Houtzdale High School - Jack O Lantern Yearbook (Houtzdale, PA)

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' f f l . THE JACK O' LANTERN - prised to see David Hiller as instructor, with Inez Johnson as his able assistant. From his earliest years, David had been fond of doing what he called stunts, his bones seemed to be made of India Rubber and his various antics were the delight of the campers. He had always ex- cited the wonder of his physical' culture teacher. After the exercises he came forth and informed us that he was about to begin a years engage- ment with the Daisy Circus, and would be advertised as the World's greatest Contortionistf' After a long conversation David told us that Dorothy Pidgeon, al- ways a very fine looking young lady, and who believed that nature had ordained, her to be a poetess, had taken up that art and was now a famous Poetess, her masterpiece being called Futility. After many regrets we parted from our friends, leaving Davidlto his gymnastics and Fred and Earl to proceed on their hike. Continuing on our way Westward we at length reached the city of Lincoln in the state of Nebraska. We were tired and weary from our continuous journey and decided to rest here for a few days. After spending several hours in the city we finally decided to visit a beauty parlor. Upon inquiring we were directed to a very fashionable establishment. 'On en- terng we found ourselves in a luxurously furnished reception room While we were admiring its beauty we heard an exclamation and turn- ing we were joyfully surprsed to see Maud Matthews, who altho she ap- peared older was still very nice looking. After the excitement of the joyful meeting was some what abated she said she was the .owner of the establishment, and ,that Marcella Chaplin and Frances Owens were her assistants and they would soon be able to establish parlors of their own if they so desired. Now Maud, who as every one conceded was anex- cellent judge ofapplied art, had invented a new cosmetic warranted to remove all blemishes from the face in fifteen minutes, giving it a clear radiant hue and a glow of youthful health most charming to the eye. She informed us that, although at the zenith of her fame in this country she intended to visit the Old World and there make a great fortune, for it is a well known fact that all a woman hath she will give for her complexion. He assistants were almost persuaded to make the trip with her. After relating the events of our trip we proceeded 'on our journey, reaching Salt Lake City, Utah, only after traveling a few weeks for it must be remembered that we only had a flivver and it traveled very slowly but with a certainty which surprised even its owners. We decided we had better stop here and purchase new hats before going anyfarther for ours were pretty nearly dilapidated. We noticed a sign over a millinery shop which read Three Dollar Hat Shop, No Two Alike . We walked into the shop and after waiting what seemed an eternity we decided to leave when a familiar voice attracted our atten- tiori, One second,-I'll be there in a minute, it said. It was followd by a tall lady with nose glasses and a very wide old fashioned skirt. Her hair was red and worn on top of her head, in a tight psyche giving her the appearance of a typical old maid, but as she came nearer her whole appearance seemed to change for we recognized her as Helen Dickey, the former class Joke editor. She said she had married a hand- --27.- .. Q ri ' A ir H 41. V N, ,-,FLE A , -5 ,l l T x V I 1 l l J w l I l - 1 l l I l 1 . I-.I

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-. 1-A-qv -L p p p THE JACK o' LANTERN p g There are now eighteen members in our class three coming from Brisbin Eleanor Lobb, Maude Mathews, Velma Lobbgthree from Woodward -Frances Owens, Mary Maxwell and Fred Hyder. We were kept busy the whole year, getting ready for the great event, Our Graduation, and also getting our year book ready, which we had hoped to publish on a large scale, but finding that our plans were too far in advance of both students and patrons we had to re- trench and be satisfied to publish one on a smaller scale. We had the Mid-year play, directed by Mrs. Dentzer which proved a great success. . I saw eighteen people walking out the door of the High School each one with a diploma in his hand, each one seemed to be going in a different' direction. I saw no more. - -ROSE MARIE HAGAN A H. H. s. , lifnrlwa , A I The Ford Rambler U A q ' We had' been busy with our occupations since we had left school. One with school work and the other with office work. We had not taken any vacation for a number of years and in 1935 we decided to make a tour in a Ford Roadster. After we had traveled several hundred mile' we were wearied from the curious thrills characteristic of a Ford tour We decided to spend the night at the Wm. Penn. Hotel at-Pittsburgh After a nap we dressed for the evening concert, to our surprise as wr glanced in the direction of the piano we saw a dearly beloved face which we recognized as that of Gretchen Hiller. ' She had been praised and extolled throughout the hotel before dinner for her wonderful play- ing. - . After the concertwe talked with Gretchen and learned that she was touring the country giving concerts, with Margaret Sherkel as her business manager. With much regret we parted and went to our rooms, Early the next morning we set out on our journey to Wisconsin, Arriv- ing in that state a few days later. We were advised to visit the health camp established out side of Madison. But unfortunately,just as we were traveling over a rough detour, we were frightened by a loud report. We got out and found ourselves minus part of the rear tire. Being thoroughly-disgusted we sat down onthe running board and be- gan to plan but could not find any way out of the difficulty, except to walk to the nearest town. After walking about amile we noticed two weary travelers cominng in our direction. When we came closer to them we heard them singing Show Me The Way To Go Home. ' We recognized them to be Fred Hyder and Earl Robertson. After greeting them we learned that they were making a Coast to Coast Hike, and up- on learning of our predicament we found them to be as helpful as ever. They insisted that we return and allow them to fix the tire. Finally, after the tire .had been fixed we all rode into camp. The campers were being instructed in health exercises. Going nearer we were much Sur- ...26 ,.... , In 1

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pr' as so f f . THE JACK 0' LANTERN g p g A some man but he wasn't worth his salt so she had ditched him and was working for herself. She also told us that Julia Hughes always a man hater had sympathized with her and so had become her partner. Julia was out for lunch at the time. After Julia arrived and we were discussing our old classmates and the good times we had all enjoyed in Houtzdale High Julia told us that Rose Marie Hagan and Mary Maxwell had become successful school teachers in the state of Washington. We talked for hours and at last we left very reluctantly. Our next stop happened to be in the state of Idaho. Here we head a lot of talk about Thomas Quinn trying out a new invention. From the general description of his appearance and character we knew it to be no other than our former classmate, Cherry had always been interested in the hydraulic portion of physics and had made an invention for bring- ing, water out of the ground without either digging drilling or driving 'adgd This invention ought to prove a great success and wells will pro- bably be sunk all over the dry lands and as a natural result the wide areas of sage brush will take on the aspect of the proverbial rose gardens. .Finally we reached California and proceeded to Hollywood. Being tired out from our journey we went to a theatre. On the programs we noticed that Carl Sherkel was Manager. Knowing him to be from our section of the country, we went to visit him, but instead of Carl answer- ing the door bell, Lorraine Hall our former classmate stepped forth and was just as surprised as we were. ,She told us that she was the wife of Carl and they were very happy also that-they liked California im mensely. They had moved th ere shortly after their marriage. Shortly after we left Hollywood we met with a serious accident, wrecking our Ford so completely that we were compelled to find some other means of transportation back home. Being badly shaken up from our accident we decided to go home by aeroplane, thereby arriving home much quicker, but nevertheless we were glad we had taken the trip because we had met all of our former classmates. ' ' VELMA AND ELEANOR LOBB H. H.. S. EARL ROBERTSON- Earl is such a little lad, - I think he'll never grow, He's always mischievous, always bad, But can knock the big boys for a row. ROSE MARIE HAGAN-- She hadlit oniwhen ever I met'er, Rose Marie always wore a blue sweater, I wonder what she's done with it, I guess by now it doesn't tit. ..-28,-. at .wx