Park High School - Arrow Yearbook (Livingston, MT)

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,. .,-,f A-Q ' , ,Er 1 SENIOR CLASS PIQOPHECY What has happened to Alice Warren, Eliza- beth Leathers and Adeline Lawler? I inquired, They're all together down in South America. Elizabeth married a rich man, and he had the grace to die. Alice nearly went crazy teaching her parrot to sing 'Yankee Doodle' but luckily she recovered. while Irish made a fortune selling old muscial instruments. They're taking up aviation now, and are a fit subject for a Mary Roberts Rinehart novel. were she still alive to write it. Isn't that too bad about Meek Wolfe. I com- mented. Why, I hadn't heard about him. He went into the bootleg business and got 'sent over' for five years. He had a nervous break- down, and now he's one of the guys who keeps the Salvation Army working. There certainly have been plenty of tragedies happen to the old class. I suppose you read about Margaret Reeb's trip to the moon. I doubt if she'll ever be found. Some radio experts have advanced the theory that she ran out of gas upon arriving there, or else landed on some small planet. Bill Sturdevant, whose chain stores are numbering millions. has organized a rescue party. Ralph White has given thousands of dollars towards the expense fund. You know he owns the largest department store in Clyde Park, That town surely did boom when oil was S Q Page Twenty-Seven Q struck. They say Rachel Kinnick and Helen Kirs- cher made billions by buying up land there as a speculation. I heard that Davey Jones' wife shot him. Did you hear anything about it? Yes, I answered. Davey was here not so long ago, fully recovered and a little wiser. and told me all about it. She shot hirn between the stove and the table because he insisted on using condensed milk in his tea. Then Don related some more of his experi- ences as a traveling salesman. He had heard Kathryn Klingensmith on her concert tour. She played several pieces of her own composition and several world-famous masterpieces. Tom Nash is mining coal in Alaska. The president of the Great Northern Pacific railroad is Inger Hanson. Mil- dred Moran has a hospital for Domestic Creatures ldcgs and catsb, Dorothy Stoll is teaching the feeble-minded at Boulder. We talked way into the afternoon thus. About 7:30. Don took his departure. and I returned to my peaceful routine of daily work, wishing I could see all the old classmates of '30, and hoping that they might all live happily ever after. W Xb i

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slsiiiora CLASS PROPHECY The other day, April 1, 1948, to be exact, while I was sitting in my private suite at my hotel, the Park, the secretary announced that Mr. Sharp, a traveling salesman for the Ceze Medical company. wished to demonstrate some of his samples to the hotel's doctor. Mr. Sharp? Now. where had. I heard that name before? I had him shown in. and can you imagine my surprise when I recog- nized Don Sharp, famous student of the Class of 1930? After greetings were exchanged, I asked Mr. Sharp where and how he had been getting along. Well, he said, I've knocked around quite a bit. After I had learned to be a doctor, I found out there wasn't much money in it, and no excite- ment, so here I am. I've traveled over practically the whole United States and all of the European countries. My! I answered, It surely seems good to see one of the old class. I wish that we could all get together again. I see a few of them every now and then when they stop in here. I've seen a lot of the old class. You know I would, traveling around so much. And thus we started our discussion. Yes, the old class has done pretty well, so far as succeeding in life. I saw Rosamond Egeland the other day when I was canvassing from house to house in New York. She is still the same, and doesn't burn toast any more, Don started out. And isn't that great about Eleanor MacDonald gaining the posi- tion of editor-in-chief of the New York Times? I wonder why Francis Flint retired. I saw Joe Cummings about three months ago. He says that being Secretary of the Navy isn't such a snap. but he's steadily gaining weight under the strain, so I think he'll survive. Have you heard anything about Kenneth Kayser? Yes, I have. He's got a job in a department store, a very good job and it's awfully easy for him. What is it? questioned Don. He's a sort of a floor-walker. When a short sales-girl wants anything from a top shelf. Ken- neth is on hand to reach it for her. It saves a lot of trouble and accidents. Well, well, mused Don. He always did aim high. I went by Ferdinand's modern ranch on my way over. That surely is a dandy outfit. How long ago did he put in all those new buildings and equipment? Just lately. There are several other old class- mates here in town, too, I informed Don. You remember the Star Cleaners, don't you? George Shadoan bought them out over three years ago. and now he has that whole half-block for his business. Pat Almich went into the meat business and now owns a large market on Thirty-first street. Lawrence Carpenter is his chief delivery boy. Have you seen the new high school, the one on One Hundred and Tenth street and Triple A avenue? Joe Cosick holds the position of chief janitor. Didn't things turn out queerly, commented Don, I ran into Marie Bridges and Pauline Bowles in Hollywood last week, They own an ex- clusive hat shop, and Irene Day is sole proprietor of a beauty shop there which caters especially to actresses. Have you seen Maurice Barry in his latest picture? No, but I saw Mary Hamilton in 'Childhood Days! It was awfully funny. And Juanita Rueg- amer is making Fox comedies. Poor Dick Kyser. He's in Warm Springs now. Is that so? What was wrong? He was going to marry Benita Mahoney but she jilted him on their wedding day. Ralph Seideman is there also. They have to keep him in a straight-jacket all the time to keep him from bumping his head against the bars. But what was wrong with him? He married Benitaf' Oh! Don exclaimed. Is Marjorie Bodine still married? Yes, and her oldest boy is Park's best foot- ball player. May Arness is married, too. She's living in England now and George flys home every week- end from the Park, where he is general manager. Speaking of airplanes, I was in quite a smash-up. Gertrude Lauson was driving me on a rush trip to Paris and, becoming absorbed in a magazine, lost control and down we came. Luckily we crashed near a coaling steamer. which picked us up. Can you feature who the captain was? Willard Swan. We were sort of bunged up, and so they rushed us to a Paris hospital. There I saw Lois Taylor, Hanna Ponath, Harriet Nelson and Margaret Car- lisle. They're all nurses, each in charge of a ward, and Grace Evans is chief surgeon. It is run en- tirely by women. Isn't that odd? Lois Williams manages a home for tired young people in New Mexico. And so on, far into the afternoon, we talked about old classmates. Don asked if he might turn the radio on. Perhaps we could hear Harry Stach- wick's famous symphony band. I learned that Imogene and Harry were happily married and that Imogene plays solo Cornet in the band. Don. in his joking manner, told me that Bill Squires was just letting things slide. Upon asking him what he meant, he laughingly informed me that Bill was playing slide trombone in Harry's band. Bzzzz-urk went the radio. Station OKMNX broadcasting. Announcer, Iva Stolp. 'Battling Joey Bowles knocks out 'Pinky' DeHaas in the second round. Joey now stands a chance of becoming the world's-gurk-whezz-fmore weird soundsb-you will now hear a campaign speech by Hilda Johnson, speaker of the House. She is here today with her able assistant, Vern Lewis, and her secretary, Ber- thine Kyser. Immediately following this short talk will be a song. 'Far. Far From Here,' sung by Jessie Everett. We listened to the program until after Jessie's song. That reminds me, remembered Don, Iola Palmer is public stenographer in a Washington hotel, and Thelma Floyd and Mary Mayer are managing a commercial department in Maine uni- versity. When I was in Africa last year I saw Pearl Speak. She surely uses tact in her missionary work. How's that? I inquired. She keeps dieting. She's awfully thin. Then, you see, she won't look appetizing to the natives. Don mentioned various others. Norman Tripp is in the drug business, happily married, to Mar- garet Shepherd. of course. Charles Bisciglia is practicing law in Italy, as is Ernest Allen in Chi- cago. William Hanson and Keith Botterud are in partnership in a large hardware store in Se- attle. Victoria Chess went to China and dis- appeared. Bunny Shannon is married fto Fritz? and Ruby Roseland is just getting her fourth di- vorce. Renna Rigdon is marrled, also. to a famous medical doctor. Rhea Wayne. Gretchen Blakeslee and Ross Winans graduated from college three years ago. and all three of them are now taking a rest. ri Page Twenty-Six

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1 CILASS WILL We, the Class of Nineteen-Thirty, in this year One Thousand Nineteen Hundred Thirty, Anno Domini, being perfectly sober and of unsound mind Cfrom over-studyj do hereby set forth our one and sole Will and Testament. So help us, God. ARTICLE I. Section 1.---To the school we bequeath the terrible calamity of getting along without us in the Year of Our Lord, Nine- teen Thirty-one. Section 2.-To Mr. Smith we leave the the pleasure of not having Renna Rigdon asking foolish questions. Section 3.-To Principal C. V. Brown we leave memories Cany kind you may want, or what have you?J. Section 4.--The Geyser Staff leaves all their old Geysers to Miss Weston. Section 5.-To Mrs. Russell we fondly cede a sixty-speed, noiseless, non-back- space, collapsible typewriter. Section 6.-To Coach Straw we leave the privilege of trying to make teams out of what's left. Section 7.--To Miss Marjorie Spaulding and Miss Duke Swindlehurst we bequeath our sincerest appreciation for their co- operation in aiding us to publish the Arrow Section 8.-To the faculty in general we will our forgiveness for the many hours spent in delinquent. ARTICLE II. Section 1.-To the Junior Class we leave plenty of room and space. Section 2.-To the Sophomores we be- queath the privilege of hoping for better things. Section 3.-Our sincerest sympathies and deepest regrets go to the Frosh, who are just beginning to realize what it's all about. ARTICLE III. We do hereby bequeath, personally and otherwise: Section 1.-Kenneth Kayser wills to Louis Leathers his amazing book entitled, How to Grow Tall. Section 2.-Jessie Everett bequeaths her ability to sing, to Maxine Unger. Section 3.--George Musser leaves only his name, artistically drawn on every book that ever came under his pen. Section 4.-Bill Sturdevant bequeaths his ability to amuse himself by playing solitaire, to Frank Williams. Section 5.-Marjorie Bodine, May Ar- ness, Iola Palmer and Benita Mahoney will their grace on the golf links and tennis courts to the Freshmen Tumbling Class. Section 6.-Vern Lewis bequeaths his patent window washer to Mr. Fowler. Section 7.--Pauline Bowles wills her booklet, Wavy Hair in Four Years, to Hazel Raver. Section 8.-Francis Flint, Joe Com- mings, Mary Hamilton and Meek Wolfe leave their Geyser troubles to Bob Lord, Eleanor Speaker, Lois Beley and Shrimp Musser. Section 9.-Ruby Roseland wills her Max Factor war paint to Esther Nelson. Section 10.-To Richard Nutting we bequeath a combination of Hilda Johnson's brains and Inger Hanson's ambition. Section 11.-We bequeath to all suc- cessors any delinquencies or failures, but reserve the right to take along with us any passing marks gained. Section 12.-Gretchen Blakeslee, Rhea Wayne and George Shadoan. being lucky to get out at all, decline to leave anything to anybody. Section 13.-Alice Warren, Kathryn Klingensmith, Eleanor MacDonald and Burness Shannon leave the Carmen Club flat on its back. Section 14.-Pat Almich wills to Lloyd McCormack his most guarded secret on how to sleep comfortably in the assembly. Section 15.-Elizabeth Leathers and Irish Lawler bequeath their rising sense of humor to Helen Peterson and Dorothy Caruso. Section 16.-To Florence Lauson and Elizabeth Klarr, Lois Williams wills her quiet, reserved nature. Page Twenty-Eight