Hatfield High School - Hatter Yearbook (Hatfield, PA)

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PAUL: She owns those large mills on Broad Street? Oh, you mean Evelyn Kaler? But how did she get the monopoly on government towels? EDWARD: Well, you know Senator DeTurk from Doylestown? .PAULZ Oh, you mean William DeTurk, the President's right hand man. Yes, everybody knows him. EDWARD: She just played a little game of politics, and he did the rest. PAUL: Boy! Is that guy an orator! I'l1 bet Patrick Henry would feel cheap along side of Bill. Remember how he used to argue at school? EDWARD: Yes, and wasn't he lucky to get a girl on our Washington trip? PAUL: I don't see where he was any luckier than Grace Ricci. How about that handsome man she met on the same trip? EDWARD: That's right. I forgot about Grace. Remember, how after our return from Washington, she was always looking out the windows in Room 12 in the direction of Doylestown? PAUL: How about the day you asked her the population of Doylestownf' EDWARD: Oh, yes! And she said ONEY' PAUL: She had been a nurse at Great View Hospital. When she was there, there were twice as many patients as usual. ' EDWARD: And when she left, wasn't it queer how all the patients suddenly got well? One handsome fellow went there five times, but since Grace has gone, he's had perfect health. PAUL: By the way, Ed., why does Evelyn come here so often? Does she write articles for you ? EDWARD: Write articles! She owns the paper I PAUL: She does??' EDWARD: Yes, but she's going to sell out if we lose money again this week. Things certainly look bad. CPhone rings-Edward answers.D Hello. Who? Elizabeth Dornbach! How much for a page ad? Wait a minute! Am I hearing correctly? You want a full page ad in this week's paper! Fine! I'll see you tomorrow. Thanks, Lizzief' CHangs up.D Think of it, 'Dilly,' a full page ad from one of our classmates, Elizabeth Dornbach! Another ad and the paper is safe! PAUL: An ad from Lizzie Dornbach! What's she advertising? EDWARD: She's business manager of the Penn Sculptural Company. PAUL: Business manager? Who owns it? ' EDWARD: Her husband. You know, that position just suits her. She's always been so quiet, and so are the statues. PAUL: Boy! Wasn't she quiet at school? No wonder she wants a large advertise- ment. EDWARD: And could she answer examination questions! CPhone rings.l Hello! Hello! Hello! Who is this? Paul Henning! CSomewhat ironicallyl From where are you phoning? From London? I can't hear you. Paris? fMuch surprised, You just arrived there in your airplane? Oh, yes! You bet! I?ll give you a good write-up. A half page ad? O.K. So long CHang up receiverl. Hooray! The paper is saved! Another advertisement! CEvelyn enters.J EDWARD: I-lello! Hello! Hello! Who is this? Paul Henning CSomewhat ironically! ! From where are you phoning? From London? I can't hear you. Paris fMuch surprisedl? You just arrived there in your airplane? Oh, yes! You bet! I'll give you a good write-up. A half page ad? O.K. So long CHangs up receiverl. Hooray! The paper is saved! Another advertisement! EVELYN: What's that? CNotices Pauli Oh, pardon me. Am I intruding??' EDWARD: Oh, no! Not at all! Evelyn, you remember Paul Leidy??' EVELYN: Paul Leidy? Of course, I do? I haven't seen you for ages. How do you do. CShake hands.J

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Class History anal Prophecy SCENE: Oflice of Editor of Hatfield Blotch TIME: Late afternoon, 1953 PROPERTY: Editor's sign, telephone, desk, pile of typewritten copy, pencils, etc. CuARAcTERs: Editor, Edward Bonekemper Owner, Evelyn Kaler Sporty' Reporter, Paul Leidy fEditor sitting at desk when scene opens. Evelyn enters.l EVELYN: How is business getting along today, Ed.? EDWARD: Pm sorry, Evelyn, but we lost money again last week. Nobody wants to advertise. Why, this depression is as bad as the one in 1933. Remember how hard We had to work to get ads for our year book? EVELYN: Can't we cut down on the overhead? EDWARD: Impossible I CPaul Leidy enters wearing baseball cap, and carrying glove.D EDWARD: Hello, 'Dillyf Have your copy finished already? PAUL: You bet. We played the Yanks a double header today. I'll be back in a few minutes. So long CExit Paul-Enter Evelynj. EVELYN: What,s the sense in paying him forty a week just to write a half column a day? EDWARD: But, Evelyn, Paul's the best pitcher in the big leagues. just a little article by him, and we sell twice as many papers. Why, just on Friday he held Detroit to one hit and hit a homer himself and he pitched against the Yanks today. EVELYN: Well, I suppose you're right. EDWARD: How are the American Towel Mills making outfi' EVELYN: We just got another big order yesterday-Bill Anderson's barber shop on Forty-second Street? EDWARD: He has some barber shopI Twenty years ago, who would have imagined him as the proprietor of a barber shop almost as big as the Hotel Chastleton, fifteen barbers, and only ten cents for a hair cut. EVELYN: I wonder Why Bill never married. Remember at school how he used to to talk about the Souderton 'queensf and at baseball games he had all the pretty girls. Now here he is, almost forty years old, handsome, rich and still a bachelor. Well, that's the way it goes. CThoughtfully.l By the way, are you sure your business manager is honest? Perhaps this- finterruptedl. EDWARD: HonestI I I Don't you remember julia Bresel? EVELYN: julia Bresell Of course I do. I had forgotten that she helps you run this business. Your funds surely are safe with her. Remember what a good class treasurer she Was? EDNVARDZ Yes, julia certainly could be trusted, and she's just as efficient as ever, even with added household duties. EVELYN: Well, I'll have to go. But, Ed., I'm afraid we'll have to stop the paper if we lose money this week again. I'll see you laterf' CExit Evelyn. Enter Paul.J PAUL! Who was that? Her face looked familiar. EDWARD: She owns the American Towel Mills. You know-the mills that supply all the towels and washcloths for the senators and representatives at Wash- 1ngton.'

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PAUL: You're looking fine. EVELYN: Thanks, Paul. You certainly have been making sensational baseball records. By the way, Ed., to Whom were you talking when I came in? EDWARD: Paul Henning just phoned from Paris. He's advertising for passengers. You know, Paul is an aviator now.', EVELYN: He always was Highty. How did you get him to advertise? EDWARD: Remember how he used to like to see his name in the 'Norristown Times- Herald' during high school days? EVELYN: Yes, indeed. EDWARD: Well, all I had to do was to promise him a good write-up in our news- paper and he came through with the ad. EVELYN: I guess our classmates saved the paper. CTurns to Paul, How did the Senators make out today? PAUL: We licked the Yanks twice-1-0, 7-4. EVELYN: CReading newspaperj: What's this? 'Moseley completes non-stop liight around the world. Harry Moseley arrived in Unionville late last night com- pleting his second non-stop Bight around the world?' Read this, Paul. CI-lands paper to Paul-Turns to Edward.J Is that our Harry Moseley, of the Class of '33, of Hatfield High. EDXVARDZ Of course. EVELYN: I thought he would do something that Would require nerve when he left school? EDNVARDZ So did I. He wasn't afraid to do anything. He certainly took up our dares. PAUL CLooking up from newspaperjz Say, who wrote this article? It surely is 1 written cleverly. . EDWARD: Dave Vreeland. He's our star reporter. He always writes our most important articles. PAUL: Dave Vreelandl He was in our class at high school, too. EDWARD: The same Dave that wrote u our Washin ton tri for the Oran e and U , P , 8 P , 8 Black. He s been our star reporter ever since I have been editor of 'The Hat- field Blotchf' PAUL: I met another member of our class today, Bob Reinertf' EVELYN: You did! What's he doing? PAUL: He owns a two-hundred acre farm. He has a great many farm hands, and all modern machinery. Heis experimenting with various kinds of seeds just now. EDNVARDZ . He certainly used to win prizes at school for his agricultural work. PAUL QSt1ll holding newspaperjz You know, Ed., I like this column of poems. Who writes them? IElDWARBiJi6DOH,I you Erlperpber Sur cliss poetess? AUL: o you mean ar otte cott. EDWVARDZ That's right. She is married now but she still signs her name, 'Charlotte Scott., I donit know what we would do Without her poetry. EVELYN: Remember when she used to day dream at school? She seemed to be awake, but really was dead to the world. PAUL: I guess she was either getting an inspiration for another poem, or thinking b about that Doylestown fellowf' EVELYN: f'By the way, what is our class valedictorian doing now?,' PAUL: Y ou mean Mary Walsh. She,s supervising principal at the Hatfield School. EDWARD: Yes, we have a woman rinci al now. ,, P .P . . - PAUL: Absolutely. The women are coming into their own at last.