Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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Class Will TO XVHOQIVI IT MAY CONCERN: NVQ, the Seniors of '34, do herenby leave to this, our beloved und time honored school the best wishes for continual succcss and long service. -Good health and happiness is our sincere hope for the undevclassmen. To the faculty we leave memories of the best stu- dents that they ever had the pleasure Of teaching' perhaps. VVe hope that they will always remember how nicely and promptly we fulfilled our assignment- INDIVIDUAL BEQUESTSI 'C'1a1'zm'Mae ACl'll1L'Q leaves hor ability to roll her eyes to Darlene XV:xmsley. Delmar Anderson leaves his Spanish vocabulary to Earl Duty. Catherine Armstrong' lc-tives hor sparkling wit to Frances 'Helen Kablor, Baiibiara Baldwin leaves hor priceless giggle to Esther Harner. Virginia liflrngrover 11:1Ves her qJ1'estig'o to RGIDJC- ca Mc1C'1u1'e. .Ferdinand Bock leaves his CU1lL2'L'Hiill smile to Hal'- old Kistler. Dorothy llonnoll leaves her I'Ixt1'1x boy friends to Marguerite Fisher. Hugh Braly leaves his carafreg spirit to Claude Long. Beulah Campbell leaves hor sweet disposition at the office. Eleanor Cheatum lvaves her baby talk. to Miss IMC- Burney. Midge Child Lavvs her last yea1r's :um to Bftty Kilmer-seiconid se-uit first row, in Miss 'B:xck's room. Florence Clarke leavcs her avoirdupois to Mar- garet Rayl. Velma Jane Coleman leaves hor laugh to Eleanor Sample. Evelyn Cummings leaves hor notebook to the G. R. book exchange. Lawrence- DeNVOese leaves all his lust years Ii0k0S to Carl Jones. Sam Doll leaves the rest of the our io John isome- timesb. Franklin Drysdale leavs his height to Gump Roberts. Paul Erloerhart leaves his painted fingernails to the football team. Kenneth Garrison leaves his part of Engflish four io anyone who wants it. Alfred 'Gillen leavis a lot of well used history tests :ut the office. Esther Goff leaves her love of speech to Colettu Wieser. Lalvuun Gormly haves us all for NVayne Catlin. D-on Hamilton would rather not leave anything, Dorothy l-lrllsey leaves her graceful walk to Enid Coberly. Eugene Hobson leaves all his unfinished argu- ments to Perry Hundly, Hlieredyithe aHodges leaves her- bashful ways to 1-lelen Sykes. Nafimi I'i00t0I'l leaves the flute music to Bob Mateer. Orville Hornbaker leaves his good second hand excuses with Mr. Gish. Call for thieim at the office, Lewis HOV6y leaves his farming ability to Victor Beat. Marjory Johnson leaves her beautiful facial expres- sions to Helen rAnderson. Arlene Jones leaves the editors jdbi to next yea,r's chosen one. Sibyl Jones leaves her daring ways to Agnes Doman- XValton Kabler leaves his sister to do the dishes. Liurzile iMuible Katherine Ervin Kemp leaves ,her .soft voice to Beulah G-off. Gertrude King leaves her musical talent to Schoeneman. 1 Kissr leaves his expert dancing Shbfiliw to Lso Robison. 1 Lois Lindm IBRVGS her big feet to Opal VV3.l'd. D4mie1 Lgngenecker leaves his boisterous nature to Paul Gillen. ' ,Leona Mark leaves her power to concentrate to Max'g:1.ret Yeoman. Imo 1MoBu1'ney leaves her artistic ability to Elaine Cummings. Loren McfC'lellan leaves his bum knee to the school board. Marie :nb-ility to Mctfollom leaves her exterior decorating Mary ,l1'1'edalake. Zelmn 'Moore ltiaves hor concert ability to L0!'aiYl9 Robinson. ldi-illas Nichols leaves her share of economics i0 Velma Compton. XVa1'1'en Nighswunger leaves his jokes to Don Rich- ardson. James Pearce leaves his love for the great 011911 spaces to Howard Morton. Julia iP1'itner leaves her straight hair to Nona. ROSS. Merle Reno leaves his driving skill to Jim Reed- L,0iS lRlChiL1'dSOI1 leaves 'her p9I'S0I1f11ity to Geneva Kiser- Louise Richardson leaves her blue eyes to Dorothy Mason. Amgligl Robinson leaves hgr eating ability to Mar- garet Pilpkin. Armilda Salmans leaves her incoming mail to lilva Cheatum. Q Samuel Siegler leaves his easy manner to the sophomores. Mary Ada Sheldon do2sn't leave Gene to anybOdY- Ruth Sheldon leaves her playing ability to A111121 Cripp en. Wilbur Showalter leaves his dignified demeanor to Joe XYil1iams. Esther Snyder leaves her height to Virginia Halle. Lester Snyder leaves his stride to Speedy Webber. Lynihia Spradlin leaves her ability to roll her GYQS to Ella Doze. Ray Stuart leaves his silver tenor voice to Marvin Cox. Burpee Thompson leaves his quiet ways to Sa-muel Bridgess. F'l'Eld Tolar leavrs his ambitious attitudeto Paul Mann. Hilda Voran leaves .her voice to Marie Sample. Vera Jean Mfallace leaves her sympathy and under- standing to Mary Stead. Louise Weniger leaves her economics ,book to the school to dispose of with the rest of the trash. Anna XYM-ner leaves her discarded love affairs to Coletta. VVi'eser. Archibald Xlfillard leaves his physics notebook to the school library. Vivian Wilson leaves those eyes to Lorene Padgett. Cecelia Cbnrardy leaves her .great height to Martha. McKenna.

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Class Prophecy It was the latter ipart of August, 1950, and I was sitting in my drawing room in the W'aldorf Astoria, Hotel ibeing entertained by' my television receiver frOm Radio City . The program of the H1950 Follies of Firma was about to be broadcast f1'Om the Little Theatre off Times Square . During un unavoidable delay due to the late arrival of some of the notzibles, the announcer, Louis McManis, introduced a, few of the people who were in the studio, to the vast audience and told just what their vocations then were. First of all he introduced some of the stage hands -the property man was ZDelmar Anderson, whom We saw chasing madly 'back and forth with ri caged mar- rot that was screaming at the top of its voice, Polly wants her Kiser! Polly Wants her Kiser'! Some of his assistants, Loren McClellan, Franklin Drysdale, and Lewis Hovey were tossing furniture and scenery around back st11g'e', and so far, only Franklin had suc- ceeded in ramming his head through one of the fl?1f.S- Dflfliel L0l'1?5'9H9Ck91' and. XXYZIYYGII Nighswonger were -balancing on the rafters at Q. dizzy height, It seemed as though they had already turned gray worrying over their problems of producing the desired lighting effects for the iproduction. Next we saw the costume designer, Clara, 'Mae Acridge, pnd her assistants, Catherine Armstrong, iMeredythe Hodges, Julia. Prit- ner, and Vivian WYilSon wra.pped like mummies in YHFGS 21115 y111'dS of Cellophune from which they were de-signing costumes for the Follies My attention was also called to the Head Nurse of the City Hospital, Esther Goff, who had 'been em- ployed to keep the actors calm and composed. This particular evening she was giving some magical potion to Archibald Vvillard to heal the crushed spirit of thiS dancing leader. He had been refused spinach at din- ner that evening, and he insisted now that he couldn't go through the intricate steps of the Virginia Reel. ' Off in a, little room nearby, Lawrence DeXVeese was waving the ladies' golden locks and manicuring their lovely finger nails. Over in a secluded corner sitting on a banana, crate was our little fan dancer, Naomi Hooton, and with her was her partner, Dorothy Bonnell. Standing at the stage door to keep the spooks away was the Chief of the New York City Police force, Sam Doll. And as I glanced at him I noticed that he was nodding. Listening closely I heard him muttering in his sleelp, You can come- in, ibut you can't go out. Then as I looked into one of thg dressing rooms I saw that noted foot specialist, Arlene Jones, making sure that Zelma Moore's arches weren't breaking under the strain of her tight rope Walking stunt. Taking 23, look into the practice room I saw Mary Ada Sheldon, the famous torch singer and heard her vocnlizing, while her sister, Ruth, accompanied her on the Jew's harp. 'Suddenly th01'a was a big crash which sounded QS if someone had dropped QL hzindkeruhief. But noi S-'13fHCiIlg t0WI11'd the stairway I Saw Don Hamilton, the celebrated comedian, flashing :L gun, and Polling he-ad over heels down the stairs Crying, XVoe is mo! NVoe is me! In the orchestra pit was Orville Hornbaker, the new VVhoozit-whoozit King , and his orchestra, W'ith him was the popular crooner, Ray Stuart. Mr. Mc'Manis made the announcement at this time that Mr. Stuart was leaving the orchestra the first of the month to ibegin his new duties of butler-ing for- Alfred Gilleni X Next the announcer called attention to important guests in the audience. There was a, line party in the parquet, :ind as I gazed at the grouvp I saw Several familiar faces. In fact, there were members of the great old 'Class of 1934. First I saw Secretary of Laibor, Barbara Baldwin: then Armilda lSalm21ns, who spends the most of her time lecturing on women's rights. rShe had just lec- tured that afternoon on It's the Woman Who SCFLIIJS and Scrubs. Erillas Nichols, the manager of the. Municipal Cafe- teria, :md Amelia. Roibiinson, the tennis authority, WGFG sitting togctherg Ferdinand Book, Professor gf Botany at Hz1rva1'd, and Evelyn Cummings, Missionary to Uhina, who was then home for a vacation from her rice diet, were conversing. Beulah Camlpibell, Eleanora Oheatum, lF'lorencei Clark, and Velma, Jane Coleman were all technicians at the Mayo Clinic. I siarw ViI'- ginia. Barngrover, now head ibookkeefper for the Johrl xVZ1l12ll'HilkE'1' Company, chatting amicalbly with Chief Justicfe of the Supreme Court, Kenneth Garrison. Dorothy Halsey, XVilbur Showalter, and Vera, Jean Wal- lace had just driven up from the Film Colony. Lester Snydw, the lvfvmotor of the -,National Livestock Show, was in the audience, along with Fred Tolar, Surgeon in the U. S. Army, and. 'Senator Hugh Braly from Ar- kansas. Elailrorzxte costumes called my attention to Marie McCollom and Imo McBu1'ney, joint owners of the Parisian Dress Shop. Near them were seated Lois Lindt and Cecelia Uonrardy, assistants at the City Day Nurseryg Anna Werner, professional basketball player, and Lucille Kemp and Louise Weniger, dietic- ians at the U. xS. Hospital, had come together- The announcer mentioned that Mildred Child, specialist for 'broken hearts, was also 'present that evening. Eugene Hobson, President of General Motors, was acting the quart of Il fpompous business man, th0I'0l1ghly eI1j0YiI1g using his monocle us he occasionally glanced toward LoFu,un Giormly, an artist of ,music at Northwestern University, Marjorle Johnson, a famous economist, was there with Lois and Louise Richardson, oo-hostesses at the Cotton Club. Sihyl Jones, :is this rprivate secretary, accompanied the iprominent Reno, Nevada, lawyer, James Pearce. Samuel Seigler and Merle Reno, owners of a large sheep ranch in Idaho had come in from the ranch and looked fairly homesick for their chaps and red bandanag as they soiberly endured the stiff fronts of their tuxes. ' Mable Gertrude King, soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Company, was seated with Hilda Voran, Dean of a XVoman's College, and Cynthia Faye Spradlin and Leona Mark, special nurses, Walton Kalbler, cditor of the New York Times, was aibsent-mindedly 'chewing on his cigar and seemed to be mentally form- ing banner heads for his next edition which would feature this production of the H1950 Follies of Fame . Esther Snyder, assistant in a banby clinic, arrived late with Burpee Thompson, the Coach at Notre Dame, and following them, came our gigolo, EPa.ul Elberhart. It was then that the bell gave Warning of the curtain cull and I, as Well as many others, turned my eyes toward the stage where we were to View The 1950 Follies of Famen. It seemed that everyone in that huge audience visioned Great Days Ahead for All of Us.

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TOP ROVV-Mefedythe HodS'3S, Clara MAY 9LC1'iG2'C, EUS-'CHQ Hobson, Ruth Sheldon, Dzinisl LOl1gf.'1'lE3Ck91', Lucile KGIHD- Sam Doll. - - Y SECOND' ROW-Donald Hamilton, Naomi Hooton, Lizilfaiuim Gormly, James Pezirce, Julia Pritner, Merle Reno, Velmbi Janie- Colman. TI-IIYRD LROVV-Maible Gertrude King, Pqiui Eborlmrt, VOM Jean XVallaco, Ferdineind Bock, XValton Kabler, .Al1Y13,VV6I'I16I', Leona Mark. 1 FOURTH ROVV-Arinilda, Salmans, Archilozild Willard, Zelma Moore, Bnrioarzr Halclwin, Florence 'Clan-k, Ray Stuart, Eleanora, Cheaturn. FIK'I-I ROiW- Delmar Anderson, Louise XVenigGr, Loren McClellon, Wilbur Showalti01', Vivian W'i1son, Mildred Child, Franklin Drysdale, b ,