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

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SCENE IX Place: Parfy. Time: November 9, I96b. lWriflen confessions are dropped info a box. Each guesf draws one fo read. Ofhers guess fhe owner of fhe confession.l Harold Andersen: Now fhaf everyone has a slip we'Il sfarf wifh Bob and go around fhe circle. Bob Shufelf: Her favorife sport baseball: favorife sfudy, shorf- hand. Greafesf ambifion was fo unnoficeably chew gum in dra- mafics class. . Fred Kobal: Thaf musl be Helen Anderson. Bob: Righf you are. Lloyd Wheeler: Honor Roll claimed fhis young lady. She likes swimming. She sfill collecfs screen slar pholographs, and is now a very successful secrelary. Rufh Oakley: Lucille Davis. Lloyd: No. Carma Hansen: Merina Pomeroy! Lloyd: We're geffing good! Read on. Herberf Nifschke: He liked foofball and swimming, and every- fhing al Park. He feaches now, and foured fhe U.S.A. fhis summer. Paul Gluck: Bef its Sfeve Kiporsky. Huberh Guess again. Eleanora Seeger: Couldn'f be Bill Senham? Merina Pomeroy: Sounds like Fred Kobal. Herberf: Fred il' is. Next Rufh Oakley: Her hobby is collecfing bufferflies and eafing candy. She's a privafe secrefary and realized her greafesf ambi- fion in an European voyage lasf year. Bob Shufelf: Hahg Bufferflies give Eleanora Seeger away. Rufh Oakley: Bob, you're a genius. Arfhur Holmes: He likes all afhlelics, especially foofball. His favorife sfudy was geomefry and favorile pasfime is doing nofh- mg. Sieve Lipovsky: Bill Denham? Arfhur: ll's Bill all righfl Nexf vicfim. Anna Hein: She liked baseball. Favorife course was glee club. buf vocafional ambifion cooking. She's now head chef af fhe Waldorf Asforia. Vernon Lenoch: ls she really an unmarried cook? Anna: Alright Vernon: don'f live lo eat Vernon: Musl' be Rulh Oakley. ' Anna: Yes, professor, yes sir, yes sir, you're a good guesser. ' Gilberl' Miller: He was a member of fhe Nalional Honor'Sociefy, and is now edifor of fhe Morning Glory Senfinel. Lucille Davis: I'Il bel fhe brighf lad is George Mauger. ' Anna: Well, Lucy's right Lets hear The nexl' one. Arabelle Geissner: Her favorife pasfime was dancing. She liked Teachers fo forgef assignmenls. She wanfed fo own an exclusive dress shop on Main Sfreet This ambifion was fulfilled. George Mauger: I wonder who likes rifzy clofhes. Clarence Sorensen: I would say Carma Hansen. Arabelle: Righf! Next Ru'l'h Heary: He enioyed baskefball and mechanical drawing. Gilberh l've a feeling il s Lloyd Wheeler. Rufh Heary: Yes, he's draffsman for an Easfern company now. George Manger: He wanled To be president buf is now feach- ing. Skafing, his favorife sport He liked English and American hisfory. Sieve Lipovsky: He iusf wanfed fo be presidenf-huh? Arfhur Holmes? Arfhur: l'll have fo plead guilfy, your honor. Paul Gluck: She was on 'I'he honor roll, buf never liked hisfory. Piano playing is her favorife paslirne. Now she's a privafe secre- fary. Margery Baldwin: I fhink Rufh Heary ills fhe bill. Chorus: Oh. its warm in here! Paul: Do you like your iob, Rufh? Rufh Heary: Yes, my boss is fat bald-headed, and smokes cigars. Vernon Lenoch: He liked baskefball. solid geomefry, and me- chanical drawing. He's now a docfor. Vernon: There's only one Dr. Shufelt so if looks like a masfer' piece of defecfion. Rul'h: Here is one fhal says, l liked baskefball and dancing. My hobby was an adding machine. Vernon: Thaf is easy. None ofher fhan Miss Efhyl Cook. Efhyl Cook: You're right This one's favorife sfudy was chemis- fry: sport baseball: pasfime, reading: and is af presenf a fheologisf. Bob: The name of one Sfeve Lipovsky seems correct Efhyl: Looks fhal' way. V Bill Denham: This girI's favorile sporf is swimming, had no favor- ife sfudy. She liked lhe 4 o'clock bell besf and home work least Lloyd: I wonder who fhe broad-minded girl is. Maybe she's a conservafive. Conserves her gray maffer. El'hyl: None ofher fhan Lucille Davis. Harold: Lucy gels fhe scalp. Fred: She liked dancing and dramafics. Her pef aversions were hisfory and young men. She claimed fhaf more ice cream was sold in fhe cafeleria when she was fhe disher-upper. Bill: Lef's see. I remember one ice-cream clerk, Virginia De- Smidf. Virginia: Talent 'my boy, falent Merina: This Ii'I boy liked foofball. Pasfime was playing a guifar. He now owns a machine shop, and whaf a shop. Arfhur: We shouldn'f have lisfed so much informafion. Anyone knows Herb Nifschke is fhe only one who runs a shop. Margery: Here's a clue. Favorile sport .basebaII. Favorife sfudy office pracfice and il's signed Arabella Geissner. Eleanora: He liked and lives baseball. If was his favorife sport and pasfime and hobby. Atschool he liked- S'l'eve: Clarence Sorensen. We've gof only one baseball player here. How are fhe Cubs going lo come oul' nexf year, Clarence? Clarence: Same as always. Through fhe gafe. Bob: Joke-one, fwo, fhree, laugh! Now who's next Carma: He liked baskelball and believe if or not favorife pas- fime was schoolwork. He's now a chemist Lucille: A boy fhaf liked school. I'd say Gilberl' Miller. Carma: Gilberf all right There are iusf five left If should be easy lo pick fhem. George: Jusl' a process of eliminafion. Why nol' give fhe names wifh fhe confession, affer which we can commenf? Harold: All right Georgie boy! We'Il do 'rhat Clarence: Marjorie Baldwin liked baskefball, walking, shorlhand. and assemblies. She now runs a beauly parlor, and she wanfed fo be mag-mag-mag-er-er- Merina: Take fhal buffer ouf of your moulh, lhe word is slipping. Clarence: I can'f read fhis big word. Merina: Lel's see it The word is magnanimous. Mariorie: Clarence, magnanimous is a sfafe of greafness of mind, Elevafed in soul or feeling, courageous, Go on now. Sieve: He was on fhe foolball squad. Favorile sfudy, chemislry. Arabelle: Vernon Lenoch is fhe only one here who was on fhe foofball squad. Sfeve: Ya-vol, he's Verrrnie. Nexf on derrr prrrogrrramm. Paul GIuch's favorrife shporrf vass golf, favorrife hobby, shcrrrappp boooks, und favorrife shfoody physics. Und he iss now a virrsf violinisf in derr symphony. Lucille: My! Sfeve, where'd you gef fhaf German dialecf? Sieve: Vell, I vass in Deufschland forr f'ree veeks Iasf zummer und I picked up der Iankvage on derr vay bac-k. Fred: Paul played nofes dof veren'f wrrriffen. lSay, Sfeve, you've gof us all doing itl Well, one day a fly lif on his score and he played an E flaf fhal wasn'f fhere. No wonder fhe music deparfmenf had nervous breakdowns. n Lucille: Anna Hein liked baskefball and bookkeeping. She wanfed fo be a beauly expert Arfhur: And now she's a librarian. Well, if would be a queer world if everyone realized his childhood ambifion. All fhe boys would be firemen, policemen, or avialors, andfhegirls would be school feachers, loving wives, or old maids. Bob: Well spoken, Art Oh, Harold, when do we eaf? Harold: I Ihoughf lhal would come, and l'm hungry myself. Now lets all drink a foasf fo Park's vicfory fomorrowl Chorus: Hooray for Park! Harold: Hey, wail' a minufe-nobody has read mine and l've gof one in my hand. Whoaaa-its my own. I like everyfhing from fennis fo fhealers and prinling fo bowling and girls. l'm af presenf a voice feacher. Now lel's drink anofher 'loast Chorus: Yeah, Park! Park, Yeahl Curfain

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.Q -AJ Row I: Violel Renpaul-I, Mary J. Parmenler-I7, Clyde Pelersen--2, Vicfor Osimilz-I, Jimmie Paulson-I3. Row 2: lrying Onesone-I7, Esllwer Pollorl-IO, Anne Pode lucky-l7, Merina Pomeroy-9, Bob Panlridge-8. Row 3: Sylvia Reder-Ib, Carl Pelras-I I, Roberi Toeppe -ll, Don Riddle-I2, Sian Raclewilz-6. Row 4: Bob Rasmussen-I7, l-lelen Page-5, Allen Por- ler-I3, Edward Quallweim-5, Marion Tliorgersen-8. Row 5: Carol Osllund-8, Bill Pellibone-I2, Muriel Pefersen-I5 Herman Panclwer-I, James Pease-l I, lScene numbe follows name.l nr.

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SCENE X Place: Whife House Recepfion Hall. Time: Eve of The game, '66. A Herald: Ladies and genflemen. The Presidenf has arrived, and will,now address you a few momenTs. InTroducing The PresidenT. Roberf STraTman and his wife, The former Irene Jurick. RoberT: My friends! We are gaThered here Tonighf To pay Tri- buTe To The greaTesT foofball players of The age-Those of Wash- ingfon Park High School of Racine, Wisconsin. Tomorrow every one of you will be on your way To This greaT game, as my wife and I will. Now I will infroduce our famous guesTs of The eve- ning-or raTher my wife will do iT for me. Before she does ThaT, however, I wanT you To hear some of The inTeresTing Things Donald Bezucha has To say abouT his favorife Topic, Indians. He is The head of our Indian deparTmenT here in WashingTon. All righT, Don. No, waiT a minuTe! I'II change ThaT. You iusT show Them some of your exhibifs. If you gef sTarTed Talking abouT Indians, you'll never finish. lDon shows his exhibifs and explains some of Them.l Irene: Thank you, Don. Now Ie+ me infroduce Mrs. Leland McElroy, The former Genevieve Dederich, one of The mosT suc- cessful acfresses in The world. Her role of Lady Capulef in The Park High producfion of Romeo and JulieT gave her The chance for fame. Genevieve: My deah people, I really cawn'T Tell you how good iT seems To be heah awffer my vacaTion in England. IT was ripping, posifively ripping. Yahs! You know ah've recenTIy fin- ished a picfure called Deberry STrand's GhosT. Oh, iT's quiTe mysferious and all ThaT sorT of Thing. Ah musT admif Though ah'm American aT 'eahT. Well, ah'd beTTah finish, so ah'Il iusf say cherrio. Irene: And here is The greaTesT acfor of all Times. His re- semblance To an acTor of I935, George RafT, won him public acclaim a few years back. May I presenf To you Mr. Leland McElroy. Leland: Good evening, friends! Look, I've gaThered a few people who will enTerTain you here' Tonighf. Are They good? Oh! WaiT'II you see Them. They're all here, Ladies and Genflemen, here They come. Take iT, VicTor! lVicTor Bunge's performers enfer. Dorofhy and LaVerne Kobal, garbed as yodeling cowgirls, sing. Dorofhy carries a guiTar.l Dorofhy and LaVerne: Oh, we are The Log Cabin Sisfers We come from The Wild WesT you know We'II Tell you of cowboys and horses And life as iT's on a Rancho. lEnTer Alice AceTo wearing horn-rimmed specfacles. She has a dreamy look in her eyesl. Alice: I'm poefess of England and have a iob riming for The Eayoy of London. I have a rime enTiTled My Hero! Ready? ume. I'cl like To be like MoTher Goose And wriTe a poem Today, FirsT hand me ThaT Tomahfo iuice And Iisfen while I say: My hero musf be a Spaniard A dashing sorT of male A guiTar and sombrero as his arf For wooing her won'T Tail. lExiT in a dazel. lEnTer one Dorofhy Hoffman carrying a brief case of sheeT music: she seaTs herself aT The piano-forTel. DoroThy: TonighT, I shall be exceedingly pleased To execufe for your special benefif an exfremely delighfful rendiTion of The WashingTon Park High VicTory March. I feel ThaT iT is in accordance wiTh your advanced and exalfed opinions concern- ing whaT is TiTTing and proper for This program. lShe plays and exiTs. OTher enferfainers submif Their arTisTry and overheard is a conversaTion befween former graduaTes of Park. They are now sweeT mafrons of 45 or 5O.l Violef Hoffman: lT's so nice To be here TogeTher. You know some years ago I was a maTh Teacher, buf I'm now married To a banker in Bosfon. Frances Gere: I'm an arTisT, my husband is a scuIpTor, and our son is an auTo designer. Lucille Hughes: Well, I have a shop or raTher whaf has grown To be a chain of Tea shops. Our hoT breads are delicious. There's Bernice Pefers coming ouT now. Bernice: Hello, soaks, I mean folks. I'm noT much of a skwalker -I mean bawk-oh me-Talker buT I'II have a resT, er-be a iesT-hee hoo hee-do my besT. I've become a nuT buyer, or I mean buTTer and egg, no, bufferfly correcfor, er colIecTor of The moTh eaTen-cIoTh eaTen-fool, pool-oh gosh, school. I'm a biT Tongue blisfered-er sisTer--of ah Twisfed because I once fried-uh Tried To memoriTe, um rize The dicfionary and couIdn'T bounce, ah, pronounce The gird, word sisTaTa, Tickfack, sTaTisT- oh IeT iT go-IeT iT go! lAs she leaves a crash is heard backsfage and Eva Nielsen walks ouT . Eval I suppose you all wonder whaT ThaT claTTer was. IT was my Ii++Ie dog, Fu-fi's harness ThaT fell as The maid Tried To puT iT on. I am more Than pleased To be here on a shorf vacafion from my engagemenf aT The MeTropoIiTan. I will sing for you a song, many years my favorife, Hymn of Praise. lAs Eva finishes her song, various guesTs again converse quieTIy.l EsTher PoTTorf: This may sound a IiTTIe conceifed buT I'm so proud of The facT ThaT I simply have To Tell you abouT iT. Ahem -prepare yourselves for a shock--I've iusf been elecfed by The Infernafional Board of Candy Sellers as The champion candy seller of our Time. Frances Moskonas: You deserve if! You seemed as if you were always selling candy aT baskefball and Toofball games. My hus- band, Verne, is proud of me as I have been adjudged The besT phofographer in America. Vicforia Rifkeviczz Speaking of soap boxes, I am now an orafor. And speaking of oraTions, we musT have a cheer for Park. BuT my ThroaT is so hoarse from speaking IasT nighf aT Thar banquef ThaT I couIdn'T yell if I wanTed To. Will someone else lead a cheer? Anna Jansen: Well, I mighT Try. I won The IasT I5 medals in The husband calling conTesTs, bu+ I can'T guaranTee The sTabiIiTy of The ceiling. I'm also official hog caller clown Texas way, so my lungs are preTTy good. Here goes! WhaT's The maTTer wiTh The Team? All: They're all righT! Anna: Who's all righf? All: The Team! They are, They are, They are all righT! Anna: La Ia la Ia Ia Ia lee. All: La Ia la Ia Ia Ia lee. Anna: La la Ia Ia Ia Ia low. All: La la la Ia Ia Ia low. Anna: La Ia Ia la Ia la la. All: La Ia Ia Ia Ia Ia la. Anna: Come on gang, who are we?-Oh well, we all know and heaven knows. Helen Heck: If we were a liTTIe younger Claribel Howard and I would make an efforf aT a rhumba as we were voTed The besT in I940. Claribel: Go on, Helen, you're Too modesT. lLaughs.l Eleanor LindquisT: Say you'd beTTer be quieT. Maybe someone's wrifirig all This down, and I wouIdn'T wanf This To geT inTo The papers. MargareT Olsen: Too IaTe, Eleanor, I work for one of The biggesf newspaper syndicaTes in The world, Herald and Exam- iner, and as you remember I used To be raTher good aT shorf- hand. Don'T forgeT To read Tomorrow's news. June Dvorak: Don'T worry, Eleanor, The oTher day MargareT wroTe me a Iovelorn IeTTer asking advice. I run a LoveIorn column in The same paper Margaref works for. IT she says any- Thing abouT you, I'II prinT ThaT Ieffer and sign her name To iT. MargareT: lSrniIing feebIy.l I was only Tooling. lHasTiIy chang- ing The subiecT.l Oh, here comes NaTalie Kubafh. The famous inTerior decorafor. She decoraTed This hall.. NaTaIie: Hello everybody, I've goT a big surprise for you. I've iusT found a beTTer inTerior decoraTor Than myself, and her doughnufs are excellenf. Here she is, Lucille Nelson in person. Lucille: I wouldn'T say ThaT, NaTaIie. OT course, The King of England once compIimenTed me on Them. Well, anyway, every- body come on over To my house and have coffee and doughnuTs. You'lI need somefhing To pep you up for The greaT homecoming game Tomorrow. All: A grand idea. Good nighT, everyone. Curfain