Courtland Union High School - La Perita Yearbook (Courtland, CA)

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6, N, Qgiggggli-- ' ' Q in--'M ff V17 ' f '1 I A The Romance of Curfew Edna Mason, '29 I NE bright morning in June when the four o'clock local pulled away from the station at Curfew, it left behind a young woman of about twentyffive years. She was slightly above the average height, but slender and lithe. Her hair was wavy with the slightest hint of gold in it. Her eyes were l ' big and blue and trusting, and two mischievous dimples could be seen when she smiled. She registered at the hotel as Miss jahala Chandler. lt was soon passed around that she was going to open a lunch room where the old saloon had been. The opening day was a big success, and jahala, with her ready smile and win' ning ways, soon held an important place in many masculine hearts. Her flock of admirers was steadily increasing. Amorous youths daily ate more and more at the lunch room and sat sighing deeply as they choked down the food they did not want, while they gazed wistfully after the graceful figure. The village doctor watched his business grow, and most new cases were of indigestion. Even slow, steady Clarence Seeds was seen plodding along, dreaming. The most astonishing conquest of all was that of the Tjaldeen boys, Charles and Erving, two sturdy bachelors, honest, hardfworking, and faithful. Each knew the other was smitten by the glances from those sparkling blue eyes and they both became sullen, suspicious, jealous rivals for Jahala's favor. There were numerous requests for her hand, To each suitor she replied with a sad sweet smile and a slow negative nod. However, the crisis came on Thanks' giving. It had been whispered that jahala was to have a birthday on the twenty' fourth, and suddenly all the young fellows of the village had business in the neighboring towns and would leave early in the morning before anyone was up and return late at night. The auspicious day arrived. Charles Tjaldeen sat impatiently waiting to speak a private word with his lady love. just now she was talking to William Harrison in the back room of the store. At last he had gone, and Charles hastened forward. Slowly he leaned across the counter, pulled out a tiny box from an inner pocket, and with many blushes presented it to Miss Chandler. IfIfI heard that yfyou have afa bifbirthday today, he stammered, Nanfand l brought yfyou a p-present. gngqfii . lL1'f Ykwnfx'

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Student Body Theodore Myers, '28 The Courtland Union High School Student Body at the eighth regular meeting, May 24, 1926, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Olive Chaldeen .........................................................................,.... President Frederic Barry .......... .......... V ice President Clarence Enos ....,..... .,.v............ S ecretary Dick Hudson ..................................,...............,.............,. ........... T reasurer Edna Mason ........,..............................................,........,................... Collector At the first regular meeting for the year 1926f1927, the roll call found all officers present. Thornton Pylman was elected Athletic Manager. At the fourth regular meeting a motion was passed to award letters to the members of the football team. A special meeting was called March 22, 1927, for the presentation of the block C's to the football men. The letters were presented amid loud cheers. Im' mediately afterward, the members of the basketball team were presented with their letters. For the first time in the history of the Courtland Union High School letters were awarded for basketball. We hope for increased interest in our meetings. Twenty-eight

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lA PERITA 1 1 9 Oh Charles, a solitaire! How beautiful, she exclaimed in her sweet low voice. How can I ever thank you? After a shamefacedly silent minute he blurted out, Aw that's nothin'! I'I will you--will you marry me? Oh dear, this is so sudden. I'll let you know tomorrow morning at eight. Won't you please go now, so that I may think it over? Of course Charles would go. He did not see Erving glare at him hotly from where he sat in the corner. When the former had gone out, Erving walked up and presented his gift, a pearl necklace. Oh Erving! Pearls! How wonderful of you! Thank you so much. jahala, he 'asked eagerly, Will you marry me? Oh this is so sudden, Erving. Won't you please let me think it over until to- morrow? Come at eight in the morning. I wonder if Charles and Erving would have been so happy if they could have seen her calmly accepting presents and proposals and heard her astonishing ans' wers to all alike. Come at eight in the morning. The day dawned bright and clear. The brothers dressed in their Sunday best and departed a different way so as to deceive the other, but both arrived in front of the lunch room promptly at eight. Each demanded to know the other's husif ness there. A crowd inside drew near expecting to see a fight. 'Tm here to get an answer to my proposal, shouted Erving. What! So am I, yelled back Charles. From the onlookers- She told me to come at eight o'clock. Me too! And me too! Miss Chandler appeared at the scene just then, and said to them in honeyed tones: . You poor boys, I'm so sorry this happened. Please excuse me for fifteen min- utes and let me think. At the end of that time, come, all of you, to the back room of the store, and she quietly entered the back room. . The rivals waited impatiently, and at the end of the set time, they rushed into the room. It was empty except for a wig of wavy and hinting golden hair and a few feminine garments. The light broke upon them. The lady was a fake. just then the whistle of the 8:20 train sounded near the station. Again the light dawned upon them. They dashed wildly down the street and arrived at the sta' tion only to see on the rear platform, a slender, lithe man with sparkling blue eyes. In one hand he held an old brown suitcase and in the other, a pearl neck' lace, and as the train rolled on, they caught the flash of a solitaire. 71 'riy 27