Stephen F Austin High School - Bronco Yearbook (Bryan, TX)

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 -4. .«. ..; ...------------ ....... . ... (Class Prophecy The Chicago-Bryan zeppelin moored at the City Airport at 5:30, April 1, 1946. My family had come to meet me in their new Fly-Hiesl motor bus, the newest air-traveling sedan out, which was manufactured by Roy Vick and sold by Kay Ilalsell. Though my parents were unusually glad to see me after an absence of fifteen years, 1 was too interested in the arrival of a mail plane to not ce them. I did notice, however, a familiar face in the crowd and recognized it, when the plane landed, as that of Bonnie, who was waiting for the pilot, my old friend Bennie Griffin. 1 motored up-town and landed on the roof field of Hotel Batts. My former classmate, Billy, had been quite successful, rising from bell-boy to owner of the biggest hotel in the city. Our suburban home was in Harvey, where John P. Barron was mayor and operator of the school subway, but I had decided to stay in the city for a few days to attend the Hoodoo-Yarmouth game, the respective coaches on each side being Melvin McNeelcy and Ralph Gomez. When I registered, I recognized the clerk, Andrew Anderson, who told me that Charles Ferguson, originator of the theory of heterocHlamy- deous electricity, was also back for a visit to the old home town. Frank Zubik, the elevator boy, took me to my room and introduced me to the floor maids, Estelle Armstrong, Winnie Clary, Nettie Nedhalek. and Ethel Mangis, who had received their positions because their basketball training enabled them to throw the towels on a rack above the reach of the hotel guests who wished to cut off the embroidery. On my way to the Vitasmell movie, owned by William Scoates, where Nina Bess Astin and Frank McGee were being starred in “The Sailor Goes Home,” I passed the Rawls and Konecny Grocery, headquarters for W. S. Johnson’s Kraft Limburger Agency. After the show, in which Bal- lard Harris and James Orms, accompanied by Mary Martha Black at the piano, were the features of the vaudeville, I went to the Moore and Tardy Department Store, controlled by those giants of finance who were for- mer classmates of mine. They called their entire staff, including Betty Syptak, private secretary; Ruth Smith, salesgirl at the cosmetic counter: Kenneth Buchanan, head of the “Ladies’ Lingerie Department”; Mary Beth Walker and Ruby Pritchett, models; John M. Barron, night watch- man; and Edilweiss Schultz and Aline King, bookkeepers. W hen I left Moore and Tardy Co., Inc., I was arrested by Bob Cloud, the speed cop, right in front of the Repass and Wilcox Garage. Morris was famous as the best tire-changer in three states.

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 I, Billy Batts, will my ability to have history book reports on time to Wayne Durham. I, Nettie Nedbalek, leave my height to Frances Pierson. I, Roy Vick, leave my “airmindedness” to Milton Osborn. We, Allie Cheatham, Winnie Clary, Millie Novosad, Edna McGregor, and Mary Beth Walker, leave our Shorthand ability to whoever might need it next year. I, Melvin McNeeley, will my liking for red hair to Gordon Edge. 1, Aline King, bequeath my figure to Betsy Searcy. I, Jane Cavitt, leave “Freddie” and the rest of A. and M. to Edna Earl Bethea. I, John P. Barron, will my seat in the Harvey Bus to Errol Arrington. I, Ruth Smith, leave Hugh to anybody who can keep him. We, Leon Konecny and William Rawls, leave our ability in Science to Earl Shelton. I, Estelle Armstrong, leave my “beaux” to Edna Smith. We, Charles Ferguson and Kay Halsell, leave Margaret Higgs to John W. Black, provided the Allen boys don’t get her first. I, Bennie Griffin, leave my Bonnie to whoever will take the responsibility of taking care of her. 1, Frank Zubik, leave part of my size to Jim Merka. I, Tom Hanus, leave my place on the football team to John Kincannon. 1, Patti Minkert, will my art ability to Alice Catherine Ogier. I, Frances Thomas, leave my extra credits to Jane Singletary. I, Cora Lee Hyatt, bequeath my meekness to Mary Ruth Ball. We, Ballard Harris and W. S. Johnson, leave our vocal ability to Clifton Griffin. I, Morris Wilcox, leave my Ford to Clarence Vick to give to the junk man. I. Ethel Wallin, leave my studiousness to Gladys Rawls. 1, Percy Tardy, will my blonde curly hair to some girl who wants it— say Maurine Neeley. We, Bess McGee and Winnie Vance, bequeath our modesty to Ann Bentley. 1, Betty Syptak, will my place as general typist of the school to Margaret Higgs. We, Foy Martin and James Orms, leave our book on “How to Graduate in Three Years” to Mit Morehead. I, Helen Fickey, bequeath my seat in study hall to Iola Barron. I. Adele Syptak, will my winning personality to Alice Hamilton. I, William Scoates, leave my Ford, in which to go back and forth from Bryan to College, to my sisters. I, Ruby Pritchett, will my complexion to “Sis” Barron. I, Mary Frances Harris, leave my black hair to Jo Anna Tatman. I, Ralph Gomez, leave my ability to play football to Eddie Bravenec. I. Elizabeth Sloop, will my musical talent to Louise Dyer. We, Andrew Anderson and Tom Repass, leave our stock judging ability to Raymond Buchanan. We, Leon Konecny and William Rawls, leave our ability in Science to Earl Shelton.

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 I then visited the school to pay my respects to the superintendent. Foy Martin; the basketball coach, Thelston Carroll; the head of the Eng- lish department, Charles Eicholtz; head of the commercial department, Edna McGregor; head of the mathematics department, Jane Cavitt; thi janitor of the building, Tom Hanus; and the physical training instructor, Helen Davis. Next afternoon 1 attended the Hoodoo-Yarmouth game, which was very exciting, as much as I saw of it. Most of the time I spent renewing some old acquaintances and discussing others. 1 talked to Patti Minkert, comic artist for the Harvey Herald and the Smetana Sun, for the first time since we had graduated. She told me that Allie Cheatham, Millie Novosad, Adele Syptak, and Ethel Wallin had established a business col- lege here. Winnie Vance, Elizabeth Sloop, and Bess McGee were vaude- ville queens in the Follies. I was very surprised to behold Ethel (nee Ferguson), who held the position as assorter of rusty nails and bent screws in a certain building firm. She informed me that Cora Lee Hyatt and Mary Francis Harris were very successful in the interior decorating business, and that Marie Robertson had a beauty parlor in the same shop with them. Just as the whistle blew for the end of the game, Ethel told me as the last bit of gossip that Edna Pearle and Eck had at last settled down to a quiet and peaceful life in a little bungalow' next door to a pop-gun factory, and that Frances Thomas was heading an expedition of archaeologists in search of Latin manuscripts to reveal the active past participles of the verbs, nascor and reminiscor.