South Zanesville High School - Conatus Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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Vlr ll Matthew ' s an Inventor, If you please, Of a mouse tr- p that doesn ' t need any cheese. Catherine McQuillan in school w«s a boop-boop-a-doop, Lately she met a man and knocked h.im for a loop. Since bidding the country life adieu, As a stenographer, Beatrice Reynolds has started out anew. Esther Riley, i ith her talkative ways, Is announcing over WHIZ these dayt . In a Main Street window in a ten cen ' . store. Is Joy Schofield frying doughnuts by : ' ie score - At the Metropolitan Betty Shook sang Carmen, But Ffter that she returned to f arrain ' . Arthur Steed, if I may be frank, Is now presiding over a Zanesville bank. Verna Sweet in her trailer on wheels Travels extensively and cooks all her meals, Esther Thomas is our first lady President. To think she was a South Zanesville rosid enti Mary Tipton, who is so dignified, I see is to be another June bridQ Lawrence Tov ning in basketball did shine, But now is working on the telephone lino. ' .Vhether you want y ur hair dyed red or brovm, Call on beautician Marjorie Wagner — she ' s the best in town, The fat. of the author I have left untold. She married many years ago and now she ' s old. Haul in the gangplank. Anchors aweigh. So sails the ship so mighty. I have brought to you In swift review The class of 1940. --Marilynn McClelland

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0:riA§§ CPQ 0[PO ,D:O v On life ' s own ship we all have sailed Although a decade now we ' ve had We who from the Class of ' 40 once hailed, Now view the life of each lass and ladr, O ' er the world ' s great sea they have travelled far On through life ' s sorrows and Joys they go, Revealing the kind of people they are. By the deeds, the mounts and the virtues they show. Now as we stand on the deck of our vessel We see before us life ' s story retold; And as they pass, we will try to retell A phase from the life of our classmates of oldo Eva Belle Barker, now a loving wife, Has three small boys to brighten her lifeo Louise Barker, one time Berkley Street Queen, Is now the inventor of a reducing machine. Nelson Burchett, a lecturer, dour and glum, Preaches on the Evils of Chewing G-um. Mary Jane Collins, a Jitterbug queen, Has danced with Bill Robinson on the screen. All work and no play is the mode, In Pauline Faires ' schoolhouse beside a country road.,. Mary France has chosen a thrilling career, She has been appointed a G-woman Just this year. Ray France is a scientific farmer, He ' s also known as a woman charmer. Francis G-ibson, though he used to drive a flivver. Now pilots a steambont on the Muskingum River. For all interested ladies I have a good hint, Forrest G-rant is coining himself a fortune in a U. S, mint, Bettie Harkness ' aims are high, She ' s an airplane stewardess up in the sky. Dorothy Hooper is now sitting on top of the world, She invented hair that in damp weather stays curled. Jack Kackley is a cowhand of late, He now rides the trail in a Ford V-8.

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n . LL u T Dear Parents, Teachers, Classmates, and Friends: My classmates have conferred upon me the honor of bld iing you welcome to our commencement. It is difficult to express our feeling of appreciation to you for the part you have played in preparing us for this occasion. First of all we want to bid our parents welcome. It has been a long hard struggle for them to see us through these last twelve years. To bid them welcome to our commencement seems in- sufficient. But perhaps we may some day be better prepared to repay them, Vv ' e certainly owe a heartfelt welcome to our teachers. To them we owe a debt of gratitude. They have labored unceasingly to aid us with our daily lessons. To you, our friends, we bid a cheery welcome. Through your backing and occasional boosts you have made our school life pleasant. We who stand before you tonight are together for the last time as the class of 1940, At the close of this, our commence- ment, we will step out to take our places in the world. i-Iany will seek higher institutions of learning, others will continue their education in the business world. In whatever we do we step out from the protecting roof of our homes and the guiding influence of our parents and teachers. vVhat should we expect of the future? Wo demand the right our forefathers fought for — the inalienable rights of life, lib- erty, and the pursuit of happiness. Do we have full liberty that is rightfully ours? It ' s true we have liberty to a greater extent than any other country In the liforld but still our liberty is not comTDlete, We are de- prived of our economic rights. The problem of distribution of wealth in a machine age has never been ' orked out without the destruction of individual liberty. To preserve this Individualism will be our Droblera. It is not a problem of Americo.n youth alone — it is one of world-wide interest. But America «gain must be the leader. Will she con- tinue her leadership in the economis field? Will society teach proper use of leisure time in order that the worker may use his right to pursue happiness v isely?