Draper Central High School - Dragon Yearbook (Schenevus, NY)

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,cm I 'L 1 4 ii, '11 ill I Xt Aiax Non-Bursfable Balloon Company 333 lf3 Easf 33rd Sfreef New York Cify June l7If2. I945. Mr. Kennefh Rexford Mgr. Podunk Theafres. lnc. San Francisco. California Dear Kenny: How's fhe 'greal' Rexford coming along wifh his vaudeville shows af San Fran- cisco's old oprie house? ls fhe grand and glorious skyscraper sfill holding up under fhe applause which your shows always gef? In my capacify as super-salesman for fhe Ajax Non-Bursfable Balloon Compan , I hif all fhe mefropolises of 'rhe Uniled Sfafes, and I came across many of our old school pals of our alma mafer. Draper. Bifs of news have driffed my way 'rhaf are really red-ho? flashes. This business of selling non-bursfable balloons fo fhe lads and lassies of Uncle Sam's kindergarfen is quife a geffy-aroundish kind of business. I mean I ge? around here and There and hear fhis and fhaf abouf These girls and 'rhose boys of Draper's I937 class. Lawrence Baumler. fha? 'rravelin used car salesman. gefs around fasf and once in a greaf while our afhs cross. Well here's a boy who knows fhings and sfuff worfh while sending fhrougli Uncle Sam's mail. He informed me fhaf Harry Beers is repre- senfing fhe U.S.A. in fhe l948 Olympics, fha? George Becker is a chemisfry pro- fessor af Cornell, fha? Eric Berical begins on N. B. C. as a comedian nexl' week. fhaf Julian Bowen is a professional boxer ouf in Ohio, fhaf Paul Briscoe is shorfsfop wifh fhe Defroif Tigers, baffling againsf Earl Sebasf and Teddy Schelle of fhe New York Yanks of whom Alf Cruickshank is fha manager. George Rehak is now a soldier boy in Uncle Sam's army and Louis Schusfer has become a firsf-rafe farmer ouf in Van- Buren, Arkansas, Bob Burns' old home-fown. Theodore Ruchalski is now Slim Summerville's sfand-in ouf in I-lollywpod where Earl O'Brien is rivaling Bob Taylor and Paul De Midio is giving Gable's dimples serious compefifion. Chef Sargenf is salesman for fhe Flashy Tie and Shirl' Company of Old Soap Suds. Indiana. and Alex Milne is salesman for The Noisiesf Cleafs Com- pany . . . Bong-Bang. Here-I-Come. So here we end The dofs, dashes and flashes of Winchell Baumler. Eugene Bukowski, now selling Dill's Besf smoking Tobacco, fells me some whafsifs abouf our fellow raduafes, which I now forward fo you in my besf Schoenborn English. Eugene feclils me fhese facfs: Chesfer Crounse, fhaf grand hunfer, is now a ''Bring-'em-back-aliver in darkesf Africa: John Davis is sporfs announcer for C.B.S.: Gordon Fisher is rivaling Walfer Winchell wifh his news column in The Chicago Times, Fisher on River Sfreefn: Kennefh Grunewald is a sax player wifh Jimmy Dorsey's swing band, and Edwin Tournier blows fhaf horn wifh Ken: John Kelly is leader of fhe minorify parfy in Congress: James Hofaling, Sully fo you, is Colonel Sfoop- na le's double ouf in movieland: Beniy Kozlowski has carved his name in fhe musical hafla of fame as fhaf cerfain guifarisf wifh Paul Whi'reman's orchesfra. Did you know fhaf Eddy Suffon is farm advisor af WGY and fha? Doug Dillenbeck is edifor of fhe Schenecfady Gazefle? Doesn'f fha? prove fhaf Draper should be nofed as a fop-no'fch school?

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,cm 'Ez sq! . 'V Q sci Spit LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We. fhe class of I937, being of sane mind lbelieve if or nofl and supposed fo be well-sfored wifh knowledge lwe hopel. do hereby decree and besfow our legacies in full and uncondifionally. fo wif and as follows: To our beloved deans, we bequeafh The memory of our class dumbness. our improper deporfmenf. our sunn disposifions and our remarkable beaufy. May fhis memory ever remain brighf and be a discomforf in lonely hours of fhe fufure. To 'rhe Junior Deans. Miss Veeder. Miss Keifh, Miss Bouse. Mrs. Meyer and Mr. Arnds. 'rhe pleasure. anxiefy and dufy of guiding fhe Juniors nexl' year. Whereas-since fhe persons menfioned below lack such benefifs we do hereby make 'these bequesfs . . .: To Arline Livingsfon we leave Carro'r Tops Wilbur's red hair. To Lorraine Legere we leave Hazel Scheel's self-assurance. We leave Chef Sargenf's gay-colored shirfs and fies fo John Harrison. We bequeafh Half-Pinl' Robison's pefifeness fo Cafherine Simpkins. To fhe Senior Class of l938 we leave Gordon Fisher lwe hopel. To Raymond Poferalski we leave Jim Rigney's abilify fo make himself heard. The Senior Class leaves Alfred Scheurer a pair of sound-proof rubber heels. To Helen Navin we leave Arfhur Seaman's abilify fo look wise when he doesn'f know his lesson. We bequeafh Virginia Swarf's subdued voice fo Helen Murray. We leave Chuck Shell Walfer Van Zandf's quief manners. To Kafherine Payne we leave Eileen Sibel's freckles. We bequeafh Meri Neff's long shanks fo Chesfer Arfhur. Anneffa Miller's charming habif of chewing gum in school we leave fo Elsie Kling. To Valeria Kursa we leave Velma Larkin's modesfy. To Kafherine Primeff we leave Evelyn Grob's neaf hairdress. We bequeafh Douglas DiIlenbeck's good nafure fo Fred O'Connor. To Anna Hoyf we leave Frieda Diamond's curls. To Gilberf Anders we leave Sully Hofaling's girlish figure. George Becker's abilify fo sfudy we leave fo Bill Loucks. Sonia Lesley's giff of gab we bequeafh fo Agnes Filo. To Filmore Sfanfon we leave Louis Schusier's fifle of Class Skippy. To Shirley Roberfs we leave Joyce Sherman's power of managing all fhe resf of the school. Whereas--since fhese could use 'ro advanfage a greafer abundance of such quali- fies already possessed, we do hereby make fhese furfher bequesfs: We leave Kenl' Spring's flowery arf of wrifing love leffers fo fhe girls fo Bob Jeweff. Mary Effore's friendliness we leave fo Bianca Coluciello. We bequeafh Winnie Wrighf's fafal charm fo Charloffe Deffbarn. Earl Sebasf's afhlefic prowess we leave fo Jerry Terry. Dorofh Gordon's posifion as Valedicforian we leave fo Kafherine Haines. To Herby Rohloff Harold Schafer's posifion as fhe Fred Asfaire of fhe Senior class. To Briggs and Della Rocco we leave our class romance. We leave Evelyn Pangburn Maxine MacDougall's well dressed air. And here unfo we sef fhis our sign and seal. THE SENIOR CLASS OF I937 Per Harold Shafer. 4

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,cm .nil 4 ll - A:-Tl . ,X :4-2:-fi :',. Oh, yes. here are some more lasT-minuTe flashes ak!:uT The genTlemen of our class. WalTer VanZandT is a Trig Teacher aT N. Y. U. George WiTkowski is a greaT novelisT as you probably know. as one of his books won The PuliTzer prize for This year. ArT Young is challenging Fred Perry This year on The Tennis courTs. Jerry Terry, sTar of Yale's gridiron. is bucking George Simone. sTar of N. Y. U., in a grand-smash game This week. STanley Vedder, The boy who did so much Tor our Draperian, is now business manager oT The Peel-less Orange CorporaTion of Orange CraTe, Florida. ln m wear wanderings I ran across Mary Aldershoff The oTher day so we goT on a bus andlTalkedl over old Times. Mary is now ediTor of The Farmer's Wife magazine Tor hicks and hay-sTackers only. She Told me some swell whaT-noTs abouT The old- Time gals land groansl. Here's her dope : GerTrude Adriance is WesTern Union's peT messenger: Evelyn Grob has become one of Those moaning blues singers land a very good moaner she isl: Helen Gordon and Angeline SanTa Barbara have opened a beauTy shop and Helen is chief bangsTer lkeTch on?l: Edna Kildoyle is a fancy sTepper on The Broadway sTage and sTars in many musical comedies, her currenT success being Wake Up and Shiver : Nora Lingeman is Teaching a class in German To say v's for w's : Lucia Aldini and Maxine MacDougall are New York's TavoriTe models: Rosemae Magee is lobbyisf in Congress Tor The American Legion: AnneTTa Miller has become a BeechnuT saleswoman: Mary Horan has become a comedienne wiTh The Will Rogers dry punch: Isabel Cameron is The girl in The Maybelline ads lremember her Two booTiTul eyes?l: DoroThea Bickering is The ediTor of The Advice To The Lovelorn column in The New York Daily Mirror: HarrieTTe Peek is a SisTer in WhiTe way down souTh where she is helping The poor and homeless: Wanda Pryba is known as The lady Rubinoiif and how she plays The Been: BeTTy Robison is a permanenT hone mooner aT Niagara Falls lguess why7l: lrene ATkins is The eTT'icienT secreTary To Mr. Gerard Swope, PresidenT of G. E.: lrene Anderson is The leader oT a swingy swing band: Marion Slingerland is winning Tame ouT in Hollywood as a very preTTy acTress: Stella Szumlas sTarTs vox-popping on The eTher waves nexT week: Winifred WrighT has become Mrs. - ....... ........ l aw. come on, guessll: RuTh Van PaTTen is The girl in The TooTh-powder ad and MarTha Bickering claims ThaT Drene shampoo keeps her curl locks soTT and lusTrous lsee Them in The magazines?l: MarTha Von STeTTina was accllaimed The perTecT hosTess of old GoTham: Helen Welch is head nurse aT Ellis HospiTal: Joyce Sherman is manager of The world's largesT caTeTeria lremember our soup sales?l: Virginia Fusco is a warbler of popular ballads: Frieda Diamond and Jean Barden are boTh sTars of The MeTropoliTan Opera Company: Marilyn Campbell is a conTesTanT in The six-day bike race held here nexT week: DoroThy Gordon was valedic- Torian of her class aT college ldoesn'T Draper shine?l: Louise Lemke is head of The girls' baskeTball Team of Madison quare Garden: Hazel Scheels is now Miss ATlanTic CiTy of l945 land a very nice miss, Tool. and EdiTh Cummings is Miss Chicago of l945: BeTTy Saulsbery is now Mrs. Al lor did you know?l: BeTTy Wiedaw is sTaTT pianisT Tor NBC lhave you heard her melodies ripple over The air waves?l. Well, l guess ThaT's all The news and 'lliiifgs and slufl ThaT have come from ours Truly. So wiTh fair adieus and a Ren'ieml:zer Draper, lf?37 I say fare Thee wellland goorn bye! The Forec:asTer, GEORGE SOR ELLA Per Velma Larkin. P.S.-Here's one more swap and The biggesT ol all! Did you know ThaT Frank LaPoinTe is To run Tor Governor of New York in I948? Well, he is, and are we of Draper proud or are wel! P.S:-Seniors . . . Don'T shooT!! Pul-eezll lT's all in Tun.