Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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take her place. Among the others you may meet is the former Miss Jean Gidley who was also shot recently—but it was with one of Dan Cupid’s arrows. You will be enraptured by the antics of our female acrobats, Martha Baldwin, Carol Drouin, Linda Buccia- relli, Victoria Peterson, Leda Ghieri, Theresa Parella, Helen McBurney, Jessie Lupton, Edna Howsman, Lucille McDonough, Fern Johnston, Lucille Data, Merriam Cross, and Freda Bria, as they scamper hither, thither and yon under the big top. Their agility reminds one of monkeys. They also chatter. You will be enthralled by the echoing voice of the world’s champion hog caller, Ann Perricone, and by our nimble Lester (or is it Chester?) Clark, who dives into a pool of water three feet deep, from a platform 100 feet in the air. You will be en- chanted with our hula dancers, Mary Madigan, Margaret Foley and Slavka Alexich. You will laugh uproariously at our jocose clowns, Lido Banducci, Alfred Anderegg, Gus Cakos, Taylor Knight, Clyde Mason, Harold Smersfelt, Bobbie Robbins, Richard Jones, Spencer Prange, Karl Johnson, Fred Carico, Charley Giovannetti and Phil Picton, led by their king, the great Eugene Marshall, as they trip over their own feet or slap themselves in the face. You will gaze hypnotized by our snake charmer, Celia Muzzi, while she walks nonchalantly among the most poisonous of the venomous reptiles. You will hold your breath, as on the wire swaying 75 feet above your head, Junsuki Agari carries Norvelle Juri and Sono Adachi on his head while riding a bicycle. You will cover your ears as our big 17-inch naval gun in rapid succession hurtles Naomi Brown, Alice Olson, and Marjorie O’Neill Mealman into the air. You will sympathize with little Anna Mae Williams as she is being used as a baseball by our Powerful Lady, Margaret Casey at the bat. You will sit with bated breath as Walter Kreutzen, our blond daredevil, steps into the cage and charms 55 wild tigers with his soothing sax. Never before or never again will you see such juggling as that done by Bill Faulkner and Jess Gardner. You will be scared out of your wits as Bill McLaughlin catches Johnny Starke like a football, from a tremendous height. “Hercules Henry” Kong, otherwise known as King, will astonish you as he lifts 17 h orses, 3 cows, Nestle Lewis, Evelyn Alpegene, Mary Morri, and Dorothy Hanson. Please don’t scream when you see Jack Casey and Bob Vermette dive from a platform 117 feet in the air into Velma Siemer’s thimble. You will be ter- rified by the blood-curdling half-man, half-beast, Elton Williams. A thrill that you'll only know once in a long lifetime comes when, from the 75-foot ladder, Betty Mae Thomas leaps into the air in her sensational fire dive. Our famous yodeling peanut vendors, Elaine Eubanks, Hilda Pimm, Betty Poage, Katie Polich, Ruby Pons, Pearl Villa, and Lorraine Storey, will amuse you in the approved Swiss style. You’ll get your money’s worth ten times. The evening begins in fifteen minutes. Get your tickets now and have the choice seats of the house. Buy them at the red and blue wagon at your right. Come on in, ladies and gentlemen, come on in. Eprror’s Note: In wandering around the circus grounds waiting for the big show to start, we spy the tent gang involved in a crap game. In as much as Kenny Henson owned the dice, he had quite a pile of clothing in front of him. Doug Salmi seemed to be the heaviest loser, although Eddie Re, General Pearson and Wagner Williams were run- ning him a close race. “Schnozzle” Combis threw the dotted discs with a colossal “hotch-cha-cha-cha”, and John Elefther, Bryan Birch and Charley Nagy, expert though they are at the pastime, were forced to retire from the game. Walter Hattich and “Red” LeFebvre seemed to be pretty adept with Brother Henson’s dominoes, as they seemed to be doing fairly well for themselves. Further ramblings revealed John Calletti and Stanley Beck hard at work in the menagerie. They were feeding and watering the monkeys, while Clifford Davies and (Continued on Page 26) a —

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SENIOR CIRCUS A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, when our grandparents hadn’t even been thought about yet (thanks, Mr. Madson) ; what we’re trying to say is—In olden days when the carnival! spirit was one of the outstanding features in the life of the European peasants, a period of wild rejoicing, frolicking, and fun-making preceded each serious occasion. The people, realizing that after the solemn days were at hand they must remain austere and dignified, made the most of the preceding days, and held festivals, parades, and pageants to celebrate their “release from the flesh.” Now our one hundred and twenty-three graduating seniors romp and make merry in celebration of the completion of their high school careers. With what joy and laughter they careen about, what mirthful songs and carefree spirit is in the atmos- phere. Come with me, as we approach the crowd on yonder. What is it the fellow in the derby hat is shouting? Oh, look, don’t you recognize him? It’s The Pleich himself! Hurry, we can’t miss a word of what he is saying. Note: Here follow the great words of our honorable orator: Hear ye. Hear ye. Gather “round, ladies and gentlemen, while I, in my pitifully limited vocabulary attempt to describe to you the most colossal, gigantic, stupendous, and prodigious attraction on the face of the earth; that show of shows; that carnival of carnivals; that panorama of panoramas: The Senior Circus! Over 100 talented artists in two amazing acts. Listen carefully, ladies and gentlemen, while I briefly enumerate the various features of this colorful performance. Now you will see that mysterious magician from the Orient, Art Stribley, and his shadow, Cecil Smith, in some inexplicable manner, escape from the Mechanics Bank vault while it is under ten feet of water. Youll see Melwood “Vino” Walker and his mirth-provoking, rib-tickling group. of trained penguins. You will see Bob Schultz, the only living human with a zipper on his operation. You will see—hey, sonny, yeah, I mean you, Ray McPherson, get out from under- neath the tent. You can’t sneak in here—You will see for the first time since his inno- vation, that famed personage of the sea, Jack Tarr. Charley Reynolds, Homer Ander- son, and Johnny O’Malley, those daring young men on the flying trapeze, will go through their aerial man euvers at the very peak of the big tent. Imagine, for the same price you may witness such an outstanding performance as Stephanie “Paderoofski” Clark and Marion “Canary” Gordon as the former accompanies the latter in the famous opera by Helen Hin- shaw, “Over There”. You will see the shortest man in the world, Jerome Vloeberghs, do battle with a ferocious spider. Jake Perlman will as- tound you when he balances Helen Jackson, Ramona Jones, and Al Waring on his left eye- brow. . What is it? You want to know if your son, Paul Blank, can get in for half price? Cer- tainly, ma’am, anyone under twelve years of age. You will be astounded, ladies and gents, as “Bullet Bob” Abernethy outlines Stella Bruno with machine gun bullets. His original partner, Josephine Ogolin., was accidentally shot last week, but Stella quickly consented to Evetyn ALPEGENE

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