Here is what it says about Preston in the Chester High School Annual Yearbook Class of 1921:
Preston made his debut in Chester High School in 1918, and promptly monopolized the attention of the freshman girls. He says that he simply can't get Civics. Our suggestion is to spend more time with the books and less over on Ninth Street. However, when he is nominated for President of the World, we'll vote for him. He was given charge of the electrical work during entertainments, and his car and efficient operation of the lights has won the approval and appreciation of the Dramatic and Glee Clubs of the school. His work in his studies makes us proud to call him a son of the class of 1921.
A worker of the finest sort,
With wires and bulbs and such,
For when it came to 'lectric things,
You could not show him much.
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