Naples Central High School - Neapolitan Yearbook (Naples, NY)

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A ifllUiCCE T’was a beautiful night in June, in the year of our Lord, 1951. I had Just returned from a banquet in the Castle of Sir Edward Dinzler. As I sat in my room looking out over the moat I dropped into a deep sleep and had a very strange dream. I dreamed I was flying over the United States on the back of a dragon and as I flew I met all the Lords and Ladies of Neapolitan Castle. My first stop was in a town called New York. I saw a strange shop marked Beauty Salon. Lady Ramona was fixing the hair of the Dutchess of Wheat (Lady Mari- lyn). The Ladies were discussing their families. Both had finally married the shining Knights who had pursued them for so long. I found the Duke of West River, William Domm, in a small village called Greenwich , beating with two sticks on some boxes covered with skin. He was lead- er of a group of minstrels who called themselves a jazz band . Lady Carol was also there, making merry and dancing with the band. Lord Coye was teaching mathematics in a monastery called Columbia University. Lady Loretta was taking notes on parchment for a merchant on Fifth Avenue. She s still waiting for her Victor Knight to be released from King Arthur’s Royal Navy. My dragon winged its way westward and whom should I see but Sir Melvin, who now owned a large castle. He had secured two things a Lord wants most, a charming wife and a steed called Cadillac . Hearing a lot of cheering, I glanced dov n and saw Lord Don. It seems he had just won a tournament called the Indianapolis Classic . He charged about in mid- gets as he used to ride on his steed, The Thing . Lady Jane was in a strange land called California . She had two blond haired damsels whom she was teaching to shout and jump about wildly. I thought they would become jesters but she said she hoped they would be cheerleaders . Off the coast of this land I saw a ship and who'should be walking the deck but the Earl of Atlanta, Ted Root. He belonged to a group of Knights who called them- selves The Navy . Sir Ted still has a damsel in every Castle. I passed Dutchess Pat in a land called Arizona. She had a lovable little four year old heir who already could talk almost as fast as his mother (in French at that!) She was driving a taxi . Small wonder for she always loved her steed Buick so much. In Texas I saw Lady Wohlsohlegel. She was sitting in the desert painting pic- tures of horses as they galloped by. I stopped at a castle in the land of Florida and there I saw Lady Mary and Sir Ronald. Her ladyship was drilling her little damsels in secret formulas, which she had learned from the King’s magician. Sir Ronald was out killing Dragons, (trap- ping muskrats I believe he called it). As I winged my way home I passed another dragon with wings and a whirling nose. I looked in and saw Lady Barb Hall who was operating her own restaurant in the sky . Lady Barb always was interested in flying dragons. My dragon fell to the earth and I woke with a start. I wonder, do dreams ever come true? ,

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