Greenville High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Greenville, MI)

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THE DAILY NEWS Tan Oxfords FOR MEN LONG SERVICE We guarantee evert part solid leather. Popular prices, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 and $5.50. Sold only by Snyder Sayles SHOE STORES PUREST TABLETS Exactly what the name says. They test out Absolutely Pure. 100 5-Grain Tablets 59c C. S. FLECK S DRUG COMPANY APPOINTMENT OF POSTMISTRESS GENERAL Washington, D. C., April 10.—Mr. Harold Hill, secretary to President Booker, today gave out that the last ir ember of the President’s cabinet was to be Miss Gladys L. Hansen, whc takes the position of Post mistress-General It is the first time in the history of the country that a woman has filled a cabinet position and the eyes of the suf-'ragists are upon Washington to see the outcome. Marie Nielsen, the famous suffragist leader, today made the statement to our correspondent that if Miss Hansen made a notable success in her position, it would not be long before the entire executive branch of our country would be made up of women. FLORIDA TRAIL BLAZERS ARRIVE SAFE IN MIAMA Mia.ri, Fla., April 10 —Three members of the Tamiama Trail Blazers reached Miami at 12:30. Bernice Root did not make the trip but she may come later The entire party is safe and located 61 miles west of Miami, they reported. BLANDING SUIT OPENS TODAY Detroit, April 10.— William Blanding of this city today entered suit for libel against Arnold Baldwin. Mr. Blanding, who runs a beauty parlor, claimed his reputation had been injured by the defendant’s statements in regard to his always having been interested in chickens. Judge Fitz-simons postponed the case until next week. IRISH FREE STATE TROOPS HOT ON TRAIL OF REBEL CHIEFTIAN. London, April 12.— (By Associated Press) —Free State forces are hot on the heels of Ab-bie Watson, Countess Markievisz, and other prominent Republican leaders, and their capture is expected hourly, says a Belfast despatch to the Evening News today. They are said to be hiding in the Knockmealdoun mountains, a rugged, desolate range in Tipperary. Free state army headquarters this afternoon officially contradicted the report that Eammon De Valera has been captured. There has been a complete change of ads in this edition and we are sure you will be benefited if you look them over. Special LADIES, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Just imported 1,000 fine Hats from Paris. Come early and avoid the rush HURRY! J. Ranney’s HAT SHOP Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR They are the result of strength added to lightness, and balance added to both. A. Busk Page Twenty-five

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THE DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 11 1947 LOCAL JOTTINGS Mr. Harold Brown, steeplejack of this city, was seriously injured when he attempted tc remove a flag' which) had become tightly] wrapped about the flag pole before the city hall. Or.e of the straps supporting Mr. Brown broke, and he slipped to the ground, seriously lacerating his hands. Mr. Clinton S Fleck was arrested Monday and fined $50 for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. Miss Marian Ahern, a local girl, will give a vocal concert in the Armory at Grand Rapids, tomorrow evening. I wish to announce that I purchased the Greenville Candy store from Mr. Antonio Oli-verio and that it will be open for business immediately. —Patricia Noxon. The Grand Rapids Press has been purchased by David Cooper, a local boy, and he expects to make it a bigger and better paper than ever. Mr. Yinger’s sermon for Sunday is, “The Infinitesimal Essence of Bryantism.” Paste Twenty-four JURY PROBE SEEMS TO BE NEXT STEP Greenville, April 10— Further developments in the case of Rettinger vs. Faber indicate that the evidence introduced yesterday by the plaintiff’s attorney will be thrown out as irrelevant. The defendant’s attorney’s objections have been sustained by Judge Fitzsimons. who held that letters written to the plaintiff by the defendant while they were in school are invalid as evidence. Evidence was then introduced by Mr. Elmer Nielsen, attorney for the plaintiff, to show that the defendant paid great attention to the plaintiff during the past year. Miss Olive Addis testified to having seen the defendant with the olaintiff several times lately; here the defendant’s attorney, Derwood Tuttle, moved an adjournment, which was granted. New Jury Impaneled. The jury in the case of Rettinger vs. Faber has been discharged upon the claim of the defendant’s attorney that the plaintiff had succeeded in influencing certain members of the panel, namely Wallace Rosendal, foreman, and Vincent Sampson in favor of her suit. At- IN SOCIETY TRIAL torneys Nielsen and Tuttle came to blows upon Mr. Tuttle’s statement wherein he called Miss Rettinger a heartless flirt. Trial adjourned. TOPICS OF THE DAY It has been rumored that the Misses Louise Frank and Mildred Ziegler will spend their summer vacation in Venice. It is also rumored that the Count Rasmussen will spend the summer there also. Roderic Grosvenor. recent winner of the international beauty contest, has signed a four-year contract with the Sayles-Ingraham Film company. Premier T o o m u c h Koffe, of Turkey, in private life, Mr. Vincent Coats, gave out today that Turkey, at his instigation, was passing a law forbidding the other countries of the woidd to use Turkish tobaccos. Mr. Freeman Huntley, the great American athlete, has been received with great honor by all the European nobility and is expected to start for home soon. NEW NON-STOP RECORD MADE BY NEW YORK MODEL New York, April 10. —Miss Irma Byrne yesterday set a new nonstop dancing record when she danced for 250 hours continuously, without stopping for refreshments. She tired fifty-seven partners and bankrupted the Snyder Darnell Shoe Co., which supplied her with dancing purr ps. Because of the long exercise, her abstinence from food for so long a time rivals the efforts of the late Terrence McSwiney of Ireland. At the conclusion of the dance, Miss Byrne sat down to a luncheon of cold tea and a pickle, and remarked that she intended soon to start reducing exercises. Houston, Tex.—Miss | Marian Smith of this city fell unconscious after 247 hours of dancing, trying to break the record of 250 hours set recently by Miss Irma Byrne, a fashion model of New York. The winter this year seems to want to prolong itself out just as it did in 1923. We hope not. The G. H. S. class of ’47 is trying to put out an Annual this year just as good as the one put out by the class of ’23. We hope we can.

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SECTION I. Article I.—We the class of nineteen twenty-three, being of sound mind and good judgment, and as yet, in full possession of our faculties, do this year of our Lord, Nineteen hundred and twenty-three, make this our final will and testament. SECTION II Article I.—We leave to the faculty our hearty thanks and appreciation for their everlasting efforts to instill into our lives bounteous know’edge and other necessities for a bright and happy future. Gladly do we bequeath to said faculty any such knowledge that they may have obtained from us. Article II.—We leave to our noble successors, the Juniors, memories of a model senior class, together with our unpaid debts, our dignities, and our superior airs, which, ’tis rumored, are best to leave behind. Article III.—To Mr. Floyd G. Slentz we now gladly bequeath the formula C3H5 N2C6H3 (NH2) HCL. (diamono-azo-benzins-hydrcchloride) by which white slips may be turned a permanent yellow, in case the yellow supply should run low. SECTION III. Article I.—Marian Ahern wills her classiness to Edith Rosemary Smith (By Request). Article II.—Arnold Baldwin leaves to William Wa’ker his char.ce to go to the “Wright.” Article III.—Irma Byrne leaves to Alice Hayward a few of her suitors. Article IV.—Aage Busk has decided to bequeath his (temper) to Mr. Leland Mote. Article V.—William Blanding bequeaths his chickens to his brother, Abe. Article VI.—Arvin Faber wills to Harry Slotterbeck his dancing shoes. Article VII.—Wallace Rosendal leaves his ability to teach Dane to Ole Olsen. Article VIII.—Harold Brown, out of the kindness of his heart, wills his ability to get on the right side of teachers to his little namesake, D. Brown. SECTION IV. Article I.—Henry Ingraham bequeaths his fleetness of foot to Howard Luscombe. Article II.—Gladys L. Hansen leaves her ability to translate Spanish to Margaret King. Article III.—June Ranney wills her popularity to Josephine Christensen (by request of Mr. Whittemore). Article IV.—Katherine Rettinger bequeaths to Wanda Lawrence her vamping Article V.—Freeman Huntley bequeaths his physical powers to Lyle Price. Article VI.—Vincent Coats leaves his ability to wait on teachers to Lyle Cairns. Article VII.—Bernice Root leaves her oratorical ability to Verna Smith. Article VIII.—David Cooper solemnly wills his marbles to Eldon Hansen. Page Twenty-six