N R Crozier Technical High School - Wolf Pack Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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JANUARY CLASS,'30 25 PROPHECY FOR JANUARY '30 CLASS New York, January 30, 1940. Dear Louise: It was quite a coincidence after receiving your letter asking about all of our Tech. classmates, that I should return to my dressing room to find Carl Davis waiting for me. He invited me to go to dinner, and we had a most delightful evening dis- cussing our old high-school days at Tech. Carl was very sur- prised to hear that Oscar Dooley is manager of the Cosmo- politan Theatre and to learn he was responsible for my career. I am sure you will be interested to know where our old class- mates are and what they are doing. We might have known Betty Benton would enter the journalistic field. She is now society editor of the New York Times. Carl has just been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Blakeney. You remember Pat Braden and Kirby? Poor fellow, just one more hen-pecked husband. James Stone and Nena Louise Day were married last week at the Little Church Around the Corner , and guess who officiated? You might know-the Reverend Eric Robert. On his way back from Europe this fall, Carl met Miss Durham and Winifred Relf, who is her devoted companion. While at Paris he met Beatrice White, a costume designer. Remember how we used to enjoy eating at the Pig Stand at White Rock? I can't realize that it has turned out to be a fashionable pleasure resort, where De Etta Dishman and Vir- ginia Buckley own a very modern tea-room. I was so surprised to hear in your letter of the present Tech. faculty, but naturally Joe Moffitt would succeed Mr. Goodrich as printer. However, I didn't expect Robert Payne to be physics instructor. Our old friend, T. J. Hall, who was so kind and sympathe- tic, is Commander of the Salvation Army, and Donald Brown has just received his diploma from the Silver Badge Corre- spondence School of Detectivity. Dude Addington is announcer of his own private radio sta- tion in Florida. Well, I remember how he used to announce anything, anytime, anywhere at school. At last Harold. Mc- Farland has done something for the good of his community- by inventing the new educational pill for high-school students. I was fortunate enough to see some of Helen L'Roy's can- vasses in the Metropolitan Art Gallery. Hasn't she turned out wonderfully? Speaking of athletics, Billy Allen made the All-American football team, and even more noted is J. B. Lee,

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24 TECH-TALK PERSONAL FACTS ABOUT FAMOUS CHARACTERS Jesse Frick: Pastime-Necking. Weakness-Blondes. Hobby-B asketball. Pet grievance-Against Charles Marsh, who Won't obey orders. Harold O'Neal: Hobby-Mugging. CGet the definition of this from him.J Pet expression-t'Poop, poop-a-doopsf' Weakness-Little girls. Special ability-Power over Women. Garvis Pou: . Greatest achievement-Captain of the football team. Ambition-To be a devil With the Women. Chief virtue-Modesty. Helen L'Roy : Claim to beauty-Long hair. Motto-'Tll try. Special ability-Cum chewing. Betty Benton : Ambition-To dance like Lovema Short. Pastime-Working on senior publication. Pet aversion-Biology. William Addington : Asset-Look of innocence. Ability-Dancing. Weaknesses-Betty, Margie, Pansy, Gladys, and others. Pat Braden: Type of beauty-Winsome. Favorite diet-Candies. Chief interest-Tall, slim officers. Mary Brownfield: Ambition-To be popular, like big sister. Chief claim to beauty-Smiles. Chief Worry-Studies. Nena Louise

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26 TECH-TALK who entered the Olympic games and won a distinguished medal for high pole vaulting. Would you believe it? George Ireland is still training mon- keys. Of course, you know Abelardo Rodriguez and J. D. Touchon are the lightweight and heavyweight champions, respectively, of the world. Victor Correa is the architect for the new Rolling Pin Club Building. Mary Lou Thompson and Frances Melton are living to- gether in a little duplex in Fort Worth with devoted husbands and families, but, speaking of families, Jesse Frick put it all over the Mormons, and has had several wives in the last ten years. Nelle Price seems to be having a marvelous time on her yatching trips in Cuba. Some of those included in the party are Mary Croslin, Nell Fleming, and Lewis Fetzer. After all, Mr. Roberts' instruction in Commercial Law has helped one of our classmates to become a noted lawyer. I read that Ira Trantham is prosecuting Dagger Pruitt. Carl saw Bobbie Short in Hollywood, where she is a well- known dancing teacher. Betty Miller is one of her apt pupils. You remember our handsome Carroll Roberts? He is pos- ing for collar ads. I knew this would happen! Ruth Karnes, as we all expected, succeeded Miss Ball in the Placement Bureau. We never would have thought that Joe Pellet and Bliss Stallcup would have made good money in junk dealing. Ethelyn Stokey is a model in a new department store in Mesquite, and Mary Frances Owens has left her husband and is now a cabaret dancer here in New York. Although most of our classmates have accomplished some- thing really worth while, Gordon Martin is still out of work. All through these years no misfortune has come to any member of the class, until now. While sailing in the South Seas, the ship on which Harold O'Neal and Lester McKeg were sailing was wrecked. They were last seen on a desolate island. It is hoped that they will soon be back with us, safe and sound. All this talk brings me back to high-school days, and it makes me quite lonely to think of your being way down there in Dallas and me here in New York. The next time Neiman's send you on your buying trip to New York, I hope to be here so that we may be able to have another long chat. As ever, your friend, ELEANOR FATHEREE.