Youngwood High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Youngwood, PA)

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Class Prophecy I am Mrs Rrp Van W1nkle I have slept for what seem fifteen years Thlngs about me are very strange for whrle I have been sleepmng the world has been changlng and I am not famrlrar wrth many thmgs around me As I wander out 1nto the street I am amazed to see a masslve stone buxldmg belng constructed As I go nearer I begm to recognxze people for they were my classmates of Youngwood H1gh rn 1941 I see Henry Qta1rs rs the archltect and has as hrs asslstant Clarr Myers Workmg for hrm are other famrlrar faces Henry Poerro Anthony Kamprtch and Thomas Wrble Comrng along the street I see a well dressed man He rs the owner of the bulldrng he lS Ray Brdar Gomg down the street I see a pretty lrttle beauty parlor Across the doorway I see a slgn Mme Buskey Under the drxer IS Kathleen Dell and as I look around I see some of her expert ha1r styllsts Mary Bodner Rozella Parker and Ruth Poorman I see a bus commg down the street and as I enter rt I not1ce that the drxver looks famrhar I remember hzm he IS Warren Stroble who once drove hrs Ford to Youngwood Hrgh On the bus I see Joe Blanda Robert Lmdauere and Irwm Moore who are now workmg ln a busrness of therr own Some one drops hrs paper and I see that the edntor rs Hays Ferguson and that Paul Kekrch rs the humorlst I also see that Elnora Swxft and Norma Wagner are on the staff As I look at the sports page I see names of other fam1lxar people Ray Rutter Jack O Keane and John Maxwell are gomg to play football 1n the Rose Bowl game My bus stops and I enter a smart dress shop There to my surprmse I find two of my old frrends Lo1s Ford and Betty Watson They are knlttmg and maklng dresses for Elsre Close and Margaret Koss for It IS near the Easter season I leave them and as I aga1n walk down the street I see two men rn umforms They are Leroy Baughman and Leroy Gersel who are now officers rn the Army I enter a large hospital As I stand amazed at the beauty of the burldmg I see a matron who goes from one place to another w1th qulet drgmty She IS Venlta Prlnkey just then the surgeon comes down the hall he IS Robert Laugh l1n Wrth hlm are other nurses Patrxcra Latta Eleanor Carlson and Mercedes Krrder 2 D ! ' Y . w ' Y , . ' . Q . ' -sn as ' ' - ' s r 7 Q Y a r ' a J ' v , . . . . , , , . , . ' I u 5 ' ' Y 2

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Francrs Cramer wrlls hrs hobby datrng to Nrck Brdar fWe are grvrng you an early start to make the rounds N rck J Irvrn Moore and Warren Stroble leave therr bashfulness to Samuel Oravetz and Walter Thomas Dean Crosby leave Jeanne to find her way through the halls alone fWrll she find her way alonepl Isabella Altman wrlls her short trrp to school to Eugene Momeyer Helen Blockstern leaves her perpetual studyrng to Maurrce Hart CWould h s name be out of place on the honor roll9J Clara Jane Rager and Mrldred Srllaman concede therr honor of berng well dressed to Florence Enlow and Betty Mawhmney Bob Laughlrn leave hrs Chemrstry Experrments whrch never turned out rrght to Ronald Robertson Robert Lrndauere leaves hrs band unrform to anyone who can get rnto rt Dorothy Overholt wrlls her posrtron as reporter for the Y Hr News to Betty Harrold Cecrl DeCaro leaves hrs posrtron wrth the State Crew to Brll Eberly Robert MacRrll leaves the toys he played wrth rn school to Earl Mrller Owen Frsher who rs frequently late for school wrshes to leave hrs long walk to Esther Rush Gwendolyn Buskey bestows Fat to the junror grrls to fight over James Ross presents hrs brg feet to Joe Acrte CWe hope you wrll not have to get shoes made to order D Joseph Blanda wrshes to leave hrs freckles wrth Earl Warhert Kathleen Dell and Norma jean Wagner wrll therr good behavror rn Socro ology class to Mary Grrfiin and Eleanor Mrller Clmagrne them on good behavror J Hays Ferguson grants hrs posrtron as edrtor of the Y Hr News to anybody who rs capable of handlrng rt Mary Brunot and Eleanor Carlson bestow therr abrlrty to srng rn French to the under classmen Henry Starrs and Clarr Myers wrll therr politeness to Bob Heskey and john Hudock Paul Kekrch wrlls hrs wrsecracks to Earl Mrnerd COn second thought we don t know how he can get along without themj Paul Long wrlls hrs werght to Mrckey Acrte Mary Poerro wrlls her trrps to the lavatory to Hx her harr rn trp top shape to Martha Smarl Reba Ober and Vera jones grve therr herght to Martha Evans and Mary Cummrngs Mercedes Krrder presents to Bob Zundel her abrlrty to get along wrth a cousrn CMercedes does nrcely wrth her Herby D Wayne Shrader concedes hrs notewrrtrng to john Charles Herderson CWe hope your tablet doesn t vanrsh rn a day D Elsre Close wrlls her love for a boy who lrves near the school to Ferne Moore Marrlyn Todd and Patty Latta wrll therr bus rrde to school to Clara Mrller and Evelyn Robertson Betty Watson leaves her basketball wrth Juanrta Buskey jolgn Maxwell wrlls hrs Jrtterbug dancrng to Wendell Ober fln srx easy lessons Thomas Wrble wrlls hrs habrt of readrng funny books rn school to Daryl Baughman Clt s a good educatron D Kerth Zrmmerman wrlls hrs drawrng abrlrty to the students of Industrral Arts fWe hope they prove to be as successful as he J We do hereby make constrtute and appornt the members of Youngwood Hrgh School to be our executors of thrs our Last Wrll and Testament In wrtness whereof we have hereunto subscrrbed our names and affixed our seals the last day of school rn the year of our Lord one thousand nrne hundred and forty one Wrtness Mrss Lyle Elda Mae Yarnell Attorney 21 1 ! ' , . G 1 , . , . 9 1 U xr ' ' t . ' 9 , . , . . . . . . . , . 1

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Now I find myself 1n a theater As the program goes on I recogmze the or chestra leader as Fred Rafferty who has become a great musxcran The llghts soften and Isabella Altman smgs her song Lookmg closely I see Francls Cramer and Robert MacR1ll playmg m the famous orchestra The announcer appears and I recognlze hrm as James Ross In the lobby Kemth Zxmmerman rs seen H IS the owner of th1s beautlful theater I now find myself on a college campus As I approach the burldmgs I see that two of the Professors are frxends of mme Fay Crock IS Professor of Engllsh and Helen Blocksteln Professor of Scrence Wandermg down a long road and up a steep hrll I come to a farm There IS Owen Flsher now a prosperous poultry man A large truck comes up the drrve It IS drrven by M1ke Blanda who buys and sells l1ve stock Mrke tells me that he has seen George Long delrvermg m1lk rn the c1ty and Paul Long lS the darry owner I come to a small town and gorng along the street I see a grocery store I enter and there to my surprrse are Dean Crosby the manager and hrs two clerks Cecxl DeCaro and Wayne Shrader As I talk to them the1r Bookkeeper comes rn She IS Reba Ober Back to the crty agam th1s txme to a large manufacturmg Company In 1ts oHice I see Dale Brown Hrs prrvate Secretary IS Evelyn Hendrrckson Gomg through the large room filled wrth typewrrters I see that many of our frxends have been successful Clara Jane Rager Ann Sturtz and Vera Jones are typrsts Across the room I see Dorothy Overholt takmg drctatron from her boss Hrs face IS famrhar Why rt IS Clrfford Momeyer I see a telephone exchange and at the swltchboard IS Mrldred Sxllaman chxef operator There are Mary Brunot and Elda Mae Yarnell who are also employed Leavmg the1r office I go to a large Hotel Here I see V1rg1n1a Young and Mar1 lyn Todd on the1r vacatron They tell me that Mary Poerro IS the hotel hostess and that they have seen many of our old frlends As I srt down to rest I feel that I am far behlnd the rest of my class rn this fast changmg world I remember the burldrngs the people and the actrvxtres and wxth great gladness ln my heart I agam go to sleep Thls then IS the pro phecy of the class of 41 Dorls Barr ll 7 ' - . . C I , . , . . 9 J 1 9 ' 5 , . . , . . , . s I ' 9 Q , '