Mexico Central High School - Mexiconian Yearbook (Mexico, NY)

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C LASS PROPHhLY Swrftly and steadrly the houseboat moves down the rrver of trme and progress carryrng wrth rt the lucky and ambrtrous but alas leavrng the farlures and unfortunates As vrsrtors let us hop aboard the houseboat and observe the success and farlures of the members of the graduatrng class of 38 Let us start the Journey wrth a roar of laughter for the first person or persons we see are Mr and Mrs Charles Homer Ames Mrs Ames rs the former Elorse Wood Charles Black Boy lrfe of the party Ames rs now a noted co medran who rs prarsed for hrs natural actrng We learn that the credrt for hrs great success should be grven to hrs beautrful wrfe Contrnurng on down the rrver we are attracted by a large but cozy home ln the front yard we notrce a srgn whrch reads Dr R C Backus Surgeon Through all these years Charles has remained srngle We wonder rf that rs why he gets so much busrness As the current carrres us onward our attentron rs drawn to a large new publrc lrbrary whlch we are told rs dedrcated to those three capable lrbrarrans Mrss Beatr1ce Bellrnger Mrss Dorothy Southworth and Mrss Estella Fravor It was through thelr combrned efforts that the lrbrary was burlt rn Mexrco We take off our hats to these notable crtrzens Movrng on down the deep blue hrghway of the future our ears are blessed wrth the rrresrstrble rhythms of that well known swrngmaster Robert Bracv and hrs Wonder Band We also wonder' It has been reported that the rhythm l-mg Plans to wed hrs famous prano player and srnger Grace Moore Congratu l ltrons' Progressrng on down the eternal rrver we come upon a fine prosperous lookrng farm The name on the marl box reads Mr and Mrs James L1Court Mrs LrCourt rs better known to us as Lors Loucks On th1s farm they specralrze r 1 rarsrng prgs Movrng on down our waterway of lrfe we are confronted wrth a small but comfortable lookrng bungalow where we learn Rrcnard P Leonard lrves wrth hrs wrfe We don t Jvrsh to say anythrng out of the way but we have heard Rrchard he bluffs some club 1nto payrng hrm a few dollars for an after drnner speech Poor Rrchard he met hrs downfall rn Hrstory C Oh but let us move on away from thrs spot Nexf we come upon a beauty shoppe where we find that corffure styhst Robert Bourlrer massagrng the face of a lovely woman fI guess he hasnt lost that certarn touch: Well Well, rf rt rsnt Jeanette Kellogg Jeanette rnherrted her fathers monument works and ls makrng qu1te a success of rt Jeanette always could slay em Learrng the beauty salon we come upon a very fine lookrng brllrard parlor lnterrn we find Cornelrus Leary the own r A I remember Cor was pretty clever wrth the cue especrally rn prrve speakrne Next we see on our Journey down the rrver a first class shoereparr shop rnd 'ow and behold rf Lrlry Taalrarenr rsnt rrrnnrng rt She must have learned the trade from her father Well the rob rust frts Lrlly because she alwavs had fr ood trme shoorng away the men It certarnly beats all how these women have taken over the mens work Y or example here we find a law offrce and belreve rt or not rnsrde IS Margaret Pow one of the best women lawyers rn the country We remember back Jn Hrstory class when she used to evade answerrng the questrons so leverly the teacher thought she was good rn the subject Now we see on the bank of the stream a small modern town Thrs town was burlt up around that well known Prattham Unrversrty where our own Valedrc Pave Twenty three 1 1 W ' 1 ' ' ,, Y ' H ' H ' ,I . . .eh . . A - - .. ,. , . ! Y '- Y . Y v . , . ry . ' D . . Y , ' lives on his wife's earnings. He claims to be a clever speaker and occasionally . D . , ,. . , 1 , - . - - . .D E g, ' , ' e . s ' ', ' r - ' , ' '. , r X l D -..r , ' 1. M .' K , . ' - ' .' . ' D . . A rg ' -

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David Jones leaves h1s extra feet to Pete Goldych We hope he can manage them easily Virginia Henry leaves the right to go to Peats Corners to Gladys Hale Le Le Tagliareni and Helen Marshall leave their mouse acquaintances to those females lin the Jr Home Room r vxho are not petrified by such mere little creatures Ronald Closs wills his DOSIUOII on the athletc teams to Gerald Corey Eloise Wood and Ione Spicer leave their roller skating ability to Gene vieve Gardner To James Feeney Gerald Moot leaves his scientific interests modeling airplanes and parachutes Ruth Nichols wills the right to coach Bill Smith in Chemistry class to some other attractive red headed girl may we suggest Edith L3.VOlC9 Margaret Row and Marion Leary leave then similar mental and physical capabilities to Lydia Taylor 1nd Thelma Buxdick Ralph Schm1dt leaves the right to bring maple sugar and chewing gum to that llttle Sophomore glrl to Kenneth Movsry Donald Row wills his voluntary 6l161g6I1C sell to Steve Hasto To Earl Guyett and Elwanda Parsons New ton Miner wills his favorite love seat Marie McW1l11ams leaves '1 book entitled The Art of Homemaking the school library John Loucks and Wesley Pettv leave then bashful vvays to Sam Young Doris Smithers leaves the llght to go skating with James Feeney to someone vuho Ken skate as well as she Beatrlce Bellmger vulls hex cheerfulness to Bexerly Armstrong Cornellus Leary leaves his idle History C book to Doris Stewart To Harold Russ Quentin Hl11lCk wills his date book me hope it isn t iull Harold r Mary Golton wills the right to accompany that Guy who rides the motor cycle to anyone who dares to take the chance Joe Matkoskl wills his seat in English class to Janet Evans Thus we appoint Miss Smith and Miss Thomas of Mexico New York to be our sole executors of our last will and testament Hereto we subscribe our names on this ments ninth dav of June in thc wear of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty eight THE SENIOR CLASS Page TAent'y tvso . ' ' . ' ' 5 , ' ' 1 Robert Bourlier wills his rosy complexion to Dee Cobb. ' ' ' ' . ' . ' to . .Y ., Y S ' ' - ' ' 1 r ' - ' !7 - V

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torlan D1 B1lly Burke IS Dean Ou1 Salutatouan MISS Mar1on Lea1y lS Aca dem1c Dean Both of the1r names appeared 111 th1s years Who Is It'P Beslde our r1ver of tlme we see a Whlte concrete road stretch1ng and w1nd mg among the h1lls 'Ih1s present day marvel was desxgned and constructed by Kenneth Chxcors Construct1on Company Speedmg down the h1ghway 'tp pears a large Red Van Observ1ng the S1211 on the slde of the truck we a1e su1 pused to Iind the name of Charles Tollerton By the way Charles was 1ecently marr1ed to Helen Tryon He never d1d seem to t1re of Tryon The sky l1ne of a clty now looms before us and as we draw near the name Helen Marshall 1n br1ght Sh1HV llghts astomshes us Helen 1S a mov1e star tak lllg the place of the retlred Garbo A l1ttle wh1le later we are furthe1 astound d to find Joseph Matosk1 as the propr1etor of th1s beaut1ful theatre Pass1ng by the theatre and feelmg the pangs of hunger tearmg at our stom ach we venture llltfl a dlner whlch we d1scover IS owned and operated by John Hall and W1hlma W1111S John Just returned from four years enl1stment 1n the navy where he was decorated for be1ng the best cook 1n the outflt M1ss W11l1s has been th1nk1ng of marr1age but we wonder W1hlma let her? Aga1n we take to our houseboat and su 1ftly and stead1ly move on down the r1ver to a good s1zed r-ommumty where we Rnd a large central school Peep Jng the door we are surpr1sed to see Ronald Cross teachmg gym class We always thought he would make a good phys1cal edllCa1L1OI1a1 teacher Upon greetmg our old pal we find that he mauled our own Sydn1e Hughes Sydn1e vscnt to a nurs mg school before her marr1age and was a very successful nurse Well we have 111 the world But here we cant stay around here The house boat lS mov1ng on agaxn and we cant afford to m1ss the next stop Th1S tune our worthy craft carrles us fo a fine well kept ch1cken larm Here our good fr1end Quent1n Hl111Ck makes a p1ofltable l1vel1hood They say fQL16l1tll'l caught hxmself a very fine sprmg clucken He always was lucky Agaxn the current of t1me IS carry1ng us on our way and now we see al 'arge prosperous appearlng bu1ld1ng tak1ng folm 1n the d1stance As we come closer vse see that th1s 1S l'lOth11lg more 'han the poorhouse Who of the class of 38 slcall we find here'9 Looklng around who do we see but Erw1n D1mon But don t get us wrong E1 w1n IS not an 1nmate but the county poormaster As we remember he d1d have a tendency to help us poorer students Qtartmg out once more we come upon two la1ge homes r1ght across from cach other The s1gn over one door reads Dor1s Smxthers Old MHIGS Home and the other s1gn reads Dav1d Jones Bachelors Hall It lS sa1d that both homes are always packed to the1r l1m1t Down the road a way IS J1m lf orbes Bowl1ng All1es where the old ma1ds keep thelr wa1st lmes down Oh yes even old ma1ds belxeve 1n slender figures especlal ly w1th a bachelor s hall across the road We have heard that Just1ce of the Peace Floyd Sheldon 1S kept qu1te busy n th1s ne1ghborhood Floyd d1d have a nose for bus1ness Once agam our houseboat moves out lnto the stream 1n search of some more graduates of 38 We have not gone far when we see a very shy but pretty school marm 11ng1ng the old country school bell to call the ch1ldren to class As we come closer we see that th1s g1rl IS none other than Pauhne Harmes We wouldn t mmd belng puplls ourselves would we boys? Leavlng the country school we behold a large whxte hospltal Who IS ln th1s bulldlng that we know? Well 1f It lsnt Vlfglllla Henry a nurse What's that you say fellow9 Oh you feel s1ck'P Dusk IS startmg to fall so let us t1e our houseboat up and stay at a hotel Page Twenty four . , . y . Q , . , 1 . - ' ' ' - - ll sn . 4 5 1 .' ' , -A. . . . . . F , - ' ' . lc ' yy . . V V. . , . D . V I L . H f , , . . U - to be moving again but before we do we wish Sydnie and Ronald all the luck , . . . V . . . 1 I , . I . Y . . v . . ' ' ' K . , . 1 J ' H ' ' ' I I! - , , . I . . , . - . . . , ' I - . V , ! . . v , . . . . ..., . . .