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

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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.

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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 SIMSBURY PROPHECY: SATURDAY. JULY 29, I950 EX-WOMAN SCIENTIST HAS FRANTIC INTENT OF DESTROY- ING WORLD Yesferday happy picnicers in fhe Milky Way Valley were sfarfled oul of fher calm by fiendish cackles from The moun- 'rain heighls. The reporf was soon con- firmed fhaf The sfrange laughfer was from The half mad Nafalie Maffhews who for years has shuf herself up in a mounfain refreaf invenfing some mysferious gas by which she hopes fo bring The world fo an end. Scienfisfs lasf nighf expressed The belief fhaf she has succeeded in her aim. They are nol' quife sure buf fhey Think fhaf This new explosive is sef off by Ihe fouch of chocolafe candies. The rea- son for Their conclusion is +haf Through- ouf her life Miss Maffhews has expressed an infense dislike for candy in any form, and has often been heard fo remark fha? some day the world would realize ifs danger. REID, MADDEN. CLARK AND HANLEY CHOSEN FOR OLYM- FIC RELAY RACE These four young women were picked for America's fasfesf relay runners. Mrs. THE LADIES' COLUMN NEW SWERVE IN HAIR-STYLE PREDICTED Have you noficed how fhe ladies of our communify have been looking exceedingly well groomed Iafely? Tha? is because Anna Michel, fhe famous hair sfylisf. is iusf back from Paris wifh her suifcase chuck full of new ideas. If you foo wanf fo have fhaf cerfain look. drop in af Michel's and undergo Their new per- manenf. EYEBROW PROBLEM SOLVED A+ lasf we women no longer have fo suffer under bushy eyebrows. Those of you who wanf lo gef away from fhaf fhreaf- ening look had beffer send for The new booklef, Over Abundance of Brislles Banishedf' by Celesfe Browning. Miss Browning, shy by nafure, has consenfed fo publish This book and endure The con- sequenf fame, because she foo has suf- fered under fhis problem. YOUNG MANICURIST PROVES THAT CARE OF NAILS RESULTS IN BANISHMENT OF BRITTLENESS Mary Marge is an operafor in The Anna Michel Hair Salon. If all sfarfed over an argumenf wifh June Hope. offen billed gravel voice. who bifferly complains fhaf on radio programs as The lady wilh The her nails have always been a problem. Ever since I can remember. she says. They have always been shorf and britfle and nail polish is fafalI Miss Holley sfarfed growing her nails eleven monfhs ago and fhey have now reached The lengfh of 3V2 in. If is amazing whaf lime, care and science can do for The nails. 8 I Madden, beaming wifh pride, claims fhaf fhe secrel of Anne's success is fhe facl' fha? she has been on The run from The Time fhaf she leapf ouf of her cradle. Miss Hanley, nofed as a beaufiful physical ex- ample of buxom womanhood, is expecfed fo provide endurance for The Team. Miss Clark is known for her running form and Miss Reid for her quick spirifs af The finish. sq, IAN -se, 'r 2 NI Ill av GILLETT'S GYMNASTICS FOR GIRLS THE LATEST LINES IN STREAMLINED FIGURES Even a 'rwo hundred and fiffy Has a chance To be a nifTy I N -:-.P