Benton Township High School - Scarab Yearbook (Benton, IL)

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I . o • . . Srninr (BUuut Jjniyltrni (flnutimiri'i up, and in the winter they give a series of lectures on the bugs. Of course such wild young girls could not be trusted alone, so they are ably chaperoned by our former janitor. Mr. Dalby. Pearl Neal and William Meyer were always such good friends that I was not surprised to learn that they were running a hospital for lame ducks in Rend City. Nelia McAdoo is at the head of a large factory for manufacturing liquid air out of holes in doughnuts. 1 didn't think Ruth Joplin would go quite so far with her gum chewing. I hear that she is the president of a chewing gum factory and that all packages have her picture on them. Rumor also has it that she chews one stick out of each package before it is sent out. As the factory turns out thousands of packages daily. I am not surprised that Ruth has such pearly white teeth. Sybel Robertson always had a fellow in High School. She has now taken a nice, thin gentleman from the poor farm and is spending her days in running a two-room hotel in the middle of the Alississippi, and there feeding her husband oyster shells. Of course. Tallie Dillon is still typewriting. Her friends fear for her health for she gets up from her bed every night at two and one-half minutes afrer twelve, takes her flashlight, and goes to her typewriter where she writes love letters to the heathens in the wilds of South Africa. The most civilized tribe there has for its chief, Ernest Webb. Ernest is quite popular there for even Opal Rhodes has made several flying trips there in her new Ford aeroplane. Freeman Harris carried his love for raving throughout his life. He is now manufacturing toy automobiles and tests them out on a special track. Every morning he may be seen getting into one of the automobiles and go spinning around the eight-mile track. Frank Quillman and Cecile AtcClintock decided to combine their wonderful talents for life and they arc now in Ewing where Frank is professor of philosophy and Cecile is poetess in Ewing College. Jim Austen has turned out to be quite a heart breaker. He has had six wives, his latest victim being Elvera Galvin, who committed suicide by winding a sw-eet William” around her neck and then sitting patiently down to die reading “Pilgrim’s Progress.” I I ended my sad, yet wonderful trip, in Benton w-here 1 heard the sad news that Leora Seeber had continued getting into trouble. She has been deported to Italy where she hangs by a string of macaroni over one of the canals in Venice. u

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—V.. 4. a Scarab 1020 SritUir (Hlasa $Jroplji?n} As I was bumming my way about the country. I met many of my old schoolmates. Alas! They were sadly changed. Some of them had risen in life while others had fallen very low. 1 could not help contrasting our happy school life with our life of trouble now. One of the first places 1 visited was an Old Ladies' Home, which was run by Eugenia Campbell. Pearlc Burgess and Beatrice Adams. Those three sweet angels of my school days were not very successful with their home for there was a pawnshop in the neighborhood. Who should be the owners of the pawnshop but Jarvis Johnson and Willie Carter! The three girls were so much infatuated with these illustrious characters that they often stole nightcaps from the old ladies and brought them to the pawnshop to be pawned. This so depressed me that 1 went to a carnival the next night. There I recognized Jessie White as the two-headed lady, Glenna McAdoo as the snake charmer, and Nellie Neal. Clara Ewing. Blanche Warren, and Fay Summers, as the famous Maids of 49 . 1 next visited an insane asylum, which Marion Moore was in charge of. Marion was not the lively boy 1 once knew. He had taken too many aspirin tablets and now daily watched the ravings of his old friend Whiskey Vise . Whiskey’s case was a sad one. He had had his private stock in an ice cream freezer at the Junior-Senior reception and was so highly entertained that night that he got generous and invited Mr. Andrews. Air. Wells, and Mr. Hudelson to take a drink. It was the only mistake of his life, for those three worthies drank all of poor Whiskey's private stock which catastrophe completely drove him insane. One night 1 had the pleasure of hearing the Hawaiian singers. In the troupe I noticed Earl Seeber appearing as a Hawaiian princess in native costume. It is said that Earl has the most beautiful shoulders that have ever been on the stage. I always knew Maurice Campbell's oratory was good Tor something. He is now professor of oratory in a deaf and dumb school with Ralph Simpson as his best pupil. The next night I went to the picture show to sec Jake, the famous woman imitator. Jake had given Dick Dillon charge of his wardrobe and it is said that Dick might frequently be seen about the studio with a needle, thread, and pins in his hair (he now wears his hair in two long braids), draping dresses on Connie Harris as a model. Yes, Merwin Houk is a musician. One day I saw him and his wife, Lena, playing Jews harps in front of the Salvation Army headquarters. It was a happy day for them for they had just converted that notorious highwayman and pickpocket. Jim Crisp. Tears might be seen flowing down Jim's cheeks (and dropping in fountains provided for that purpose) as he listened to the preacher, Everett Baldwin, tell of his salvation. I I was delighted to find that Elizabeth Jackson and Helen Parkhill have such a congenial occupation. In the summer they catch lightning bugs and bottle them 10

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 ff ,r Scarab 10:20 O J Srntnr (Class Will We. the class of '20 of B. T. H., being sound of mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do therefore make, ordain. publish and declare, this to be our last will and testament: First, we order and direct that our executor, hereinafter named, pay all our just debts and funeral expenses as soon after our decease ns possible. Second, after the payment of such funeral expenses and debts, we give, devise. and bequeath To the high school, the new building. To the study room, a clock that will run. To Mr. Andrews, Earl Seeber’s musical ability. To the Junior girls, the rest room. To the Misses Vastis Seymour. Bede, and Memler—extra pay for sentinel duty in the hall. To Mr. Hudelson, several more private assemblies. To Miss Strawn, Lcorn's popularity. To Smittie. our best regards. To Miss Pfaff, a camp fire that will meet when they are supposed to. To the following Seniors: Pearl Neal, her Eddie. Eugenia Campbell, a lip stick and a twelve o'clock fellow. Earl Seebcr, a carload of eats. Elizabeth Jackson, a peaceful brother. Pearle Burgess, peace from “Min.” Beatrice Adams, a little photograph. Marion Moore, a pair of dice. Jim Austin, a wife that has money. Jake Kirsch, a patent on his grin. Harry Vise, a bottle of whiskey. Freeman Harris, a Stutz-Bcarcat. Don Harris, a position as business manager of everything. Leora Seeber. some one who loves her. Dick Dillon, a map of Ireland to carry on his countenance. Frank Quillman, some soap to wash his face. Ruth Joplin, a cock-eyed fellow. Helen Parkhill, a butcher-knife. Cecile McClintock, a romantic married life. Nelia AlcAdoo, unlimited popularity at school next year. Jim Crisp, a permit to all his classes. To the following Juniors: Mabel Hart, a date every night. Kenneth Odum, a little duck. Errol Sullivan, a new engine for his machine. Overton Jackson, free tickets to West Frankfort. George Moore, a beautiful, dark night, and Helen. Luwrencc Moore, Elizabeth Jackson's ability to talk. Pat Wright, Dick Dillon’s hair. Eloise Barrick, permission to stay out as long as she pleases. 21