Gouverneur High School - Deanonian Yearbook (Gouverneur, NY)

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“Before as stretches the white man's road which we must travel.”—Joseph. The Land of Hearts’ Desire PROLOGUE Should you ask me of my classmates, Of the stories of my classmates, With their lives so widely parted, But with hearts so nearly kindred, With their paths so dimly winding, Toward the land of hearts’ desire. Where they’ll be happy to remember, All the joys gone on before them, Then in answer to your questions, I should answer, I should tell you! Rosemary Caswell and William Lumley, appearing in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, have enjoyed a long and successful season on Broadway. Irene White has recently invented a new typewriter which spells correctly, manicures finger nails, and cuts hair. Vera Petrie has gone into partnership with Walt Disney, helping him draw his Micky Mice. Frances Faufaw has been engaged by the Gardner Company to send out Bills.” Robert Hance has purchased the ioi Miller Ranch, Oklahoma. Leslie Howard is appearing in vaudeville with his trained fleas. Margaret Cahill and her husband, Stanley Smith, now run a Chain Store in Old DeKalb—(Smitty is in chains.) Gladys Bigarel is social secretary to Earl Stiles, Secretary of War. He always was a fighter. Marie Dunkelberg is now appearing in the chorus of George White’s Scandals of 1950. She plays Eve in The Garden of Eden” number. Frances Coffey has recently announced her engagement to Herbert Putman, an Ayr- shire breeder. John Clark is director of the Dcaf-and-Dumb school. He always was an inspir- ing speaker. Robert Blair is still” manager of the St. Lawrence Inn. Stanley Baker is a horse chiropodist in Hailesboro. Lee Wight has succeeded Bing Crosby over Station W. A. B. C. . Arnold Seavey, a Salvation Army officer, has converted the Roughhouse Rowdies” of Frog Hollow” to his faith. Kenneth Orvis acts as Manager of a girls’ reformatory which he recently established at Gouverneur. The most troublesome inmate is Amy McKee. She never could behave. Catherine Bulger is superintendent of the VanDuzee Hospital which has been enlarged by the addition of a new annex donated by Kenneth Day, successor to Tom Mix. Robert Miner is now a potato detective. Chief of the Rotten Potato Agency at Cornell. Lawrence Jobin has made a fortune selling his new brand of Kellouyh’s Corn Flakes. Muriel Scott has succeeded Jean Harlow as the most popular platinum blond of filmdom. Byron Gale has accepted a position as football coach at Notre Dame University. Glen Bigarel has taken Babe Ruth’s place with the Yanks, with a salary of $85,000 a year. Retha Hall has a special act as lion tamer in Noble and Halpin's One Ring Circus. Harold Bowhall, as model for Gwendolyn Livingston, a famous artist, now lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris. Erwin Peck, Punjab the Second, hires little, innocent boys from Dean High School to assist him in hisl work. Johnston Seaker has become a famous artist. His favorite model is Marion Hartley. Evelyn Barker acts as a mannequin for Paton. Page Twenty

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“The campfires of the past are burning—Van Dyke. Last Will and Testament (continued) 37— To Eleanor Kellough: Mary Washburn’s love of Blossoms. 38— To Bob Dempster: Johnston Seaker’s “Hinglish awcent,” monacle, and intelligence. (Seaker never uses them.) 39— To Glenn Johnson: Helen Washburn’s fiery temper and her group of Deltas, including Carol Storie. 40— To Evangeline Cilley: Patricia Seaman’s innocent demureness and her uplifted brow. 41— To Charles Huckle: Ruth VanNamee’s graceful dancing. 42— To Harold Day: Arnold Seavey’s expertness with his studies and cows. 43— To Paul Scott: Stanley Smith’s high ideals and strict moral code. 44— To Ruth Fox: Earl Stiles’s senior picture. 45— To Agnes Sturgeon: A few of Ercile Belmore’s dates. 46— To Frances Storie: Velma Brown’s booth at the tea-room, (for better or for worse.) 47— To Grant Dier and Co.: The back seat of Margaret Cahill’s car. 48— To Frances Lamb: Robert Caten’s ability to bluff. 49— To Genevieve McCullough: Esther Collins’s truck and her driving license. (We wonder how she got it.) 5c—To Clara Brown: Rosemary Caswell’s “striking” leadership and her glasses case. 51— To Carolyn Gleason: Frances Coffey’s dignity. 52— To “Tikes”: John Clark’s love of rural life and his various lady-friends. 53— To Katie Grey: William Lumley’s Chevey coupe and contented cows. (Be gentle, Katie.) 54— To Superintendent Brown: Robert Lansing’s golfing ability. 55— To Kenneth Porter: Lawrence Jobin’s fruit, especially Mellons. 56— To David Johnson: Leslie Howard’s egotism and height. 57— To Marion Rice: Everett Hayden’s drag with Mr. Paige. 58— To Thelma Jones: Edna Haines’s many good qualities. 59— To the Homemakers: Reatha Hall’s culinary utensils. 60— To Herbie Bush: Robert Hance’s carload of junk. 61— To Duane Dodds: Charles Storie’s booming voice in the great open spaces. 62— To Maurice Paige: Fond recollections of Flo Foy. 63— To Arthur Rotundo: Clifford Empson’s high marks in all subjects. 64— To Sylvia Sterling: Gwen Livingston's parking place on the old Somerville Road. 65— To Dorothy Gruneisen: Ruth Fortune’s Ogdensburg boy friends. 66— To Lloyd Raven: Marie Dunkelberg’s high scholastic standing. 67— To Kenly Spilman: Bessie Durham’s perpetual motion. 68— To Woodrow Gardner: Countless fond memories of Frances Faufaw. 69— To Claris Finley: Ruth Gamble’s short-hand and dignified reserve. 70— To Ethelyn Howard: Gladys Bigarel’s red hair. 71— To Ivan Weatherup: Hilton Ferguson’s nonchalant attitude. 72— To Edward Perrin: Kenneth Reynolds’s gentlemanly manners. 73— To Edward Magee: Evelyn Barker’s alarm clock. In witness thereof, we have set our hand and seal, on this twenty-eighth day of June, anno Domini nineteen hundred and thirty-three. Witnesses:— Joe Savoldi, Helen Whalen, Don Moore. The Class of 1933. Page Nineteen

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“Thither we go, since our way lies there.”—Fletcher. The Land of Heart s Desire (continued) Lloyd Gilmore now conducts a school for Stammerers—big and little. Velma Brown, as of yore, spends her time in the Tea Room. We wonder if she is interested in the Manager of the Inn. Jack Scott recently raised a Phoenician Galley, from which he salvaged gems and gold of untold value. lone Weatherup conducts “dumb bell drills” to musical accompaniment. Thelma Eggleston is hostess in the Cocoanut Grove, Hollywood. She has certainly made a hit with Clark Gable. Bruce Byrns and his beloved wife, Nettie Deans, are managing the County Home at Canton. Edna Hanes has become a world renowned beauty specialist. The thing she does best is to give finger waves that will last a month. Ruth Gamble is an attractive roulette girl in Monte Carlo. Flo Foy is an aviatrix, piloting the plane for her partner, Kenneth Reynolds, who is a cameraman for the Pathe News, in the Far East. Eleanor Fortune unfortunately is still Miss Fortune; however, she is hopeful. Charles Storie is a barker in Barnum Bailey’s Circus. Marion Davis has recently married Betty Streeter’s ex-husband, Bob Hilts. Robert Caten has married the Fiji Queen. He always wanted an out-of-town girl. Ethel. Ames is now conducting a finishing school (to put an end to young ladies.) Ercile Belmore has been named as co-respondent in the divorce proceedings of Alison Manning and Robert H. Clark. Ruth VanNamee has written a book of etiquette, which she dedicated to Robert Caten. We hope he uses it. Minerva Priest has just won the $50,000 Pulitzer Prize on her recently published novel—The Undertaker's Undertaking. Helen Washburn operates the electric chair in Sing Sing. Gertrude Whitmore has been elected President of the W. C. T. U. . Esther Collins was chased out of the country for speeding past stop signals. She is now in the wilds of Africa earning her living by trapping and hunting. Greta DeRoche now conducts a school for Spiritualists at Calcium. Robert Bancroft is a commander of the super-dreadnaught, the G-R-A-Y. Doris Peabody, a trapeze performer in Mary Washburn's Flying Circus, was the first to complete a quadruple somersault in mid-air. Bessie Durham teaches kindergarten children how to dance so that they will know the latest steps when they reach high school. Helen Bancroft is now lecturing to Miss Brooks’s classes, on drawing house plans. Hilton Ferguson is slowly convalescing from brain fever which developed from excessive study during his senior year in high school. Margaret Miner is at Battle Creek raising guinea pigs, rabbits, rats, and white mice for scientific experiments. Robert Lansing is a golf Pro. at the Lake Placid Club. Clifford Empson. the famous taxidermist, has just mounted a rare type of Dziggetai, donated by Patricia Seaman and her husband, Everett Hayden, who have just returned from a hunting expedition in the Congo Wilds. Robert H. Clark is busily engaged in operating the “Boro Express” daily between Gouverneur and Hailesboro. As a sideline, he runs the Manning” Dry Cleaning Con- cern of Ogdensburg. o EPILOGUE So I watch them, going forward, Till I lose them in the distance, Each surrounded with his glory, And I whisper, “Good luck—ever!” Page Twenty-one