Isidore Newman School - Pioneer Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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flce of Presldent of the D A R for forty years Barbara Cohen lb also perched on a tomb She s kmttmg furlously on a new t1ght flttlng ghost gown whlle Marllyn Weiss talks to her Once I had Just put on the market a fashlonable palr of horn rlmmed contact lenses when Oh 1sn t that Lonely Leta over there? They say she defeated Gor geous George and won the natlonal wrestlmg champlonshlp way back when Why that looks llke Joe Frlend and Bush Gamble she s wlth Yes S1ghS Grace Parker as she Jolns them They say Joe was murdered by a dlslllusloned Wlfe when he orlgmated the new look xn mens pants and Bush suc cumbed after wlnnmg hlS flrst case 1n flfty years But that s nothlng I d1ed of shock when I won Queen for a Day after trylng 1 600 times' Who are those ghosts over there? mg spooks are remmlscmg The b1g fat one IS Dorls Clmgman who ate too much Purlna Chow Next to her IS Carolyn Abaunza wife of the slowest drlver ln the world Her heart falled when he once ex ceeded two mlles an hour She s talklng w1th V1rg1H13 Hughes who spent a llfe tlme looklng for her long lost head I thls same group three other sp1r1ts are heard talklng Oh Nancy says Anne Soule I spent my l1fe p1n1ng for a husband and d1ed an old mald Thats too bad but wlth me once a model always a model Speaklng of models says Joan Smlth I posed for Merlc s Photography Agency untll Albert shot me Oh look here come some ghosts we know Charles Taylor Henry Stoutz and Wal ter Lee approach the clrcle bragglng about thelr past Walter says Thats nothmg Chuck' I was maklng street corner 38 speeches on the PYth2.gO193ll Theorem when my llps were sealed by a steam roller Ohh Henry snorts I went to sleep standlng up and was mlstaken for a tele phone pole They wlred me for sound' Chuck cuts ln Aww I was executed for drawmg a cartoon of the Lnlted States Presldent Ralph Seellg yentures Who was the Pres1dent Beryl Flsher answers Chuck Say what dld you do'7 NOth1Dg I just d1ed says Ralph In another group Dr Bronsteln IS de scrxblng her last operatlon whlch kllled her as well as her patlent Barbara Stern Leyeune 1mpat1ently prods the ghost next to her saylng Someone stepped on my Crosley Belle and smashed me Werent you a fortune teller? She won t answer says Lo1s She s 1n one of her trances I was a prlvate sec retary for ten years you know Well scoffs Eudora I was 1n the ten n1s racket myself Pooh I got a part 1n Macbeth on B1 oadway says Mary Loulse I played the damned spot untll they rubbed me ou Ivan Uttal Joxns the group askmg Is It true that Betty Ann Jernlgan was Rxta Hayworth s stand 1117 Yes replles Betty Cloutman and Shlrley Sawl was Betty Anns stand ln Thats nothlng though I was a partner ln the Atlas Company Were you? says Iyan Well I had a wonderful Job as a Rear End Mender and Fender Bender' In a cluster of spooks standmg farther on Glorla tells how she once saw Caesar s ghost and w hxle followlng h1m fell 1nto a manhole Caroly n Hodges tells Nlel Stern berg how she w as presldent of the Polar THE PIONEER JUNE 1949 . . . ' I , .1 K v v . V . . , . . . Y Q ,, . . W . ' - ' . - ' V ' ' ac u , u , 1 v . N 1 u . Y - u ' Y' n . ' - ' , ' an , , . Q Y ' 9 4 v , , l. , I ' ' , v ' as 1 , ' l 4 y N U v - u a 1 7 . ' rr , ll ' ,Y , Cl 9 ' av v - s . . . ,, . u as - - - , fl ' ' ' Y, H Y V . . . . . . . . . G , . - ' 1 1 , ' . . . . . . , , . , . l . ' - v - as . u ar 1 9 . r . . , , . v ' rr as - ' H V Y as ' as 9 . . . . . , . Floatmg a l1ttle to the slde, SIX glbber- . . ' an . . . , L . , . N H ' . 1 v ' I Q - ,, r , ac - . - x . , . . vy ' an . 1 - . . . . . 4 1 ' , - n ' - , H t. . . . . . , U , Y y 9 . u . Y . u 99 A IK ' ' v v 1 ' . . . . H ,, . Y H 9 v . ,, . , , ' I u v ,- v - . v r v 9 a H ' H , . . cc - av f u , vs , n v 1 - - , ax - r - ' n . , , . u - - . Y V , v 1 . . . Y . v. . . s 1 y ' If 7 ' 7 . , . A - 1 . Y Y . , , V Vw W v , I , g 1 A 7

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'25-it W: I H51 ' TW : i.,.....,. -saf- E.. ing Wooooh' The moanlng w1nd sweeps down through the graxeyard sw1rl1ng w1ldly about each ghostlv whlte tomb It IS the only sound 1n th1s dark forebod1ng n1ght untll suddenly the great gong of the near by church bell IS heard twelve d1St1HCt tlmes It IS m1dn1ght and all who the Bewltchmg Hour But walt' What IS that gras form over there by that tomb It looks llke a ghost' It speaks llke a ghost' Let s llsten Hello IS anvbody home querles the ghost as he knocks on the tomb s slab From w1th1n comes a XOICQ Whos there? Mayer You Know the Presldent of the class of 49 'Ihe slab creaks open a Stephen Jen kms steps out and saws Great ghosts D1ck1e that w as sex entv three wears ago' Yep says D1Ck16 and I just got here I thought maybe we could have a reunlon It seems I was the last to pass away and almost exeryone s burled here IH Huber s grax ey ard What a lxvmg that guy made' By the way Jenklns what d1d you do Well I klcked off after selllng the Huey Long Brldge to Marlan Vldeau for twen tw f1ve dollars Why that s flne' You know of course I wrote a best seller on the superlorlty of the male ox er the female Yes I Thexr chat IS xnterrupted as flve glddy ghosts clamber from a nearby tomb Ann Slmpson floats up to D1ck1e screammg Nlmfph plurph' Shes trvlng to say mterrupts Joan Schwlng that Margaret Ann has been throwlng bowllng balls around IH our tomb Ann cant talk though because she choked to death on a dlamond encrust ed cookle her husband gave to her Oh' Oh' Well why replles D1Ckl8 IS Margaret Ann causlng such a fuss Also why are you so pale Joan? Patsy Plncus retorts Margaret Ann IS trvlng to prove that she was the world s champlon bowler and Joan got trampled to death IH a sale at her second hand dress shop Im the one to complaln though I want some peace' Oh vou re 1ust mad says Jackxe be cause I mvented a chewmg gum wlth a louder pop Say xsnt that Kent Talla ferro w 1th Dlane Feulllan and Dlxey float mg th1s way My those glrls were really famous as the Dlane Twlns It was hard to tell whlch one wore the wlg Yes says Leonard Gessner I was then manager but I caught peroxlde polsonlng Say Kent was a good scrlpt w r1ter before he dled laughlng The group of ghosts grows contlnuallw larger as old 49ers float up A llttle to one s1de stands Rose Elsle Jeffer who st1ll w ears her t1tle of Mxss Llghtbulb of 1990 Shes talkmg w1th Jane Wynn who bx her executlve ab1l1ty held the of THE PIONFER JUNE 1949 37 1 , I , 7 ' 77 ii' , - J - ,- . ,, ' . - 0 ' ' u 1,1 - 7 ' ' 7 I .1 1 or , V' V , , I I , I 77 J ll J k Y 4 S . . , K . , . 1 F Gil - YY I - K6 Y ' 7? ' 1 nf 7 I -. ' ff - - l 7 1 ' ' I! V i , ' ! 7 A-el B- K' ' .. L' - A , - H 66 Y 77 ' ' ' ' ' 9 v K 1 . . cs' ' , u r Y K' K' . . . . . . . , an ' ' ' , . r - 1 - . . ms ' , aa .' V . K 'v . . . . ' , ' , v , . 3 . , U , A A r I v . ' .' C. I , ' 7 ' 1 1 are Wise knoyv immediately that this is because all my hfe I ran a taxl-servlce, and . . Y . Y V n . . l Ll 7 ' !! ' K6 , v' ' ' 1 . . 9 - s ' ' 4 ' w ' . ' , . - s . n . 1 . 1 ' 7 U . H . V. . . . - , . N . . N 1 W y 1 ' l I I . . K . . . ' ' v ' ' 7. . Y I v . U , i K 4 - - is Y !7 K , v ' D I' U I Y v i. cs H , ,W 1 as , , A D , ., . V. . , . y 77 ' . ' . . h ' ' v ' ' - , , as v ' ' ' K 5 -, 1 ' . . v w v v V y' . V , N - t . . . 44 77 v . . as ' ' ' v ' , - v ' . .I v I v l y v , w V w . V . ,, . . v ' y - l! 9 ' ' Y . , l , , , Q v , , Y Y . . . Q I I , W , . 4 W 1

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Bear Club and Mel replles Denlse yyas my demlse Meanyyhlle Hal Norman stands on a tomb preachlng the beneflts of hls new drug Hal Sepatlca Hls small audlence hoyy ey er IS busy talklng Hey VlCtOf savs Dan Ihear you were a blg gambllng magnate once Iyan replles Yeah but I dled of flnl culltls Anywav you yyere a pretty good farmer yourself Dld you know that Rod dv was the author of Mahogany Hall in Nell OIIGCHZSI7 He told me that Bettv 'Vley er edltor of the hearts and flowers column helped hlm Say yells Dlck Wells Just remembel that Bob Chlpman got run oyer bv hls model traln a few years ago' As DFSSI dent of the Rod Cross I trled to save hlm but falled Lamar answers That s bad Dlckle but yy orse than that I yyas taklng Gabby Hay es place ln plctures w hen I dled Hey ghoul orchestra' Hullo greets Herman Haye vou seen Landau ' He was the countrv s head rag plcker before he dled He once told me that old Gouaux succumbed from ex haustlon after yvalklng from hls house to the mall box on the corner Three tombs doyyn Steye Brote 18 ex p0LlFldlllg the ey lls of book readlng, to l small group He mentlons that Mel Opo toy' sky choked to death yy hlle leadlng wlth moth balls ln hls mouth Chucky Dlcks and Hallan Falr lndlgnantly yell that thell deaths were worse Chucky dlow ned ln l yat of sub Rosa he was maklng and Hal lan was trampled to death by autograph seekers They also defend two frlends They say that Tommy Nelson w as Admlral of a fleet w hen he yy as w ashed away by a monsoon and Bobby Jones staryed IH Tln Pan Alley after composlng a flop called Sweet Georgla Brown THE PIONEER JUNE 1949 Another gathellng has formed nearby ln yvhlch Joan Frledler Eye Goldman and Pat Lang talk of the past Joan shrleks Well I was Z B T House Nlother untll they lynched me Yes and I was flrst baseman on the Amalgamated Slobbovla baseball team replles Pat but you Eve got put ln Jall for dlsturblng the peace Thats true Eye admlts but my frlend Cynthla was a yvonderful dletltlan before she dled of her own cooklng and then theres Marlan Grace who ran the Marathon contest yvlth M8fllyH MOFHIS as her manager In stlll another group stand a few smll lng spooks yvho met wlth peaceful deaths DIXIE Brunhllde Kalln sang for years abroad and Blll Knlght settled down to dle IH the Amazon Valley yvlth a copy of Green Manswns- When Arthur Klng found he yyas related to Klng Arthur he made hlmself head of the square fpooll table and Ly nn Levv marrled a squaw maklng hls home ln the Wlgyyam Tourlst Court As mornlng approaches and the ghosts start fadlng we see that a feyv have dled elseyy here For lnstance Seymour was ln Afrlca searchlng for a rare perfume called pulp of Watercress yyhen head hunters captured hlm and made pulp of Sey mour an eyen rarer perfume Paul Vegas yy ent to declmal polnts lost one and yanlshed foreyer John Hlrsch was reln carnated as a race horse and Betty Nan Levy yy ent back to be hls tralner Oh well my frlends eyeryone to hls oyyn haunts' 39 ' 1 H ' 1 11 1 1' , 1 , 1 , 1 . - as . . . . , , y l 1 ' 1 1 f v A , s H . ,, .' V . . 66 , , , - . 1 ., , 1 r 1 1 ' 1 1 ' ' V77 , 1 . . I . u , - as V ,, sa , Y . r 1 1 ' 1 u , ' , 1 - I - sr 1 1 - , v u Y , as - 1 ' 1 . u U . . . 1 1 1 r 1 ' v ' v 9 v r U ' , ' , - u f 1 1 r 1 , , 1, ' A 1 ' A1 1 91 , ' ca 1 D 1 Y K , l -1 . . ' . . . L Y 1 , a 1 ' ' ' n ' ' v ' ' sc , nv , ' as ' , , 7 1 ' 1 v . - 1 - ' . I v . 1 ' I V . 1 ' 1 1 1 1 k1'- ,, 1 1 . 1l I 1 1 , 1 , ' yv 1 ' 1 L' , , , 11 , 1, , - - K1 1 ' ' 9 ' y 1 1 1 1 1 ' f ' ' H ' 77 ' 1 , . , 1 4 v 1' I l 1 Y I n 1 t 1 . , Y K l 11 '- 1 look. Here comes Herman an hls al - - - - 1 av I I ! 0 as vu as , , 1 . Q V v . 1 4 1 1 , 1 l L , Q 1 4 D 1 - 1 1 1 Y ' ' 1 ' 3 1' 11 ' 9 ' 11 1 1 v l 1 - 1 , . . Y. K - . T Z 1 , S w . 1 I 1 1 f 4 4 K , L v 1 v 1 l 1 . V 1 1 1 ' 1 ' . . . - - - s 1 1 1 l I I . I 0 I' 1' v v I 1 A ' D 11 n , 1 1 - 1 1 s 1 2 1. ' . - 11 , 1 1 - 1 1 ,1 1 1- - - 1 . , . 1 1 1 . 1 1 - n , ' 1 1 ' 1 Y 1 v . 1 l 1 1. L 1 . 1 1 s 1 1 . V ' 1 1 1 1 1 ' D . 1. . . ' K 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' ' ' v 1 ,' v 1 , 1 U , ' , yy . ' , . 1 ' 1 1 . v 11 ' v L '