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l l 'i'l Salutatorian I Doris Miller Doris Miller was the second highest in scholastic ranking over the three and one- half years. She has not gained this high standing by slighting other school activi- ties. Her Work in connection with clubs, on committees, as an officer in class and clubs. has been commendable and indicates a most satisfactory school career. She gave a pleasing performance in the play, Ever Since Eve. 20 wiki' Valedictorian Wanda Chapman It is a grand achievement to finish a high school career with the crown of vale- dictorian resting securely on one's head. It is especially gratifying to the school when the individual who wears it also is an ex- ample of a fine. healthy, lovely American girl. Along with the ability to reap the A's of the classroom has gone the desire to be of service. For her many acts of serv- ice, her classmates and the faculty are grate- ful. She has a pleasing personality topped off by an infectious grin. It is with satis- faction that Wanda Chapman is called one of Washington-Clay's best. The I 94 5 M inutcman
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CRYSTAL GAZ I NG AS WE LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL WE SEE: Bill Bartlett sitting upon a high stool looking out of his doll shop in the Logansport Asylum thinking of Wanda Chapman, now a matron of Sing Sing, who used to be his secretary. She became matron because of good behavior during her term. Margaret Toth, sitting not very far from Bill in her lovely padded cell, which is lined with pink elephants. She is pounding out a letter to Dick Kubiak, the presi- dent of the Garbage Association. I guess she just can't forget him. She sure knows how to save stamp ex- pense on the letters she sends to him. She writes a letter and doesn't put a stamp is looking, she drops it in the why he never answers. Not too distant is a farm and Maxine Krieter. Dale is to the dairy but can't seem to on it and, when no one mailbox. Maybe that's owned by Dale Hertel ready to take the milk get started with all the kids around the truck. And besides, the Old Ford is getting older everyday. Clifford Montgomery and Helen Nagy, after being happily married and having their blessed event, Little Ferdie, are the helpers of the Hertels. They can't do much besides trying to keep Ferdie out of mischief. XVesley Wells is waiting for his wife, Bernice Sor- rell, to make some Cream of Wheat so he will be able to have enough energy to take care of their quintuplets, Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Bernie, and Wes. They didn't want no Mo. They would be cute except for their bald heads and pigeon toes. Delbert Gardner is behind the Melody Bar talking to his cigarette girls, Ruth Frisz and Betty Bogue. Del- bert had to pull plenty of strings to. get this place but it wasn't too hard. Norma MacCormick and Walter Burnham are doing their ballet dance in Kubiak's Tav- ern. They get almost enough food after each per- formance to last them throughout the week-after they pick up all that is thrown at them. And besides, they live on love most of the itme. Fred Netz, Jane Call, and Rosemary Forsythe are happily riding their tandem bicycle toward the State Line, but not to the milk station. As they enter they see Pansy Carter beating Boogie Woogie on the ivories, accompanying Elmer Sossoman while he plays his tuba. Pansy and Elmer plan on getting married as soon as they can raise 32.00 for the license. As a rule. they pay where they play. Muriel Witwer is helping Howard Couch with his crutches so they can get up to the license bureau before they close. Not the dog license either. She met him on the bus which he was driving, taking people to work at the dairy. It seems as if a car made a mess of the bus which once belonged to Washington-Clay School. Florence DeGrove is debating whether she wants to marry Henry Van Kempen or Eugene Lesiuk, or both. She decides that if she can't marry both of them she will marry neither. I guess she is headed for the Old Maid's Home. No, she changed her mind! She married Henry Van Kempen because he can get gas and cigarettes. But without a car what good is gas?? .loan Mulligan and Peter Haney are entering the Greasy Spoon which they inherited upon their mar- riage. They have with them a dead horse which they bought at an auction to be used for horseburgers. They used to serve frog legs but Pete. their little son, re- fused to catch the frogs. Like father, like son. Betty Jo Weber is private secretary to Paul Jacobs, the owner of the .Iacob's Slaughter Morgue. In the back room we see Charlie fCasanovaj Webber in his Zoot suit with a reet pleat talking to Marceline Rupley Inman, who came in to look for her missing poodle. The 1945 Minuteman Doris Miller and Darrell Thompson are out in the barn milking their six Jersey cows and exchanging the grins that a young couple usually do. Little Dora and Dar, their curly headed twins, are untying the calves and setting the straw on tire. Helen Augh, who is a fan dancer at a tavern close by, turns in the alarm. Frances Newman, the new tire chief and her helpers hop on a truck and rush to the rescue. Too bad they haven't any tires on that truck. They would get much better results that way. Fred Lamb and the former Grace Bennett are sitting in their happy home tending to their kids who have just sawed off the table legs. Yesterday Evelyn Nel- son, their ncxt door neighbor, sat on a tack which the children had misplaced there. She certainly can be glad that she is a DEAD END KID. Lurella Reed is in charge of an Old Maids' Home and Shirley Smith is her assistant. Who should walk in but Casanova Tom Frisz, who is in charge of the Bachelor's Home. They are talking of their school days and wondering what ever became of Richard Wal- lace. So is Alcatraz. He was compelled to visit there after bumping off his pals who helped him rob the First National Bank. He decided to take a vacation. however, so he left. Ellsworth Ullery is being inaugurated as the presi- dent of the Vultures and receives congratulations from Dick Evans, the ex-president, who was impeached for embezzling the Vultures of 27 cents. Emma Jane Rogers is the new secretary. She can't type very well so she hired a secretary to help her with her work. She gets paid S14 a week, and she has to pay her secretary 318, so she has to get another job to be able to pay her secretary. The Dixie Grove is now owned by Bigamy Bill Edwards, who married Charlotte Rose and Dorothy Kollar because he needed to have waitresses. You know how hard help is to get. Of course, neither of the girls know they are both Bill's wives. The worst is yet to come. Tula Ball is working in the shipping department of Robertson's. She cuts off the buttons to make the coats lighter. Of course, she puts them in the pockets so she won't lose them. We see Ray Hunt happily married to Marjorie Bauer, who is practicing throwing daggers. Not knowing how very well, he- Oh well, she never did use her left hand very much anyhow. Joan Patrick is the music teacher at XVashington- Clay. Of course, there are only two little lads in the chorus, but it sounds all right because these little boys don't sing. Blaine Cripe is the Coach at Washington Clay. He is a little bald headed, and a little blind in one eye, but he can still hit the rim of the basket. Eugene Hosford and Betty Church are doing the Rhumba at the Showboat. They have been dancing there now for almost two months. The Showboat will open up in about a week. Eugene Izdepski is now an automobile mechanic andphas a garage of his own. Bill McNerney just pulled in with his '27 Ford to have it overhauled. Bill has a bandage on his forehead. Last week he wanted to see if he had gas in the gas tank, and he used a match instead of a flashlight. Mr. Harbaugh is the sponsor of another Senior Class just like the one back in '45. As he walks up to his desk, hangs up his cane and brushes back his gray hair, he tries to bring the class to order. The class doesn't sound like the class of '45. Mrs. Steinhart is also sponsoring a section of this class, but she had to use a sub-machine gun to gain a reasonable sem- blance of order. MARGARET TOTH BILL BARTLETT 19
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