Willsboro Central High School - Gilliland Yearbook (Willsboro, NY)

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wood doubling for W. C. Fields, and that Jimmy Mason was doubling for Andy Devine. What a small world! John Costin had worked his way up from King of Burlesque to Czar of the movie world, bringing with him his two starlets, Ruth Flora and Florence (Polly to her friends) Young. He still couldn’t make up his mind. Bob Reynolds was said to be running a dry-goods store in Cuba, with a side-line of Havana cigars. Doing back East, I stopped in Chicago to shop. The largest sign to meet my evs said, “REPLENISH YOUR WARDROBE AT DRINKWINE’S”. But Howard was in the throes of a violent fire-sale that day so I didn’t go in. As the streamlined train “The Zipper” brought me closer to Willsboro, I learned that Virginia Boardman was home economics teacher in one of the large high schools in Boquet, and that Gladys Doyle was one of the nurses in the hospital there. While I was gazing off into the hills of Reber, I overheard another passenger say that Bill Daniels had finally married Ellen Crowningshield and that their dairy farm was doing very nicely. Finally, 1 arrived in good old Willsboro, the city of opportunity! Thedra ( diver is now organist in the Willsboro Movie Palace, Howard Doner is fire chief, and Howard James had finally settled down and gotten himself elected justice of the peace. Do 1 hear you asking. “Yes, but what has happened to Katy Cushing, good old Katy?” Do you really want to know, folks? Well, I’ll break down and tell you. She is now teaching history in the Willsboro High School, driving her Ford back and forth work every day. So long, folks, happy landings. The “Peanut Vender”.

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Class Prophecy - 1938 Time: i960 Place: All over the world. I had been teaching for about twenty years so I decided to take a trip for myself. Letting myself be talked into a world tour by a glib-tongued salesman. Roger Blanchard by name. I finally purchased my tickets. Going to New ork, 1 was on my way to my hotel when whom should 1 meet, sauntering down Fifth Avenue, but Ronald Marshall. He informed me that he was now head of the Ford Motor Company, and very happily married to the former Elsie Rand. The next day, on boarding ship, 1 found the Captain to be none other than George Kanaly. My first meal on board was made very pleasant because my waiter was to be my old friend Byron Ellsworth, who confided that he still had a weakness for coca-colas. Touring the ship next day with the “Captain , we went down into the boiler room. Beneath a lot of dirt and grease, 1 discovered a very familiar face, that of Clifton Blanchard, now chief engineer of the great liner. Arriving in Paris a few hours later. 1 decided that I could spend my evening very enjoyably by going to the Paris Opera House. I lie star of the evening proved to be Mile. Annabelle Deschamps. Later, backstage, I bumped into her husband, that perfect gentleman, Oakley Hobby (Daby). Going to Versailles to meet my ship a few days later. 1 waved good-bye to Clarence bite and his faithful little wife, Jenamae Lesperance, who were sitting on the dock fishing for smoked herring. As the ship drew into the great port at Alexandria later, Bing Cooley attracted my attention, with his thumb still in the air, trying to get a ride home from Ausable Forks. Taking pity on him. I told him that he could come along with me. He promptly fainted, probably a relapse because of his weak nerves. The ship skirted the coast of Asia and sailed up into the now artificially-heated Arctic regions. Imagine my surprise when I saw Billy Feltt still holding onto the flag which Admiral Perry planted at the North Pole in 1909. While at Greenland, I watched the erection of some huge radio masts under the direction of Walter Mero, and his assistant, Norman Provost. Walter told me that he lied to come up here to get a chance to give his imitations of Charlie McCarthy At Nome, Alaska, we went for a ride on a dog-sled. I almost keeled over when 1 saw that our driver was Paul Daby, still quite plump in spite of his arduous life among the Eskimos. Stopping at Seattle, Washington, we went to the beautiful high school for a tour of inspection. I found Luiclle Wade to be teaching Latin and French there. She told me that Mary Martin had won another beauty contest and had come to Hollywood to be a movie star. Her manager was named John Adams, strange as that may seem. Bing and I parted company in Hollywood because he wanted to stay there to look for his dear little pal, Constance Dickinson. 1 found out, too, that Kerwin Hutchins was in Holly-

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Underclass Activities The Class of 1939 President Ruth Flora Vice-President Donald Strong Secretary-Treasurer Elsie Rand Class Advisor Paul Driscoll During the past year the Junior Class lias sponsored numerous activities including card parties, bake sales, and class parties. 1 lie class also put on a play “Melodrama in Nankipoo . directed by Mr. Driscoll. 1 he annual Junior Prom was a great social success. The Class of 1940 President Virginia Kanaly Vice-President Norma Hutchins Secretary-Treasurer Blanche Spierto Class Advisor Elinor Conklin The Sophomore Class has held card parties and bake sales this year. A picnic was held on Mount Pok-O-Moonshine in June. The Class of 1941 President Charles Martin Vice-President Claudia Stafford Secretary Kenneth Maloney Treasurer Florence Richard Class Advisor William I. McGraw The class has had several parties this year