Aledo High School - Astrum (Aledo, IL)

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XXSSXXXKWXKXXXXXXXXSS XXXXXXXXXXXXWXXXXXXXXX34333-SSX Prophecjl fcontinuedp day lntroducmg me to the teachers students and Freshmen Among the teachers of Art were Dorothy Fetrle and Betty Erwm There were a few xery apt students among whom were Paul and Ruth Lastor son and daughter of Mr John Castor and Kath'een Morford Castor who are very wealthy and mfluentxal cltlzens of the clty of Reynolds Morrls Morrlson was another prlze student the son of Harold Mor rlson and Mrs Cleda Taylor Morrlson On the evemng of the thlrd day I left for Plttsburg and arrlved there the fol lowmg mornlng I went dlrettly to the Presldent of the U S Steel Corporatlon as 1 had some lmportant buslness to transact vnth hmm You can lmaglne my surprise at fmdmg Harry Smlth fllllng the Presldent s chair He took me mto confxden e and gave me the low down on the steel business of the present day He showed me over the plant and left me ln care of Valence Brown foreman of the labor forces Durlng my stay ln the clty I went slghtseemg and saw the massl e 1nst1tut1on that Dr Leslle Chester McCarty had erected for delmquents after he had made his mllllons on General Motors I was told that Loran Waugh was acting as Superlntendent of that lnstltutlon That evemng I went to the Nlght Club and was mildly surprised to note that Ted Stephens was on the program as a ventrlloqulst and was also a noted lmltator of small ammals He was very proflclent along that llne The other feature of the evenlng was Nettle Dellltt famous contralto soprano The next I met an old frlend of mme who mformed me among other thmgs that Margaret Haubrlch was ln the FIJI Islands where her husband was statloned as com mandlng offlcer He also told me that Rolland Lvons was a genlus at chess playlng and was at present tlme comnetmg wlth some German champions for the lnterna flonal tltle While We were chattlng a well dressed gentleman came over to us and mformed me that he was Dudley Wolfe and that he had just breezed lh to the clty to collect the mterest that Plttshurg owed him on a mortgage which he held on the clty Later IH the day I met L Chas Fender who was the Plttsburg representative of the Stutz Motor corporatlon He suggested that I run over to Indlanapohs where he was supervlslng some tests on some cars We went ln a new custom bullt sedan the upholstery of whlch was pale green to match Martha Peterson Fender's smart gown Upon arrival we vlewed cars deslgned by Fred Bahrmger whlch were bemg' tested by Domvan Pullen who has become a famous raclng drlver He has glven the company permlsslon to use hls name ln their advertlsmg lf the car comes up to hls speclflcatlons LaVerne Enstrom was the offlclal time keeper and some of the glrls who were teachmg ln the vlcmlty came un to see Don drlve He has remamed an attractlve bachelor Te kla Berglund and Ruth Perrin teach ln the Indxanapolls hlgh schools They are very fond of Domvan After the tests were concluded we went to Chlcago to attend the openmg of a new Roadhouse Leroy Egbert was the manager and hls wlfe whom you know as Lenore Hawks acted as hostess Homer Chandler was ln charge of the dlnlng room and made a wonderful head walter The nlace was ralded the nlght after we were the-re bv Detectlve Harry Brower and hls troupe of fearless offlcers of the law who had routed the Chlcago gunmen I learned that Lawerence McManus recently re sxgned as secretary of the Bureau of crueltv to msects and has taken up has Boron cal estate In Ireland County Tmerrary Thus nrovmce IS verv noteworthy havmg orlglnally been settled by the OTooles one of the rankmv famllles ln old Irlsh arls to racy He was accompamed by hls wlfe the former Dorothy Brownlee who has suffered from Lazymengetus for several years They have been travellng extenslvely fn hones of recoverlng her health The next dav I recelved a cablegram statlng that mv wlfe was serlously lll I de r-arfed lmmedxately for mv lsland home on the good shm U S Q Motxonless aboard wh' h I met Mr and Mrs W Duke McHard Mrs McHard was originally Mlss Evan gelme Gustafson of Aledo They were accompamed bv three of Mrs McHards charmmg school dav pals They were Miss Elizabeth Wllson noted for her famous lmpersonatlons of Madame Call! Cn-cu Mlss Irene Bonynge known for the great Treatise she wrote on the Care 'md Unkeen of the Home and Mlss Marv Blvens re nowned for belng the flrst worran to fvll a seat m the Senate The thrrd day I reached home and was greatly pleased to flnd mv wlfe lmnroxmg ramdly It IS from thls Island that I am wrltmg thls letter Please glve my regards to all those ln Aledo vsho stlll remember me lndefmltelv yours A T ALMER P S If you dont recelxe fhls letter wrlte and tell me I . . , K t .1 ,- V- 'D , . :X I . v V .' z. 1 .' '. . . 7 ' . X . . . . . , . .X 1- . , - ., .. I' In u . . Q .V '- ,I X. , , . I , . .1 I. , . . . . 1 . . 4 - . . D Y. . . . . I . I A I ' ' I 1 , . . . . . . . , . . . H . lv 1' ' '1 I 'A I- . h, .' A ' . . . ' . ' ' '1 z' - ' ', ,' . - - v . . , , . . . . I ' 5 : a .X 1. rl 'V .I V4 , , - . . . - ', ,' Z' 'l 1 ' Z' 'i X I 1 n na u l -I ,V '. 'I n 1 . n 'I I' 1 1 ' 1 I I I Q . s u Ax 1' S 1 h f 1' I' ' . ' ' . . '- Q 5 . . . . I X- - - . . . . 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Class W1ll 53335XXWWXXXXXXXSWXWXXXXXXXXXXWXXWWXXXXXXXWXXXXWXXKWWX 2 Z E Z Z 5 Z 'If' 42 E 5 2 Z 5 E Z QXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX We the lllustrlous and dlgfllfled Senlors of thls most blessed year of our Lord 1927 bemg still ln good health but expectlng death to overtake us at almost any mmute do hereby bequeath and hand dovwn the followmg To the Junlors 1 set slightly used teachers Several battered desks 755 bushels of our pep All waste paper and pencll stubs I Martha Peterson do hereby glve and bequeath Edward Sharer to Nancy Lenl LaVerne Enstrom do hereby glve and bequeath my love for underclass men to Bob Pmkerton I Dorothy Brownlee do hereby glve and bequeath my naughty ways to Veneta Mmteer I Red Barrett do hereby give and bequeath my truthfulness to Harry Haines We Dorothy Petrle and Wllma Mmteer do hereby gwe and bequeath our beautiful black han' to Keny Constant I Fred Bahrmger do hereby glve and bequeath my knowledge of Chemlstry to Helen Johnson She needs It I Allen Bennett do hereby glve and bequeath my art of trlppmg the llght fan taStl to Ethel Eddlngs Teckla Berglund do hereby glve and bequeath my sneeze to Ollve Baxter I Mary Blvens do hereby glve and bequeath my nolsy dlsposltlon to Carolyn Harroun Irene Bonynge do hereby glve and bequeath my French book to Allce Johnson Vlrgll Boultlnghouse do hereby glve and bequeath all my F s to Saul Sabbath I Valance Brown do herebv glve and bequeath my corn sheller to Wallace Boyles Mabel Crawford do herebv glve and bequeath mv love of unlforms to Lols Lenz Juanlta Dlxon do hereby glve and bequeath my beautiful BLACK eyes to Mlss Churchlll Nettle Dellltt do hereby glve and bequeath my Reynolds shelk to whoever wants hlm Betty Erwm do hereby glve and bequeath mv southern brogue to Lura Tyler Lee Fender do herebv gwe and bequeath my football sweater to Lols Mllhgan Gerald Greer do hereby glve and bequeath my knowledge of the French lan guage to Jean Watson Rolland Lvons do herebv glve and bequeath my 160 acres to Johnme Murphv Kermlt Mason do hereby give and bequeath my basketball numeral to Rav mond Rube Lee Modeer do hereby gwe and bequeath my Chrysler to John Clarke d I Kathleen Morford do hereby glve and bequeath Rollands rung to Wllma An erson I Bert Morgan do hereby EIVG and bequeath mv English themes to Mrs Bellows I Harold Morrison do hereby gwe and bequeath my love of all glrls to Maynax l Slmpson I Domvan Pullen do hereby gxve and bequeath my moustache to Jlmmle Duffleld I Harry Smlth do herebv gxve and bequeath my track speed to Everette Graham I Marlan Temple do hereby glve and bequeath my ever ready guaranteed to last forever laugh to Leona Haines M L Lucllle Tyler do hereby give and bequeath my grouchy dlsposxtlon to Mmam aw y I Harold Walters do hereby glve and bequeath my extended helghth to Charles Bjorkman I Loren Waugh do hereby glve and bequeath my monkey face to my kld brother Kenneth so he can use lt ln basketball next year I Ellzabeth Wxlson do hereby glve and bequeath my love of cheese good, bad or otherwlse to Margaret 0 Day 'z x', ', , , ,'. .'. .'. . . .'. .'. .'. .'. .'. .'. .'. .'. .'. .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -I: :A . . It I- , . . . . . . 1' I 1 - a . , 'I I' . X - - ,t z, . . . . . y , -, , . . 1 , . ' I ' . .I IA A ', v ' ' H g' 1 ' -: :- , , I l .1 1' . , ' .I 1' . 1 - ,I 1. . 'M t. fl ' ' v 1 . . ,J I. , - ' ' - . 1 . . I f - - -1 1' , ' I .t :, . , , 'I -' I x ' - ' , . Y . . I a - . . . . - : 1 I I . . . . , , . . . . . X . . , I :A 7 9 , .: 7. 4A x- 1 D U U .I I. 9 v ' . I I Q , .' t. V - I . . .I 1. . . , . - . . ri Z4 Y Y . .I :. AA I' I u I .I '. I, . . . - . : E I . . . . U I- -- . . , , . In I' . - .I ,. - - - - . . - : I I. . s I . .' '. V 4 I . . . . . ,X K, . . - r . , 11 S. I . . . . .' '. A I U 9 1 P - '- . I . . ' - ' ' I: :' . . . . . . - - I . . A ! 1 3 a a ' . . V, g I. . . - : J '. -' I . ' ' I' 'l ' v . v . . f . l ' g . . 1 1 .- '. I. , f . - ' - . . 'I I' . , - . . . - . , . . ' ' . . ' 9 ' - - - 1 . . Al I- ' . 4: it ' 1 V 4 ' ' , . . . . 'A ', , I. .' . 7 Q . . , . 1 u . , f . 1 I U . , . . v v . . ', , 4 . ' ' - l . . 4. X' ' .' '. 4 A . . . . . . . -. -- V. z. . , .' '. ll I- . .I If . . ' 1 . .' I . - . .- .A K. . - . U. .4 . . y y - , l. .I I I 2 I. ,t 1. 9 . . , 1 , :I ,i ' ' 7 I 5 1 . 'I X' '- tj .z ,-, .'. .-. .-. .... . ,-. .'. .-. .-. .'. .H. .'. .1 .-. H -. .-. .'. .H .'. .l .-. .- -. .n. .-. .'. .-. .. . . ..... . ......... U . . I .. . . .. . . .. , ,. U - -.