Grass Valley High School - Stray Leaves Yearbook (Grass Valley, CA)

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Friend Benita, here does paint, Scene for scene upon him wall, Summer, Spring, maybe Fall. See, there's Harriet, full of laughter and play The Daily Sun, she prints by day. And here is Alice of Chico High. Deftly marriage, she passes by. I saw.C1are's happy, smiling face. Leading school children to their place. And Matt! Busy, hard at work, For in a drug store Matt's a clerk. Chen, I said, you surely can tell, Fortunes true and all so well. Ah! Keepee quiet. Muchee more you see, If no stoppee Chen. He telle thee. Then Adeline I saw, as a doctor of fame. Putting all other doctors badly to shame. VVhile'Grace, modest and shy. As dancing instructor, passes others by. But Helene does not share daily strife, For she, I find, is a farmer's wife. And at L. A.. in an office there, I find stenographer Elise. without compare. Chen smiled, showing wrinkles brown. I watched the leaves drift 'round and 'round. Unexpectedly I saw Fern. an actress great, Her name is known in village and state. Next I saw Leonard in stylish clothes, VVithin his buttonhole a rose. He sets the very latest fad, For on billboards. Len's a collar ad. VVhile on a dairy farm 'neath clear blue skies. In an aeroplane, milk, Marcellus flies. Chen then showed me Alfred now. As a Senator Alfred shows them how. Looking at another leaf I learned, That Harold, a lawyership has earned. That Leslie to Vifashington was sent. To fill a job for the government. The leaves, again, drifted by, I smiled sweetly, heaved a sigh, Then saw Martin at a plow, A farm adviser, Mart' is now. Oh! See Beatrice, I slowly said. To this Chen wisely wagged his head, She's a stenographer, on Business Street. Helping Harriet publish her newsy sheet. Then Reva's smiling face I did see, She owns a store, the Bon Marche. VVith Bertha as a clerk, Business, they seldom shirk. Now, Chen said. I show last of all, In a store so big and tall, See, him boy such busy talker, It's 'Miltf the floor walker. I asked, I repeated. I want to know, If things could really happen so. 20

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My answer this. Fortune telling him all through. Yes, five dolly him will do. The fiddles tweaked once again, Then all was quiet in the home of Chen. Unexpectedly I heard a gong, Then the voice of little VVong. Softly, sweetly, she sang again, The goodbye, good luck song of Chen, Me no cly, me only say, 'Tow-see Mon-ga-lay.' RJ as H 5 ' -Rr .gh r ' . .1 M LASS WILL Mumlmw We the Class of 1927, hereby will to all the lower classmen our high percentage of membership in the Scholarship Society. Take this will to heart. VVe, the Class of 1927, hereby will to the Freshman Class our athletic abilit '. IIVe, the Class of 1927, hereby will to the Junior Class our dramatic ability. VVe, the Class of 1927, hereby will to the Sophomore Class our initiative. As individuals, weido, with a clear and sane conscience, leave the follow- ing: b I, Claire Adams, my student body activities, to Ramona Talboe. I, Matt Argall. my track ability, to John VVeyl. I, Marcellus Bieber, my fascinating and winning ways with the girls to Stanley Mitchell. I Helene Bing, my quietness to Melly W'earne. I, Martin Beebee, my ride to school every day to Elsie Kent. I, Ray Crothers, my walks with a certain girl to Stanley Nobs. I, Carlton Carter, my athletic ability to Ernest Kramm. I, Douglas Conway, my dancing ability to Harold I-Iansen. 5 I, Elise James, my typing ability to Anna Stevenson. I, Alfred Kramm, my mustache to Emmett Pierce. I, Reva Johnson, my dainty walk to Marjorie Bennetts. I, Leonard Larsen, my dimples to Albert Trezise. I. Harold McGagin, my dramatic ability to Louise Brown. I, Benita Nobs, my ability to get through in three years to Charley VVest. I, Beatrice Osborne. my rides to Agnes Bierwagen. I, Adeline Pardini, my debating ability to Ruth Richards. I, Josephine Penna. my brown eyes to Louise Peters. I Harriet Lobecker, my editorial ability to Mildred Trathen. I Bertha Ravn, my spectacles to Lucille Crase. I Alice Henwood my good marks to Jenette Beebee. I, Fern Trezise, my smile to Elmer Hawkins. I, Leslie VVeeks, my best girl to Fay Perrow. I, Grace Sullivan, my curly hair to Juanita Booth. 1, Milton Harris, my speed to Edwin Godfrey. CSignedj Claire Adams. Witiiessesz I. Lie Easy. Hope U, Likeit. 21