Fairfield Community High School - Reflector Yearbook (Fairfield, IL)

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, -W W, 'THE REFLECTOR WWW CLASS PROPHECY OF 1941 . To-night, June 16, 1956, we, the class of 1941, are gathered together in the exclusive Fountain Lounge of the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, to celebrate the fifteenth year of our graduation from the Fair- field Community High School. We are the guests of Jack Vertrees, mayor of New Orleans, and now known as Jackson Wesley Vertrees. Jack changed his name to Jackson for political reasons soon -after his ml-gration to Louisi- ana and his marriage to the daughter of an oil refinery worker in Baton Rouge. All of our former classmates have consented to do their bit of enter- taining this eveningg however, just a few are needed since the evening is so short. We are proud to have the fore-most dance band of the nation with us 'tonigxht, and that is none other than the band of L. Burnell Flats Harper. Loy and John Husselton, the nation's number one trumpet players, are now appearing nightly in an engagement at the Roosevelt Hotel. After the number by the orchestra we shall be entertained by the world-famous torch singer, Miss Venita Murphy. She will sing an old favo- rite song of 1941 called Wasn't That Just Like Love? These were the opening words of toastmaster Red Davis. ,At the close of her song we colud hear above the deafen- ing- -applause, the clapping of Owen Nunn, who is now a prize- fight promoter in New York. His next fight will feature the champion ,Russell Wes Wilson in the 20th defense of his title. Even his applause stops when a very strikingly attired lady entered. It is none other than our old friend Helen Jean Spriggs. She is now appearing in the Zeickleg Follies of this year. As we looked we saw she was escorted by Robert Hill, the famous baritone appearing with the orchestra we heard earlier in the evening. , The majority of the class flew here in their airplanes. Eva Ann Musgraves and Darrell Obrecht -made the longest flight since they came from Australia and New Zealand respectively. Eva Ann is the most highly recognized authority on overcoming the difficulties of life in the South Seas. Recently she has written two books of great popularity concerning the lives of American men and women in the far East. Darrel is Eva's rep- resentative of Goo Goo Gossip Gum' Company in New-Zealand. The shortest trips here were flown by four native sons of Barnhill Township. Thomas Puckett, a certified puhlic accountant, came over from Tyler, Texas, early in the afternoon with his wife, who' incidentally is a native of that city, al- though she did attend school in Fairfield. Eldon Simpson is in charge of the large Depluto Auto Plane Company Sales Department with headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. James Wilson, with a residence in Atlanta, now teaches in Georgia Tech. Edwin Vaughan of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, heads a government- project to.drain and clean up the Everglades. He is fitting it upvto raise. the largest and the wateriest watermelons in the entire world. To fertilize it, he is using a combination of snake oil and parrot teeth, which I am sure will cause melons to grow and ripen within two weeks after they are planted. Even ,thougih we are much more dignified than when we were as seniors in old F. C. H. S.,,we still heave the urge to goggle at people as they enter The worst of all our old class, I'm sure you will agree, is Doris Waln. She was sitting at the center table with her husband, Joe Brown, and little son Joe E. Brown, Jr. Joe E., Jr. is in the movies now, following in the footsteps of his namesake, Joe E. Brown, the comedian. But no wonder they goggled: just look who is sitting at the next table. It is Ruby Goodall and her hus- band. They own a chain of restaurants all the way from San Francisco to New York. You remember of course, they made millions in the big Fairfield oil boom back in '42. U Another local boy who has done quite well is Leland Clutter. He is in the movies now. He has changed his name to Cutea Gabella. Of course you know his ideal is Judy Garland, but it is rumored that his heart belongs

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-im-i., THE REFLECTOR i'-' back in Fairfield to a little blonde. His latest picture was Six Easy Lessons in which he had our own Mary Esther Bobbett, whose 'screen name is Peggy Babit, as his leading lady. She left her old high school flame and went to seek a career, but he is doing .all right for himself anyway. You now behind the palms in the hotel. The Davises were joined by Wilma Lea Bar- rett, night club owner. She has three clubs located at Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis. The one in Memphis is called My Cabin of Dreams. She was escorted by Wm. Borah, the Federal Government Inspector of Night Club entertainment. She was wearing asvery magnificent sparkler and the Senator is unattached, so wlho knows? The group from Illinois included the larger part of our old school chums. From Vandalia came Helen Crawford, wife of an influential utilities man, and with her was Jean Coale, the Evanston socialite, president of the Morn- ing, Noon and Evening Gossip Club. Joyce Lambrich, lovelier than ever before and wearing a learned expression, gave a speech in which she told of the development of the University of Southern Illinois atfwhich she is Dean of girls. After 'Joyce honored us with a talk, H. H. Butler addressed us on a subject of vital interest to us all, the new marriage and divorce law passed in Congress last week. Hal now practices law in East St. Louis. Ten of our class still make their home in Fairfield. They are Estil Ellis, Anna Mae Curry, Helen Boze, Mary Lynn Montgomery, Mary ,Lee Nicholson, Walter McKey,. Hazel Nance, James Nettleton, BerniceNRinard, and Jeanette Thatcher. Although Estil L. Ellis makes his home in Fairfield, he is the proud owner of the Evansville Gossip-As-You-Please newspaper. His motto is to write what you think .instead of saying it. ,It's.safer they say. Our own dear Anna Mae ,Curry is still adorning the fair city of Fairfield. She is employed at thefM,cKay-Nettleton Lonely, ,Hearts Bureau. -A .sad hearted fellow takes his woes to the bureau, but his,cares are gone nasjfsoon as he catches a glimpse of lovely Ann-a. Mae. Jeanette Thatcher, as most of us already know, jumped the bucket and got married back in '43. She mar- ried a sailor lad so now they have some little gobs. Bernice Rinard is a. nurse at the new hospital in Fairfield. It is the 'Heal All , an:l'Bernlce is the head nurse in the baby department. . ' Well, since we havetold you about several of our iguests, maybe we should getiback to our entertainmentf'We' were next entertainedby Julius Hammack and his noveltyi girl floor show. I can say one thing forf Julius: he 'really knows howto nick his dancers. We were n'ext entertained by none other than Vittorio De Smitha, whom we later recognized as Victor Smith. He is called Slick, the Magician. He proceeded to pull rabbits out of light bulbs and chickens out of flower pots, but the climax of his program, was his' pulling out a little skunk from ourhown dear senior English teacher, Miss Marlin's purse: Gee, waspshe surprised! Well almost anything can hap- pen these days. Next on the program was our mighty little midget, Leon Srriith, whose name is Baby Face Smith, the smartest small boy in the show business. He has joined the Heath's carnival. We knew him way back when. 'Ilhey say he and the bearded lady are that way' about each other. Oh, yes, w'e musn't fail to mention the fact that we had a. description of wild animal hunting in-Africa and South America by none other than Bring 'Em Back Alive Earl Gash. He is one of the biggest lion hunters of this dayi Of course there aren't very many now' days so that accounts for that fact, I suppose. Hegtold about his and his six African natives' experiencg lgillmg' a lion as big as an elephant. The natives shot it, but Gash! saw it. Another guest just as brave, but in another way, was James Slick Jones who.is, I suppose, the biggest gambling joint owner in the fair state of Oklahoma. Money flows through that place like a river. But of course gambling is legal now, that is, if- the cops can't find their way into the place. It is guarded by ,lots of pretty girls so well, you see, the cops never get there. He was accompanied by a very up and coming lady. She was the same Eleanor Kello we knew in days gone by. She is the proud owner of a school in which she teaches old maids, widows, and heart-broken young things . How To Win a Man. She doesn't want to practice what she preaches though, because she herself admits that it doesn't work because she tried it long ago. Yes. the former' Dorothy Vaughn was there, too. Sherfirst became a Stewardes' on the American Air.Lines and married a millionnaire, Che owner Of th!