Nogales international., 1929-05-24

That night thirty members of
the class of '29 met in the au-
ditorium of the High School. In
tentions had been to have held
the convention across the bor-
der in come cabaret but serious
objections were met which pre-
vented this. Frank Todd ardent
prohibitionist had made stern pro-
tests against the holding of the
reunion in a wet country.
Thirty of the thirty-five grad
yates were there. One of those
five absent was dead. Francis
Knox had passed away on his
fortieth birthday from an attack
of ptomaine poisoning.
Ben Flores another of those
absent had been shanghied by a
tramp steamer one dark night
and was never heard of since.
Lois Gushing was a missionary
in a remote district of Africa.
Gray Wright was in the tooth
pick manufacturing business and
due to nationwide advertising
campaign which he was conducting
was unable to attend.
Bill Simonton, We heard, was
a press agent for a noted Holly
wood actress and was busy, at
the present, "ballyhooing" a COM
ing divorce of hers.
The other members were all
present and more than ready to
give an account of their past
twenty five years of life.
Dorothy Sanders was a noted
author having replaced Elinol
Glyn, writer of the past gen
Grafton. The worried look on her
face was caused by the present
attack being waged against hel
by the Patagonia censors.
Rafael Gourdin was a bartend-
er in Nogales, Sonora.
Ymelda and Amanda Carrillo
had become noted dietitions and
had invented a new taste fol
stewed prunes.
Tom Carey is now comfort
ably living off the royalties de-
rived from an invention of rub
ber vault pole.
Carmen Gonzalez and Maria
Cota-Robles were both widows
and lead a happy life support
ing their families.
Blythe McCorkfe waS making a
living by posing for collar ads.
Edith Perkins was chorus
girl with the Ziegfeld Follies and
had the reputation of being a
notorious gold-digger.
Enrique Lineiro had reached
his pinnacle of success as an
opera singer and had already en-
dorsed LUCKY Strikes.
L. z. Jones was running the
biggest and best "speakeasy" east
of the Mississippi.
Lester Kuck and Louise are al
present highly interested in the
town Of Reno, New.
Francis Castaneda was running
for governor of the State Of So
nora. Francis had levied an eight
years battle for woman suffrage
in that state and had finally won
out.
Carmen Fernandez was jai!
matron for Santa Cruz County.
Dora Wingo had dyed her hair
and was editor of "Whiz Bang.
Martha Coughanour was a
teacher of ballet dancing in Green
wivh Village.
Ignacio Mendivil had worked
his way up to head street cleaner
of Nogales and at the present
had his fertile brain working up
on a new scheme to start an
other revolution across Interna-
tional Street.
Mary Ahumada was the ns.i-
geter of transoceanic Aight
across the Pacific Ocean to the
Fiji Islands.
Alice Pima had become a NOV
ing picture censor and was the
only one in the entire movie
colony who said "no" once in a
while.
Bertha Mohrdieck had become
a we'll known chiropractor.
David Coughanour was working
on fluid 20 nuetralize the smell
of skunks.
Catherine Farris was leaving
for Hollywood to furnish the ac-
cent in southern scenes for the
"talkies''.
Elena Perez was speaker on
Temperance.
Lillian Fits was a noted COM
poser of "jazz" noted for the