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

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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 ' , .

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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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As the magic stew was strll behaving badly we contrnued to see hurrred pictures of Eleanor Hawks madly pounding the keys of a typewriter Rex White selling Rccl Hots' blues srnger Barb Naylor srngrng rn a swanky cafe Wanda Preston Home Ec teacher howrng her students how to lJ0ll WHTCY and Kenneth Homer Gee LL B mopprng hrs brow and removing hrs SPCC tacles from a withered countenarce Kenny had Ju t re urned to hrs ll0mC after touring the country lecturing on the dangerous outcome of our national debt Q By this time Alrce lost all patience Making one last effort she threw on more powder to solrdrfy the tew endeavor to slow rts tempo lt worked' We agam vrsualrzed scenes as we were traveling west ln Chicago we were happy to catch a glimpse of Look s Orphan Home which had garned world wrde reco nrtron Modest Annabelle gave the Lredlt for all her unrver al fame to her publicity manager Lee Northway She politely tells rntervrewers that Lee has long been exper enced rn newspxper work way back since hrs high school days and knows Just what to do rn that line He rs also a short tory wrrtcr for The Morning Sun edrterl by ean Childs Zoom we took a big jump and landed mack rn Normanvrlle a town named after therr beloved college coach De Wane Norman Brlls Although lrfe rs rn a state of chaos lnvestrgatron revealed lrttle Mary Abbott the cause The town s largest laundry Wash Em Clean rs owned and managed by copartners Harold Lewis and Robert Alderman At Salt Lake City Utah Ceezrl Kenyon and Walter Lore famous racers were putting their Burn nut up to 450 mrles an hour faster than any other racer has ever gone On a platform near the race track shy little Ella Potter was trying earnestly to convince her audience that slow drrvrng was the best means to safety ln South Dakota Kenny Decker had recently purchased another hundred acres to add to hrs vast domain ln them that parts he rs known as the wealthrest and shrewdest business man around Hrs credit for hrs uccess rs grven to the knowledge he acqurred whrle he was a member of the Painted Post Future Farmers The stew turned a deadly black pierced here and there with tlny brrll rant spots again we thought we were running into drffrculty but the next rncrdent clarified the srtuatron lr was mrdnrght on the Arizona desert The stillness of the nrght was broken only by the steady clank of horse s hoofs The rrder of the steed was none other than Rancher Buckshot Burnside who was rounding up hrs herd alone for hrs cowhands were on a srck down strike The cau e of rt all lay rn the hands of therr economrcal employer who fed them hrs own jokes as a substitute for food A deserted old town then attracted our attention lt became apparent the government had appropriated a um of money to set the town off by rtself free of all contacts with the world lt seemed rncredrble that such a thrng could happen rn the United States' ln the mrddle of a Junk heap sat a portly red bearded gent Hermit Thompson was searching hrs brains for an rdea that he might use to reparr the dilapidated Fords--long drsowned by everyone rn the country He was trying desperately to stage therr come back 29 . ' . . ' S , . ' 1 . 7 I I ' . . - 4 . V . . S . t - D . . S .. . . Y. . . Q . . Y -' Y . Y . . De Wane is acclaimed and loved by the inhabitants of the town, his private . , Y U 7 Y , - . . - , - , . . . . . C . y - . . , . Q . . . . ' Q