Curwensville Area High School - Echo Yearbook (Curwensville, PA)

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PAGE 24 CURWENSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ' PROPHECY I Imagvineburselves to be living in the year 1935. I am starting for a trip through the United States. Where are all the dear old Seniors and what are they doing? ' I spent much time -sight-seeing in New York. As if in answer to my thoughts, one day while walking throuigh one of the buildings on Wall street I happened to notice over one of the doors the name of George Wrig- ley. ll entered and- after a long period of waiting and many announcements I gained an interview with one of New York's greatest business men. He informed me that Byron McDowell was an artist and had his studio at Washington D. C. How could we know years ago from the pictures that were drawn on the old blackb-oiard by Byron that he would develop into so great an artist? . He also salid that Myrtle Daubs, our little curley headed girl, was pro- ducing some fine fiction and had a gay apartment in Greenwich Village. That evening I attended a theatre where a marvelous dancer was to dis- play her grace and so dumfounded was I wihen I recognized Cora Walf charming the people. I we-nt behind the scenes after the performance and was received joyfully by Cora. In turn she presented to me Helen O. Clark now traveling with the world's famous Symfp-hony'Orchestra. We talked- of school ,days and 'all agreed' that we would give several years of our life to be back in the dear old assembly hall. They delighted me by telling me that our friend Elizabeth Wall was married and lived in one of New York's famous mansions. As there were so many of us in the city we decided to meet somewhere. So we called Elizabeth, now Mrs. Van Courtland Ness. We were immediate- ly invited over for the afternoon and dinner. Elizabeth, said she had been to 31153 Yale-Harvard game -and that Arthur Hockman was playing football at a e. She also explained that a very distinguished music college of the city was sending a new music teadher for her daughter Constance. Not long after this the maid announced the new music teacher and was told to show her into the Y Hrary. To our astonishment in came Hazel Weber. She was the same cu, Hazel to us. She also remained for dinner. After dinner we went to scientific lectures given by a great scientist. The third man that went on the platform was a very distinguished looking man whom we recognized as William Snyder. His talk certainly was an inspiration and took us back to the times when Bill thrilled us all with his eloquence of speech in the Chemistry class of 1922. We tal'ked with! him after the lecture and he said he had been married for several years and lived in the city. I left the city the next day for Chicago. At Evanston, Ill., John Bowers entered the-train. He recognized me and -came and sat down beside me. He said .he was a mining engineer. He was very different from the troublesome John Bowers that made my school life very burdensome at times. Arriving at Chicago about noon I found that my train wofuld not leave until midnight. I decided to go shopping. Going into a large dress-mak- ing establishment I sat with many other pecrple who were watching the display of dresses. One of the models took my eye more than the gowns for it was no other than Perdita Ardlalry. She told me later that she and Cora Snyder worked for the same firm. Cora was a designer. - That evening I went to a vaudeville. I sat down beside a very quiet looking lady. She smiled and suddenly held out her hand to me for it was Frances Cook, our shark at translating Latin. ' ' - She said she was teaching Latin in one of the high schools of Chicago. She also said that May Shirk was acting there tonight. So after the show I had the pleasure of seeing another one of my classmates who had turned out to be a very stunning actress. l u Hearing that Elizabeth King was a superintendent of a hospital, I stopped to see her and to my surprise Kathryn Hile. was there also. She had graduated in that hospital as a nurse and was still there.

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CURWENSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAGE 23 The long anticipated year has come, we are Seniors. Byron McDowell wasunammously elected president to lead us through the intricacies of our Senior year. George Wrigley was elected secretary and Elizabeth Wall chosen as treasurer. We looked forward to '22 as our best year. As Flreshmen, Sophomores and Juniors, we strove to lift better to best , in school life, and as Seniors, We shall attempt to magnify that ideal and set an example for those following in our footsteps. Shortly after the start of school, we were highly entertained at a lawn party, given at the home of Elizabeth King, of which all the Faculty attended. There we enjoyed games and dancing and ended the evening with delicious refreshments, returning home at a late houzr, and vouohing We had never had a better time before. Our .class play, and other entertainments, such as banquets and parties, will be held later in the term. Thus stands the history of our class of 1922, as far as the historical facts are concernedg but the pleasant mem- ories of our pasti association can never be recorded. We can sincerely hope and trust that our future paths and associations may be as bright as those of our past four years. ' - MARJORIE A. MURRAY CAN YOU IMAGINE Helen Benson 6 ft. 2, in. in hecr- stocking feet? Reuben Moose with his arms arofurnd a girl? , Pearl Mumma not taking a bath on her powder-puff ? Rudolph Yacabucci awake in History , Class? Olive Eckert without her 50c rosy cheeks ? Toby Collins setting still? Carl Downs without chewing gum? Lois Vau'hn, short and fat? Jim Holton studying? Efdith Brunnetti not flirting? Lucinda Clark not talking? Alice Wall not sitting near Guery and Orville? John Bowers in a bathing suit? Helen Clark chief police of Curwensville? Bastael Felo playing a pipe organ? Earl Bloom not day-dreaming? Wava Jones not writing love letters to Cecil? . George Wrigley not staring at Cora? Dorothy Bixler raising a fnuss in school? Byron McDowell lookiing blue? Perdita Ardary with shorter skirts? ,Elizabeth K. with her Vergil lesson , studied? 7 Y, A, s A

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I CURWENSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAGE 25 Saying farewell to Chicago I went to Billings, Montana, where I had relatives. My uncle took me out to see some of the ranches. Stopping at one ranch for a drmk he insisted that I meet the owner as he knew him. We entered the .house and I was confronted by Reuben Moose. He said he liked the west very much and added that other members of our class were enJoy1ng the west. , M Pearl Mumma was teaching school not far from there and Olive Eckert was matron of a chi1dren's home at Billingsu Some days later I started for Colorado Springs. There I met Helen Benson, recuperating from a. broken heart. She asked me if I should like to see some one else Lknew. She took me to a large kindergarden School where Marjorie Murray was at the head. Hours later I arrived at Los Angeles. Some days later I went into a if shop to buy a few souvenirs. A tall stately looking Woman came to wait on me, but stood staring at me. She said she was Lois Vaughn but so changed was she that I did not know her. She was happily married and lived in the city. She said that Wava Newcomer had been in there not long ago and that she was a traveling saleslady. W-hile walking through a park one Sunday whom did I meet but Lucy Brunetti and Elda Yacabucci. They were both living at Los Angeles, Lucy was a secretary and Elda a stenographer. Going to an opera one night I heard the great opera singer Lillian Taylor. And what dog you think? She was our Lillian. If you Want to know what the writer is doing address,- EDITH SAWTELLE, WISE AND OTHERWISE Udyl in Grande Bros. store, laying a bunch of grapes on the scales. Say how much do these weighl? Victor, very much on the alert, and anxious to make a sale, ah-h-h, let me see-e-e-e, um-rn-m, six ounces, that is a-ia-a-eleven cents, who wants to buy them? Oh, nobody, replied Udy, replacing the grapes in the basket, I just wanted to see Chlorw mxucli they wveigvhledi' Elizabeth King very zealously, Ray-y Hockey-y. Solo, Elizabeth Wall, -Loves fold sweet song. Duet, Elizabeth King and Arthur Hockman, We love each other. Damlces, flilllellll' hikes, e-irc., aff. Jessie fPife-r, I got ia. peach of a fellow at a dance. Echo, Margaret Kelly, So did I. Duet, The two twins, Katherines, Kepihart and Pifer. Mildres Leib: That old Geometry gets my goat, for it goes and proves that a man is. a goose, and I Qsobbingj I-I won't m-m-marry a g-goose, so there. - John, ratlling two half dollars, Oh Arthur, hear my dumbells jingle. ' Give me olne of yvoulr dumbells, John, replied Arthur. No sur. ssallied John, They wouldn't jingle then. Vifhat did' the man Edith Saw, telle Say, is Marjorie, Murray Would it be hard to Cora flj Wolf?