Jefferson High School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Dayton, OH)

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.GZGM 0 The following mess is dedicated to a well established custom, the custom of having a prophecy for every person in the class each year on class night. Our committee has made a concentrated study of the forces governing our fellow students. For this reason, mathematically, our prophecy doesn't miss more than 2..9fk. Let us change scenes. Imagine that eleven years have rolled by since you heard this prophecy, more exactly eleven years and one night. Our people have never had a reunion or party since I947, but just for the sake of prophecy they held a big party. Everyone was there so project yourself into the future on the night following the fiasco, lean back and listen to our drummer playing preacher who will tell you much. Rev. Hensley please! Hensley-Last night we had our class reunion. You expected me to say annual meeting but we just had our little party so that the prophecy committee could predict something. First to come was Faye June Bowman, toting her piano. Russ Baker came in with her. He had to jump off the piano to keep from bumping the door frame. Professionally, Faye plays ping pong and makes music only for special occasions. Russ is a second Sinatra or Durante or someone. Since Joyce Stuck is the leading society gossip, - l mean writer - she naturally arrived early to get the latest dirt. t Larry Marker, the world's heavy weight champion, came in with Carl Adams, Jefferson's coach, and Miriam Hunn, the girls' physical education director at Jefferson. She also writes a comic strip similar to Sad Sack and gets her ideas by watching Jefferson's Coach. Esther Emery, who laughs for Spike Jones, was laughing at Ruth Ann's sad expression. The party was for the class of 47 and Ruth Ann couldn't bring Harry. ' 1 Katherine Metzger came in carrying one of those chickens from her hatchery. She and Bub Er- baugh have a business all their own. As she sat down to talk to our only old maid, Doris Moyer, Bob Collins joined her. He owns a swap shop and wanted to swap a box of cigars for her prize chicken. The next person who came is the world's champion woman wrestler, Zelma Norman. She came in her wheel chair with Maxine Dunlevy pushing it. A woman wrestler needs a full time nurse like Maxine. Someone told me that Virgil White is a hunter and trapper but l don't know exactly what he traps. He was telling Jim Broadbent, the man about town, how to set a trap. Everyone knows that the only things Jim is interested in trapping, are women. lncidentally he trapped a secretary. She is Betty Mitchell. Don't ask me why he needs a secretary. There are two other hunters in our group, Kenny Weaver and Stanley Peak. Stanley also writes westerns and Kenny helps sometimes. Both of them were hunting on Bill Stebbins' large farm when Kenny saw a cow and, thinking it was a deer, shot it. They were hunting crows. Speaking of women - l saw Virginia Downs with a sad expression because she had to leave Ray at home with the children. In honor of Austin Harris' pleasant voice and his radio program of bedtime stories, and because we couldn't get anyone else, Austin Harris was the toastmaster of the party. Let's get a report of the party from his view. Harris- l first went to the kitchen to stop Crockey Jonas' campaigning. She was writing Jonas for President' on all our plates with the spaghetti. ' ' '

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01644 Wi!! Wanlmuecll To the high school infants lfreshmenl we leave our utmost sympathy and our ability to absorb English, science, math, and all those studies which are beyond the comprehension of their un- developed mental capacities. Byron Saul wills his Chevy to Lewie Wallace who wrecked his. Ellen Mae Shank wills her ability to flirt to Wanda Peak. Bill Stebbins wills his driving skill to speed demon, Leonard Riegel. Joyce Stuck leaves her scissors to next year's dressmaking class. Norman Troutman wills her red hair to Wanda Law. Bobbie Todd wills her ability to work for Mr. Becker to Phyllis Martin. Kenneth Weaver will his big feet to Russell Yeazel. Virgil White wills his broad shoulders to Jack Thomas. To this school, our beloved Alma Mater, in order to show our appreciation of all that it has done for us, l do, on this last will and testament, hereby bequeath the amount of ten thousand mem- ories, with which to erect a bronze table a lasting memorial to this Senior Class of l947. Signed this 2Oth day of May, l947. Salina elcwi poem ln scholarship there are none better than the class of '47. The teachers of our classes thought that they were in Heaven. In the line of intelligence there are none better, Why we can even read and write a letter. Through the years we worked out each problem step by step, But always came out knowing a lot less. The Class of '47 is packed full of sports, Why they play their opponents clear off the courts, ln basketball, baseball, and even in track, We've got talent to spare with a little slack. Our boys have a spirit of never say die, When the chips are down they let out a cry, Of Come on gang, give'er the gun. They play for keeps, not just for fun. Now, don't think the girls can't play, 'Cause when it comes to sports, they're not hay . They're rough and they're tough, but they play a good game, And if there's a fight, nobody's to blame. In tournaments of all kinds You'll never see them behind, So, you see our girls can't be beat, No matter what the line. The music department is full of charm, Although many of the members are fresh off the farm. Of course the Seniors make up most of the chorus, Why it would be a flop if it hadn't been for us. The band is really improved, But what will it be when the Seniors have moved . . . i

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61444 I7 6 Annes Griffin gave Doris Moyer advice on how to get a boyfriend. Anne has a love-lorn column, you now. Until l flatly refused, Barbara Riley kept pestering me to let her make a speech. She speaks for women's rights and, incidentally, had to interrupt a tour to attend the banquet. She was very peeved but sat down. The next time I looked at her she was happily conversing with Norma Troutman. Norma painfully became a public speaker and lectures upon the value of school office experience to the future stenographer. Considering our ages, l thought it suitable to let Dr. William Myers show us the latest in dentis- try. He explained that for years people have had false teeth to eat with, but a new set has been developed, a beautiful set for chewing the fat when meals are finished. He promised a set of these teeth to Rev. Walter Owen Delp, for a two minute advertisement in each Sunday sermon for seven weeks. Did you know that Rev. Delp ioined Ellen Mae Shank and James Rosell in dead- lock - l mean wedlock - lpoor printing on this scriptl. Ellen Mae operates a reducing salon. Adria Peffley, our skating teacher, will verify that. From what Brother Hensley told you, perhaps, you think that Russ Baker sang. That is not true. The golden throated Bobbie Jean Todd handled all vocals. Dr. Harold Ferguson gave special permission for Perry Lynn to leave the insane asylum for the party. ln fact, Dr. Ferguson let Perry wear his Sunday straight jacket. I guess Perry's adolescent attitude proved too much for his native ability. Oh! Here comes Ferguson now. l'll let him tell you a little story. Ferguson: Just recently Annis Faust learned to drive so she bought a car. She purchased one of those old i952 models. You know, the kind with the gasoline powered motors. Annis bought it from Jack Fout's used car lot. Bonnie Eshbaugh who is salesclerk for Jack, did the actual selling. Since Jack's cars are always a mechanical mess, it was necessary to have it repaired at Saul's garage. Byron suggested that she probably would get farther on a bicycle. Slightly peeved, Annis left the garage and next stopped for gasoline. A stupid looking gentleman named Jack Cyrus filled the gasoline tank, added oil, checked the battery, radiator and tires, wiped the windshield and offered to shine Annis' shoes ltoeless shoesl. She made a ten dollar down payment on the services, and continued her trip. She saw Joyce Pierce walking along the street. Wanting to show off her car, she stopped to offer Joyce a ride. In stopping she failed to signal a large transport truck behind her. The result - one broken utility pole and one badly mangled used car. Flying objects broke the window of a grocery store. The proprietor, Willie Faust, brought suit for damage, the light company sought settlement for the pole and Glen Rawlins arrested Annis for reckless driving. Perhaps you wonder how Annis managed to get here tonight. Well, Joyce Pierce is a divorce lawyer but she took the case anyway. First, she threatened Willie with a city ordinance calling for unbreakable glass so he withdrew his case. Then, she proved that the truck driver was exceed- ing the speed limit and on top of that, his eyesight was poor and he had been drinking - liquor. Next, she sued the light company for damages to Annis Foust's person when a stop light, loos- ened by the wreck, fell upon her head.. The light company settled out of court. Finally, seeing no other way out of the reckless driving charge, she had Annis declared insane. lt's all right for her to be here tonight because all insane people have parties. lMakes sweeping gestures over crowd.l