Quincy High School - Oriole Yearbook (Quincy, MI)

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' THE ORIOLE Class Prophecy What's the date today? By George, just ten years ago tonight l graduated from Quincy High School. l wonder what the rest of the gang are doing tonight. Didn't I see something in the paper about one of the graduates of H. S. had just announced his candidacy for president. By George! Here it is: Quincy Herald, june l0, I938: Donald W. Gould of Detroit, Michigan, after a successful career in Broadway theatres, has been per- suaded to turn his good personality that he won on the stage into politics. Well if that isn't a miracle for you. l never expected to see Donald Gould as a politician. Speak of the angels and they're sure to appear. Hello President, how is the elephant coming? Oh, fair, but l am worried as to whom to get for a campaign committee. Say, l have it. The old H. S. gang of '28 ought to be interested enough in one of its old class- mates running for president to turn in and help a little hadn't it? That's a cracking good idea, they're scattered enough throughout the world. By the way do you know where Arthur Balfour is now? Yes. He's the great Lion Tamer in Ringling Brothers Circus, stranded in the city of Colombo on the lsland of Ceylon off the coast,of lndia. And in the meantime playing golf. Have you been reading the Detroit Free Pants Press lately? Yes, what's wrong with it? Did you see that article about Ruth Wilson writing one of the world's best volume of the Elevation of the Soul and do you remember how she hated to write essays or themes back in American Literature class? Elevation of the Soul, huh! l wonder whose soul she is elevating now? Say, you haven't heard anything about Eva Gallop lately, have you? Eva Gallop? Where have you been all these years anyway? Why she is in St. Louis at the head of the firm that manufactures the Gallopin' Good Ginger Snaps, and boy, she sure is raking in the money, now let me tell you. Ginger Snaps puts me in mind of how hungry l was at a ball game in New York last summer. l almost forgot to tell you about Gladys Marquart. She plays on the New York Giants. She is the first woman to invade Prefessional baseball. She plays first base and she is a cracking good one, too. By the way, received a letter from that jolly little Miss Graf, of whom the commercial class all were fond. That little rhyme we fellows dedicated to her still runs through my mind something like this: Alma Graf a nurse shall be, A famous nurse now you shall see She'll Fight her way through this old world With head held high and flag unfurled, And probably save near all our lives With nurse's tools and surgeon's knives And so to Alma let us sing, Who to us, long lives will bring. Yes, l remember that, and what do you know, this prophecy came true as she is at the head of the nurses' staff in a Red Cross Hospital at Petrograd, Russia. Have you seen the head lines in this paper? No, is it something serious? Serious? Boy, that's no name for it. You remember Clarence Hildebrand, don't you? lsuppose you also know he is a multi-millionaire now. just look at this-Clarence Hildebrand, Wall Street, New York, has been sued by his sixth wife for Sl50,000 alimony, and Jim used to be so bashful. My goodness it's a good thing he is wealthy, but who is his wife? LeMoyne Blackman, can you feature that. l wonder if she married him for money or if she's one of those old gold diggers? Did you know that LeMoyne went to Hollywood? She's taking Greta Garbo's place in the movies and has been the rage. l heard that Clarence was her fourth or fifth husband, so divorces aren't new to either of them. Hellol Look at the old college paper. Ann Arbor, Michigan, june IO, l938: The University of Michigan has jxiit acquired its best qualified, most efficient, and the wittiest professor of Chemistry the world has ever known. The Professor grad- uated from Quincy High School in the well known class of '28, and has attended many colleges since. Professor Bernice Sattler has won the good-will of the University's pocket-book as well as the hearts of the men connected with the institution. Hol Hol Professor Bernice Sattler, Hol Hol Professor of Chemistry, winning men's hearts, and Uni- versity pocket-books, who would have thought it. Well, listen to this, here is something about Eloise Demarest. Eloise Demarest taking the leading part in the great stage attraction in Chicago. The play ran for I3 months on Broadway in New York City, where she became famous as a stage actress. Well by hemlock! l never thought that she would be a stage actress. That sure is a surprise. 1 -'- ,-3 5 ill' 1 Q 2 8 lily

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J i THE 012101.52 f v Class Oration Casting no reflections on the statistics brought to light by the Class Prophecy, Class History, and Class Will l feel there are several other items of interest that should be exposed to the general public. Therefore, by a system of my own l have succeeded in collecting these items together to put on record for future reference. For Class so illustrious as this Class of I928 cannot fail to be an example of intelli- gence, industry and general good behavior to those following. Through our Secret Service in general this report was prepared. Therefore l am not responsible for any thrilling facts disclosed. The Class enrollment 23. It is not necessary to read the names of the members as none of them have forgotten that, not even their middle name. Average age is 1815 years. Average height is 5 feet 6 inches. Average weight 135 pounds. Now in order to understand the unusual brilliancy of this Class mention must be made of our ancestors. As a Class we recognize Adam and Eve as our very very great-grand parents. Among the most noted ancestors are Lincoln, Cicero, Napoleon, john Paul jones, Washington, Robinson Crusoe, Noah, Alexan- der the Great, St. Patrick, Virginia Dare and the Emperor of Germany. Sir Robert Hendrick commonly called Bob, claims Virgil as one of his remote grandfathers, which no doubt accounts for his skill in translating that relatives masterpiece The Aeneid, and for his endeavor to be as much like the pious Aenas as possible. Some trace their ancestry to lreland, some to the Teutonic, others to lonia. Eva hav- ing lost track of her family tree can trace her ancestry only to Hodunk and Ona to Southeast Butler. All realize however if the missing links were supplied our ancestry would date back to the lonian race of the jungles. No marriages are reported, and, so far only one engagement. This does not include broken en- gagements. However we all are living in hope, except Harry VanNasdale who regards a mother-in-law a dangerous personage. Every girl of the Class is honorary member of The Royal Order of Do Nothing and the boys are charter members of the United Brotherhood of Loafers. Gwendolyn Salford belongs to the Knock- ers Clubn and Harry VanNasdale is president of the Hayseed Union. Taking the Class as a whole we are well represented in the field of Athletics. The girls in particular delight in preparing lunch for the boys on Field Day as its a good chance to show their ability or dis- ability to cook. Most of the boys favor cards but Clarenceis Dad won't let him play anything except Flinch and l agree there are other things more profitable. Ernest's favorite pastime is Holding Hands that is not his own hands. Eloise's is talking while l enjoy thinking just thinking. LelVloyne's might be dish washing, Donaldis studying, and Gladys Globensky likes best of all EATING. The theater would be the most popular form of amusement if it were not for one serious objection,-the price. The members of the class had several reasons for attending H. S. Some of the more important were, to get out of work at home, to have a good time, to study geometry and Latin, through parental per- suasion and for the benefit of the school, sad to say, there are a few in the Class who don't know yet why they attended High School. Most of our loved ones expect to go on to school. Ruth expects to continue her education at the Kindergarten next winter. Gladys Marquart will take a post-graduate course in domestic science in her lVlother's kitchen. Alice was too modest to give a good opinion of her- self which is but one of her personal weaknesses. Lena's weakness is study although few people know it and Mary Esther does like to sleep, it just can't be helped. Bernice wants to marry a Millionaire or be a Prima Donna, it makes no difference which. We expect to find Clara teaching in the Red-Mud District or some other favorite. Genevieve and Maybelle want to be Latin teachers, we extend sympathy to their pupils. Evelyn is expected to do housework in a family of two. While Emalene's highest aim is to starve and as she is going to be a kitchen mechanic of course she will succeed. Limited time pre- vents me from giving you any more facts regarding this Class. Considering our many sterling qualities our success is quite assured, and each one bids fair to carve for himself a splendid future. And when our history hqbecome a milestone in the history of Quincy High School may the future classes follow our example and leave behind as good a record. Oliver Gordon f f--- ..3 , Ill' 1 Q 2 B lyly

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A ,'I:iHE ORIOLE Have you heard of Harry VanNasdale lately? Yes its too bad about Harry. Why. what's the matter? yell, you know he used to be crazy about aviation. es. - He finally got a plane of his own and as he was Hying over Detroit, something went wrong with it and he came right down on the sidewalk from about 2,000 feet. Gosh, l should think it would have killed him. It probably would have only the sidewalk kind of broke his fall. And now, he is a dealer in second hand airplanes and would you believe it Evelyn Kesson is his stenographer. l hadn't heard where she was until l talked with Harry. He says she is a cracking good one, too. That reminds me when l was in New York, l was driving my car through the heavy traffic and whom do you suppose l saw directing the trafiic? l give up. Ernest Knirk. He a cop? Hal Hal Well, l never expected that of him. Mr. Dage is almost as bad off. Why, what's the matter? ' Mr. Dage is the end man in A1 -Iolson's Minstrel, located on Lindbergh Aerodrome, l,000 miles out in the Atlantic. The Minstrel affords entertainment for waiting passengers. Miss Kibbe is head pilot on a Trans-Atlantic plane which makes regular stops at Lindbergh Aerodrome to give passengers privilege of hearing Al jolson's Minstrel. Do you remember that swell Cadillac Gwendolyn Safford was sporting around in during the last year of high school? Yes, does she still have it? l don't know about that but she is one of New York's wealthiest society leaders, and she has just awarded Ona Boone a Scholar-ship from one of New York's most fashionable boarding schools. And Ona has also won a beauty contest and is going abroad for further study in college and on her face. Talk about good lessons, Lena Chase is giving lessons on How to Reduce. Well we certainly know she didn't need anything like that when she was in Quincy High School. Good luck to you Lena, you're a good type for the work. Where's our old butter and egg man we used to have in high school? Who do you mean? What, have you forgotten Oliver Gordon, the fellow that used to work for Roy Baker? Oh, yes, l remember, l just received a letter from him last week. He said he was down in the jungles of Africa. What's he doing down there? It seems that when he went into that country all the apes in the jungles took a liking for him and at once became his best friends. He taught some of his brightest friends to box and he has staged a con- test down there and the winners he will bring to this country to light Gene Tunney. He says that he can prove evolution to the world by this experiment. And say, who do you suppose he has for his first assistant? l don't know, who is it? Mary Esther Trenary. Oliver says she is a wonderful help in the business, he says that she knows as much about his boxers as he does. Say, you remember Maybelle Taylor and what a busy kid she always was in high school. Well, guess she's still busy as l have heard. What keeps her so busy? Giving talks on How to keep her husband. l saw an advertisement the other day, it read something like this: The world's most famous solo dancer, Robert Hendrick, will introduce to-night at the Broadway Palace his latest production, The Moon Dance. l seem to remember something about that Moon Dance. Oh, l know when Chief Blue Sky visited H. S. he showed to us a dance similar to that. Well, good for old Bob, l always knew he'd do the unexpected. Speaking of the unexpected, you remember that nsparklern Miss Rath used to Hash in our French class? lr meant something after all. Here's a clipping from the Lansing Blizzard -read it yourself. Miss Rath, 'tis a shame- One that could have won such fame, Will settle down and pay the priceg But after all, that's sort of nice- A cozy little Bungalow, A Carden where the roses growg Some laughing children round about, A help-mate kindly and devout. That's right, this summer is when another man goes wrong. im 1 Q 2 8 lfii