Walnut High School - Walnut Tree Yearbook (Walnut, IL)

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THE WALNUT TREE CLASS PROPHECY Point Barrow, Alaska, November 10, 1970. D:ar Miss Mason,—In my course of travel I stayed up in the arctic region for about three weeks. The first night, as we sat gazing at the wonders of the Northern skies, we saw the heavens burst into flames three times. The first burst of flame snowed a boy, and then it faded out of sight; the second was a young man; and the third was a bent old man. We gazed in wonder but we saw no more appear. The next night we were very surprised to see Martha Washington in the quaint old styles. At this I resolved to stay longer and see other people of History, and I was not disappointed. The third night we beheld Harold Rudiger as a small boy, as a student of Walnut High, and then as a bald-headed grandfather surrounded by his grandchildren. Each of the consecutive seventeen nights showed us a member of the famous Class of 1927 as they now are in 1970. The first two bursts of flame each night showed each person as a boy or girl and as a student of Walnut High . Although these brought back pleasant memories they do not need further description as I think you remember them too. The fourth night we beheld Audrey Kiser as a patient little missionary in the slums of New York. The next night the Auroras were unutterably beautiful; every color imaginable quivered across the sky. No picture appeared, but a tiny black spot came toward us. As it came nearer we saw that it was an areoplane, and recognized the pilot as Herbert Whitver. We beheld a most gorgeous sight the next night. The scene was in Hollywood, and the most beautiful actress was being chosen. The prize was awarded to Miss Marian Kiser. She was dressed in silvery laces, star-dust, and diamonds, and certainly deserved the prize. On the following night the lights showed us Allen Fox, who is still a traveling salesman. From the various tickets he had about him, one could tell that he had travelled in almost every state in the Union. We wrere hurried out the next night by terrible crackings and crashes. My friends informed me that the Auroras often cracked and roared. The picture we saw was an odd one. A great pile of musical instruments seemed scattered through the sky. In the midst of these sat George Stickles, serenely composing orchestra music. Notes, staffs, and innumerable 1 9 2 7? mniniTinnnmrTTinniTiniiniimiiinrninTifTi Page twenty-one

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THE WALNUT TREE SENIORS ADRIAN BULLINGTON No less in truth than life. Football, 3, 4; Agriculture Club, 1, 2, 3; A. M, B. Society, 3; Debate Club, 4; A. M. B. Play, 3; Agriculture Play, 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Operetta, 4; Hi-Y Survey, 4; Senior Class Play, 4; Academics Editor of Walnut Tree. JEANETTE ESPEL What passion hangs these weights upon my tongue. A. M. B. Society, 2, 3: Chorus, 3, 4; Operetta, 4; Home Economics Club, 2, 3; Vice President A. M. B., 3; Literary and Special Activities Editor of Walnut Tree, 4. GEORGE STICKLE I am content. Basket-ba'l. 1, 2, 3. 4: Football, 4; Track, 3, 4; Operetta, 3, 4; Orchestra, 1, 2, 3, 4; Agricu’ture Club, 1, 2, 3; Orchestra Conceit, 1, 2. 3; Senior Class Play, 4; Snap-shot Editor of Walnut Tree, 4. DORIS MIN1ER She is troubled with thick coming fancies that keep her from her rest. Home Economics Club, 1, 2, 3; Snapshot Editor of Walnut Tree, 4; Senior Class Play, 4. Page twenty 19 2 7

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THE WALNUT TREE sharps and flats floated through the air. Doubly marvelous colors called us out early the next night. The sky was dancing and bright with a multitude of different shades and tints. Earlene McElvania stood before an easel, painting a picture called “A Memory.” The view was of Walnut High School, surrounded now by full-grown trees. We were surprised the following night by the change of colors in the sky. It was covered with brown and gray pictures. The one bright spot in it was Doris Minier holding her camera just as she did way back when she was snap-shot editor of the Walnut Tree. She seems to have become very fond of taking pictures that year and has followed that vocation all her life. On the succeeding night the sky was as white and sanitary looking as the inside of a medicine kit. A team of dogs was being rushed madly across the northern plains. The driver was Adrian Bullington, and by his large kit and the letters ‘ M. D.” one could see that he had taken up the calling of doctor, and had chosen the Arctic snow-plains as his field of work. The following night showed us Grace Keithahn who had married well and lived a quiet life in society. On the next three nights we were favored with three school scenes. In the first of the three the lights glowed softly. We saw Cathryn Quilter telling a story to her kindergarten class. They were gazing at her in wondrous admiration. The second of the three nights showed Julia Espel teaching the seventh and eighth grades of a small town. The pupils were in geography class, studying of the Arctic region. The third of these three nights showed Cyrus Gonigam, old and bespectacled, wearing a small gray goatee, teaching a trigonometry class in Columbia University. Next we saw Max Brokaw working on the last of his multifarious inventions. This was a device, which, acting as a small elevator, enables one to get into an automobile without stepping up. On the next to the last night we beheld Herman Nelson, a prosperous farmer living just west of Walnut. With him was his capable, fat, little wife, once Edna Sweetnam. On the last night the sky was copper-colored. In the sky we saw Beulah Plapp, a missionary among the Indian girls of an Oklahoma Reservation. The Indian Maidens’ attitude gave proof of Beulah’s wonderful ability. Seeing these pictures was certainly the most enjoyable happening of my life, next to going to school at Walnut High. I felt that I must tell you about these scenes. I am sure you would have enjoyed them too. They were a very pleasant diversion in my humdrum lift as maid to the travelling ambassador’s wife’s private secretary. Sincerely, Jeannette Espel. Page twenty-two jummiunri.:innniiiinnitimnn 19 2 7