Kingman High School - Oracle Yearbook (Kingman, KS)

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..Many Years from Now.. Goes 'ROUND AND 'ROUND n.a.....,-.,zs'sxxx n-an Belva Campbell, a great so- cial worker, is giving a speech on Cruelty to Men and Dumb Animals . VVell, Kenneth Johnson did very wellg he stayed at home and worked hard, and is now city dog catcher. Delmar Oaks is a cowboy. He can throw a bull in ten seconds and has several notch- es on his gun. Now we come to the bril- liant Kenneth LaFever, who rose to fame and fortune in the sport's world, only to fall into the clutches of a hard boiled mother-in-law, and is now a perfect specimen of a henpecked husband. Now we turn on the radio to hear Clara, Lu and Em,'l who are Alberdine Erhard, Letha Mae McPheeters and Helen Pauline Humphrey. The girls got the job when the or- ginal Clara Lu and Em died of poison. Marie Anderson and Mar- garet Snyder are working for the Salvation Army. They sing on street corners. Billy Mierau has turned bad and is wanted by the Brown Spur police. He shot up the town. He is called Billy, the Kid. Now we find Dorothy Bott and Lucille Dean working in a downtown restaurant. Velma Compton is a cook in this res- taurant. They specialize in sauerkraut and weiners. Mary Stead, a brilliant ar- tist, has just finished several new comic strips. She draws Little Lulu and several other famous comics and puts many of her own experiences into them. Now we find Rachel llray, a typical cl'armer's wife, water- ing her chickens. VVell, here is Neva Dix. She llfilflljt changed a bit except to dominate a local newspaper. Gertrude Koontz is a human lily. She is hanging to a win- dow sill on the Empire State building this very minute. Opal Reno, noted explorer, is somewhere in the darkest jungles of Africa, looking for the Hokus Pokus bug. It resembles the grasshopper. Joyce Forney, noted singer, just been fired after a ten year engagement at the Metro- politan Oprea House in New York City. She insisted that she chew gum while she Don Richardson, noted la- dies' man, has turned down several movie contracts, and he is still operating a filling station. Donna Shelly, noted woman athlete, is now traveling with a circus as lion trainer. Yes, Anna Marie Schommer and Cora Schrag are in the Wh.ite House-as scrub wo- men. Helen Fettig is a well known Congresswoman from Kansas. She was responsible for the re- habilitation of the dust bowl and the cultivation of the sand bur. Wanona Acridge is with a traveling show. She is known as Dumb Dorafl Francis Meisenheimer is known as daredevil of the race tracks over the country. He says he used to practice while driving to school. Mack and Margaret are happily located in Denver where Mack is business man- ager of Bettie's Denver Post. llere we see Virgil Kostner, world's champion wrestler and ladies' man. VV'e find the formerfVirginia Spocht getting her youngin's off to school. . Albert Naasz is sound asleep, so we won't bother 15. ilffl. ,, Alma Louise Schoeneman has just left for Reno to get her seventh divorce. The vic- tim is the Count Squeezea- nickle. Earl 'Webber known as lVindy Webber, is cham- pion tooter in the Big Squat Orchestra which plays over the radio every Monday morn- ing at 4 :OO o'c1ock. Elvis McCutchen is still crazy about football. He is coach at Penalosa high school and is getting ready to play the Murdock university. llill Boggs is paddling one of the younger Boggs, for wlzittling with his razor. Dor- othy says they take after their dad, who used to do such things. And here, whom do you sup- pose we find but Norman Lay- man--all covered with grease and dirty he is building an air- ylxiie. That's queer. When did he become interested in aviation? Gerald Harmon is one of the President's Braintrusters. llis new bill to aid spinach grroxvers was declared uncon- stitutional because it was writ- ten in red ink.

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Father Time ees Them figs. Q THE MILL WHEEL OF TIME og .QL X b3,f2ggK Well, Well. Gertrude Dies wife's large:-at easy chair on his is with a circus, booked as the tractor. fat lady from Zo Zo islands, There is Bill Smith, known as -ft 1 ,X and weighs 698 pounds. Ifand Smith, the world's cham- x I ,, t J ill nl, ala f f QV!! 5 X sit M J, If llll 'E il V ll S! ff li fxigsdiffj ll Well, well, folks, let's look into my little crystal. Look far, far into the future, and we may see some of the seniors of '36, Yes, I see one, the time is twenty years from the present. Ah, yes, there is Ed Whitelawg he appears to be somewhat of a chauffeur. Oh, yes, a garbage wagon driver. I see another. VVell, well, Harold Day, a prominent Vvfall Street ash wagon driver. I-Ie is strolling along Fifth avenue. Here we have Alma Tipton, the Kate Smith of 1956. George Graves is now an old corn fed farmer, who delights to tell his kids how he and the boys, back in 1936, put the skids under Pratt. I see a soap box--a crowd-- oh, yes. Tex Haile, one of the Communistic leaders of the day, is delivering a speech in the park. E.llen Marie Garner is a torch singer. She holds her audience spellbound. Arland Walters, disappoint- ed in all his love affairs, has turned hermit and now lives in a cave. Dick Cramer is one of the government's cheese inspect- ors. He is known as Cheesy Cramer. I see Enid Coberly, a typical old maid, gossiping with the lady across the street, who is no other than Lucille Stead, another old maid. They are talking about their cats. Elsie Mae Cheatum, Holly- v.'ood's number one star, has just completed her best pic- ture, Little Red Riding Hood. Victor Morgan, another star, played the part of the papa bear in Elsie Mae's new pic- ture. Earl Boydston, a senator, is debating on the floor of the senate. His deep, dramatic voice thrills the spectators. Iietty Cross is the editor of the Denver Post, and it is rum- ered she will be a second ,, ,L Ileaisi. lVell, well, Howard Mun- den is sport editor of the Den- ver Post. He is dishwasher at home too. CHow about that Betty?J Elayne Sturdy is a second Gracie Allen-only she giggles more than Gracie did. Burneta Young is professor of chemistry at Kansas Uni- versity, the atoms always were interesting to her. Here now we see the great Professor Richard Bock, the second Einstein who has just discovered how to make syn- thetic beer. Reverend Bob Mateer, the second Billy Sunday, is deliv- ering a sermon. I see a cloud of dust-a new 1956 Terraplane shoots by, yes, Merton Kostner is still up to his old tricks. I see Tal Jones, a regular roughneck, who will fight any- body, anywhere, anytime-the brute! W'e, again go out to the cows and chickens and find Fred Nunemaker, the world cham- pion hog caller putting his pion billiards shot. He said he learned how when he was going to school. Allred Screen returned to Ireland soon after leaving school. He is reported to be working on a railroad. Isadora Struble is a well known comedian. After play- ing on Broadway for several years she made a tour of Europe and Arkansas. Martha McKenna, w e l l known criminal lawyer, has just been appointed as the first woman supreme court justice. She looks very solemn when the court is in session. Cleal LaFever is still a man about town-sort of a gigolo, though. Oh, yes. I see a fan dancer. Well, well, Frances Helen Kabler-she dances like Sally Rand. Lauren Ashcraft is a noted parachute jumper. His high- est jump-off the top of a windmill, was talked of for days. Don VVarnburg is president of the American Fishworm Company. They provide fish- worms for the lazy fishermen who won't dig their own. The former Cora Schrag is suing Mary Alice Moore, a typical gold digger, for a cool millionfi She claims Mary Alice stole the affections of her husband. Eunice Lantis is a fancy knife thrower and trick horse back rider with Bunkum and lllariuni Circus. Wilbur Darngrover is a pro- fessional hobo. Barney has been in more jails than any other hobo in the U. S. A.

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During their last year at K. H. S. the seniors in the music groups helped to present twelve programs. The first of these was given by the or- chestra on September 29, 1935. On October 29, the band and glee clubs presented the second program. Earl Web- ber Was the only senior Who had the honor of going to Em- poria December -6 and 7 to take part in the all Kansas Band Festival there. The glee clubs, With the aid of the play production classes, furnished a program December 18. The New Year had hardly started when a minstrel and a cantata were presented by both glee clubs. That Was January 28, 1936. Alma Tip- ton was soloist in the cantata, and Elvis McCutchen, Gerald Harmon and Bob Mateer were end-men in the minstrel. Next in line was the band and or- chestra program February 23. Then February 28, everyone went to Harper to the South- ern Kansas League Music Fes- tival. March 12, 13, and 14 five seniors went to play or The Music anci Musicians of '36 How Those Seniors Warbiedi sing in the Southern Kansas Music Festival at Wichita. They were Tal Jones, Victor Morgan, Bob Mateer, Ed Whitelaw and Earl Webber. April 3 and 4 were great days for the music students. The groups went to Pratt to the Fine Arts Festival. Four seniors were soloists. They were Victor Morgan, boys' medium voice, Ed Whitelaw, triumpetg Bob Mateer, flute, and Earl Webber, trombone. The girls', boys' and mixed quartets received the ranking of excellent and the brass quartet, superior. Both glee clubs and the mixed chorus re- ceived the ranking of superior. April 26, a band concert was given in the gymnasium. Ed Whitelavv, trumpet solo- ist, Went to Emporia to the State Music Contest April 27 and 28. The last music event of the year in which seniors partici-- pated was the Pratt Band Fes- tival at Pratt May 2. --4-5 Oi,-. Girls, Glee Club The seniors in the girls' glee club were Alina Tipton Virginia Specht lfmnces Helen Kablor lilsio New Clieatum ,Xllierdinc lirliard Elayne Sturdy Burneta Young Maxrgaret Yeom in Joy:-0 Forney Vora Sclirug Alina Louse Sclioeneniau Boys' Glee Club In the boys' seniors were Nlzlck Settle Lauri-ii Aslnwzxit lid XYliitclaw Earl Webber Elvis BiCCLl1K'ilt'll Victor Morgzui Gerald Harmon Tal Jones Bob Mateer glee club the 7--4-fvmili-V? Band In the band there seniors: Gerzilfl Harmon Vit-tor Morgzui were six lfxtlizl Mao 1Xlc'I'ln-vii-I Earl 'XV0lJbc-1' Ed 'XYliiteluw A-if--no Orchestra The seniors who participat- ed in orchestra WCYQ 1'11'2lll1'4'S Helen Kzxlvli-r Hob iXiIltCOl' lilary Alice Lklooim- Earl XVQIJM-i' Mz1l'9:':i1'vt 37011111111 i':Lll'l1Ciiil hrllllllo' r- iQm 0 -f---d Quartet Five seniors who were chos- en to be in the q lid XVl1ite1z1w B12ll',L1!ll'L't hYUlllllll1 Violin' -iViY47l'j.Q'2lIl Earl Webber Alina Tipton uartets were