Arcata High School - Advance Yearbook (Arcata, CA)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the Senior class of 1925, being of sound mind, but knowing that we shall not remain long in such an unnatural condition, do hereby make our last will and testament, all others being declared null and void: 1. To the Faculty, we leave fond memories of a most brilliant and at- tentive class, which we hope will comfort them in future years. 2. To the Juniors, we leave Room 15 and our incomplete English note- books, hoping that they make better use of both than we before them have done. 3. To the Sophomores, we leave our dignity and cur ability to give snappy parties. 4. To the Freshmen, we leave the milk bottle received by Mr. Mc- Kittrick last Christmas, but which was later appropriated by Mr. Ham. 5. Individually, we bequeath our personal property as follows: I, Ramona Abbot, do bequeath my J unoesque form to Caryl Mathews. I, Reuben Anderson, do bequeath my dirty corduroys to anycne who will wash them, and my patent-leather hair to Lester Schneitter hoping that it looks better on him than it does on me. I, Fred Banducci, do bequeath my fondness for literary work to Byard Chamberlain. I, Constance Brett, do bequeath my good looks and my love for Eureka boys to Janet Cropley. I, Kate Brown, do bequeath my shy and bashful manner to Clara Chaffey. I, Lottie Chase, do bequeath my ability to recite in English to Auda Pass. I, Daven Devlin. do bequeath my nickname of Fat , and my amor- ous connections with Crescent City girls to Edward Nix. I, Henry Dickerson, do bequeath my musical ability to John Raab, and my liking for grammar school girls to Winston Schussmann. I, Agda Eklund, do bequeath my extreme dignity and my natural curls to Dora Seidell. I, Alice Eklund, do bequeath my spit curl and my happy smile, to Helen Murphy. I, Ben Feuerwerker, do bequeath my oratcrical ard argtnentatixe ability to Herbert Miller, hoping that he will use it in the future as rr ary times as he has needed it in the past. I, Lewis Fleckenstein, do bequeath to my cousin Linwocd, my respect for teachers and my ability to answer English questions. I, Minnie Freeman, do bequeath my preference for loud stationary, to Clarice Getchell. I, Helen Graham, do bequeath my ability to be quiet in third pericd study to anyone capable of doing so. I, Chester Groom, do bequeath my habit of being late for every class to George Ford. I9

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PAGE 4 ARCAL1'-A UNioN, JUNE 5, 1945. NEW YORK PITCHER TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMISSIONER Tlnows game when team- mate not allowed to play lBy United Pressb New York, June 5.--Vin- cent McClure, star slabstel forthe New York Giants will stand trial before Base- ball Comnzissicner Homei M. Spoofendykc in the neai tztunx. McClure is charg- nl with throwing the cru- tiil game of the recent x-.rilrl seiixs between the' Hints and London, Eng- land, Foghorns. The charg was b.ought about as a re- sult of a heated discussior with the Giant Manager John Carbolic, over the catcher for the game. Mc- Clure wanted to pitch tc his teammate and school chum, George Hale, but Manager Carbolic refused to have Hale start the game McClure therefore went on the mound, and with his tremendous speed and con- trol, was able to keep the catcher from touching the pitched balls. Next Sunday, at the children's playgrounds, Nel- son's Nine will lock horns in a nine inning tussle with Yocom's Yocomites, reput- ed to be the best semi-pro team in the country. Her- bert Yocom will score. WINS 100 YD. DASH QBy United Pressj San Francisco, June 5.- Forging ahead in the final ten yards, Ramona Abbot, member of the Women Re- porters' Club, easily won the 100 yd. dash against a fast field in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon. Her time was 10 flat. IS BUILDING HOME Mrs. Bohunkus Pease Porridge, prominent real estate woman of Arcata, has started building a home which will be devoted en- tirely to the use of super- annuated teachers in the Helen Hanrahan residen- tial district addition. Mrs. Porridge is devoting an en- tire fortune towards the I l ffsPoRTs H'i'3El-E3501!tmfii?EX11' - , Snnrig I fContinued from page lj entertain the city with a few choice stunts. Lima immediately accepted and asked to set Tuesday as the date. He stated that his feature trick would be a flight under the Welcome Arch at the southern part of the city. Lima states that Oscar Olsen, president of his com- pany, was recently nomin- ated for the presidency Ol Sweden, but declined tht offer on the grounds tha ais time was taken up lr. other fields. T0 LEAVE FOR PARIS Yocom's Millinery Shol .vill have some of the latest styles within a week, for .Elenore Yocom, expert mod- .ste, is leaving by airplane Saturday for Paris, where she will visit The Margarete .lhops of Thompson Co., Paris' best fashioners. Mar- garet Thompson recently :lnnounced by radio that the next week will find a new style of women's trousers, which will feature the Yocom fall dress exhibition. RADIO PROGRAM Minnie Freeman, famous ventrolquist of Minneapolis, will feature the program at station W. A. M. this even- ing. Station K. A. T. will have a program featured by Fred Banducci, who will speak on Way Back in '25. Miss Agda Eklund, well known in Arcata, arrived in this city last evening to ac- cept a position as head 01 the dye department it Chase's new Wig Factor5 Jn Fickle Hill. She is ar expert in hair colors, her self possessing such beauti ful auburn hair that sh' has won several hair con- tests in Moscow, Russia. T0 TI-IE VOTERS All know that I am ar honest citizen, believing ir fighteousness for the brains of yesterday, today, and to- morrow, and a disciple of I At high noon on Sun- .lay, June 7th, Reverend C. A. Cowbell will unite in wedlock Miss Alice Eklund .ind Jonathan Christopher Spewankus. The ceremony will take place in the bridc's summer home, at Tyee City. A wedding din- ner will be served, aftcl which the happy couple w.ll leave for a. honeymoon to the Aleutian Islands. A delightful birthday party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Swish Swash yesterday afternoon in honor of thc sixteenth birthday of their daughter, Edna Leveque Swash. Those present were as follows: Elleva Hemp- hill, Ezekiel Fleckenstein, Frederica Banducci, Arnold Anderson, Ikey Feurwer- ker, Helena Porridge, Shiekla Groom, Marcus Lar- sen, Erasmus Archibald Yocom and Edna L. Swash. Miss Minnie Freeman, of Minneapolis, is visiting at the home of Miss Lois Mc- Dowell. :IREWARDH DEAD OR ALIVE 31,000 will be given to anyone who can let this paper know the where- abouts of Miss Mary Sample. She is a middle sized woman, with blue eyes, brown hair, fine teeth, and is about 85 years of age. Miss Sample, who has been matron of the Fickle- hillian Dormitory this last winter, was last seen at 2 a. m. yesterday when she started out alone, on foot, with the threat to wring the necks of two Arcata swains who had failed to return with two of her :harges Ferderica Banducci and Elleva Hemphill before closing hours at 1:30. We fear that she has lost her way or been run down by :late joy air riders parked Jn the hill. support in the August pri- maries. -Reuben Anderson project. fall night dances. I ask your fOr GOVGPHOF-

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I, Helen Hanrahan, do bequeath myiinterest in certain Ford coupes to my sister Eula. I, Harold Hemphill, do bequeath my ability to successfully kid red haired teachers to Leroy Huntley, hoping that his pull', will be as great as mine. We, Edna Leveque and Margaret Thompson, do bequeath our athletic ability to Rachel Schussmann and Merle Rowland. I, Claire Lindstrand, do bequeath my height and modest ways to Donna Lewis. I, Albert Lima. do bequeath my size and ability to play basketball to Donald Inskip. I, Martin Larsen, lthe Country Gentlemanl, do leave my love for a certain H. S. T. C. girl to Harry Ramsey. I, Vincent McClure, do leave, but will not beaqueath, my best girl, and my harsh voice to the next Student Body president. I, Lois McDowell, do bequeath my fluffy hair and my extreme frivolity in classes to Eunice Rease. I, Bertha Monroe do bequeath my love for dancing to Lucile Lewis. I, Morris Nelson, do bequeath my ability to play second base to Walter Baldwin. I, Oscar Olsen, do bequeath my height to Oren Frankie, and my musical talents to Granville Wilson. I, James Parton, do gladly bequeath my oratorical ability while play- ing basketball to Mr. McKittrick. I, Margaret Penn, do bequeath my shyness to Verda Bell. I, Nora Raab, do bequeath my Mack Sennet figure to Beatrice Martin. I, Alyce Spetz, do bequeath my place in the orchestra and my uniform to Louise Wood, in earnest hopes that She will grow to fit them. I, Dan Symmes, do beq ueath my shiek haircut to Nat Evans, hop- ing that it will win for him as many fair ones as it has for me. I, Barbara Tracy, do bequeath my rosy cheeks and my many admirers to Velma Freeman. I, William Tuohey , do bequeath to Fred Tomlinson my ability to up- hold Blue Lake, and to Edward Forsyth I leave my unrivaled ability to mind everybody else's business but my own. I, Elenore Yocom, do bequeath my Social Civics notebook, my ex- tremely good behavior in Social Civics, and my vocal ability to Novelle Rowland. I, Herbert Yocom, do bequeath my peculiar sense of humor and my brown oxfords to Harold Goldman, Signed: Class of '25, Witnesses: 1. Ura Sapp. 2. Ima Mutt. 20