Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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I received an announcement yesterday to the effect that Ruby Williams is to ke married at ten-thirty Sunday morning to Kenneth Hall. ‘The Reverend C. W. Car- der, formerly of Texas, is to perform the ceremony. ‘They will make a splendid pair as they are both musical. Oh, yes! isn’t it perfectly wonderful that Helen Gately has turned out to be such a genius? Her piano playing is simply heavenly, and do you know that she is to play before the King of England? I tell you someone else that surprised me, that’s Louis Cagello. He has proved himself a worthy rival to Caruso. I should say, and Arrietta Coon and Raymond Butcher have created quite a sensation with their violins. Say, speaking of music, Boyd loves to go to that vulgar ten-cent movie on Mac- Donald, and yesterday I rushed in to drag him out, and who do you think was work- ing a rickety old player piano?—Warren Griffin. We always said he’d be a great musician. Did Doris Misner ever achieve her ambition to “arrive in society?” Oh yes, she has a permanent position at Pullman naming the cars as fast as they are made. She did have a brilliant imagination. Oh, Gladie, you remember what an artist Willette Davis was at high—well, now she is designing labels for Frank S. Spire’s imported kidney beans. Oh, you know what a wonderful marcelle Reginald Gray had—well, he has a beauty shop in El Cerrito and supplies made over faces at a reaasonable discount to former students. Margaret Brown was there last week and he did make a pretty fair job of it. Have you been in Pinole lately? Marguerite Beckhaus and Bernice “Vhompson are running a select school for ladies there. They both were always such lady-like girls. Have you seen the new posters on the signboards along MacDonald for “Keep- ‘emyoung” face soap? Frank Loher posed for the pictures as he is a perfect model of “keep your schoolgirl complexion.” Have you heard the latest scandal? Mary Armanasco is a modern “Lady Blue- beard.” Her first victim was Charles Dobry and I heard that in one of her insane rages she hit Tetsuma Sakai over the head and hid him in the cellar where he was found under a pile of old Hi-nus papers. Well, that’s too bad, but then Mary was a little wild when she was a girl. Did I tell you that Ralph Anderson is mayor of Pinole? His wife, formerly Hazel Vickery, is head of the woman’s welfare club, and between them they have made Pinole a model city. Say, how is your radio? Gladys Cox was announced as being on the brink of a great discovery, but now her dream has vanished; you know she has been wild over radio and has been perfecting a wonderful set that has neither ground wires or re- ceivers. “There was only one thing wrong with it—it would not work. Gladys has a great mind for mechanical matters. Who was the other Gladys in our class? Oh, Gladys Dreyspring, didn’t you know about her? She is the fairy in the quo- tation, ‘“Have you a little fairy in your home?” Well, well! Say, what do you think? I went down to Regello and Wilson’s Cat Hospital to get some catnip for Tommy, and the Salvation Army was playing in front of Martin’s Grill and Charles Dobry was playing first cornet. Have you read Pauline Hall’s latest book? It’s “My First Proposal.” Yes, it’s a touching tale. Of course you knew that Jewel Hall and Olyve Hen- derson, the great movie vamps, have gone to Spain to get atmosphere for their next; play? Olyve was adorable, wasn’t she? Yes, and she took a good picture, too. 19

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Don’t you think it wonderful though that so many of our class turned out such brilliant successes? “Take for instance Professor Clyde Cassidy. I hear he is heading an expedition into Darkest Africa in search of the Missing Link. He had taken Joe Vargas as a decoy to catch specimens. Clyde always was curious about matters that didn’t concern him in the least, but speaking of brilliancy, did you know that Charles Stewart Renwick, Jr., aided by his wife, Gertrude, nee Feudner, has almost completed a machine which will insure ““per- petual motion.” Chick usually did hit it up pretty fast. Beazel Marcos unwittingly performed a great favor for the world, too, didn’t he? How was that? Why, in his efforts to get away from the pleasant existence with his Pinolean wife, he invented a machine that took him clear to Mars. Well, Kirby, I’m sure I don’t want the job of taking care of your cats. Let’s see some more of those pictures. Oh dear, there’s Thomas McDonald. Do you know that he owns that circus that was in Stege last week? I took Boyd night before last and I think I enjoyed it more than he did. There was one act, “Differding’s Dippy Dumbells,” and I thought I’d die of heart failure. It was a tumbling feature an the performers were Harold, Carletta Engleman, Alden Clark, Elsie Einer, Newell Miller and Helen Louise Reed. You should have seen the daring stunts that sextet performed. I never realized what an athlete Harold was, for at school he never exercised much but his tongue. Orva Adams was the tight rope walker. Francis Marchetti was in his element as ringmaster, but I was overcome com- pletely when the bareback riders came on. They were Serena Bowen, Virginia Eichar and Ava Crigler. Virginia certainly has her mount trained beautifully, but then | never saw her at a loss for words. Goodness, I always thought she’d be a lawyer. Well, Boyd insisted on staying to the Wild West Show and I wish you could have seen Bob Engelking, the wonder of the West. Florence Little was one of the cow girls and she certainly was clever with the lasso, but then she had splendid practice in roping when she caught Alec Morrison in the marital noose. Well, well, truth is stranger than fiction. I think one of the best examples of this is the fact that Co Carson is now teaching chemistry at the University of Califor- nia. Still I always knew Co would do something wonderful. Yes, I heard at the last minute she jilted Keith Narbeit for her career, Keith is a great spiritualist now. I hear that our next president will probably be Lee Roy Kaylor. Lawrence Julio certainly has been a good leader, hasn’t he? Yes, I didn’t know Laurie had such a good head for business. His wife, Adrianne, nee Mackay, has been a wonderful first lady of the land. Say, what ever happened to Albert Rowe and Fred Forwick ? It’s a sad story, dear. ‘They are both breaking rock at San Quentin for violating the Blue Sunday laws. They dared to smoke on the day of days. Horrors! But did you hear about George Olson? The poor boy became obsessed with the idea that he was the reincarnation of Shakespeare’s Romeo, and they had to send him to Napa. Mildred Swindell is head matron there and she wrote me the sad news. Gracious! ‘This is a cruel world! It certainly is. ‘There is a perfectly stunning hat in Williards, and I can’t have it till after pay day. Of course it will be gone then. Isn’t that tragic? Hm! Vanity is a terrible thing. Oh, Gladie! Did you see this morning’s Examiner? Hilma Johnson has finally accepted the Prince of Graustark’s proposal. The royal wedding is to take place at Rockinghorse Palace on Wednesday. To think we are personally acquainted with such a great personage ! This is confidential, but I heard Leonard Fraga say he was going to be appointed official stamp licker.

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Who else was in our class? What became of Lila Youd who used to cook such delightful banquets for the Honor Society ? Why, she is head chef at the Waldorf Astoria of Pinole. Didn’t Lynden Siple always make you think of Atlas holding up the world? Yes he did, but now he is a great dress designer for the firm of Eggers and Crigler. Goodness, just think what can happen in twenty years. Most of us have made some attempt to fulfill our ambitions. Yes, Kirby, you are a hopeless old maid; you always wanted to be a great author, and now you are composing the verses for Campbell’s Soup; and you always wanted to found a home for stray cats, and— Yes, that reminds me, you tell Boyd I want a check for one thousand dollars toward the addition of a catnip hothouse. All right, dear. I must be going now, but I’ve surely enjoyed talking over old times. Ill send over that little check in the morning. Milita ry All the work that was done in military this semester was concerned with the encampment. Much attention was paid to drill work and rifle practice. Several new maneuvers were practiced and when the encampment started the cadets were given a chance to practice some real army life. The band has also made much progress and now contains over fifty pieces. The boys have learned several new overtures and marches and the cadet band looks like one of the best military bands in the State. Military was a fine success this past year and a larger enrollment is looked for- ward to next year. The Kneampment April 26-30, inclusive, marked the dates of the fourth annual encampment of the school’s cadets. ‘The day of days arrived and amid many tears and a few smiles among the female population the boys left for Leona Heights on special cars. When camp was reached it was found that all the companies except Co. 52 had put up tents. By noon time the camp was ready. In the afternoon the routine was explained to the cadets. Co. 48 furnished the guard for the night, but as the boys were pretty tired no trouble was experienced in keeping the camp quiet. Friday and Saturday were spent in range work. Several good scores were made and from the way things look now the school rifle team should win this year’s shoot. Sunday was Visitors’ Day and a large crowd came out to camp to see the progress the boys had made. The day was spent in putting on different tactics, but time was also allowed the boys to show their parents and friends around camp. Monday morning the boys arose with heavy hearts, for this was the last day of the encampment. ‘Tents had to be taken down and the ground policed. However, the boys set to work with their usual pep and vigor and made quick time on finishing. At one-thirty the special cars arrived and the school was reached about three-ten. In the efficiency cup contest Co. 48 had kept the lead to the last day, but some- how Co. 49 managed to win out by one point. Thus ended the best encampment the Richmond High cadets have ever put out. Next year’s encampment is doubtful, but the memory of this year’s trip will live forever in the minds of the two hundred cadets who took part in it. 20