THE HOBARTIAN
Class Prophecy
About a month ago, in June, 1974, my wife and I climbed into our new fandangled airplane to take a long trip to U. S. Our first hop was from our farm in southern France, where we raise Jerseys, to Paris. Of course, we left the children to run the farm.
In Paris when we went into a style show to get some clothes, low and behold, there was Ken Canfield selling ladies' clothes and shoes--he would!
After we had landed at Roosevelt Field in New York, I sent for a taxi in which to go to see the city. When the taxi drove up, the driver said "Get right in, Mr. Rich." I wondered who it could be. After looking him over I recognized Leland Ploutz. He took us to his nice little home outside the city where he and Effie Roberts were living very happily. Effie had divorced one husband from Massachusetts and had soon settled down with Leland. Effie told me that Chanie Gregory was coaching a girls' basketball team in New Jersey.
From New York we flew to Hobart. While flying over the town and the vicinity I saw written on a large building "Post's Poultry Farm." By the looks of the number of hens he had gone into the business in a big way. On stopping in Hobart I learned that Edna Simmons was still teaching school. One more year and she will be getting a pension. Charles Mawhinney had married and was working a farm in South Kortright. He had a couple of little "Maw-whinneys" running around.
From Hobart we went to Washington to see Miss Edith Platt, the first woman President. We stayed in Washington to see Kermit Cantwell's baseball team in action. His team came down from New York to play the Senators.
On our way to Florida we flew over an open air ampitheatre where I saw John Baldinger, the one and only big price fighter since Primo Carnera. We stopped to see him in his old age.
From Florida we headed west. Our first stop was in Nebraska where we stopped to see Don Garton and Emma Weeks. Don and Emma were running a farm there and raising a large family.
Finishing our western tour, we stopped in Hollywood to see Peachy Barber, who was working for Paramount. He told me that Ted Carson was around there somewhere curling hair for the movie folks; that Isabelle Pogue had just left a week previous. She was headed for India, where she is taking up missionary work.
Last, but certainly not least of our old class of '34, was Ruth Canfield, whom we saw on our return trip. She is spending her time at a very famous night club where she tap dances and sings.
At the age of 58 I saw all the classmates of '34 in all sorts of places, doing all sorts of things, all being of sound mind and body -- a wonder after the year 1934.
--Thomas Rich
Fifteen
1934•14
THE HOBARTIAN
Class Will
We, the Senior class of 1934, having no cracked brains from overstudying and after many adjustments, do will and bequeath all our possessions collected during our four hectic years at Hobart High.
To Mr. Field, we bequeath the ability to walk more quietly through the halls so that the study hall will continue its attractions.
To Mr. McCandlish, we leave a memorandum pad so that he can keep "track of" all his dates.
To Mr. Weeks, our adviser, we leave a Senio class with as much ability as the one just graduated.
To Mr. Howard, we leave a French accent for his Ford car.
To Miss Flynn, we leave a phonograph which keeps repeating, "You have no time for fooling."
To Miss Gould, we leave an errand boy to run to borrow Mr. McCandlish's keys whenever she loses hers.
To Miss Wicks, we leave a student who will "stick by" History B as Bill Simmons has.
Kermit Cantwell leaves his ability to cut hair to Jack Nichols.
John Post leaves his bashfulness to Boy Hoyt.
Edith Platt leaves her vocabulary to Catherine Davis.
Tommy Rich bequeaths his "gift of gab" to Marshall Misner.
Charlie Mawhinney bequeaths his sunny disposition to Donald Peters.
To Fred Rose, Donald Garton bequeaths his modesty.
Ruth Canfield leaves her ability to flirt to Isabel Galon.
Chanie Gregory leaves her art of playing basketball to Florence Krum.
John Baldinger leaves his arm for pitching baseball and other "unknown purposes" to Hugh Brockway.
Effie Roberts leaves her ability to catch a man to Virginia Clark.
To Agnes Murphy, Ted Carson leaves her success in getting her sweetness from the sugar plant.
George Decker bequeaths his ability to catch a "fly" while playing baseball to Jack Nichols, who always has his mouth open.
Isabelle Pogue bequeaths her ability to jump and get ahead of her man in basketball to Emma Vercelli.
To Bertha Dyer, Leland Ploutz leaves his ability to drive a car.
To Mike Barlow, ken Canfield leaves his ability to graduate under a short session of each school year.
To Dwight Dibble, Harold Barber leaves his ability to get out of mudholes up by Thomas All's.
To Josephine Brockway, Emma Weeks bequeaths her ability to drive a Model T.
To the Junior Class, we leave a Junior Play in which the love affairs continue indefinitely.
Having looked into my horoscope long enough to discover all of these prophecies, I now will it to my successor in the Class of 1935, who will need to discover little more of the future than has the Class of 1934.
I, Edna Simmons, being of sound mind, do declare that I have executed my responsibility to the best of my ability.
Signed, Edna Simmons.
1934•15
The 1934 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1934 Almedian
