Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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One day I was strolling: down the beach of a large city on the nr,qt Coast. I saw huge advertisements of a p nchutcjump that was to be held on the Fourth of July. It read Reckless Rosy, the most 6nring woman of today will jump from a plane at the Municipal «.ir Port of this city at 2:30. The first person who reaches her after hits the ground will receive a prize. Not bed I thought so rt 2:30 I was at the airport. I went early in hopes of seeing Reekiess Rosy before she jumped and who whould I run into but my old school mate Edna Harrison. What axe you doing here? I ask- ed. Oh I cm going to jump our of a plane this afternoon , she said nonch- ntly. You are?1' I said and stood there with my mouth wide open.A man from the inner office opened the door and yelled, Hey Rosy, come here a minute , and Edna strolled into the inner office. As I sat in the nark of a city I happened to glance at the headline of a newspaper on the bench. I picked it up and read Ti°er woman acquitted , I read on—The Blond Tigress of Arizona, occused of murdering her husband and disposing of his body in a river, was acquitted by a jury of twelve men today. Things have come to a pretty pass when the citizens of the land of tne brave and the home of the free are menaced by such people. It went on to say that the Tigress had such a winning personality and acting ability that she freed herself. I then turned to the following page and couldn't believe my eyes for who came smiling out of those newspaper pictures but alene (Clouse) Tippets. One evening there cams a loud knock at my dooi . It surp±'ized me very much for I knew no one an the city of Chicago as I w .s just passing thru, hen I opened the door Boyc Cra.btrec walked in whook hands with me and 'ent to the door, opened it and yelled, come on in Irma, he's at home . There came to my ears a noise that sounded like a whole tribe of Comanche Indians on the war- path. Boyd ..nd Irma were tne parents ol tnirteen chilaren. It is not such a large world after all for I recently ran across my old friend and class mates Mr. Duvane Smiley and his wife,better known to us as little (Margaret Johnson)in San Diego. Devane owns one of the biggest truck lines in the world. , After leaving California I went to New Mexico. On entering New Mexico I began to hoar rumors of the great bandit Gosh Fire Lunt , who plundered along the border. It was great shook to me for Garth was such a nice and timid boy when we were m old D.U.H.S. together. V hen I attended the Olympic games I witnessed the most sp jc- taculnr skating in the world. It tended to rouse the old school spirit of '36 in me for one of my old class mates of D.U.H.S. r,ould walk away with the title of orId Champion Girl skater. It- is not surprising to the members of Duncan for they all predicted that Frances would sometime bo a skater.

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Last evening I went to see the show Hottsie Tottsie in v hich the new Mae Y est played. I was shocked when I recog- nized Alva White as the new Mae. The people have gone wild over her acting and are begging the- producers to film more of th se pictures with the glamorous nlva in the leading part. ALVA WHITE It is very interesting to read the evening papers when they have so much about my dear old classmates of D.U.H.S. I re;d this evening that Chet Foster, the All- American basket ball player, nd his wife Ruth, have two winning basket-ball turns' in their own family. CHESTER FOSTER. While in Germany I went to Berling to attend the inaug- uration of Mussolini. There was a big parade, and a Rolls- Royce followed. In it sat the new Mussolini. His face looked very familiar, but I did not recognize him. He stopped and s-id, Dont I know vou? Then I heard his voice I know who it was. It was Bill BassJ ( I couldn't recognize him on account of his large mustache). Bill is also not d for his tall stor ies. BILL BASS While in Engl' nd I heard of Elizabeth Chapman I rvcog - nized the name, so I called on her at her home to See if she were the Elizabeth of old D.U.H.S. It w-sJ I asked her about herself. She said she had never married but was running a home for the feeble minded, v hich I w« nt to See ( Sr—that is not because I had to). ELIZABETH C.IAPHAIT One evening I decided to spend a quiet evening listening to the radio programs. I turned to BLEL, Hollywood, o hear Bing Crosby 's daily program. The program was ready to begin and the announcer said he had a surprise lor the raai audience. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very sorry to an- nounce that Bing Crosby has bronchial trouble and willbeunable to perform this evening, but we have a treat in store for you. We have with us a rising young crooner, but his name will not be announced until the end of the program. ‘Ah, Boloney , I thought, I'll bet he is rotten. I turned the dial but it was impossible to get anything else but political speeches, so I decided to turn back to BUHK. Well, I said, Bing Crosby must have recuperated from his bronchial trouble oecuase there was a series of Boo-boo-boo's that only Bing could „oo. - e program was over and the announcer said, You lrave been listen ing to a rising young crooner, doubling for 3ing ° way back in Arizona. We want you to write and let u - you liked him. His radio name is Luke McGluke, but his real name is HERSCHELL GILLILAHD While I was walking through the streets of the big city of Alpine, Arizona, which is now the largest moving picture producing city in the world, who did I see but my old friend Gov Aker. Gov now goes by the name of Mr. Hofacket, the gr- eatest of all actors. Ed O’Day (the greatest of all coaches) has arranged fo r all of his old classmates of ’36 to meet him in Los Angeles where they will go on a trip around the world.