Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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SCENE V Place: Beacon Room. Time: I966. Verna Nelson II: We'll have lo work like a couple ol luries in order lo gel lhis Beacon oul on lime. We're 'sposed lo gel il oul lhe day belore lhe homecoming game. Joe Yurkievich, Jr.: Who saw lhal lisl lasl? Grela Hansen II: Whal Iisl are you lalking aboul? Joe Jr.: The lisl conlaining all lhe names ol lhe I936 class. Silly Sophomore: I'm so sorry. lGiggIe, giggIe.l I've had il in my lheme book lor a week. Do you wanl il? Joe lin very sweel lonesl: Oh, no. Only my Aunl Emma wanled lo know il il was in sale hands. I guess she had a righl lo worry. Grela: Here, Silly, give me lhal lisl. Lel's see, now. We'll have lo make a lisl ol lhose who are coming. and lhose who aren'l. ls lhal all righl? Verna: Yes. Grela: The lirsl name on lhe Iisl is Gladys Anderson. Has any- one any news aboul her? Joe: All I know is lhal she is coming lor lhe big game. Silly Sophomore: I heard my lalher say lhal when she wenl here she gol a prelly pink slip lor skipping school. lGiggles.l And Iusl lhink, she and my dad used lo be on lhe same loolball leam. Joe: You and your dad. Ugh. Does anyone know whal she's doing now? Grela: Yes, she gives lhese prelly pink slips oul lo Park Slu- denls now. She's chiel olilice girl. Verna: The nexl name is Bill Beyer. He's married now, I guess. Grela: My molher said lhal when he wenl lo Park he had a blue and orange car. His pel ambilion was lo coax il lo do 50. Yes. he's married now. He married lhe blonde in roll call l3I. Joe: I bel he's having a swell lime running his lamily: or maybe his lamily runs him. Thal's lhe way il goes. Grela: Slick an i belween lhe u and n in run and you'II be righl. Verna: The nexl one is Barbara Cobb. She wenl oul wesl lo gel some resl from lhe Music Goes Round and Round and so lhal she could have wide open spaces in which lo do her lhinking. Guess whal she's doing now? All: Whal? Verna: She ioined a wild wesl show. I don'l lhink she'll be able lo gel here lor homecoming. Pal Townsend is wilh lhal show, loo, as Bullalo Billy. Can she ridel She was good when she was al Park, bul now she's so good people have lorgollen lhere ever was anolher rider in wild wesl shows. I don'l suppose she'd be able lo come eilher. Joe: We'd beller pul lheir name on lhe doubllul Iisl. Who's nexl? Grela: Jean Huber. She's a nurse now al some hospilal in Chicago. Silly Soph: She's an unusual nurse. I heard she pacilisls er-ah- pac-. Joe: Pacilies, you know, like pacilier. Al Ieasl you oughla know whal a pacilier is. Srilly Soph: Well, anyhow, she pacilies her palienls by singing lo l em. Joe: Any olher dope on her? Grela: According lo lhis old Beacon arlicle sne used lo lrighlen leachers wilh her 'lils ol giggling. Verna: Floyd Jensen is nexl on lhe lisl. From whal I heard. he caused his leachers lo add a lew more gray hairs lo lheir collec- lion. I wonder whal he's doing now. Joe: He's an iceman in Hollywood. Grela: Marcella Johnson is nexl. All I know aboul her was lhal she could beal Waller Winchell al his game. Silly Soph: Here's a Ieller saying lhal she won'l be able lo come lo our homecoming game. Grela: Whal does she do now? Verna: She's a snake charmer in lhe Barn and Bail Circus. Silly Soph: The nexl name is Jeanne LaTour. I wonder whal she's doing now? Verna: Don'l you ever read lhe papers? She's a well-known iournalisl lor lhe New York Tribune and has plenly ol work. Joe: So, who's lhe nexl viclim? Verna: Belh Marrion. Her name has been in lhe paper quile ollen. Silly Soph: Why? Verna: Haven'l you heard over lhe radio, Molher Belh and Her Bedlime Slories? Well, lhal's Belh Marrion. Verna: Harriel Rasmussen is lhe nexl person. Does anyone know anylhing aboul her? Silly Soph: Oh, yes, I do. She painls signs lor bill-boards. Verna: She seems lo be a spIashy sorl ol person. Grela: Why? Verna: Well, her lavorile sporl is swimming. lGroans lrom lhe olher lhree.l Grela: The nexl name is Margarel Nelsen. AII:hWhy, sure, and she was lhe one whose lavorile subiecl was mal . . Joe: Bel she culs some neal ligures now. IMore groans.l Verna: Who's nexl on lhe Iisl? Silly Soph: Dorolhy Jane Nelsen is lhe nexl one, and she is Oalmelia Earharl's lower er-ah undersludy, and did she used lo moan aboul her physics assignmenls. Joe: You're improving, Silly. Grela: Helen Skewes is lhe nexl one. She's been compiling reading lisls lor high school sludenls. She liked lo read, and English was her lavorile subiecl. Joe: Edward Qualheim's nexl. He's lhe one who used lo work so hard in hislory class-work lo gel oul ol work. Who's nexl? Grefla: Aldo Ricchio. He's lhe member ol lhe school board who is campaigning lo have chemislry subsliluled lor English. Joe: My pal. Verna: Helen Page is anolher campaigner. Silly Soph: Wasn'l she lhal sweel lillle French girl whom every- one adored? Joe: Yes, lhal's her. Donald Richardson's nexl. He slill has'lhal vaqabond spiril in him. They say lhey see as lillle ol him in lhe ollice as lhey used lo in school. I wonder il he ever gels any business done? ' Grela: The nexl one is John Krewal. He poses lor loolh pasle ads. His lavorile hobby is collecling rare obiecls. Silly Soph: I wish I was a rare obiecl. Verna: Theda Taylor is lhe nexl name. She's an English leacher al McKinley Jr. High. Joe: The nexl name is William Sell. His grealesl ambilion was lo do lwo lhings al once. He has accomplished il. He 'can rock a cradle and read al lhe same lime. Silly Soph: Whal is he, a prolessional baby lender? Verna: The nexl one is Harlow Zebell. When he was in high school his vocalional inleresl was loreslry. The closesl he ever gol lo il is when he looks in lhe Washinglon Park woods lor slray goll balls. Joe: The nexl viclim is Jerome Roberls. He's presidenl ol lhe Tramp Club. His grealesl ambilion was lo see lhe world, and he accomplished lhis wilh his chums. Silly Soph: Mary Emma Wyman is lhe nexl one. She enlered a diving conlesl and won a prize-by mislake. However, al lhe presenl she is a greal woman pholographer and is employed by a large newspaper syndicale. . Verna: Well, I guess lhis linishes our lisl. Silly Soph: Hey. you lorgol your parenls. Joe: Gosh, lhal's righl. Well, Silly, you lix lhal up lor us. Silly Soph: O-kay. Aheml Joe Yurkievich, lhe Firsl, is now coach al Washinglon Park High, where he was a lrack slar when a sludenl. How's lhal? Joe: Swell! Thal's my pop! I Silly Soph: Grela Hansen I is lhe person who inlroduced lhe now lamous Madame Greling Cosmelicsf' Grela II: Don'l lorgel lo say lhal she's a swell molher. Silly Soph: Lasl, bul nol Ieasl, is Verna Nelson, whose niece allends our school. Verna I is in Paris crealing new coillure sl les. Jdle: Well, I guess lhal's all. Gee. I'm hungry. Lel's go down lo Cozy Inn lor lunch. How aboul il? Grela: Swell! Lasl one lhere fools lhe bill. Curlain

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Row I: Kennelh Hansen-l4, Karhryn Harbridge-4, Marlon Hislop-I4, Franlc Hay-2, Claribel Howarcl-IO. Row 2: Mary Horalc-l, Mary Hein-I, Francis Held-2, Belly Jayne Hinrz-I5, Helen Jenisra-I4. Row 3: Harry Hinclrlifle-I7, Doro+l1y Hellman-IO, Ar- lhur Holmes-9, Helen Jacobsen-I5, Rulh Jensen-lb. Row 4: Rose Hoyer-I7, Rulh Heary-9, Lucille Hughes -IO, Clara Jensen-I5, Henry Janes-4. Row 5: Orland Hare-6, Helen Heclc-IO, Floyd Jensen -5, Harold Jensen-8, Jean Huber-5. lScene number 'follows narne.l -3'

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SCENE VI Place: New York landing field. Transconlinenlal plane charlered for Racine by Park graduales of I936. Time: '66. Slewardess: All aboard! Visilors off please. Plane leaves in I minule. ISeveral visilors file off: lhe gangway is lowered, lhe idling molors of fhe plane pick up, when a halless genlleman rushes up ralher brealhlessly, and nol loo nimbly iumps on board iusl as lhe plane slarls.l Slewardess: Well. you iusl made il. A lillle laler and you wouldn'l have gone on lhis plane. Charles Cape: Whew! I guess lhe old wind isn'l whal il used lo be. Can'l run lhirly yards wilhoul feeling bushed. Why, hello Bob! Roberl Borman: Hello. Welly! How are you? Haven'l seen you in a long lime. Nearly live years I guess. How's lhe law business and why so red-faced? Cape: Why, I'm fine and so is lhe law business, bul my wind is lerrible. How is your business? Who do you lhink will win lhe game? Borman: The business is booming: sold my firsl design, wilh or- ders for more, lo lhe governmenl. Oh, lhe game is in Park's lap righl now. , Cape: I fhink so, loo: lel's go over and see lhe olhers. IThe lwo walk lo a group iovially engaged in laIk.l Tall Fellow: Hello lhere, Welly. How are you? Cape: Ray Kayon! Why I haven'l seen you in several years. How are you? Say, lhal cerlainly was a line leam you lurned oul al N. Y. U. I never saw a beller baskelball leam. Kayon: Thanks, Charles, I had some wonderful malerial. lhal's all. lncidenlallypdo you see lhal shorl, heavy fellow? His name is Ish Kabibel lhe Russian Bear, lhe wresller. I was cerlainly sur- prised lo find oul he is Leonard Carrier, lhe Russian Bear from Racine. IEnler a man wilh a bollle in his hand. He addresses one of lhe passeng'ers.I Man: Say fellow, I'd be willing lo bel lhal you'd like a glass of lhis beer: lake some. Passenger: Go away, my son, do nol lempl me. I can see you are an man of lhe devil. Belling, and drinking beer! I fear for you. Beer-drinker: Whaaal? Lel me look al you. I lhoughl so. Tom Morrissey. Talking aboul lhe evils of drinking and lighl belling. Morrissey: Yes, I remember you, Tom-Ahh, she's gone. lHis wife leaves lhe plane car for anolher parl.l Now give me lhal beer. Oh! you beauliful bollle. Whal do you do now anyway? De Luca: Well, I represenl lhe largesl brewery in America. And whal a shameful speclacle: Morrissey a henpeckecl hus- band. Whal do you do? Enler Richard Gaiser: I would like lo know who lhe pilols of lhis plane are. Can'l lhey gel more speed oul of lhis plane? Slewardess: Lislen, iusl because you're a chief pilol on a vaca- lion you don'l have lo lhink you're so wonderful. The pilols here don'l come any beller. Gaiser: Well, I'm nol so old bul whal I could show lhem a few lhings. Who are lhey, anyway? Slewardess: They're Eddy Aiello and Dick Wilson, and il you can do any beller, you musl be Houdini. You sound like lhe bus-man on a holiday. Gaiser: Well, I suppose I'll have lo keep quiel. You look good for hours of il. De Luca: Aiello? Say, I'll have lo see him. lGoes forward.I Slewardess: We're slopping al Cleveland lo pick up more of your graduales going lo lhis game. Crowd: I wonder who'll come aboard: we probably won'l even know lhem. lThe plane lands, lhe door opens, and folks slarl filing in.l Kayon: Well, well, Radewilz. Slan, how are you? Whal are you doing now? Radewih: Hello, Ray. I'm a leacher now, a professor. Kayon: You a leacher? Whal do you feach, Slan? Why- Radewilz: I'm a leacher of mechanical drafling. I slarled a drafling school len years ago. Kayon: Hmmm! Fine, Slan. lTwo genllemen enler arm in arm singing a familiar lune, bul lhe words are nol underslandable.l Voice: Whal are lhey singing? I never heard such language. Cape llaughinglz Eddy Roberls and Llewellyn Williams, whal are lhose hideous noises? Williams: Say, lhal's real singing: wasn'l I in lhe glee club? I can sing. Eddy's nol bad eilher. Cape: Those words. I don'l quile- Roberls: My friend, lhose are line Welsh words. I, as presidenl of lhe Welsh Revival Organizalion and speaking in behalf of my assislanl whom I saved from lhe devil, deplore your levily al lhe grandesl air and words in lhe world. We have a powerful organizalion and may make you regrel lhose words. Cape: Whal do you do? Roberls: We are saving Wales from exlinclion in lhe arls and lellers, and my friend- A big powerful voice: Say- Williamsz Clark, old fellow. h Borman: Tom Clark! Say, lhal coal looks a bil old. Clark: Yes, I saved il for an evenl like lhis. Williams: How's business wilh lhe Inlernalional Super-Super Chemical Company, Tom? Clark: ll couldn'l be- IA man walks in: he has a sign hung on him, and he doesn'l say a word.I Voice: lReading from lhe sign.I I am Paul Lowry. I feel fine, am in lhe law business and doing well. I have losl my voice from greeling so many old graduales, bul I hope lo find il soon. Well, hello, Lawryl Slewardess: We're off for Racine. Radio-Operalor, James Risiner: Here's a lelegram from Lewis Belh, lhe chief foresl ranger of lhe Ohio secfion: he wishes lhe leam luck bul can'l come because of lhe foresl fire menace al lhis lime. He asked lhal il be read. Crowd: Too bad. Risiner: Anolher one has iusl come in and il reads- From Racine. A welcoming commillee consisling of George Ver- haeghe, Fred Kohlman, Alfred Shovers, Arlhur Simonsen, John Skellon, and Orland Hare awails lhe plane. Voices in lhe Crowd: Orland Hare, my old chum. Verhaeghe- lhal musl be lhal millionaire eleclrician who lhoughl so much of lhe girls al Park. Wonder il any have hooked him yel? Say. Kohlman owns lhe largesl holel on Lake Michigan and inviled us lo slay lhere. Prelly nice. Shovers and Skellon bolh are lawyers. Arlhur Simonsen, known as Archie, is Uniled Slales Senalor from Wisconsin. Why, he iusl made lhe longest speech in lhe hislory of Congress. IThe plane swings over Racine and slarls lo Iand.l Morrissey: Who is lhal running around wilh lhe megaphone in his hand? Why il's- All: Rookie! Morrissey: Can you imagine lhis? He is supposed lo have wril- len a couple of books on cheerleading and now leaches il. Wow! IAS lhe door opens a voice is yelling-I Rookie: I push a lillle valve. Everyone: You push a Iiflle valve- Rookie: The music goes roun' an' a- whal goes roun'? Crowd: The music! Rookie: Whal! lhe music! Crowd: Wilh a who-o-o-oeo-. Rookie: No! Wilh a la-ra-ra- Crowd: Boom! De Ay! We're oul lo win loday. Lel nolhing slop lhe way! Fred Schulle, Jr., lraises lhe balon and lhe old school song, unchanged, rings oul afler lhe new yeIl.l Clark: There's Ed Kale, he happens lo be my rival in lhe Chemi- cal Manufacluring business. lArchie Simonsen slands up in a derby and slriped business suil and slarls lalking.l Simonsen: My friends: I am a represenlalive of lhe common people- Crowd: Ouiel! Archie: All righl, all righl! On lo lhe holel and don'l forgel fo cheer and- . Curlain