Frankfort High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Frankfort, IN)

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,x aa2,C1L?4PP9N-'Ml-N1- zw -f.,x..x'.x'X.,,-V 'X At this time Esther McKinsey and Hallie Newton were announced, on their arrival from the Arctic Circle, as missionaries to the Eskimos. Next came Dorothea Hildebrand, who made millions on the sale of her pie-crust recipe to a paving company. Then a delegation of 'KHashers from Harold Norris' chain restaurants composed of Dorothy Boys, Mae Eller, Helen Gunyon, Ruby English, and Alberta Hall, were announced. Then arrived Gene Thompson and Vida Merchant, who were working for a Belgian Congo furnace company. Following was Ruth Kenney, who had accepted a position as advertising agent for the famous Baby Face Quality Product Company to support her little drummer boy. A delegation of chiropractors from Peoria included Bernadine Barnhart, Irene Chapman, Dorotha Doty, Cathryn Hamilton, and Madge Hendryx. Then a great stir of surprise and wonder arose as members of the Dudley Sloan's world, famous Circus entered the hall. In the lead was the great renowned fat lady-638 pounds-none other than Edythe Younkin. And behind her lined up the famous acrobatic team of Helen Louise Marshall and Evelyn Parvisg the daredevil motorcycle girl, Virginia Knapp, Vella Mich- ner, the ticket-taker, last came Roderick Wess, the human fire-eater, and his better half, Edna Moore, the snake charmer. Annabell Mattix, Lucile Rusie, Mary I. Ryan got in from Greenwich Vil- lage, where they were running a night club, and Helen Sipe arrived from Reno, where she had just settled with a big theatre manager. Josephine Holt was next announced, a retired opera singer and present champion hog-caller of the middle west. She was followed by Retha Somsel and Mary Painter, who had just completed their book- XVhy Boys Leave Home. Announcing the phantom of the dirt track, called Ruddell, and in strolled bouncing Bobbie Ragsdale, retired race driver now living in an Iowa cornfield. There were three members of the class still absent, and it was almost time to eat, when Mr. Bergen Geddes Houston VanBrunt arrived as the official representative of the old home town in the capacity of Mayor, with his Eirst.Lady of Frankfort, Mrs. Iloe Myers VanBrunt. The reception of guests closed when Tom Tobin of the firm of Levy and Tobin yelled, VVhen do we eat?', So the big crowd filed into the banquet hall-the class of nineteen twenty-nine. -. '4 I LJ il' f l . . x X. we . .A- ww- : X L 'MRWXKL ik' - -.'...f'i51'- v .ff A Q iw, 1 - ir. I xi' i-.41 as ,e 1 . f 1 1. .JH 3 ' fi 9 .. . Ji i - ' V-. 'Wi 1' x :def .. - i . . A .Q , 1 fg'i,.5, gy., gl. , . we .M i. ,tg N. - . , , N r. ,J ,A Q . ' we Y ftiz 1 ' aa frce i oa . f .4 if if X il I a , 6 i 1. f ' ' ' 231' F hx V 3 'Wa , . N wa agar a 'i-fa I- J: if C295 ,. . - . -P -'1-1-' K Mft-v ..13g-ffwzaa .Nm-1... ffvxvvf- we ei:1:.g.4'- : ,,,,,- 5'-,X -..t,..33,,, it

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