Pekin High School - Commentator Yearbook (Pekin, IN)

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ta es fe lt: GE C? is gp it. X 'ti ex C9 QS- is I . ta CA lt? G? SENIOR PROPHECY One day in April as I was spending my vacation on the sandy beaches of Gibral- tar, which had been my home for the last ten years, I suddenly had the longing to see my dear old classmates. I wanted to return to civilization once more. So I summoned my little helper and we hastily bade goodby to my home country and started out in my Atomicship in search of civilization once more! As we were gently floating over Mt. Vesuvius, and I happened to glance down to see none other than our Bombshell Redhead, MISS MILDRECD G'E1FFS,. at the head of a tribe of natives. Great was my surprise when I learned what she was instructing them, for! Strange as it may seem, her class was rapidly catching on to the general fundamentals on Poise at the time of eruption. Getting in my Atomicship again we drifted toward the great town of Calcutta, where I found another one of my dear classmates, formerly MISS NANCY BUSH. As her husband had inherited the Jackson estate they had moved there and had a large collection of gsoats, cows, mules, antiques and a large assortment of little Jacksons. Now we muast make a detour and I had to change my mode of transportation if I wanted to see the remainder of niy class- mates. So we made a three-point landing and climbed out of tiny ,Axtomicship and started walking cross country. I had pro- gressed a few miles up into the hills, when 1 came to a little cottage. Out in the yard playing, was a group- of the cutest little kids and I knew then they were none other than BIIJLY MARTIN'S. His wife invited me in and entertained me with .a few of the Martin's Specials. Fin- ally I had to leave and I know I left one of the qunietest homes on earth. On down the road I traveled until I came to an Entertainment Joint. Behind the bar was none other than our own LLOYD SULLIVAN who was the owner of the joint. His star performer for his floor shows was Arlene Rush who was malkfing Gypsy Rose Lee jealous of her technique. We chatted a while and final- ly I had to be on my way. As I was pre- -paring to leave, I spied a picture of a cheesecake pinned uipon the wall. model. Then he told me all about Frank- IE RATTS. He had been called to Hol- lywood and had been asked to be the lead- ing man for the main show of the year whi-ch, as you all know, was The Three Blind Mice . He also was the agricul- ture agent of that town and was experi- menting on how to cross a tomato with a carrot. Finally I was off and as I got to Broad- way I noticed a sign -along the street which read like this, 'iWe'll fix it, See if you can eat it . I thought I would try it so I went in. Behind the counter was none other than LOREN GRAN, w'ho had retu-rned to school the following year and attended Mrs. Baker's cooking class. Now he was an A-1 Cooker instead of an A-1 Eater. I decided to try some of his specialties and they gave me the funniest sensation when I had finished. I thowglht if they had things like that in this conimtry, l'd never go black to my home. We chatted awhile and he told me he had a Slenderizing' Room: just across the street, so I rnosied over to see how well he was doing. As I Went in the door the receptionist greeted me. I told her I wanted to look things over as the proprie- tor had been an old classmate of mine. Was she surprised! She also was an old 4r11e.r4ber of that wonderful class. It was MISS PAULINE LINN, who was typing at the rate of 149 words a minute now. She held another job down just outside of town, which was taking care of her husband and twenty-five cats. When I had approved of everything I continued my trip' down Ma' Street. I noticed anotiier sign which said, Dealers in Real Estaten. I journeyed in and was I surprised! There ,behind a pol- ished desk sat Everett Newlon, with his cute little secretary, MISS JEAN GLRIF- FIN sitting on his lap. l've always heard of these sort of thinigzs but that was the first time I had seen it pfut into affect. I was about in the notion of staying in this country myself now. So I asked if he had a farm for sale just at the edge of town. Of course he did, but it was impossible for him to show it to me as he was oretty busy at the time, as I cofuld plain- ly see. He summoned his agent, though, and said he could show me the town. el he al il an al si tl 7 al 47 tl ai sl 9 al Q 5 ta al C The surrounding of the picture looked S0 Pm Off again- AS We journeyed down 'f familiar but I couldn't place the face. I the street' I happened to Pee? Into ,an asked the proprietor who it was and was I alley! lead ther e I Sew aeether Slgn Whlffh Q, in for a surprise? He told me that it was readf wrestle to Retem Yom' Share - W, the SiX,f00t giant of Om. class MISS HEL- I went in and my very dear old classmate, N Q6 EN UNDERWOOD who now was a Powers fC0llfinlled On Another Pagel I ., y , a s . it -I - .t ... .., aw., +V' 5

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JIMMY C. KAY who had just returned from the Doctor, Lawye , lndian Chief war. I ima- 'gi .e Paulire was hurrying home for the sar., reason to see hirn on,e tore. As l contin-.ed my Journey with the real es- tate agent, we finally came to our desti- nation. As we neared the little cottage, I was interested in I heard noises of all kinds. The roof looked as if it were going to come off. So we hurried up and knocked on the door. Guess who the oc- cupants of the house wore! None other than MISS PAULINE MILLER and her lrsfsband. Of course her husband was a Democrat and I-auline was .a strong Re- publican, and as usual they' were arguing what fpolitics were best. As they were quite up to the minute in the news of pol- itics, they gave me quite a few factors I wanted to know. Guess who had just been elected president of the U. S. on the Democrat ticket? None other than ROBERT BARTLE. Imagine that, a stu- dent irom our class, president of the U- nited States! And they also told me that NORMA MORRIS was serving as vice president. And that brings back the me- mory of my dear old Civics teacher who always said. that the women would run the country some day. They also told me that CLAIRE MOTSINGER, another of our classmates, had run for president but had been beaten, so he drowned his sorrows by jumping in the swelling tide, of Blue Etiver. May his soul rest in peace! After I found out everything I could, I forgot I care to look at the house. But I decided that I wouldnt want to break up such a peaceful home so I dismissed the agent and resumed imy trip As I was growing tired and weary I sat down on a bench and picked up a. newspaper And as I began to read I saw the headlines- BRUCL MAHURON returns from Winn- ing the War Singlehanded. Also in the society -.oliumn I read of WALLACE FLOYDS aipproachingg marriage out in Hollywood and I thought to myself he continued to glance through the paper, I reached the sports section. Right there in the middle of the page was a picture of CHARLLS FLOYD. He had become pro- fessor at Harvard and also a world-wide known coach of basketball He was very .nueh in oemand all over the world as the only thing they te ch at school nowadays is bask tball. As I closed the paper with a sigh I notice th familiar names of ROBLRT GREEN and OWEN CAMP- BELL lootr-ing out at me. It seems that Robert was now the publisher of The Daily Cub with the aid of Owen Camp- bell as Editor. As I got up and mosied over to a tree I noticed a sign that reau- See the Biggest Snow of the Year . Com. see the Devil s Mouthpiece perform tonight. To my dismay the names listed were DON JOHNSON, Master of Cere- monies, KENNIS MARTIN tap dancer, LAUREL PURLEE, sword swallower, and Champion Fire Water Drinker, HOWAJRD MILLER, as soloist singing the famous, 'Wine Women and Song and BILLY JOE WADE accompanying them on the piano. Seems that all these boys had at- tended Asbury College and learned how to act as they were now having classes in draixiatics . . Now as I have seen all mzyi friends of yesteryears, I am satisfied and I am ready to return home. But I leave with the satisfaction that all my old classmates are doing their best possible work with all the pleasure that could be expected by anyone who had graduated from Pekin High School in the class '46. I also am convinced that our class of those good old years at P.H.S. was one of the most Successful Classes ever to be graduated from the famed halls of that institution. Pauline Linn' -2 A 4 46' 4 4. Q N A x 1 5 ai A 1 4 Q gt rl it . pin fs fs ph fb IN T ivIAEE'Afzl .A 'z h i fMD s ' nhsiMisszAsiLsAi'sM'4MiA .if IA 9 1 st 9 Q 1 1 I ' ' D 9 L I A , I A ' s 1 - v all U 1 . M L fi nt, Q h if l 7 A o e 1 , v a oanana peeling. of course, as I am. .3 sure doesn't know what hes ln for! As I A, - 0 a w. 'N' l J, -48 D U it Q J PID 'H I 1 .L ' A f X ' ' 8 1. 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