Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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Class Proph cy By Lx orgc Mrtchell Slng Slng Prlson Ossmlng New York Apr1lZ4 1940 Mr Erland Rltchxe Dean of Monkev Umversltv Evolutxon Cltv Netraska Dear Mr Rltchxe I hope thms letter w1ll fmd vou ln the poorest of clrcumstances vet able to keep vour llttle W1feV Ellrabeth Xou were verv fortunate xn gettlng that glrl for a wlfe and as for her I thlnk she was exc e'l mg luckv ln gettlng a man with such a wlnnlng smlle and dehcate feet In the letterl recelved from vou a few davs ago askmng about the graduatlng class of 1925 vou seemed verv anx1ous to hear all about them I w1ll trv to set them before your eves as I see tlrem I came through St Louxs recentlv and dropped 1nto a theatre to see a Vaudevllle sket h A large two hundred anil flftv pound black face comed enne of svncopatlon appeared on the stage m a sketch call ed the Gav Regalla and to mv astomshment ment loned some famlllar names from the old home town Yorktown Flnallv I recognwed her as Claudla Dorton the glrl who plaved the leadmg colored lady part opposlte the Annual Edltor ln the class plav IH 1925 Whlle Iwas roamlng among the hllls ln Color ado I chanced upon a terd of goats I notlced one a mong the herd who wore a hat and coat and upon ln vestlgatlon I foclnd It was hrnest Donovan He 1nv1t ed ne to stxv all n1 fht wlth hlm On reachlng the nut I found nl dear lxttle wlfe to be none other than Lols Weaver wl o lad lned wlth goats so long and looked lnto t me ftce of Ernest Donovan for so long that she had actuallv grown a crop of chm wh1skers' Inez Mclxmlev now called Ma st rted a boardlng house IU Camrrack fcr tle students of the large MlH1St6F Lol'ege s1t.1ated taere to which came a vo mg man known as Hlatt from the far awav cltv of Reed Statlon to study for the preac' Ing professlon the gutter IH th 1r chool davs when voung Hlatt de clded to become po Jul r among prettv gxrls was sud denlv r newed and klossomed lnto a verv promlslng love After vears of hard stucv Hlatt returned to his home Wltl hx B V' D de fr e and toak wlth hlm Ma McK1nlev to sw eep the church and dust off the seats Thev were unlted personallv bv Mr Hiatt who could not afford to h re n outslde preacher and have been l1v1ng scrappllv ever after Lewls Km ev declded to be an avlator On hls flrst trlp up on whlch he was to go to Blll Kldd s aft r hls beautlful daughter Katv the propellor was torn up trvmg to make enough alr resl tance to llft the enormous we1ght of Mr Kmsev from the ground He therefore made the tr1p bv tram very much dls D . . . , - c . Dc l I A ' ' A k.. ' ' 5 u v Y I . .- 7 v . . , . . u Q L' K R . - Y . . . Q - A 5 - ' , Y g . - . . , 3 s n .H 1 ' w , c s 4 V , Q o l I u I 1 . C . , L 1 1 V n l ' l w . ' ' : -. ' t, - a ' ' - . .1 1 , . ' . . l y. . . v L Q I , , ' r - - . . A ' 'f . Y K 4 . . . ' . ' ' Q - ' Y I-' . ' . . . c , Q .l . , . the romance of these two whlch had been tossed mto . D . 3. Sl 1 W 1 . - , , - -' f a , ., 3 - ' ' . J . 1 4 ' v ' i . T . . , , l I . . . . - - . s . . . C, e , f ' , cc- H . ' , Y ' ' rv ' 1 ' ' Y ' . . . ' 1 . ' ' ' 1 - 1 a - .' ' , ' ' - - Q . 1 Cl 7! ' . . . K - Q 1 Q ' ' ' . Y . Y . I . . , 7 ! . K s ' 4 w ' 3 ' ' , w y 1 . - . . .S h . . W , -

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Oratory and Dramatlc Classes The work IH Oratorx and Dramatlc Art ln the Yorktown High School orlgmated wlth the organlfatlon of the Delaware Countw Oratorlcal and Dramatlc Assocla tlon ln the hlgh schools of Delaware Coun tv several ve rs ago For the past SIX vears the Yorktown Hlgh School has partlclpated IH the countv contests of thls Asso latlon In order to determine w ho shall repre sent thl s hool IH the Count bratorlcal and Dramatlc Contests a local conte t is held ln each tvpe of speaklng The Wm ners of these local contests then go to the countx contests and compete agalnst the . , . Y . 7 I Y , V . . V . . ,' 'rf ' 1 v f ' .1 4 1 ' p v .' - . .. . . . w x - 1 .- , I . . 5 . . I 1 V- v . N1 l I . ll I . I 1 N ' 'W vw VA. ' . , Y . . c . ' v w - r . . K , . .- .. , S .c J J' . N . 5 . I . ' . . - . . . - 1 1 , . . K7 I r A L T ' 3 ' A - 3 I , DRAMATIC CLASS f.. 1 1 ' x., s K ' w a - 1 v ' ' wg. ' ' 'A . . .U . , . . . . I Y I ' , . .1 K- I ' - ' L c . cf . . N V N V ' v , .7 . V . ' L L A A l . - . l Y ' y g - . c ' A fra ' . L . . N N u 0 . - , , 5 f . la, ' . I 1 : m c ., . K . H N . . . a . . . V L. . . I l . Wlnner ln the other school of the countv The lo al contests are open to anv hlgh school stldent who lb dolng pas mg Work 1n t'1ree su bjects The c mte tants recelve most of thelr tralnlng' frrn members of the facultv Last vear the Yorktown Hlgh School won secon l prlfe ln the Colntv Oratorlcal and thlrd IH the Colntv Dramatlc Contest The classes ln Orxtorx and Dramatlcs seem verv proml mg and we hope that the wlnner 1n the local conte ts xr v be wln ners IH the countv contest thls vear These classe furnlsh good tralnlng IH pubhc speaklng for all w ho partlclpate Evelvn Applegate Genev1eve Compton Marv Donovan Jaunlta Metzcar ORATORY Gerald Henslev Clalre Vance Clvtls Burgess V1rgm1a Connellv June Llttlefleld Dora Mav Mlller CLASS Le he Mendenhall Carl Welllngton

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appomted Thev were soon umted ln the proverolal nolv bond of matrx monev Lewis has taken up pohtmcs IH earnest and Kathrvn savs that some day he w1ll be presldent Lewls only smlles Lola Wllllams IS runmng a dog show m Moons v1lle and IS makmg a howllng success Logan Hensley has traveled over Europe tram mg his volce to be an opera slnger In the Canary Islands he made all the blrds turn green wlth envy and now they are shlppmg green Canarv blrds to all parts of the world His opera sketch Hot Butter had an awful run ln New York last summer I vlslted the home of Mr and Mr Arnold Brown land bv the way Mrs Brown was the glrl vou knew as Helen Brlndell Thev have flve of the dear est and dxrtlest lxttle chlldr n Damel Nelson has been vamped bv Ladv Nlco tme He has wrltten a book on flow to qult smok mg by the ald of Camels He has also patented a plgeon catcher altogether dlfferent from the one le used on the old Llberty school house back m 22 Oreta Jones after many tlresome Vears of vampmg flnallv won the hesltant Mr Clarence Landls and they are now broadcastmg from statlon S W A K Mxzzourv Jacob Lennlngton IS coach of the Basketb ll eleven of Fxddlesburg Flossle Snodgrass and Donald Stout are mar rled and are very proud of thelr httle son who re sembles hls worthy uncle Harvev Margurlte Epperson marrled Gerald Hensley She has taken up woman s rlghts and 18 makmg po htmcal speaches and IS raking ln the money for Gerald who goes splnmng around ln one of those hlgh powered motor cars the Ford Larl Antrxm has proven to be a great Botamst for he was seen standmg at hrs garden gate holdmg what he clalmes to be the most wonderful geramum 1n captivity Anna Wllllams Pauhne J ustxce has become all frustrated be cause she has had fo lr proposals ln the last ten years She does nt know whether to be an old maid or ac cept the proposal whlch was made two years ago and IS awaltmg her verdict Howard Pullln after many frultless proposals to the women teachers IH the hlgh school proposed to Lola Wmter 1alter she not knowmg hlm marrled hun After Genevleve Compton had ralsed Emery Applegate Jr from the seclusion of a hermlts llfe mto the ranks of SOCl9tV she grew weary of hlm and eloped wlth the butler Frank Park Jr The fall for Applegate was hard and far and the crash was severe He IS now recovermg slowlv He has Jom ed the Bachelor s Lluo has sworn before men that he w1ll alwavs be a bachelor Your f rlend George Mltchell , . . ,. - - . L 0 H . ,, . , . . . - . . , - - ' . , . . . 1 . . 1 I u A I , , . 5 . . U . . .. ' ' u yy . I - . , , . . , . L 1 . . S. ' . . . . .l I . v , - ' . 1 ' 1 . . . . A . . . c, . , . . . y V . . . . . 1 1 1 . . H . . 0 - 0 . ' H . . , . . . , . , . . . , . I . v . L. . W v . s ' n. ' ' I I , .Q , ' J W 1 .' ' v . . ' . cz 5 . . - 9