Lincoln High School - President Yearbook (Ferndale, MI)

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....V THE PRESIDENT-l932m CLASS PROPHECY On fhe 3Isf day of February, I999, having enfered our second childhood, we, Gordon Perry and Margof l-liggin, decided 'ro go on a long debafed frip fo China. This frip was puf before us by a new conffnenfal company whose agenf was our old friend Daniel Beens, now in fhe business of high pressure salesmanship. Affer seffling affairs here in Ferndale, now fhe fhird largesf cify of fhe world, we embarked in a zooming super-aero dynamic air vehicle run by fhe aid of efher waves gafhered from fhe air by an infricafe elecfrical process. This super air vehicle was fo fake us fo our firsf sfop af Hollywood before iourneying on fo China. We walked down fhe aisle, approximafely one mile and a quarfer in lengfh, fo our seafs. As we were arranging our baggage, we noficed five women and one man siffing in a circle discussing maffers. We fred fo read, buf fhe chaffering and ofher noises prevenfed us. We looked around for somefhing else fo de, buf saw nofhing of more inferesf, so we decided fo ioin fhe parfy. Much fo our surprise we found if fo be none ofher fhan Capfafn Johnny Barqer and his harem - Mariorie Bryde, Efhel Jeffery, Viola Zink, lola La Vanseler, and Rufh Lllch. As we saf down, Mr. Barger, a man of greaf aufhorify and power, commanded Marjorie Bryde fo fill his pipe. Yes, John, Marjorie meekly answered, and she very quickly moved in fhe direcfion of fhe humidor. Viola and Efhel were enfhusiasfically discussing psychology, while Rufh was manicuring Johnny's fingernails. The super-aero dynamic ar veh'cl3, laridnfi in Cal'forn'a, needed fwo hou's fo refuel, during which fme all fha passengvs were allowed fo gef a bife fo eaf. We Sai' down af a small fable and immediafely a waifress came over fo fake our order. We were quffe asfounded fo find if fo be Dorofhy Persman. We imrnediafely renewed our oirl fricnd-thips and fhe gay f'm'wn we had experienced back in Ferndale, felling Do.ofhy of fha s'za and wealfh of Frrndale. Dopfhy modosfly remarked fo us fhaf she and Johnny Ndrecl had iuzf made f'1n'r final paymenf on fhe purchase of fhy candy sfore. Jusf fhen Johnny came rushing in. l-le was frighffully daubed wifh various colors of painf. Affer he had caughf his breafh, he fold us his presenf work was painf- ing scenery for fhe mofion picfure corporafion, locafed iusf a shorf disfance from fhe candy sfore. We felf if necessary fo visif fhe casfing lof fo see how movies were acfually produced, so Johnny fook us inside one of The sefs while one of fhe picfures was being rehearsed. We af once recognized Jack Nafe, direcfing a comedy. Jack was a perfecf scream as he fried fo direcf wifh a huge El Repo cigar in his rnoufh. l-lis peculiar haf was sef on 'rhe back of his head, as he said, Snap info if, Esfelle, more life: fhis play is mighfy imporfanff' Jack's sfenforian fone was very penefrafing. Poor Esfelle: Esfelle who? Why, Esfelle Badgleyl No wonder we didn'f recognize her af once: she now fips fhe scale: fo a close I9O pounds. When we refurned fo fhe candy sfore, Johnny asked us where we were going. We answered fhaf we were faking plefed fhrough fhe earfh fo China. While discussing new plans for fhe frip, along came Laurence Galbreafh, George l.inley, and Norman Freilfch, asking us if we would nof like fo buy some of fheir pink pills for pale people. This group was fhe Wesf's Three Pillefeersf' They sold fheir sfock by fhe gross, leading fhe Wesf in salesmanship. The fhree insisfed fhaf we fake This frip, as we would see qu'fe a few old classmafes working fowards fhe complefion of fhe highway. They all walked over fo fha fickef office wifh us, where we were fo buy our fickefs. The cashier we found here was Evelyn Nerrefer who, besides selling us our fickefs, sold us a Lincolnian. She insisfed on our buying one because fhere were a frip fo China. Johnny fhen fold us all abouf fhe new highway fhey had iusf com- inferesfing news ifems in fhe Blabbif Column. We remained af fhe sfafion for an hour and fhen bade a hearfy farewell fo our friends. We boarded 'rhe femporary open-air frolley and sfarfed fo read fhe Lin- lPlease furn fo Page 7ll -ol' 27 H l

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THE PRESIDENT- I932 . O an CLASS WILL Because oT our unlimiTed knowledge oT The inTelIecTs and characTers OT The Feb- ruary Class oT '32, we Take iT upon ourselves To bequeaTh The essenTial aTTribuTes oT The aToresaid class To The unTorTunaTe, miserable, much-To-be-p'Tied underclass men. To our school, we leave all The Canadian nickels acquired during our annual cam- paign, To be used To buy cushions Tor The seaTs in The audiTorium. For The beneTiT oT The TaculTy, we leave The remaining sTudenTs our solemn and undivided aTTenTion, which we prized very highly as The insTrucTors surely have. To Mr. Nelson we leave This wook's h'T oT The week record, SeTTle Down Now People, wiTh The vocal reTrain by The warden himselT. Our cellaphone alibis go To The June Class oT '32, I-lave a Tresh alibil George Linley's and Dan Been's appalling disinTeresT in The Tair sex is bequeaThed To Wayne Nielson. Gordon Perry's arTisTic powers on The TrumpeT are leTT To Jack PeTerson, who looks as Though he could sTand The sTrain. Ray l:illmore's colonelisTic bluTIing goes To Jack Flickinger. lola Le Vanseler leaves her Tormula Tor blond hair To lvIargareT Po:T. I-lazel l'-lill leaves her unlimiTed knowledge oT argumenTaTion To Peggy Webb. Pinky NaTe's paTenTed Trown is To grace Bud Dunl:'s brow. Kenny Barkhouse leaves his hearT in The cusTody oT BeTTy SmiTh. Reg BarneTT's way wiTh women is To make Bob Plumb The answer To every maiden's prayer. Bill ChrisTopher's good looks go To Ruggles lvers. 1 Gladys and Ivory BurT leave Their qu'eTness and modesTy To Elsie STono, noT ThaT she needs iT. ThaT coy way oT I-Telen Essmann she leaves To Lucelle GusToTson. DoroThy I-loward's many admirers go To Flossy NorTon. Norman Frielick reTuses To leave anyone his high pressure sales Talk. Florence Riding leaves her soprano voice To Mary Dirkse. John Aldred and DOT Persman Troop oTT TogeThor leaving noThingg Tollowed by RuTh Ann SalTer and WhaT a Man Leever. EsTelle Badgely leaves her Towering heighT To Evelyn Grant Marjorie Bryde Takes ThaT inimiTable giTT oT speech wiTh her. RoloerT Rigg leaves his abiliTy To imiTaTe Flyod Gibbons To The TirsT applicant John Barger and I-larry Willis leave Their Tr'endship To Bill Locke and Ed Leaven- worTh. l-Ioward Genske and l-larl Kaufman surrender Their bookleT on I-low To Become Popular OvernighT To Bill lVlcArThur, Irwin Seeley's consTanT pesTering is leTT To his SaTanfc lvlaiesTy, who makes use oT iT along wiTh his TridenT. Alice Miller leaves her arTisTic abiliTy To whoever is unTorTunaTe cnough To be arT ediTor Tor The nexT annual. To Judson Scudder, Guy Lyons wills his massive shoulders. Bernice BruTon wills her big brown eyes To Prannie Andrews. CaTherine DosTer, lvlargoT I-liggins, and BeTTy I-loag leave Their IT To Russell Saunders. Carolyn Taylor leaves The company oT Roy lVliTchell To anyone who wanTs iT. Lillian Thompson and RuTh Ulch leave Their cosmeTics To DoroThy I-losmer and Pauline STanbridge. ArT MachuloT, Bill Moyle, and GilleTTe Parker will Their abiliTy To daze The weaker sex To Paul Jackson. lPlease Turn To Page 7Ol CYS 26 U

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RESIDENT-I932 C-G SENICR CLASS POEM AS WE GO We, llie iaunly Senior Class, lvlarclwing onward, lwo by Jrwo, Gaily in our caps and gowns, Bid you now our lasl adieu. Proud are we our goal To reach: Doubl we nol llwal we slwall win In llie baffle life presenls, Willi ilrs slruggle and ils din. Knowledge comes, buf wisdom lingers, We repeal as we deparl, And in working oul life's problems, All will lalco if more fo lwearf. Oli, The ioy we'll have in memories Ol our scliool and ol our lriendsl Tlwey sliall be our inspiralion And a guide in all lile's Jrrends. fDORQTI-lY H,0WARD, '32. s ,,,f3'v 'W