Marple Newtown High School - Memories Yearbook (Newtown Square, PA)

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CHARLES LESLIE WHALEN General Basketball fl, 2, 3, 4); Baseball (4); Band (4); Operetta (1, 2, 4); Perfect Attendance (3, 4); Chorus (2, 3, 4); Stage Guild (2, 3); Hl-Y (2); Pianist (4); Science Club (4). DOROTHY MAE YODER Academic Track (3); Hockey (3, 4); Operetta H, 2, 3, 4); A. A. Council (1); Guard of Honor (3); Chorus (3, 4); Alternate Cheerleader (4); JIar-News Staff (4); Yearbook Staff (4); Prom Commit- tee (3); Bible Club (4j. CLASS PROPHECY T his is the very unofficial flight log of Bomber JI. N. H. S. 42, which was taken from the official criminal record files of the War Department. June 26, 1952 — 9:55 a. m. We left Larchmont Airport with a full load of stink bombs for Harveyland, and were go- ing to attempt to bomb Dictator Harvey into submission, and thus end the great War of the Townships. AlcAllister was Senior Pilot in command, and Schneider, the great “bring ' em back dead man, was Co-Pilot. We were soon in the air and hitting a good 350 M. P. H. clip, when Mac turned the ship over to Bill and observed the birds, bees, and trees with Grace Hill, our stewardess. David Teesdale, our chief electrician, was happily going around shocking everyone. We

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DAVID TEESDALE DONALD EDMUND VIRTUE Genera r. Academic Stage Guild (3, 4). Letlerman — Basketball (4c Baseball (5, 4 ; Basketball (2, 3, 4); Baseball (3, 4); Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4), President (4); Operetta (I, 2, 3, 4); Southeastern District Chorus (4); Chorus (2, 3. 4): Jfar-Xe K-s Staff (3, 4); Yearbook Staff (4); Hi-Y (2, 4); Declamation CMntest (1, 2). BETTY MARJORIE VELDE Commercial Letterman — Basketball 4); Hockev 14); Bas- ketball (2, 3 , 4); Hockey (3, 4i; Operetta (1, 2. 3, 4); Perlect Attendance (1, 2); Guard ot Honor (3); .Jlar-Xeu’.r Staff (4); Yearbook Staff (4l; Stage Guild (3, 4); Prom Committee (3); Magazine Drive Manager i3); Leatlers’ Club (4). PEGGY E. WAGNER Commercial Letterman — Basketball (4); Hockey (4); Bas- ketball (2, 3. 4); Hockey (3, 4); Class Secretary (3); Operetta (3, 4i; C3uard ol Honor 3); Choius (3, 4); . (7 -A rKM Editor (4). .J ar-. eu i ' Stall (3); Yearbook Staff (4); Stage CMnld (2. 3, 4); Prom Committee (3); Magazine Drive Manager (3); Red Cross Club (4).

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found W ' arren Dotlson, our grease monkey, in the gun turret playing poker with gunner Charles W halen, and using Betty X ' elde as collateral. As we swung out over the Atlan- tic, we spotted Admiral Ray Rose busily try- ing to see how well his battlcshi]-) could fight the enemy while going in reverse, his idea being to fool Dictator Harvey into thinking he was running away, llarohl Farr was seen scrubbing the deck, during his usual hour-a- day. W’e soon left them in the distance, and passed on over into Africa. 8:02 P. M. At the little village of Walla W ' alla we stopped at Frelschmldt’s Super-Service Sta- tion to change our water and get our tires blown up. For a bite to eat we cleaned out Mr. Purcell’s Candy Stand, much to his dis- gust. On taking off, we found the plane tail- heavy, and discovered Bombardier Virtue in the baggage compartment slinging lipstick with (Censored). Passing over the Sahara, we saw a strange caravan which w ' e had been told had been going across the desert for years. The leader answered to the name of Collins. Navigator Perley came for- ward with the amazing information that we had been flying sideways and upside down for 500 miles. As he was reading the tenth page of h IS report, Veronica Yoder, our tempera- mental movie actress, insisted that she was suing the Army because one of Betty Pride’s sixteen children tore up her picture, but this situation was straightened out by MacLaren, our chief ticket-taker and self-styled woman pacifier. Passing over Egypt, we saw a woman named Edna Doughten, who had been trying for ten years to figure out the mathematical formula of the Sphynx’s Inscrutable smile. In Cairo, we spotted the mythical Jack Hogg and h IS harem full on the trail of Eppie Hep- penstall, who had gone crazy hunting a coal mine in the desert. Russell Gorman, our chief Propeller Wind- er-Upper, slipped in starting the motors and we now have been forced to hang out a helj)- wanted sign on the Iront of our bomber. I eg W ' agner was caught trying to teach the Arabs (with a few Chftonians) shorthand by the Wagner method, and with success. At this |iomt we picked up a single passenger, Vir- ginia Lawrence, and left the ground. Sud- denly we fell into a tailsinn, and fell into the midst of Ala;or Bill Patton’s Foreign Legion, comiiosed of former Boy Scouts. He sent us quickly on our way. June 27, 1952 — 3:30 a. m. Out over iMongoha, border of Harveyland, we started our first bombing run exactly on the time planned. Landrum, our assistant Bombardier, released his stink bombs in time to catch Dictator Harvey as he was leaving Room No. 24 of his prison. Rose Boyajlan and Bessie Manton, his secretaries, were seen rushing madly about trying to catch the bombs in dishpans for future use. After suc- cessfully bombing Harvey and his horrible Hour Plan” out of existence, we wearily turned our big bomber homeward. We made a short stop in China for gas and were entertained by A. Long Fooey Snyder, and her Chinese swing band. A girl named Betty Scheid was caught trying to catch all loose male crew members, but “Strong Arm” Sweeney (now our propeller winder-upper) saved us by giving all the propellers a spin at once and thus sent us on our way. 5:00 p. M. We saw a distress signal on a small Island in the South Seas and, upon landing, discov- ered Helen and Marge Ovens, with Clem Clements, singing all the songs they could think up to a bunch of savage head hunters. They were evidently working on the assump- tion that “Music hath power to quell the savage breast.” It seems they were en route to Panama. On exploring the island further, we were much surprised to discover Anna Goodyear and Gloria Nash and Ellen Schuler {Continned on Page 67)