Aurora Central High School - Borealis Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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SENIOR WILL The last will and testament of the senior class of Aurora High School. 1931. We, the class of 1931. realizing that the remaining days of our high school career are numbered, and feeling that, as the uncertainties of life come flooding upon us bewildering our astute minds, causing mental disarrangements and physical disorders, bringing us to the realization of the fact that the expectancy of life won in our senior year may be cut short before the close of the school year. we. the class of 1931, possessing a sound mind and healthy body, do hereby make our last will and testament, to be executed and properly probated upon the final day of our demise. We do hereby give and bequeath the following, to-wit: I. Johnny Edwards, leave Lola Ruth to Allen Witheral. I. Bernita Johnson, leave my gum to Henrietta Meyer. I. Rex Kelso, leave my gift of gab to Edward Stoll. I. Ruth Bowen, leave my romantic ability to Clara Haight. I. Margaret Farnham. leave my weight to Dale Moore. I. Eugene Lassman. leave my athletic powers to Jack Bowen. I. Frank Burgess, leave my cigars to Orville Minnick. I. James Ballard, leave Louise forever. I. Tommy Walker, leave my Chevrolet to Sergeant Brooks. I. Ralph Rathburn. leave my oratorical abilities to Mr. Hansen. I. Blance Kiernan. leave my heftiness to Ruth Van Horn. I. Agnes Andersen, leave my typewriting ability to Mr. Hovde. I. Velva Thompson, leave my height to Buddy Starns. I. Sibyl Cherry, leave my bashfulness to Delmar Tribbet. I. Lucille Bridges, leave my giggle to Miss Olson. I. Margaret Smith, leave my gold teeth to Charlotte Koons. I. Lloyd Ballard, leave by scientifical ability to Professor Einstein. I. Lillie Kirkegaard. leave the farm. I. Mary Brooks, leave my temper to Ruth Petersen. I. Vernon Spencer, leave my basketball ability to Coach Day. I. Patsy Hall, leave Frank Burgess alone. I. Esther Bowman, leave my ability to make good grades to William Brown. I. Phil Ballard, leave my track ability to Alfred Lewand. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Aurora. Colo rado, this twenty-ninth day of May. A. D., 1931. (Signed) I. HOLD Up. Not a Republic. (Signed) Margaret Emanuel Dale Wright Witnesses. —Phil Ballard. I 12 l

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room I heard the moans and groans of the co-Eds and co-Marys and on peeking in saw the reason for them. Vernon Spencer was at the head of the class and he hadn't lost any of his former sternness either. Vernon told me that Ruth Bowen was leading a girls' orchestra in the Paris Theater in New York and that their fighting was being done through the mail instead of in the library of the old school. I decided 1 must see Ruth, so my next stop was New York. After listening to the performance. I sent in my card and Ruth came out of the stage door with the same old familiar laugh. She told me that Lucille Bridges was private secretary to John D. Rockefeller but that she was on her vacation and they were planning a trip to Europe together. 1 found Lucille in their luxurious apartment at the Broadway Hotel, packing more dresses than the G. R.’s had in their style show in 1931. Lucille told me that Rex Kelso was United States Attorney General at Washington. D. C. I could just imagine Rex as a lawyer, for I could remember his oratorical ability. I decided to go to visit Rex for I was anxious to see President Frank A. Burgess, who had just been inaugurated president of the United States. At the White House. I found Frank sitting in an easy chair, and he is still for the working man. He told me that Phil Ballard was riding the range, that is he was a forest ranger. Asking about James Ballard. I learned that he was chief electrical engineer of the power plant at the Hoover Dam in Arizona. As I left the White House I met Tommy Walker. He was an electrician and had come to inspect the lights of the capitol. since he could not leave so important a job in the hands of his helpers. I boarded a trolley and sat down beside another old friend. Margaret Smith. Margaret was on a pleasure trip to New York, but had made her home on a farm in Grand Junction. Colorado. She told me that Margaret Farnham was an army nurse at Fitzsimons General Hospital. 1 remained in New York that day and boarded a train for home the next day. happy in seeing all my old friends. But someone was missing: I could not locate John Edwards. As I sat looking out the window watching the people board the train at Buffalo I saw a familiar face: yes. it was John's. He told me that he had achieved his ambition as an architect and was still in hopes of some day achieving another ambition, that of making his schoolday sweetheart happy. That evening, sitting alone in front of the blazing fireplace in my studio. I dozed off into dreamy slumber. I gathered all the visions of my glorious trip together and there in the fire I saw a picture—they were all there, all smiling, all in caps and gowns, as real as if they were all standing there. It was the graduating class of 1931. May the next ten years bring as much happiness and success to all! Esther Bowman.

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 HENRIETTA McVEY. President Belongs back on the farm. DOROTHY LEVENHAGEN. Vice President Belongs to the rank of the school shebas MARGARET McKee. Secretary-Treasurer Belongs to Orville? Edna Mullins. Student Council Representative Belongs to Ralph. GENE Reynolds. Sergeant-at-Arms Belongs at a rest resort. Emma Potts Belongs to a new boy friend ever so often. Jerome Edwards Belongs to his janitor job.