Algona High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Algona, IA)

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going to become the sole and absolute owner of Charles Akre's winning per- sonality. Ruth Brown leaves her basket shooting ability to Kathryn HKacky Guehl. Sadie Potter 's unlimited supply of jokes is to be turned over to Marian Mc- Mahon. Marian is instructed to be very careful as to how she uses them, however. A good supply of giggles is to be left to Paul Geilenfeld. Dizz Dewel is the kind senior who left this priceless treasure. George Lichter is destined by the fates to become the owner of Eugene Hutchins' modesty. He needs it. Nellie Ward bequeaths exactly twenty-five pounds to Lorraine Arndorfer. Thomas Frankl leaves to the Superintendent of Schools of Algona and to his successors in office, one package of Juicy Fruit gum, in trust, for the use and benefit of Miss Burrell, to be delivered to her when she arrives at the age of thirty years, if she remains single until after attaining the above mentioned age. In the event that she should be married before reaching the age of thirty years, said package of Juicy Fruit gum shall become the sole and absolute property of Iola Lehman, providing she does not marry before attaining the age of twenty-seven. In this event the aforementioned package of Juicy Fruit gum shall be equally divided among the following five persons: John Mangan, Agnes Black, and Marjorie Reed. . Martha Potter leaves her scholastic ability to Stanley Greiner. Alice Kain is to receive George Good 's fiddling ability. Irma Greiner leaves her reducing exercises and about three feet of height to Jo Murtagh. She sincerely hopes that Josephine will accept them in the right spirit and use them as well as she has. Martha Potter has another treasure to dispose of. She wishes to leave her latest book entitled How to Win a Man to Phyllis Benson. Margaret Bartlett leaves her specs in the care of Blandina Erpelding. George Cross is to be favored by a gift from Mary Kain. Mary is going to leave him her speaking ability. Howard Sparks leaves his entire estate and all of his worldly possessions, which consist of one very bashful C llj personality, to Frank Lathrop. A little 'of Alice Behlmer's height is to be left to Alice Rist. Helen Zittritsch leaves her scholastic ability to Stanley Gardner. All other personal belongings of the members of the senior class shall be evenly divided among all of the lower classmen. PARAGRAP11 THREE We leave to the juniors the care and education of the freshmen and sophomores. NVe also leave our seats on the east side of the assembly to anyone who wants them. PARAGRAP11 FOUR VVe hereby nominate Harold Martinek, executor of this, our last will and testament, and exempt him from giving bond as such. PARAGRAPH FIVE We hereby revoke alltformer wills or testamentary dispositions by us at any time heretofore made. ' In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names in the City of Al- gona, Iowa, on this 26th day of May, 1927, in the presence of John Fox and VVilliam Cliff, whom we have requested to become attesting witnesses hereto. CLASS or 1927. Page X Twenty-two

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Class Will We, the members of the Class of 1927 of the Algona High School, located in Algona, Kossuth County, State of Iowa, being of sane minds tat least We think soj, do hereby make, publish, and declare this our last will and testament in manner and form following: PARAGRAPH ONE We direct that all our just debts be paid as soon as possible, and, since we can- 110t pay them, we hope some generous under-classmen will come to our aid. PARAGRAPH Two Some members of the class, feeling that they have some very valuable posses- sions and desiring to reward some deserving Q ?j lower classmen, do give and be- queath their said possessions as follows: Hizzoner Gumpy A. Trauger, president of our illustrious class, leave his grades in English to Clela Cooper. Loraine Tierney, secretary of the above mentioned illustrious class, wishes that Irma Mawdsley should become the sole owner of her famous gift of gab. Richard Hartman is destined to receive all of Hollis Benschoter's size to use as he sees fit. Holman Anderson 's curly hair is to be bestowed upon f'Dinty Moore. We sincerely hope that Dintyl' will love and cherish it, and maybe he might comb it occasionally. Bill Steele wishes to dispose of his dearest treasure. He has decided to leave Doris to Everett. Poor little Regina Schumpp requested about two feet of height from some benevolent senior. Elizabeth Kain consented to give Regina about two feet of her altitude. We are surely proud of Elizabeth. She shows the spirit that has made our class famous throughout the land. Paul Trauger has decided to leave his football ability to Chicky Durant. VVe surely hope that Chick will make good use of it next year. Lillian Snell has been wishing for some curly hair. Meredith wishes to leave her kinky tresses to Lillian. Rocks fKoepkej Murtagh leaves his winning way with the teachers to VVhitie Gonder. Philomena Quinn and the above mentioned Rocks Murtagh leave their mutual aHection to Perry White and Frances Zender. Jimmie says he will give Perry free lessons if he needs them. Call 692. Bob Harrington has decided to leave his flaming red hair to Hoyt Raney. Hoyt is a lucky boy! Leona Lichter is destined to become the owner of Kathryn Misbach's wavy C ?D hair. Dwight Parsons had a terrible argument with himself, but he finally decided to bequeath his way with the weaker sex to Edward Shackleford. He sincerely hopes that Eddy will find some girl who deserves the honor of his attentions. t 'What do you think Julia Dearsch is going to get? No, Magnus! She isn't go- ing to get a spanking! She is going to receive Elizabeth Webster's long hair. Isn't that fine? John Hough bestows his dainty little feet upon Cowboy Seward. John sincerely hopes that they will be a great help when hunting Indians. Lewis Ferguson is going to get the best present of any of you children. He is Page Twenty-one

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Class Prophecy This is station A. H. S. in 1960, broadcasting the prophecy of the class of 1927. The trio Robert Harrington, James Murtagh and William Steele are broadcasting a recitative, accompanied by Bettie Baier, who is 'ordinarily found in a south side Chicago cabaret pounding the ivories in George Good's orchestra. The dust was removed from one more niche in the hall of fame to allow for the entrance of Charles Akre CHimselfj, who recently kayoed Killer McGuire in the third round of their scheduled 15-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Margaret Bartlett, Edith Bates and Carlyle Becker are famous dancers in a Burlesque show, their act being known as the Three Bees. A chain of five and ten cent stores are being run by Fred Beerman and Beulah Dodds. They have recently taken Fred Shiltz into the firm as a junior partner, and the stores are called the B. D. and S. stores. Dwight Parsons is a bachelor, and Meredith Lathrop is an old maid. Parsons is still writing love poetry, however. We have a composer and musician who has made a name for himself. Howard Sparks is well known to radio listeners as The King of the Yiddish Harp. Verna Lund is at the head of the Social Science Department at Upper I-owa University. Our movie stars are Lillian Swenson and Nellie Ward. They are working for Mr. Zeigfield, and are starring in his latest comedy hit, Stop That. Florence E. R. Becker and Neva Albright were found conducting a school for the educating and culturing of cooties disabled on the battlefields 'of France. The school has been supported and endowed by the Honorable Holman Anderson. He made his pile by getting a corner on the bologna ring. Donald Dewel has now reached the height of six feet seven inches, and is president of the Longfellow Society. He is promoting a drive for longer beds. At this rate, Dewel ought to be at least eight feet tall before he finally grows up. Recently returning from Venice in his gondola, Paul Trauger had a shipment of burlap to make bicycle seats for the standing army of Rumania. He found John Dreesman over there, posing as a Rurnanian hero. Philomena Quinn is in the hospital with a broken arm and a bruised head. She recently started to swim the English channel, but she became lost in a fog. She rammed and sank eighteen vessels during the night, and in the morning she found herself off the southern coast of Africa. Her knowledge 'of Uncle Tom 's Cabin was all that saved her. She had to walk on cakes of ice all the way home. She should have practiced walking home while she had the chance. Because she went crazy looking for the lost chord, Alice Behlmer's former classmates presented her with a ball of twine from which she gets great comfort. A Modiste Shoppe on Fifth Avenue is being run by Eugene Hutchins. Pauline Black and Rosa Besch are his best looking models. Hollis Benschoter is first assistant to Ned Waybiirn, and he hopes to have a dancing school of his own before long. In darkest Africa are the missionaries, Bill Chubb and Erma Fox. Chubb has met with great success teaching typewriting to the pygmies. Helen Bestenlehner and Dorothy McNeill are being tried for manslaughter. They started Writing, and made Elinor Glynn die of mortification. Two famous opera singers are Helen Zittritsch and Margaret Ferrigan. Page Twenty-three