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

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SCENE VII Place: The home ol Mrs. Gordon Torno, lormer Mariorie Han- sen, who al lhe lime ol lhe play is married lo prominenl meal packer ol Racine. She is giving a lea lor some ol her high school lriends who have come lo lown lo see lhe Park-Horlick loolball game. Alumni are galhering lrom all over lhe world. Time: Tea lime, lhe day belore lhe game. Eulah Triggs: We did have enioyable limes in school lhough, didn'l we? I've losl lrack ol some ol my old schoolmales. I'd like lo check up on some ol lhem. Whalever became ol Margarel Schneider? Marjorie Hansen: I hoped she would come lo Racine lor lhe game, bul she said she was lerribly sorry she couldn'l. I-Ier daughler, Julie, is making her debul nexl week. She is in a whirl lrying lo meel social obligalions and plan her daughler's parly al lhe same lime. Of course, you know she is married lo W. R. D. Vanderbill. Eulah: No, I didn'l. Does she live in New York? Mariorie: Yes, somelimes. She spends her winlers in Florida, and resides al her New York Penlhouse or her home on lhe Hudson in lhe summer. Belly Hidll: Whal are you doing now, Eulah? Eulah: Don'l you know? I suppose you have so many women working under you lhal you don'l gel lo know lhem all. I am lhe head ol lhe Red Cross in Milwaukee. Belly: You are? Il's odd lhal I don'l remember yourname. Eulah: Well, being head ol lhe Red Cross in lhe Uniled Slales, you have many lhings lo do olher lhan looking over names ol your employees. Belly: I am kepl quile busy. Were you across seas in lhe Iasl war? Eulah: No, were you? I Belly: Yes, I was. My, Marge, whal adorable cakes. Did you make lhem? If you did, your cooking cerlainly hasn'l sullered by your work wilh Junior. Marjorie: Yes, I made lhem. Junior loves lhis special kind. June Chrislianson: I wanled lo be a nurse when I wenl lo high school, and inslead I became an avialrix. There isn'l much con- neclion is lhere? Now, lhough, I'm married lo Max Rening, Presidenl ol lhe Skyward College, Belly: There cerlainly is no conneclion, slill you seem very happy. lEnler Junior Torno, son ol Mariorie Hansen. He is iusl relurn- ing lrom schooI.I Junior: Hello, Molher. May I have one ol lhose cakes? Are lhere many lell? Mariorie: Hello, Junior. I wanl you lo meel some ol my pasl school-day lriends. Mrs. Jensen, Miss Hiall, Mrs, Curlis, Miss Richards, Miss Simonsen, Miss Triggs, and Miss Chrislensen. This is my son Gordon Junior. IThey all acknowledge lhe inlroduc- lion. Belly: Do you go lo Park High now, Junior? Junior: Yes, M'am. Belly: I'-low is everylhing? Junior: Jusl line, allhough lhere is quile a discussion going on in lhe science deparlmenl. The science leachers say lhey need a balloon in which lo do experimenling. bul lhe school board won'l give lhem lhe money wilh which lo buy il. Belly: Thal's loo bad. We used lo have lhe same lrouble over an assembly. Maybe you will make enough money on lhe game lomorrow lo pay lor il. Junior: We can'l use lhe money lor lhal, because we boughl new suils lor lhe leams and have lo pay lor lhem. Eulahz Oh, Lorella, where did you and Russell Anderson dance some years ago in Chicago? Lorella Richards: Al lhe Gold Room ol lhe Casino. Belly: I didn'l know dancing had been your prolession, Rela. Eulahz Didnxl you ever hear ol lhe Rela and Russell dancing parlners? Now lheir daughler is dancing prolessionally, loo. Lorella: Yes, we were parlners once. Now our daughler Lindy is making personal appearances in England and France. Oh, did you read aboul Jack Barnard in lhe paper yeslerday? June: No. Lorella: He made an allilude record. I can'l remember lhe ligures. I never could. June: Oh! I knew he was an avialor. He and I are going lo do some slunl llying over lhe loolball lield belween halves lomorrow. Lorella: I lhoughl you were wilh your husband in Alrica, Laura? Laura Freeman: I was, bul I gol lired ol walching him dig up bones, so I llew home lor lhe game. Marge, didn'l you say Verna Erdman was coming? Mariorie: I inviled her, bul she is a Melropolilan Opera slar now. You know how lemperamenlal sopranos are. Laura: Did you see lhe carloon on lhe lirsl page ol lhe Tribune loday? Il was lhe cleveresl one I've seen in a long lime. June: Il was clever, wasn'l il? Remember Herberl Crane from Park and how inleresled he was in carlooning? I-le slill draws. In lacl il was his carloon you saw. Laura: I had no idea lhal he lollowed up lhal line ol work or worked lor lhe Tribune. He musl work side by side wilh Bill Schroder, who has charge ol lhe sporls. Janice Moree: I had lunch wilh Bill Iasl week. He wanled some malerial on lhe Derby nexl year. I lhink I'lI have a couple ol horses run. My slables are gelling larger and larger. Il any ol you wish lo make some money, pul yours on Thunder Baby nexl year. He's bound lo win. Mariorie: I was always inleresled in horses. I lhink l'II allend lhe' Derby nexl year. Janice: Il you do, be sure lo drop in. And Iel me know if you're coming, I'lI gel you some seals. Won'l you all come? Marion Simonsen: I'd like lo, bul I never have lime. Janice: Whal are you doing now? Marion: I'm cashier al lhe bank. Thal's whal I wanled lo be when I wenl lo Park, and lhal's whal I lurned oul lo be, I re- member lhal's whal lhey predicled lor me in lhe Kipi. Laura: I'm laking up golling lo reduce. Edward Morlensen is leaching me now. He is lhe pro al lhe counlry club. Lasl year he won lhe slale championship. I can make nine holes in lilly- eighl. Mariorie: I like lo play goll, bul lhe doclor won'l lel me because I have a weak hearl. Marion: Who do you have as your doclor, Marge? Mariorie: Doclor Hansen, Richard Hansen. Marion: I have him, loo. He operaled on me lasl year. I was lerribly sick. Did I ever lell you aboul il? Mariorie: Yes, I know all aboul il. You've lold me loads ol limes. Did you read Marion Anderson's Ialesl book? Laura: The Purple Nag? Yes, I did. Isn'l il good? Mariorie: The philosophy in il is wonderlul. Marion: Did you hear Rev. Du Domaine's sermon lasl Sunday? He had some wonderlul philosophy, loo. Eulah: Whalever became ol Gerald Hansen? Mariorie: I haven'l heard ol or seen him since gradualion. Have any ol you? Janice: I heard lhal he is an eleclrical engineer in Elhiopia. Eulahz Erna Kirkegaard is over lhere. loo. She is lrying lo im- prove lheir condilions. IEnler Carol Morlensen.I All: Hello. Janice: Hello, Carol. How are you? Carol: I'm so lired, I leel like dropping in my lracks. Janice: Why, aren'l you gelling enough sleep? Carol: Yes, bul you'd be lired, loo. I have iusl had a long drawn oul meeling wilh lhe school board aboul lhal balloon ,lhal lhe science deparlmenl wanls. June: Are you a science leacher al Park, Carol? I Carol: No, I am lhe principal. IEnler Mildred Barla.I Mildred: Hello, Marge. Everybody: Hello. Mildred: ls Carol Morlensen here? Carol: Yes, I'm here. Mildred: As privale secrelary lo Jane Hood, Presidenl ol lhe Hoodly Gum Corporalion, I presenl lhe Park High School wilh fI5l.OO0.00 wilh which lo buy a balloon lor ils science deparlmenl. Curlain

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M 3 l zo S 8 K Row I: Eleanor Lindquisl-IO, Gordon Lisby-l5, Pal McDonald-I4. Roy Malcholm-l I, Bill Loeweclce-8. Row 2: Lydia Madsen-I3, Offo Ludwig-2, Arfhur Lu- careli-I7, Don Yena-I I, Ruby Madsen-I7. Row 3: George Mauger-9, Dorofhy Malmsladf-I4, Sleve Lipovslcy-9, Grace Mandernach-I6, Belly Mann- I5. Row 4: Maxine Lingsweiler-I7. Edward Maresh-I2, Harrison Levin-I4, Paul Lowry-6. Leland McElroy-IO. Row 5: Dorolliy Marlin-I5, Eunice McNaugl1+on-fI7, John Medzis-I3, LeRoy May-4, Ray Michalalc-ll. Scene number follows name.l

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SCENE VIII Place: InTerior oT conTinenTaI plane enrouTe Trom Los Angeles To Chicago. SeaTed in one corner is Alex Temmer, busily engaged in conversaTion wiTh an old Triend wiTh a bushy black beard. A keen observer would recognize him as Nick ZabiT. Time: '66-day beTore The game. Alex: Well, Nick, There cerTainIy are a prize IoT OT alumni gaTh- ered here. JusT To pass The Time away suppose we compare noTes and see whaT we know abouT Them. Nick: We could sTarT wiTh The crew. The veTeran piIoT is Windy Urbush. Good old Zane! AT his age he sTilI has a Iarge Teminine Tollowing ThaT keeps him iumping across The counTry. Alex: Yes, and isn'T The co-piIoT Bill Loewecke? AT Park he seemed To like baskeTball. While There, Bill was a sTrong advo- caTe oT Tree speech and gum chewing aT all Times-especially The Tormer Tor roll call period and The IaTTer all day long. Now he's a widower wiTh eighT children To caTer To. Nick: See ThaT shorT, pompous IiTTIe Tellow sTruTTing down The aisle? ThaT's Joel BarreTT, our chieT radio operaTor. In school Joel had his Tinger in The sTudenT council. He's someThing oT an eIecTrical wizard now. Alex: And here's anoTher member oT The crew. ThaT smiling lady in The whiTe iackeT is our hosTess. Her name is Mildred Killips. AT Park she coIlecTed snapshoTs, and since Then her coIIecTion has grown considerably. You musT see iT some Time. She's The sorT OT a person who has many Triends and likes To have picTures oT Them all. Nick: Well, I Think we've handled The crew now. ThaT's a coinci- dence ThaT so many alumni were in iT. Alex: IT wasn'T by mere chance. When The crew learned ThaT all The alumni on The WesT CoasT had charTered This plane. They managed To geT aboard iusT Tor old Times sake. BuT now IeT us Take This TirsT row oT passengers. In The TirsT seaT is a disTin- guished looking genTIeman. I -can'T seem To place him, however. Nick: Why, ThaT is Sidney Aronin. RighT now he is a big corpora- Tion lawyer. He liked To sing in The glee club and play indoor baseball. He is The richesT person aboard The plane if ThaT means anyThing. Alex: I'm glad To hear ThaT, buT The unmarried women aboard will be more inTeresTed. SiTTing beside him is a more romanTic- looking characTer. Nick: Who, ThaT queer looking Tellow? Alex: Yes, ThaT's Colonel LeRoy I-Iinze. AT Park he was a mem- ber oT The STudenT Council, and he liked phoTography. A regular soldier oT TorTune wiTh a hearT oT gold. Nick: I recognize ThaT shorT. aThIeTic-looking Tellow behind him. Edward Bishop, and he's holding down The presidency oT a Iarge insilrance company. He has many Trophies oT his marksmanship in riTIe shooTing. Alex: ThaT woman To whom he is dicTaTing is his capable privaTe secreTary, Frances Burczyk. Fran liked volleyball as a sporT, French as a sTudy, and reading as a hobby. She-has hardly Time Tor ThaT now wiTh her responsible posiTion which she's held Tor some TwenTy years, and will probably hold Tor TwenTy more. Ed doesn'T Think There's anoTher secreTary ThaT will Take her place. Nick: Behind Them I see a raTher roTund genTIeman-Carl Niel- sen. I undersTand ThaT he is running an auTomobiIe agency ThaT Takes him all over The counTry. Besides ThaT he is The invenTor oT many oT Those eIecTricaI gadgeTs you see on The new cars, his besT being The eIecTricaIIy conTroIIed sTeering wheel ThaT is in every car nowadays. Alex: Beside him is The sad case oT a sTudenT who became a Teacher. lT's Carol OsTIund. AT college she received The Phi BeTa Kappa and many oTher honors. Her Park record included The NaTionaI Honor SocieTy, and The honor roll among oTher clubs. Carol is The misTress oT an exclusive school Tor movie children in Hollywood. Nick: SiTTing in The IasT seaT I see Marion Thogerson. She had an impressive record aT Park also, The honor roll being one oT her accompIishmenTs. She began her career as sTenographer and ended up by marrying her boss. Now she's a weaIThy widow abouT New York and Paris and spends a good deal oT her Time aT Palm Beach and The Riviera. Alex: Why didn'T you Tell me? For some sTrange reason I Think I'd like To become reacquainTed wiTh her. Nick: SiT down, my Triend. We've goT To Tinish This census, or whaTever you wish To call iT. Alex: Well, I will sTarT wiTh ArThur Pederson in The nexT aisle. His TavoriTe indoor sporT is parTaking oT coTTee and kringle. For several years ArT was The Tellow ThaT you saw slinking ouT oT dark alleys in wild wesT movies. However, ArT has ceased haunT- ing The ParamounT seT and has become a prominenT cabineT- maker, Turnishing and reTurnishing The homes oT TemperamenTaI movie queens. He's kepT busy by Their abuse oT The ladies' privi- lege. AT Park ArT liked baskefball and equally disliked English. Nick: NexT comes Helen Marudas. She's realized her greaTesT ambiTion. She is a iournaIisT, and her syndicaTed column is read all over The counTry. She seems To carry her age well, Too. Alex: Now we come To a pair oT ToresTry experTs. ThaT long, lanky Tellow is RoberT PanTridge, a ToresT supervisor. He devoTed mosT oT his Time ouT oT school To The girl Triends. I have oTTen wondered whaT Beverly would have said iT she had Tound ouT abouT Merloe. Nick: To help him Take care oT The vasT ToresT land under his supervision is Edward Niesen, who is over There eaTing peanuTs, and playing soIiTaire. He's The head ToresT ranger. PrinTing and Valerie occupied his Time aT Park. There is someThing woodsey abouT The way he eaTs all Those nuTs. I know whaT iT is-he re- minds me oT a squirrel! Alex: There is a happily married couple ahead oT us ceIebraTing Their silver wedding anniversary. Mekala Ress became secreTary To The big cemenT conTracTor, Harold Jensen. Beans, as he was called, sTarTed upon an eIecTricaI engineering career, buT The call oT The cemenT soon goT him. He and Iviekala were ioined in The holy bonds oT maTrimony in The Tall oT I94-I. There seems To have been an epidemic oT She married her boss around here. Nick: ThaT is very nice, buT do you see The Tellow in The gray suiT keeping a waTchTuI eye on Colonel Hinze? ThaT is Warren Larson, balIisTic experT Tor The G-men. AT Park flipping pennies was his TavoriTe sporT when he wasn'T flipping nickels. Alex: There's Mable Davis. She's The Tamale combinaTion oT Eddie Duchin and VincenT Lopez. She Teaches swimming beTween broadcasTs, buT I've yeT To hear anybody say her playing is all weT. Nick: Here is a queer case. ThaT benign old genTIeman in The TirsT chair is Dr. Clair Glines. AT Park he had a parT in Romeo and JuIieT. Now he is chieT of The sTaTT aT The ST. Joseph HospiTaI in Chicago. Alex: There is only one more passenger IeTT--RoberT Spika. He is now an airplane designer OT noTe. DespiTe The biT oT gray aT his Temples, is sTilI quiTe a man abouT Town. Smokes noThing buT 35c cigars and he and his spaTs are abouT as well known as Don BesTor and his were way back when. Nick: I Think ThaT concludes our IisT. Well, Alex, old boy, whaT can you say Tor yourseIT? Alex: Oh, I've IosT my youThTuI Tigure and mosT oT my hair: and when I Take a cold shower my TeeTh sTarT chaTTering on The dresser. I guess you know The resT. AT presenT I'm a chemical engineer, buT I sTiII like To Tind ouT whaT oTher people are doing now and Then. I'm doing ThaT righT now. Yes, I was on The honor roll back aT school. Nick: And I was in The NaTionaI Honor SocieTy among oTher Things. Now I'm employed in The engineering line. Well, I guess I will say good-bye now and seek my cabin, IT The curling oT my beard means anyThing. There's a sTorm coming up soon. Give me a lighT, will you, Alex? CurTain