Electra High School - Bengal Yearbook (Electra, TX)

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Nass Paaphecy XK 1th Apolovles to Challes D1ckens As I tlnexv my head b1ck 1n my easy chan 1nx Glance happened to lest upon a bell 1 dlsused bell that hunv lll the 10011 md commumcated fo1 some pu1pose rox lou otte11 xx1th a chambel 1n the h1 h e t sto x of the lllllldlllf It xx ns Xlltll 1e1t 1ton1s11n1c11t l a SLI e lltXDllC I d1ead that as I loolxed I saxx tlns bell b fun s 0011 1 llll0 out lone x 1nd Sl 1 tx1 b ll lll mx house 'lhtn I hefnd the IIOISC, much loud 1 on no rlom I rloxx then COIlllll Stl nffht toxxald 110011 It c ll on tlnouvh the doo and 1 sp c uc p-ws ed llltO the 1oom ll6lOlS mx ex es ue tx' D1 1dful Appa111t1on xxhx do vou t10.llll9 mc I 1Sk9d Vtho a11d xxh 1' a1e you? I am tl1e Ghost of the 'ichool I ea1 ul I 1se 'md x all w1th me VN 1th f1. xxave of h1s frhostly hand we p ssed thlough the dool 1nto the st1eet W1th dH0tll91 wave of the afmementxoned apl erdave we found ourselves IH a desuted st e t btilldlllg' befo e a small dlrty looknm tenement house I thought sulely we co11 d not be expected to go mto that ghastly look the Ghost bo1e me 1IlSldL and sp111ted nu 011 thlouvh to the back 1oom The1e xx1th 1 SCll.1lJlJlll0 l11usl1 and mop xxe found 1 xelx tned ll d cnexxcnn xx oman of xe1x LIl'lC'll21lll x e10ht llld we As xxe tllt6l ed she Gave a CFLICIXUIII S1 h and Sdld qu e and lts llllfllllt xxea1x I1n gltlllll of thls xxo1k T1s noxx Im th1nk1n of th t1me I lun fo the Queen o th F1esta at ole Elect1a H1 The ffhost t111ned to me and sald Do xou l1nox thxs woman Ixnoxx he1 '7 Do I lnoxx Janne Dave Bak L1 Was I not he1 campalgn mana0e1 I stalted toxxend he1 to a1d he1 to he1 feet but was detfnned bv the touch of the spectle s h'1nd on 111119 Wlth anothel gestu1e the loom dxs ppea1ed and we found oulselves Ill a d1ess shop on I'1fth Avenue New Yolk And lo TIICIQ pa1 achnv up and down up and doxxn befo1e a c11t1cal audlence of arxstoc 1at1c snobs I saw th1ee xxell dlessed middle wed women 0116 of them tu1ned to the oth e and 1emf11ked Gee' Alvesta but Im tn ed of thlS Jolnt axen t you' The othe1 woman 1epl1ed ln the aff11m'1t1xe As they spoke I 1ecogn1zed the th1 ee ffnls as Alvesta Neff Thexesa Pu1cell and Lolene Schelble I was hardly glven tlme to GXDIGSS my su1 puse ove1 well sevelal thmgs xvhen I agaln felt a hght some fe hng and was set down on a load d11ectly ln the mldst of 1 band of men whom I at once recognlzed as a 1oad gano ol the P W A Th1s, 1n ltself, was IlOt so st1ange but llllagllle my surprlse xx hen I hea1d one addressmg the othe1 Say F1she1 am t It hot' Yep Ray but the guv'ment owes me a l1v1n an I lntend to hav lt I was even mo1e t1ansf1xed w1th awe xx hen I hea1d other men addressed as Cecll Jacobs and H1ndman I started forth to ask C1c1l 1f he 1ecalled Gone Wlth the ll llld xx hen I was agam borne through space and et doxxn 1n a beautlful radlo shop m flllll o xxl1e1e a man was trymg the tone ol tln l1t1st lll 1 1d1os Then the 311110011091 1nte11upted the p1ogram w1th the announce ment Io1 the past half hour you have been l1St9lll1l0 to the s1lvery volces of Anme and LOII me smf mg the songs you llke to hear the xx av you l1ke to hear them Lorrame and Ann x 111 1eturn to the au' at thls same txme tomo11oxx mo1n1ng Untll then this IS Sta non Ll X lnoadcastlng on a wave of I xx as aoam 1nte11upted ln my eager l1sten 1 o 11x 1nothe1 non stop fllght whlch landed H19 1n 1 liilldlflg fleld at Austln where I had no t1ouble 1ecogn1z1ng the two promment Dll0tS of ma1l planes Just ready to take off as Mzncelle McCl1sh and Elmer Eckelkamp Th1s was a 1est after my prevlous sur p1 ISGS but I was doomed to gnef I next was placed IH a small hovel down on Ranlroad Avenue 1n my old home town, Electra, Texas The1e I xx IS dumbfounded and grieved to box s hoxxls md scleams whlle hxs wlfe f01 1ne lx be 1t11ce Pust prepared to go to the p1ctu11 shoxx1ng at the Grand Theat1e To me tlns had ll',S comlcal as well as 1ts seuous spects But I was g'1ven no txme to 1eflect upon e1the1 for suddenly I was trans 1e 1ed to 1 0010'COl.lS unlversxty and xnto a class on anthropology, whlch was bemv tauvht by 1 l a1ned professor very lean of statule and lo 10 of han whom the chlldlen add1es ed as PIOI Morell Never heard I the old t1tle of I1g I1on Indeed the man d1d not suovest the name ln the least 'lhen a st anfre thmg happened Three d11n llffu es hom nowhere app ared and stood uncove1ed b fole me One xn the garb of a clown anothe1 as a caterer and an otl1e1 I sadly lQCC0ll1Z6d as a garbage man f1 om the CltV of Pumpkm Center, now boast mg txxo sto1es and a post offlce The Sp1r1t tu1ned to me and lllqlllred Do you know these people? 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,-I ,Wx SZDIOF Play The Jdd2 IXICCICIGCZ BY MARION SHORT The Jade Necklace IS a thlee act mystery comedy vlhlch deplcts the dlsappealance of a valued Jade necklace As the play, opens It IS the nlght of Dorls QFran ces Allene Slatonl hllthday Among her guests for the evenlng ale Blff QCall Cabel and Margery lBe nona MCNSII, 1191 llrI9df0Id COUSIDS Dlck Sylvester fD3Vld FlSh9lD an old flame fl om Oklahoma who IS Cl vlng to flale D011 ltfectlons once more Bert Haw tlex fCOCll I affnuj cousln of Mls Lee QEvelyn Jean Sandelsolll DOIIS stepmother Also present to attend the dlllllz., 'Nils Lee lnd fulnlsh comedy fare IS Hetty LJESSIE, Belle Sollellsj the absent mlnded mald In dlsplaylng the Jade collectlon of whlch she was by the terms of her fathel s wlll to come lnto possess lon on hel tvlenty fllst blrthday the Jade necklace pl IZG of the collectlon IS stolen ln a tense scene Blended ln the later developments are detectlves laughs an orlental psychic ceremony and susplclons The play IS dll6Ct6d by Mlss Cyrene Bell of the Publlc Speaklng Department Wlth Beatrlce Rust plompter and Jack Weltv stage manager ,, ' 5,2215 U I . ' , I I N ,arc it - . .I H - u Y' ' - . - H ., H , . ' ' V ' ' ' - I 4 ' i I . J v . . - f , I , ' 1. V I 4 iv , 1 S ' 2 i . L 1 3 u 4 0 ' ' 5' 1 , 1' xx' , . . ' . ' '.' 'l ' A fl 2 ' . ' - , I x ' ' , ' . . I 7 -. . . . ' ' vv ' , ' 'it ' O O ' ' F 9 ' 2 :.. . b D . I . , . 1 y Y , y o xl AN! 'Q . ll f 1 . W . QW' t, S' 'K 1 I - Q9 12. , H, M ' 1 l'-l' 1 - .al ' ,, . . lk O -

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club off Frfth Avenue There I saw a clumsy roup of o'rrls dancrng G6 the tune of Organ Crrnde s Swing Some were out of lrne some rn lrne So much so rndeed one couldnt declde whrch were rn or whrch were out But I pard lrttle attentron to therr obvrous blun ders for I was too busy recognrzmg old I aces I knew the brggest por tron of the grrls rn that chorus There dressed rn faded trghts were Faye Mar re Goode Mrldred Bar rett Evelyn Sanderson Frances Slaton and Nlrldred Shelley I suppose rt would have been 'r scream to anyone knowrng the frrst rudrmerrts about dancrng but to me rt Just was lrke school days to have them all before me a arrr prrssrng as usual but yust twen ty years older Just r fund the corner from thrsl cfrme upon another queer collectrorr oi hum rnrty w hrch l realrzed was strll comrng from the dear old class of 37 A dancrng m rr rthon or endurance test There were couples rn 'unazrrrg postures Dorothy Tunnell support rng A W Wrttenbach whrle he took hrs nap Mary Frances W1 rght berng carrred around on the shoulders of poor lrttle Delbert Bowery Brllre Staton Jessre Belle Sor rells Lunell Morrrson Lucylle Mrlhollon La Nell Mrller Dorothy Mae Mrles and Helen Lewrs All balanc d on therr partners They slowly staggered by The srght was lrke a cloud burst New fallen from the sky All all in varrous preposterous posrtrons of holdrng' therr partners Dean Weston Haskell Ward Carrol Teel Harrold Stewart Weldon Stanley Rrchard Rasner and John nre Parsons whrle they relaxed for a whrle All all save but one one couple that was completely lost Lourse Krdwell and Ray Le Bouf To thrnk that the old lovers of the dance should come to thrs pass The cold fact gr erved my heart but you see there was absolutely nothrng I could do about rt' I begged the sprrrt at thrs trme to take me back home but he declrned s ryrng he wrs deter mrned to show me .rll my old class H sprrrted me to two beautrful lrttle homes rn Wrchrta Falls Texas and standrng on the steps of each I recovnrzed the favor rte lov ers of my school days but stop' There must be some horrrble mrstake There before mv eyes Isaw Benona McNarr brushrng rn a very wrfey manner a mans back whom I had no trouble recognrzrng as Robert Palmer Whrle across the way I saw lNrrra Russell brd drug fr fond farewell to dear old Tom I sud derrly decrded that lrfe was a cross word puzzle a tragedy or maybe a comedy who can say? The rest of my strange adventures flew past lrke a Krazy Kat comedy to the tune of Yankee Doodle I saw rn the offrce of Ad vrce to the Love Lorn R. M Carroll look rng very downcast and dejected because hrs love had flown that rs Wrllre Mae Bashara loved hrm no more I saw Norma Rhea Bos well and Nolen Campbell happrly marrred and lrvrng on Glrsson Avenue Electra Texas I vrewed wrth some drsmay Dorothy Bryant feedrng the chrckens on her farm out rn Iowa whrle her husband Fern James plowed the corn nearby Katherrne Canron and Stella Fern Choate qurte prostr ated and amazed me w rth therr squealrng rn a Metropolrtan Opera House off Proadway J uanrta Collrns brought a thrrll of prrde to mv weary heart when I w as shown thrs tfrmous celebrrty startrng on another of lrer famous novels Verlrrr Chrl dress Vteslev Cunrmrns and Joe Davrs were yery co'nrcal as they screamed therr wares from crrcus srde shows I looked wrth frank drspleasure upon the act of Lourse Davrs llrlerr Dunham and Earl Haltom rn a cheap y rrrreyrlle playrng rn Bugscuffle Texas Lor ean Dur en cheered my heart wrth her rmrta tron of a mrdget rn a srde show of Bar'num a d barley Crrcus Of all the rest only John re Lorse Durham and Jack Holt had made a success rn the movres and each nrght therr names w ere flashed rn lrghts all over Broad way I saw Paulrne Conyers Eugenra Eckel kamp Teresa Flusche and Hope McConnell workrng part trme rn Kress rn Wrchrta Falls and part trme rn Woolworth I saw Glen Hub bard Drck Adkrns Roscoe Choate W A Detmer Paul Faubron J R Hamrlton Glen Houser all rn occupatrons rangrng from Drck Adkrns rn a bakery to Glen Hubbard teach mg phrlosophy and theology rn fr promrnent unrversrty In the last stages of my srghtseerng tr rp I vrewed Raymond Towles as a mrnrster Robert Kay as a mrlkman Delmer Klrnker man as a mrllronarre Preston Pace varnly strrvrng wrth the Judge rn a drvorce case w hrch refused to grant hrs appeal J R Mc Corklc was remonstratrng wrth an unruly otfsprrng Otto Lambert was a county doc tor Thomas Lewrs was a Waukegan shrne boy I was then returned to my quret home Suddenly the door bell rang wrth a Jar rrnfr clamor whrch bore upon mv nerves I frnallv got to the door and as soon as the portal was sw urrg open I was met wrth the usual Ihave here the latest edrtron of Mr Whatsanozzle s Treatrses on Phlygenomatrc Matters We are offerrng them as a specral treat to you at a specral prrce because as one of the pr rzed crtrzens of the crty your rnflu ence wrll ha ah er that rs Haven t I met you before Why Jean Ely of all people of course you ve met me So 7 Youre sellrng books JACK WELTY . 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