Painted Post High School - Poster Yearbook (Painted Post, NY)

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Godley and the frown to chemlcally mmded Allce Conley To my surprxse the fourth wxtch comfortably loungmg while she mlxed her smokes with ease happened to be blessed 5 wnth 1 name like june l..eValley The ponderlng witch was Nlargle Durkln Q ometrme somewhat careless of dlgmty her other four srster grew weaw, of calllng her Durkm 0 when they wanted to attract thelr bralny frlend s attemlon they noncha antly called Hey You' To ascertaln that thls au PICIOLS occasion wasnt exactly a mlrage l punched my achmg dogs ull they barked furlously l ,ust couldnt beheve lil une generously asked me to indulge ln her favorxte pastlme by partakmg of some of her goodies then we commenced to chat After they had graduated nd were to ed upon the rough waves of the world discouraged the devlls that th j were formed a confederatlon with the mtentlon that they would go gypsylng Among the four they managed to secure an adequate supply of necessltres but one thmg was evident Not one possessed a bram so they persuaded Durkln to run away from home and act as thelr adviser For a while they led a most carefree hte but as Father Tame steadily marche o drd a spark cf Frof Sanford s ambxtlon rt the spark ad hered to Allce urglng her to contlnue Transmagnavlslamnla rn plam lan guage a device to e all and hear all m all corners of the world a wonderful snooping machme' Before l arrived the five of them were about to glve lt lts lnltlal trlal and knowlng my nose for news they lI1SlStCd l lmger I ust couldn t pass up such a wonderrul opporrumty so of course l accepted Suddenly a great cloud seemed to appear QSanford m clxsguxse l guess and enveloped Auce transporting her lnto :x chemical world Wllfully she resumed her responslbllxty over a cauldron and slowly began stlrrlng and stlr rung chantlng m hushed whlspers a mys erlous fore gn laguage fCnce when her pleadmg eye were searchlng the heavens l thought l heard her mum blmg Andre' Andre' lVly thoughts hot back over the past Could It have been that she was lonesome and yearning for those touching letters of her old French correspondent Andre-' Mysterlously the stew connnued to turn a deep muddy brown Ahce then told us to s1t perfectly stlll for the stew had reached ltS culmmatlon pomt and soon we could take a peak at our fellow cla smates unnotlced Presently as clearly as ln lookmg through a crystal we found ourselves gazmg at the Swlfllng yellow wa er of the Yangtze Rlver ln China where the Rev acquelme Montgomery had estabhshecl herself on the rlver banks preachlng to the Chinese children Next rn Dwltzerlard we were atop snow covered peaks where the H and H lnc Professors l-lall and l-lauff were sclentlhcally searchlng for an adequate location on whlch they could estabhsh a sanltorlum for jltterbugs From prevlous mformatron l learned Hauff had recently recovered from thlS trange illness Zoompopo the Belglum Congo lay before us' ln the deep underbrush we caught ghmp e of Bob Vehe furtlvely taking plctures of a cannlbal l hope Bob s O K now for when l last saw htm he was hghtmg furlously with the man eater Clues to hls wnereabouts were given when Bob clumslly broke a twxg Bob Beauter was hvs assi tant lncldentally candxd camera hunting was their hobby back ln high school ln England we were very much surprised to see Red Cross Nurses 27 I - 1 I . C-3 1 . -. - U S . J. - 3 .v K 3 s u Q . I J- ll 1 u v 5- 1 1 ' 5 Y 1 , . III A . s . V . Y , A. 5 , 1 V v , f , . W . .. . 3 on, s . . , f J - Y --v . - , 5 M l fc . 11- , so - , v - J . C ,W . l . , , . ,. . . . . 7 , , ' 1 v L - ' v S A Y A Q , ,- . . K - . , . 9 A , , . , , . , s , . , , , L . ,. . ctr , . s . . . Y , ' Y a 5 , . , . , . , 3. . C ,

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o Ylrgmla Olmst ad the ad cs of a curly headed boy from Qoopers o ane Matte on Ba b a lors dancmg abllltles o ack Calkms some wmd for hrs K boat o Ray 'leachman the b ack O1 How to bmxle Qhlc McCarthy WOldS cf love a d the thrll of a handclasp Wlth H certam popular Senior Qt fund on I amllton Street To Qharlle Hicks a wud per o I. G, h t tne g rls may notnce hrs Tyrone Power traits To Mary Hlroy Lucille H milton Amer c n C- ri qualrtles To Bob Blackman ome gasoltne tua he may take many more Jaunts before school sta ts On thrs I4th day of ure ln he we r one thou and nme hundred and forty Anno Domlnl the Semor Qta s of 1940 the above named testator 1n our presence and nn the presentc of each of us slgned and sealed the fore going Instrument and published az cl cueclard the ame to be hls last Wlll and Testament and we thereupon at hx r quest ln hls presence and tn the pre sence of each other hereunto ubscrbed ou names as attest ng witnesses Betty Brown and Lo Wllly Nllly Dlzzy Wlzzy Senlor Class I tophc y lqhese characters althou h tvplcal of people whom I have known all my llfe are drawn from no actu I per ons llv ng or dead Qn one of my many solo jet, ne s wnen I wandered unusually deep lnto the surroundmg forest a very ve f pecul ar thang occurred From a tangle of wlld underbrush shaped Sllfll t, an I1 d an wlgwam arose a fine thln curly stream of smoke To m tlfj matters the alr was warm and heavy and the atmosphere was exer o tranquil for what seemed Ike centurxes I stood rn awe gaping CUYIOLQIJ t t e moke laz y a cendmg and ln all probablllty I should stlll be st rcmr there hypnotized lrke rf a h gh pxtched cackle hadnt pnerced the stlllne s of the Mad man' Mad man' My bram kept pounding ln my ears like the tom tom of the lndnan drum then from a wee slut ln the debrls crawled out a ho rxble looking creature who with a big swoop of nts hand muted me over l trembled my knees knock d to the tune of Tuxedo unctxon the Mood and back to Tuxedo unct on I never before rcalxzed how muslcal they were With onl the assurance that the come hlther gesture was famlllar I took ten blg I'ea'l freatlas got my dander up talso my curroslty and slowly stumbled over to the crude hut lnsrde around a vxle srnellxng tew s t hve decrepit old W1tLhCs attlred entirely ln black After a time of absolute sxlence the fifth wltch bent for ward ln deep medltatlon flicked her eyelashes As lf bv slgnal all the wltches obedlently removed the r long black vells whrch heretofore had con cealed their ldentltles Holy smokes' My eg es a most oopped out Lookmg from left to right I realized that the cackle a characterx IC f mllar ln her high school career belonged to none other than Fthel Barley the ho pliable gesture to l:,lean0r 20 T ,. . . D - V JV A Y N K - c W . -..f 1 . f . I J s 1 Avy ' . k t I . ,. . . x Q I W . . . lo -- , .. . . . . A Q v , . . . J , .. . . . ' ' ' 's na wx a' . c. 3 , . .1 I . ,, 'I ' 1 ' TJ I I. Y . . J 1 . ' N s C ' ' , . - . . . rx - , . , 5 c ' , . , - ,H D. AQ ... ' xj ' I7 C . . , r a C 1 Q , V - . . ' .s -v l ' ' A J 1 v , n y -jf - - , ' ... .y u A ' ' ... qc ' v ' . 7 S ' v . I Y , K A - u .. t .L s A, A 3. v . -. . I :Y . Q A ,w 7 Y 'H . 5 , , arr. . . . K - 7 . . . V I, L . . v ' , I - A , c , n , J' . . C l 3' . . - - 'wif , . K.. J A , , Q C- ' - W ' I . V Y A ' H Y - V ' . . V . L . . , - . . t , . , , . ' :Q 5 Z' ' 4 .' ' 9 I 4 ,. , ., L

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Eleanor Gamble and Leona McConnell metrculously folding bandages They had gladly volunteered thelr services Our strange voyage from England to the Unlted States was praCUCally unlnterrupted with the exceptlon of our stop at Luba to watch ohn Lee man ufacture clgarettes From Cuba we took a short Jump to St Pe ersburg Florlda to be guests momentarlly at a spectacular house party ln a palatnal mansion Our hostess was soclety leader Marlanna Kelley lhe most strlkmg personallty present was Miss Ruth laroll one of the best dressers m the world While we were scrutxmzlng the rest of the beautnful state of Florida for some more of our strayed pals we were swlshed under Barnum and Barley s clrcus tent rlght ln the mldst of a dress rehearsal Our attention was focused on one of the elephant bare back rrders who was usmg violent tactlcs to en courage umbo to move l rom the antlcs he employed we recognlzed the famous lndlan War Whoop and thus dlscovered the chref anlmal tramer to be Leonard Klock Good old Klockle hadn t forgotten hrs cheer leadmg abllltles after alll Knowmg that no one suspected our presence we casually strolled along untll our feet by some unknown magnetlc force walked themselves toward the bade Show Right lnSldC were the two mseparable Walraths-classlhed as the Freaks of Nature ln the next stall on the floor sat trny C325 lb I lmmle Bement smeared wlth grease olnppery green snakes were slndlng all over hlm from the clrcus we went over to the wlnter headquarters of the base ball leagues 'lhere we saw lrlmk Peterson manager of the Red Scalps warming up to smash a home run HIS team was predlcted to wrn the league and the World Senes We thence proceeded to zoom up to the mad metropolis On 35th Street ln an exclusive apartment we caugnt a gllmpse of Thelma Baker dletrclan scrambling eggs m the kltchenette for one of America s top models Dorothy Hedden l-ler photographs dlsplayed rn advertlsements help t glamorlze chewing gum llngerre and what have you bometlmes Wmkle Wlnlfred Holmes famous arust who stepped m on Whltcomb s shoes sketches Dort for lllustratlons ln short stories and novels On llmes Square we encountered Vhllanthroplst George Wheaton toss mg nickels and dimes to the wmds Apparently George by some stroke of genius had at last mvented a thmkmg devlce to enable students to stare out of windows and stlll know what s gomg on rn History class l always knew my woman s mtultxon l guess George s day dreams were for some purpose Our vlslons were suddenly mterrupted and we were brought back to reality The six of us sat blmdly lookmg mto that odlous stuff that was swirl Ing violently Alice thmklng her efforts were of no avaxl began gnashxng her teeth but encouraged by our steady pralse she poured a powder mto the stew which by some mlraculous power began to clanfy lt stlll danced dnzz xly however and we only caught a few brref glances of our frlends such as Lucllle Hamllton politely saymg Number please hugh pressure salesman Pat Waxnrlght ll'lHUCl'lClI1g Coach Colllster to buy suspenders wxth hugh school basketball equipment Lorrarne Flsher shovmg a customer under a dryer Dr Arthur Hall drlllmg teeth and Gladys Griffiths gymnastics teach er blowmg her referee whistle 28 . . . . . s J . I . . t , , . , . . . v 1 - 1 - J - . .. . V .. . . . - . , . - 1 v I s. . . . . .- ' U .. - U . . , 1 J , W . , - - .. . v. ' l Q N , . . 1 1 9 1 v v . , , O . . . - . .. . . .. I ! - - ' 1 1 ,-. . . . - ' - C - . . . D . , , . Q ' I I ! v v . . . . l. .. . 9 .. -- . . . . . . . 1 1 - v 1 ' , .