The Dalles Wahtonka High School - Steelhead Yearbook (The Dalles, OR)

Page 29 text:

firm STEELHEAD Senior Class prophecy CAST Student in Germany ......... Allen Phillips Doctor in Germany ..... .. . Herbert Zutz Mr. Bailey ..... . ..... ...Floyd Bailey Mrs. John. .. .. . ...... Nina Issel Mrs. Bailey .... ........... H arriet Rorick SCENE A study in the home of Allen Phillips in the outskirts of Berlin, Germany. TIME May 18, 1943 fAllen Philips is poring over volumes of books in his study on a very stormy night and suddenly comes upon a 1933 ht-1-els he:td. J Allen: CAfter glancing at the calendarl Well, well, just ten years ago tonight that the class of '33 graduated from Old Dalles High! How time does fly! I just wonder where all the old gang is tonight. I suppose that they've scat- tered to the four corners of the earth. fContinues to gaze reminiscently into space. In the meantime there is a sound of someone at the door. Goes to it and admits Herbert Zutz carrying a valisal Herbert: Good evening, could you direct me to a cab station? I'm completely turned around in this storm. In fact, this is my first case in this part of Berlin and I'm not very well acquainted with the streets. Allen: WVhy, certainly sir. but won't you come in and dry off a bit before starting on? Herbert: Why, thanks, I'd be glad to. This certainly is bad weather. Allen: Just sit here, Mr. ---- Herbert: Zutz ---- Dr. Zutz. Allen: Glad to know you Doctor Zutz. By the way, you aren't any. relation to a fel! low by the name of Herbert Zutz. are you? Herbert: fSurpris2dJ Why, to tell the truth my name is Herbert. Allen: Not Herbert Otto Zutz? Herbert: That's my name, but I c:m't stem to plaoe you! Allen: Why. Otto, you old hypocrite. you old web-footed Oregonian, you old far- mer-whatl you a doctor? fShakes his hand violentlyb. You don't remember me? VVhy, I'm All-en Phillips. Why, man I graduated in the same class you did. Herbert: Do I! Well, who would have thought that I'-d meet you so far away from The Dalles? What are you doing over here anyway? Allen: Oh, j'ust trying to improve my mind Cwaves toward booksj. I thought at grad- uation that I knew all there was to know but I was a little Wrong! qVoices at the door, someone knocks.J Allen: There-'s someone at the door, excuse me just a moment! fOpens the door to ad- mit Floyd Bailey and Harriet Rorickj Floyd: Good eve-ning could you direct us to a repair garage?' This is our first trip through this country, and, of course, our car w-ould break down when it was storm- ing! We saw your name on the box out- side and it sounded 'Amercanish so we took a chance on asking you. Allen: Why, of course I'll be glad to help you but just step inside a moment and warm up a bit before you go, won't you? Harriet: Thanks awfully, it's very kind of you. Come, Floyd let's warm up a bit be- fore we get the car fixed. Allen: Do! Sit right here on the sofa! Oh, pardon m-e--- meet my freind Dr, Zutz. Dr. Zutz, this is ---- Floyd: Mr. and Mrs. Bailey. Herbert: Very pleased to meet you. Allen: And my nam-e is Phillips. The doctor here, also stopped to get out of the storm and I discovered that he is an old class- mate of mine. In fact, we graduated together in 1933 at a little place called The Dalles, Oregon, in the United States. Floyd: Well, wou1dn't that jar you? Those men standing before you, Harriet, are Allen Phillips and Otto Zutz of old D. H.S. Harriet: Sure enough! Don't you know us? I used to be Harriet Rorick and this, my husband, is Floyd Bailey. Allen: Well, I'll be a Pillsbury Pancake! Sure enough, and am I glad to see you! fShakes hands all around with beaming faces? Herbert: I wonder where all the old class- mates are by now? T-en years is a long time. Harriet: Well I can tell you where Helen Hall and John Cauller are. They're mar- rierl and running the 5 and 10 cent store at The Dalles. And do you know? We read in a newspaper while we were on the boat that Arthur Hansen and Dan Ford were just sent to San Quenten prison for big- amy. Floyd: WVhile we were traveling through India we saw Jerry Crum. He is a famous

Page 28 text:

TA' T H E- s T DE-ETIMFEMWW A Senior Song There were days at old Dalles high That have made us laugh and cry We'll remember all our happy times As we journey on to other climes All the sorrows we have sadly met with Make us glad for futures that we sae And the days that we will think of mostly Are Dalles high days of '33, There were times at old Dalles high That have sped so swiftly by When we had so very many joys Which are dear to all us girls, and boys We enjoyed the lessons we were taught And know they'll not be soon forgot Well remembered, shall you always be- The Dalles high days of '33. There were moments at Dalles high school We can never quite forget Though we'll all have our new worries These good days will ever linger yet They were filled with mirth and sunshine A,nd with laughter and with glee And we will all remember Those good old days of '33. -Miriam Gilbert -Prudence Hix --Dorothy Read 22

Page 30 text:

Wtgwvww n-MWW?-'w?-wwAiv'- E S T E E L H E A D T H hypnotist, and. by the way, he is married to Emma Craft. Verona Adkisson and Dorothy Still are raising white elephants in Boyd, Oregon and shipping them 'oo ln- dia Allen: I read in an Oregon paper that was sent me that Herbert White was Governor of Oregon---and, that he was engaged to marry his private secretary, Margaret Wiley. l wonder what ever came between her and Ray Kelly. Herbert: Whatever happened to Harpo Howell and Millard Heath? I-lariet: Why don't you know? They're famous! They invented some sort of air- plane in which they attempted a flight to Mars, and came back with the most startling tales of landing on Jupiter! Personally, I think the atmosphere al'- fected their brains. Allen: NVell, for gracious sakes! Who would ever have thought that those boys would go so far. Floyd: Masashi Migaki and His-ako Yoshin- ari are married and raising onions as big as pumpkins in Rowena, Oregon while Virginia Peck and Miriam Gilbert have been sent to Africa to teach the pigmies the art of reducing. Herbert: Himmel! lf you think t.hat's strange listen to what my mother wrote me the other day. Crene Hazlett and Vir- ginia Desch are artist's models in Brook- lyn, New York and they say that they are drawing immense salaries! Allen: My wife wrote m-e that Patty Cyph- ers and May Ralph are making thousands running a roadhouse on the Rowena Loops. May and Eldon Emerson are mar- ried and she has made him the official bouncer. lsn't that just jolly? Harriet: Who is your wife, Allen? Allen: Oh didn't I tell you? NVeIl, first I was married to Winifred Marsh, but when she won the Olympic swimming champ- ionship she wouldn't live with me so I married Wilda Dixon, however when she joined Fanchon and Marco's Stage Show I sued her for a divorce as l don't believe in such things. Then I married Evelyn Buskuhl who is at present selling meg- azines to send me to school. You re- member all of those girls, l'm sure. Floyd: Oi' course. And Esther Dexter, Loye Barnard, Zeta Alexander, and Marvel Os- borne arc the famous Sap Sisters on the stage at Dufur, Oregon. Harriet: Naturally Dorothy Read and Paul Fauerso are married and are living at Rowena where Paul is the Chief of Police. Fran Martin and Allen Tom are married, too, Allen is still unemployed since the Depression so Fran is taking in wash- mg. Herbert: Fran was always so domestic! But say, does anyone know where Bob Fulton is? Harriet: Oh, it's perfectly priceless! He and Bill Johnston are running a dairy farm. They are having cocoanuts imported from Africa because they never learned to milk a cow!! Isn't it just killing? Allen: .lust ripping! But, I say, you folks are cold and I know you wouldn't object to a cup of coffee, I'll have my house- keeper bring some in-I always have some about this time in the evening as it stimulates and helps me on with my work. ffiings bell on desk.J Enter Nina Issel Nina: VVas there something, Sir. Allen: Yes, Mrs. Jahn, bring coffee for four. Exit Nina Floyd: Mrs. Jahn! Say, that reminds me. VVliat's Max Jahn doing anyway? All-en: You know, l've often wondered. Max always said that he was going to be a bachelor and live all by himself on an island somewhere. Re-enter Nina Allen: Oh, here is our coffee. By the way Mrs. .lnhn you aren't any relation to Max Jahn of The Dalles. Oregoln, U. S. A.. are you. Nina: tsurprisedj Well, 1 guess I am! As it happens, l'm his wife, but Cshakes her fist? if I ever see him again there won't be any Max Jahn. Herbert: YXVIISTE2 is he? Nina: I don't know-but if I ever catch him-. NVO got married just aft.r we gradu:ited--- Harriet: After you graduated? Did you graduate with Max? CNina nodsj Then you ought to know us-. This is Herbert Zutz, your employer here is Allen Phillips, and my husband is Floyd Bailey, and I'm, or used to be, Harriet Rorick. But who are you? Nina: VW-ll, of all things!!! VVhy, 1'm Nina Issel. Allen: You Nina? And here you've been my housekeeper for three months and I dldn't know you! But where's Max? Nina: VVelI, the last I heard of him he was out catching butterflies with Pearl Potter so right then I left for Germany. But, he's not important to me anymore. Let's talk about someone else. l've been wondering about Lorraine Spickerman. Vvhere is she now 'Z Floyd: W'hy, Lorraine Spickerman, Frances and Elizabeth Toomey are working for