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

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Sensor Prophecy In hrs edrtorral room at the offrce of the New York Trmes Editor Thomas Parrrsh rs very surprrsed to recerve a telegram tellrng hrm of the weddrng of Mrs Frances Backus Jones Smrth formerly Frances Trrmble, of Mexrco to Sena tor Dee Cobb of the eleventh drstrrct of New York State Tom rmmedrately calls rn hrs very able assrstant Mrss Barbara Dunnrng and tells her to get ready for a trrp up to Mexrco to cover thc aetarls of the weddrng wrth hrm Lets prck up Tom as he alrghts from hrs car rn the front of the Cobb mansron and let hrm grve u a blow by blow descrrptron of the weddrng Take rt away Tom' Okav I got her' As I go up the stately walk to the mansron the door sud dcnly opens and I enter The door automatrcally closes behrnd me On the door I rind a bronze plaque that tells me thrs automatrc door rs an rnventron of M1 Rrchard Jamerson He always could make doors open easrly even my locker door back rn school In the huge marn hall of the Cobb Mansron I see the Senator hrmself surrounded by hrs frrcnds and cronres As I elbow my way through the crowd that surrounds hrm I come upon a huge rnountarn of a man who wrll not be pushed away I find he rs Bud Shoup the heavywerght wrcstlrng champron of the world Why doesn t somebody tell me these thrngs9 Frnally I find myself besroe the senator and as I am poundrng h1m on the back and congratulatrng hrm a sudden roar of a motor and then a crash rs heard outsrde Never mrnd finally come to the conclusron that she never w1ll learn to drrvel a car I keep wrslrrng Barbara Dunnrng would get here so that she could start get trng the names of the guests I Hsn around for my notebook and pencrl and or course I drop the pencrl A lrttle grrl wrth red harr and freckles that looks sur prrsrngly lrke Ldrth Lavore prcks rt up for me She tells me that her mother rs Red and lrer daddy rs none other than Lharhe Burdrck Red now owns the bank and Charlre rs the teller Although he rs awfully slow he frnally gets around and gets all the work done The lrttle grrl asks me rf I would lrke to see her boy frrend Of course I say yes and she takes me to see a lrttle boy who srts sulkrng rn a corner I find he IS Wrllard R10 the only chrld of Mr and Mrs Irwm R10 Mrs Rro was the former chorus grrl Mrss Dorothy Smrth We see that the boy has acqurred hrs mothers sunny drsposrtron I leave the lrttle boy and grrl to therr own resources and walk across the room My eye rs attracted by a very nrce lookrng book lyrng on the table I ind rt rs Gladys Holdens latest masterprece How to Influence Frrends and Wrn People Gladys always drd have a flarr of the lrterary type about her Outsrde a shout rs heard and I recognrze the vorce of my assrstant, Barbara Dunnrng She rs certa nly a swell newspaper woman But her heart was broken back rn 1940 and she never marrred Oh well whats the drfference She arrrves rn the hall and I rind she IS clad rn a parr of old slacks and rs wearrng roller skates She always ard lrke to make spectacular entrances I Q. . ' . . - . S - - . . . I . ' 1 1 Y I ' . A l Q . - ' V , . ' ,. . - , Y Q ' ' u ' . . n ' I ' 4 I 1 ' ' H 1 ' 33 I ' i says the groom-to-be, That's just Mrs. George arriving. Think nothing of it. I U H . ' . 1 ' ' . , ' ' ' 7 , ' U ' - , . i , . , ,

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Suddenly B J calls my attentlon to a dark corner of the room I am as tounded to see Ken Mowry and Elsle Lexus two of our old class mates all taken up wlth each other I 1nvest1gate and find that they were very recently unrted 1n the sacred bond of holy matrxmony As It IS stlll nearly an hour untll the tlme of the weddmg Senator Cobbs butler Snr Lynden Kellogg turns on the radlo We hear the soft southern voxce of Carman Cunningham g1v1ng news flashes The mam xtem of hls news report IS to tell about a very dlsasterous fire rn the Lambs Corners regxon It seems that the Old Ladxes Home owned and operated by M1ss Marlon Tryon has Just burned to the ground and It IS rumored that Trmmle Sachel a resldent ln Earl Abells Old Men s Home across the street would have to come and l1ve wlth the bachelors Among the resldents at the Old Ladies Home are Judith Keturn Caro lyn Farmer and Eileen Holly and those we know at the Old Mens Home are Tlmmne Sachel Harland Getman and Howard Loomis The fire was reported by Lormg Guyett the seventh son of Mr and Mrs Earl Guyett who llve across the road Mrs Guyett used to be Elwanda Parsons I always knew those klds should get together The next news flash tells of how Lleut Robert LaCasse of the U S alr corps statloned 1n Chlna and hls co pllot Bettv Craw have flown much needed medlcal supplles to Mlss Helen Feeney who has Jolned m1ss1onary work ln deep Chlna baseball team managed by Mrss Mlldred Jones has Just tinlshed the fourth straxght w1n ln the worlds ser1es Mllored always could play good softball back ln school and now she has turned to baseball Well good luck to your team Mlldred The news report xs now over and the next program IS the currently popular song and dance team Ieonard Watklns and Irene Fogg Irenes last name IS now Watkms though Over the televlslon screen we see Irene standlng on her head and Leonard IS holdlng a hlgh C However the butler doesnt approve of th1s sort of entertarnment and turns over to statxon MACS to hear the popular noxse team of the day Louise Cronk and Gladys Jeffers But Mlss Janet Evans now old and unable to stand so much nolse turns oiT the radlo Janet IS anxlously waltlng unt1l Vernon Schofield the dentxst has fimshed her new set of false teeth so that she can chew gum agaln Suddenly we heal a splmterlng of wood and all eves turn to the door The nolse was caused by Mlss Ruta Gaebler the fat woman of the cxrcus as she tore the slde door off when she tried to get through rt The httle shadow we see behlnd her IS her travellng pardner Vlfglllla. Buskev who eats wheatles every day and stlll she gets smaller and smaller Gosh how people do change' Just now Barbara Dunnlng has gone over to the other slde of the room to talk to Mr and Mrs Willard Cross, who have Just arrlved Mrs Cross used to be Marlon Halsey when she was ln school She kept xt 1n the famlly anyway Y. 1 Y . . . . . . , Y , Y J . I . . y . . , . 9 v ' ' ' . . , . ., - 7 , . . , . . , ' . . . Y , - . A , . Well, well, well. Carman then gives us a very important sports bulletin. The , A . . . y ' ' . ' l v v