Goldendale High School - Simcoe Yearbook (Goldendale, WA)

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19-SIMCOE--3 5 ' CLASS PROPHECY Explanatory notes: In this production it is the wish of the playwright to give to the audience a glimpse into the future of each member of the class of '35. The dramatist wishes to assure all readers of the scenario that it is absolutely correct. During the last year of high school the writer sent for Madame De Bunko's booklet entitled How to Cast Horoscopes, and besides this he has taken a correspondence course in palmistry and has secretly studied the left palm of each senior. Added to these reliable methods of foretelling the future is the playwright's intimate knowledge of these thirty-nine people and of their natural inclinations. All that is contained below WILL COME TO PASS! Time: 1960. Place: The world. Characters: The members of the class of '35. Scenario: Overture! Curtain! SCENE I The setting is a cattle ranch in Texas. Over the plains a horse and rider come galloping. As they draw nearer, the rider can be recognized as that rough and ready daughter of the sagebrush and the cactus, Peggy Grow. She waves her sombrero in greeting to someone in the distance, and across the stage is seen her masterful husband, William Darland. It is revealed that Bill gave up a very promising career as a lawyer in the East, and a position in the most exclusive society of Boston be- cause Peggy preferred ranch life out West. He sweeps his wife into his arms, she lets out a loud Ki Yi and the curtain falls. ' SCENE II The scene is a divorce court in Reno. E. M. Ralston, who was Frank Knosher before, the time of the senior play, is obtaining the final papers which make his divorce legal. After twenty-two years of happy married life, he is divorcing Mrs. Ralston, the former Lois Fenton, on charges of non-support and extreme gruelty-she fed him nothing but gruel. He is asking for 3300 a month alimony so that he can take a course in public speaking, as his voice has become a little rusty through disuse since his marriage. It develops that Lois is planning to join Glenn Darland's adagio dance act as soon as the divorce is effec- tive. The custody of the daughter, Kathryn Sanstrum Ralston, the famous toe-dancer who performs on station SOS every night, will be given to Mr. Ralston. SCENE III The curtain rises on the lonely cave of a hermit in the hills north of Gold- endale. Discovered sitting in front of the opening to the cave is a savage appearing creature with a long beard. He is dressed in skins and holds a massive club. Behind the beard is Kenneth Watson. He be- came a hermit twenty years before when Edna Miller refused to marry him. W Page Twenty-Three '

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1 9-SIMCOE-3 5 I, Marion Morgan, will leave my size To the boys who think they're wise guys. I, Edythe Nickerson, before making some trips Leave my make-up to Bea Schuster to use on her I, Ronald Roe, leave my alto horn To Donald Miller to play each morn. O I, Kathryn Sanstrum, though he is a bit weighty, Leave Willy Winterstein my talent as leading lady. I, Frances Schuster, leave my ease at dance To Bob Anderson who also can prance. I, Helen Skar, chief typist of stencils, Will my place to anyone with my credentials. I, Eleanor Smith, leave my red hair To Edna Jackson to handle with care. V3Wl'l'W.lfiW'Filil mT. rf: 1-in 1: . I 1 . I ' . I, Glen Smith, leave the school with the fear That I will lose Bernice in this next year. I, Helen Suksdorf, will Bonnie Riddle Part of my pep and all of my giggle. I, Dorothy Trumbo, bequeath with a smile To Dorothy Fielding, all things worth while. I, Loraine VanHoy, in plays-the old maid ' Will my part to Verna-tho she'll never be paid. I, Kenneth Watson, leave my blushes so red To that quiet Oltmanns boy named Fred. I, Beatrice Young, before going along Leave Phoebe Moline my favorite song. I, Bill Young, leave my car To anyone who wishes to travel far. We, the senior class, in this last testament Leave the student body our good temperament. Page Twenty-Two lips

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19-SIMCOE-3 5 SCENE IV ' This scene is a sequel to the previous one. In it Edna is seen as a very The noted professor of biology at Oxford. She received special commenda- tion last year for her comprehensive paper on The Similarity of the Coccygeal Vertebrae of the Anthropomorphous Species to that of the Genus Prosimiae, but in her heart, Edna still yearns for Kenneth. SCENE V stage resembles the salon of a great Paris dressmaker. A model, slen- der, graceful, and dressed in a beautiful evening gown, moves slowly down the long room. She turns slowly, and her identity is revealed. She is Ernestine Edgar. SCENE VI As the curtain rises a mighty roar is heard. It seems to come from a large The The building center-stage. Above the structure is a sign-Bennett's Fly- paper Foundry. Through the open door can be seen a multitude of whirring machines and moving belts, and all is activity. That dynamic man of action, Norman Bennett, seeing a national need, is making mil- lions of dollars with his factory. Shortly after graduating from high school Norman realized the inferiority of the flypaper then manufac- tured. He observed that it was always getting stuck to the person handling it. So Norman solved the problem by making a flypaper with- out any glue on it, and thus doing away with this objectionable feature. SCENE VII setting is a street corner of a large city. Standing on a soap-box in the midst of a large crowd of cheering people is a figure which it is not difficult to recognize as Erma McKune. She is a candidate for Con- gress, and it seems likely that her impassioned oratory will sway the listening crowd enough to gain her a large following, although her political theories are so radical that it is possible she will have a good deal of opposition. Her leading opponent, Harold Morgan, although rather conservative in policy, has a number of followers also. It is quite improbable that he will be elected, however, because he lacks Erma's eloquence, being very bashful in public. SCENE VIII curtain goes up to reveal a scene from a typical Broadway musical show. In the front row of the chorus can be seen Dorothy Trumbo and Loraine VanHoy. They are very successful in their chosen profession. Loraine is engaged to the producer, Maurice Lawler, and Dorothy has been doing all right for herself too, having already been married five times. SCENE IX In this very dramatic scene, Billy Young is seen experiencing the ups and downs of life. Billy is an elevator man in the Empire State Building, and he is rising very rapidly in his career. Page Twenty-Four