Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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THE SIMSBURY PROPHECY: SATURDAY. JULY 29, T950 RESURRECTION OF SUNDAY SCHOOL LIFE MoThers are again sending Their liTTle ones To Sunday School. The increased use oT pageanTs is cIirecTly responsible Tor This . They say ThaT even The pro- verbial bullies of The E.W.S. Schools are eaTing vegeTables again. ApparenTly This applies also To neaTness, Tor The Teach- ers are no longer complaining ThaT child- ren break inTo Their classrooms and leave Them in a sTaTe of uproarious chaos. The source of This inspiraTion seems To radi- aTe from one person. The cenTral parTs in The religious pageanT are some- whaT obscurred by The glory oT The angel. Suspended genTly from The dome oT The church, she Tenderly smiles aT The adoring children. Her beauTiTul plaTinum hair Trames her Tace in a shin- ing halo. To mosT she is The Angel, buT To us who know her she is simply Eleanor Norris. NEVER MISS A TRICK COCH- RAN SCORES AGAIN The Tamous woman deTecTive, Eleanor Cochran, by Thorough and careful plan- ning, so characTerisTic oT her. Traced The mysTerious killer Messy Mike To his lair early This morning. She was quoTed as saying ThaT The key To his downfall was his lack of puncTualiTy, keeping his mind on his work and general worldliness. This paper ioins wiTh all The ciTy's ciTizens in hearTfelT Thanks To Miss On The Ball Cochran Tor ridding us of The noTorious menace To modern organized living. GOSSIP LINKS JANET MacCOLL WITH No. I PLAYBOY JaneT MacColl, The Gilbow socialiTe niTe club singer, has oTTen been seen in The company oT America's No. I glam- our boy. aThleTic Joe Blow. WalTer Win- chell and oTher news commenTaTors are wondering iT The union of Two such opposiTe characTers as The sporTs lov- ing Blow and socialiTe MacCoII will be successful. Who knows: your guess is as good as ours. FIVE MORE MAHATMA GANDHIS The inhabiTanTs of Grand CenTral AT- Tic on The Top oT The Walker I-IoTel have gone on a sTrike lwhich aT This daTe has lasTed 5 daysl againsT The oTher 3,000 inmaTes because They claim ThaT when They reTurn aT nighT aTTer a hard day's work The enTire hoT waTer supply has been used up. They squaT on Tive liTTle sTraw maTs and sTare inTo SPACE. These five sTarved women. exercising The uTmosT will power are Selena Alig, Anne Cunning- ham, MarTha Ely. Joan Peaboy and Sue SmiTh. The quesTion is how long can They endure. MORE PLEASURE PER PUFF- MORE PUFFS PER PACK says Pinkie I-lolTon, dare devil oT The skies. Her all-Time record Tor TloaTing in a baskeT suspended Trom a balloon 38 hours, I9 minuTes, 40 seconds. And apparenTly The only reason why she came down Then was ThaT aTTer having Thrown ouT all remaining supplies, including mosT oT her cloThes, To keep her aTloaT. she was leTT wiTh only a carTon oi Camels and aT The prospecT of being Torced To Throw Those ouT Too, she decided To come down. 79 SPERRY - THE SINGING CANARY This is The newesT TeaTure on The radio and one oT The besT according To all reporTs. Miss Sperry won unanimously a naTionwide conTesT because of her nu- merous qualiTicaTions. One gasps aT her lovely clear noTes ThaT Trill over The radio-WhaT a voice! BuT Miss Sperry really Throws herself inTo her parT. She picks dainTily aT her food: alThough iT chokes her, iT is said she eaTs only be- cause her manager insisTs on iT. He is TrighTTully worried by Miss Sperry's logi- ness, her enTire lack of pep. AlThough she is one oT Those people who geT up in The morning saying how well They feel and never admiT even a momenT's illness, she neverTheless lacks any viTaliTy. The besT soluTion Tound so Tar are CarTer's liTTle peppy pills and some raTher odd Fenny-MinTs which she eaTs in place of The regular aTTer-dinner minTs. Miss Sper- ry, having recenTly heard ThaT True canaries are green. uses a rinse ThaT is Turning her hair noTiceably green and makes her look even more like a slender birch Tree. ln privaTe liTe Miss Sperry is Mrs. SmiTh of ElizabeTh, New Jersey. Because of her slimness she is oTTen mis- Taken Tor her husband's son. HECTOR ELECTED PRESIDENT OF POLAR BEAR CLUB WinTer is here again, and wiTh iT The Polar Bears, Those early morning dippers in The deep amid The ice. BravesT oT all is CapTain Emily who emerges wiThouT a goose pimple. So while we shiver in our showers leT us Think of Emily.

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THE SIMSBUIQV DIQGIDHECY All The dirT ThaT we can dig Safurday. July 29. I950-- Page I Price Three cenTs Volume XCIX-No. I63 SLUGGER McGRAW SAWS WAY TO SPECTACULAR ES- CAPE FROM SING-SING LasT nighT saw The fourTh escape from prison of America's mosT noTorious woman criminal, Slugger Mush-face Mc- Graw. I.asT June she was convicTed by The Supreme CourT of embezzelmenf for S56.600,900.500. IT was discovered ThaT she had been cheaTing small Town busi- ness men and women of Their income by a clever and shrewd plan. I-ler escape from a padded cell on The second floor. To which she was con- fined a few days ago for her vicious aTTack on a maTron, has been Termed by experTs as miraculous. I ConTinued on Page 36, Column 4 ROWE FLIES FROM GREEN- LAND TO BRING RELIEF TO THE FARMERS AlThough we live in a civilized world supersiTions run high. The laTesT miracle was in The form of a woman who broughT rain To The droughf-sTriken farmers of Iceland. These farmers have noT had rain in any form for Three monThs and in desperaTion senT Their one plane. Social Service for The world famous Rain Woman. She is said To have The power of bringing showers land someTimes even bafhsl To waferless regions. IT is True ThaT aT her approach The heavens cried. THE THREE WOMEN IN POLI- TICS MAKE CAMPAIGN SPEECHES TONIGHT Even The men can have no obiecTion To These Three women, for seldom can Three women be found wiTh a more mas- culine ouTIook on life. Miss Jean WalTon who is The candidaTe for The SecreTary of Labor has TiTIed her address, We musT noT shirk aT work. Miss Elise Farley, nominaTe for PosTmasTer General, has Taken for her subiecT, BeTTer mail for all. Miss Virginia Backus. slaTed To be our nexT head of The G Men. is speaking on Crime does noT pay.' CAMPFIRE GIRLS CELEBRATE I2Th YEAR OF ACTIVE SERVICE UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP On This greaT occasion The Campfire Girls once more Take To The woods. Leader Baldwin has promised Them a rare TreaT. She infends To lead Them inTo unexplored wilds where no man has ever peneTraTed. Miss Baldwin is in every sense of The word a True campfire girl. Unconcerned wiTh worldly Things. she is happiesT possessing only The bare essen- Tials of life. Her self-exile for five years in The Wimpy-Wimpy Jungles will never be TorgoTTen. Alone in a TenT wiTh The birds as her only pIaymaTes, she TaughT The Wimpy-Wimpy naTives The arf of sfringing beads. 78 SISTER ECKARDT MADE MOTHER SUPERIOR Sisfer Jean Maria BabTisTa NicholisTa Kafzenbacha EckardT. iusT reTurned from her annual pilgrimage To Rome has been elevaTed To The rank of Mafhsr Superior. This Tifle was conferred upon her because of her life of serviTude and devouT living. From infancy her pure characTer has been admired by millions. Though she seldom smiles her face wears a look of peaceful sereniTy. CongraTuIaTory nofes may be senT To her aT Cedar Grove Rd., PrinceTon, New Jersey. THE NEW GENERATION IS HEADED FOR RUIN This was The Theme of Miss KeeIey's speech lasT night in The Town Hall. She is a firm believer in The Mass MovemenT To eIiminaTe some of The recreafions of our youTh. Among The leading criminal vices she lisTed IaTe hours. cheap vaude- villes. smoking and drink. No sooner had she uTTered This lasT word when one of The audience IeapT To The plafform. In eloquenT proTesT she swung a black-iack around her head saying, Down wiTh Keeleyg They can'T Take ThaT away from mel The rioTer was laTer idenfified as Saw Jaw Hill, proprieTor of one of The Town's worsT saloons known among The girls as The Boo Hoo Dive.

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THE SIMSBURY PROPHECY: SATURDAY, JULY 29, l950 KIDDIES APPLAUD WITH WILD JOY AS CIRCUS MAKES ITS ANNUAL VISIT Grown-ups Too enioyed The deaTh de- Tying TeaTs oT such a well known arTisT as BeTTina Balch. The nimble TighT rope walker. As Miss Balch nonchalanTly sTrolls To The cenTer of The rope and There pauses, she kisses her Tingers To The en- rapTured crowd below and wiTh a beam- ing smile on her face swings back and TorTh over Their heads. IT has been a subiecT of greaT debaTe wheTher Cudahy, The bearded lady. is really a woman or a man. The Tremen- dous lengTh oT her beard has broughT TorTh many suspicious quesTions on This problem. InTerviewers made Themselves dizzy Trying To Tollow Mary LeBlond. known as Blondie The Bare-back Rider, as she iumped Trom The well padded rump oT her moving whiTe sTeed To The equally soTT rump oT a black sTeed. As around and around The ring she wenT she ex- claimed ThaT There was noThing To iT buT balance. Women swooned, men TainTed as The powerful Lou KIipsTein, clad in a leopard skin, played wiTh The lions. Should any oT These beasTs misbehave, one piercing glance from Lou seTTles The quesTion. The problem of sex is seTTIed once and Tor all: The Iitfle woman wins ouT every Time. AnoTher TeaTure oT The GreaTesT Show on EarTh is Madame Rubicame of snake charm Tame. Cross-legged she squaTs on The bamboo maT and pipes a dreamy melody. To You SweeThearT, Aloha. WiTh a supercilious grin The serpenT sways and sliThers Toward iTs charmer. SNOOP-NOSE COLE SOUEEZES THROUGH ANOTHER CRACK We have oTTen wondered whaf The in- side oT The legendary Kennedy House is really like. For years we have heard Tales of iTs mirrored walls, whiTe saTined furnishings, iTs semi-gloom and languor- ous aTmosphere. Finally our ace reporTer managed To slip Through The mirrors. For The TirsT Time in her IiTe Miss Cole admiTTed surprise. She confirmed The rumors and added These sTarTling TacTs: noT only does Angela recline on a swansdown bed buT apparenTIy lies here Tor The greaTer parT of The day. Since childhood. she murmurs. she has been a laTe riser. buT The habiT has grown wiTh The years. IT is To TaciliTaTe This habif ThaT her TorTy odd rooms remain envel- oped in semi-gloom inspiring slumber. Her meals are broughT To her via an es- calaTor Trom The kiTchen To her Third Tloor bedroom, alongside her bed and down The backsTairs To The kiTchen again. Time marches on! GIRL FROM STICKS CLICKS AnoTher sTory oT counTry girl makes good came True Today. MargareT Wiess, a shy reTiring home-girl, came To New York Three weeks ago hoping. as Thous- ands yearly do. To crash The sTage. The dream came True This morning when pro- ducer Fincklebaulm spoTTed her as The perTecT Type Tor The role oT MoTher in Life WiTh FaTher. InhabiTanTs of Sims- bury will be looking forward To her sTage debuT wiTh graaT inTeresT, Tor ThaT is The Town she claims as her home. 80 MADAME WRIGHT RETURNS FROM SINGING ENGAGEMENT Mme. Eleanor WrighT. noTed opera singer, said she was glad To be home aTTer her sTrenuous Tour around The world. She is quoTed as saying ThaT her mosT Trying day was in AusTralia when she was asked To reTeree a Tennis maTch Tor chariTy. Shivering as a slighT breeze ruffled her heavy Turs, The Trail prima donna halTingly whispered a Tew words oT poeTic inspiraTion inTo The microphone. DODGE SIGNS A NEW WILL Miss Nancy Dodge. owner oT a chain of second hand iunk cars across The conTinenT. yosTerday signed her much dis- cussed will. To The greaT surprise oT all :he inTonds To leave her Tremendous forTune, running inTo billions. To Vivian, her peT monkey. The reason Tor This is ThaT Vivian has oTTen saved her misTress from numerous swindlers. Miss Dodge has always had Trouble wiTh one subiecT. Though possessed wiTh an oTherwise ex- cellenT mind she has never been able To counT and consequenTly runs The risk oT being highly cheaTed. She is saved from This by her ever-TaiThTul monkey who counTs Tor her.