Salinas Junior College - La Reata Yearbook (Salinas, CA)

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it took the Curtain Raiser to get them to such heights. Then came James P. Thorup, whom, of course, St. Peter knew and speedily admitted. Georgia Moffitt attempted to get in in Norine Balch's pocket, but was detected and removed. During the fuss, Harold Lee, Jack Lee, Lois Roberts, Robert Nelson, and the Shimotsukas slunk out the gates, saying they had only come for the ride anyway. St. Peter's troubles were not over. A balloon broke through the Stratosphere and was seen to contain those famous physicists, Fred Mc- Abeer, Kenji Nishi, William Watts, Robert Kitaji, and Harry Yamamoto. Oh, the horror of it! They were not dead yet.. The old gate-keeper called out of the Storm troops and in a minute neither vest nor vestige of the in- truders remained. Sachi Iwashige, Alice Wiechring, and Taneko Irino were put to work sluicing off the desecrated area. With a sigh St. Peter settled back in his easy chair. The next visitor was none other than the soul of Madeleine Lowell. Before the astonished Peter could so much as refuse her, she launched into an J N impassioned speech that lasted fully two hours St. Peter meekly opened the gate. Madeleine was heard to say as she entered: This is purrr-feet. A Japanese Art gallery fire brought another group up, including Fumiko Yamamoto, Dan Mizokami, Ben Takahashi, Toshi Nagano, and M. Matsumune. There was some hesitation as they stepped into Heaven. Someone was heard to remark what a grave undertaking it was. Night fell, like all else. Jim Alsop threw the Evening Star over the wall. The headlines announced that Levon Askew and Jess Campos had been sainted. Editors Calderon and Alvarida had apparently made a mistake some place. Seven people appeared before the gates. It was Doris Alexander and her staff hunting for Heaven with a Flashlight. Finally St. Peter closed up and went back to bed, his heavenly gates closed, and his heavenly gait slowed. About two hours later Albert Lingley appeared. He looked at the locked gates, and then he went sadly back for a tardy slip. It was understood that all of the members of the Class of 1934 that had not appeared on that memorable day had left Salinas to get away from the fog. 026

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Sugawara, and Ivan Pickens. They announced that they were studying hydro-dynamics, and St. Peter directed them to a better field for their activities. Labor troubles and Red uprisings gained admittance as martyrs for Elmer Cosseboom, Mary McQuat, Dale Harris, and Kay Rhodes. Ward Hiserman was immediately assigned to the task of painting new scenery behind four abandoned thrones. The Heavenly Choir, consisting of Norma Hile, Gladys Fay Butler, Louise Fiese, Helen Neal, Julia Martella, Freida Hebrard, and Gladys Onoye, sang Isn't It Heavenly to welcome the newcomers. Ex-pretzel benders Jack Reed, James Plaskett, Leo Silacci, and Russell Sweetman made halos for them. The next half hour was rather hectic. Aloha Tisher, Helen Fontes, Ed Kelly, and Gladys Neilson applied, but were shown the sign on the gate reading No Teachers Allowed. The souls of Jim Errington and an Aberdeen Angus cow arrived next, and the thoughtful saint sent them to Pastures of Heaven. He might have said: Go to grass, but several cen- turies of such puns had made them a trifle overgrown. Till noon Heaven was overrun with pedlers. Enos Vosti arrived to tune the harps, Theo- dore Closter and Oliver Spicer left samples from the Airflow Wing Co., Marie Pope delivered an order of cushions, and the boy from the Celestial Grocery Store, Incorpsorated, Johnny Lumsden, left the daily order. Just as St. Peter prepared to close the tradesman's gate, a voice piped up: It's the Fuller Brush man. And there was Jim Tetrick. The noon whistle blew, and St. Peter closed up and went to lunch at the Casentini Heavenly Restaurant. Rose Franci served one of Anna Morasco's famous meals. The saint had honey and nectar. After luncheon the afternoon rush began. Congressmen Everett Wall- ing, Wilfred Scheffler, Ed Mahler, Ralph Cosseboom, and Lucille Ogle swaggered up. Saint Peter slammed the gates and hurriedly hung out the No Politicians Allowed sign. But the group on the outside was not to be discouraged: They found a loophole and slipped through. St. Peter was having his difficulties. Nancy and Jane Hughes were the next to arrive, and he was troubled about his eyesight-thought he was seeing double. Finally he closed his eyes and then let them in. But the worried look did not leave his face. John Rice followed the twins after convincing the Recording Angel that Roger was only an alias. Marjorie Tholcke, Thelma Thomsen, and John Freeman made the grade, although 259

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