg tests llddrtuah and runn1n off at the mouth By our F1fth Form Year Bob jones and Drayton Valen t1ne had jo1ned us and Mr Markr1ter had settled 1nto the stretch of h1s cullege solrloquy Darly we rece1ved ad mon1t1ons and spell1ng tests ln that order T1me grew short as the College Boards approached and soon we found ourselves s1tt1ng at Ep1scopal on a Saturday mornmg w1th some strange doctmaents 1n anc1ent Persxan ln front of us These we were told afterwards were the Boards The re sults of these tests comb1ned w1th the publ1cat1on of Imzmea so fr1ghtened Mr Markrlter that he fled South that same year Our Sen1or Year saw the arrlval of Peter Benz Stu Forer and B111 Rode not to ment1on Mr Brocks demon strat1on of spontaneous combust1on IH h1s coat pocket One of our most 1mportant contr1but1ons th1s year was an honor system wh1ch we started 1n our own class When the Boards came aga1n we were somewhat more prepared belrexe It or not and had the scores na1led or rather mnzled to our college cho1ces We would llke to thank Mr Kmgsley and all the faculty for the1r tolerance and guxdance and state that New er was so l1ttle Learned by so many In so long a trme Or maybe It s the other way round 1 , ' ' ' . , , a 1 ' s - -. v - U v y 1 1 ' ' 7 ' 1 v J 1 1 ' , . , . . . . 11 U - - - a 1 v. ' ' ' l . 11 - - H U - 1 11 7 s ' , - . . , , - , . ,, ,, . . . f , - v - ' a ' y , 7 9 7 ' , . . , , . ' 1 . , - J , - . . . ' s . , . . - - 1 v - l 7 ' . , - , . . 7 7 ' .1 ' , ' ' 1 9 . . ,, . . - - ' . , 1 ' 1 1 ' 1 . Y - 1 ' 9 . , - . . . 41 1 - , -

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PROPHECY Ambassador Peter Benz Swrss Embassy Genera Switzerland Dear Pete I regret wrrtrng you this way Pete but owing to my capacity as Perma Turnpike Commrssroner I am forced to exact a frne of S13 52 for your breach of the speed on your last srsrt here We missed you at our fifteenth class reunron Ca week ago Tuesdayj which was hrghlrghted by the class appearance on American Bandstand Tom Fernley the agrng but strll spry MC arranged thrs unexpected pleasure It was indeed br zarre to see pious old Drayton Valentine rector emeritus of Christ Church rn Philadelphia dancing all the latest steps to the musrc of Thorpe Ferdt now famous bongo player wrth Thelonious Monk who played some of the newer jazz records on the program Tom surprised us all by playing a record made by John Tuton who 1S currently recognized as the natron s top square dance caller ohn howeser refused to appear rn person because of a feud with Games Campbell who was overly persistent rn beggrng for the job of srttrng wrth john s son during the latters next engagement Another absentee was esse Dickson presently dorng trme rn San Quentin for draft dodging Poor old esse' He got rn doubly hot water at the prison for rnsrstrng on wearing Bermuda shorts and knee socks instead of ordinary prrson garb The program was interrupted for five minutes whrle the famous Senator Robert L QBobblesj Jones gave a lengthy speech declaring the use of Navy frogmen outmoded This of course enraged Brll Bracken who has only one more year rn this naval branch to become elrgrble for a pension Stephen Peake was seen not only as a member of the class but also rn hrs offrcral positron of the man rn the Remington shaver commercral which was used several trmes on the show Bud Raach a prompter with the Old Vrc rn New York Boys Assocratron of Needlersj with C P Pearson stunt drrxer who was unfortunately rnvolved rn an accident on the way to the stuclro We re all hoping that hell pull through this hrs thrrty frrst mishap all rn Ford Company Products Most upset are Stu Forer and Strles Patton hrs prt man and mechanic respectively The rock n roll set screamed with glee when M C Fernley threw out candy bars provrded by Clrff Sweets Swarn now head of the candy concessron of all Harlem Globe Trotters bmketball games It seems that Drck Malmed and Brll Rode have gotten together as busrness associates The former rs an ear muff mag nate wrth Overlarge Ears Corp and the latter has become hrs model srnce hrs retrrement from the Detroit Lrons back freld Also present was Dud Wfarwrck whose job has for three years been to keep down rrots that occur from trme to trme outsrde the studio MAD Magazme edrtor Terry Clattenburg promises a complete satirical coverage of the reunron As we stepped outsrde we saw Rrck Ballard who explalned that rn order to keep hrs hopped up 48 Dodge runnrng he had had to work overtrme rn hrs job of newsboy for the Chrzrtmn Srzenre Momtor Rrck rt seems flunked out of Har vard rn hrs Junior year He was so discouraged at berng cut from the paper for submitting a controversial relrgrous ar trcle that hrs famous organrzatron went to pot And so Pete Iask reluctantly for you to pay the required frne rn please American currency I remarn srr your humble servant :yo Joseph CJ0eyJOrmaf1 Penna Turnprke Commissioner Polrce Barracks Harrisburg Pa P S Mrght be nrce to send C P a get well card 7 ' 3 Y 7 . ' . . . V7 y Y. . Y . . . . , . 7- . , . , - - ' H, ' I . Y O , . D A A l ! . , 7 ' 7 ' - J s Y 7 i a l I Y ' 7 3 7 . , . . G , . - . , could hardly be suppressed in his desire to speed up Steve's lines. Steve, it should be mentioned, is also co-director of B.A.N. C , . . . I . y .Y , . . . l , - . . 7 . i 5 3 ' . . , ., - ' a . , . , . y . . I , . , ' 7 1 ' , . , : . . . , , . l . , ., 7 5 1 ' 43