Class Prophecy
South Kortright, New York, June 1, 1955.
Dear Barbara:
In reply to your letter concering the banquet to celebrate our tenth reunion, I am enclosing a list of addresses so that you may contact the other members. I shall tell you a few matters of interest about our classmates.
Our class president, Don Pardy, always was one for having his name in the papers -- first with the Marines in World War II and now as the famous forest ranger. After the last big forest fire, Betty MacDougall nursed his severe burns, which he recieved while saving Charley McCarthy who was visiting his grandmother.
Betty is well known for her work in the Pacific area during the war and is now an industrious Red Cross worker. Don better be careful, Nurse MacDougall is noted for her feminine touch.
It is amazing what you see on television, isn't it? I watched the American All Stars, coached by Porky Gunther, play a wonderful game of football with the Russian Red Devils, the other afternoon. After the game, I left the television on and saw and heard a beautiful singer. She was accompanied by Ruth Rose.
You know, Barbara, I'm thinking of getting Ruth to accompany me on my Good-Will Singing Tour through the silands of the Pacific next fall. Do you have any better suggestion? Perhaps you might consider joining the party to manage our publicity.
I flew over to Derry and Peg's the other night. Stan and Betty were there. It is just a hop from Stan's farm in Schoharie valley to Derry's. Stan's farming it on a big scale. It's lucky Betty took the business course. She has three maids to do her work in the house while she does Stan's book work.
Derry is really in the money now. He owns the whole of Bovina Mountain. You remember the little hamlet they called Bovina Center, don't you? Well, that is now known as the "Lifgren Manor."
Bill Haynes lunched with me in Paris about a month ago. He is now a noted civil engineer. He is very well liked and hsi greatest enjoyment is owkring for the Grange. He is the National Grange Master now and represents the United States in South America.
Despite household duties, Dottie Dart still holds the championship as the world's best typist. Good going, Dottie. It pays to be nimble fingered.
The Hait Brothers are in Denmark now. They've been looking for dams to improve their herd, which is already the best in the Western Hemisphere. They bought the Roses Brook farms from Mrs. McLean, you know, so they are doing Okay.
Claude Parker sold them one of the famous "Russian Sure to Kill Swatters" before they left for Denmark. It's some complicated machine you tie on the cow's tail that swats the flies when they swish. Claude is the salesman for some Russian Farm Machinery Company.
I attended a church service not too long ago and heard Miss Dorothy Visser, the world evangelist. She just rocketed over from her main headquarters in Africa.
Bertha Parker and Laura Travell are now in India acting as dietitians for Ghandi. After the strenuous years of fasting that he has been through, this is a full time job and keeps them quite busy. They say he wears clothes now which help to cover up some of the "bones."
Jigger Smith hops up to South Kortright for the week-end now and then. He runs his own fleet of planes out west. I guess they dust wheat fields or something.
Murphy's chicken farm is well known throughout New York State. I understand he tied with the Rich Brothers in this profit-making enterprise. Of course, he sells all his eggs to a dehydration plant.
Speaking of dehydrating, I was leafing through last month's "Scientific American" and i ran across a write-up on the discovery of a dehydrated Sunday dinner. It was interesting as it showed you could now have corn in tablets instead of on the cob, and who should I find had discovered this but George Miglianti.
When I turned the page whose picture should I see but Al Conklin's. Al has invented the machine for finding friends in a city. (We wonder if he could keep them after he found them).
Well, Barbara, I have told you all I know about our old classmates. Why don't you answer this and tell me anything you know about them. I know you will be very busy planning the banquet and if there is anything I can do to help, please be sure to let me know.
I'll see you at the banquet. Until then, I remain,
Your friend and classmate,
"Larry" Gilmour
Lawrence Gilmour
Barbara Cook
1945•20
Class Will
We, the Senior Class of South Kortright Central School, being of illegal age and unsound mind and memory, do make public and declare this, our last will and testament, so help us God.
Barbara Cook leaves the ability to please Mr. Lottridge to Vivian Nesbitt.
Albert Conklin bequeathes his argumentative mind to Wallace Many.
To the Junior Girls, Dortha Dart leaves her will power to wait until becoming a Senior before getting engaged.
Margaret France leaves the back roads, which will be vacated, to Howard Rich and Willeita Beckett.
We leave Romolo Melucci, Lawrence Gilmour's tenor voice.
To Edwin Benedict, Kurt Gunther bequeathes his sense of humor. We all hope it will help the Juniors to survive their Senior year.
Harold Hait leaves his even disposition to Dick Trimbell.
Wilber Hays leaves his athletic ability to Edgar Simmons.
To Wendell Martin, Derwood Lifgren leaves his dancing ability.
Betty MacDougall leaves her hostess ability to Delphine Oblinski.
To the Freshman Class, we lovingly bequeath our troubles and worries. We hope it will give them the dignity they need.
To Hugh Rose, George Miglianti leaves his techinque of attracting girls. (What a technique).
George Murphy leaves his complacent attitude to Richard Babcock.
Don Pardy leaves the distinction of being able to sleep through the noisiest class to George Robertson
To Thelma Snedeker, we bequeath Bertha Parker's everready grin.
Claude Parker leaves his ability to bluff his way to Bill Walldroff.
To Mr. Wesel, we leave the athletic ability of the graduation class to future teams.
To the Junior Girls, the Senior girls leave the position of champion basketball team.
Ruth Rose leaves her musical ability to Marjorie Cowan.
Elizabeth Rowe leaves her cheerleading ability to Marjorie Reynolds.
To Howard Rich, Alfred Smith leaves what's left of his truck.
Stanley Sturgess leaves the capacious back seat of his car to Ed. Benedict and Doris Jean Dales.
Laura Travell leaves her ability to play basketball to Laurel Clark.
Dorothy Visser bequeaths her example of perfect behavior to Helen Marie King.
To Miss Russ, we leave the ........ Junior class ........ and extend to her our depest expression of sympathy.
To Miss Maynard, we leave a book of rules for chaperoning.
We leave to Miss Parsons two sheets of paper so that she can attain sufficient height to see between the spokes of the steering wheel wherever she may be.
To all the faculty members, especially Miss Davis, we leave the pleasant memories of having had the honor to teach at least one brilliant class in their teaching profession and we hope that they will be fortunate enough to have many more such classes.
To Mr. Burke, we leave all our troubles and sorrows and Jimmy Clark.
To Mr. Farquhar, the Senior boys bequeath their best whishes for his continued success and extend their appreciation for his guidance and companionship.
We hereby appoint Mr. Wesel and Miss Davis as the executors of this, our last will and testament. In witness thereof, we, the Class of Ninteen Hundred and forty-Five, hereby sign and seal this, our will, on the first day of June, 1945.
Ruth Rose,
George Miglianti,
Counselors at Law.
1945•21
The 1945 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1945 Almedian
