Field Kindley High School - New Direction Yearbook (Coffeyville, KS)

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, G Clzzsy 7-lroplzegf - MY TASK Hello, Folks, I have something to say, Just a little Gossip, that's my task for today, Now, if you have never heard of the class of '21, You had better get your Spectacles on And look them up-they're full of fun. But first of all, I had better Say, You cannot imagine how funny their Lives seem today. You are wondering how I come to know all about the Class of '21, A few weeks ago in this said year of 1931, I chanced to be strolling down Broadway in the small village of New York, viewing the artistic signs and most of all, trying to count the num- berless stories in the Skyscrapers, when lo and behold, to a banana peeling's joy and my consternation and lack of control of my feet, I found myself spread out very artistically in the middle of a peo- pled stricken way with a cement Walk for my pillow, a man's silk hat for a footstool and three moons and some stars for the scenery. You could never imagine who set me on my feet? Why, Bettie Morgan, the Grapevine of old C. H. S. Well, we talked and talked until the Cop said guess We better move on a few more blocks. We talked of all the folks who used to be in old C. H. S. and those we didn't talk about, I have looked up since. so I'l1 just tell you folks about them all, for old times sake. Yes, Bettie Morgan won her fame painting Skyscrapers on Petticoat Lane, her latest accomplishment was the painting of Polkadots on the flag pole of the Woolworth building, New York. Now you remember Burton Gamble and James Levan, well, they own a large Scientific Experimental Conservatory of Minor Creatures in Ocean Park, California. Each has his own individual work. Burton feeds and shaves the flies, while James exercises the gold fish and trains the fleas. I understand the fleas must be gathered daily. Clyde Kiddoo at this time is yell leader for the Cannibals in South Africa. Their favorite yell is When do we eat? El 1921 121 gil

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I'--WWI fFf1Q51iQG Madame Ninetta Sherwood is a foreign Hairdresser in Africa, showing the natives the latest spit curl and introducing the perma- nent Ocean Wave. Virginia Lang, I just heard the other day, is the leading dancer in Hawaii. She is noted for the Hawaiian Straw-Dance. Lawrence Tuttle inherited a harem on the South Sea Isles. They say he took possession immediately. And Eva Maloney, I knew you'd want to know, well, it's too bad, you see, but things will turn from bad to worse and finally fall, you know. She is the Bad Desperado Leader of The Flashy Five, who are indulging in robbing people of their Sunday School pins. Carl Hudson is a prominent artist now. Much of his honor and fame is due to the wonderful charm and natural beauty of his little French Poser, Mademoiselle Beryl Sanford. Virginia Irvin-shh! be still! She's one of the Five. Bob Belt and Robert Hovis have the monoply on the manu- facture of Granite Sofa Cushions and Concrete Bicycles in Dearing. John Young is now the editor of the Coffeyville Daily Lies, the latest scream. I read recently where Hilton Douglass, the new electrician, who is improving the Electric Vibrator, became so tickled while using it, that Dr. John McGuire had to be called to remove the sensation. I met Charles Long, who is captain of the gigantic Salmon Fish Boat on the Pacific. He tells me Cecil Livingston, who al- ways admired the sailor's life, is now scrubbing decks on the U. S. Gunboat in Panama. She is the first woman to receive this honor. Virginia Nelson, the latest Paramount Movie Star, is playing opposite Clem Luce in their new comedy, Kiss Me Quick and Co, and Let Not the Right Hand Know What the Left Hand Doeth. Wilma Pierce, experienced in the fine art of vamping, has a permanent class in old C. H. S. On account of the hard times, Elsie Sheehan and Sophia Kun- kel have decided to open up a hole-less Doughnut Shop in VVest Coffeyville. They say they will soon be multi-millionaires. Can you imagine it? 191 1921 I2l I..-J